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by Matthew Rossi 
Oct 21st 2011 at 3:53PM
- Bouncy: reduces fall damage by half.
- Inner peace: double rested XP.
- Gourmond: +15 to cooking.
- Epicurean: double stats to food buffs.
- Quaking Palm (from the live stream): Puts a target to sleep for three seconds.
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, News items, BlizzCon
Reader Comments (Page 6 of 6)
vertigobliss86 Oct 21st 2011 8:55PM
Wow, all I can think of is that it is a spin-off of Kung-Fu Panda =C
John Oct 23rd 2011 10:49AM
If you knew a thing about Warcraft Lore, you would know that Pandaren(hint warcraft3) has been in the game since before Kung-Fu Panda was made.
Ametrine Oct 21st 2011 9:08PM
Hopefully female Pandaren aren't just skinny black-and-white patterned creatures that look like humans with weird legs and animal-head masks like they did for Worgen.
We need some hefty girls. I wanna go all Monk-style on a baddie and have him fear my 400-pound Mama Bear turning him into the world's most harmonious pothole.
Chromebus Oct 22nd 2011 1:28AM
"You realize that all these traits you name have been part of lore since long before Kung Fu Panda, right?"
That just show's that they're even less creative. What's the point in having a creative team if they're just going to rehash the same thing that we've seen since "at least the 90's..."
Pandas, neat. China theme, neat. Martial arts, neatish. All three mashed together. Underwhelming.
Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not going to say it's all going to be bad. I just think it would be nice if Blizzard would put some more effort into their concepts.
vertigobliss86 Oct 23rd 2011 4:01PM
I knew that already (played WC3), but the gameplay and art seems to reflect Kung-Fu Panda more than their Pandaren lore (c'mon, a bouncy racial?).
Pythos Oct 24th 2011 5:04AM
Surely they won't keep all of those racials. People will be crying "OP" for days...
Enico Oct 25th 2011 6:48PM
Literally just watched kung fu panda 2 and I have to say the racials seems like a total rip off and blizz are "jumping on the bandwagon" so to speak to attracts its younger audience. For example the "inner peace" racial is a major theme in the second film, and the food bonuses reflect the main character along with the bouncy racial. Yes Pandaren were in WC3 before KFP but still doesnt hide the blatant plagarism. I quit wow around 10 months ago after 4 years and this new expansion just seems like a big joke tbh and blizz have totally sold out.