new to hord

[steveinater]

Ok so i have never had a hord character and i am going to make one at the start of the month but i have a question.

OK so if someone asked me what aliance race to roll as a first character i would say go human because stormwind is one if not the most active aliance city in the game where you can get a lot of help. So if you use that logic on hord what race would be best as a new character?

[semiiramiis]

Ok so i have never had a hord character and i am going to make one at the start of the month but i have a question.

OK so if someone asked me what aliance race to roll as a first character i would say go human because stormwind is one if not the most active aliance city in the game where you can get a lot of help. So if you use that logic on hord what race would be best as a new character?


About to be picky, but the first thing you need to do to successfully be a Horde player is to know how to spell your faction.

And if this is your logic, you'll want to be an Orc, since Orgrimmar is the main Horde capital, and like Stormwind, is contained in the combined Orc/Troll starting zone. (Like Gnomes, Trolls start in another race's starting zones) Tauren are like the Night Elves, and start in a rather isolated zone. Blood Elves, like Draenei, start in a rather weird place... (Northern Lordaeron) and require a trip to their Orb of Translocation to leave their zone. (However, they have one of the best starting areas around)

[steveinater]

thanks for the info. lol about the spelling of horde, if i don't know how to spell something I usualy spell it as it sounds when i say it. (dyslexia fail)

[Valas Azuviir]

About to be picky, but the first thing you need to do to successfully be a Horde player is to know how to spell your faction.

And if this is your logic, you'll want to be an Orc, since Orgrimmar is the main Horde capital, and like Stormwind, is contained in the combined Orc/Troll starting zone. (Like Gnomes, Trolls start in another race's starting zones) Tauren are like the Night Elves, and start in a rather isolated zone. Blood Elves, like Draenei, start in a rather weird place... (Northern Lordaeron) and require a trip to their Orb of Translocation to leave their zone. (However, they have one of the best starting areas around)

Can't really go wrong as a Forsaken either really. There's always plenty of folks in UC. You've got the Orb to go traipse along the Blood Elf lands, you've got the Zep to go see what the Orcs and Trolls are up to.

Far more central in a way. Granted, Org is now the Horde starting point for Northrend, so that ought to factor into an equation as well.

[semiiramiis]

Far more central in a way. Granted, Org is now the Horde starting point for Northrend, so that ought to factor into an equation as well.

Both Org and UC have zeppelins bound for Northrend. UC is the Howling Fjord zep. Org the Borean Tundra one.

[Valas Azuviir]

Both Org and UC have zeppelins bound for Northrend. UC is the Howling Fjord zep. Org the Borean Tundra one.

Just shows how long it's been since I logged in. :tongue:

Do recall that there was talk about that, didn't hear that they did implement it though. Still, never too old to learn. :grin:

[Cattleya]

In my experience on the servers I've been on, both Undercity and Orgrimmar are pretty busy, although Org seems to be more of a social center than Undercity. (The layout of undercity just doesn't lend itself as well to random conversations in /say like Org does.)

However, I really wouldn't let that sway you on your starting character, as it doesn't even really matter past level 10. (To be honest, you can get a level one character of any race but Tauren to Orgrimmar pretty easily. You probably want to be about 10 as a Tauren to make the run safely.) Honestly, just do the starter quests for the race you like to get to level 6, then head to Durotar (where Orgrimmar is) and quest from there if you like. Picking a race that you have to live with on the character forever really isn't something you should base on the 2 hours or so it takes to get to level 6. :grin:

Just to give you a more specific idea of how each race would get to Org.

Trolls/Orcs: Start in southern Durotar, Org is in northern Durotar. A level one character can make the run without any real dangers.

Undead: Start in Tirifal Glade, which has a Zeppelin to Org. Again, it's pretty trivial to get to even at level 1.

Blood Elves: Start in Eversong Woods. A level one character can easily get to Silvermoon City, which has a translocater inside the Sunfury Spire that takes you to Undercity, not too far from the Zeppelin Tower to Orgrimmar.

Tauren: Start in Mulgore. The only way to Org is through the Barrens. It's a long run, but pretty safe by level 10. The southern barrens has some level 20ish mobs, but they are far from the road as there are quests for level 10ish characters that make you run through the area to get between Thunder Bluff and Crossroads. Just stick to the road.


Also keep in mind that Eversong Woods/Ghostlands is a very popular leveling spot for Horde of all races past level 6. The zones are small so there is a lot less running than you find in Durotar and the Barrens. So, if you are looking for questing partners, it's actually a pretty good choice. Again, any character but Taurens can make the trip out there very easily at any level.

[Renata]

Not to mention that the quest rewards are somewhat better in the blood elf starting zones than in the comparable Horde zones.

...Ren

[snowieken]

Everyone has their reason, of course, but to be honest, that's one of the weirdest criteria I have heard for choosing a race.

Choose whichever race attracts you the most, whether it's for aesthetics or racial abilities. Capital cities aren't really restricted to races as it's pretty easy to travel between them. Besides, after level 20-30, you'll be questing in other area's which are not necessarily close to your "own" capital city. If I were you, I wouldn't restrict my choice based on which capital city is closest to the starting area, or homebound to the race.

[Marlous]

The new patch is also gonig to implement a zeppelin ride between Mulgore and Orgrimmar. So whichever Horde race you choose, you'll have easy access to Orgrimmar either way.

But honestly, I'm sure there are better reasons to choose a race other than this logistics one. I mean, on the Alliance side you also could've chosen a Dwarf/Gnome, because once you get to Ironforge there's an easy tram to get you to SW.

[Renata]

The best reason to pick a race, IMHO, is that you like the looks and aesthetics.

1. You're only going to be in the starting zone for a very short time -- a matter of a few hours.

2. Just because a city is populous doesn't mean you're going to get help from people. Besides, if you're smart and self-sufficient, you will find you actually don't need a great deal of it.

3. Every race has good and not so good racials. Every race has racials that some people swear by and other people go "meh".

4. You're going to be having to be looking at and listening to your character for as long as you play it. You have to be comfortable with it and enjoy it for its own sake. The #1 reason people abandon a race is because they don't like the way they move, the way they look in their gear, etc.

#1 reason I have heard for hating orcs: disliking the way they move, and how the females are universally unattractive (there are only two decent looking faces IMHO, and I have several orc female toons).
#1 reason I have heard for hating trolls: ditto. Also a lot of people don't like the teeth.
#1 reason I have heard for hating blood elves: the fruity voices (males), as well as the males' build. Some Hordies actually don't like blood elf females because they're too pretty.
#1 reason I have heard for hating undead: primarily fashion. People don't like how gear, particularly cloth, goes all ragged and ordinary looking. Even the most impressive looking plate looks kind of lackluster on undead.
#1 reason I have heard for hating tauren: too big, hard to navigate through doors.

Notice these are ALL matters of aesthetics.

You can always move a toon to a different starting city -- if you really think you want to start near Orgrimmar, the only one that's even going to be a remote challenge to do that with is a Tauren, and I've run a Tauren to Orgimmar at level 1 (well, level 2 or 3 from discovery experience by the time I got there). Yeah, you die a couple times, but so what? Repair bills are pretty much nonexistent at that level.

...Ren