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Archaeology rifle?

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http://media.mmo-champion.com/images/ne ... D_01_1.png

Its in the tooltip name, something just datamined on mmoc.

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Looks qiraji.

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Seems to fit more of the thunder isle stuff to me personally with the dark base and gold outlining.
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Looks Mogu to me. Since the Shao-Tien had cannons, perhaps they knew how to produce gunpowder since ages, so a new rare archaeology project might give us a Mogu-style gun. Then I wonder, what would the new Pandaren rare artifact be?
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Actually, I think it is Mantid-styled.
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It made me think shado-pan.

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This black-ish tint and gold "trim" definitely reminds me of Shao-Tien cannons. Mantid would have more amber elements (and there's no Mantid archaeology). Shado-Pan... I think their guns usually have those dragon/cloud serpent elements.
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Hmmm... Doesn't guarantee we'll actuallly see it, but it would be nice. However, unless it's a reasonable ilvl (496), there won't be much point in hunting for it unless the model is really good for tmogging.

Good find though! :D
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I still think its qiraji.

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Eternallylostx wrote:I still think its qiraji.
Well, that would mean non panderan and a pain to get. :|
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I think it'll be mantid style, to be honest.

There isn't a mantid-style weapon in the game to match the other mantid-based weapons. There's a Klaxxi gun, but it looks far from Mantid-style. xD
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Mantids are related to the Qiraji so it could be both *shrug*
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Just saying the Quriaji would mean it being found in sillithus... :-/
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There is no Qiraji archaeology. There is Nerubian, but that's not the same. Most Qiraj-ish artifacts in arch have been split between Nerubian and Tol'vir as I recall.

It would be interesting if it were Mantid, but that would require a new race being added to archaeology unless they do like the Scepter and 'whoops, how did the Pandaren/Mogu get a hold of this?' I do think it will be Pandaren, Mogu, or a new race...but I could easily be wrong, as they've added things to old races in the past in order to flesh them out.
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Slickrock wrote:
Eternallylostx wrote:I still think its qiraji.
Well, that would mean non panderan and a pain to get. :|
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the design of the tooltip reminds me of Mantid armor that their warrior's wear. Also, even though Klaxxi doesnt use guns or gunpowder, they -do- have a gun sold by their quartermaster :P It'll definitely prolly belong to one of the Mists races for archy, but it will probably speak of the mantid im sure. The colors and trim just look far too bug-y to me.

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It does remind me of their armor, and their seige weaponry. Similar sleek dark rounded curves with gold trim.
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http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/309 ... uild-16486

There are several Klaxxi-sounding archaeology finds data-mined here. Looks like we'll be getting Klaxxi archaeology after all.
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MANTID ARCHAEOLOGY?

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Have any sites posted the model for this yet? Because I can view them in WMV. They have laser sights and there are four colours:

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From the model, I'm still not sure what branch of archae I think they should belong to. :/
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