
With this, the former shaman hoped to learn the secret to opening new portals.

Ner'zhul commanded Gorefiend to return to Azeroth once more and seek out the Book of Medivh. When the death knight Teron Gorefiend approached him regarding a plan to open a portal from Draenor to a new world, ripe for conquering, he saw this as an opportunity to finally redeem himself in the eyes of his people. Driven from his shamanistic ways by the temptation of Kil'jaeden and forsaken by the orcish ancestor spirits, Ner'zhul became jealous, angry, and brooding. On Draenor during this time, Ner'zhul - chieftain of the Shadowmoon clan - has seized control of the Orcish Hordes of Draenor, and began gathering his forces. Soon the remnants of the Bleeding Hollow clan managed to find a way to use this rift to return to their home, and begin planning a new invasion. Players also visit new areas in Azeroth, such as Nethergarde Keep, the city of New Stormwind, and the island nation of Kul Tiras.Ģ7 September 2016 Story Main articles: Invasion of Draenor, Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal missionsĪfter destroying the mystic gate into Azeroth, the humans discovered that the rift which allowed the orcs passage into their world still existed. New game features include multi-player support for as many as 8 players via or IPX network and shared vision in multi-player games and a new tileset for Draenor. The player will also often start missions with only a handful of workers and soldiers now. They are also often more scripted, with more complex AI behaviors, such as some armies being programmed to use "human wave" attack strategies instead of focusing on upgrading their troops, while others are programmed to build their own base instead of starting with a preset one.

The new scenarios are harder than the core game scenarios and even exclude tutorial levels like Tides of Darkness. īeside the introduction of the heroes, there were 24 new missions, various new cinematics and nearly 50 multi-player scenarios. The heroes have all the upgrades researched and stats superior to the normal troops, as well as their own quotes, but have the disadvantage that if they die, the player loses the mission. The hero units were present in the core game, but played a minor role, while in this expansion they played a large role.
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The gameplay was left almost unaffected, with the exception of the introduction of hero units.
