Still, this doesn't mean that Blizzard is cutting the number of  WOTLK Gold units for the burning legion, the nonplayable demon faction that is so central to WOTLK Classic's story. In fact, there's good justification for the WOTLK Classic's hero to summon this demonic creature: the dread lords were once lieutenants in the burning legion, but they have since turned. We'll naturally have to wait for the final game to hear the full story.

...then as a golem-like demon that can trade punches with the biggest units.

The beta will never have more than a portion of the final game's multiplayer maps, but the latest update adds two more, and one introduces both a neutral building that produces fearsome red dragons and a autumnal tileset covered with golden grass and red-leaved trees. There are lots of new items to pick up when you fight the neutral creeps scattered around maps, including items that summon units to your side and items that duplicate heroes' ultimate spells. All items are random drops, depending on the type of creep, and naturally the best are reserved for high-level creeps, such as the giant granite golem and the red dragon that are on some of the beta maps.

The new ultimate spell is only one of many changes to the heroes. Another obvious difference is that heroes are no longer summoned from the town hall but rather from the altar, which was previously used just to revive heroes. To adjust for this change, the altar has been brought down the tech tree, so you can choose to build it right after the basic infantry barracks--or even before, to buy WOW WOTLK Classic Gold rush out with an unescorted hero. The altar is now the required structure for upgrading to the second-tier town hall, and these changes mean that summoning heroes doesn't interfere with the town hall's building queue.