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Jesus, are we still takling about this? I started this thread out of early morning shock of seeing a panda and wanting to do a spit take.. I'm so over it now... the Really? Really, really??? has turned into, really.
Let's just let this insane thread die, i cant believe its gone over 100 posts, lol, thats nuts.. thanks to all who fed it though, it was a nice waste of time on a boring Saturday morning.
So how about we all just let it go, accept that the Pandas are coming, accept that they will always be associated with Kung Fu Panda forevermore despite the lore.. And have a happy weekend?
I hope this brings to WoW something that it has always lacked for me.
An enjoyable class to play.
I like armored priest characters not squishy priest characters.
I like warrior types but the rage mechanic was meh.
The hunter was ok at the beginning but was nerfed and the pet differences squelched. I liked when I had to go to get rake and other oddball pets. Wow the first time had me for just the first month.
I played a rogue for a couple of months around the second expansion (the one before lich king) -- leveled it, did dailies. It wasnt really what I was looking for in a class but I managed. Didnt like what they did to posions during my tenure etc.
If the monk class is actually a FUN class to play, then I might look at it like everquest kunark where I rolled an iksar and shelved my wood-elf druid.
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The bad thing is we are almost a year from seeing it -- NOW would be a better timeframe for releasing it -- before the other games hit.
I strongly disagree, and I honestly hate panda's and don't plan on rolling one.
New updated graphics are clearly for children, chinese themes are clearly childish. Is that what you are saying?
Oh just panda's as a race are? As a kid I knew a lot of kids who liked Cows, would have loved Tauren, does that mean that anyone who likes tauren are children?
Lets be serious here, if you think its aimed at children so be it, however because you think it is something does not make it so. Last I checked an ex pack that focuses heavily on PVP does not cater to children.
But that is just MY opinion too.
edit: i've also NEVER seen kung fu panda, nor do I intend to.
Very well said amigo. I don't blame Blizz for changing the game to make it more kid and Asian friendly. If that's where you see the growth, then you move the business accordingly.
Face it folks - WoW is a game. Increasingly a game for kids. I could play this game with my 5 year old grandson. To take it any more seriously is just silly.
I didn't realize it at the time but in retrospect the deathknell for me with this game was when I made the choice to change my main Priest from Undead to Goblin for a guild achievement. Watching a little green goblin run around was, well just shameful.
If you like WoW by all means keep playing but if you can't accept these changes as what they are - moving the game towards a younger Asian audience, you probably need to take a break and step back from the keyboard and go get some air.
I strongly disagree, and I honestly hate panda's and don't plan on rolling one.
New updated graphics are clearly for children, chinese themes are clearly childish. Is that what you are saying?
Oh just panda's as a race are? As a kid I knew a lot of kids who liked Cows, would have loved Tauren, does that mean that anyone who likes tauren are children?
Lets be serious here, if you think its aimed at children so be it, however because you think it is something does not make it so. Last I checked an ex pack that focuses heavily on PVP does not cater to children.
But that is just MY opinion too.
edit: i've also NEVER seen kung fu panda, nor do I intend to.
You are correct WoW is a very adult focused MMO that is not aimed at children at all.Wrong, Pandarens as a playable rave have been the number 1 request over the years from the majority of WoW gamers, they did it finally because the playerbase masses wanted it. Does it appeal to the chinese? perhaps and whats' wrong with that? Selfish much?
oh and as for the "omglol kung fu panda in wow" yup thats right kung fu panda in WoW baby... SKADOOOSH!
or maybe i have a very good memory? i played WC3 and remember the Panda race. Posting on mmo forums and calling other silly for being informed about games is a big irony in itself.
Guys, don't worry about proving that Pandarens were in Warcraft before the Kung Fu Panda movie... Not a lot of people are as educated, and to be honest, Kung Fu Panda was seen by a lot of people its popular as heck, not saying Warcraft 3 isn't but you get the idea. Even all these people all like "lawlkungfupandainwow" they are lieing to themselves, them saying that, they know they want to play a freaking martial artist panda...
Haters gonna hate... I'm down for Kung Fu Panda... SKADOOSH!
If you don't care about the game why in all the hells did you make this thread?
Seems like trolling to me.
It's pretty funny watching all the fanbois come out to defend such a ridiculous expansion.
Pandaren might have made a good feature, but to base an entire expansion around them is asking to be mocked.
So because you like silly panda's you assume everyone does? Let me guess, different opinions and tastes are a myth? You are so pretentious you think your opinion/taste is THE opinion/taste?
See, this is what gives being a "fan" a bad rep.
Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
They were added to the WC3 expansion and then written into the lore by Metzen. They were not there before, the Pandaren were nothing but an april fools joke by Blizzard created by their artist Samwise Didier. Who in fact, couldn´t believe they wanted to add them to the game. (see first BlizzCast episode)
So basicly they are creating an expansion around a joke.
"i'm a leaf on the wind watch how i soar"
So what. My gf will love playing pandas. As will i. I am looking forward to the monk class. the talent reveamp is needed i just hope its done in a way that its a good thing not just another screw up in fixing a bloated tree.
That said i have no problem with the pandaran or asian themed areas of the game. Im actually looking orward to mists of pandara after the cata expac. It cant do any worse then cata did.
That said i have been a wow player for 6 yrs and have enjoyed all 6 yrs up till the last 6 months. i actually like the nutral race factor it allows both sides to have acess to a race. Should be interesting. The other forms of leveling the pet battles and things will give some players another way to play wow.
People that dont like to raid or do dungeons at max level have something else to do.
Coming from a 7-year WoW player who defended Cataclysm on this site when it was first shown at Blizzcon 09, Mists of Pandaria does nothing to shift my interest away from SWTOR and GW2.
I'll be fair and give credit where it's due. The art team has outdone themselves as usual and the new zones are beautiful. The monk class intrigues me as well, it sounds far more interesting than that AWFUL death knight experiment ever did. But Blizzard has already made one stupid mistake and limited the class to all but the Goblin and Worgen races (Seriously, what's the argument for this other than discriminating fans of those two races?)
I just don't understand what this expansion's direction is. I'm glad to hear they want to try and get people out travelling Azeroth instead of sitting in capital cities all day waiting on queues, but how? I know they have PvE scenarios, but will that be enough?
Everybody is kung fu fighting...
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwuCJznewFw
given all the slagging off that blizzard are taking about this it will be curious to see how many peeps roll a panda just to see what its like..i dont think blizz. will lose that many subs..you either want to be a panda or you dont.
Scenarios are useing the same queue system as the dungeon finder. So no reason to leave the town for this.
"i'm a leaf on the wind watch how i soar"
Anyone else think that there is a weird sort of poetic justice in WoW kicking off it's asian themed expansion by committing seppuku.
wow has offically jumped the shark with this one, I've bought my last expansion of that game.
Lame LAME LAME!
and me..... lost hope to get back now....
try before buy, even if it's a game to avoid bad surprises.
Worst surprises for me: Aion, GW2
How ironic.
Sarcasm is not a crime!
Stop trying to find things in WoW to put down. If you hate it, you hate it and move on.
Sigh.
This is a discussion forum dude, everyone has the right to express their opionions, if you dont like to read other opinions maybe YOU should move on.
.... And MoP will probably be the most sucessful expansion for World of Warcraft.
Don't worry my ex-patriots...as we speak the Disney marketing team at blizzard is throwing together some fast footage of Titan combat and some details about a MMO that wont be out for 3 years to assuage your anger over your game thats getting the short bus treatment.
Odds are it will air at the end of blizzcon to keep the sheep in check.
We await you in GW2 and SWTOR...