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+# Taksonomi
+
+This note provides an overview of the general taxonomy of WoW players and their characters.
+It does not aim to provide an overview of the entire game,
+just the relationship between players, characters, and roles.
+
+## Accounts
+
+At the top of the hierarchy sits the account.
+Players generally only have one account.
+
+Accounts have: 
+
+- Account-wide achievements
+- Collectables (cosmetic, does not affect gameplay)
+
+Each account is assocaited with one or more characters.
+
+Battle.net accounts work across games.
+They can be thought of as analogous to Steam accounts.
+
+## Characters
+
+Characters are the actual avatars that walk around in-game.
+A character has a specific race and class.
+These generally don't change
+(but it is possible with a ca. 20$ race-change).
+
+N.B. A high level account does not affect the level of a newly created character.
+It is just as shit as one associated with a low-level account.
+
+## Race
+
+Among the different races are: human, orc, elf, etc.
+Races control the appearence of characters
+as well as the available classes for that character,
+e.g. humans can play all classes except druid, shaman, and demon hunters.
+
+Certain abilities are also coupled to races.
+
+## Classes
+
+Among the different classes are: demon-hunter, munk, priest, paladin, etc.
+
+Certain abilities are limited to one class.
+For example, all mages can give a damage buff to their entire party.
+This ability is fundamental to all mages, regarless of their chosen specialization.
+
+Characters don't change their class.
+
+## Specializations
+
+Withing a class there are certain specializations.
+These vary between classes.
+For example, a mage might specialize as either a fire mage, ice mage, or arcange mage.
+
+Specializations belong to different roles: DPS, healer or tank.
+This decides what role sthey fill in the game.
+For example,
+during a raid (boss fight) tanks aim to attract damage to free up other players.
+
+This also means some clases can play as different roles,
+because they have different specializations available.
+**It is possible to switch between roles.**
+
+The combination of class og specization flavours the role.
+There is a big difference between a warlock DPS and a munk DPS
+or even a fire mage (DPS) and ice mage (also DPS).
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