Lore

I know a lot of players who argue that the story in MMOs like World of Warcraft is less important than the play experience.

World of Warcraft is a gigantic game, full of plenty of things to do besides  just roleplaying -- obviously if you want to roleplay with anyone, anywhere, you should probably be max level in order to get where you need to be.

RNG stands for 'random number generator' and, in this case, it basically means random stats on gear.

I may be in the minority, but I'd happily trade in some of the rewards from Garrisons just to have a Garrison that felt a little more distinct for me...

Character knowledge is kind of a double-edged sword in some aspects. You might know everything under the sun, you might be a walking encyclopedia when it comes to Azeroth's history ... but your character isn't likely going to know all of that.

I have to say, one of the things that's always frustrated me about Warcraft's lore is that some parts of it simply can't be found in the game — even when those events have a pretty big impact on the game's continuity.

We've seen that in many ways this Draenor seems to mirror the one we know today as Outland, which suggests that The Burning Legion is coming... but probably not in the way we expect.

If you've been playing Hearthstone's new Blackrock Mountain Adventure — or if you're just a fan of Warcraft's lore in general — then perhaps you've been wondering about the lore behind the new cards and encounters.

On Friday, February 27, at 11:00am Pacific, Lead Game Designer Ion "Watcher" Hazzikostas will be answering questions about dungeons and raids in Warlords of Draenor on the World of Warcraft Twitch stream.

Warlords of Draenor ushered our characters back to the world of Draenor -- a slightly altered, different version of Draenor, but Draenor nonetheless.