World of Warcraft. Easily one of the top selling PC games of all time, WoW has emerged as the preeminent MMORPG (link me), boasting a community of millions. Created by Blizzard, WoW offers players the ultimate immersive experience by letting the player pick and control their character’s every decision. Isn’t it time you joined the hordes of online players and get your WoW on?
World of Warcraft takes place in the world of Azeroth and begins with you choosing a faction, race, and class for your character. Your first experience in WoW will be questing. Questing is the main way to gain experience and level your character, and can be done by yourself or with a group of friends. There are other ways such as PvPing(player versus player) but questing is one of the fastest and easiest ways to level up. As you gain levels in WoW you will soon find yourself playing instances. Instances are levels where you team up with anywhere between 5 and 40 other people to take on some of the toughest bosses Azeroth has to offer. As you meet new people you can either create a Guild or join an existing Guild. Guilds are groups of people who team up together under a unique guild name, share resources with each other using their guild bank, and can customize the look of their character with the guild tabard.
Battlegrounds are where you can fight against other players. Some consist of simple capture the flag matches such as Warsong Gulch; others have you capturing and holding multiple points to win. Fighting in these battlegrounds will reward you with honor points and badges which can then be used to buy better weapons and armor. You can even form a team to compete in the Arena. Matches range from 2v2 to 5v5 and are played in a deathmatch style instead of the objective-based battlegrounds.
As you progress through the game you will become more and more powerful and be able to take on some of the toughest challenges Azeroth has to offer. And with content released on a regular basis, it is nearly impossible to see everything that World of Warcraft has to offer. Stay tuned for more in-depth guides on classes and dungeons.
