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World of Warcraft: Mists of Panderia announced

Tom Senior at 07:50pm October 21 2011

The Pandaren are coming to World of Warcraft! The expansion will add the Panderan race and their homeland, Panderia. We’re also getting a new class, the monk, and the level cap will be raised to 90.

Mists of Panderia will also add new PVE scenarios, a pet battle system and a new talent system.

In the new expansion, Alliance and Horde will take their conflict to Panderia, a “land of balance and harmony and beauty, and hope.” Previous World of Warcraft expansions have added colossal evil forces, in Mists of Panderia “the true enemy of the franchise is going to be war itself.”

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Mists of Pandaria is the Fourth World of Warcraft Expansion

A new race, a new class, a level cap of 90 and more on the way.

By Chris Pereira, 10/21/2011

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As a former hardcore WoW’er, I have to say I am personally disappointed with Blizz on this one.  Really?  Seriously?  Kung-Fu Pandas?  Isn’t that some kind of IP violation?  Anyway, After BC, the devs started to get really bad at recycling things and churning out generic artwork.  While the architecture and environment for this expansion might end up being a welcome addition (if it’s not simply a recycled stranglethorn), I still can’t get over the giant fat kung-fu pandas.  Well, technically “monks” but close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades.  What do you think?  Lame or awesome?