WoW is the largest online interactive game for a good reason, all the people. There are some amazing social benefits to playing WoW that keep players hooked on the game. Family members, military buddies, friends from all across the country can stay in touch while slashing through monsters. Players also meet new people in the game and friendships get made through questing together, fighting a worthy opponent in a duel, serving in the battle grounds together, joining guilds or even making a great trade for a service. Wherever there is a player there’s an opportunity to make a friend. Even good business contacts get made playing this game.

Playing WoW every month isn’t free. You can pay month-to-month, every three months or every six months but when you factor in what you can get out of this game, it’s priceless. Playing for hours at a time with people who are far away from you can be cheaper than a phone call and there is no age limit for playing WoW. There are kids, teenagers, young parents, empty nesters and senior citizens playing. Aunts and uncles play with their nieces and nephews on the other side of the country and sometimes they’re on the other side of the world playing together.

It has its own language that other gamers always recognize. You hear someone talking about their level 78 Tauren warrior and you instantly have something to talk about, even if you don’t know the person. It can be the ice breaker between a grandmother and her teenaged grandson who both play and finally found their common ground. People you felt too shy to talk to at school or work are suddenly much easier to approach because there’s a mutual area of conversation you’re both comfortable with.

WoW has become much more than a computer game. It has become a meeting place for old friends, new friends, family friends and friendly families to gather together. It is a game for almost any age and no one knows when you’re playing in your PJs.

WoW has 10 Classes to choose from. Your character (toon) can be a Death Knight, Druid, Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rouge, Shaman, Warlock or Warrior. The Death Knight is the only class all races can play but you have to already have a level 55 toon before you can make one. Before picking your class get to know the races and the bonuses they provide.

Druids are magic users, shape shifters and formidable fighters in their animal or humanoid forms.

The Hunter Class uses its pet as the main line of its defense along with its long range weapon but it, too, can be an effective melee fighter.

The Mage class is the weakest armored one. They use Nature and Arcane spells to hit a large area of enemies or a single target from a great distance and they can create portals to “port” themselves and others to major cities.

Paladins wear the heaviest armor, use almost all weapons, heal plus resurrect party members. They are a blended melee fighter and spell caster.

The Priest is one of the most powerful healers in WoW and they have good destructive spells. They also resurrect, shield and add powerful buffs to their party members.

Rouges are hard to kill. Their damage is done through poisons and rapid melee attacks while invisible.

If you want to be a little of everything then consider being a Shaman. They cast spells and use totems to heal or harm but can be used as a backup tank fighter as well.

Warlocks are the other class that have a fighting pet but their pets are demons. Warlocks destroy their enemies from a distance while protecting their party.

The last class is the Warrior. The warrior is a melee fighting machine, the game tank. They protect allies and crush foes with multiple tricks.

Each race in WoW allows several choices of class but not every class, except the Death Knight, is available to every race. With all the different races you can blend with different classes, you’ll never run out of characters to play.