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Grim

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As Soul said, levelling is very easy compared to something like Mir and you'll find the vast majority of your levelling is done through quests and not EXP grinding as you do in Mir.

I think it's safe to assume that you're going to roll on a PvP server in which case you should be aware that you won't be able to play characters from both factions on the same PvP server. WoW is split in two, the Alliance and the Horde. Your character's race determines your faction, Human, Night Elf, Dwarf and Gnome are Alliance, Orc, Troll, Tauren and Undead are Horde. The only way you can interact with the opposing faction is via pre-programmed emotes. You can't group with one another, talk to one another or use beneficial spells on one another (heals, buffs, etc). If you chose an Alliance character on a PvP server you are stuck with only being able to play Alliance characters, same for Horde, if you chose Horde, you can only play Horde characters. So it would be wise to discuss with your friend which faction/races you would both like to be to ensure that you can group with each other. Not only that but the starting areas for each race are different. In most cases this isn't a problem but if one of you wants to roll a Night Elf and the other doesn't, chances are that you won't see each other until around level 20. I'd actually advise against grouping with people until about level 15 purely so that you can take your time to do things the way you want and not have to worry about someone else. It's also more of a hinderance at that level too. The other thing that's worth noting is that each faction has one class that is unique to them, on Alliance side it's Paladins (teh suck), on Horde it's Shaman (teh pwn).

A word of advice too, and this goes to all people reading this who aren't level 60 yet. Whist it is true that being level 60 can be great fun it's also worth noting that unless you're in a large, powerful guild, it can be difficult to get invites to higher level dungeons and other such stuff especially if you're a class which isn't in high demand (Warrior, Hunter, Rogue generally have trouble getting into groups on my server). Take your time, don't rush and, most importantly, enjoy your time pre-60, it's where some of your most memorable moments come from.

... Okay, kind of went off on one there. Sorry :D
 

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Very good information there holy, just a few more things.

When you choose your class dont worry too much about it because on WoW you can have a lot more characters than mirs 2 (not sure how manu but a lot) so if you are not feeling a certain class try another and then if you ever decide to go back to its still there.

Also you will get bored, its the curse of MMORPG's but the best way around that is ot play other characters aswell. First time you probably wont get bored for a while but when it sets in dont just walk around on your char aimlessly. Start another char, if your main char is a warrior for example try a mage because the gameplay is completely different.

Obviously you wont level up so fast but as Holycow said theres no rush to 60, most important thing is that you enjoy yourself and you really can on wow.
 

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Grim said:
As Soul said, levelling is very easy compared to something like Mir and you'll find the vast majority of your levelling is done through quests and not EXP grinding as you do in Mir.

I think it's safe to assume that you're going to roll on a PvP server in which case you should be aware that you won't be able to play characters from both factions on the same PvP server. WoW is split in two, the Alliance and the Horde. Your character's race determines your faction, Human, Night Elf, Dwarf and Gnome are Alliance, Orc, Troll, Tauren and Undead are Horde. The only way you can interact with the opposing faction is via pre-programmed emotes. You can't group with one another, talk to one another or use beneficial spells on one another (heals, buffs, etc). If you chose an Alliance character on a PvP server you are stuck with only being able to play Alliance characters, same for Horde, if you chose Horde, you can only play Horde characters. So it would be wise to discuss with your friend which faction/races you would both like to be to ensure that you can group with each other. Not only that but the starting areas for each race are different. In most cases this isn't a problem but if one of you wants to roll a Night Elf and the other doesn't, chances are that you won't see each other until around level 20. I'd actually advise against grouping with people until about level 15 purely so that you can take your time to do things the way you want and not have to worry about someone else. It's also more of a hinderance at that level too. The other thing that's worth noting is that each faction has one class that is unique to them, on Alliance side it's Paladins (teh suck), on Horde it's Shaman (teh pwn).

A word of advice too, and this goes to all people reading this who aren't level 60 yet. Whist it is true that being level 60 can be great fun it's also worth noting that unless you're in a large, powerful guild, it can be difficult to get invites to higher level dungeons and other such stuff especially if you're a class which isn't in high demand (Warrior, Hunter, Rogue generally have trouble getting into groups on my server). Take your time, don't rush and, most importantly, enjoy your time pre-60, it's where some of your most memorable moments come from.

... Okay, kind of went off on one there. Sorry :D

Cool cool all sounds great, i think im going playing a server with Soul and Shabz so should be fun.
 

Grim

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Stonehelm said:
When you choose your class dont worry too much about it because on WoW you can have a lot more characters than mirs 2 (not sure how manu but a lot) so if you are not feeling a certain class try another and then if you ever decide to go back to its still there.
Good advice there. Variety is the spice of life. You can have upto 10 characters per server so you've got plenty of space to try different classes out if your first isn't what you were hoping.
 

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Grim said:
Good advice there. Variety is the spice of life. You can have upto 10 characters per server so you've got plenty of space to try different classes out if your first isn't what you were hoping.

only thing i dnt rele like is u av to pay for it.. but ye thats the gd thing
 

Soul

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>DMX< said:
Cool cool all sounds great, i think im going playing a server with Soul and Shabz so should be fun.
Yeah it'll be a laugh, decided to play on Haumarush in the end I think Shabz has started already and my cousin has just started as I type this... Got about 10 other people starting on it too, So it'll be np to get on our way. Has the game come for you yet bud?
 

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Soul said:
Yeah it'll be a laugh, decided to play on Haumarush in the end I think Shabz has started already and my cousin has just started as I type this... Got about 10 other people starting on it too, So it'll be np to get on our way. Has the game come for you yet bud?

Nope :(, hopefully it'll come tomoz. (well today)
 

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me, atom, hate and stone all play on laughing skull, which just makes that server own.
I know you are, Spoke to Stone about it... I had a 26 Rogue on there but my cousin took back his account yesterday so I thought I'd change realm.
>DMX< said:
Nope :(, hopefully it'll come tomoz. (well today)
Yeah hope it comes today, I had to order a game again to get a code for an account last night -_- should come on the 6th-7th stupid weekend post.