World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

As long as they give you new skills every other level or so it might not be so bad. When I was leveling my shaman I'd often forget to spend his talent points, but I sure remembered to buy his new skills.

I stopped playing World Of Warcraft back in March and I told myself that I'd wait until they announced the next expansion to see if I would renew my subscription. So far, the only thing that I'm even remotely excited about is the new class, but there's no way I'd pick the game up again just to level a monk to 90. I'll reserve final judgement until after Blizzcon, but so far, I'm not seeing anything that would justify renewing my subscription. Although, to be fair, that's just me. I'm pretty sure most of this stuff would get a lot of other people fired up for this expansion.

Re: Blizzard bringing in the Pandarens because they're out of ideas.

They produced almost as much info about the Pandarens as they had for the other races at the time the joke was announced. Might as well put it to good use.

Besides, people have been asking for Pandaren for YEARS. Blizzard just gave people what they wanted.

People have also been asking for murlocs. Rule one is don't listen to the fans because then you get goddamn panda people.

Monk class: Not a bad idea really. I'm guessing they'll be a evasion tank/DPS hybrid. They'll probably run off mana, which is more of a engine failing then anything else.

Since when? I've seen Naga, but never Murlocs.

They were one of the more highly requested races for a long time. I remember the Naga were big too.

Info on the monk class:

Monk New Class

Brewmaster - Tank spec

Mistweaver - Healer, a healer who can stand up in melee and will let players experience a "new healing style"

Windwalker - Melee DPS

This is not a hero class, and it will start at level 1

The class is very martial-arts based

Lots of monk-only animations, the healer and tanks will have different stances they can stand in, etc ...

Monk Races - All of them except Goblin and Worgen

Monk Equipment

Leather Armor (Agility or Intellect)

They hit a lot with hands and feet

They will need weapons for some finishers: Staves, Fist Weapons

They will also be able to use 1H Axe and maces, swords

Healers will get off-hands, they don't want healers to use shields.

Monk Resources

Chi (energy) slowly regenerates and is only used for your Jab and Roll abilities.

Jab generates Light and Dark force, which are used for everything else. Some finishing move uses dark force, some use the light force.

No auto attack! Devs want you to have this street fighter feel where you punch a lot

Also, Monk heals will be proximity based, and the monk will be able to set up statues nearby party members to heal them when the monk attacks.

edited 22nd Oct '11 3:09:25 PM by tclittle

Yes. That healing style was exactly what I was hoping for.

hmm. Monks with weapons is kind of weird but the healing sounds very engaging.

It's been later clarified that monks will also use mana for their "healing stance". Which is only fair, really, since healers are balanced around running out of mana.

edited 22nd Oct '11 4:10:45 PM by Clarste

pandaren have been talked about as a race since warcraft 3, joke as a 5th race, murlock's have been...never a joke race? other then by fans, didier was like "are you kidding me? you guys WANT panda's?" and obviously they caved, it's a lot less out of nowhere then the draenai as they are ingame

I'm thinking activision had a hand in this.

"The people want pandas!"

"That was a joke, those poll results are probably a joke too!"

"They want pandas, give them pandas!"

"It doesn't really fit into the over arching story we've thought of, we were thinking of delving even further into the old gods and centering..."

"PANDAS!!!!"

edited 22nd Oct '11 4:39:46 PM by thatguythere47

Blizzard makes a hand to hand combat class and excludes the race of Darius Crowley, He-Who-Cleaves-With-His-Fists. Lovely.

Considering they have claws...

oh well.

There's no reason to assume that this expnasion won't delve deeper into the Old God storyline.

As a player who began playing World Of Warcraft shortly before Burning Crusade, and ended a few months after Wrath of the Lich King, I can only silently stare in horror.

What kind of abomination is this, and what happened with my World Of Warcraft? (I totally ignored Cataclysm with the exception of rumour or two, so I am aware I am probably one expansion too late, but still...)

edited 23rd Oct '11 5:34:04 AM by Drakovicz

Just because you dont like it doesnt mean is an abomination

For me, this the best thing that Blizz ever did, Pandas, I wanted to play with them since they appeared in the Bonus Level of Warcraft 3, now, WHERE ARE MY MURLOCS? AND KOBOLDS? AND GNOLS?

I don't have problem with pandas or the asian themes. Heck I would probably roll one if I kept playing.

Its just that every feature I liked about the game, and that kept me playing was either removed or became so twisted that I cannot recognize them anymore. /nostalgia

edited 23rd Oct '11 1:35:04 PM by Drakovicz

The game was retrospectively, pretty bad while vanilla.

Probably because I've been playing it so long, but I'm more happy that they're finally fixing a lot of the rot that's built up over time, and reevaluating the basic assumptions of the game.

Burning Crusade - Journey to the shattered remains of a corrupted world, and fight the endless demonic legions!
Wrath of the Lich King - Turn back the tide of the walking dead, battle Warcraft's most iconic villain in his frozen stronghold!
Cataclysm - Nothing will be the same anymore! The very world has been torn apart by a primordial force of destruction! Save your homeland from the followers of the apocalypse!
Mists of Pandaria - ...Pandas!

Seriously, that trailer was just embarrassing, hearing Thrall try to sound enthusiastic about where the game's going next, like another epic adventure was about to begin. This sounds like a Filler Expansion, something to keep people logged in while they finish up the Emerald Dream or whatever.

As a half-Chinese Canadian, I am offended and insulted you are not interested in my culture!

imagine a madface here because the forum doesn't have an smiley for that

edited 23rd Oct '11 1:55:22 PM by VutherA

Well, other than pandas there's also "new continent that no one's ever seen before with mysterious Asian stuff". I mean, it's the Mists of Pandaria, but it's also the Mists of Pandaria. I certainly wouldn't mind exploring those zones.

Well, ultimately it's sort of unapologetically Dragons Up the Yin Yang, but I don't mind that too much.

edited 23rd Oct '11 1:57:18 PM by Clarste

Upshot. Gnome monks. I love the idea. I'd play one just to piss off every person who hates gnomes.

downshot. Ugh pandaren