Here are some fun things you can do right from this screen: As a general rule, people wear their best stuff when logging out so that they can have as sweet-looking a profile as possible. This screen shows your character's status at the time you last logged out. In fact, you can do things through the website that you cannot do in game - but we'll get to that.Īs soon as you pull up your character, you'll instantly see a screen that shows your character in a dramatic pose, along with the icons for the gear you're currently wearing. You can now see just about everything you see in the game through as well. As someone who searches for characters on the Blizzard's site all the time, I assure you that it almost never gets it right the first time out. Click on the category title to drill down for more results. If you don't see your desired result right away, don't worry. The site will return results including:ī will pull up a small sample of results for each category. To look up a character or other group, punch in the name of the character or other entity you want to see. One of players' favorite things to do with the Armory is looking up characters, guilds, and arena teams. Searching for characters, guilds, and more Here's a walk-through of some basic things you can use the Armory to do. While Blizzard is transitioning away from the classic Armory, most of the functionality still exists just fine on the WoW site. Along the way, of course, the Armory also became more complicated. It can help you find potential upgrades, find out where gear dropped, and more. Over its existence, the Armory has continued to become more powerful. All of your official forum posts link automatically to your Armory profile, and it's easy to post to a link to your Armory on unofficial forums and emails. The Armory was a common way to share information about your character with other people. Essentially, you'd like to look at your character without getting in the middle of the game. Maybe you're on a break at work, just doing background research into gear, or otherwise just goofing off on a computer. If you're anything like me, you like to take a moment here and there to check out your character online without actually logging into the game. WoW Rookie is about more than just being new to the game it's about checking out new classes, new playstyles, and new zones. New around here? WoW Rookie has your back! Get all our collected tips, tricks and tactics for new players in the WoW Rookie Guide.