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WoW Character Types

April 24th, 2007 by Shenron

Characters in World of Warcraft are divided into two categories i.e. Playing Characters    ( PCs ) and Non Playing Characters ( NPCs ), out of which the NPCs are the ones which have a  lot of diversification. Playing Characters constitutes the actual players playing around the world. There is a tag to each Playing Character which can be either green , blue , red , or yellow depending on the faction to which the player belongs and its current Player vs. Player status.

Non Playing Characters ( NPCs ) are those which interact with the players through Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) or scripted commands and events. There are various kinds of NPCs. They can be either friendly ( having their name displayed in green ) or hostile ( having their name displayed in red ). The hostile NPCs are of opposite faction and mobs and are also referred to as Creeps. Apart from these there are neutral NPCs also which are ofcourse neutral and become hostile only if provoked. These have their names displayed in yellow.

NPCs main function is to help maintain the virual world. They often buy and sell merchandise, give quests, train profession and class skills, and provide a huge amount of services needed by the character to advance in the game. Some of the NPCs can just offer a advice or push the story forward, others are seen patrolling around set paths to defent their cities from hostile attacks by players and NPCs of the other faction which aim to invade the city.

NPC interaction is often affected by a player’s reputation with the NPCs. For example, certain NPCs may offer more items if you have a higher reputation with the NPCs or with its faction.The reputation can be increased by killing NPCs of the opposite faction or handing useful items to the NPCs.

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