World Of Warcraft Faq

What is World of Warcraft?

World of Warcraft is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing game. Millions of people around the world, using their computers, World of Warcraft software (from Blizzard Entertainment), and an internet connection play World of Warcraft together.

World of Warcraft is set in a fantasy setting. The overall world is called Azeroth. Various races (humans, orcs, gnomes, trolls, night elves, blood elves, dwarves, tauren, draenei, undead) live on three main continents. Players use magic and combat abilities to solve quests, battle against each other, and advance their characters in this world.

The World of Warcraft fantasy setting is fairly typical for this genre.

What gaming platforms does the game play on?

At this time, World of Warcraft is played on PC and Mac computers.

What are the elements of game play?

Overall World of Warcraft game play consists of: creating a character and advancing that character by levels. Each level gained grants the character additional abilities. Players participate in many activities in the game: exploration, combat against computer controlled monsters, combat against other players, developing trade skills (such as mining, enchanting, jewel crafting), completing quests, earning gold, and various social interactions with other players.

How does a player get started playing World of Warcraft?

A player will purchase the World of Warcraft PC or Mac software (typically a player will purchase the original World of Warcraft PC (or Mac) software and the expansion software The Burning Crusades). After the initial purchase, an ongoing monthly fee is charged to play the game.

The software packages must be installed on a computer capable of running the game. Several ‘patches’ (updates and fixes to the original software) must be installed. The patches download over the internet.

A World of Warcraft account must be created, with credit card or game card information entered. When all of the above is complete, a player may log into the game, create a character, and start playing.

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What is the main story to the game?

There are two main factions, the Horde and the Alliance. In ancient times, the Horde and the Alliance battled each other. In the game, the two factions have an uneasy co-existence. Skirmishes break out constantly, but overall there are no large-scale wars. After choosing to play Alliance or Horde, players participate in deciding outcome of both small battles and fighting off common threats.

Many challenges face the Horde and the Alliance. At times, they even have to cooperate for the overall good of life on Azeroth. The game is rich in lore. Anyone wanting to know more can find the lore at Blizzard’s official site, in World of Warcraft novels, the Warcraft RTS games, and at fan sites.

What are social interactions like?

Within the same faction, players can chat, adventure together, share loot, and go to war against the opposing faction. Players will barter with each other for goods and services. A system of emotes (voice statements or voice and animations) offer another layer of interaction.

Expect both good and unpleasant interactions with other players. In this online world, people have a great degree of freedom in their behavior.

How do you win the game?

There is no ‘winner’ of this game. It’s an ongoing, persistent world; a player overall seeks to advance his/her character, to outfit the character with the best gear, and to collect as much gold as possible.

By Demi Farris