5 Things An Alliance Player Must Know In World of Warcraft

Here is a list of the 5 most important things any WoW player on the Alliance should know before he plays.

1. If your going solo, get a Night Elf Hunter or Warlock.

This is probably the best character template that works for soloing on the Alliance side. Really there isn't any equal level monster in the game that a properly equiped Hunter can't tackle. Warlocks are more fragile, but they have an excellent complement of damage dealing spells that keep them alive while taking more damage. Ultimately creatures will attack in groups when one of thier own is attacked especially the Elite creatures.

For this reason you are allowed to use any "Pet" class companion you have. Basically it's called crowd control. You are pulling one creature away from the pack and getting time to kill it. A Warlock's Void Walker is really good at his. Night Elves quest lines at low levels are self-contained in geographically isolated Teldrassil, which means your have far to run to reach a quest destination or to retrieve your corpse.

2. Gnomes gotta have the best or worst dancing emotes.

Really trust me on this one. Simply typing /dance into the game while playing as a gnome will show you what I mean. Gnome dancing is the most offensive thing in Azeroth - rumor has it that the Horde offers 10 gold pieces to anyone who can actually manage to kill a Gnome in PvP during a dance. This makes Gnomes perfect for role-players who want to annoy other players and have a good laugh during the game.

3.) Everyone loves a Human Priest.

This is the perfect class for players looking to group in world of warcraft. Humans' racial talents help a Priest hold his or her own in combat and there isn't a group alive that isn't thrilled when a Priest shows up just before heading into an Elite dungeon or an instance. Here Priests are also pretty rare in the WoW game, there aren't really all that many players who enjoy taking on the social/support roles, so your skills will always be in demand - and you'll level pretty fast while doing it.

4.) You don't have follow the quest lines for your own race!

The biggest misconceptions that new WoW players have about World of Warcraft is that quests are restricted by race - in other words, that if you're playing a Human, you must take the "Human" quests in Elwynn Forest when you start out. That's jsut simply not true. Any players can take any level-appropriate quest regardless of their race. For Alliance players looking to level up faster, there is a bit of a shortcut. Simply head to the hub cities of Ironforge or Stormwind as soon as you're strong enough to get out of the newbie zone (around level 5). From there, just find the passage to Teldrassil, the Night Elf homeland and start collecting quests. Teldrassil is very small, contains the hub city of Darnassus that offers every service, and players rarely have to run far to complete quests. You'll find yourself at level 10 or even higher in no time!

5.) The Alliance means more content, but more people.

For whatever the reason, the Alliance races as a whole (Humans, Night Elves, Dwarves, and Gnomes) are more popular with players. This can often mean severe crowding in popular regions along with what we like to call "mass extinction events". What this basically means is that several quests in the area that require players to kill a particular animal may make it hard to find that animal for a while - and that you may be racing other players who are standing around waiting for them to spawn. The good news is that the Alliance has a lot more quest-based content than the Horde. While this isn't noticeable at the earlier levels, many Horde players often find themselves running low on quests around level 25-30 and being forced to just "farm" random creatures for experience.

If you want to learn more about how to play the game of world of warcraft just check out any of the guides listed. They will help you level up faster and you'll be enjoying the game much better.