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#27 Oct 21 2011 at 1:24 PM Rating: Excellent
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Sir Xsarus wrote:
The 12 month price is full price? ouch.

I get the impression it's more like you commit to a year, but how you pay is up to you. If you want to pay 2 6-month subscriptions, you get the lesser price per month. Or you can pay monthly.

Honestly it doesn't make much sense to me if they do it like that but that's what they seem to say.
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#28 Oct 21 2011 at 1:24 PM Rating: Good
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DAMNIT! They just keep dragging me back in...

Trailer made my WoW jones flair up in mah belly.
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#29 Oct 21 2011 at 1:27 PM Rating: Good
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LockeColeMA wrote:
Sir Xsarus wrote:
The 12 month price is full price? ouch.

I get the impression it's more like you commit to a year, but how you pay is up to you. If you want to pay 2 6-month subscriptions, you get the lesser price per month. Or you can pay monthly.

Honestly it doesn't make much sense to me if they do it like that but that's what they seem to say.


That's what I think is going to happen too.
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#30 Oct 21 2011 at 1:33 PM Rating: Excellent
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You guys are misunderstanding.

You can be on any recurring payment plan, you just agree to keep your sub active for 12 months.

So you can do the deal and be on a 6 month at a time plan, get the discounted rate for WoW and get the free copy od D3 and the mount.

Make sense?
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#31 Oct 21 2011 at 1:33 PM Rating: Good
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Well, it looks like you don't have to pay the full 12 months ahead of time like you do with the three month and six month plans. You're just saying that you're going to pay for your account for 12 months, but you can still set it up so it only comes out once a month.
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#32 Oct 21 2011 at 1:38 PM Rating: Good
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Wonder Gem PigtailsOfDoom wrote:
Well, it looks like you don't have to pay the full 12 months ahead of time like you do with the three month and six month plans. You're just saying that you're going to pay for your account for 12 months, but you can still set it up so it only comes out once a month.


I guess that makes sense, for those that live paycheck to paycheck (yet still play WoW) and don't want to take a larger amount of their budget for WoW expenses they can still pay the $15/mo instead of paying for 3-6 months in advance.
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#33 Oct 21 2011 at 1:38 PM Rating: Good
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The most important question I can think of now is, since there are 11 classes are they going to allow us to have more than 10 characters on a single server?
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#34 Oct 21 2011 at 1:43 PM Rating: Good
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The most important question I can think of now is, since there are 11 classes are they going to allow us to have more than 10 characters on a single server?


I guarantee this will be asked at some point.
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#35 Oct 21 2011 at 1:50 PM Rating: Good
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http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/feature/pet-battle

...Pokemon. In WoW.
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#36 Oct 21 2011 at 1:54 PM Rating: Good
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Anobix wrote:
Wonder Gem PigtailsOfDoom wrote:
Well, it looks like you don't have to pay the full 12 months ahead of time like you do with the three month and six month plans. You're just saying that you're going to pay for your account for 12 months, but you can still set it up so it only comes out once a month.


I guess that makes sense, for those that live paycheck to paycheck (yet still play WoW) and don't want to take a larger amount of their budget for WoW expenses they can still pay the $15/mo instead of paying for 3-6 months in advance.


Yeah, that would be me. =x
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#37 Oct 21 2011 at 2:01 PM Rating: Good
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From the monk page:

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Monks are masters of bare-handed combat, choosing to draw their weapons only for devastating finishing moves. Monk healers bring harmony and balance to every group, healing even the most grievous of injuries with ancient remedies and focused spiritual arts. And few can hope to out-last the unquenchable prowess of the Monk Brewmaster, whose empowering beverages and unpredictable combat style allow them to absorb incredible amounts of punishment.
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#38 Oct 21 2011 at 2:03 PM Rating: Excellent
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Pandaren Racials:

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  • Bouncy: reduces fall damage by half.
  • Inner peace: double rested XP.
  • Gourmand: +15 to cooking.
  • Epicurean: double stats to food buffs.
  • Quaking Palm - You touch a secret pressure point on an enemy target, putting it to sleep for 3 sec.


Pandaren Classes: Hunter, Mage, Monk, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior

At level 10 you choose between Horde and Alliance.

The female model isn't done yet.

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#39 Oct 21 2011 at 2:08 PM Rating: Good
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Monk details:

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General
  • 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 Worgens

Items
  • 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.

Resource
  • 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.


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#40 Oct 21 2011 at 2:10 PM Rating: Good
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selebrin wrote:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/feature/pet-battle

...Pokemon. In WoW.


They did it in FFXI already why not WoW. Now those pet collectors have something to do with all those pets.

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


Didnt FF14 prove this was a bad idea already Smiley: oyvey

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#41 Oct 21 2011 at 2:12 PM Rating: Excellent
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Actually, I realized I committed a tactical error up above.

The most important question isn't whether we'll be able to have 11 characters on a single realm.

The most important questions is whether Rawdeal will come into this thread and admit his "inside source" was at best half right.
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#42 Oct 21 2011 at 2:13 PM Rating: Excellent
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Is it just me, or does the double food stat racial and double xp racial seem really really OP?

Good to know there is a female model in the works. Was going to be pissed if there were only boy pandas.
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#43 Oct 21 2011 at 2:19 PM Rating: Good
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Talent Changes

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  • Pro - The level 10 specs were really nice and gave you a role early in the game, definitely a keeper.
  • Pro - Removing junk from the talent trees was also a very good move.
  • Pro - Having some kind of choices for optional skills/subspecs worked out pretty well.
  • Con - You had a risk of "skipping" important talents
  • Con - There wasn't enough junk removed
  • Con - There wasn't enough choices, you might have a different final talent point than another combat rogue but it just wasn't enough. The cookie cutter build still persists.
  • Con - No enough customization, no true hybridization (Using a little bit of 2 different trees)
  • Con - Players got grumpy

  • The talent system is gone! Ok, not really, but it's greatly changed.
  • You now have your class abilities, your spec abilities, and your talents.
  • You still choose your spec at level 10, and you get a spec ability at level 10.
  • You will get additional spec abilities later.
  • There are anything that you really need to function, they will just be given to you to make sure you have all the tools you need to have.


Example - Prot Paladin
  • LVL 10 - Avenger's Shield
  • LVL 20 - Hammer of the Righteous (Prot and Ret)
  • LVL 30 - Judgement of the Just (Passive)


Talents
  • There is not talent points or ranks.
  • There is one talent pree per class.
  • You earn talents every 15 levels.
  • You get to choose 1 out of 3 every time you get a new point, you can only pick one of them and can't go back to get the other ones.
  • There will be no mandatory talent.
  • You can now change talents as easily as you change glyphs.



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#44 Oct 21 2011 at 2:22 PM Rating: Good
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They better give Worgens the Monk class so I can get rid of these silly things you people call "weapons" and rip some face off with my claws.

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Character builds are going to be entirely revamped. Talents were still too cookie cutter, so the developers want to give players more choices in their talents.


Seesaw goes back and forth. Perhaps limiting people into one talent spec for 68 levels wasn't the best way to give players more choices...

Anyway, looks interesting. Might subscribe for a full year for the mount and D3, assuming the offer also works here.

I hope they're going to mix in some Azeroth with the leveling, or at least the end-game. I don't feel like spending the next couple of years in an Asian themed world. World of Kamehameha?
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#45 Oct 21 2011 at 2:22 PM Rating: Good
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Wonder Gem PigtailsOfDoom wrote:
Is it just me, or does the double food stat racial and double xp racial seem really really OP?

Good to know there is a female model in the works. Was going to be pissed if there were only boy pandas.


http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/080813
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PvE Scenarios
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  • PvE Scenarios are a way to give new interesting content that doesn't make sense in a dungeon content.
  • Scenarios are more about reusing parts of the world in interesting new ways, and introducing new types of PvE gameplay that we've never seen before like PvE battlegrounds.
  • They are short instances for a few players, the amount of players can vary depending on the scenario, some of them can be for 3 players.
  • You don't need the typical tank/heal/dps setup, you will just be able to enter and play your role no matter what it is.
  • It will be a staged experience where you will try to accomplish some greater goal
  • For example, a scenario might require you to kill 25 kobolds in stage 1, then find and return 4 goldshire children, and then kill the boss.
  • Developers would like to do PvE battlegrounds, where you will have to slay 50 alliance/horde soldiers, destroy 6 towers and the barracks, and then defeat the enemy General.

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#47 Oct 21 2011 at 2:23 PM Rating: Excellent
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Wonder Gem PigtailsOfDoom wrote:
Is it just me, or does the double food stat racial and double xp racial seem really really OP?

Good to know there is a female model in the works. Was going to be pissed if there were only boy pandas.


Doubling the rate rested XP accumulates? Eh, I don't know. It's certainly something that's not critical to gameplay, I put it in the same category as the human +rep bonus, or the goblin discount bonus. A nice boost that wouldn't change class balance. I wouldn't be surprised to see it be something more like +50% when all is said and done though.

Food buffs I'm 'meh' on. They don't seem to have another advantage (+crit, extra enrage, etc.) at the moment. Seems kinda goofy to have a bonus you have to reapply. Imagine if you only could use your orc enrage in a BG if you stopped at the graveyard to eat for 10 seconds first.

Placeholder concepts that will likely get further tweaking IMO.

Also I plan on having fun with bouncy. Smiley: grin
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#48 Oct 21 2011 at 2:26 PM Rating: Excellent
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Oh, wow. Those zones are huge.
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Challenge Mode Dungeons

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  • Complete a dungeon in x minutes
  • To earn Bronze, Silver, Gold medals.
  • Gear levels are normalized, all your gear will be brought to the same level to make the competition even.
  • You can't just get better gear to overpower it.
  • It will reward sweet looking gear with no stats, and valor points!
  • Challenge Mode will reward you with very unique looking gear to show off how awesome you are to your friends
  • A new challenge dungeons UI will be added, you will be able to check your medals, your ranking, show what rewards you can unlock, etc.


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Pokémon Pet Battle System

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  • You will be able to collect, level, and battle with companion pets.
  • It will be accessible to all players.
  • Works with almost every pet
  • Pet Customization, you will be able to name your pet, give them visual abilities, etc ...
  • There will be "Wild pets", you can find them in the world and engage in battle with them. You will then be able to get that pet and add it to your Pet Journal.
  • Pets have random stats, some of them will be very good at tanking, some will have a CC ability, etc ...
  • Some pets will only be found during a specific season, while it's raining, or during the day or the night. Some of them will only spawn in the spring, when it's raining, in elwynn forest at night!
  • Most pets will become tradable, even after it's leveled, etc ...
  • Pets will be account wide
  • Your pet journal will display info on all your pets, including stats, skills, and also drop locations and lore info for the pets you don't have yet!
  • Winning battles earns you experience, and levels your pets.
  • You will learn new abilities. Every pet can use 3 abilities in a battle at one time.
  • Every time you level you will also increase the stats of your pet.
  • You will level multiple pets to build your team.
  • You have 3 battle slots, one for each pet in your team.

Pet Battle System - Battle
  • PvE and PvP Battles
  • It will be turn based.
  • A simple combat system.
  • Fight with a team of 3 pets
  • Queuing system, you will be able to find a fight pretty fast depending on the level of your pets.


Pet Battle System - Customization
  • You will finally be able to name your pets, and see that name in battle.
  • Items for your pets, you will have an item slot for your pet and might be able to socket gems in those items, etc ...
  • Individual builds of abilities and different teams.
  • Masters and Masters abilities, there will be different NPC pet masters in the world who will let you earn abilities when you beat them. For example, beating the master of mechanical pets will get you a new ability for your pet!


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#51 Oct 21 2011 at 2:36 PM Rating: Good
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What's with the coloring, though? So much pastel.

Can't help but think of a certain DreamWorks movie...

Edit: What's funny is, I've never seen Kung Fu Panda. The thought of pandas doing martial arts is a little... crazy. But I remember the Pandaran from WC3. I just thought they were a joke. A fun thing, like the ending that features Arthas a rock star, critters that explode if you spam click on them and various units making pop culture references if you spam click them.

As far as I remember, Pandaran didn't exactly have a big influence on the game, or the games leading up to it.

Edited, Oct 21st 2011 10:42pm by Mazra
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