uhh, really?

[EaTCarbS]

Why preorder when the shelves are going to be full of cataclysm boxes regardless?

[Zub]

Why preorder when the shelves are going to be full of cataclysm boxes regardless?

preorders are $20 cheaper for me (40 instead of 60). On a total of 6 toons (my wife + 5mine) that's 2 free upgrades.
Plus, i don't need to drive or have any issues with the blasted DVDs . Took me forever for WOTLK. somehow my drive didn't read those pesky dvds

then again, i did all that a couple weeks back, so no queues for me

[Slats]

See I dont understand you people that only do half your accounts. Why would you not do them all? Why do things half-assed?

You do realize that the billing servers are going to be SMASHED by people trying to become worgen or goblins and you might struggle to upgrade your other 2 or 3 if you decide you want to.

And isn't the point of boxing to level them all together at the same time so that your not screwed over by phasing and being on different quest chains etc.

I dont ever want a repeat of that. I've upgraded all of mine as soon as the digital upgrade came out.

I've also bought 4 races changes for my Shamans this morning so that tommorow I can make them Goblins if I want too or another race as I'm bored of Orc Female.

[Zub]

See I dont understand you people that only do half your accounts. Why would you not do them all? Why do things half-assed?

You do realize that the billing servers are going to be SMASHED by people trying to become worgen or goblins and you might struggle to upgrade your other 2 or 3 if you decide you want to.

And isn't the point of boxing to level them all together at the same time so that your not screwed over by phasing and being on different quest chains etc.

I dont ever want a repeat of that. I've upgraded all of mine as soon as the digital upgrade came out.

I've also bought 4 races changes for my Shamans this morning so that tommorow I can make them Goblins if I want too or another race as I'm bored of Orc Female.

money is easier for some.

[Tonuss]

Why preorder when the shelves are going to be full of cataclysm boxes regardless?

I neither need nor want the boxes/CDs/etc, I just want the game. Pre-ordering means that I get only what I want, which is the data. Having to go to the store (or ordering through mail order) and getting five boxes with DVDs and books and packaging when all I really need is a couple of GB of data simply isn't very efficient. I was really glad when I learned that they were going to allow digital pre-orders.

Edit to add: I upgraded five accounts. Once I started playing again after a couple of months off, I decided to consolidate my characters into five accounts and forget the rest. I didn't really need to upgrade the five prior to release, but I figured I'd get it out of the way and not worry about it.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I neither need nor want the boxes/CDs/etc, I just want the game. Pre-ordering means that I get only what I want, which is the data. Having to go to the store (or ordering through mail order) and getting five boxes with DVDs and books and packaging when all I really need is a couple of GB of data simply isn't very efficient. I was really glad when I learned that they were going to allow digital pre-orders.

Edit to add: I upgraded five accounts. Once I started playing again after a couple of months off, I decided to consolidate my characters into five accounts and forget the rest. I didn't really need to upgrade the five prior to release, but I figured I'd get it out of the way and not worry about it.

I think EatCarbs was talking about the "in-store" preorder where you pre-order from the local shop and then go pick up your reserved copy on release day. Assuming that is what he was talking about, I agree that it's probably pointless considering there will be a bajillion copies of WoW:Cataclysm on the shelves. Smaller towns or rural customers I might see wanting to do that just from a limited availability angle.