Confused on how to start playing World of Warcraft.

how are you "confused" its a game, just install it and play it. we can't hold your hand.

1. Go to www.battle.net
2. Create account there
3. Download and install their game launcher
4. Through game launcher you can buy the game (and almost all their recent games)
5. If you find wow battlechest somewhere else cheaper, you can activate the key/game through the launcher
6. Wow battlechest generaly consists of all previous expansions and vanilla, the newest expansion you goda buy separately.
7. Here is the example of the battlechest https://www.g2a.com/world-of-warcraft-battlechest.html?___store=englishus
8. Here is the newest expansion for wow which you goda buy as an addition to battlechest https://us.battle.net/shop/en/product/world-of-warcraft-warlords-of-draenor?utm_source=internal-shop&utm_medium=featured-thumbnail&utm_campaign=WoWx6-presales&utm_content=WoWx6
9. Btw there are e-shops where you can buy wow expansions cheaper than on b.net shop

Thats it

You don't.

Step one: buy game
Step two: ignore story and kill npcs for hundreds of hours

Step one: don't start playing WoW
Step two: enjoy a happy and fulfilling life

1)Break with your girlfriend

2)Tell your family youre leaving country

3)Kill your cat

4)Sell everything except internet/PC/fridge,then buy a lot of food/fluids

5)Close all doors,cover windows to be dark in house

6)Scream FOR THE HORDE/ALLIANCE! so you transmute into one of the races

7)Enjoy

PS.Dont forget to pay for internet/energy/gametime!

Guardian: Turn away... before it's... too late.
Arthas: Still trying to protect the sword, are you?
Guardian: No... trying to protect you... from it.

Thank you everyone, I got the starter edition for now, I'll upgrade it as soon as I need to.

After playing WoW since beta, I switched over to Rift. Have to say, love it so much more. AND, it's free-to-play. Give it a try first. If you like the feel of it, then invest the money into WoW.

on the blizz store just buy WoW it should come with all of them in a row, WoW, burning crusade, wrath of lich king, cataclysm, Mists of pandaria, for 20 bucks for all, then like 40 bucks for warlords. then just buy your game time and play.

ive been playing WoW since 2006 and i have no regrets. no MMO game like it