Euro to US server

Hawin · 07-09-2006, 01:38 PM

Visiting friends in Amsterdam, and wanting to play WoW (between joints of course) with them on my server which is a US server. Was wondering if anyone knew how to (if possible) to convert a Europe account to be playable on a US server. I have found the way to view the US servers by changing the realmlist.wtf, but I cant get my buddie's account to verify with that changed.

If anyone knows how to manipulate any files to make this happen please let me know

Thank ya

Ukerric · 07-09-2006, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawin

If anyone knows how to manipulate any files to make this happen please let me know

Different accounting databases. That's your friend's problem: he can't verify, because he doesn't exists there. At all. There's nothing you can do at your end to get him in the US database.

Ramp · 07-09-2006, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Ukerric

Different accounting databases. That's your friend's problem: he can't verify, because he doesn't exists there. At all. There's nothing you can do at your end to get him in the US database.

EU<>US transfer or vice verca isn't possible, sadly, and I doubt it'll ever be.
Personally I really miss the mixed servers of previous mmo's.

Akileese · 07-09-2006, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramp

EU<>US transfer or vice verca isn't possible, sadly, and I doubt it'll ever be.
Personally I really miss the mixed servers of previous mmo's.

It was a gripe for us since the beginning of time. When they tried to completely seperate people based on their timezone. They actually wanted only east coast players to play on east coast servers claiming that "they would lag more if they weren't on east coast". Yeah, becuase ya know, we don't have guilds or anything where people live in different states and timezones. It was the stupidest idea ever.

Hawin · 07-10-2006, 02:02 AM

Yeah im curious as to if the "euro" servers are even in europe.
So stupid, so so stupid.

InterWill · 07-10-2006, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Hawin

Yeah im curious as to if the "euro" servers are even in europe.
So stupid, so so stupid.

I thought they were in Paris, France. Now I didn't do that well in geography, but I believe that France is indeed in Europe, sir.

Deris · 07-10-2006, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by InterWill

I thought they were in Paris, France. Now I didn't do that well in geography, but I believe that France is indeed in Europe, sir.

That is crazy talk.

Lenardo · 07-10-2006, 08:06 AM

THE European servers are outside of paris- forget where exactly, but that is where the hosting is for the french/british/german & soon to be Spanish Servers (undergoing localization/translation now)

korea is where the korean servers are

china for china

pretty sure taiwan for taiwan

the US for the australian/new zealand servers (the "oceanic" ones)

the us servers have 5 or 6 data centers

they are either in virginia (for eastern and central " time zone" servers

or california (if i remember correctly) for the mountain/pacific ones...

course the time zone distinction does not exist anymore but still...

Rathmort · 07-10-2006, 09:38 AM

Pretty sure the EU servers are in Velizy, just south of Paris. At least that's where all of the advertised jobs on the WoW Europe site are located.

Slide · 07-10-2006, 09:40 AM

wow like daoc before it limits the servers you can play on by territory.

Bison · 07-10-2006, 10:35 AM

Call me jaded, but I for one do NOT miss trying to find a group in FFXI only to see.... "JP ONRY!!!"

Soygen · 07-10-2006, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Bison

Call me jaded, but I for one do NOT miss trying to find a group in FFXI only to see.... "JP ONRY!!!"

Shit like that is lame, but I have to say it was very cool knowing and being guilded with people from all around the world in EQ1.

Bison · 07-10-2006, 11:01 AM

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Shit like that is lame, but I have to say it was very cool knowing and being guilded with people from all around the world in EQ1.

I could see if there was an ability to communicate (and the people were willing to TRY) then it would be really damn cool. I had met a few people using the "translator" in FFXI and they were really cool and actually made a pretty steady leveling group with a Pally that was a professional gambler so he was always up when I was LFG.

I can definitely see where a "worldly" feel to a game would be great. PvP servers where there was always some action going on would be great. It's been boring leveling my current character on Deathwing even though I was super excited to be on a PvP server. So far I've only run across 10 people to kill while leveling with a buddy of mine. Given, it's only been a week and a half and we're only 27-28 and the only shared zones that we've really been in have been Ashenvale, Duskwood, etc, but hopefully will run into a bit more (besides a 60 running around his buddy and powerleveling him)

Kasonic · 07-10-2006, 11:05 AM

What was retail like for guilds with lots of international members? Must've sucked pretty hard; although it's possible for someone outside the US to play on US servers using an english box copy, right?

Ukerric · 07-10-2006, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Kasonic

What was retail like for guilds with lots of international members? Must've sucked pretty hard; although it's possible for someone outside the US to play on US servers using an english box copy, right?

Nope. I don't think you can register an UK validation code on the US database.

Although I'm not sure the validation system from credit card is in place/fully functionning, the validation codes, both for the game, or for any time card, are certainly different, and incompatible. To play an US server, you need to import somehow a box from the US. The UK game client, with a modified realm list, will work, but you need an US validation code to open the account.

And vice-versa.

07-09-2006, 01:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hawin Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 78 -2 Internets	Euro to US server Visiting friends in Amsterdam, and wanting to play WoW (between joints of course) with them on my server which is a US server. Was wondering if anyone knew how to (if possible) to convert a Europe account to be playable on a US server. I have found the way to view the US servers by changing the realmlist.wtf, but I cant get my buddie's account to verify with that changed. If anyone knows how to manipulate any files to make this happen please let me know Thank ya

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07-10-2006, 02:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
Hawin Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 78 -2 Internets	Yeah im curious as to if the "euro" servers are even in europe. So stupid, so so stupid.

07-10-2006, 08:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
Lenardo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,634 -23 Internets	THE European servers are outside of paris- forget where exactly, but that is where the hosting is for the french/british/german & soon to be Spanish Servers (undergoing localization/translation now) korea is where the korean servers are china for china pretty sure taiwan for taiwan the US for the australian/new zealand servers (the "oceanic" ones) the us servers have 5 or 6 data centers they are either in virginia (for eastern and central " time zone" servers or california (if i remember correctly) for the mountain/pacific ones... course the time zone distinction does not exist anymore but still...

07-10-2006, 09:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
Rathmort Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 358 -4 Internets	Pretty sure the EU servers are in Velizy, just south of Paris. At least that's where all of the advertised jobs on the WoW Europe site are located.

07-10-2006, 09:40 AM	#10 (permalink)
Slide Limey Bastard Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: London innit Posts: 744 -3 Internets	wow like daoc before it limits the servers you can play on by territory.

07-10-2006, 10:35 AM	#11 (permalink)
Bison Shapeshifting Healbot Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 264 +0 Internets	Call me jaded, but I for one do NOT miss trying to find a group in FFXI only to see.... "JP ONRY!!!"

07-10-2006, 11:05 AM	#14 (permalink)
Kasonic dumb Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,627 +1 Internets	What was retail like for guilds with lots of international members? Must've sucked pretty hard; although it's possible for someone outside the US to play on US servers using an english box copy, right?