World of Warcraft

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World of Warcraft is a MMORPG computer game. It is also called WoW. It was created by Blizzard Entertainment, a company which makes many other games. The game takes place in a setting Blizzard has used for other games using the name "Warcraft"

Warcraft: Orcs and Humans was a real-time strategy game. So were Warcraft 2 and its expansion, Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness and Warcraft 3 and its expansion, Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. World of Warcraft is unlike the other games as it is a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game). This means that many people from around the world play at once in the online world.

Players progress by gaining items from killing bosses and completing quests that are given throughout the game.

World of Warcraft has developed a community of 'raiding guilds' that compete with each other for 'first kills' on bosses in new raid instances, dungeons that require 25 players to work together to take down extremely hard bosses.

[change] Races

Alliance

Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf, Draenei (only with Burning Crusade Expansion)

Horde

Orc, Tauren, Troll, Undead, Blood Elf (only with Burning Crusade Expansion)

[change] Classes

In the game, there are classes. Once a player has picked it cannot change. When one chooses a class at a certain level (10) each level up one gets one talent point to be put into a spot in the Talent Trees.

For example, if someone is a priest and he or she wants to deal damage, he or she goes down the shadow tree, and if he she wants to heal, he or she goes down the holy tree, or the discipline tree to reduce damage taken.

[change] Types of classes

1. Ranged Damage Dealers
2. Tanks
3. Melee Damage Dealers
4. Healers

Hybrids are classes that can fulfill 3 of those types. (Shamans, Druids, and Paladins).

[change] Jobs

1. Druid - A very able class, very powerful, can deal two types of damage
2. Hunter - This class uses traps like a real hunter can
3. Paladin - Mostly healer characters
4. Priest - The best healer in the game
5. Rogues - Can use poisons, powerful attacks
6. Shaman - Hybrid class that can do spells, healing, and melee dps
7. Warlocks - Hit hard with direct attacks but can't move as well as a Mage
8. Warrior - Good tankers and take damage well
9. Mage - Large variety of spells, very hard hitting

[change] See also

• Warcraft

[change] Other websites

• The Official World of Warcraft Website
• WoWInsider: A World of Warcraft blog
• Thottbot: A WoW information site for players
• WoWWiki: A wiki about Warcraft