Mist of Pandarea new WoW expan

KidNiki1

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i think WoW is finally jumping the shark.
new continent looks GORGEOUS...but, pandaren? redoing talent trees, again??

i've already stopped playing but these changes make me a sad...panda?
 

Schadenfroh

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I do not mind an Asian settings, but do we really need Kung Fu Pandas? I know Blizzard wants to cater to their Chinese audience, but, IMO this new race almost comes across as racist...

I thought it was a joke as I was reading the announcement. Please say it is a joke...
 

Dulanic

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I'm interested in the free diablo 3 with a year agreement....I plan to at least play through kotor so its like gambling $60 on if I will play at least 5 months more.
 

Elcs

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I do not mind an Asian settings, but do we really need Kung Fu Pandas? I know Blizzard wants to cater to their Chinese audience, but, IMO this new race almost comes across as racist...

I thought it was a joke as I was reading the announcement. Please say it is a joke...

Can't you remember the Panda Hero in Warcraft III's special mission? One that came in a later TFT patch I believe.

Here we go - Founding of Durotar Campaign
 

PrayForDeath

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I honestly thought it was a joke when I first read about it heh

I'm not sure why they went with Pandas when they could've come up with an expansion that would actually push the storyline forward instead (Burning Legion and Sargeras come to mind)

This sounds like a 'filler' expansion that's meant to milk the game just a little bit more before they wrap things up for their next MMO. The changes sound exciting, but I'm not sure about the setting.
 

KaOTiK

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Kinda surprised it wasn't the emerald dream as that has been talked about a lot for a few years now and has a lot of excellent lore and pushes the story forward more.
 

Markbnj

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Hahahaha, Pandas. That is hilarious. But wait, they are pretty serious looking Pandas. I predict this will be the most popular WoW expansion ever. Can't wait to see the dirty Panda dances.
 

Bryf50

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I think the new talent system could actually work pretty well. Check out the preview. The talents actually look like fun and interesting abilities. There's no single mandatory dps/hps increasing talent. I would've liked if they bumped up the # of tiers. Maybe every 10 levels instead of 15.

As for the Pandas. Meh. I probably won't roll one. But I will roll a monk. Story wise, nothing will beat the Litch King for me for that "Holy shit we just killed the Litch King feeling." I've been doing 90&#37; pvp in Cata so far so anyway. And I see a DOTA style bg on one of the slides. That's going to be awesome.

Also the pokemon battle system seems lame. I don't mind that its there but I think they are focusing a bit too much on it. Listing it as a major feature of the expansion seems like the work could've been used for something less random.
 

TakeNoPrisoners

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It looks really fun to me.

Hopefully I can get my lock up to 85 before the expansion so I can go through the new content twice.

Will probably roll a pandarian shaman.

Maybe troll monk?
 

FallenHero

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So wait...you guys are complaining about walking talking Pandas...when there have been walking, talking cows in the game for 7 years. Am I getting this right?
 

BudAshes

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So wait...you guys are complaining about walking talking Pandas...when there have been walking, talking cows in the game for 7 years. Am I getting this right?

Seriously, of all the ridiculous crap this is where the nerds draw the line. Pretty funny.
 

Aikouka

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I don't mind the Pandas at all. I'm hoping their racial bonus (+100% food bonuses) doesn't change, because that's a huge bonus compared to my Draenei (+1% hit). It'll probably get nerfed to something like +50% though, because typically people use food for major stats (intellect, agility, strength, etc.) and the major stats are typically worth a bit more. I guess I'll have to look at it more. It helps that I hate being a fat space goat as well!

As for the Monk class, I was hoping that I could save the name RockLee (reference) and make a Human Monk for the posterity of it. :D Unfortunately (and unsurprisingly), the name isn't available. :(
 

Dulanic

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I am so playing a monk lol it is like a paladin minus the weapons and leather instead.
 

exdeath

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I honestly thought it was a joke when I first read about it heh

I'm not sure why they went with Pandas when they could've come up with an expansion that would actually push the storyline forward instead (Burning Legion and Sargeras come to mind)

This sounds like a 'filler' expansion that's meant to milk the game just a little bit more before they wrap things up for their next MMO. The changes sound exciting, but I'm not sure about the setting.

It's been that way since Ulduar. Maybe since ZA even.
 
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waggy

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I honestly thought it was a joke when I first read about it heh

I'm not sure why they went with Pandas when they could've come up with an expansion that would actually push the storyline forward instead (Burning Legion and Sargeras come to mind)

This sounds like a 'filler' expansion that's meant to milk the game just a little bit more before they wrap things up for their next MMO. The changes sound exciting, but I'm not sure about the setting.

no that was cata.
 

Aikouka

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no that was cata.

I think the issue is that so much time was spent on the old world for Cataclysm, and this pretty much doesn't even benefit the actual expansion (it was available in the 4.0 major patch release). I assume that took a lot of time and planning, which took away from so much more. Although, it interesting that we got 12 bosses in the first raiding tier, but 7 and then 8 (last two being Deathwing).
 

smackababy

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i think WoW is finally jumping the shark.
new continent looks GORGEOUS...but, pandaren? redoing talent trees, again??

i've already stopped playing but these changes make me a sad...panda?

You stfu with that panda hate shit.

I will be playing again if I get to be a panda hunter.