Enter the world, Dunnoe what anything means.

Wanna play WoW but don't know what to expect? I've created my first Panda Monk today to show you what the game looks like and how to get started.

So I enter the world (as a panda) and this is what i see...

What does it mean you wonder? Let me explain with this awesomely colourful picture.

• This will always show your portrait, name, level and health (green bar). The yellow bar is my energy which is the 'cost' to use your ablities, different classes/specs have different secondary bars.
• This is the player you are targeting/selecting.  
• These are free add ons, they don't come with the game but you can download them at www.curse.com.
• Your friends list, you can add friends here.
• Chat. Click the speech bubble to the left to chat to particular channels/groups and use emotes.
• Mini Map, the blue highlighted area on the map is where a quest item can be found. The number 20 button is a calendar where you can see what events are occurring and when. The first grey circle to the left of the map where you can click to track or untrack items.
• Your Location, you can also press M for bigger map and a better idea. If you right click while on 'M' you continuously zoom out until you cannot zoom out anymore.
• Quest Objectives. Press  'L' too see all current quests. If any are grey it means you don't benefit from them and you should abandon even if its complete. If the quests is complete the 1 (or whatever number quest is it) will turn into a question mark and the map will tell you where you have to go to hand it in.
• Action bar (spells/abilities) - must be expanded in the interface menu at some point (you will have more abilities than you have space for at some point).  To the right of your abilities is (in order from left to right) character log, spell book, spec and talents, achievements, quest log, guild, pvp, dungeon finder, mounts and pets, dungeon journal, game menu, customer support, and 5 bag slots (some tabs are unlocked atm). The lined bar just above the action bar is your experience bar. The bubbles will fill up with purple experience or blue (rested XP).
• Quest Box

When you first enter the world you'll see a question mark (hand in a quest) or exclamation mark (get a quest). Either hand it in or accept your first quest and follow the steps it takes. If your close to your quest you should see the area in the mini map, if not the 'M' button will show the area to find your quest.

At level ten, if you wish you can now take a break from questing and gain experience by playing Battlegrounds. A battleground (BG) is a player vs player (PvP) game with the Alliance facing off against the Horde. By level 90 all BG's are unlocked to your player but in the beginning you only have the choice of two. 

By level 15 everything opens up to you. You can now gain experience by questing, BG's and Dungeons. Dungeons are about half an hour long following a story line where you and 4 other people kill different computer mobs (PvE). To play a dungeon (or instance) you need 3 dps (damage), 1 tank, and 1 healer. What you choose to do in WoW is all up to you. I like dungeons for leveling because you gain experience fast, especially if its your first time doing the same dungeon. However, I also like PvP which takes up 90% of my time with my lvl 90's. So feel around for what you like best.  

I shall now leave you with an image of this cute little guy i saw today in Valley of the Four Winds, Pandaria.