warbringer

The air dry and heavy with electricity that made the fine hairs stand up on the back of her neck. Ripples of energy twisted and turned in the air, creating great ribbons of light that played tricks on the eye and distracted the senses.

She stood alone at the entrance of the Blood Elf tower, the battlefield stretched out before her, the ground littered with skeletons, weapons, and the burnt discharge of magick. Distantly, the sounds of warfare echoed back to her, the clash of blades and armor as the Alliance and Horde faced off for control of the area. For the time being, she was ignored, but with every minute that passed she became more consciously aware of just how vulnerable she was. With a quick glance in either direction, she twisted bands of magick in her palms and threw down a flare, the area around her feet instantly glowing with flickering orange light.

“Scared?” asked the voice of her hidden companion.

“Cautious.”

“You reek of fear.”

“It’ll wash off.” She felt the air twist around her, Fallapart’s form illuminated briefly by the flare’s light before it sputtered and died. Frowning, Saelym twisted another into existence and tossed it to her feet. “Any sign of them?”

“Three coming from the road.” Fallapart’s voice moved away as she scouted the perimeter. “Hunter. Shaman. And a Warrior, I think.” The Rogue chuckled. “I like Shamans.”

Reaching to her back, Saelym pulled free her crossbow and held it ready at her hip, her fingers tracing the smooth shaft of the bolt already locked in place.

“Two on three,” she murmured, and a coy grin touched her pale features. “Good odds.”

ice cold

A raid leader by the name of Blades recruited me to do some photoshoots inside Naxxramas with him not long after I’d returned to Dalaran to begin working on my memoir. I hadn’t much intention to go back into the field after the years I’d spent out, but since Dragonblight wasn’t far away and I was once again in need of money, I ventured along.

Rather than a guild of seasoned raiders, they were a ragtag group of misfits, a collection of guildmates and unguided adventurers that had braved Naxxramas together. One of them, a quiet Hunter by the name of Saelym Sorrowstar, seemed rather irritated to be on the opposite end of the snapper and went out of her way to avoid me. I only managed one shot of her, a quick capture in Sapphiron’s Lair, standing at ready for the call of her raid leader.

kaliandra

“Bloody goblins and their bloody flying machines,” Kaliandra Mal’ashan muttered irritably to herself. “Leaving me waiting her all night…” Reaching into her pack, she removed the letter she’d received only the day before, rubbing her gloved fingers across the well-read paper and the familiar, messy handwriting.

Kali,

I know it’s been months since we’ve spoken, but I figured better late than never.

I thought you’d want to know that, for the time being, Saelym and I have parted ways. I miss you, Kali. I hope not having my sister around is encouragement enough for you to come see me.

Take the zepplin from the Undercity to Howling Fjord. I’ll meet you in Vengeance Landing.

Taetra

Sighing, Kaliandra folded the letter and placed it back in her pack, tucking it safely beside her food and water, and raised her eyes as the shadow of the great zepplin fell across her, the painted eyes and fang-toothed grin staring her down, like a predator.

violet hold

“You know, I take it back, I’m not really in the mood to help these folks out anymore,” Vashfontane said, rubbing his thick hands through his mane with obvious nervousness. The Undead behind him chortled, his voice thick and raspy.

“What’s the problem, Beefy?” he asked nonchalantly. Vashfontane glared over his shoulder at the Death Knight.

“Well, nothing, I guess, I just…” He gulped and stared into the center of the room, where the Dalaran defenders were pulling their swords from a freshly killed, massive dragonkin. “Just don’t like dragons much, is all.”

Saelym stood a few steps ahead, watching the humans. They’d not yet been noticed, the three of them, and she was content to leave it that way for the moment, instead letting her eyes trail the damaged prison. Behind her, her pet Archaia let out a low growl and lowered to her belly on the cool stone floor, obviously agitated by the scent of blood and fear in the air.

“Eternal,” she called softly to the Death Knight. “Are you ready for this?”

“Nobody’s going to ask me?” Vashfontane whimpered.

“Always ready,” Eternalash replied with his trademark grin, scratching his taloned fingers across his bald skull, creating a noise oddly like fingernails on a chalkboard. Saelym looked up, through the massive hole in the ceiling through which the afternoon sunlight streamed, and nodded slightly to herself.

“Alright,” she said. “Let’s do it.”

Well, it’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been very busy lately producing some art assets which, unfortunately, I cannot post here. I found time however to produce this, which is currently a WIP. It’s a Blood-Elf and a Rogue, from the Warcraft series:

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Taetra Sorrowstar, all five feet five inches of her, was a delicate Blood Elf that on first glance looked as if she’d never worked a hard day’s labor in her life. However, closer inspection often revealed the smears of dirt, oil, and god-knows-what-else across her hand-stitched robes, the scrapes and scabs on her pale skin, and the agitated, haughty expression of a first-class tomboy.

On this particular day, nestled close to the blacksmith in the Lower City of Shattrath, she was clambering over and under a strange, rocket-shaped contraption that looked about ready to either blow up or fall apart, depending on how hard she hit it. Akema Icemane, Taetra’s close Tauren friend, peered curiously at the patched metal and garbled paint job.

“What, exactly, is this supposed to be again?” she asked, touching the wet paint and then trying, in vain, to scrub it off her white fur.

“A copter,” came Taetra’s blunt reply as she flipped upside down and scooched her way into the footwell.

‘A what?”

“A flying machine.”

“And you built this?”

“Yes.” The young Elf twisted to look up at Akema through her gem-studded goggles. “And you keep quiet about it. It’ll work perfectly fine.”

“It’s just… well… Tae, you don’t have much luck with -”

“Hush, Ake.”

“I’m just worried that you’ll -”

“HUSH.” Twisting herself upright, she pressed the large red button installed next to the crooked steering wheel, and with a massive cough of black smoke and a severe amount of shaking and seizing, a dented propellor rose from the back of the machine and, lo and behold, lifted the odd device into the air. Taetra let out a whoop of joy as Akema stumbled back, scrubbing ash and grease from her fur.

“Tae, turn that thing off, you’re going to get yourself killed!” Akema cried, but the Blood Elf either couldn’t hear her or didn’t care in the least.

“Alright!” Taetra yelled with excitement, her grin flickering only somewhat as the propellor lost power for a moment and the machine dropped a good ten feet of height. “I told you I could do it, Ake! I told you!”

Choosing the race is not very hard. It depends on what you like.

The differences between them are too little.

I choosed gnome. And here are a little bit technical details:

If you choose Gnome you would have:

Intellect increased by 5% and you can escape the effects of any immobilization or movement speed reduction effect.

You would be very small. Everyone would want to kill you.

If you choose Human:

Spirit increased by 3%, stealth detection and an ability that removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character.

Human is very effective against rogues. You would find your trainers in basements hided.

If you chose Undead:

You can remove any Charm, Fear and Sleep effect and eat all your dead targets.

With Undead you can laugh at your dead opponent and then start to eat him.

If you chose Blood Elf:

You can silence your enemies, have enchanting skill increased by 10 and your Magic Resistance is increased.

You can have the most beautiful character in the game if you chose female, or you can have the gayest character ever if you chose to be male.

And finally if you chose Orc:

The duration of Stun effects reduced by an additional 15% and demage dealt by pets is increased.

Thrall hates warlocks! Beware!

I went around to Silvermoon this morning to find an RSP that had mostly OOC information in it for my next entry. I found one, actually, and was very happy with what I found! What a perfect choice! I grinned and Screenshotted the blood elf warlock’s OOC bullcrap.

Alright! The normal wharrgarbl of “I am an elite role player and I will not do these sort of things so don’t come near me. Also, I spell magic with a K because I am totally a Wiccan in real life!” Perfect. Just what I needed for my OOC post about being OOC in RSP.

But then, I looked at her name. Kayla. I worked with a girl named Kayla. Hendrix? Like that old LSD using guy that made some really good music? I’m pretty sure that doesn’t sound Elven. Oh well, guess she just couldn’t think of a good last name using the typical blood elf pattern of VerbNoun or visa versa.

I kept reading past the OOC parts. Surely, she was an esteemed role player, since she had such high standards for the role play she will participate in, right?

Right?

Wat

You sure you wanna read the rest?

So much for being an esteemed role player, eh?

Looks like we have a Mary Sue here, ladies and gentlemen!

I have respect for Blizzard’s Lore, they have been working on it for 15 years now, most likely even longer. I play by the lore, my characters are people in this world and they are not characters but real people in this twisted, war torn world. This whole concept seems to take away from that whole idea.

It also rapes lore like a female character in one of Toni Morrison’s novels. (Okay, that joke is credited to Varendil.) EDIT: The women get raped in Toni Morrison books. And stop stealing all my good jokes! Although you linked my story, so I’ll forgive you.

Spilling Mountain Dew on the computer and waking up in the video game you’re playing? Light, why does this sound SO FAMILIAR? Protip: If you want to make a “Unique and special” backstory for your character, make sure it isn’t the plot from an anime first.

Let’s see what else we got here:

• Talking about her weight and of course, her chest. BUT IT’S NOT OKAY TO LOOK GUIS, SURE SHE’S TOP HEAVY BUT DON’T YOU LOOK OR I’LL SHADOWBOLT YOU!
• Singing metal lyrics around Silvermoon? Not sure if  “Hammer Smashed Face” has any real lyrics to it..even if this video is telling me otherwise.
• She’s calm, cool and collected..BUT SHE HAS A TEMPER SO SHE WON’T BE A VICTIM, OKAY?!
• Two bumps on her brow? This can only mean HORNS~ (Looks like SOMEONE finished their Maghar quests!)

“I’m actually a human girl from Cali who of course, loves WoW so much and is totally single, but now I am INSIDE of it and totally hot and unique and one of those mysterious warlock chicks because I was such a bad ass skater girl who played video games before I got sucked away into a magical world…did I mention I have huge tits? But don’t you dare look at them, I am a single warlock who is totally TURNING into a demon. Don’t you see the horns!?”

Ya know, reading over this again, I can’t even comment any more. Maybe I’ll just hand this off to Varendil so he can have fun with it. I’m utterly spent by this bullcrap.

Lan out.

Varendil in.

Thank you, Lanuria. I never would have caught the .hack//SIGN thing. I’m just not kawaii enough.

These are the RSPs that make me regret throwing away that old vodka.

I don’t have much to add. First, it’s nice to see that Kayla’s RSP is brought to you by Mountain Dew. Do the Dew.

Second, there are so many Hendrix references that Lan missed. The fact that she’s a foxy lady, that she clearly burned the midnight lamp thinking of this story, and, of course, The Wind Cries Mary Sue. There’s also a reference to the Western Plaguelands quest All Along the Watchtowers to be made, but I’m too lazy to contrive it.

Third, and this is true of lots of people, not just Miss Kayla Sue: Nobody cares what ’song relates to her the most.’ I mean, we already know you’re metal because you DRINK MOUNTAIN DEW and HAET TWILIGHT, plus the fact that you’re GROWING HORNS so we don’t need to see that you’re into the Guitar Hero nemeses that are Dragonforce.

Oh, and humans don’t grow bigger breasts upon becoming blood elven.

My advice for the future, Ms. Hendrix? Roleplay isn’t always about just being the person you wish you could be, at least so blatantly. I don’t wish I was Varendil, because I’m still young and have no kids IRL. Varendil’s merely a person I’m interested in, fascinated by, and that makes it easier to get under his skin and roleplay him. No one’s interested in Kayla Hendrix the human blood elf gone wrong thing, no matter how passive-aggressively you tell us to look at her breasts.

I also don’t get how a Mary Sue can hate Twilight when Bella’s the biggest one of all. Maybe in the same way homophobes are also more likely to harbor homoerotic urges of their own.

P.S.: You said pensieve when you meant pensive. Harry Potter’s not very metal, miss Dragonforce.

So it’s been noticed that I have a few blood elves in my character selection screen.

A friend asked the other day if I had a stable of them.

(Duh, where else do you keep studs?)

And then yesterday, Ty went straight to the hard-hitting question:

what’s with this obsesstion with Belfs? Do you have a little metrosexual boy as your inner child Arioch?

Maybe…

I do have the heart of a 13-year-old boy, we’ve covered that before.

It started with Arioch.

I won’t babble about the details again.

Synopsis: wanted to play caster, saw Nyhm’s M.A.G.E. video on YouTube and said, “That’s my character!”

/fangirl

Next up, I rolled a paladin.

Horde choices were, let’s see… blood elf, blood elf, oh, and blood elf.

Just to be different, I went with blood elf.

As discussed in the post linked above, I’m not fond of the female blood elf voices or animations (MY GOD HER ARMS ARE GOING TO SNAP OFF!!!!).

He originally started with the hairstyle that has a headband kinda Conan the Barbarian look thing going on.

Looked good on the character creation screen, but I eventually hated it – to the point where I couldn’t play the character anymore.

Was about to delete and reroll when I found out that we could change hairstyles in Wrath.

Wrath was released.

Gave my pally the foxtail and started playing him once in a blue moon again.

But, I had to roll a DK.

Arcane Torrent giving back runic power seemed like a good racial and I wanted a blue ponytail.

(OK, so it’s entirely possible that the hair selection had more to do with the choice…)

He actually started with a different ponytail but I eventually switched it to the foxtail.

(And total tangent… but with blood elves getting warriors in Cataclysm… Arcane Torrent currently gives mana/energy/runic power… does that mean belf warriors will get rage? That would be SWEET!)

Then came the decision to roll a healer.

I decided on priest, I think Nyhm’s Holy video had something to do with it…

My choices were troll, blood elf, and forsaken.

Forsaken was out. I have a Forsaken warrior sitting in a corner, all alone.

I try to get him nice gear and what does he do? He immediately rips the shit out of it. This is why you can’t have nice things!

Troll was a strong contender.

But either at the time the Berserking Racial was still based on a percentage of health or it had already changed and I just wasn’t aware of it.

Arcane Torrent I was already comfortable with and could reliably hit just about every cool down.

Since I was terrified bad enough about rolling a healer I opted for the comfort and familiarity of blood elf.

I’ve done the starting quests a gabillion times by now (all my characters head out to Eversong, the rewards are so much better) so I can burn through the first 15 or so levels pretty efficiently.

And I decided to just go for the foxtail right from the beginning since I was sure I would end up with it anyway.

So that’s the story about how I ended up with my own Sin’dorei militia.

(Death to all who oppose us!)

I do have a little troll shaman that hasn’t gotten much love lately. But I can’t wait to be able to cast FROST SHOCK!!

My Forsaken warrior will probably be deleted at some point. I’m not enjoying him as much as my *cough* night elf *cough* warrior.

(I have no shame in admitting I like the pointy ears.)

I do have a tauren druid sitting around that needs some attention. His gear right now is craptastic. It’s hard for me to play a character that looks so poorly geared. Although it doesn’t bother me on the troll. Weird. I should just get him the BoA gear. Someday. Maybe.

I was thinking of tanking with him. I don’t like the combo point system so kitty is out. If I’m a decent healer I might go resto, but the tree form is sooooo boring. Maybe boomkin… Why did they make the bear’s ass so fucking huge?

Not knowing where I want to go with him is making it hard for me to put any effort into him.

I love the way orcs look at end game, at least in plate or mail. But that would mean another warrior, DK, shaman or learn how to play a hunter.

And it means I would have to suffer through 50+ levels of looking like I geared up at the Salvation Army. Tier gear really spoiled me.

When Cataclysm is released I am rolling a Worgen. I was so bummed when they announced Worgen would be Alliance and Horde would get Goblins. Blech. And I will never, ever be in human form if it can at all be avoided. /rawr

I also need more character slots…

I always enjoy when school starts back because I start seeing more purple prose.

“Purple prose is a term of literary criticism used to describe passages, or sometimes entire literary works, written in prose so overly extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself. Purple prose is sensually evocative beyond the requirements of its context.”
~Dr. Wikipedia

What the hell is ruttish felmusk? Is he walking around with jizz in his pants?

EDIT: WAIT! One more and its even worse.

You get a gold star if you comment and tell me what this lady is suppose to look like.

As most of you are probably aware by now; Blizzard launched the World of Warcraft Race Change Service this week so we thought we’d take a look at the different racial abilities. We’ve already checked out the Alliance so now it’s the Horde’s turn…

Blood Elves

The pretty people on Horde side. They do look good, not as good as Undead in my opinion, but then I would say that wouldn’t I?

Arcane Torrent is a useful interrupt which silences all enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds. Woah I hear you say… Is that it? No… This ability also restores 15 energy. Ok, it’s on a 2 minute cooldown but every little helps right?

Arcane Affinity gives you a +10 skill boost to Enchanting. This helps with levelling the profession but once the skill is maxed out it’s not really of any use (well, not until the next expansion anyway). Still, if you want to learn enchanting it is handy.

Magic Resistance reduces the chance you’re hit by spells by 2%. Similar to other racial resistances but this one applies for ALL spells. 

Orcs

They look a bit too… Errr… Wide to be Rogues in my opinion. Orcs look a bit more chunky than the sleek and agile silouette you’d expect for a Rogue. Having said this though they do have very nice racial abilities… Especially for Combat Rogues.

Axe Specialization gives Orcs +5 expertise when using Axes and Fist Weapons.

Blood Fury is a nice racial ability for Rogues. This one increases your attack power for 15 seconds every 2 minutes… And it scales with your level too! How much attack power? Take your level and multiply this by 4 then add 2… Thats an extra 322 attack power at level 80!

Hardiness reduces the duration of stun effects on you by 15%. A nice PvP ability this one and also of some use in certain PvE fights too.

Trolls

These are my second favourite in terms of looks. As well as looking pretty damn cool they sound cool too and have perfect racials for a Rogue.

Beast Slaying is a 5% damage bonus on beasts. Granted… It’s not fantastic but as a Rogue it’s your job to maximise your damage so don’t complain.

Beserking increases your attack speed by 20% for 10 seconds every 3 minutes. Again… A very nice damage bonus indeed. Pop it at the same time as your DPS trinket (or when your trinket procs) and watch the numbers! One of the best racials in game for the Rogue.

Da Voodoo Shuffle reduces the duration of all movement impairing effects by 15%. This one might just give you that edge you need in PvP. Also nice to be just that little bit more mobile in some PvE situations too.

Regeneration can make all the difference between life and death. This increases your health regeneration by 10%. That’s not all… You will continue to regenerate health right up until you hit 10% of your total health… Even during combat!

Throwing Specialization is just a 1% extra chance to critically hit with your thrown weapon. It’s not brilliant but hey, did I mention the other FOUR Troll racial abilities?

Undead

My favourite… The Forsaken look the best by far and the animations are great to boot. I won’t say any more on the matter. Let’s just take a look at those racial abilities shall we?

Cannibalize can be very handy in PvP. This ability regenerates 7% of your total health every 2 sec for 10 sec when activated. It only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds and any movement, action, or damage taken while cannibalizing will cancel the effect… It’s nice to be able to eat your enemies after you’ve slaughtered them… Just to rub it in… Just a little… Especially Gnomes! Mmmmmmmmm.

Will  of The Forsaken is the best racial in game for PvP. It does have some use in a few PvE fights too but PvP is where this ability owns and it’s on a 2 minute cooldown. What does it do? This ability simply removes any charm, fear and sleep effect… BUT… unlike the Humans’ Every Man for Himself ability it does not share a cooldown with your PvP trinket (e.g. Medallion of the Horde or Titan-Forged Rune of Determination)…

HOWEVER…

Unfortunately, it looks like Blizzard are changing Will of The Forsaken in patch 3.3 so it will share a 45-second cooldown with PvP trinkets .

Meh! Meh! MEH!

… So there you have it; Alliance and Horde racial abilities for Rogues.

In addition to the racial abilities listed here, there are others; however some racials are just useless for Rogues. Take a look at Wowhead’s Racial Traits Database if you want to see a more comprehensive list of racial abilities.

So are you going to do the race change? What race are you and which one are you going to pick?

About a week or so ago, I made the decision to bring my original blood elf paladin out of retirement.  Thanks to some friends, I got her regeared, recustomized, and ready to roll as Ilavel, a character who (I hope) embodies who she was before any drama set in.  Now, all that was left was to reintroduce her to the world (of Warcraft), and using the time after the Battle of the Wrathgate seemed like the perfect time to do it.

She had seen and heard a great many things in her time on the battlefield. Shouts of rage and battle cries were chiefly among them, the enemy falling to their combined strength. Yet, nothing had prepared her for this.

She could not recall ever having heard such screams of terror before, Alliance and Horde alike rushing away from the great maw of Angrathar. What they were running from now was anybody’s guess, the cursed blight flung upon them by the Forsaken long since cleared away by the red dragonflight’s cleansing fire.

“Run! Save yourself!”

Voices screamed all around her, waves of people rushing down from their position on the mountain. She joined them, though she did not run away from where the battle had taken place only moments before. No, she and others like her, unwilling to accept what had been done ran up towards the gate, pushing their way through the soldiers that attempted to force them back.

She was stronger, following in the wake of the rest of the surviving Horde forces towards the gate. A glint of something to her right caught her eye and she stopped, turning to stare at the bit of metal that had caught her attention.

A two-handed blade lay there, trampled into the ground beneath rushing feet. Curious in spite of herself, she crossed to it, prying it out of the snow and the dirt. In her gloved hands now rested the blade of one of their fallen soldiers, the crest of the Blood Knights shaped out of gold at the top of the hilt. She knew this blade, for she had only seen it once before, and she very nearly dropped it back into the dirt.

No. Please don’t let it be him.

Frantic, she dropped to her knees, fingers digging into the ground until she came upon a lone silver ring that she promptly held up to the dimming sun to inspect it further, noting the engraved braid upon the band. Her heart sank, gently tugging the chain she wore out from beneath her chest plate to expose a matching ring hanging from it.

She had not seen him fall, the man who bore this ring, but there had been so much going on during the battle, and when the dragons had arrived…

“Ilavel!”

She immediately looked up as her name was called, glancing towards where Alexstrasza, the red queen, sat atop the stairs with her mate, her eyes immediately falling upon the blood elf who had called for her. Frowning, she didn’t shift to stand, simply unhooked the chain to string the other ring upon it.

“What are you doing back here?” the blood elf asked. She could hear the frown in his voice, yet she did not stop what she was doing, didn’t even pay attention as she secured the chain about her neck once again. “We need to report back to Saurfang.”

“Saurfang can wait,” she said, unstrapping her shield from her back and settling it into the snow.

“He lost his son,” he pointed out, a lecturing tone entering his voice.

He didn’t understand. She couldn’t expect him to. “And I lost my husband. His grief is no more important than my own.” The mace she wore clattered to the ground beside her, and, with a little smile, she shouldered her husband’s sword. Someone would pay for what Putress had done, for the lives he stole.

“This is war.” The hand he placed on her shoulder was slightly comforting, at least, even if she couldn’t feel it through the armor. “Lives are lost daily. You know that.”

She nodded once, turning towards him. She could pretend she was fine. She could pretend that she didn’t want to hunt down Putress herself and tear him to pieces for what he had done. Maybe she would not get that chance, but she had an obligation to the Horde now. She had to focus on that.

“Of course. Now, what’s this about reporting to Saurfang?”

Todos que começam um jogo possuem certas dificuldades inicialmente e vou tentar abordar desde o inicio as principais.

Nesse artigo pretendo tratar do básico, que será:

1. Conectando no jogo
2. Criação de personagem
   • Raças
   • Classes

1. Conectando no jogo

Ao entrar no jogo, você se depara com a tela de login. Você já deverá ter cadastrado sua conta e atualizado seu jogo de acordo com o servidor que irá jogar (farei um tutorial básico de instalação, configuração, etc em outro momento).

Você insere seu login e senha e entra. Na próxima tela, você escolhe qual o tipo de realm você está procurando.

Os servidores podem ser Normal, Player versus Environment (PvE), Player versus Player (PvP), Roleplaying (RP) ou Roleplaying Player versus Player (RPPvP), divididos de acordo com a ênfase na interpretação do personagem e sua interação com o mundo e os outros personagens.

Nessa tela você também escolhe sua localização, para que realms mais pertos de você apareçam na lista. Isso serve para que você tenha menos problemas de conexão pela distância e jogue com pessoas da mesma nacionalidade que você. Na blizzard, brasileiros costumam jogar nos servers Warsong e Gurubashi.

2. Criação de Personagem

Após escolher seu server e realm, você será levado à tela de criação de personagens. Aqui é onde o jogo começa de verdade!

A primeira coisa que você deve escolher é: qual facção você irá jogar? Aqui, suas opções serão: Aliança e Horda.

Nesse momento, a facção vai determinar quais raças você poderá escolher.

PS: As facções não podem se relacionar de maneira alguma in-game. Se você estiver começando com amigos, criem todos personagens na mesma facção ou serão considerados inimigos in-game sem contato algum além de se matarem!

• Raças:

O próximo passo é a escolha da raça. Cada raça possui uma aparência e características distintas tanto em relação a habilidades quanto a pontos de atributos dependendo da classe escolhida. Um resumo das raças:

Alliance

Horde

• Classes:

Após ter escolhido a Raça, você deve escolher a classe. A classe é o que determina quais serão as habilidades principais do seu personagem. Cada classe possui características distintas e são adequadas para cada tipo de sitação do jogo. Como o jogo em sua grande parte foca a organização dos personagens em grupos para atingirem seus objetivos, cada classe possui uma função e nenhuma é descartada.

PS: Não existe melhor classe. Cada uma é útil para uma situação. Ex: Rogues dão um dano alto, mas resistem a menos dano enquanto que warriors dão menos dano mas resistem mais. O jogo por si só já é bem balanceado.

Descubra um pouco sobre cada classe para saber com qual se identifica mais.
• Uma classe voltada ao combate físico, tendo como característica principal a possibilidade de se camuflar, sendo assim ele fica praticamente impossível de ser visto por outros jogadores, enquanto estiver fora de combate. Geralmente utiliza uma adaga em cada mão e tem a capacidade de aplicar vários tipos de venenos no imigo. Utiliza sistema de energy, que é necessária para usar as habilidades da classe e se repõe automaticamente.

• Classe voltada ao combate físico ou proteção de seus companheiros. Pode equipar o tipo de armadura com maior quantidade de defesa (Plate). Utiliza um sistema de Rage para utilizar as habilidades. Conforme o char vai batendo em inimigos e também recebendo dano, ele vai ganhando mais rage para utilizar as habilidades.

• Classe voltada a magia. Pode fazer portais, teleportar, conjurar comida, água e muito mais. Além disso, é a classe com maior poder de AOE (dano de área), ou seja, utiliza magias que acertam vários alvos de uma só vez. Utiliza sistema de Mana para a maioria de suas habilidades.

• Assim como o Mage, o Warlock também é voltado a Magia, mas tem foco na magia negra e maldições. Uma vez amaldiçoada, mesmo que a pessoa vá para longe do alcance do Warlock, ela continua a receber dano. Além disso, o Warlock pode evocar vários tipos de demônios que o auxiliam de várias maneiras. Utiliza sistema de Mana.

• O Hunter pode ser comparado aos Arqueiros de outros jogos, focado no dano em longa distância (Ranged). São especialistas na utilização de Arcos, Espingardas e Bestas. Além disso, o Hunter conta com a ajuda de um animal (pet), que ataca os inimigos e o protege. Utiliza sistema de Mana.

• Classe com foco nas Magias Sagradas. São especialistas em combate físico e na Cura. Podem utilizar vários tipos de armas e escudos. Possuem muitas habilidades de defesa e podem ficar completamente invencíveis por alguns segundos. Possuem um sistema de Auras, que são aprimoramentos para os membros do grupo que estiverem por perto. Assim como os Warriors, podem usar o tipo de armadura mais resistente e com maior absorção de dano físico (Plate). Utiliza sistema de Mana.

• Assim como os Paladinos, os Priests também podem se focar nas Magias Sagradas, mas também podem se especializar na Magia Negra. Enquanto os Paladinos podem ter foco no combate físico, os Priests têm foco apenas nas Magias. Possuem várias Habilidades de suporte e de Ataque. São muito frágeis caso não estejam utilizando suas Magias defensivas e de cura. Utiliza sistema de Mana.

• São líderes espirituais, podem ser comparados aos Pajés. É uma classe hibrida que pode se focar tanto nas magias ofensivas, no combate físico ou até mesmo no suporte. Além disso, contam com um sistema de Totems, que são colocados no chão e dão algum tipo de bônus para o grupo. Utiliza sistema de Mana.

• Druids podem se transformar em animais, dando ao jogador várias formas diferentes de estilo de jogo. Possuem diversas magias de ataque e cura. Enquanto na forma Humanóide, ele pode ser um Curandeiro, ao se transformar em Gato ele passa a ter habilidades semelhantes as de um Rogue. Pode também se transformar em Urso, com grandes quantidades de Armor e Health Points (HP), o que o torna bastante resistente se assemelhando aos Warriors. Possui também outras formas de animais, cada uma com sua característica especial. Enquanto Humanóide: utiliza mana. Forma de Gato: energy. Forma de Urso: Rage.

• Death Knight é a primeira classe “Herói” do jogo, estando disponível somente pra quem tem WOTLK e algum personagem de nível 55. Possuem uma taxa de sobrevivência muito alta, fazendo deles ótimos candidatos a tanks, mesmo que não utilizem escudo. Também contam com auxilio de minions e diseases.
  Talentos: Blood aumenta a capacidade de dano melee, enquanto Frost aumenta a capacidade do Death Knight de receber dano e gerar aggro. Unholy aumenta o poder dos mínions e diseases.
  Tipo de armadura: Plate

So, picture this: You’re quietly minding your own questing business when all of the sudden there comes an odd sound and a pop-up window telling you that someone wishes to join your party. You ponder this for a second, wondering if you would rather solo the Witchwing Slayers yourself or enjoy the company of another person.

Having the natural need to socialize, I choose the second option. I accepted the invite from a level 14 Blood Elf mage who went by the name of “Underwhere”. He had a quest that needed finishing and quite frankly I did as well, so we both hunted our monsters together. He behaved fairly and seemed intelligent, however I couldn’t help notice that he looted monsters very quickly without ever waiting for me to take a look at what was inside. Since he was a pretty nice guy, I let it slide.

We followed this routine for a bit, we ran into the boss monster of the area (unknown name, forgot to screeny it). It attacked him on sight and I started shooting heals his way to keep him alive, after which I shifted into bear form and attacked the boss alongside him. Several heals and a couple of potions later, we managed to defeat her…… and OMG the treasure was awesome! Well, from what little glimpse I got of it. According to my ninja-looting friend, he did most of the damage. Apparently that gives you looting rights even if your team needs the items.

Putting on a very polite attitude, I recommended that he read the World of Warcraft strategy guide books for some gaming tips. His response? A list of extremely high level characters he apparently owned, followed by the rather dull statement of “I doubt I need any tips…”. I pressed further, explaining that leveling tips weren’t necessarily what he would get out of it. When he asked what kind of tips were in the book, I simply stated “Etique” and left it at that.

To top it off, this story ends with a fight between 4 Witchwing Slayers, Underwhere and myself. These numbers were reduce very quickly to 4 Witchwing Slayers and myself when I realized Underwhere had high-tailed it to his HearthStone location, probably to avoid any possible death. Luckily, I did manage to kill them all.

Unlike a lot of stories, this one is unique and ended in a good way. I parted from him via whisper, shoving off to write this blog. Thanks for the story Underwhere, may you have many pleasant questing days and even more money for strategy guides!

Gameplay Tips:

• Sometimes it’s more important to learn about how to play with people rather than how to play the game.
• Never EVER ninja-loot, especially on a boss.
• Don’t run off when your team needs you.