Playing wow without the full download?

Post by Yuusha

So i play hearthstone pretty regularly , and since they just released that new hero by getting a character to 20 on wow, i wanted to get it. The only problem is that i play form alaska, and up here , the only option is limited data plans. Wow is a 32gb game and it is just unthinkable for me to use that much data for just a couple days of use.

I heard that you could play the game with only a couple gb installed , and play while the rest is installing. Is there a way that i can just use those couple gigs to play the game up to level 20, and just cancel the install while im playing?

Post by Nulgar

Yes, it specifically downloads the early zones first, after which the status becomes "playable". While ingame, only assets that you encounter but aren't on your hard drive yet are downloaded, so data consumption while playing is also limited. You might experience certain delays though,but I guess that's preferrable to downloading the entire game :)

The Battle.net client will show an indicator while downloading when WoW becomes playable, and I think you can pause the download, so it doesn't download more on its own (while you're not running a Blizzard game, which would pause the download, too)

Playing wow without the full download?

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