Next Expansion " Mists of Pandoria"

[Khatovar]

This is supposed to be about the MoP expansion, not a debate about Star Wars vs. WoW.

And I'd rather not see this turn into 40 pages of Pro/con-Panda, there's a lot of other things to discuss about the expansion and it doesn't need to get lost in bickering.

[Kekkerer]

I'm not sure why everyone seems to be comparing Pandarens to Kung Fu Panda. It very much depends on how they pull off the character, Warcraft 3 pandas were bad ass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=028qkDLiyp4) while the former tend to be in the comedy relief category.

Most of us play without sound anyway so I guess which ever way the character is voiced you hear what you want to hear within your head and what you want to imagine.

[Apps]

I'm not sure why everyone seems to be comparing Pandarens to Kung Fu Panda. It very much depends on how they pull off the character, Warcraft 3 pandas were bad ass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=028qkDLiyp4) while the former tend to be in the comedy relief category.

Most of us play without sound anyway so I guess which ever way the character is voiced you hear what you want to hear within your head and what you want to imagine.

I think youre right, theyre nothing alike.

[Tonuss]

I'll almost certainly try the expansion, it looks like it will cater to someone like me. These days I fit my WOW time into a pretty random and unpredictable schedule, so it's almost always solo play, whether one character or five. Being able to continue to gear them up with normal non-instanced content is a nice addition. Some of the other stuff looks interesting too, like the instanced PVE scenarios that can accomodate as few as three players.

I'll also try the new SW-related MMORPG because my friends (who have all pretty much stopped playing WOW) are going to play it and MMORPGs have always been much more fun for me when I'm playing with them. Whether we stay with it depends on how good or bad it is. I hope it's good because there are far too few good games out there. It won't be a WOW-killer, and it doesn't need to be. It just has to be fun.

I tend to go with the flow in terms of WOW. I guess I'm not turned off by the kung fu pandas because I wasn't turned off by gnomes or tauren or all of the crazy stuff you find in WOW. I mean, the pandas definitely evoke the movie for me, and it does seem like a way to market to kids and people who want something "cute." But errrr... GNOMES. Did anyone ever look at the gnomes and think "yeah, now there's an attempt at some serious adult-themed content"? They're fucking chibis, for pete's sake.

Every now and then I get tired of WOW and stop playing for a while, anywhere from a few weeks to as long as six or seven months once. I know that at some point I'll stop playing and not come back, but I learned to stop trying to predict my "retirements" after my first one in EQ (was back in like two months). When it happens, it will happen.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

While I don't particularly care for the panda thing, I *am* interested in seeing how the talent and stat redesigns work out. I'm skeptical that they can pull it off with the B team without screwing things up royally but it might just end up being fun to play again.

[Vecter]

While I don't particularly care for the panda thing, I *am* interested in seeing how the talent and stat redesigns work out. I'm skeptical that they can pull it off with the B team without screwing things up royally but it might just end up being fun to play again.

I'm looking forward to trying out the updated systems as well. We all know that the current system provides little variance if you want to actually be competitive, copy that talent tree from EJ or AJ and go. Having actual choices that you can tailor your game play style will be nice.

Stats are stats. What can you say or do, just have to try them out and see.

[pinotnoir]

I am waiting for the Gnome to announce the plane when we fly into Panda Island. Maybe Blizzard can use this for inspiration.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I am waiting for the Gnome to announce the plane when we fly into Panda Island. Maybe Blizzard can use this for inspiration.

Isn't he already in the game? Could have sworn...

[Silence]

Many people, just as many opinions.

Are Panda's the best thing to come to WOW? Who knows... from what I've seen the graphics look awesome, it almost felt like a new game watching the gameplay. The model of the Panda has a lot more polygon structures than any other race and it's definately more colourful and lighter then what we've had so far. This means they move very fluently and in general look cool while doing so. They also said they would buff the other races in the same manner.

So whatever you feel regarding the lore and story... the game is still being updated to appeal to those who don't like Panda's.

So yea, I'll wait it out... see how it goes.

A group of Monks will be on the list for sure.

[EaTCarbS]

I wish they would update the older races models. They look like minecraft characters compared to the newer races models.