Mists of Pandaria

[Worba]

Well it would be pretty sweet if they could make a decent Cthulhu-based MMO...

[Royi]

Well it would be pretty sweet if they could make a decent Cthulhu-based MMO...

WoW-fanboys would complain that it copied WOW and Yogg-Saron and C'thun

[Kirsten]

I almost couldn't give a damn what the next expansion is as long as there isn't more freaking dragons. They're cool to look at, but the fights are ALWAYS THE SAME.

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Upon entering the Mists of Pandaria our intrepid heroes discover...

THE PANDAREN HAVE ALL BEEN EATEN.

BY DRAGONS.

New race: PLAYABLE DRAGONS.

This cracked me up!

The dragons will steer us through 5 patches worth of troll raids as we systematically obliterate all the great troll enemies and their gods... Resurrected for the third or fourth times.

When Zul'Aman came out again, I facepalm'd irl.
You have dragons and then you have trolls.
You have dragons and then you have trolls.
You have dragons and then you have trolls.
You have dragons and then you have trolls.
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE ONE IN THE SAME...ish. :3

[Kirsten]

They need to bring back Karazhan. Amirite or amirite?

[Worba]

Well it would be pretty sweet if they could make a decent Cthulhu-based MMO...

WoW-fanboys would complain that it copied WOW and Yogg-Saron and C'thun

Well it's common knowledge that all original ideas spring from Blizzard, and everyone else just steals them. Even if the thief stole the idea a century before Blizzard existed.

[Wain]

Actually, having joked about troll raids, I am happy they made ZG and ZA accessible again. Almost nobody leveling would have had a chance to see them before. They would have been ok changed to level 50-70 normal dungeons but I guess it's harder for the devs to justify the cost of the revamps then. Anyway, sorry for the thread derail. Back to pandaren...

It'd be cool if they could have red panda-based pandaren too. With tails. Much like a wolvar only nice. And red. I know red pandas (aka firefoxes) aren't true pandas but they are damn awesome

[Royi]

Well it would be pretty sweet if they could make a decent Cthulhu-based MMO...

WoW-fanboys would complain that it copied WOW and Yogg-Saron and C'thun

Well it's common knowledge that all original ideas spring from Blizzard, and everyone else just steals them. Even if the thief stole the idea a century before Blizzard existed.

Darn Norway for stealing the idea and the name of Fjords from the Howling Fjord zone. Those jerks

[Slickrock]

They need to bring back Karazhan. Amirite or amirite?

That would be nice as the new 5-man. No one sees it anymore. Or they could do the AQ raids.

[Slickrock]

What I'm expecting is....

Mists will indeed be the new expansion. We'll see the new continent that there's space for on the map. The pandarians will be there, but they won't be playable, they'll be like the walrus-folk in Northrend. We'll quest for them.

The Emerald Dream will be part of the expansion, but just as the Maelstrom was part of Cata. (And they couldn't have named the expansion Emerald Dream, that is already trademarked like crazy). Emerald dream will be akin to Firelands in Cata.

And no, I don't expect a new class or race this time around.

[Kirsten]

That's what I was thinking, though. Pandarains will be like the Tuskarr. But, they could do a third land like Outlands, Azeroth, and something else. It would be really dumb for ANOTHER continent to pop up out of no where like Northrend did.

[Kurenio]

That's what I was thinking, though. Pandarains will be like the Tuskarr. But, they could do a third land like Outlands, Azeroth, and something else. It would be really dumb for ANOTHER continent to pop up out of no where like Northrend did.

Northrend was already there it just didn't show on the map, and if you look at the globe in ulduar there is a land mass at the south pole. On the tabard of the explorer this mysterious land mass appears as well.

Also... it looks like a panda :O

[Slickrock]

That's what I was thinking, though. Pandarains will be like the Tuskarr. But, they could do a third land like Outlands, Azeroth, and something else. It would be really dumb for ANOTHER continent to pop up out of no where like Northrend did.

Northrend was already there it just didn't show on the map, and if you look at the globe in ulduar there is a land mass at the south pole. On the tabard of the explorer this mysterious land mass appears as well.

Also... it looks like a panda :O

Yep. Given those signs and the fact that they've filled in most of the other missing zones, that continent filled with brew-loving furries is the next logical step. The final expansion will be going to fight the burning legion on their own turf. (Ala outlands...).

And yeah, two more expansions for WoW, that's all.

[Worba]

What I'm expecting is....

Mists will indeed be the new expansion. We'll see the new continent that there's space for on the map. The pandarians will be there, but they won't be playable, they'll be like the walrus-folk in Northrend. We'll quest for them.

The Emerald Dream will be part of the expansion, but just as the Maelstrom was part of Cata. (And they couldn't have named the expansion Emerald Dream, that is already trademarked like crazy). Emerald dream will be akin to Firelands in Cata.

And no, I don't expect a new class or race this time around.

You could be right, however there is one simple (main) reason why I think pandaren will be playable - it's not enough to just release new zones and touch up talent trees for an xpac - you need something with "flash" to it, something that changes the game itself in some way and makes (at least some) players go ZOMGIGOTTATRYTHATNEWTHING.

If it's not going to be new races / classes then what?

[GormanGhaste]

If it's not going to be new races / classes then what?

Pandaren Dance Studio?

[Worba]

If it's not going to be new races / classes then what?

Pandaren Dance Studio?

Have you submitted your resume to Blizzard Studios yet????

[Lisaara]

There's one problem about the Emerald Dream bit....

Blizzard scrapped the idea a while ago. There was a blue post somewhere about it too I think. So yeah. No Emerald Dream....especially since Emerald Dream would be extremely lore shattering.

[Kurenio]

There's one problem about the Emerald Dream bit....

Blizzard scrapped the idea a while ago. There was a blue post somewhere about it too I think. So yeah. No Emerald Dream....especially since Emerald Dream would be extremely lore shattering.

but they can always retcon. The reason there is no way they can do it anytime soon is because malfurion is out of the dream. Before he left he locked the nightmare in the eye of ysera. So until that thing break free there is no point in anyone going there.

[Lisaara]

There's one problem about the Emerald Dream bit....

Blizzard scrapped the idea a while ago. There was a blue post somewhere about it too I think. So yeah. No Emerald Dream....especially since Emerald Dream would be extremely lore shattering.

but they can always retcon. The reason there is no way they can do it anytime soon is because malfurion is out of the dream. Before he left he locked the nightmare in the eye of ysera. So until that thing break free there is no point in anyone going there.

You know how much of a fit that would cause? Druids ever since Warcraft have said the dream is a druid only place. they'd have to retcon EVERYTHING. x.x; It's not as easy as retconning the worgen. Worgen had very little to begin with. Retconning the Emerald Dream would require retconning druid lore.

[GormanGhaste]

Have you submitted your resume to Blizzard Studios yet????

There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness.

[Kurenio]

You know how much of a fit that would cause? Druids ever since Warcraft have said the dream is a druid only place. they'd have to retcon EVERYTHING. x.x; It's not as easy as retconning the worgen. Worgen had very little to begin with. Retconning the Emerald Dream would require retconning druid lore.

Well it's activision... if they could make a lot of money off it they would. As for worgen it's not to major of a retcon as making one of the 2 lore reason for there being the truth. One was the Elune giving them the scythe to combat something. The second one was Argul (I believe was his name probably wrong) pulling them from another dimension. The current story is that of the scythe, but it was extended a bit further saying that the worgen we currently have were feral druids that lost their mind. The scythe itself is still included. Now I want to go research the full story. Oh well what I wonder is those other planets that are shown in HoL and uld that were said to be connected to draenor(outland) by the other dark portals on what remains of that planet. I believe they once said we would go there in a future expansion or at least it was that the dark portals would open again. That's a topic for a different thread.