Nowadays, more and more people are playing online games and the biggest change is that not only teenagers, but adults as well, are playing. The gaming industry is booming because gamers are willing to spend money to finance their gaming needs. There are several categories of online games and we'll take a look into one game which is currently under Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game also known as MMORPG. One of the top rated MMORPG game is World Of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment; a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard.
World Of Warcraft is a pay-to-play game and you need to pay a monthly subscription fee to play it, aside from buying the game installer itself. Regional variations are handled by two main game servers, namely European and US servers which handle technical, billing, or other gaming concerns. This definitely is an action game and offers a lot of activities for players and the action begins with creating a character or avatar to represent the gamer in this violent virtual world. Players assume their roles, either with a first or third person viewpoint, and they then explore landscapes of different maps, fight various monsters, do quests with Non-Player Characters (NPC), interact with other World Of Warcraft players and pursue lots of other violent and dangerous activities.
Some of the features of the game are:
* 10 playable races
* 10 playable classes
* multiple professions, each with unique benefits
* thousands of quests to undertake and complete
* multiple modes of transportation
* extensive and elaborate storyline
* four realm types for differing styles of the play
The game also offers a strong visual appearance and responsive, smooth player controls which are of central importance to the World of Warcraft experience. Several expansion packs are released to add features that are not present in the base game. The two current expansion packs are "World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade" and "World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King". One of the features added in each new expansion pack is an increase in character level caps.
The ten current playable classes in-game are:
* druids (the shape shifters)
* hunters (beast tamers, ranged)
* mages (ranged magic damage dealers)
* paladins (holy warriors)
* priests (healers)
* rogues (casters, healers, melee DPS)
* warlocks (adept at the dark arts)
* warriors (melee fighters)
* death knights (martial prowess with dark, necromantic energies)
These different classes are made available because of the diverse play styles present among World of Warcraft game players. The choices for the class can also help determine the type of armor, weapons, as well as the skills and abilities which they player would like to master throughout the game to suit his play style and preferences.
The ten playable races on the other hand are divided into two factions: the Alliance and the Horde. On the Alliance side are humans, dwarves, night elves, gnomes, Draenei, and the Worgen. Opposing them on the Horde side are the orcs, the undead, the Taurens, trolls, blood elves, and the goblins. There is no pre-assigned class for each race, as one race can be played under several classes. However, there are still some classes which cannot be played using a certain race, like the taurens - they cannot be rogues, and they are the only ones among the Horde faction who can be druids. And yes, the rules are complicated in World of Warcraft!
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