Yak mounts lumbering your way in Mists of Pandaria
by Michael Sacco 
Feb 21st 2012 at 8:00PM
We were actually just discussing what the pandaren mount might be when this news came out. Blizzard joked about it at BlizzCon, with its mockup of a pandaren mount as a huge bouncy ball with a seat on top. Mat McCurley's personal opinion is (verbatim) "probably, like, a big frog maybe?" I feel it'll probably be something a little more dignified. Like a rickshaw.
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 5)
Yoco Feb 22nd 2012 3:12AM
Hmm, comment system ate the guild name "The Royal Kilted Yaksmen" because it doesn't like angle brackets.
WTB new comment system
icepyro Feb 22nd 2012 3:46AM
You just have to learn how to get around them, Sir Yoco of <The Royal Kilted Yaksmen>
Oh, and by get around them, I meant use < for <
<3
Yoco Feb 22nd 2012 4:22AM
Ah, so logical once you see it - thanks for the info, Icepyro!
Still WTB a new comment system so I could edit the original post :)
Sarabande Feb 22nd 2012 3:34AM
It seems to fit, actually. I think Yaks and Water Buffalos are used in China and other Asian countries, and in fact, I was telling my friend "I think water buffaloes should be their mount." Yaks are fairly close. :D
Since Pandaren are rather stocky, I think a large animal like a Yak would work well, and they would seem to fit in very well with the landscape. Plus, they seem very practical. Pandaren seem like pretty practical people.
StClair Feb 22nd 2012 3:59AM
So, we get a gnu mount with the gnu expansion?
Al Feb 22nd 2012 5:55AM
I gnu you'd say that.
omedon666 Feb 22nd 2012 5:38AM
*Stands with hand on heart*
OUR COUNTRY REEKS OF TREES...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS-qT6o1jls
Snuzzle Feb 22nd 2012 7:44AM
Okay. You not only win all the internets today, but have convinced me there needs to be a WoW guild named in that clip's honor.
Yoco Mar 7th 2012 9:45AM
That episode of the Ren & Stimpy show is what our guild (<The Royal Kilted Yaksmen> on Arathor-EU) *is* already named after, and has been for over 6 years ...
mbeck Feb 22nd 2012 6:39AM
How boring - we've had rams and mammoths as mounts for a long time. These will just look like a very similar combination of the two.
I'd much rather see some sort of steampunkish rocket sled / copter mount. The Chinese were the first to develop explosives and fireworks, etc. so it would fit in with that.
WanderingNomad Feb 22nd 2012 7:17AM
Great....one _more_ large thing to block doorways and mailboxes....*shakes head*
Tri Feb 22nd 2012 9:00AM
Oh boy oh boy oh boy!!
Kitrine Feb 22nd 2012 9:27AM
CUTE!!
His idle animation should be chewing, with green bits sticking out of his mouth. Also, I will constantly want to trim his bangs.
/pat yak
Thal Feb 22nd 2012 9:46AM
My tauren approves this. DO WANT!
Possum Feb 23rd 2012 1:26AM
You know it isn't going to be legal for your Tauren to marry their mount.
Miacoda Feb 22nd 2012 11:30AM
YEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
I was in my college English class when I saw this.
And I squeed.
bilbomoody Feb 22nd 2012 11:41AM
"...something a little more dignified. Like a rickshaw."
0.o
LMAO
Seamus Feb 22nd 2012 12:39PM
Just going to weigh in and say I don't like the big mounts. I didn't like the Northrend Mammoths (aptly named) and from the looks of them, I won't like these. They are too much trouble getting through doorways, they take up too much room on the screen, and they just aren't very pretty. Might not be the most popular of opinions, but figured I'd weigh in.
Bynde Feb 22nd 2012 12:40PM
I once shot a yak in my pajamas.
Deathgore Feb 24th 2012 4:52AM
What was a Yak doing in your pajamas?