<s>
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
Warlords	I-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Draenor	I-Protocol
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
expansion	O
set	O
to	O
the	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
(	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
)	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
,	O
following	O
Mists	B-Application
of	I-Application
Pandaria	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expansion	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
level	O
up	O
to	O
100	O
,	O
an	O
increase	O
from	O
the	O
cap	O
of	O
90	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
expansion	O
Mists	B-Application
of	I-Application
Pandaria	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
initially	O
included	O
eight	O
5-man	O
dungeons	O
and	O
one	O
raid	B-Protocol
,	O
Highmaul	O
,	O
that	O
opened	O
in	O
early	O
December	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
rebalancing	O
of	O
raid	B-Protocol
difficulty	O
by	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
difficulty	O
called	O
Mythic	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
the	O
hardest	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
raid	B-Protocol
system	O
that	O
requires	O
exactly	O
20	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
easiest	O
is	O
25-player	O
raid	B-Protocol
finder	O
(	O
or	O
"	O
Looking	O
For	O
Raid	B-Protocol
"	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
flexible	O
raiding	B-Protocol
was	O
expanded	O
to	O
include	O
normal	O
and	O
heroic	O
difficulty	O
,	O
allowing	O
groups	O
to	O
range	O
from	O
10	O
to	O
30	O
players	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
enemies	O
scaling	O
dynamically	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
raid	B-Protocol
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blackrock	O
Foundry	O
raid	B-Protocol
was	O
opened	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
6.2	O
patch	O
in	O
June	O
2015	O
introduced	O
the	O
third	O
and	O
final	O
raid	B-Protocol
of	O
the	O
expansion	O
,	O
Hellfire	O
Citadel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proving	O
grounds	O
were	O
updated	O
for	O
Warlords	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Draenor	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raid	B-Protocol
loot	O
and	O
heroic/mythic	O
dungeon	O
loot	O
has	O
chance	O
to	O
randomly	O
gain	O
tertiary	O
stats	O
,	O
a	O
bonus	O
socket	O
and/or	O
an	O
additional	O
item	O
level	O
upgrade	O
called	O
"	O
warforged	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
baleful	O
gear	O
can	O
proc	O
"	O
empowered	O
"	O
to	O
gain	O
additional	O
item	O
levels	O
from	O
5	O
to	O
45	O
,	O
up	O
from	O
the	O
650	O
base	O
item	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expansion	O
is	O
set	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Mists	B-Application
of	I-Application
Pandaria	I-Application
and	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
alternate	O
universe	O
on	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Draenor	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
homeworld	O
of	O
the	O
orcs	O
as	O
it	O
appeared	O
in	O
Warcraft	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Beyond	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Portal	I-Application
,	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
destruction	O
in	O
the	O
ending	O
of	O
that	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Outland	O
as	O
featured	O
in	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Frozen	I-Application
Throne	I-Application
and	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Warcraft	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Burning	I-Application
Crusade	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Mists	B-Application
of	I-Application
Pandaria	I-Application
,	O
Garrosh	O
Hellscream	O
is	O
overthrown	O
as	O
Warchief	O
of	O
the	O
Horde	O
by	O
a	O
combined	O
Alliance	O
–	O
Horde	O
force	O
and	O
taken	O
into	O
custody	O
by	O
the	O
Pandaren	O
so	O
that	O
he	O
can	O
stand	O
trial	O
for	O
the	O
atrocities	O
he	O
committed	O
in	O
Pandaria	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
soon	O
as	O
they	O
arrive	O
Garrosh	O
kills	O
Kairoz	O
then	O
proceeds	O
to	O
change	O
history	O
by	O
preventing	O
his	O
father	O
Grommash	O
from	O
drinking	O
the	O
blood	O
of	O
the	O
demon	O
lord	O
Mannoroth	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
orc	O
's	O
corruption	O
by	O
the	O
Burning	O
Legion	B-Protocol
and	O
played	O
a	O
major	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
Warcraft	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Alliance	O
and	O
Horde	O
with	O
their	O
Draenor	O
allies	O
fight	O
back	O
the	O
Iron	O
Horde	O
and	O
ultimately	O
confront	O
the	O
escaped	O
war	O
criminal	O
Garrosh	O
Hellscream	O
in	O
Nagrand	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
raid	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
adventurers	O
kill	O
the	O
Warlord	O
of	O
the	O
Shattered	O
Hand	O
Clan	O
,	O
Kargath	O
Bladefist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Hellfire	O
Citadel	O
raid	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
adventurers	O
slay	O
Kilrogg	O
and	O
remnants	O
of	O
the	O
Iron	O
Horde	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
battle	O
,	O
Archimonde	O
in	O
his	O
final	O
moment	O
flings	O
Gul'dan	O
through	O
a	O
portal	O
to	O
Azeroth	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
timeline	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
fulfill	O
his	O
pact	O
with	O
the	O
Legion	B-Protocol
,	O
setting	O
the	O
stage	O
for	O
the	B-Protocol
next	I-Protocol
expansion	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
contains	O
updated	O
character	O
models	O
with	O
improved	O
textures	O
and	O
a	O
higher	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
count	I-General_Concept
for	O
all	O
races	O
released	O
prior	O
to	O
Cataclysm	B-Protocol
;	O
the	O
developers	O
have	O
said	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
"	O
keep	O
the	O
soul	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
characters	O
"	O
while	O
upgrading	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
Pandaren	O
race	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
expansion	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Worgen	O
and	O
Goblin	O
races	O
released	O
in	O
Cataclysm	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warlords	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Draenor	I-Protocol
was	O
playable	O
at	O
PAX	O
East	O
and	O
entered	O
alpha	O
testing	O
in	O
April	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warlords	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Draenor	I-Protocol
was	O
met	O
with	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
at	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
shown	O
by	O
its	O
rating	O
of	O
87	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warlords	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Draenor	I-Protocol
sold	O
over	O
3.3	O
million	O
copies	O
within	O
the	O
first	O
24	O
hours	O
,	O
and	O
subscription	O
numbers	O
increased	O
from	O
7.4	O
million	O
to	O
over	O
10.5	O
million	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
subscribers	O
had	O
fallen	O
to	O
7.1	O
million	O
;	O
300,000	O
subscribers	O
fewer	O
than	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Warlords	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Draenor	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2015	O
,	O
Blizzard	O
said	O
it	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
report	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
