Even before you enter the World of Warcraft with a level one character, you have to decide on four issues:
●Your class – out of nine possible classe
●Your server – i.e. the type of server as well as one specific server of that type
●Your faction – i.e. Alliance or Horde
●Your race – out of four races exclusive to your faction
●Your gender – male or female
Class
Well, class is easy. Since you’re reading this guide, I’ll just assume you want to play a druid.
Server
Now that we got that out of the way, we will look at the server. There are four kinds of servers for World of Warcraft:
●Player vs. environment (PvE) servers,
●Player vs. Player (PvP) servers,
●Roleplay (RP) servers and
●RP PvP servers
I won’t go into much detail here, all the rules and regulations that apply to the different server types can be found in great detail on the official homepage at [http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/].
Let me just say this: Choose your server type carefully. Different server types provide for different kinds of gameplay, choose the one that suits you best.
Roleplaying isn’t for everyone. Choose an RP server only if you’re sure that the kind of conversation people have in public channels on those servers actually enhance your immersion and your personal enjoyment of the game.
PvP servers can be a lot of fun, but they’re also very challenging if you like to play solo. Gankers and corpse campers can spoil your fun for hours. As a druid however, you have a wide array of defensive tactics. Read the PvP section of this guide and you’ll be well prepared to face your enemy in the open.

When it comes to choosing one specific server, you might already know some people on a server that you’d like to join forces with. If that is so, by all means go ahead and roll a character on that server.
Otherwise, it’s always good to join the server with the lowest population you can find. Servers with a large population tend to have many people already running the high level dungeons and earning honor points in PvP, so it’ll be harder for you to get ahead of the curve.

Depending on what your friends play, you might also already know if you want to play Alliance or Horde.
And with the faction, you have decided on your race. Why? Because both factions offer only one playable race for druids. So if you play a druid on the Alliance’s side, you’re automatically a Night Elf, whereas you will command over a Tauren druid if you choose to align with the Horde.
Now, I’m fully aware that your decision on that issue will most likely be influenced if not by your friends then by personal preferences beyond strategic significance – ranging from “Tauren kick ass!” all the way to “Night Elf chicks are sooo hot!” – but just for a minute here, let’s pretend you make your choice based on hard facts and in the best interest of your character.
There are a few things to consider. The most obvious factor is the racial traits. Let’s look at how Nightelves and Tauren compare in that department:
Night elves
Shadowmeld
Allows you to stealth as long as you stand still .

Since druids can already stealth in cat form, you won’t profit as much from this racial trait as other classes. It’s still extremely useful for two reasons. One, you get a +1 stealth effect level bonus, meaning that you’ll be even harder to make out for your opponents than when you walk around in cat form. This is extremely useful in PvP, especially when facing other stealthy classes.

Two, you can eat and drink in shadowmeld, letting you recharge in dangerous places. The start of a cast will break stealth, but its still a great way to ambush enemies in PVP.
Quickness
Dodge chance increased by 1%
Dodge is a must-have for bear tanks. Since the bear can't 'escape' crushing damage, the more attacks you dodge, the longer you last. Dodge also comes in handy when you’re in melee combat, i.e. soloing at lower levels and sometimes in PvP.
Wisp spirit
As a ghost you will move 25% faster (and appear as a wisp).
Wisp Spirit makes Night Elves the best 'diers' in the game. Of course, you don’t want to die in the first place. As a druid, you will die VERY little in PvE. When your raid wipes, you’ll have soulstoned priests. On PvP servers you might pick the wrong fight far away from the graveyard and save a little time after you die. Otherwise pretty much useless.
Nature resist
+10 resistance against nature magic
Tauren have the same, so it cancels out.
Tauren
Warstomp
Stuns up to 5 opponents in 8 yard range for 2 seconds. 0.5 second cast time, 2 minute cooldown.
Arguably the best racial trait in the game. As a druid, this spell is primarily a means of defense. When things get too hot, you get enough time to retreat or heal up. It can also be used as spell interruption. Warstomp has no animation until it lands, making it priceless for PvP.
Endurance
+5% maximum health
While other classes depend stronger on the health stat than druids, it is still a great trait to have, especially for PvP where the outcome of battles can be close. More health means you die less. That’s clearly a good thing.
Cultivation
+15 skill bonus to Herbalism
This trait doesn't amount to a big bonus, you'll hardly notice it as you level herbalism. That's assuming you even take herbalism as a profession.

Nature resist
+10 resistance against nature magic

Night elves have the same trait, so it cancels out. So just looking at the racial traits, we can see a slight advantage for Tauren druids.
Night Elves and Tauren also have different starting stats. Keep in mind that as you reach higher levels these differences become of marginal importance, but let’s have a look at them anyway:

So we can see that Night Elves have a slight advantage in INT and AGI while Tauren have slightly better STR, STA and SPR stats. In lower levels there’s an advantage for the Tauren, seeing that he will have higher physical DPS and slightly faster regeneration rates. Granted, INT is certainly nice to have at higher levels, but the relative advantage will actually decrease with each level up as both classes profit from stat increases equally. This goes for all stats except STA, where Tauren will always have a 5% advantage in HP.

But there are a few more things to consider when choosing your race:
●Tauren are physically bigger than Night Elves, so they are easier to target in PvP when they are in caster form. Out of a big group they are also most likely to get targeted first. This can be quite a nuisance, because as a druid you don’t want to attract that kind of attention from your enemies. Advantage goes to the Night Elves
●On average, the Alliance population (59%) is higher than that of the Horde (41%).1 What does that mean? If you have more players on your side, it means you live a safer life on PvP servers. Although you might enjoy the challenge of playing Horde on a PvP server, you should be aware of the fact that it’ll be somewhat harder than playing Alliance. Also, you’ll have a slightly bigger market within your faction, meaning it might be a bit easier (but not necessarily cheaper!) to get unusual items from the auction house and sell items there. On the downside, you’ll spend more time in the battle ground queues, because an equal amount of players
1 http://www.pieragostini.com/ian/fun/wow/WoWStressTestWhoReport.htmare required to join from either faction.Questionable Advantage goes to the Night Elves
●The relative Druid population is lower on the side of the Horde (7%) than that of the Alliance (9%). If your class is less played in your faction, it will be easier to find groups and guilds.Slight advantage goes to the Tauren
Well, if you had me choose a class solely on these cold hard facts, I’d opt for the Tauren. Having a bit extra HP is valuable in any given situation. Warstomp is a great skill to have whenever you get in trouble. Tauren will also level up a bit faster in early levels because of higher DPS and slightly faster regeneration rates.
But if you think you’ll have more fun playing a Night Elf, hey, go for it.

Females get free stuff from strangers sometimes, so you should really...
Just kidding, play whatever you feel most comfortable with.