Blizzard Entertainment has announced World of Warcraft's fifth expansion, Warlords of Draenor. The expansion will bring players to Draenor, the original homeworld of the Orcs. The expansion leads players to familiar and new locations seen in WoW's first expansion, The Burning Crusade.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/warlords-of-draenor
Warlords of Draenor FAQ and Videos;
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content...nor-FAQ-and-Videos-Heroes-of-the-Storm-Videos
Highlights of Warlords of Draenor include:
- Build and upgrade your own garrison
- New character models
- New PvP zones
- Level cap raised to 100
- Boost to level 90 and play immediately
- Brand new continent of Draenor
World of Warcraft: What's Next
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3523-World-of-Warcraft-What-s-Next
Story
- Garrosh will be put on trial and escape before a verdict. He is going back in time, altering the current timeline slightly.
- Garrosh's goal is to stop the Orcs from drinking the blood of Mannoroth and building the Iron Horde using technology from the present.
- The end of this expansion is going to spill over into the next one. Many more expansions are lined up now.
Draenor
- Homeworld of the Orcs, heart of the Draeni, lots of giants, seven new zones.
- The Iron Horde is here to take an army into Azeroth and your job is to stop them.
- Grommash has united the Orc clans.
- The Alliance will defend Karabor (Black Temple) and make it their main city this expansion.
- The Horde will defend the Bladespire Citadel and make it their main city this expansion.
- Catacylsm changed up the zones, but WoD zones are rebuilt from scratch, not just modifying Outland.
- Azeroth has had many different empires over time, but Draenor is a more savage world with just the Oger empire.
- Netherstorm will be used in a future patch, not at launch.
- The Frostwolf Clan, Shadowmoon Clan, and Shattered Hand Clan will make an appearance.
- Kargath led the Shattered Hand Clan out of slavery and chopped off his own arm to do so.
- Grommash will play a major role in the story to come. Will his anger get the best of him?
- Kilrogg Deadeye leads the dark shamanistic Bleeding Hollow Clan, which is located in the jungle that becomes Hellfire.
Creatures
- Lots of opportunities to create new creatures.
- Dragonfly mount.
Zones
- There will be an expansion introduction similar to the Death Knight starting experience.
- Launch event will set up a suicide mission, Dark Portal will turn red.
- After into, Horde go to Frostfire Ride, a Tundra with volcanoes. You meet up with the Frostwolf Clan and help them defeat the Thunderlord Clan.
- After intro, Alliance go to Shadowmoon Valley, where it is always night time. You save Karabor (Black Temple) and turn it into your main city. Home of the Shadowmoon Orc Clan.
- Gorgrond has lots of steam vents that are being capped to power the Iron Horde war machine. Blackrock Foundry is one of the raids in WoD.
- Talador has a much larger Shattrath city and Auchindoun before it was destroyed. Auchindoun is a dungeon in WoD.
New Player Models
- New models have lots of facial detail, teeth, tongues, smiles, and animations.
Garrisons
- Build your own base on Draenor, WoW version of Housing.
- Your friends can come and see it, trade resources.
- Collect followers and send them on missions. Name them!
- Customize your base. Pick the zone and buildings
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/warlords-of-draenor
Warlords of Draenor FAQ and Videos;
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content...nor-FAQ-and-Videos-Heroes-of-the-Storm-Videos
Highlights of Warlords of Draenor include:
- Build and upgrade your own garrison
- New character models
- New PvP zones
- Level cap raised to 100
- Boost to level 90 and play immediately
- Brand new continent of Draenor
World of Warcraft: What's Next
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3523-World-of-Warcraft-What-s-Next
Story
- Garrosh will be put on trial and escape before a verdict. He is going back in time, altering the current timeline slightly.
- Garrosh's goal is to stop the Orcs from drinking the blood of Mannoroth and building the Iron Horde using technology from the present.
- The end of this expansion is going to spill over into the next one. Many more expansions are lined up now.
Draenor
- Homeworld of the Orcs, heart of the Draeni, lots of giants, seven new zones.
- The Iron Horde is here to take an army into Azeroth and your job is to stop them.
- Grommash has united the Orc clans.
- The Alliance will defend Karabor (Black Temple) and make it their main city this expansion.
- The Horde will defend the Bladespire Citadel and make it their main city this expansion.
- Catacylsm changed up the zones, but WoD zones are rebuilt from scratch, not just modifying Outland.
- Azeroth has had many different empires over time, but Draenor is a more savage world with just the Oger empire.
- Netherstorm will be used in a future patch, not at launch.
- The Frostwolf Clan, Shadowmoon Clan, and Shattered Hand Clan will make an appearance.
- Kargath led the Shattered Hand Clan out of slavery and chopped off his own arm to do so.
- Grommash will play a major role in the story to come. Will his anger get the best of him?
- Kilrogg Deadeye leads the dark shamanistic Bleeding Hollow Clan, which is located in the jungle that becomes Hellfire.
Creatures
- Lots of opportunities to create new creatures.
- Dragonfly mount.
Zones
- There will be an expansion introduction similar to the Death Knight starting experience.
- Launch event will set up a suicide mission, Dark Portal will turn red.
- After into, Horde go to Frostfire Ride, a Tundra with volcanoes. You meet up with the Frostwolf Clan and help them defeat the Thunderlord Clan.
- After intro, Alliance go to Shadowmoon Valley, where it is always night time. You save Karabor (Black Temple) and turn it into your main city. Home of the Shadowmoon Orc Clan.
- Gorgrond has lots of steam vents that are being capped to power the Iron Horde war machine. Blackrock Foundry is one of the raids in WoD.
- Talador has a much larger Shattrath city and Auchindoun before it was destroyed. Auchindoun is a dungeon in WoD.
New Player Models
- New models have lots of facial detail, teeth, tongues, smiles, and animations.
Garrisons
- Build your own base on Draenor, WoW version of Housing.
- Your friends can come and see it, trade resources.
- Collect followers and send them on missions. Name them!
- Customize your base. Pick the zone and buildings
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