I'd like to see all of those topics touched upon. Another that I'm personally curious about, meeting partners online. I met my current partner on World of Warcraft, hah. Who else has found dates off the internet?

>> ^jonny:

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Fixed and thanks.

Oh wow (no pun),
I knew that WoW was altered to remove all skulls/bones from the Chinese version, but I was not aware of the Panda issue. Thanks!

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^MonkeySpank:
How did we go from Trolls and Undead to Pandas? I blame the Chinese market!
The sad part is that Alterac Valley came out 5 years ago, and it was more fun then (with shittier computers) than WoW will ever be. Vanilla AV is definite proof, to me at least, that more is not necessarily better.

Don't blame the Chinese market because they will probably BAN WoW because it now has Pandas. Apparently you cannot depict a panda dying in Chinese media or something, they don't like it. So it's going to be interesting to see what happens when this expansion launches in China.

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>> ^Yogi:

>> ^MonkeySpank:
How did we go from Trolls and Undead to Pandas? I blame the Chinese market!
The sad part is that Alterac Valley came out 5 years ago, and it was more fun then (with shittier computers) than WoW will ever be. Vanilla AV is definite proof, to me at least, that more is not necessarily better.

Don't blame the Chinese market because they will probably BAN WoW because it now has Pandas. Apparently you cannot depict a panda dying in Chinese media or something, they don't like it. So it's going to be interesting to see what happens when this expansion launches in China.

Heh. I remember something like that for the original Guild Wars. There was a Panda pet in the early beta of the game that had to be removed because the Chinese didn't like it. Or something.

>> ^MonkeySpank:

How did we go from Trolls and Undead to Pandas? I blame the Chinese market!
The sad part is that Alterac Valley came out 5 years ago, and it was more fun then (with shittier computers) than WoW will ever be. Vanilla AV is definite proof, to me at least, that more is not necessarily better.


Don't blame the Chinese market because they will probably BAN WoW because it now has Pandas. Apparently you cannot depict a panda dying in Chinese media or something, they don't like it. So it's going to be interesting to see what happens when this expansion launches in China.

>> ^Ryjkyj:

We have endured the breaking of the world, and must now face The Destroyer, and end his cycle... OF DESTRUCTION...


and afterwards we get to pall around with some fuzzy panda bears and play pretend!

>> ^entr0py:

I get the impression none of you have played Warcraft 3. You're doing it wrong.


Even in Warcraft 3 the Pandarens were an April Fools joke. They were never seriously a part of the universe.

WoW has been loosing subscribers hand over fist for the last year, and this expansion is clearly their way of trying to appeal to a new audience. They have some very serious competition coming up this year and next that are sure to take millions more people away from them. Further proof is the offer of all the bonuses and guaranteed beta and free Diablo 3 for anyone that buys a year long subscription. They are trying their best to pad their income until the new expansion hits. You watch, the game will be advertised on Cartoon Network and Disney. Titan itself is rumored to be 'very casual' as well.

Blizzard has jumped the shark.

Because Pandas are pandas, not some fantasy creature. It was all well and good when it was just a little off-shoot in Warcraft 3, and hell, they could even have an homage in WoW, whatever, it's all good. But to put it so front and center, makes the whole thing silly to me. At least Draenei were something entirely different.

I seem to be having the complete opposite reaction than you - I can't understand how people can take it seriously.

I will give the expansion this, though, mechanics-wise it looks to be a big improvement.
>> ^Sarzy:

In what way is this sillier, or more out of character for WoW, than space goats?
>> ^gwiz665:
I like wow in general. I played the damn thi, ng for 2500+ hours, but while they have had many silly elements mixed in with their more "high fantasy", this puts the silly front and c, enter.
I think this is way sillier than anything they've done before, partly because it's so "centered" in view. Have small references and general sillyness in the outskirts of the game is just fine, but dammit, wow was a perfectly good game, but now it's gone silly!
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In what way is this sillier, or more out of character for WoW, than space goats?
>> ^gwiz665:

I like wow in general. I played the damn thi, ng for 2500+ hours, but while they have had many silly elements mixed in with their more "high fantasy", this puts the silly front and c, enter.
I think this is way sillier than anything they've done before, partly because it's so "centered" in view. Have small references and general sillyness in the outskirts of the game is just fine, but dammit, wow was a perfectly good game, but now it's gone silly!
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I like wow in general. I played the damn thing for 2500+ hours, but while they have had many silly elements mixed in with their more "high fantasy", this puts the silly front and center.

I think this is way sillier than anything they've done before, partly because it's so "centered" in view. Have small references and general sillyness in the outskirts of the game is just fine, but dammit, wow was a perfectly good game, but now it's gone silly!