I see what you're saying Lyon but there's a lot of nuance in fantasy. Compare say, the world of Xanth as written by Piers Anthony to Middle Earth by Tolkien. There's a huge gap in the tone and feeling of the two worlds. I absolutely love both of these fictional universes, but that doesn't mean I want them to mix with each other. Xanth's goblins or dragons would feel totally out of sync in Middle Earth and vice versa. Neither setting is bad, they're just unique.

With that in mind, Pandaren don't fit with World of Warcraft in my mind. They don't jibe with what I've experienced playing games based on this universe since the original Warcraft when I was a kid. Sure, they were in WC3. Sure, they have backstory and lore and all the moving parts necessary to be introduced into the game--But that doesn't make them actually *work*. It doesn't make them less ridiculous.

I know a lot of people disagree with me and that's fine. I respect that others feel like they fit. To me, it feels like... Well, like someone took a really good cartoon I enjoyed as a child and remade it 20 years later--But gutted its soul. It feels like that South Park episode where Steven Spielberg and George Lucas go around violating all their old movies.

Anyways--Talents=Amazing. Monks=Pretty good. Story of a hidden island magically appearing=Terribad. Pandaren= ...Oh well.