World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (WoW) made by Blizzard Entertainment is the biggest MMORPG ever made. With over 11.5 million players subscribing each month to play World of Warcraft has made it into the Guinness World Records for the most popular MMORPG.
WoW is a game that is bought from a store and players need to pay a monthly subscription to continue playing. This differs from most other MMORPGs that are often buy once play online for free, or even browser based free forever games. This model has proven increadibly fruitful for Blizzard as they are taking a monthly subsidy from each and every player that is playing their game.
Players of WoW can walk around the lands of Azeroth with thousands of other MMORPG players. The lands are divided into two factions, Alliance and Horde. These two factions have been at war since the dawn of time, and players need to pick a team which their character will play in for the lifetime of the character.
These factions are always at war, and one of the most important choices of a WoW player is if they want to be at war constantly in a Player vs Player (PVP) server or only be at war when in the battlefields in a Player vs Environment (PVE) server.
The next big decision that a World of Warcraft player needs to make is which of the 10 Races they wish their character to be. Each race have different characteristics and special bonuses. For instance the Gnomes have an “Expansive Mind” and gain an extra 5% intelligence. The races are Humans, Trolls, Tauren, Orcs, Dwarves, Blood Elves, Draenei, Undead and Night Elves.
There are 9 playable classes in World of Warcraft. A player can chose a class that suits their personality, or role play a class that doesn’t suit their personality at all, to see if they like it. Classes are up front and personal Warrior, spell and totem wielding Shaman, theif and shadowy Rogue, healer and confidant Priest, holyer than though Paladin, spell casting Mage, friend of the earth Druid, or Lich King breakaway Death Knight.
Each class has many different abilities and spells and play the game completely different to other classes. Warriors, Paladins and Death knights are often at the front of battle hacking and slashing away at their enemies and wearing heavy armour. Mages and Warlocks stand at the back of combat, wearing little or no armour and casting spells or controling pets to do their battling for them. Priests, druids and shamans are also at the back of the fighting, their roles are to heal the wounded, shield the main tank (usually a Warrior or Paladin) and keep the party alive. Priests, Shamans and Druids are also classes who can ressurect their team mates if they die, so having one or more in your group is always a bonus.
World of Warcraft has a levelling system. You start at level 1 and as you do quests and increase your experience you gain levels. Each new level provides more player stats (like strength, dexterity, stamina, intelligence, spirit), and also unlocks new spells and abilities to be used by the player.
Travelling around Azeroth you can play by yourself, do quests given to you by nearby NPCs (Non Playing Characters) or group with up to 5 people to do quests together. Quests might include killing a number of nearby beats, or delivering information or an item to another NPC player. Quests are varied and sometimes complicated and are the best way to understand your characters abilities and faults.
At the higher end of the game, you can join a guild and go and attack dugeons with up to 40 players in a group.
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