World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) set in the Warcraft universe. Players assume the roles of Warcraft heroes as they explore, adventure, and quest across a vast world. Being "Massively Multiplayer," World of Warcraft allows thousands of players to interact within the same world. Whether adventuring together or fighting against each other in epic battles, players will form friendships, forge alliances, and compete with enemies for power and glory.
The game that ate a decade of people's evenings, and earned every hour.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- A huge, hand-crafted world with real personality
- Questing that's friendly to newcomers
- Raids that need real teamwork
Not so much
- It's a monthly subscription and a huge time sink
- Endgame can turn into a repetitive grind
Play it if players who want a living world to share with friends for years.
Skip it if anyone who wants a story with an ending or hates paying monthly.
No cheat codes
World of Warcraft doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Play it better
- Log out in an inn or a capital city to build rested XP, which doubles the experience you get from kills.
- Set your Hearthstone at the inn closest to where you're questing so you can get back fast.
- Pair a gathering skill with a crafting skill that uses it, like Herbalism with Alchemy, or take two gathering skills and sell on the Auction House for gold.
- Visit your class trainer every couple of levels, because new spells and ranks aren't learned automatically.
- Hunters need to feed their pets to keep them happy, or the pet does less damage and can eventually run off.
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Trivia
- It launched on 23 November 2004, ten years after the original Warcraft.
- A 2005 raid bug called Corrupted Blood spread a plague through cities, and epidemiologists later studied it as a model of real outbreaks.
- Subscriptions peaked at around 12 million in 2010.
