[WOW] Skyth的CWOW個人體驗

＊本人英文極差，如有人願指教或重翻，在此感謝, 標記單字是想順便背的。

Having moved to China 2 years ago, I've had the opportunity to experience WoW China personally. And it is different to the American servers in many spectacular ways. 

因為搬去中國兩年，我有機會親自體驗中國魔獸（以下簡稱CWOW），它與美國的伺服器有著驚人的不同。

personally　親自
opportunity　機會
spectacular　驚人的

Subscription: In WoW China, you must activate an account through a website much like on the American servers, however the main difference is the paying method: in China, you must buy game cards that allow you to play WoW for 60 hours. You can buy these cards on the street, in shops or even in game (usual price is about 450g! at first this seemed like a huge number to me, especially since TBC came out just last week in China. However it turned out to be quite reasonable considering the amount of gold circulating on the servers) and these cards are priced at about 4 dollars (quite expensive for China). The fact that game time works by the hour has its pros and cons... cons: you can run out of time at VERY bad moments: the number of people that drop in some raids is actually staggering. 

Subscription：在CWOW，你依然必須透過一個網站來啟動你的帳號；跟美版一樣，然而最主要的不同點在付款方式，在中國你必須（也只能買點卡）買一張可以玩60小時的點卡，你可以在街上或商店裡買到它，甚至在遊戲裡（通常價位在450G，我第一次看到時覺得這數字真大，especially since TBC came out just last week in China. However it turned out to be quite reasonable considering the amount of gold circulating on the servers），而這些卡一張約美金四元（以大陸來說頗貴），事實上遊戲時間以小時計算有它的優點與缺點... 缺點：你會在非常糟的時刻用光你的時間：這些玩家的斷線相當程度的影響到一些Raid。

Subscription　署名
staggering　搖晃欲倒

WoW Gold: As you can imagine, there are many Chinese farmers in China :p. The amount of gold you can buy is just huge. You can buy WoW gold cards on the streets and for about 13 dollars you can receive 5000 gold (again this is before TBC). These cards contain a code that you must whisper to a toon in game that will deliver the gold to you... needless to say, you don't always receive it... 

魔獸幣：正如你想像，中國大陸有許多中國農夫:P，你能買的金幣實在龐大，你在大街上花13元（應為美金）買魔獸金幣卡，可以收到5000G（而且是在TBC之前），這些卡包含一組號碼，你只要在遊戲裡傳密語給一個toon（？），就能獲得你的金幣，當然，你有可能收不到。

imagine　想像
contain 　包含
needless to say　不用說

Spam: You think the American servers are bad? Haha, you should try out the Chinese servers... It is virtually impossible to have a /say conversation in front of the AH in IF due to all the alts spamming Leveling and Gold services... At peak hours it gets so bad they even flood the /yell and general and trade channels. Also you consistently get spam mail from the same spammers. 

你以為美版伺服器很爛嗎？哈，你應該體驗一下大陸的伺服器．．．在鐵爐堡AH前面發話根本不可能...通通都是賣金幣還有代練的分身在發垃圾廣告！在尖峰時，他們甚至開始用大吼以及佔用一般頻道與交易頻道，你也會收到一堆他們寄來的廣告信。（感謝Niceshot提供翻譯。）

Toons: These are bought very easily in China (especially because of the numbers of hackers... this is a topic discussed below). My friend bought a lvl 60 warrior fully decked out in tier 2.5 / pvp gear for a bit less than 20 dollars, and since he knew the hacker well, he even got a tier 1 priest hacked for free.

Hackers: Every account in WoW China is a potential target for these professional hackers and it is even necessary at level 60 (if you have the intention of keeping your account) to add a 8 number pin code to your account as extra security. Accounts without this additional pin code get almost instahacked. I've had a couple of friends seen their 60s hacked THE DAY THEY DINGED because they had no pin codes.

Raids: There are countless "Gold PuG" raids that take place each day... even for the veryend game instances such as Naxx or AQ 40. These "Gold Teams" are made up of usually about 20 or 25 experienced raiders that take along some noobs to gain gold and gear. No vent or online speaking software is used. The raids work this way: after each boss, players bid for the items that drop (starting at 100g for example for tier 2 sets) and people can go on increasing their bids till the others drop. Then at the end of the raid, all the gold is SPLIT UP BETWEEN ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE RAID. This can easily get you 300g per run. I've had some runs where I've gained 1k gold because people would bid 8000 gold on Ashkandi for example :D. This system is very different, and caused people to rush through content, and that is quite a pity. Another one of my friends managed to collect all his tier 2 gear and some tier 3 within 2 and a half weeks of hitting 60... However it allows people to earn gold to combat the HUGE inflations that occur in WoW China.

PvP: AB is a joke in China. The games are basically prefixed for an honor zerg. One game one faction stay at their graveyard and let their bases be 5 capped while they get aoe killed. And the next game its the opposite faction that does the same. This totally ruins the fun of AB :(. For the other battlegrounds however it is much like America though it is much harder to attain Grand Marshall... I was told you had to gain at least 3 MILLION honor a week to stay competitive in WoW China... Talk about addicts..

Talking about addicts.. the Chinese government has recently opened a military camp to help local Chinese people break their gaming addictions... i lol'd when i found out. But its probably the best solution :P

Although WoW China does have its disadvantages it is still very fun and the people are great. The Chinese are very willing to accept foreigners and will sometimes literally line up to run your toons through instances if you tell them you are American :). They are very friendly and constantly try and speak english in order to improve it. With TBC that came out last week (FINALLY) the chinese will finally be able to play the new content and who knows... maybe their bad customs will change. 

美版論壇原文連結
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=116252979&sid=1&pageNo=1

如果連結失效，這是備份的圖