As of August 14th 2018 World of Warcraft has just launched its seventh expansion to the hit franchise. As of July of this year World of Warcraft is now easier than ever to get into, thanks to Blizzard. The makers of WoW have done away with the requirement to purchase older expansions in order to play the current content. Now for just the monthly subscription fee of $15 you can play all the way up to the newest expansion, Battle for Azeroth. For that, plus a one time fee of $50 for the purchase of the newest expansion you are well on your way to becoming somebody in Azeroth.
After the opening cut scenes and animations you will be asked to create a character. There are a multitude of ways you can be unique in the creation of your character. The first choice would be to decide which faction you want to align with: Alliance or the Horde. Each side has races that can only be played when you choose their faction. After you choose your allegiance your next step would be to choose your class.
There are a total of 12 classes you can choose to play as. To make it simpler there are three roles that need to be filled in the average group: Tank, Healer, and Damage per Second or DPS. Every class can fill the role of DPS, but if you want to play one of the other roles you will have to choose a specific class. If you want to Play as a tank you should choose a Paladin, Warrior, Druid, Death Knight, Demon Hunter, or a Monk. If you want to run a healer you would have to choose a Priest, Druid, Shaman, Paladin, or priest. For a full rundown of all the classes make sure to check Blizzard’s official website page on World of Warcraft classes here.
Alec's guide through Azeroth 