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World of Warcraft: Expansion Named, New Class & Race Included
SBFord
Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
Blizzcon 2011 has kicked off in a big way with the announcement of the new World of Warcraft expansion. Here's what we know:
Name: Mists of Pandaria
Race: New playable Pandaren race
Class: Monk
Pet battle system
PvE scenarios
New talent system
New continent
Level cap increase to 90
Challenge mode dungeons
It sounds like more faction battle will be included in the new expansion. The WoW panel will kick off soon and we'll keep you posted as information becomes available.
UPDATE: We have a trio of videos showing off the Jade Forest, Monk animations and a Zone overview. Caveat: These are very rough, filmed on site by Managing Editor Bill Murphy so be nice!
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Did they just hire Jack Black or something?
Kung Fu Panda? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I used to play with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when I was a kid. The characters were fantastic, e.g., Leonardo, Don, Mike, Raph, Shredder, Krang, Slash, Splinter, etc....
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Moreover, the Monk is probably the dumbest class of all time.
This is WoW.
Anyone who buys this is very foolish indeed.
they are goin down hill fast.
so will there be alliance pandas and horde pandas?
/undeadpandasadface
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oh boy..i thought you only got stuff like that in asian mmo's
looks like another past blizzard april fools joke comes true....
If I could figure out a good reason for them to do so, I would think Blizz is deliberately trying to kill this game.
Really? This game sucks and Im not having fun? Im going to unsub right now. Thanks for the tip.
Not really what I expected. Maybe they are animated in an appealing way but ... playable panda race? Black & white chubby bearlike humanoids? Really?
There's probably a big marketing tactic behind it: 12 year old Chinese girls as a new target group or something or perhaps Swtor's "serious-story-without-easter-eggs" take on a themepark mmorpg made them decide to stress WOW's cartoony aspect a little more in order to be different.
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I love it lol and i would definitely return just for the panderan monk.
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Am I the only person who wants to play a drunk Kung Fu panda?
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I swear you guys crack me up.. Pandas!! how could they:
Arrakoa = bird people
Centaur= horse people
Furblogs = bear people
Gnolls = hyena people
Kobolds = rat people
Magnataur = mammoth people
Murlocs = fish people
Naga = fish/snake people
Qiraji/Nerubian = bug people
Quillboar = boar people
Taunka = buffalo people
Tauren = cow people
Tol'vir = cat people
Tuskarr = walrus people
Wildkin/Moonkin = owl people
Wolvar = wolverine people
Worgen = wolf people
I don't see a problem.
There were some pandarens in Warcraf 3, so it was just a matter of time before they put them in WoW
Wow. Panda's? Really? I know people tend to link WoW with kids but this is a little extreme. Can't see it selling at all well over this side of the pond.
Hahaha, I love it! Might have to resub for this one.
cool
Definately aimed at the asian market. Probably a smart move, money wise.
Panda's have been part of WoW lore since forever. They are not new - but new to be able to play them and explore their lands.
Good to see the only issue's this community has (let's face it's anti-wow) is the race, no mension of the new class, PvP focus etc which tells me they secretly love it. Find out in 20 minutes what the expac is all about though with the panel.
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well lets see you can't play a arrkoa... you cant play a centaur... you cant play furbogs... etc why now all a sudden you can play a race that never existred in the game b4........ thats the problem..
disney kungfu panda people should sue em or something...
I know - right. Too funny.
I would say it's a marketing ploy to attract chinese gold farmers. their "subscription" numbers must be slipping even in China.
Pandaren have been a part of Blizzard's variety of lore for a long time.
It's cool to see them added.
Monk class is always nice. Tho' I'd like to have seen Blademaster come in to play as well.
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We can only discuss one thing at a time and right now we have friggin' Panda's on our minds. No worries, we'll get back to you though!
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