Warcraft III The Frozen Throne 12a Patch description
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne - A strategy game set heavily within a role-playing environment.

Following in the tradition of previous Blizzard expansion sets, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne provides gamers with a vast new chapter in the epic Warcraft saga. In the single-player campaign, players revisit the war-torn world of Azeroth. Several months have passed since Archimonde and the Burning Legion were defeated at the battle of Mount Hyjal, yet a new threat has arisen throughout the land.

The evil Lich King Ner'zhul has been imprisoned inside the Icecrown glacier, deep within the arctic continent of Northrend. Although the former Orc Shaman lacks physical form, his soul lives on, forever seeking a means to escape his icy prison. As the saga continues, it is revealed that both the Night Elf renegade, Illidan, and the traitorous Death Knight, Arthas, find the Icecrown glacier and discover whatever powers it may hold inside.

While it is uncertain as to what is being sought inside the icy tomb, players must traverse uncharted lands and battle treacherous new enemies to uncover the schemes of these nefarious beings, and save all of Azeroth from the forces of darkness.

Here are some key features of "Warcraft III The Frozen Throne":

· New single-player campaigns continue the epic Warcraft III storyline and include new cinematic sequences and musical score.
· Many new gameplay improvements including a minimap creep indicator, queuing for upgrades and buildings, and more.
· One new Hero per race, each possessing powerful spells and magical abilities specifically designed to enhance each race:
- Blood Mage
- Human Alliance
- Shadow Hunter
- Orcish Horde
- Warden
- Night Elf Sentinels
- Crypt Lord
- Undead Scourge
· Many new units, each equipped with new abilities and spells, giving players the opportunity to create diverse strategic and tactical forms of combat.
· New upgrades available for existing units, such as:
- Flak Cannons
- Flying Machine upgrade
- Burning Oil
- Catapult upgrade
- Mark of the Claw
- Druid of the Claw upgrade
- Burrow
- Crypt Fiend upgrade
· 3 new tilesets featuring extraordinary new lands to explore, complete with numerous creeps and critters to wage war upon:
- Sunken Ruins
- Ice Crown
- Outland
· Player-built shops, unique for each race, equipped with items carefully designed to improve and aid the units of every race.
- Arcane Vault
- Human Alliance
- Voodoo Lounge
- Orcish Horde
- Ancient of Wonders
- Night Elf Sentinels
- Tomb of Relics
- Undead Scourge
· Many new Hero Items available from Player-built Shops, the neutral Marketplace, and found on the battlefield. Including:
- Mechanical Critter
- A devious spy
- Tiny Great Hall
- Creates Great Hall
- Moonstone
- Changes day to night
- Sacrificial Skull
- Produces Blight
· New neutral buildings, which will provide players with numerous new items and abilities.
· Neutral Heroes, available for recruitment by all players, that can supplement and strengthen a player's army with all new spells and abilities.
· Legions of new Creeps to slay for precious experience and treasure, many of which are available for command at the Mercenary Camp:
· Many new multiplayer maps on which to do battle in Ladder and Custom games:
- Twisted Meadows
- Tirisfal Glades
- Wetlands
· An upgraded world editor that allows players to create their own custom campaigns, complete with cut-scenes and voiceovers.
· Clan Support over Battle.net allowing player associations of up to 100 players. Clan features include an abbreviation that is displayed after the member names, private channels and profiles, as well as a ladder to rate the overall play of the clan.
· New Automated Tournaments on Battle.net give players a fun new way to compete with users around the world.


What's New in This Release:

· The game now runs natively on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs.
· Player can now view frames per second using the "/fps" chat command.
FIXES
· Fixed a timing problem with the game on PCs with dual-core CPUs.
· Fixed a crash that could occur with the Frost Breath ability.
· Fixed a crash that could happen in multiplayer games.
· Fixed an exploit that could happen in multiplayer games.
MAPS
New Maps:
· (2)SecretValley
· (6)BomberCommand
Map Changes:
· (4)LostTemple (RoC)
· The 4 Forest Troll Berserkers by the natural expansions now drop Level 2
· Permanent instead of Level 2 Charged items.
· (4)TurtleRock
· The 4 Ogre Warriors along the outer pathways now drop Level 2 Permanent instead of Level 2 Charged items.
· (6)GnollWood
· The 4 Gnoll Brutes by the central Item Shops now drop Level 2 Permanent instead of Level 2 Charged items.