World of Warcraft

bbourdet · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 16

Does or has anyone ever played World Of Warcraft on an EVDO connection? I currently use a USB 720 verizon card, I am currently getting -87dbm and get about 1.3 down and up to 1.7 on good days. My upload is around 150-200. I guess my biggest question is going to be about latency. I am pretty sure that the latency I am getting is going to be pretty bad over this type of connection. Is this going to make the game unplayable? Please share any insight or ideas you may have.

Thanks for your time,

Brian

somber · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject:

I've been using an EVDO Rev 0 connection to play WoW for the past couple of months. My average latency was 600ms - playable solo, but no way I'll try to heal a heroic instance with that latency. I'm switching to Rev A service later this week, and I'm hoping for much lower latency. I'll try to post here what I experience.

I've read in other posts that some people with Rev A see WoW latency in the 100 to 200ms range, which I'd be very happy with.

bbourdet · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 16

So I have been playing now for 1 day. I am getting really low latency like 200-400 range. But after about 2 hours it kicked me off of rev a and put me on national access for awhile. I called Verizon, and they had no clue what was going on. I was able to get back on rev a after 45 min or so.

Anyone experienced anything like this?

Azmyth · EVDO Junkie Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 182

I have been playing WoW on evdo for a week or so now (Alltel), and we are still REV 0. I get anywhere from 200ms to 600ms.. usually averaging between 300-400. Which is actually still way better than my dial up ever was. I haven't noticed much lag at all, however I have not tried pvping yet. I'm sure I won't rock the house like someone with 10ms ping will.. but I don't see a reason why I can't have fun and kill a few noobs.

Akkaid · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 15

First post on the site Wink

I got the Verizon EVDO because I live way out in the boonies and wanted to have decent internet. A guy at work convinced me to give WoW a try, so I did.

I can 'play' the game, but the lag is out of this world. Keep in mind, I am technically impaired, so I joined this forum to try and figure out how to improve my internets performance.

Glad to see yall are able to play, now I have something to shoot for!

nschwen · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject:

I too play WoW over EVDO, have been for a couple years now. Pings are in the 300-500 range for me. I PvP, heal heroics, and raid at a very high level (Just starting Mount Hyjal and Black Temple for those that means anything to Wink

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The biggest factor with EVDO and gaming is a steady signal, to prevent your pings form jumping around. See my post in this thread for details on my path:
http://www.evdoforums.com/thread8706.html

Bottom line is EVDO is very workable for all aspects of WoW; it's just a matter of getting a nice strong signal.