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
      • 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 base and added what they desired.

    Oct 21, 2011 7:34pm PDT
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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