World of Warcraft: Alliance or Horde

So I plan to start playing WoW pretty soon, and I am confused on what class to choose. I hear that the Horde when most PVP and BG's, and that the Alliance is full of immature, unorganized, little kids. IDK if any of this is true, since i have never played WoW. But if someone could help me out, and tell me about the classes and why which one is better than the other, it would really help me out.

Horde do win more BG's thats a fact.

But alliance isn't full of kids thats untrue. Horde are alot smaller compared to alliance becauce most horde players are experianced with the game.

I've heard people argue that the Alliance is full of kids who want to be paladins, but that doesn't really work anymore...basically, it doesn't really matter which side you pick - just go with the side your friends are on (if your friends play wow, that is).

As for a good starting class, I picked Druid - they are a jack-of-all-trades kind of class, which will introduce you to tanking, stealth, healing and blowing **** up with magic. Even if you don't like the druid in the long run, you'll get a good idea of what you'll want to focus on with your next character.

Horde do win more BG's thats a fact.

But alliance isn't full of kids thats untrue. Horde are alot smaller compared to alliance becauce most horde players are experianced with the game.

JangoWuzHere

[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

Horde do win more BG's thats a fact.

But alliance isn't full of kids thats untrue. Horde are alot smaller compared to alliance becauce most horde players are experianced with the game.

tony2077ca

1. It does not really make a difference in terms of end capability.

2. Horde, from my experience, tends to wind PvP battleground more frequently.

3. Alliance is more popular in terms of population because theyre A.) the "good" guys (though horde isnt necessarily evil, they do have an unconventional, tribal outlook on things at times...plus the Forsaken and Blood Elves dont help their cause at having a "good guy" reputation), and B.) theyre pretty. As a result, they get more people and more immature people, but they also get more chill people that are fun. More people also makes it easier to get a group rolling for dungeons.

4. It varies from server to server. Ive played for four years and started as horde, so naturally I loved horde. This past year when a new server opened up, I went ally and made that my main character and I love allance. My friend is horde however so I play both! Thats the beauty of it.

In short, I guess it boils down to what race and faction you think is coolest. Do you want to be a voodoo-practicing, rastafarian-talking Troll rogue for the honorable Horde, skulking in the shadows and backstabbing fools? or do you want to be a cute female Dreanei paladin (complete with tail and horns!, worshiping the Light, protecting party members, and serving the noble Alliance?

Also, since youre starting, let me give you a few pointers so you can get the most enjoyment out of the game. These are just some things Ive learned along the way that I think allow me to enjoy the game more and not get burnt out.

1. Join a social guild. Its an MMO; a third of the point of playing an MMO is to meet a lot of cool people and get along with them, socialize, and do dungeons and share equipment and stuff.

2. Avoid raiding guilds. period. These people spend hours every week (if not every day) doing the same raid over and over (a raid is a superdifficult, superlengthy dungeon usually requiring 10 or more people with small chances of getting really good loot). If you commit to a raiding guild, WoW will be all the social life you get, and you dont want that.

3. Take your time leveling. There is a lot to WoW, and a lot of good reading, story, and cool quests. Take your time, enjoy yourself. Leveling is fairly easy in WoW as it is so you can be 60 within a few months if you play casually, 70 shortly after that, and 80 within a month of that.

4. Dont go after crazy good equipment like crazy. 1-60, you are gaining levels quickly enough that any gear you get simply isnt worth devoting 15 hours to getting that level 48 epic dagger when you will be 56 withing a couple weeks. Once you get to Outlands (BC expansion), good gear is easy enough to get simply by questing or running each dungeon once or twice. Same with Northrend (Wrath of the Lich King expansion).

5. If you get bored, give it a break. I usually take two or three 1-month breaks from WoW per year. Maybe the summer is coming and I want to enjoy the outdoors for a while. Maybe I've been spending a little bit too much time and need to get out more. It varies, but breaks are good, and when you come back you enjoy WoW a lot more, but youre also a little more careful with how much time you spend with it.

Hope Ive been helpful.

Oh you asked about classes too. Well, I really like the useful classes (i.e. clases that dont do huge damage, but serve a role) so I have a priest that heals which is my main, and a paladin tank. Its also easier finding a group as a utlity class like a tank or healer because while dps (damage per second) classes are all over the place, there is not always a tank or healer. The downside of course is that tanks and healers dont solo that well, but they do it well enough.

Paladins are sooooooo much fun to tank with, even solo with. You gather up like 5-10 bad guys, unleash your area of effect spells, and just take em on one by one as they beat themselves to death. And, should something bad happen, you just heal yourself. They can do moderately good damage as well, and their buffs are welcome in groups and stuff.

Druids are cool, but I gotta be honest: they dont really shine until you get to a decent level, like 30 or so. 1-20 just sucks.

Rogue is fun, and they have a lot of cool abilities like poisons, lockpicking, and more. Plus they can sneak!

But, my top three choices of classes are:

Priests
Paladins
Shamans

[QUOTE="tony2077ca"][QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

Horde do win more BG's thats a fact.

But alliance isn't full of kids thats untrue. Horde are alot smaller compared to alliance becauce most horde players are experianced with the game.

Ninja_Dog

1. It does not really make a difference in terms of end capability.

2. Horde, from my experience, tends to wind PvP battleground more frequently.

3. Alliance is more popular in terms of population because theyre A.) the "good" guys (though horde isnt necessarily evil, they do have an unconventional, tribal outlook on things at times...plus the Forsaken and Blood Elves dont help their cause at having a "good guy" reputation), and B.) theyre pretty. As a result, they get more people and more immature people, but they also get more chill people that are fun. More people also makes it easier to get a group rolling for dungeons.

4. It varies from server to server. Ive played for four years and started as horde, so naturally I loved horde. This past year when a new server opened up, I went ally and made that my main character and I love allance. My friend is horde however so I play both! Thats the beauty of it.

In short, I guess it boils down to what race and faction you think is coolest. Do you want to be a voodoo-practicing, rastafarian-talking Troll rogue for the honorable Horde, skulking in the shadows and backstabbing fools? or do you want to be a cute female Dreanei paladin (complete with tail and horns!, worshiping the Light, protecting party members, and serving the noble Alliance?

Also, since youre starting, let me give you a few pointers so you can get the most enjoyment out of the game. These are just some things Ive learned along the way that I think allow me to enjoy the game more and not get burnt out.

1. Join a social guild. Its an MMO; a third of the point of playing an MMO is to meet a lot of cool people and get along with them, socialize, and do dungeons and share equipment and stuff.

2. Avoid raiding guilds. period. These people spend hours every week (if not every day) doing the same raid over and over (a raid is a superdifficult, superlengthy dungeon usually requiring 10 or more people with small chances of getting really good loot). If you commit to a raiding guild, WoW will be all the social life you get, and you dont want that.

3. Take your time leveling. There is a lot to WoW, and a lot of good reading, story, and cool quests. Take your time, enjoy yourself. Leveling is fairly easy in WoW as it is so you can be 60 within a few months if you play casually, 70 shortly after that, and 80 within a month of that.

4. Dont go after crazy good equipment like crazy. 1-60, you are gaining levels quickly enough that any gear you get simply isnt worth devoting 15 hours to getting that level 48 epic dagger when you will be 56 withing a couple weeks. Once you get to Outlands (BC expansion), good gear is easy enough to get simply by questing or running each dungeon once or twice. Same with Northrend (Wrath of the Lich King expansion).

5. If you get bored, give it a break. I usually take two or three 1-month breaks from WoW per year. Maybe the summer is coming and I want to enjoy the outdoors for a while. Maybe I've been spending a little bit too much time and need to get out more. It varies, but breaks are good, and when you come back you enjoy WoW a lot more, but youre also a little more careful with how much time you spend with it.

Hope Ive been helpful.

mrbojangles25

hey bro thanks for that, i will keep all this in mind.
=]

When I played...

PvP realm horde = idiots

PvE realm Alliance = idiots

When I played...

PvP realm horde = idiots

PvE realm Alliance = idiots

SinfulPotato

Dude if you played for 3 years there was something you liked about the game so quit bashing it

alliance or horde make no diffrence but i choose alliance just cause the horde are ugly :P

and for the classes i recomend Hunter they get bagged alot but they are really fun to play....and still 2 this day i dont know why people bag on hunters...