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Revision as of 19:28, 22 November 2013

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Template:Wow-inline World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) set in the Warcraft universe. It is developed by Blizzard Entertainment and contains 4 expansion packs: Template:Bc-inline World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Template:Wotlk-inline World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Template:Cata-inline World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Template:Mists-inline World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, and Template:Warlords-inline World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor (NYR). The initial release is now sometimes known as "vanilla WoW" or "classic WoW".

As of 2010, World of Warcraft has more than 12 million monthly subscribers,[1]Template:Fact and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest and most popular MMORPG.[2] It also continues its further story development throughout its franchising, other than online media, such as Warcraft novels, comics, manga, RPG books, TCG, and board games.

Features

Note the following are the pre-expansion details:

  • Uses and expands the storyline from the Warcraft series of games.
  • Customizable characters:
    • 2 factions: Horde and Alliance.
    • 8 initial races: Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf, Orc, Troll, Undead, Tauren; added Template:Bc-inline Blood Elf / Draenei, Template:Cata-inline Goblin / Worgen, and Template:Mists-inline Pandaren.
    • 9 initial classes: Mage, Warlock, Priest, Rogue, Druid, Hunter, Shaman, Warrior, Paladin; added Template:Wotlk-inline Death Knight (Hero Class), and Template:Mists-inline Monk.
    • 9 initial professions, enabling resource gathering and item crafting; added Template:Bc-inline Jewelcrafting and Template:Wotlk-inline Inscription.
      • 4 initial secondary professions: Cooking, Fishing, First Aid, Riding; added Template:Cata-inline Archaeology.
      • 2 initial class-based professions (Rogue): Lockpicking, Poisons (removed with patch 3.0.2); added Template:Wotlk-inline Runeforging. (Death Knights only)
    • The Talents and Template:Wotlk-inline Glyphs system allows further customization of the character's skills and stats.

Gameplay System

General System
  • A casual-friendly character progression system up to a point.
    • Quests occur frequently, and being offline (resting) increases your experience points gain.
  • In-game trading, mail service and auction system.
  • Four server types: Normal (PvE), RP, PvP, and RPPvP.
Quest and Honor Systems
  • A PvP Honor system, 3 initial Battlegrounds; added 1 Template:Bc-inline, Template:Wotlk-inline 2 and Template:Cata-inline 2
    • Alterac Valley, Arathi Basin, Warsong Gulch; added Template:Bc-inline Eye of the Storm, Template:Wotlk-inline Strand of the Ancients / Isle of Conquest, and Template:Cata-inline Battle for Gilneas / Twin Peaks.
Events
  • A variety of World Events including:
    • Darkmoon Faire, Children's Week, Scourge Invasion, Midsummer Fire Festival, Hallow's End, and Feast of Winter Veil.
  • Dozens of Instanced Dungeons, ranging from Blackfathom Deeps to Zul'Farrak with dozens more added in content patches and expansions.
User Interface and Customer Support
  • Customize AddOn and Interface with some game commands support.
  • Client seamlessly supports both Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Linux users can play via Wine (MS Windows emulation), however this is not supported and can be buggy at times.

Availability

  • Oceania (English - Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand)
  • North America (English - US & Canada)
  • Europe (English-UK, French, German, Spanish, Russian)
  • South Korea
  • China (Simplified and Traditional Chinese; including Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau)
  • Latin America[3] (Spanish, English?)

Media

Images

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Video

Official trailer Escape From Mount Stupid: World of Warcraft[4]
File:World of Warcraft Opening Cinematic
File:Escape From Mount Stupid - World of Warcraft
An overview of World of Warcraft through late Template:Cata-inline Cataclysm.
Official trailer Escape From Mount Stupid: World of Warcraft[5]
File:World of Warcraft Opening Cinematic
File:Escape From Mount Stupid - World of Warcraft
An overview of World of Warcraft through late Template:Cata-inline Cataclysm.

Trivia

The original WoW is sometimes referred to as "vanilla World of Warcraft," "pre Burning Crusade (Pre BC)," or "classic World of Warcraft".

References

  1. ↑ 'World of Warcraft' hits 12 million subscribers By Brett Molina, USA TODAY Oct 07, 2010 12:06 PM
  2. ↑ Template:Ref web
  3. ↑ Blizzard Entertainment® to Release World of Warcraft® in Latin America
  4. ↑ Template:Ref web
  5. ↑ Template:Ref web

See also

  • Loading screen
  • A listing of World of Warcraft-related sites.
  • Timeline (World of Warcraft) for a timeline of game milestones since its announcement.
  • Template:Warlords-inline World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor (NYR)
  • Template:Mists-inline World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
  • Template:Cata-inline World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
  • Template:Wotlk-inline World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
  • Template:Bc-inline World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
  • World of Warcraft Battle Chest (base World of Warcraft digital download now includes expansions thru Template:Cata-inline Cataclysm)
  • World of Warcraft Mac OS X Icons

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