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World of Warcraft
	; WoW box art
Developer(s)	Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Vivendi Universal
Platforms	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, (Linux via Wine or Cedega)
Release	NA - 23 November 2004; EU - 11 February 2005
Latest release	4.0.1
Genre(s)	MMORPG

Revision as of 03:48, 27 October 2010

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 2 (and soon 3) expansion packs, including World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, and soon World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

As of 2010, World of Warcraft has more than 12 million monthly subscribers, and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest and most popular MMORPG.^[1] 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 races: Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf, Orc, Troll, Undead, Tauren (expansions: Blood Elf and Draenei, Goblin and Worgen).
- 9 classes: Mage, Warlock, Priest, Rogue, Druid, Hunter, Shaman, Warrior, Paladin (expansions: Death Knight).
- 9 professions, enabling resource gathering and item crafting (expansions: Jewelcrafting, Inscription)
  - 4 secondary professions: Cooking, Fishing, First Aid, Riding (expansions: Archaeology)
  - 2 class-based professions: ~~Lockpicking~~ (revamped with patch 4.0.1), ~~Poisons~~ (removed with patch 3.0.2) (expansion: [Runeforging])
- The Talents and Glyphs system allows further customization of the character's skills and stats.

Gameplay System

General System

A casual-friendly character progression system.
- 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, 6 (soon 8) Battlegrounds
- Alterac Valley, Arathi Basin, Warsong Gulch (expansions: Eye of the Storm, Strand of the Ancients, Isle of Conquest)

Events

A variety of World Events including:
- (Darkmoon Faire, Children's Week, Scourge Invasion, and Midsummer Fire Festival)
67 Instanced Dungeons, ranging from The Deadmines to Zul'Gurub to Ulduar.

User Interface and Customer Support

Customize AddOn and Interface with some game commands support.
Client seamlessly supports both Mac and Windows operating systems. Linux users can play via Wine, 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^[2] (Spanish, English?)

Video

Official trailer

Trivia

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

References

^ Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition - Records - PC Gaming. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.
^ Blizzard Entertainment® to Release World of Warcraft® in Latin America

External links

World of Warcraft Community Site Official World of Warcraft website

World of Warcraft Community Site World of Warcraft F.A.Q.

World of Warcraft Europe Official World of Warcraft European website (en)

World of Warcraft Europe World of Warcraft F.A.Q. (en)

Wikipedia World of Warcraft

SciFi.com Sci Fi Weekly article "Warcraft Conquers The World"

winehq.com The Official WineHQ website with info about World of Warcraft 3.0.x running with Wine.

groups.yahoo.com World of Warcraft in the Yahoo groups directory

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[1] Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition - Records - PC Gaming. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.

[2] Blizzard Entertainment® to Release World of Warcraft® in Latin America

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+ | version = [[Patch 4.0.1|4.0.1]]
+ | platforms = Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, (Linux via [[Wine]] or [[Cedega]])
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+ | genre = MMORPG
- | relatives = [[Bloodmage Lynnore]] (Sister)
- | location = [[Blasted Lands]]
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+'''''World of Warcraft''''', often referred to as '''''WoW''''', is a  [[Massively multiplayer online game|massively multiplayer online roleplaying game]] (MMORPG) set in the [[Warcraft universe]]. It is developed by [[Blizzard Entertainment]] and contains 2 (and soon 3) [[expansion]] packs, including  ''[[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]]'', ''[[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King]]'', and soon ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]]''.
-'''Bloodmage Drazial''' is a level 50 [[quest giver]] located east of [[Dreadmaul Hold]] in the [[contested]] territory of [[Blasted Lands]].
+As of 2010, ''World of Warcraft'' has more than 12 million monthly subscribers, and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest and most popular MMORPG.<ref>{{ref web|url=http://gamers.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/pc_gaming.aspx|title=Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition - Records - PC Gaming|accessdate=2009-10-17}}</ref> It also continues its further story development throughout its franchising, other than online media, such as Warcraft [[novels]], [[comics]], [[manga]], [[Warcraft RPG|RPG books]], [[World of Warcraft Trading Card Game|TCG]], and [[Template:Games|board games]].
-{{AlsoSee|[[Blasted Lands NPCs]] and [[Blood elf NPCs]]}}
-==Quests==
+==Features==
+''Note the following are the '''pre-expansion''' details:''
-*{{questlong|Neutral|50|A Boar's Vitality}}
+*Uses and expands the storyline from the [[Warcraft]] series of games.
-**{{questlong|Neutral|50|Spirit of the Boar}} ''(repeatable)''
+*Customizable characters:
+**2 [[faction]]s: [[Horde]] and [[Alliance]].
+**<!-- WoW STARTED WITH 8 RACES --> 8 [[race]]s: [[Human (playable)|Human]], [[Dwarf (playable)|Dwarf]], [[Gnome]], [[Night Elf]], [[Orc]], [[Troll (playable)|Troll]], [[Forsaken|Undead]], [[Tauren]] (expansions: {{bc-inline}} [[Blood Elf]] and [[Draenei]], {{cat-inline}} [[Goblin]] and [[Worgen]]).
+**<!-- WoW STARTED WITH 9 CLASSES --> 9 [[class]]es: [[Mage]], [[Warlock]], [[Priest]], [[Rogue]], [[Druid]], [[Hunter]], [[Shaman]], [[Warrior]], [[Paladin]] (expansions: {{wotlk-inline}} [[Death Knight]]).
+**<!-- WoW STARTED WITH 9 PROFESSIONS --> 9 [[profession]]s, enabling resource gathering and item crafting (expansions: {{bc-inline}} [[Jewelcrafting]], {{wotlk-inline}} [[Inscription]])
+***4 secondary professions: [[Cooking]], [[Fishing]], [[First Aid]], [[Riding]] (expansions: {{cat-inline}} [[Archaeology]])
+***2 class-based professions: <s>[[Lockpicking]]</s> (revamped with [[patch 4.0.1]]), <s>[[Poisons]]</s> (removed with [[patch 3.0.2]]) (expansion: {{wotlk-inline}} [[Runeforging]])
+**The [[Talent]]s and [[Glyph]]s system allows further customization of the character's skills and stats.
+===Gameplay System===
-*{{questlong|Neutral|50|Snickerfang Jowls}}
+;General System
-**{{questlong|Neutral|50|Rage of Ages}} ''(repeatable)''
+*A [[casual]]-friendly character progression system.
+**[[Quest]]s occur frequently, and being offline ([[rest]]ing) increases your [[experience point]]s gain.
+*In-game trading, [[mail]] service and [[auction]] system.
+*Four server types: Normal ([[PvE]]), [[RP]], [[PvP]], and [[RPPvP]].
+;Quest and Honor Systems
-*{{questlong|Neutral|50|The Decisive Striker}}
+*A PvP [[Honor]] system, 6 (soon 8) [[Battleground]]s
-**{{questlong|Neutral|50|Salt of the Scorpok}} ''(repeatable)''
+**[[Alterac Valley]], [[Arathi Basin]], [[Warsong Gulch]] (expansions: {{bc-inline}} [[Eye of the Storm]], {{wotlk-inline}} [[Strand of the Ancients]], [[Isle of Conquest]])
+;[[Template:Events|Events]]
-==Quotes==
+*A variety of [[event|World Events]] including:
-The beasts of these blasted lands exhibit preternatural attributes, heretofore unseen in nature.
+**([[Darkmoon Faire]], [[Children's Week]], [[Scourge Invasion]], and [[Midsummer Fire Festival]])
+*67 [[instance|Instanced Dungeons]], ranging from [[The Deadmines]] to [[Zul'Gurub]] to [[Ulduar]].
+;User Interface and Customer Support
-We have theorized that the energy which was released upon the opening of the Dark Portal, infused into their physical being and forced the creatures to evolve into their current forms.
+*Customize [[AddOn]] and [[Portal:Interface customization|Interface]] with some game commands support.
+*Client seamlessly supports both [[Mac]] and Windows operating systems. Linux users can play via Wine, however this is not supported and can be buggy at times.
+==Availability==
-Fearsome beasts they are, no doubt, but we also believe that they could prove to be quite useful in our studies.
+*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<ref>[http://www.blizzard.com/us/press/080326-en.html Blizzard Entertainment&reg; to Release World of Warcraft&reg; in Latin America]</ref> (Spanish, English?)
+==Video==
+{| class=darktable
+! Official trailer
+|-
+|<youtube>O4PX52SWmVI</youtube>
+|}
+==See also==
+*[[Loading screen]]
+*[[Fansites|A listing of ''World of Warcraft''-related sites.]]
+*[[World of Warcraft Mac OS X Icons]]
+*[[Timeline (World of Warcraft)]] for a timeline of game milestones since its announcement.
+==Trivia==
+The original WoW is sometimes referred to as "vanilla World of Warcraft," "pre Burning Crusade (Pre BC)," or "classic World of Warcraft".
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
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