Post Three - Classes

So you have you character, you are happy with the way it looks and you have a nice name for it. Now you have to decide what you want to be. I used to recommend that anyone starting out in WoW should pick a hunter as their first choice. A hunter is a great choice because at level 10 you get to tame a pet. Having a pet makes life and levelling so much easier! As a hunter, your prime weapon is 'ranged', which means you will be using a bow, gun or crossbow. Whilst your pet is munching on a monster, you will be shooting arrows at it. It's extremely hard to die with a hunter. Especially as at level 40 you can pretend to be dead and trick whatever you are fighting into leaving you alone! However, there have been recent changes in the game. Blizzard have made it easier to level and whilst the hunter is still a great choice it isn't head and shoulders above every other class. My reasons for making a hunter was because I saw one running around with a white tiger as a pet and I thought that looked pretty cool. Five years into playing the game I hardly ever play my hunter. My favourite classes at the moment are paladin, shaman and mage. My most favourite class is the shaman. This class is not for everyone, but I think they are fun to play and easy to level. They are tough to kill and have a wonderful array of tricks that keep you intrested in what you are going to learn next.

Post Two - Name

Naming your character is as important as actually designing him or her. But before you do name it I will impart the sad news that nearly every name you choose will be taken. Once a name is taken on a server, you can no longer choose it. I have found that almost every character name from Steven Eriksons 'Malazan Book of the Fallen' has been taken. My first ever character was called Starling and there is a Starling on every server in WoW. Remember, your characters name represents you as well and how people will react to you within the game. Whilst levelling Starling I found myself in a group with a character called Excrement. Nice! There are a fair number of names which will tell you about the person that made them. I like to choose names from books or Mythology. There are a huge number of name generators on the internet.

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Post One - Characterization

Once the game has installed on your PC and you have watched the cinematic movie which lasts just a few minutes, you will find yourself looking at the character screen. It is here that you will create the character you will play with in the game. As you can see, there are 10 diverse races available to choose from. It's a good idea to take some time and just mess around with the look of the different races. You will find you can change a variety of features which vary depending on the class and sex you take. It is also important to remember that there are 2 distinct sides which you can choose from:

Alliance - Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenai

Horde - Orc, Undead, Tauren, Troll, Blood Elf

It is true to say that most people will start on the Alliance side. The good looking side. Blizzard made a good looking race for the Horde side with the Blood Elves specifically to encourage more people to play Horde. I started on the Alliance and have stayed Alliance ever since. Another point that needs to be made is that the two factions cannot communicate with each other. They are natural enemies and on a pvp server you will be killing them, not having a chat with them!

From personal experience I can recommend:

Night Elf - female

Dwarf - male

Draenai - female

I like the way the above races move, look and feel.