Thinking of starting WOW

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Just wondering which expansions I should get when just starting WOW. I think a lot of the expansions just add more to the level cap so arent necessary to begin with?

 

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No expansion you're right.

Try it, if you hit 58 and want more, get burning crusade.
If you hit 70, get Wrath of the Lich king.

Easy

Any tips for starting? I've not set my mind on starting yet, but a lot of WOW players are elitest scum who dont want to help the new people lol

 

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Also play Alliance, before you level a horde too high and eventually realise it was not such a good idea as you first thought

For the Alliance!

Any reason why?

 

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I take it there are people who just randomly kill you while you are leveling?

 

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If your on a pvp server in a contested sone then yes

God, I hate randomers xD

 

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I have no idea what the difference between horde and alliance are lol

 

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different zones for leveling early on , different capital cities and different races
it used to be that paladin was an alliance only class and shaman was a horde only class but that changed along time ago.

alliance are suposed to be good and horde are suposed to be evil (aparently)

all said and done the only difference between them which may matter is.

horde can not talk to alliance or group with them so if your friends are alliance you dont want to be horde

Thanks for the clarification. Just need to find some friends to start with me xD

btw make a trial account first http://www.wow-europe.com/en/requirements/trial.html

so you can play for 10days free then when you add your cdkeys to the account you get the free 30 days added on.

40 days instead of 30 without needing to pay a penny you could just turn the trial into a full account as soon as its created aswell and you still keep the 10 free trial days aswell as the 30days for buying the game

Wise words. Cheer mate.

 

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Only difference between Horde & Alliance is the Alliance looks Gay & the Horde look cool.
You choose ?

Gay plx. Can you have an elf in all pink armour? That would rawk!!

Email me in trust if you want so I can refer you

I might just do that. We both get extra time or something?

OK I may have over exaggerated but I stand by my point, I ended up playing that game for 3 years and by the end I wasn't even playing because it was fun, by then it was just habbit.

Personaly I think it's the grind that does it, you do the same thing over and over too many times and you don't question doing it again.

I certainly enjoyed WoW at the time, raided through TBC and had a whale of a time in SWP, but by that time raiding was all I played for and when Wrath hit and raiding went out of the window, and Naxx etc was such a let down (for me at least) my reasons to play lessened and I realised that I was logging on, grinding some rep or something and having no fun doing it what so ever. Hence why I now dislike the game, it sucked all the fun out of itself.



But anywho, contructive info for the OP:

First of all you are better of just playing a 10 day trial and seeing what you think of the game, even better find a friend who will let you play on their account for a while to get a real feel for the game, at a low level you don't get much of an oppertunity to see what the game can offer.

If you enjoy it, buy WoW, and leave the expansions, as said above if at lv 58 you enjoy it, get TBC and level to 70 and again if you are still up for more get Wrath, buying them all at once may seem like a good idea but if you get to lvl 40 and realise you can't be bothered with it and stop playing, you have shelled out for 2 games for no reason.


Alliance/Horde - It'spersonal choice, I played Horde because I wanted to play a Paladin and the Alliance races, especialy human (casting animation...eugh) just don't work for me.

If you have friends in WoW, play with them, it will make it infinitly more enjoyable while leveing.


Leveling - it can be dull and if like me you realy just wanted to get it over and done with, there are dozens of free leveling guids on the net or addons that can make it a lot smoother and remove the "WTF Where do I go?!" aspect.


Class - for the love of god level a DPS class, I leveled 1-80 on my paladin as a healer and only when I leveled a DPS class did I realise how stupid that was.

When it comes to choosing a class that's where things get interesting, my advice? level each one to lv 10 and see which ones you have more fun with, you won't get much of an idea about what they are capable of at 80 but you'll come to understand what they do and how they do it.

Enjoy.

Its between WOW and Warhammer Online, I have a few friends who play on WOW and they might let me play their account (since I had paid for 4 months for them then accidently another 4 when it automatically renewed) but I also have a friend on WAR who has said will help me out there.

 

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Well, one of my friends who plays Warhammer Online has been nice enough to buy me the game + playing time. So, I am gonna start playing this instead.
Its fun so far!