Order WotLK Now!
Posted on October 6th, 2008 by Lawbringer under General TipsOn September 18th, Blizzard announced the release date for WotLK. We made sure that every one of you knew that and even hinted that we were working on a special deal for you. We know it’s been a bit longer than we all would have liked, but your chance to grab the expansion pack has finally come.
Not only have we arranged special pricing, we’re also going to let you in on a little secret we’ve been using for more than a year now when it comes to WoW. Gavin, Lawbringer, and several of our other writers all have multiple accounts, and we know a lot of you do as well. The real pain in starting a new account is getting all the keys you need, but those days are over, and you won’t have to pay Blizz prices ever again.
So where do we get our CD Keys? Off Gamers. OffGamers has been supplying a wide variety of products to the MMORPG gaming world since 2001. Now, they’ve got more than 70 game titles and 6 years of excellent customer service record under their belts. They are the best at what they do, and our favorite is game keys.
(Ed. note: While we buy our CD keys from Offgamers, we do not condone, endorse, or recommend that you EVER buy gold or items from ANY online source, including OffGamers. This violates Blizzard’s TOS and will get you banned.)
To start a new account you would normally have to go buy a boxed set or purchase your keys from Blizz at the WoW website. But we just hate paying retail for keys. For the last year, Lawbringer and other staff members have been relying on OffGamers for their WoW keys. There are several sweet advantages to this.
First, by purchasing your keys from OffGamers, you will get them at a discount. When you’ve made as many account as we have, saving close to 10 bucks on just getting your keys is really nice. Normally it would cost you $19.99 for your regular WoW key, and $29.99 for the BC key. (Thinking into the future any new accounts created after WotLK would also need a WotLK key, probably another $39.99.) That’s almost $50 bucks right now to start a new account you can actually use for RaF or anything very useful.
If you were to get those same keys from OffGamers you could nab the regular WoW key for just $18.03 and the BC key for $22.59 for a total of just $40.62! We’ve saved enough in CD key fees by buying them from Offgamers to basically make another account for free compared to what we would have paid Blizz.
The other cool thing is that even though you could get your keys for lower prices by buying discounted box sets, you would also have to pay for shipping and then wait for them to arrive. That’s for the birds, we live in an instant world and I want my stuff now. Offgamers offers the same instant key delivery right to your email for free.
Next, you can get 60 day time cards for just $26.93, which is a discount of 2 bucks a month off of your recurring fees. Since I have 4 accounts (I know it’s ridiculous) the time cards save me almost $10 bucks a month - that’s $120 a year!
But it doesn’t end there. We have also negotiated with OffGamers to offer you 5% off every WoW purchase you make at their sit. That means not only WotLK keys, but also your regular keys and time cards as well.
Now, we are especially excited about using OffGamers for WotLK. At precisely midnight on November 14th we will all be getting our WoW keys and downloading the expansion instantly. No waiting in line at the store to grab a boxed set and then having to drive home to install the thing from disk. No waiting for the mail to come later that day - we’ll be some of the very first to take our toons to Northrend and begin our Domination of the expansion 12-18 hours before everyone else!
It’s a much better way to get WotLK. You could be the first to level 80. By the time everyone else even logs in, you can be rocking your way toward 73! For us, there is simply no other way to get cd keys, and when it comes to the WotLK it gives us a Dominating advantage over everyone else, plus we get a nifty discount to boot!
By using the links we’ve made below, you can pre-order your WotLK keys right this minute, and have them in your mailbox the minute the expansion goes live. By using the special Dominate Your Server discount code, you will get an even better deal!
The Special Discount Code is - DYS092008
Using the links below for US and EU WotLK pre-orders and entering the code above will get you the US version of WotLK for just $36.85, and the EU version for a mere $46.07! That’s 3 and 4 bucks off (respectively) of the retail prices, and still no shipping fees and instant key delivery on xpac release day. Now that’s a great deal!
Reserve Your WotLK Key Right Now Using The Links Below
Now you can understand why we took the time to help those of you with download issues to get those matters cleaned up right away. You sure don’t want to be waiting 9 hours for your WotLK copy to download, although we can’t help you much if you are on a bad connection. We just can’t fix everything!
One little housekeeping note here. By ordering today, you will have plenty of time to take care of any purchase verification details. With your first order from OffGamers, one of their customer service reps will need to contact you for verification purposes. It’s industry standard practice and means that OffGamers takes every necessary step to protect themselves from thieves. It really makes me feel all warm and gushy. By reducing fraud, they can keep their prices low which is always a plus in my book. But you don’t want to dilly-dally and wait until the 13th. Get your order and verification done right away so there’s nothing standing in the way of your instant keys and downloads on the 14th.
There’s only one catch in this whole thing. For those of you who live in countries outside of the US or Europe, you’ll have to be sure that you play on a US or EU server. From what we understand, servers are linked to regions, and there will be no keys available for servers on the 14th other than US and EU. We certainly wanted to be able to cater to every single one of you, and we tried, but you’ll just have to blame it on Blizz. There is simply nothing we can do about it. (If anyone knows of any tips on this please comment below). With that being said, you can live anywhere in the world and use the keys from OffGamers on any account that plays on a US or EU server.
Another Option For The Worry Warts
Now, if you somehow just feel the undeniable urge to wait for the mail to run, you simply cannot live without the disk (WotLK will only ship on DVD - just so you know) or if you can’t quite bring yourself to use Offgamers for whatever reason, we’ve also included the links to get WotLK from Amazon as well. Amazon is doing release day shipping, which means you will get it as soon as your UPS guy can ring your doorbell on the 14th.
Amazon is also one of the few places where you can reasonably hope to get the collector’s edition. Currently the collector’s set is sold out, but amazon will be one of the few sources that might get more. Also, this only applies to US customers, so even the Europe folks will have to find another vendor. The Collector’s edition comes with some pretty sweet additions over the regular boxed set including a pet. If you are vanity oriented, you might consider grabbing one if you get lucky enough to be around if they get a few more.
Regardless of which method you choose, we certainly hope you’ll take advantage of getting your pre-order done right away. We’ve got a lot more to tell you over the next few weeks about WotLK and you’re not going to want to waste a minute of play time in your quest to really Dominate!
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thx Gavin and Lawbringer for the great deal!
I think I will go with Amazon this time, still thinking about the CE set…. well, I shop in Amazon alot! and they are fast and reliable (plus free shipping), althought 1 day later to get the game, but I don’t mind that.
I also will check out Off gamer, if I ever got the money to get the second account, I sure will go there.
well considering that the Collector’s Edition is no longer available thru Gamestop or thier .com websote. You will be asking how can I get a CE Version. Pure lick now. Good thing I got the hook up and got 3 on hold. Booyah Baby!
I am the Fhurious one. I will not be denied my DESTINY!
I am somewhat disappointed that Lawbringer does his business with one of the most notorious gold-selling sites of our time. Oh well, atleast ***he is not buying gold or any other illegal item from that site***.
We certainly wish that there was a source for keys that didn’t deal in Gold, Items and Powerleveling, but unfortunately it just doesn’t exist. It’s kind of like I still shop at Wal-Mart even though I don’t like some of the movies and magazines they sell either.
But they really do have great prices and service on the keys and I have had nothing but a good experience using them.
lol the comment above looks like a testimonial from amazon! Anyway, can non-us/eu people get it form offgamers ever? or just not on the release date?
We did some checking and have an update on this issue. It seems you WILL be able to use a US or EU key if you play on a US or EU server. They just wont work on the others.
Ah, I COULD do this, but then what would happen to the collectors edition I pre-ordered back in February…
NYHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA
no it wont be on ebay sorry
nice one good work, quicker information than wow site itself
\I live in brasil but play on a europe server, shipping takes ages and wow wouldnt give me any other information how i could get it
What I am wondering is if I purchase the key from the offgamer then I will have to stick with a download right? How big is it? 10G? And how fast could it be? Do we doload from Bilzzard? Yes I saved several bulks but I might have to watch my friends playing WLK before I could since they buy directly from the shop on 13 and have the disc on hand right away! Please advise. Thanks!
It is my understanding that the release is at midnight 11/13/08. Has that changed? Also, Slavrix, how could you pre-order the Collector’s Edition in February when it didn’t even show up as possible until last month?
yes, midnight the 13th, which also happens to be the 14th. That’s one of the wierd things about ime, it’s never really midnight at all. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say:
The instant that the 14th of November begins WotLK will go on sale.
Although it is perfectly accurate to say it goes on sale the 14th, it’s not quite as accurate as saying midnight on the 13th, but then you are left to wonder which midnight on the 13th. The first one or the second one?
Sigh, this is why movies that include any element of time warping or time travel always drive me nuts, There is just no way you can be clever enough to really outsmart it.
for times its reather simple, there are 24 hours in a day, that means 0:00 to 23:59(and untill the end of that second) is one day, then at 0:00 its the next day, mightnight is truely at the start of the day for any true “time-travel” but its not really important to real life at the moment
anyway i’m going to be camping out gametraders the night of the 13th, like a real ner…fanatic, to get my wotlk. and i expect the release date to be 0:00 at whatever your place is start of the 14th.the servers will likely be patched for wotlk when they patch the talents glyphs and the rest or at latest a week before hand with the islands.
where im getting it from, give the CE to the first orders placed as they get a limited amount. i was preorder number 4 and the store is getting 8 copies.
so i get one
Did Blizzard confirm that we will be able to upgrade to WotLK with just the keys?…or do we need to install it with the actual DVDs? I have two accounts and I’ve already bought a retail copy for one. I’m deciding whether to use this service for the other one. Can we be sure it will work and that we’ll get it right at midnight between the 13th and the 14th (the moment the 14th begins)?
you will have to have the game files from a download or the disk, but the key is all you need to upgrade your account.
We have every assurance that the download will work just fine and on time - now we’re back on the time thing again. I will get more detailed clarification from OffGamers on what midnight we’re talking about.
This sounds like a really awesome deal and would have been the way I went…had I not had a $50 gift certificate from Game Stop. Man, you got to love a free X-pac
Is Blizzard giving us the download option for WotLK? I thought we had to install it from DVDs.
No - the download will be from OffGamers
Actually, I contacted Offgamers and they told me they will not host a DL. They said they send the key and then we DL it from Blizzard.
This is correct, OffGamers will give the download links, but will not be hosting the DL themselves. I am waiting for confirmation of exactly when the DL will be up and available.
i think i may have finally found a flaw in these posts lawbring stated the 14th he would be playing but if it releases at midnight on the 13th its still the 13th refer to military time for a more accurate description but 0000 is mil time for midnight and it is the very start of the day so if lawbringer follows his post he will have missed an entire day of playing wotlk and that just cant be
This is true, I was speaking before wthin the limitations of non-military time. The game goes live at precisely 00:00 on the 14th. Or not so precisely depending on where you get your game, but that is when the servers will go live. I can only also assume that it is based on Pacific time zone US for “absolute midnight since Blizz is pacific time zone.
I’m not sure there is any way to completely resolve this time issue. I don’t think there is a simple, clean answer for it, but I’m working on it.
When you order from this site, do you get a physical copy of the expansion as well (CD/DVD)? Or do you just get the key and an online download?
it’s just for the key, you will not be shipped the disk.
Why are my comments being filtered? It’s as if my comments don’t show up at all.
Not any more :}
That is not true (not wanting to start an off topic debate) But its just easier to state that Thursday evening, after all the kiddies are tucked away in bed, when 11 pm hits, head to the computer. right at midnight ( 0000 hundred hours), a key will appear in your box (because its Friday the 14th) - and (Law, can you comment here) I Assume a link to the download - as it is with many software sites.
I am interested in taking advantage of this but I have 2 MAJOR questions that need answering.
1. If the Keys (and the product from late night stores) are released at 12:01 Friday AM, which Time Zone is applicable? IOW - When is the actual Release date. Friday the 14th EST? PST?
2. Who is handling the downloads? I know when Blizz has a new download, hell, even the BC download Patches, its Slow - mostly based on the number of people at any given time downloading it. Most online retail stores don’t offer downloads because of the bandwidth consumption. its expensive.
So - we are left searching the web for someone who put the files up on a gamers site, or a torrent, or something…
Is DYS going to upload a copy or 2 to the site so we can download? (I guess that’s 3 questions)
Please further explain the situation and details.
Thanks.
I believe that absolute midnight for this is Pacific time, US. The more interesting question is that since OffGamers is 16 hours ahead of pacific time, what does that mean? Honestly I don’t know yet, and I’m not sure I can find out. However, since OffGamers is so far ahead of all US and EU time zones, it would be reasonable to assume that your key would be available well before midnight in your time zone no matter where you live. I will get more clarification on this matter and get back to you all.
OffGamers will be handling the downloads, although I imagine it will also be up at Blizz. It will be better to do the DL from OffGamers since I do not imagine they will have anywhere near the traffic issues Blizz will have.
I doubt we will try to host a DL of the game files ourselves, but I would have to check with the main man about that.
Can we get some clarity? People here keep talking about the difference between the release date and when you will get your key.
The release date is the 13th, You can walk into a retailer on the 13th (in your local time zone) and pick up a copy. If the retailer will be open at midnight and you can pre-order, you can walk in just after midnight on the 12th and walk out with a copy.
However, if you mail order, the shipper can not ship till the morning of the release date (the 13th), so unless you’re shipping by courier service you’re not going to get it till the 14th.
Offgamers (possibly because they are in Hong Kong) is treating this as if they were shipping it and not sending out keys till midnight on the 13th (that would be the morning of the 14th).
So, Offgamers is the fastest way you’re going to get the game IF you don’t want to leave your house to go get it.
One thing that is not clear at all is what time zone is being referred to. Clearly, since I live in NY I can get mine at midnight on the 12th (Eastern Time) if I want to stand in line but I probably can’t actually use it till midnight US server time (3 hours later). What the offgamers site does not say is, which midnight will the keys be available? Theirs (in Hong Kong), server time (and US or UK)?
I need to revise my statement. Apparently some retailers are shipping on the 12th. See gamestop’s claim: “Pre-order World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King by November 12th at 11am CST with overnight shipping and get guaranteed delivery on the street date of November 13th! If your product does not arrive on the street date, we will fully refund your shipping charge. Continental United States only”
It would seem that people using Amazon and Offgamers are going to be kicking themselves all day thursday while I’m leveling my DK.
@ Jon - I think you still win. If you stand in line and buy it at (your) midnight, you will still have to get it home, install it, etc., before you can use it. Assuming you get all that done before 1:00 AM (midnight Server Time - 1 hour difference, I believe, not 3) you will be able to log on and start playing right at Server Time midnight. Someone in Central Time will only just be buying the expansion when you are already playing. And it is still another hour for me to buy it (Mountain Time) and you will have a full 3 hour jump on West Coast’ers.
I suspect you will be able to start playing as soon as you get the software installed - I figure Blizz would have the realms up and running well before the magic hour in order to do their final proof testing, etc. But either way, it will play out the same since you will be loading the software while everyone else is still waiting in line…
Gawd you’re hardcore…
haha ya, “i know most of you have multiple accounts” - lol i can barely afford one and im not that dedicated were i have the max level of characters all lvl 70 on 7 different accounts. But all the power to them, good job working hard for it
damn i already payed it off at gamestop >_< aint i a tard ass
if Offgammer release it on HK time Nov 13, Midnight 0000, it will be Nov 12, noon 12pm in NY! Great! 12 hours before everyone else….
does anyone remember when TBC release, can player enter the Dark Portal before midnight Pacific time (Blizzard time zone)? because I think that is the time when WoLK will start working.
yes it will be activated at midnight pacific time. It will not slowly go online at midnight for each time zone. So no worries HK-man you will be probably 2 or 3 hours behind
Yeah this sounds RLY COOL so if I live in Cali, does that mean that offgamers will email me the key at 9AM/PM on the 12? If so, that would be really great. But, I was wondering what their max dl speed is, and if it will be lower because they are located in Hong Kong. I just want to get all my facts straight before I buy it
I have heard all about Death Knight, Inscription, Northrend, etc. I would really like to hear more about Siege Warfare and new destructible buildings, i have yet to hear anything about that. Gavin, Lawbringer, or i guess anyone else can you give me any details you have?
email: Mooninites777@yahoo.com
The blazing question reiterated…HK time and the effect on our keys? 12 noon on the 12th? or 12 hours later, (00:00)the 13th. So, if im getting this all right -
We order the keys (befor whatever date it comes out)
Get keys in e-mail @ ^?^
Go to wow.com and enter it in
Download the x-pack from OFFGAMERS web site
Log on n’ play
More info on this process, and especially the time (the whole HK deal) would be much aprecuiated
I contacted Offgamers and they said they will NOT host a download mirror on their site. They also could not confirm that Blizzard will host a WotLK download option. Now I’m totally confused.
My head has expolded with all the time issues. I only know that i have already ordered from Amazon and will be playing the game as soon as I get it loaded. A couple of hours wil;l not make a differance in my leveling. I will however state that I realy enjoy and take great plasure in the articals that you GUYS send out. KEEP UP THE GREAT JOB!!!
This is a bit confusing. I called Offgamers and they said that they are not going to provide a downloading facility. Also is blizzard going to have a download link on their site on the 13th itself? Please clarify, coz I, all eager to get my hands on the expac, went and already ordered and now I’m kinda regretting my decision.
It seems to me that with all the time confusion going on, that being in EST, having preordered from gamestop and being able to pick them up at Midnight my time, getting it in my puter and up and running doesnt seem to be that much of an issue. will be playing shortly after the quick trip to the store.
Which seems to be what we all want anyways, Happy with my decision for pre-order.
As I stated before, although OffGamers will not be hosting the DL themselves, it will be available from Blizz in time for the release. It won’t be that hard for blizz since those of us in the Beta have been keeping updated to all the current patches so far. Once the game files are finalized it’s just a matter of pointing the current DL links to the finished game files.
If the DL is from Blizzard, I’m sure they make it available before WoLK offical launch. They know ppl need time for the DL and if anything happen (discounnect, web site go down….. ) they are ready to fix it fast. So don’t worry DL guys.
So, for us aussies who play on a oceanic server, will we still be able to purchase?
and when would we recieve our keys? mighnight for OffGamers or midnight EST?
could we get some confirmed information on this such as download size, speeed, availibilty
Just a reminder, there will be no keys available from anyone, anywhere on the 14th that will work on the oceanic servers, sorry. Blizzard is only making US and EU keys available on the 14th.
Are the Oceanic servers not part of the US servers?
I thought the only difference between the two was the in game time.
oceanic server are classified as US servers
I ordered my copy from offgamers. I figured even if something goes wrong with the cd key arriving or being able to download the game, I’ve made so much gold from the tips/advice over the past few months that I still win!
Offgamers seems like a very profesional company and they called me to verify my details within minutes.
“…I’ve made so much gold from the tips/advice over the past few months that I still win!
Offgamers seems like a very profesional company…”
spam/advertisement >_<
Just a reminding offgamer doesn’t take paypal at the moment.
“Are the Oceanic servers not part of the US servers?
I thought the only difference between the two was the in game time.
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thats what i would assume. its pretty gimped if the oceanic servers who have americans on them arent allowed to play it when its released. personally i think blizz got it wrong here if this is true
aw man i hope my CE comes in im ordering it from a few friends who own a computer store they said they might be able to get one for me but if not im stuck with normal xpac np there but i really wanted the extras that come with the CE hmm i signed up on amazon so theyll email me soon as they get more in stock…..if that will be any time soon….i really hope so….and I’d like to say wow lawbringer almost every second post your in there to answer a question /clap for you.
last comment on the page!!!!!:D
hi gavin and the gang,
i have been recieving ur emails for quite some time now and i have been very impressed with what i have read, then i got this on about gettign wotlk early from offgamers, so i thought woohoo lets do it, then i went to the website and as im from the uk it going to cost me £26.99, so unfortunately im going to have to wait for the retail version as i can buy that for £19.99. but i will still be recomending your site to all my mates anyway.
many thanks for all the hard work that yourself and the rest of the gang puts in

What time EST will we be getting the keys e-mailed at.
What time EST will we be able to Start downloading from blizz at?
Game stop
Pre-order World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King by November 12th at 11am CST with overnight shipping and get guaranteed delivery on the street date of November 13th! If your product does not arrive on the street date, we will fully refund your shipping charge. Continental United States only. Must have Overnight Service available in your area. Offer void if you are unable to accept a delivery that was attempted. Not responsible for orders delayed due to incorrect address, credit card information or inclement weather caused by the melting of the ice caps in Northrend.
Update from Amazon…
Now they offer “Release-Date Delivery” option at check-out. So, if you are within the 48 states of US, you will get it on Nov13. It’s their new offer, seems like some people have problem to re-order their pre-order item…. but it’s great news for all of us.
For all you folks out there that have it reserved and paid off at gamestop you CAN go and get your money back and use offgamers instead BUT offgamers will NOT be hosting the DL themselves which means your getting it from blizzard and as you all know blizz fails at Downloader so you wont be playing untill late the 14th at least but youll save a couple dollars if you go thru them but as some of you probably do know blizz will be shutting down all servers 20mins-1hour ahead of time to roll the patch over them and most will probably come up for all of 15 mins before they crash again so before you all get your hopes too high just rem that blizz fails at all things technical so you probably wont be playing untill 2-3 hours after servers go live regardless of where you get the game ^_^ and its midnight server time (the second one) on the 13th (that means ITS BLIZzARDS TIME CALI AND WA and so forth)
And for you lawbringer the exact midnight per day is actually easy to come up with its w/e time midnight is in rome cause thats the ORIGINAL time before time zones and day lights savings time blah blah blah so theoretically of course if you wanted to travel back in time in america to 6:pm on the 22nd of febuary 1453 it would be like the 20th of feb at 8am cause of all the changes to standerdized time ^_^ so be wary of time travel !!!
Was there any closure to this? Did we figure out if/when we will be able to DL the client from Blizzard?