Official Site: Warlords of Draenor
Relevance: The fifth World of Warcraft expansion.
Launch Date: November 13, 2014
See: World of Warcraft
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WoW Factor: The pros and cons of stripping timer requirements from World of Warcraft’s Mythic+ runs
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WoW Factor: A World of Warcraft housing wishlist
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The Soapbox: The War Within is the best World of Warcraft’s endgame has ever been
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WoW Factor: Home is where the heart is, even in World of Warcraft
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WoW Factor: Is World of Warcraft’s War Within the ‘come back’ expansion Blizzard wanted it to be?
It was two years ago this month that World of Warcraft players were riding out the final days of one of its most disappointing...
Casually Classic: Looking back at my 20+ year journey in World of Warcraft
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WoW Factor: Leaving World of Warcraft’s Dragon Isles for good
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Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs
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