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**I Got The Game... Now What ?**

What Race/Class should I pick, and Horde or Alliance ?

Everyone enjoys something different. I'll give you a description of the classes, the Pros and Cons of each, and some background information.  From there, you should be able to choose YOUR perfect class. 

Race and Faction, are primarily aesthetics, but there are some benefits to say, a Gnome Rogue, or Undead Warlock that you should know about.  Read more on this on the racial aspects page.

The following is a list of the various classes and their expected role in instances.
Of course, there's always exceptions to what's expected, but you might run into a lot of frustration if you pick, say, a Warrior to be that massive damage dealer and find out people want to use you as meatshield. Let me stress again that these are generalizations, and as such put down a bit more strongly than you might experience things.
 

Jack of all trades. You can heal about as well as a priest, tank about as well as a warrior and do respectable damage in catform. One minor downside, you can't do it all at once, and switching between all those roles takes some practice. On the upside, you can answer any call for a "Looking for Member!". On the downside, you'll basically be wanted most for the position of healer. more here...

Master of the Loners. Just ask Joana the Speedrunner. He uses a hunter to make and update his 1-70 horde leveling guide.  You have a solid damage output and your own personal tank in the form of a pet. You can grind and solo quest unlike anything upon the world of Azeroth. Downside, many players are wary of Hunters. There's a ton of 'em on every server and all that soloing means they might not have the proper skills for an instance, causing the party to wipe through stupid actions. A good hunter is a blessing, a poor hunter a nightmare. more here...

Caster, Damage dealer and Water carrier. You have some nice spells to disable enemies, deal massive damage, but will keel over dead as soon as someone blinks at you. Downside, you'll get tired of the repeated whispers for "Water Plx" and people expecting to use your Portal spells as a fast taxi-service to some distant city. more here...

Holy warrior in disguise. Pretty much unparalled survivability. You'll be a blessing to parties with all your different blessings, longetivity and healing... downside is that outside of parties you'll be hurting as your damage starts to fall behind compared to other classes. It'll take some practise to keep an eye on everything, and as a paladin you'll want to do that. As the game progresses, you'll turn more into a Plate-clad healer than into a Holy Warrior with a Vengeance and some side Healing (tm). more here...

Leveling up, you can do some mean damage in shadow form. You can outheal everyone in the game if set-up properly. Downside, You can pretty much forget about getting into a group as damage dealer, no matter how much you can out damage those silly mages. The problem is, with their linen bandages those Mages can't keep everyone standing and all parties are looking for that last elusive member: healer! more here...

Stealth ! Pickpocketing ! Backstabbing people ! Stunlock something and kill it whilst it doesn't even touch you ! All that and more. You can put out some incredible damage and have good uses in instances too through being able to take a Humanoid mob out for a bit. Downsides, there's 15,000 rogues too many running around on the server. And, for every competent rogue, there's 2 that wipe a party. As with Hunters, a good rogue is a great addition to a party. A bad rogue will make you cringe time and time again. more here...

Super PvP God ! All Alliance hate them ! They get to play with totems ! Spells, healing, melee, they can do it all ! Aye. Indeed. A fairly common class on horde side and one that's rather versatile. Downsides, you're stronger in PvP than PvE and really late game you'll mostly be brought on board for healing purposes only. Until then, you'll be a stop gap for whatever a group needs, though rarely a 'main' class (healer, tank) but rather a backup. more here...

As evil as they look... In a good way.  Many, many spells that slowly eat away at an opponent's life. Or, just straight out nuke them. You'll get to manage pets, a massive amount of curses and turn health into mana. Downsides, Warlock can be tricky to master initially as there's a lot going on. Managing different curses and your pet demons can be challenging. You'll grow tired of "can you summon my friend"-whispers soon. Some people find soul shards (an ingredient for many warlock spells) a nuisance. On the upside, you can give a party a free wipe-insurance and provide the tank with another 'health potion' and bring along solid damage. more here...

Barbaric Monsters of Damage with Big Freaking Axes and lugging about hefty Armour. Well, yea. Except that's exceedingly rare what you'll ever get to do in a party. All of the people expect you to bring a shield, a one handed pansy weapon and take all the hits rather than deal massive damage. It's a role that's definitely not for everyone, but is rather involved. more here...