Help with world of warcraft

Momoshiro · Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 50

Hi i just bought world of warcraft the burning crusades and before i played this type of games i like to investigate about the classes, races, skills, etc. And im stuck between choosing two classes im interested in both warlock and hunter, mostly because the have pets which i think is really cool and hunters can use guns and bow. Studiying the Skills warlocks have better skills they look some waht boring to play, hunter have better pets and can use guns and bow, as i said earlier, but have rather dull skills and a friend told me their melee stregh sucks. So any hunter or warlock who happens to see this, I NEED YOUR HELP!!! And any other wow player whos can help me choose id thank them too.

PS: Another CLass is not an option so do waste your time saying how both suck you should rather be a mage or a rougue Twisted Evil

screw that i want my pet!!!!

Devinc05 · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 8

I think it sounds like you'd like being a hunter more as I've tried out warlocks and some of my friends who play them have said they are indeed quite boring but they get crazy powerful. As for hunter they get more of a pet per say because warlocks only get summons which just attack stuff when you need them to. Also their melee strength does not suck and they get some crazy damage bonuses later on with their talent trees and such. Also hunter would be better when no one else is on cause they're a much better solo class than warlock. Back to warlock's they're pretty boring its just throw more DOTS more DOTS send pet in try to make a shard and hope I don't die, they level really slowly, and I hate the way their spells go for like 45 levels only like 3 of them do damage, warlocks are raid whores basically lol.

Merith2004 · Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 1

I know you don't want to hear it, but the mage class is better than both. For one, mages can deal damage out quicker than any other class. The Warlock takes time to do that much damage. Sure the pet is appealing, but if it dies then you are screwed. The Hunter, on the other hand, is good. Not only does it have a pet, but you stand back and shoot at the enemy while the pet distracts. However, as I stated, you can do 200 damage in 8 sec, where as it would take 24 to do that much with a Warlock. So between the 2, go for hunter.

Momoshiro · Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 50

First I want to give thxs to Merith2004 and Devin05 your comments where very helpfull. I was personally routing more for hunter than warlock, but the warlock still seemed awsome. Just incase ANyone else want to give a better reason to keep to a hunter or thinks its better to have chosen the warlock, keep posting i'll really appreciate it Very Happy

But now i have another dilema Confused

what reace should i choose i was routing for night elf (alliance) or Blood Elf (Horde), a friend told me the draenie hunter where awsome, but he also told me that neither of the three can use guns (Oh no! Crying or Very sad

) so what do you guys think should i go dwarf?

IshiIshi · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 8

Hunters are better early in the game, but at level 70, Warlocks are better, IMO.

I would start with a Hunter.
And as you play more, and make more characters, eventually make a Warlock.

Korniswins · Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 32

Hunter is a good starting class, and it doens't matter what race you are, all hunters can use guns. So your friend was wrong on that note. I have both a high lvl hunter and warlock and to be honest I found warlocks to be a lot more fun. They are (ask anyone) by far the best PVP class in the game, and are also very good at PvE, raids, grinding etc. So I say go with warlock, and alliance is full of 12 year olds who complain so you should probably roll a Blood elf or undead on the horde side (you won't regret it since you will be winning all your battlegrounds.)

swfett · Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 27

Any race of hunter can use guns. You just have to learn the skill from a weapon master.

As for which to play, I suggest hunter. Train beast mastery spec until 50-60+ then re-spec to Marksmanship. Hunters are great soloing and fit into a group nicely too.

What server are you playing on btw?

Momoshiro · Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 50

Thxs to the rest of you guys that keep helping me on my decision, a first I had decided to be a hunter but thxs to some guys I was chating with on another page and Korniswins the warlock has got my attetion once again, but hunter still has a slight advantage because know I know that i can have guns with any race (Booya! Surprised

) and I have a large variation of pets, but i have a couple of question to help finish my decision.

Whats PvE?
Whats Grinding?
Does PvP give me expirience?
Is it easy to tame a beast?
Is the horde better than the alliance?

PS: I havent started playing yet so im not in any sever, thats my answer to swfett and thxs for your opinion swfett.

Korniswins · Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 32

PvE is basically anything not PvP related, (questing, running dungeons with your friends, just leveling up your character).
Grinding is a quick (But boring) way to level up fast, just sit in an area with a lot of monsters (WoW players refer to them as Mobs) and kill them over and over to gain lots of experience.
I recommend questing as a first time player (it is a much more enjoyable experience.)
Taming beasts are extremely easy, hunters have a skill called "Tame Beast" just target a best and use the skill and it takes like 5 seconds to cast. Thats all there is too it, often times hunters lay an ice trap (which freezes a mob that comes in contact) to make it easier to tame.

Having played both alliance and horde I can honestly say horde is better. It is a stereotype that alliance is nothing but 12 year olds, but really you will find more young annoying kids on alliance and fewer on horde. Horde usually win the battlegrounds and are generally better at doing instances (especially now that paladins can be on the horde.)

You do not gain experience from PvP, when you kill a player from the opposing faction you get something called an Honor Kill that generates a type of currency called honor. Similar to gold, honor is turned in for armor and weapons.

There are 2 main types of servers PvP and PvE. On a PvE server you can only get honor kills in arenas and battlegrounds, on PvP servers you kill players from the opposing faction whenever you see them (assuming you are in contested territory which is like 90% of the world.) I recommend PvP servers as I like the extra fun of killing people, but it does sometimes suck to get killed when you are questing.

Sorry for Wall-o-text but I wanted to address all of your questions.

Momoshiro · Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 50

Korniswins you the best! thxs alot i have 2 more questions and im ready to start playing this shit.

While taming does the to be tamed beast attack (hurt) me?
If I go hunter, horde what race do u recommend? (remember me like GUNS or bow (*cough GUNS *cough) and I really wanted a serpent as a pet (been told to get it in the wailing caverns))

thxs alot man! And thxs to everyone else who where kind enough to help me with my troubles

Korniswins · Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 32