World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria announced

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  Will this be the last WoW expansion? : Metatron85
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    Yep, the problem is they are out of warehouses to store all the money so its pointless to do another expa... : handofthrawn
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      Uhh, pretty sure they wouldn't be storing cash in a warehouse as opposed to a bank lol. : Utopia : atom519
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        Utopia wouldn't say lol at the end; that's more of a gegtik thing : OverloadUT
        • You're right. I've caught the gay from gegtik. : atom519
        • gegtik is more of an lmao kinda guy : Omning
      • hahaha : uebersoldat
      • Nope, they've converted all their cash to bitcoins. : Mister Groin
      • God, don't encourage that. : devi| dog
    • everquest is over 10 years old and still gets expansions. its crazy to assume this will be the last wow e... : rtrson
    • The Joker can take care of that for them. : glio1337
  • There's no way for us to know that at this point : OverloadUT
  • 2 more after this : SniperWolf22
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  Whoa, new class is pretty huge. That would be able the only thing to make me want to play again. : atom519
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    After watching the video, it looks like the weakest expansion hands down. It seems like they rushed the ... : atom519
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      Lil' KT, I choose YOOOU! : sogelegos
      • those novelty pets dont seem just cosmetic now do they?! : bolneze
  • So far it reads a lot like a druid, but without shapeshifting. : daggot
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  The magic and sense of discovery that I loved about WOW is gone. I'm dont feel another expansion will be... : ezanga
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    ^^^^^^ This ...since BC really. : uebersoldat
    • correct. the game has lost it's "that something special" feeling for us who played it since it came oout. : wurt
    • same, it was all a slow downhill after BC : surley_monkey
  • Same thing happened to me with EQ. I remember playing before all the portals and instant-transport stuff ... : ColoradoCNC
  • Not sure quite what you expect to happen with any MMO that stays around for this long. : Zek
  • As someone who is still working through the awesome cataclysm 1-60 content, i totally disagree : Fooldozer
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  I wonder if this will stem the flow of people unsubscribing. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    It's the first time in years that a blizzard trailer has turned me *off* their product. I'm hoping agains... : Entity
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      the end game goal has always been to get loot. im sure there will still be loot. : ashkie
      • I mean clear-cut villains. Illidan, Lich King, Deathwing. This looks like a 'Greatest Hits' collection fo... : Entity
    • Ya agree, the whole trailer just did nothing for me. Cataclysn, by comparison, was fucking loaded to the ... : node
• wait what? : spiderfill
• wtf, is this for real? : InfoBiter
• jumped the panda : BouillonCubes
• Sadly it is for real and it makes me very sad. The monk class looks neat; the rest of it looks like WoW f... : Entity
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  Pet battle system... Blizzard must be running out of good ideas. : Onumis
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    This is the stupid shit they're working on while players bitch about an endless array of balance issues w... : Entity
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      I just started watching the trailer and stopped as soon as I felt like I was watching a trailer for Kung ... : Onumis
      • Hahaha yeah I couldn't help but wonder if they're gonna get sued for this one. : OutlawSundown
    • About the balance issues - there will be a completely reworked talent system. Also resilience is a base s... : Lukiopimp
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  This is by far the worst idea Blizzard has come up with since adding a Hero Class..... What a waste of a ... : Dark Drakonis
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    But Rift isn't any better. Its pretty boring and is basically the exact same tropes. : ashkie
    • This was my feeling from my time with it and everything else I saw/heard. Zero actual originality. : node
• Also Jack Black called... he wants his royalties... : Dark Drakonis
• Kids these days... Pandarians came from Warcraft III...or maybe the expansion for it? But anyway, they... : pasmith
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  Brewmaster - Tank spec Mistweaver - Healer, a healer who can stand up in melee and will let players expe... : ashkie
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    sounds cool actually : wurt
    • Its a Paladin that wears leather. : ashkie
• *Checks Calendar*... nope not April 1st : Raspyn
• TL:DW recap of the video: You've defeated the earth aspect! The destroyer is no more! And now.... the ... : GaratNW
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  NEW MONK CLASS? rofl : wurt
  • It's going to use the launch paladin trees. : Topsiderover
  • Ya, pretty uninspired. I guessed ages ago it'd be a leather wearing hybrid. Too many plate and clothies a... : node
• Odd incentive to play a panda: INNER PEACE Your rested experience bonus lasts twice as long : daggot
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  and apparently if you sub a year of WoW you get Diablo III plus a mount for 'free'. : uebersoldat
  • I was almost tempted, but still not enough to tempt me. There's no way I've got another year of play time... : node
• Haha, down to one talent tree in the expansion? There is one talent tree per class. You earn talents ... : GrimmyD
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  This is a joke right? : dysfunctional
  • It's gotta be a joke. There is just no way they are serious about this. : dysfunctional
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    trolled : Audhuml4
    • I think it's true and just one giant troll to hard core raiders, lol. : surley_monkey
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  I guess China won't ever get this expansion. Either that or pandas are going to become Koalas or somethin... : Arcath
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    did they not get the pandas in war3? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      pandas in war3? : jellyrabbit
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        Pandarin were originally added in Warcraft 3 as a joke april fools thing, and then for real (i believe) the model is in it. Not sure why China wouldn't get this added too unless for some reason they didn't get that one either. His statement didn't make sense.

        Oct 21, 2011 4:10pm PDT
        Pandarin were originally added in Warcraft 3 as a joke april fools thing, and then for real (i believe) t... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    There are maybe half a dozen MMOs in China with playable pandas- why would this be different? : Porkasaurus
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      because they have strict rules about the depiction of violence towards pandas. : Arcath
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        Why do they allow all the other mmos with pandas to exist then? : Porkasaurus
        • bribes : RikiTiki2
      • The only reference to this I could find was this article from 2007 about a proposed law that would preven... : Porkasaurus
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        I'm starting to feel like this is one of those things that people keep perpetuating because they heard it... : Vincent Grayson
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          Bottom line is that it's bullshit. Here's a joystiq article: [...] In the comments Censorman said, "I' : OverloadUT
          • This. It's all a bunch of "he-said-she-said" bullshit that someone started like 5-6 years ago. : Ambient80
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            need more pics of chicks in sexy black/white costumes : bolneze
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              http://www.whitehouseblackmarket.com/store/browse/shelf.jsp?cat=Swim&catId=cat6029283 : OverloadUT
              • yes... i see the panda inspiration... : bolneze
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          I don't man, Arcath sounded like an expert on this.... : Porkasaurus
          • No but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night. : Arcath
• The new talent system actually looks really good. : Zek
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  It's very weird that there's no big bad guy. Seems like you need a big bad guy! : OverloadUT
  • Blizzard did say we're going to get more frequent expansions. So I'm guessing we're going to get another... : Vegtro
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    Not really, I mean people are always saying how Blizzard's story writing has gotten shitty and was way be... : Vincent Grayson
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      But from this trailer I didn't even get an impression of a conflict at all. No resources to exploit, no e... : OverloadUT
      • Yeah, that's definitely true. Hopefully there will be more info coming out later explaining where the con... : Vincent Grayson
      • They just announced it, why should they spill the beans that early? : Lukiopimp
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    There will be a big bad guy. : walker270
    • The big bad guy will be the end boss of whatever raid zone there is much like Vanilla wow. : ashkie
• amazing that every class capable of melee dps is already better than rogues, yet they add ANOTHER dps cla... : creep
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  Does anyone else feel like this is all a part of grand plan to move WoW into consoles? Esepcially the pa... : scatterblack
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    the biggest thing they need to figure out is how to map 50 spells onto the controller, not the talents : spiderfill
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      They seemed to imply that the talents will be active spells not passives. Everything in WoW is moving to... : scatterblack
      • adding new talent spells will increase the number of spells which is one of the biggest complexities of m... : spiderfill
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    This makes no sense. How the hell would a new talent every 15 levels be in any way more conducive to cons... : OverloadUT
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      because it's so STUPID and consoles are for STUPID IDIOT HEADS! : dantastic
      • Ohhhhhhhh now I get it : OverloadUT
  • Let's entertain your idea for a moment. Why would Microsoft want people paying $15 to play WoW on the ... : Porkasaurus
  • Yeah, I agree. Pandas don't belong on PCs, and therefore must be marketed towards consoles. : slax0r
  • Where does it say that? : sneakyalmond
  • Think of all the WoW players who wouldn't want their game nerfed. That's how Asheron's Call 2 tanked. : Pneum0
  • I'm pretty sure it's all part of a grand plan to sell more merchandise. : JarEme
  • No, but maybe to appeal more to asia. : GeorgeB3DR
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  Have they improved the graphics since I last played? (The Outland expansion) It looks fantastic in that v... : Durajim
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    theyve polished stuff up a little since back then : bolneze
    • until they really do up normal maps and better lighting, its still gonna look like 2004 with more polycou... : spiderfill
• I dont care they already have my money! : bolneze
• It seriously looks like April fools joke: the expansion edition. Bring on TOR : action figure
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  Will the new race be playable by both sides? : capt tripps
  • Yeah, you pick your side at the end of the starter zone. : Vincent Grayson
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  yea thats a shame, this panda stuff is really lame.. maybe if they want to cater to 12 and younger but wh... : techx4
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    A pretty large portion of the community wanted them added. If anything, Blizzard listened to their fan ba... : Ambient80
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      What were the available choices in that poll? : ashkie
      • a) Totally Awesome Panda Race. b) Lawnmower. c) Poop. d) Grass. : capt tripps
• This is so dumb, WTF is this shit? : phate81
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  I don't play wow, but I must say wow...this is hilariously sad. Mists of Panderia? REALLY BLizzard? It's ... : phipple
  • Actually, it's a really old April Fools' joke. : JarEme
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  Why is everyone freaking out over this. People have wanted Pandarans since Burning Crusade. Seems l... : pigvomit
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    Probably because the Pandaren are a fucking joke race that weirdos latched onto for some reason. : Evil Benius
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      Sure they started out as a joke in Warcraft III, but after that, they seemed to integrate fine into the W... : pigvomit
      • For me its the entire asian-themed look of the expansion. its just so overplayed and does literally nothi... : ashkie
      • Kung-Fu Panda, that's what. : devi| dog
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    you would rather re-grind thru content you've played with a new skin and talents than play new content? : MoreVespeneGas
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      When has an expansion only been new content. Each expansion has brought new content with the ability to ... : pigvomit
      • I was just responding to your comment that you would rather have a new class+race than new 1-60 content : MoreVespeneGas
    • For this expansion yeah, because the game doesn't stop at level 60. Taking a new race/class combo into e... : Sapiens
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    Actually, redone BC questlines would be nice. : capt tripps
    • And if they redid the 2004 player character models. : JarEme
  • They were supposed to be the BC race according to Metzen : bolneze
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  Blizzard has jumped the shark. : pizzaput
  • lol I was going to say that. : saturn96
• Lol. Pokémon Finally Comes to World of Warcraft, and No One is Safe http://kotaku.com/5852284/pokemon-f... : capt tripps
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  Don't really like asian themed games/stuff. Don't like Pandas. Not really sure about this. That said, ... : GeorgeB3DR
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    There are plenty of pirates in WoW. What WoW doesn't have is Nazis and cancer. Oh, and Jersey Shore. : pigvomit
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      I thought goblins were Jersey Shore : bolneze
      • WoW also has Nazis (in Uldum) and Cancer ( http://www.wowhead.com/item=67355 ) : ManiacalMoose
  • racist : bolneze
  • Because pirates make stupid monks! ;p : drac01
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    Me neither. http://fingersports.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/wang.jpg : ghostdad
    • pwnt : bolneze
• I think I've figured out the reason for the Pandas: Metzen is on crack. : ManiacalMoose
• I think it would be less embarrassing to be caught fucking a stuffed my little pony then actually buy thi... : thebigbeefsandwich
• Now when Kung Fu Panda 3 comes out, there can be cool advertising tie ins! Cant wait to see Po helping to... : shmargin
• Epic yawn. : Inarion
• Look how few posts there are for this thread, I'm thinking the WoW enthusiasm is burning out. : abrasion