Friday 7 August 2009

Are You New in Playing World of Warcraft ?

By Michael Arthas

For fanatic or even regular online gamer, the title World of Warcraft is not an unfamiliar title. Around the world, it is estimated more than 11.5 million gamers subscribe to play World of Warcraft. But why is it successfully gain so much fame? One of the main reason is because World of Warcraft is very easy to access. Another reason is because this game is straightforward. Anyone, does not matter to have experience or not in online game, can play and enjoy the game right away. Newcomers in MMORPG wouldn't have much trouble getting started.

World of Warcraft comes in 4 discs that you need to install on your PC. The installation is easy. After successfully install the game, you need to create a game account. Off course you'll be needing internet connection (it's an online game). To have access to play the game, you need to pay a monthly subscription fee. The typical subscription fee is US$19.95 per month. When you first purchase World of Warcraft CD, it usually came with free subscription fee for the first month. For the subscription, you can paid it monthly, three-monthly, or every half year. The choice is yours. Better to adjust with your own budget and need. At first you can choose monthly subscription and then you can choose three or six monthly. But I believe you'll enjoy playing WoW.

World of Warcraft operates thru a series of servers. In World of Warcraft, we call these servers as "Realms". World of Warcraft has many realms around the world. Why did it need so many realms? This is to make online gamers which scattered all over the world, can just easily connect to the nearest realms. Thus making the game more reliable and faster. And in the end, making World of Warcraft more enjoyable to play. Another reason why WoW is very famous to online gamers.

Azeroth is the name of the world where World of Warcraft events took place. Azeroth is a unique world, quite similar to our planet Earth, but has its own unique history, myths and off course unique creatures. After creating Azeroth, it is said the ancient gods then gave rise to the earliest races on the planet. With its own forests, oceans, rivers, mountains, cities, caverns, dungeons, Azeroth is an interesting place to have an adventure. Just like our beloved Earth, Azeroth has gone thru pain and experience much trouble. It also has gone thru great wars and conflict.

The Azeroth's world in World of Warcraft in general divide into three huge continents. The inhabitants of the three continents is not what you would find on Earth. The first continent is the Eastern Kingdom. The inhabitants are humans, gnomes and dwarfs. They are known as The Alliance. The second continent is Kalimdor. Orcs, taurens, and trolls inhabited this great continent. They are known as The Horde. The last huge continent is Northrend where the evil and wicked Lich King rules. Other than unique inhabitant race for each continent, each also has unique climate.

Blizzard Entertainment has build Azeroth as a vast world. It's huge with so many area to explore and making the game more exciting since you always find some new places for an adventure. Although you need to explore a vast world, it's easy, even for newbie, to understand the game. In World of Warcraft, you need to choose whether you're going to play as the Alliance or the Horde. The Alliance is fast, agile but weak in physical strength. The Horde is powerful, physically strong but slow. Choose wisely the character that suits you. There's no evil or good side here. You get to decide if you're going to be an evil or good character.

Just like other RPG games, World of Warcraft gave you the freedom to create and design you own character. You are able to customize their armor, weapon, clothing and other accessories. Beside customizing armor, weapon, etc, you need also to choose the classes of your character. There are 9 different classes available in World of Warcraft such as hunter, shaman, warrior, rogue, etc. Each classes has their own unique ability. Combine your group of choice (Alliance or Horde) with the classes you desire and create the greatest hero. Although it may sound rather difficult (choosing group, then choosing classes and customizing character), but when you get into the game, it'll get easier. You'll understand more when you play the game.

The objective of playing World of Warcraft is to explore new places, developing your character while fighting monsters or other player. Every level you need to play in this game has their own interesting area for exploration. While you explore the vast world of Azeroth, along the way you will find many items. The items can then be used to strengthen your character or you can also sell or trade them. Gold is the main currency in Azeroth. Collect gold as much as you can. With gold you can buy precious items, upgrade your armors and weapons. But off course, playing MMORPG will be no fun if you don't have anything to fight with. In your adventure, you can fight monsters and savage creatures. Sometimes fighting monsters is the only way for you to progress in this game.

Controlling your character is not an issue when you play World of Warcraft. The game itself optimize the use of keyboard and mouse. The control system is also sensible. Newcomers wouldn't have a problem mastering the control. In WoW, the game also provide you with in-game camera. With the camera, you're freely to look around and see the full view of your surroundings.

In summary, World of Warcraft is a great game to play. You'll be having much fun playing it for hours. You'll enjoy exploring Azeroth, fighting monsters or other players, collecting and trading items, etc. You don't need much experience in online game to enjoy World of Warcraft. This is the perfect online game for everyone out there. Enjoy...

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