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World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

February 06, 2023

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor is the fifth expansion set to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft, following Mists of Pandaria. It was announced on November 8, 2013 at BlizzCon 2013.[2] The expansion was released on November 13, 2014.[1]

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
Developer(s)Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(s)Blizzard Entertainment
Director(s)Tom Chilton
Alex Afrasiabi
Designer(s)Cory Stockton
Ion Hazzikostas
Brian Holinka
Chadd Nervig
Composer(s)Russell Brower
Neal Acree
Clint Bajakian
Sam Cardon
Craig Stuart Garfinkle
Edo Guidotti
Eimear Noone
SeriesWarcraft
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, OS X
Release
Genre(s)Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Mode(s)Multiplayer

The expansion raised the existing level cap from 90 to 100 and introduced player-built, upgradeable garrisons.[3] Most of the player models were updated to have more detailed textures, animations and facial expressions, thus increasing the system requirements of the game.[4]

Gameplay

Main article: Gameplay of World of Warcraft

The expansion allows players to level up to 100, an increase from the cap of 90 in the previous expansion Mists of Pandaria. It initially included eight 5-man dungeons and one raid, Highmaul, that opened in early December 2014.[5] There was also a rebalancing of raid difficulty by the addition of a new difficulty called Mythic, which became the hardest version of the raid system that requires exactly 20 players. The easiest is 25-player raid finder (or "Looking For Raid"), and flexible raiding was expanded to include normal and heroic difficulty, allowing groups to range from 10 to 30 players, with the enemies scaling dynamically depending on the raid size.[6][7] Players are able to build and upgrade their own garrison, a personal area in which they can recruit non-player characters (NPC) to carry out missions to earn the player or NPC experience and items. The garrison is assembled from the individual buildings like stables or armories, increasing their size and modifying their appearance.[8] The Blackrock Foundry raid was opened in February 2015. The 6.2 patch in June 2015 introduced the third and final raid of the expansion, Hellfire Citadel.

The development team made a number of changes to the player versus player (PvP) aspects of the game. They altered the way that PvP items behave when players fight, reducing crowd control abilities, and added a new PvP-focused island area called Ashran containing various objectives and battles for players to participate in.[9]

The proving grounds were updated for Warlords of Draenor. In order to queue in random matchmaking for a heroic dungeon, a silver medal from the proving grounds is required for the desired role. However, if a full premade group is used instead of matchmaking, the medal requirement does not apply.[10] Challenge modes and the pet battle system were also updated to work within the new content.

The player stats of hit, expertise, dodge, and parry were removed from new items and new tertiary stats were added to give additional movement speed, reduction in area of effect damage taken, indestructible (item does not need to be repaired) or leech (converts a portion of damage and healing into self healing).

Some item drops can randomly be upgraded. For example, quest rewards have a chance of being upgraded to rare or epic quality. Raid loot and heroic/mythic dungeon loot has chance to randomly gain tertiary stats, a bonus socket and/or an additional item level upgrade called "warforged", and baleful gear can proc "empowered" to gain additional item levels from 5 to 45, up from the 650 base item.[11][12]

Plot

The expansion is set after the events of Mists of Pandaria and takes place in an alternate universe on the world of Draenor, the original homeworld of the orcs as it appeared in Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal, prior to its destruction in the ending of that game and the creation of Outland as featured in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne and World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. Legendary characters of Warcraft's past, such as Grommash Hellscream, Ner'zhul, Gul'dan, and Blackhand appear.[13]

At the end of Mists of Pandaria, Garrosh Hellscream is overthrown as Warchief of the Horde by a combined Alliance–Horde force and taken into custody by the Pandaren so that he can stand trial for the atrocities he committed in Pandaria. However, before he can be judged, Garrosh escapes captivity with the aid of Kairozdormu (a renegade bronze dragon) and travels to the orcish homeworld of Draenor 35 years in the past, prior to the rise of the Horde. As soon as they arrive Garrosh kills Kairoz then proceeds to change history by preventing his father Grommash from drinking the blood of the demon lord Mannoroth, which led to the orc's corruption by the Burning Legion and played a major role in the events of the first three Warcraft games. This interferes with history, creating an alternate timeline where the orcish clans unite into an "Iron Horde" by using technology Garrosh brought from his time. The Iron Horde begin a war of conquest on Draenor by killing Mannoroth and building a Dark Portal that allows them to travel through time and lay siege to the Azeroth of the present era.[14] The adventurers storm the Dark Portal and with the help of Khadgar fight back the Iron Horde Vanguard back into the alternate Draenor. The adventurers use the Iron Horde's own weaponry to destroy the Draenor side of the Dark Portal but are subsequently forced to flee in order to evade the full might of the Iron Horde. The Azeroth Vanguard flee to the docks and split into two ships; with the Alliance following the Draenei and the Horde joining the Frostwolf Clan. Afterwards, the Alliance and Horde establish bases with portals to Azeroth to bring in supplies and soldiers.

The Alliance and Horde with their Draenor allies fight back the Iron Horde and ultimately confront the escaped war criminal Garrosh Hellscream in Nagrand. Garrosh lashes back and the forces are saved by the intervention of Thrall who challenged Garrosh to mak'gora - a duel of honor that can lead to death. In the battle that follows, Garrosh initially has the upper hand and blames Thrall for his failures since Thrall picked him as Warchief, but Thrall countered that it was caused by his own choices. Thrall then kills Garrosh by using his elemental powers.

With the creator of the Iron Horde dead, the Alliance and Horde adventurers and their Draenor allies set to dismantle the Iron Horde. The adventurers storm into the Gorian Empire's capital of Highmaul to defeat the Iron Horde's allies. In the raid, the adventurers kill the Warlord of the Shattered Hand Clan, Kargath Bladefist. They proceed to slay the creations of the Gorian Empire, including the spellbreakers and the Sorcerer King Imperator Mar'Gok.

Later the Blackrock Clan, led by Warlord Blackhand, challenge the Horde and Alliance to assault their domain; the Blackrock Foundry. The adventurers take up the challenge by storming through the forge, destroying important Iron Horde machinery, and blocking further growth of the Iron Horde's weaponry. Finally, the adventurers arrive at Blackhand's crucible and slay him.

Next, Gul'dan confronts Grommash and the remnants of the Iron Horde. He again offers Grommash the blood of Mannoroth; Grommash not only refuses but also attacks Gul'dan but he is subdued by him. With Gul'dan's offer of ultimate power, Kilrogg Deadeye, the Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow Clan, ignores Grommash's warnings and drinks the demon blood. The fel blood corrupts Kilrogg, turning him into a monstrous fel orc. Gul'dan assumes control of the Iron Horde and Grommash is imprisoned. It is at this time that the adventurers, with the help of Khadgar, construct a naval fleet to invade Tanaan Jungle and take the fight to Hellfire Citadel to stop Gul'dan and his Iron Horde.

Throughout all this, Khadgar works alongside his bodyguard, the Night Elven Warden Cordana Felsong, to grant the Commander a powerful boon by helping them create a magical ring that will give them the edge they need to face Gul'Dan. Catching wind of their plan, Gul'Dan reveals that he has brainwashed the alternate version of Garona Halforcen and sends her to assassinate Khadgar and the Commander, but Garona is defeated and the spell over her is broken, allowing Khadgar and the Commander to not only gain her as a valuable ally, but also allow them to finish the ring. However, when the ring is finally completed, it is revealed that Cordana's doubts and frustrations with Khadgar's leadership, as well as corruption from a Shadow Orb she had recovered earlier, has allowed Gul'Dan to corrupt and brainwash her just as he did Garona, and the fallen Warden attempts to steal the ring on Gul'Dan's orders. The Commander defeats Cordana, but she escapes.

In the Hellfire Citadel raid, the adventurers slay Kilrogg and remnants of the Iron Horde. When confronted, Gul'dan resurrects Mannoroth only for the adventurers to kill him and free Grommash, who actually joins them. Gul'dan then summons Archimonde to invade Draneor and, with Yrel and Grommash's help, the adventurers kill him too. At the end of the battle, Archimonde in his final moment flings Gul'dan through a portal to Azeroth of the main timeline in order to fulfill his pact with the Legion, setting the stage for the next expansion.

Development

For this expansion the development team changed the file format used by the game, moving from the MPQ file format used previously to a new file format called CASC.[15] The game also contains updated character models with improved textures and a higher polygon count for all races released prior to Cataclysm;[16] the developers have said they want to "keep the soul of the original characters" while upgrading them to the quality of the Pandaren race released in the previous expansion, and the Worgen and Goblin races released in Cataclysm.[16] Game performance has been taken into account with this expansion, with the developers saying that there will be no big drop in performance as a result of the models and that there will be no reduction in the amount of visuals on screen during large fights.[17]

Warlords of Draenor was playable at PAX East and entered alpha testing in April 2014.[18][19] Blizzard invited players to enter the beta in June 2014.[20] Players who purchased the game received a free level 90 boost for one character. Subsequent boosts may be purchased for $60 each. Blizzard said they made the price high because they did not want to devalue the experience of leveling a character.[21]

With this expansion, Blizzard once again expressed a desire to begin creating expansions at a more frequent rate, as often as once per year.[22]

Launch issues

During the launch, players attempting to log in experienced long queue times and issues with latency. Blizzard noted that they had experienced DDoS attacks during the launch day as well as unexpected issues from the high concentrations of players in various locations. Players received five days of subscription time as compensation for the issues.[23][24][25]

Reception

Warlords of Draenor was met with generally favorable reviews at its release, shown by its rating of 87 on Metacritic.[28]

Sales

Warlords of Draenor sold over 3.3 million copies within the first 24 hours, and subscription numbers increased from 7.4 million[29] to over 10.5 million in November 2014.[30] However, by the end of the first quarter of 2015, the number of subscribers had fallen to 7.1 million; 300,000 subscribers fewer than before the release of Warlords of Draenor.[31] By the end of the second quarter, the number of subscribers dropped to 5.6 million, the lowest number of subscribers seen in the game since 2005.[32][33] By the third quarter, subscribers held at 5.5 million.[34] In November 2015, Blizzard said it will no longer report on the number of World of Warcraft subscribers.[35]

Reviews

References

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  9. ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (April 23, 2014). "World of Warcraft designers offer 30-minute deep dive into Warlords of Draenor's changes". Joystiq. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
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  14. ^ Fahey, Mike (November 8, 2013). "How World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Goes Back in Time". Kotaku. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  15. ^ Stickney, Anne (April 3, 2014). "Warlords of Draenor Alpha testing begins". Joystiq. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
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  30. ^ Kain, Erik (November 19, 2014). "'World Of Warcraft' Tops 10 Million Subscribers Following 'Warlords Of Draenor' Expansion". Forbes. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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  34. ^ "Activision Stops Reporting WoW Subscriber Numbers at 5.5 Million". USgamer.net. March 11, 2015.
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External links

  • Official website (U.S.)
  • Official website (E.U.)
  • World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor at IMDb
  • World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor on Wowpedia, a Warcraft wiki

February 06, 2023
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World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor is the fifth expansion set to the massively multiplayer online role playing game MMORPG World of Warcraft following Mists of Pandaria It was announced on November 8 2013 at BlizzCon 2013 2 The expansion was released on November 13 2014 1 World of Warcraft Warlords of DraenorDeveloper s Blizzard EntertainmentPublisher s Blizzard EntertainmentDirector s Tom ChiltonAlex AfrasiabiDesigner s Cory StocktonIon HazzikostasBrian HolinkaChadd NervigComposer s Russell BrowerNeal AcreeClint BajakianSam CardonCraig Stuart GarfinkleEdo GuidottiEimear NooneSeriesWarcraftPlatform s Microsoft Windows OS XReleaseNA EU November 13 2014 1 Genre s Massively multiplayer online role playing gameMode s MultiplayerThe expansion raised the existing level cap from 90 to 100 and introduced player built upgradeable garrisons 3 Most of the player models were updated to have more detailed textures animations and facial expressions thus increasing the system requirements of the game 4 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Development 3 1 Launch issues 4 Reception 4 1 Sales 5 Reviews 6 References 7 External linksGameplay EditMain article Gameplay of World of Warcraft The expansion allows players to level up to 100 an increase from the cap of 90 in the previous expansion Mists of Pandaria It initially included eight 5 man dungeons and one raid Highmaul that opened in early December 2014 5 There was also a rebalancing of raid difficulty by the addition of a new difficulty called Mythic which became the hardest version of the raid system that requires exactly 20 players The easiest is 25 player raid finder or Looking For Raid and flexible raiding was expanded to include normal and heroic difficulty allowing groups to range from 10 to 30 players with the enemies scaling dynamically depending on the raid size 6 7 Players are able to build and upgrade their own garrison a personal area in which they can recruit non player characters NPC to carry out missions to earn the player or NPC experience and items The garrison is assembled from the individual buildings like stables or armories increasing their size and modifying their appearance 8 The Blackrock Foundry raid was opened in February 2015 The 6 2 patch in June 2015 introduced the third and final raid of the expansion Hellfire Citadel The development team made a number of changes to the player versus player PvP aspects of the game They altered the way that PvP items behave when players fight reducing crowd control abilities and added a new PvP focused island area called Ashran containing various objectives and battles for players to participate in 9 The proving grounds were updated for Warlords of Draenor In order to queue in random matchmaking for a heroic dungeon a silver medal from the proving grounds is required for the desired role However if a full premade group is used instead of matchmaking the medal requirement does not apply 10 Challenge modes and the pet battle system were also updated to work within the new content The player stats of hit expertise dodge and parry were removed from new items and new tertiary stats were added to give additional movement speed reduction in area of effect damage taken indestructible item does not need to be repaired or leech converts a portion of damage and healing into self healing Some item drops can randomly be upgraded For example quest rewards have a chance of being upgraded to rare or epic quality Raid loot and heroic mythic dungeon loot has chance to randomly gain tertiary stats a bonus socket and or an additional item level upgrade called warforged and baleful gear can proc empowered to gain additional item levels from 5 to 45 up from the 650 base item 11 12 Plot EditThe expansion is set after the events of Mists of Pandaria and takes place in an alternate universe on the world of Draenor the original homeworld of the orcs as it appeared in Warcraft II Beyond the Dark Portal prior to its destruction in the ending of that game and the creation of Outland as featured in Warcraft III The Frozen Throne and World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Legendary characters of Warcraft s past such as Grommash Hellscream Ner zhul Gul dan and Blackhand appear 13 At the end of Mists of Pandaria Garrosh Hellscream is overthrown as Warchief of the Horde by a combined Alliance Horde force and taken into custody by the Pandaren so that he can stand trial for the atrocities he committed in Pandaria However before he can be judged Garrosh escapes captivity with the aid of Kairozdormu a renegade bronze dragon and travels to the orcish homeworld of Draenor 35 years in the past prior to the rise of the Horde As soon as they arrive Garrosh kills Kairoz then proceeds to change history by preventing his father Grommash from drinking the blood of the demon lord Mannoroth which led to the orc s corruption by the Burning Legion and played a major role in the events of the first three Warcraft games This interferes with history creating an alternate timeline where the orcish clans unite into an Iron Horde by using technology Garrosh brought from his time The Iron Horde begin a war of conquest on Draenor by killing Mannoroth and building a Dark Portal that allows them to travel through time and lay siege to the Azeroth of the present era 14 The adventurers storm the Dark Portal and with the help of Khadgar fight back the Iron Horde Vanguard back into the alternate Draenor The adventurers use the Iron Horde s own weaponry to destroy the Draenor side of the Dark Portal but are subsequently forced to flee in order to evade the full might of the Iron Horde The Azeroth Vanguard flee to the docks and split into two ships with the Alliance following the Draenei and the Horde joining the Frostwolf Clan Afterwards the Alliance and Horde establish bases with portals to Azeroth to bring in supplies and soldiers The Alliance and Horde with their Draenor allies fight back the Iron Horde and ultimately confront the escaped war criminal Garrosh Hellscream in Nagrand Garrosh lashes back and the forces are saved by the intervention of Thrall who challenged Garrosh to mak gora a duel of honor that can lead to death In the battle that follows Garrosh initially has the upper hand and blames Thrall for his failures since Thrall picked him as Warchief but Thrall countered that it was caused by his own choices Thrall then kills Garrosh by using his elemental powers With the creator of the Iron Horde dead the Alliance and Horde adventurers and their Draenor allies set to dismantle the Iron Horde The adventurers storm into the Gorian Empire s capital of Highmaul to defeat the Iron Horde s allies In the raid the adventurers kill the Warlord of the Shattered Hand Clan Kargath Bladefist They proceed to slay the creations of the Gorian Empire including the spellbreakers and the Sorcerer King Imperator Mar Gok Later the Blackrock Clan led by Warlord Blackhand challenge the Horde and Alliance to assault their domain the Blackrock Foundry The adventurers take up the challenge by storming through the forge destroying important Iron Horde machinery and blocking further growth of the Iron Horde s weaponry Finally the adventurers arrive at Blackhand s crucible and slay him Next Gul dan confronts Grommash and the remnants of the Iron Horde He again offers Grommash the blood of Mannoroth Grommash not only refuses but also attacks Gul dan but he is subdued by him With Gul dan s offer of ultimate power Kilrogg Deadeye the Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow Clan ignores Grommash s warnings and drinks the demon blood The fel blood corrupts Kilrogg turning him into a monstrous fel orc Gul dan assumes control of the Iron Horde and Grommash is imprisoned It is at this time that the adventurers with the help of Khadgar construct a naval fleet to invade Tanaan Jungle and take the fight to Hellfire Citadel to stop Gul dan and his Iron Horde Throughout all this Khadgar works alongside his bodyguard the Night Elven Warden Cordana Felsong to grant the Commander a powerful boon by helping them create a magical ring that will give them the edge they need to face Gul Dan Catching wind of their plan Gul Dan reveals that he has brainwashed the alternate version of Garona Halforcen and sends her to assassinate Khadgar and the Commander but Garona is defeated and the spell over her is broken allowing Khadgar and the Commander to not only gain her as a valuable ally but also allow them to finish the ring However when the ring is finally completed it is revealed that Cordana s doubts and frustrations with Khadgar s leadership as well as corruption from a Shadow Orb she had recovered earlier has allowed Gul Dan to corrupt and brainwash her just as he did Garona and the fallen Warden attempts to steal the ring on Gul Dan s orders The Commander defeats Cordana but she escapes In the Hellfire Citadel raid the adventurers slay Kilrogg and remnants of the Iron Horde When confronted Gul dan resurrects Mannoroth only for the adventurers to kill him and free Grommash who actually joins them Gul dan then summons Archimonde to invade Draneor and with Yrel and Grommash s help the adventurers kill him too At the end of the battle Archimonde in his final moment flings Gul dan through a portal to Azeroth of the main timeline in order to fulfill his pact with the Legion setting the stage for the next expansion Development EditFor this expansion the development team changed the file format used by the game moving from the MPQ file format used previously to a new file format called CASC 15 The game also contains updated character models with improved textures and a higher polygon count for all races released prior to Cataclysm 16 the developers have said they want to keep the soul of the original characters while upgrading them to the quality of the Pandaren race released in the previous expansion and the Worgen and Goblin races released in Cataclysm 16 Game performance has been taken into account with this expansion with the developers saying that there will be no big drop in performance as a result of the models and that there will be no reduction in the amount of visuals on screen during large fights 17 Warlords of Draenor was playable at PAX East and entered alpha testing in April 2014 18 19 Blizzard invited players to enter the beta in June 2014 20 Players who purchased the game received a free level 90 boost for one character Subsequent boosts may be purchased for 60 each Blizzard said they made the price high because they did not want to devalue the experience of leveling a character 21 With this expansion Blizzard once again expressed a desire to begin creating expansions at a more frequent rate as often as once per year 22 Launch issues Edit During the launch players attempting to log in experienced long queue times and issues with latency Blizzard noted that they had experienced DDoS attacks during the launch day as well as unexpected issues from the high concentrations of players in various locations Players received five days of subscription time as compensation for the issues 23 24 25 Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic87 100 28 Review scoresPublicationScoreGamesRadar 26 Polygon9 5 10 27 Warlords of Draenor was met with generally favorable reviews at its release shown by its rating of 87 on Metacritic 28 Sales Edit Warlords of Draenor sold over 3 3 million copies within the first 24 hours and subscription numbers increased from 7 4 million 29 to over 10 5 million in November 2014 30 However by the end of the first quarter of 2015 the number of subscribers had fallen to 7 1 million 300 000 subscribers fewer than before the release of Warlords of Draenor 31 By the end of the second quarter the number of subscribers dropped to 5 6 million the lowest number of subscribers seen in the game since 2005 32 33 By the third quarter subscribers held at 5 5 million 34 In November 2015 Blizzard said it will no longer report on the number of World of Warcraft subscribers 35 Reviews EditCasus Belli v4 Issue 13 Jan Feb 2015 36 References Edit a b Warlords of Draenor Launches 11 13 Blizzard Entertainment August 14 2014 Fahey Mike November 8 2013 Warlords Of Draenor Brings The Original Warcraft Trilogy To WoW Kotaku Retrieved November 8 2013 Stuart Keith November 8 2013 Draenor expansion announced The Guardian London Retrieved November 8 2013 Phil Savage September 24 2014 World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor system requirements released PC Gamer WoWHead Warlords of Draenor dungeon overview Hafer T J November 9 2013 World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor Everything there is to know so far PC Gamer Retrieved April 28 2014 MMO Champion Nov 12 Farokhmanesh Megan November 9 2013 World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor Garrisons detailed Polygon Retrieved April 28 2014 Farokhmanesh Megan April 23 2014 World of Warcraft designers offer 30 minute deep dive into Warlords of Draenor s changes Joystiq Retrieved April 28 2014 Warlords of Draenor Proving Grounds will be required for Heroic Dungeon random queues Engadget February 22 2014 Owen Landgren Twitter Gearing Up for the 6 2 3 Grove Warden Mount and Heroic Archimonde Wowhead Retrieved March 15 2016 World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor BlizzCon 2013 FAQ World of Warcraft Fahey Mike November 8 2013 How World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor Goes Back in Time Kotaku Retrieved November 9 2013 Stickney Anne April 3 2014 Warlords of Draenor Alpha testing begins Joystiq Retrieved April 28 2014 a b McWhertor Michael November 8 2013 See World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor s revamped orcs dwarves and gnomes Polygon Retrieved April 28 2014 Maiberg Emanuel April 17 2014 World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor s new character models won t affect performance PC Gamer Retrieved April 28 2014 Pitcher Jenna April 3 2014 World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor enters alpha testing Polygon Retrieved April 28 2014 Sarkar Samit March 17 2014 Blizzard bringing Diablo 3 PS4 Hearthstone iPad more to PAX East Polygon Retrieved April 28 2014 Royce Brianna June 27 2014 Blizzard dispatches Warlords of Draenor closed beta invites Massively Archived from the original on June 30 2014 Retrieved July 3 2014 Makuch Eddie February 25 2014 Why World of Warcraft character boosts cost 60 GameSpot Retrieved April 28 2014 Carlson Patrick November 21 2013 Blizzard wants new World of Warcraft expansions every year PC Gamer Retrieved April 28 2014 Prescott Shaun November 13 2014 World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor expansion experiencing launch problems PC Gamer Retrieved November 13 2014 Pitcher Jenna November 13 2014 WARLORDS OF DRAENOR RECOVERING FROM LAUNCH DAY DDOS ATTACK Retrieved November 13 2014 Brack J Allen November 18 2014 Message from J Allen Brack Retrieved November 18 2014 Sullivan Lucas December 2 2014 World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor GamesRadar Retrieved December 16 2014 Kollar Philip November 26 2014 World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor Review An Iron Fist Polygon Retrieved December 7 2014 a b World of Warcraft Warlords of Draenor Metacritic Retrieved December 7 2014 Pitcher Jenna October 14 2014 World of Warcraft subscribers hit 7 4 million ahead of expansion IGN Retrieved November 5 2014 Kain Erik November 19 2014 World Of Warcraft Tops 10 Million Subscribers Following Warlords Of Draenor Expansion Forbes Retrieved November 20 2014 World of Warcraft lost three million subscribers in three months Business Insider Retrieved May 10 2015 Activision Blizzard Announces Better Than Expected Second Quarter 2015 Financial Results August 4 2015 WoW Down to 5 6 million subscribers Activision Stops Reporting WoW Subscriber Numbers at 5 5 Million USgamer net March 11 2015 Blizzard Will No Longer Report World of Warcraft Subscriber Numbers GameSpot Retrieved March 15 2016 Warlords of Draenor Il faut battre la Horde de fer tant qu elle est chaude Article RPGGeek External links EditOfficial website U S Official website E U World of Warcraft 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