Question

[Miguez]

If I buy the original WoW will a 30 day play-time come with it?

And what if I buy the Battlechest?

And also, how do the zones work, if I have just the first WoW will I see the areas affected by cataclysm differently/will I see cata players?

[Heosphoros]

If I buy the original WoW will a 30 day play-time come with it?
yes

And what if I buy the Battlechest?
yes, it comes with vanilla, and BC. Only vanilla has the 30 day play time with it

And also, how do the zones work, if I have just the first WoW will I see the areas affected by cataclysm differently/will I see cata players?
I'm not quite sure, but i'm pretty sure you can see the zones just like everybody else, you just can't access some of them.

[Key-J]

All changes in Cata have happened, you are going to see the world farked up, so technically, when you go to outlands and Northrend, you will be traveling through time in sorts.

You will not have access to things everything BC+, will have the 60 cap, many zones will be unaccessable to you, and it will just be crappy

[Miguez]

And if I buy the first one then play for 30 days then take a break for like two months and then buy BC will it come with 30 days? Or should I just buy the Battlechest

[Key-J]

Yeah, every-time you buy a new Expansion, you get 30 days with it.

[Necrobat]

Yeah, every-time you buy a new Expansion, you get 30 days with it.

No, you don't. You only get the 30 days with vanilla, not with any expansions.

[Key-J]

O.o

I'm pretty sure i got credited with 30 days when i bought LK...