World of Warcraft Character Creation Guides

IGN PC has released two different character creation guides for World of Warcraft, one that focuses on faction and race combinations and another that focuses on classes. Here's a snip from the latter:
The mage is the traditional heavy damage dealer, and he also has some good crowd control spells, particularly Frost Nova, which roots every enemy within about a ten foot radius. Fire spells do the most damage, Frost spells slow or freeze the target, and Arcane magic is more generalized. The Mage uses Arcane for things like conjuring food for health and water for mana, teleporting to one of three cities according to his faction, opening portals for people standing near him to travel to specific large cities, some defensive spells, and Arcane Missiles. Portals and teleportation are excellent for getting around the continent quickly, and they don't require any catalyst items--just mana and a few seconds to cast.