Alright so I'm starting from scratch

[FraterPerdurabo]

What about for instances? I heard thats how you Mf. Lol. Thanks Frater. I always take any of your infos as facts.

Basically, if you want to become a "hardcore" player then do not roll a character for "doing instances". They are all piss easy once you learn to play and you will not spend a lot of time in them. The actual gear comes from raids. All characters can raid, some are more viable than others (the reason why hunters suck, they take up a dps slot in a raid but they don't have the dps capability of other classes).

Just roll a class that seems appealing to you. I played a few characters to 10+ to get a little bit of a feel to them (although the game just changes completely once you hit 70), to see what I'd like and what I wouldn't. I'm glad that I picked the druid class after having tried Warlock and Mage alts, I would probably have quit or rerolled by now had I stuck to those.

edit: also bear in mind that unlike Diablo, Blizzard is constantly working on WoW, so your class could be the target of the next nerf / buff bat. I remember when Mangle damage was reduced by 45%. Jesus ****ing christ, a lot of Druids stopped playing that day. That is of course a drastic change, which are very infrequent, but little tweaks and balances come through every patch.

I.e. next patch all CC abilities against PvP targets are nerfed to 10 seconds /cheer
Not that you would understand what I mean, but you'll get the hang of it once you start playing.