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cronos
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lupi
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Other Press Tour Interviews
Several other sites had the opportunity to ask a few things that we didn't have time to ask. Thanks to WoWInsider, Blizzplanet, AusGamers, Wowhead, Gameplanet and Buffed.
General•Humans and Orcs are next on the list after dwarves for character model updates.
•The Pandaren may also have a dragon turtle mount that will look different from the one obtained through fishing.
•The DotA style battleground that got cut is still something that they would like to do, but it needs some new tech that isn't developed yet.
•Tri-spec is off the table for the foreseeable future.
•There are now eight core buffs, so the UI will show you the number out of eight that you have (6/8).
•A new character customization screen is in the works, with a visual list of what the different customizations look like. The screen also has a small video of what the class looks like in action, similar to Diablo III.
•Pet battles with World of Warcraft Remote are something that is on the list of things that would be nice to do someday.
•The giant statue in Jade Forest will be destroyed when the Alliance and Horde battle, bringing consequences for the entire continent.
•The Molten Front daily quests were tuned to take too long.
•If titles become account wide, you will be able to use it at the level you could have earned it at.
•Mounts are on the list of things to be made account wide, either at launch or a patch soon after.
•It still isn't clear if the final version of MoP will raise the guild level cap or not. However, the guild experience caps will be removed.
•Green level difficulty and harder quests may give a flat amount of guild experience in order to allow lower level players to contribute to guild leveling.
•World PvP may be encouraged by rewards such as raising the Conquest Points cap when .
•Before Wrath of the Lich King came out, less than one percent of the playerbase actually experienced Sunwell.
Dungeons and Raids•There is a possibility of another troll dungeon, as some trolls live on an island off the coast of Pandaria.
•Blizzard would have liked to do a 15 man raid size if they were starting from scratch today. However, for now they are sticking with both 10 and 25 man.
•Raid tiers should last roughly four months, with content updates also coming between the larger raid updates. This could mean we would see a patch every two months or so.
•Anger is the Sha world boss in Kun-Lai Summit, appearing every few hours or so.
•Fear is a Sha boss in the Dread Wastes, possessing the Mantid Queen and causing havoc.
•Each world boss will have a unique mount in their loot table.
•Blizzard will be revisiting the shared 10 and 25 man lockout to make sure it is still the right thing.
•If you win a roll in LFR and the boss has no item for you, you will get gold instead.
•The new LFR loot system will grant a bonus roll when you have an item purchased from one of the Pandaren factions. These tokens can also be used to purchase the normal epic gear that is usually associated with factions. This extra roll works in all three difficulty levels.
Classes•Monks will have autoattack, as gameplay just didn't feel right without it.
•Visible librams and quivers may not make it in time for Mists of Pandaria.
•Shaman Level 90 talents were in game! One improves Unleash Elements to provide a better bonus for each imbue type. The second removes the cooldown on your Fire and Earth Elemental Totems and allows you to control them. The third is a blast of elemental energy in a cone on a 15 sec cooldown.
Glyphs• Warlock •Minor glyph that gives Eye of Kilrogg the ability to place your Demonic Circle at the cost of stealth.
•Minor glyph that gives felguard with a random two-handed sword, two-handed axe, or polearm when you summon him.
• Druid•A new minor glyph that allow druids to have a random coloring in cat and bear form has been added.
•A new minor glyph that allow druids to stay in tree form has been added.
•A new minor glyph that changes a druid's aquatic form into a Orca has been added.
•A new minor glyph that changes a druid's travel form into a white stag has been added. Other players can ride you while in this form.
•A new minor glyph that changes a druid's moonkin form into a moonkin spirit has been added.
Professions•Lorewalkers might be worked in to Archaeology somehow, perhaps granting skill ups in some way.
•There are now multiple different cooking specializations; steaming, frying, broiling. Each is related to one of the primary stats, like Agility. When you level one of the specializations to 600, you are able to make all of the feasts.
•Inscription may get something new, like a staff that you upgrade as you level inscription. This will combat the fatigue that comes from creating hundreds of glyphs to level.
•Archaeology may get random creature spawns from digging that will drop more fragments when killed. It also may get a rare drop that will transport you to the next dig site.
Lore Figures•Vol'jin will make an appearance at some point during the expansion.
•Blizzard has talked about turning Jaina's hair all white because of the shock, and her becoming this very violent and dangerous mage.
•Garrosh has become corrupted and has been doing some really nasty things beneath Orgrimmar.
•There may be a Labours of Hercules style quest chain that you do for Varian to show you more of the story and let you get to know him better.
Several other sites had the opportunity to ask a few things that we didn't have time to ask. Thanks to WoWInsider, Blizzplanet, AusGamers, Wowhead, Gameplanet and Buffed.
General•Humans and Orcs are next on the list after dwarves for character model updates.
•The Pandaren may also have a dragon turtle mount that will look different from the one obtained through fishing.
•The DotA style battleground that got cut is still something that they would like to do, but it needs some new tech that isn't developed yet.
•Tri-spec is off the table for the foreseeable future.
•There are now eight core buffs, so the UI will show you the number out of eight that you have (6/8).
•A new character customization screen is in the works, with a visual list of what the different customizations look like. The screen also has a small video of what the class looks like in action, similar to Diablo III.
•Pet battles with World of Warcraft Remote are something that is on the list of things that would be nice to do someday.
•The giant statue in Jade Forest will be destroyed when the Alliance and Horde battle, bringing consequences for the entire continent.
•The Molten Front daily quests were tuned to take too long.
•If titles become account wide, you will be able to use it at the level you could have earned it at.
•Mounts are on the list of things to be made account wide, either at launch or a patch soon after.
•It still isn't clear if the final version of MoP will raise the guild level cap or not. However, the guild experience caps will be removed.
•Green level difficulty and harder quests may give a flat amount of guild experience in order to allow lower level players to contribute to guild leveling.
•World PvP may be encouraged by rewards such as raising the Conquest Points cap when .
•Before Wrath of the Lich King came out, less than one percent of the playerbase actually experienced Sunwell.
Dungeons and Raids•There is a possibility of another troll dungeon, as some trolls live on an island off the coast of Pandaria.
•Blizzard would have liked to do a 15 man raid size if they were starting from scratch today. However, for now they are sticking with both 10 and 25 man.
•Raid tiers should last roughly four months, with content updates also coming between the larger raid updates. This could mean we would see a patch every two months or so.
•Anger is the Sha world boss in Kun-Lai Summit, appearing every few hours or so.
•Fear is a Sha boss in the Dread Wastes, possessing the Mantid Queen and causing havoc.
•Each world boss will have a unique mount in their loot table.
•Blizzard will be revisiting the shared 10 and 25 man lockout to make sure it is still the right thing.
•If you win a roll in LFR and the boss has no item for you, you will get gold instead.
•The new LFR loot system will grant a bonus roll when you have an item purchased from one of the Pandaren factions. These tokens can also be used to purchase the normal epic gear that is usually associated with factions. This extra roll works in all three difficulty levels.
Classes•Monks will have autoattack, as gameplay just didn't feel right without it.
•Visible librams and quivers may not make it in time for Mists of Pandaria.
•Shaman Level 90 talents were in game! One improves Unleash Elements to provide a better bonus for each imbue type. The second removes the cooldown on your Fire and Earth Elemental Totems and allows you to control them. The third is a blast of elemental energy in a cone on a 15 sec cooldown.
Glyphs• Warlock •Minor glyph that gives Eye of Kilrogg the ability to place your Demonic Circle at the cost of stealth.
•Minor glyph that gives felguard with a random two-handed sword, two-handed axe, or polearm when you summon him.
• Druid•A new minor glyph that allow druids to have a random coloring in cat and bear form has been added.
•A new minor glyph that allow druids to stay in tree form has been added.
•A new minor glyph that changes a druid's aquatic form into a Orca has been added.
•A new minor glyph that changes a druid's travel form into a white stag has been added. Other players can ride you while in this form.
•A new minor glyph that changes a druid's moonkin form into a moonkin spirit has been added.
Professions•Lorewalkers might be worked in to Archaeology somehow, perhaps granting skill ups in some way.
•There are now multiple different cooking specializations; steaming, frying, broiling. Each is related to one of the primary stats, like Agility. When you level one of the specializations to 600, you are able to make all of the feasts.
•Inscription may get something new, like a staff that you upgrade as you level inscription. This will combat the fatigue that comes from creating hundreds of glyphs to level.
•Archaeology may get random creature spawns from digging that will drop more fragments when killed. It also may get a rare drop that will transport you to the next dig site.
Lore Figures•Vol'jin will make an appearance at some point during the expansion.
•Blizzard has talked about turning Jaina's hair all white because of the shock, and her becoming this very violent and dangerous mage.
•Garrosh has become corrupted and has been doing some really nasty things beneath Orgrimmar.
•There may be a Labours of Hercules style quest chain that you do for Varian to show you more of the story and let you get to know him better.
Sixguns
Platinum Member
- May 22, 2011
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To be honest, when I first heard of Pandaland I wanted to quit the game right then and walk away, which I did for a few months but then got bored and came back. But after reading what will be going on in the game, it sounds like this could be a great x-pack. I am glad that the horde/ally fight is coming back really strong.
I'll admit, some of these changes sound exciting to me too... just not sure it's exciting enough to come back. Maybe if I can do it more casually and not get so wrapped up in the game and neglect the rest of my life this time...
Beev
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- Apr 20, 2006
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Eh, it's not likely they'll do that. If I had to guess I bet the last annual pass people get their codes either before or right when the real closed beta random invites go out.
lupi
Lifer
- Apr 8, 2001
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yeah i figure its just to avoid overloading the beta servers when they are opened as they dont expect most to play a long time in beta. plus theyll still have regular beta invites later and those guys still would get in with a good 1-2 months at least prior to beta being done.
lupi
Lifer
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The World of Warcraft®: Mists of Pandaria™ beta test has begun! Over the course of the test, we’ll be inviting Annual Pass holders, press, fansites, friends and family, and opt-in beta testers to participate. This first phase of the beta focuses on the 1-10 starting experience for new Pandaren. High-level content as well as template characters will become available in future beta updates, but you can still copy over your own high level characters now if you’d like to test the new talent system.
As there’s no NDA for this test, you’re likely to start seeing lots of screenshots and new video around the web. Please keep in mind that the expansion is still in development — we’ll be making changes to the game as the beta evolves, and what you’ll see during the beta test is not necessarily representative of the final game.
Players selected to participate in the beta test will receive an email invitation directing them to download the beta client directly from their Battle.net account. As always, please be aware of phishing attempts — if you’re unsure whether your invitation is legitimate, please log in to your Battle.net account to verify that there is a Mists of Pandaria beta license attached.
To find out more about getting into the beta test, including info on how we’re inviting Annual Pass holders, please read the Mists of Pandaria Beta Opt-in announcement and FAQ.
As there’s no NDA for this test, you’re likely to start seeing lots of screenshots and new video around the web. Please keep in mind that the expansion is still in development — we’ll be making changes to the game as the beta evolves, and what you’ll see during the beta test is not necessarily representative of the final game.
Players selected to participate in the beta test will receive an email invitation directing them to download the beta client directly from their Battle.net account. As always, please be aware of phishing attempts — if you’re unsure whether your invitation is legitimate, please log in to your Battle.net account to verify that there is a Mists of Pandaria beta license attached.
To find out more about getting into the beta test, including info on how we’re inviting Annual Pass holders, please read the Mists of Pandaria Beta Opt-in announcement and FAQ.
Beev
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s**t just got real.
some people are raging that there's a possibility that an opt-in gets beta access earlier than annual pass holders
Hypothetically if someone created their WoW account today and bought the annual pass then they have no right to complain, but really long term subscribers have a right to be upset, to a degree.
cronos
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Oh I completely understand. It's just always fun to laugh at these overdramatic forum complainers
I'm not sure why Blizzard needs to emphasize the word 'opt-in' there, as if just to piss-off the AP holders.
My guess is the 'opt-in' testers are not randomly selected and will be very small number of people with rare/distinct hardware/OS combination that they really need to test MoP with.
Edit: which reminds me. I need to change my beta profile to my 2009 MacBook Pro of 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo and 2 GB RAM, and Mobile 8400 GS graphics. Maybe it'll increase my chances to get an invite
(yes, it currently runs WoW just fine at not exactly the lowest setting, although I'd use it to mine/herb and quest and would never use it for instances/raids).
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Sixguns
Platinum Member
- May 22, 2011
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I have never really wanted to play a beta like this before. Ive done a few on Xbox where its just a beta of online play but with a game like this, Id rather wait so its all brand new to me when I start. Dont get me wrong, Ill read about the stuff in the game from people who play it but I dont care to "waste" time leveling my toon in beta and then doing it again when it releases.
I quit ages ago but personally I think a lot of what they're supposedly bringing with Mists sounds neat. If my circle of friends get back into it (seems unlikely at the moment, but who knows) I think I'd give it a go.
Aikouka
Lifer
- Nov 27, 2001
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I think it depends on what your goal is with a MMO. If you really want to get to the end-game content, then playing the beta is almost essential. The benefit is that you end up being familiar with everything, and you aren't stuck wondering where anything is (quest-wise, etc.) or how anything works. However, if you're just in it for fun, then chances are there's no reason to spoil that.
Sixguns
Platinum Member
- May 22, 2011
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I used to be into raiding back in BC and Wrath but now I try to just enjoy the game. Raiding almost seemed like a job at times. It was fun for awhile but not something I care to do 3 times a week now days. I find that leveling is the best part of the game.
Account created on 11/24/2004 - No lapses or cancellations, and I started the An. Pass on the first day it was avail.. no Beta Invite yet. Either they're taking random samplings from the pool at large or their just hitting Press/F&F/with some random beta adopters first. No gonna get all annoyed unless I'm still not in a couple weeks from now
ENTITLED DAMN'T
ENTITLED DAMN'T
lupi
Lifer
- Apr 8, 2001
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got a haircut today and stopped at the gamestop next door on the way out to take a quick peek, was somewhat surprised when I saw they still had several cata collecter ed boxes sitting on the shelf. previous worse selling collecter ed was BC and not sure even they lasted this long or in this number.
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