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by Alex Ziebart 
Mar 12th 2012 at 11:00AM
At this time tomorrow, I'll be headed to California for the Mists of Pandaria press event. By this time next week, you'll know everything I know. Get excited, people.
@Thyz asked:
How far along do you think Blizz is with Mists and what will they show this week? Alpha stage? Beta stage?
I would say beta. If there has been (or will be) alpha testing at all, it has been smaller and more exclusive than it ever has been before. Blizzard alpha tests tend to be as leaky as a faucet, so holding an extended alpha tends to be self-defeating. Everything in that alpha should be under NDA, but one way or another, that stuff ends up in front of the public anyway. I think the entire point of this press event is to get everything to the public in a clean, presentable way, and then move into a beta.
I'm sure Blizzard will show quite a bit. It's about that time for it.
smartazjb0y asked:
What exactly is the main reason for Worgen/Goblin not being monks? If it's really just that they don't want to add in animations for the new races, will there be Worgen/Goblin monks perhaps somewhere down the line, next expansion or after?
If I remember correctly, Blizzard did that for population balancing purposes. Worgen and goblins were the hot new thing in Cataclysm. It doesn't want worgen and goblin to continue being the hot new thing in Mists of Pandaria. If they were, those two races would outpace everybody else as far as population goes. Blizzard wants the focus on the pandaren to give those guys a chance.
I might be talking out of my butt there, but I'm pretty sure that's what was said at BlizzCon.
johan asked:
any news about the WoW movie?
None.
Nefrench asked:
Q4theQ: I'm living in the US but I want to play on EU servers. I know I need to buy a game code and time card because the EU Blizzard site rejects my US payment. Where can I but an EU time card and game code online legally?
I'm not European so I'm not hip on all of the European retailers, but that's where I would go first -- whatever the equivalent of Best Buy is over there. Hopefully, our commenters can help out with that. Otherwise, there's always Amazon. Amazon.co.uk seems to have exactly what you're looking for, assuming the PEGI 12+ rating on that time card accurately indicates that it's a WoW EU game card. Of course, both of those solutions are probably physical delivery, and you're looking for a code and not a card. Again, not being European, I honestly don't know what vendors are best for that, and hopefully our readers can help out in the comments.
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Reader Comments (Page 5 of 9)
Marbles Mar 12th 2012 11:31AM
Simply put, don't choose those questions to answer.
Failing that, a generic "wait X more days" will cover it, though would be more teasing than strictly warranted.
Peebers Mar 12th 2012 11:32AM
trolls
Ilmyrn Mar 12th 2012 11:33AM
Most improved: Hopefully human males.
Least improved: Probably Blood Elves. Both genders still look great and animate well.
Shinae Mar 12th 2012 11:36AM
Humans have the most room for improvement.
razion Mar 12th 2012 11:52AM
As much as I love my troll, I understand that it is currently one of the least-played races in the game (despite the recent addition of druids). I really hope that if they manage to do an overhaul for trolls, that they consider putting in shoes. I've known a *lot* of people over the years who say more or less, "I'd play a troll, but I just can't stand not having boots below the ankles," or, "the feet are ugly," or, "I don't like staring at the feet," and so and so forth. Most of all, however, they need to put in a bigger variety of facial expressions. I've also heard from a lot of people that they don't play trolls because there seems to be only one or two good facial options (and the same can be said of dwarfs).
Although trolls seem to need the biggest upgrade... I'd really put my vote to Gnomes. They get so much abuse from the community, I'd really just like to see them get a bad-ass model so they wouldn't get so much hate.
Pyromelter Mar 12th 2012 1:04PM
Wow Insider has a history of having access to early information, and not publishing it due to NDA's and similar legal as well as reputational issues. There are people at wow insider that have connections inside of Blizzard, and I believe they would like to maintain those connections on good-standing - as well as not wanting to deal with cease and desist letters.
Wow insider could also choose to keep certain members of their editorial staff blind to the happenings at the blizzard press event, and have those staffers be the ones that answer the Queue for that week. That way they wouldn't have any information to disseminate.
Noyou Mar 12th 2012 2:32PM
Simple. Alex is the only one going. Alex is also the editor in chief, so ultimately he will be making sure nothing gets slipped out. As Pyro sated, WoW Insider has always been professional when it comes to handling their business. I expect no less here. I would imagine the staff will all get the info as soon as possible so they can begin writing up their pieces.
Maymer Mar 12th 2012 11:17AM
Alright folks, I have a fun question for everyone.
What do YOU all hope will be announced/shown/demonstrated through the art of interpretive dance at tomorrow's press release?
Do you want to see the new faction mounts, dance, zone details?
Maybe more on how the monk class will work, or greater detail on the talent calculator?
I personally am hoping they reveal updated character models for all the Pre-Cata races myself. That, along with a date for beta invites (the sooner the better), and showing us some of the new mounts (come on flying nimbus cloud!)
Zachariahs Mar 12th 2012 11:27AM
Anything and everything monk related. Everything else is gravy.
Ilmyrn Mar 12th 2012 11:31AM
I'm not terribly excited about monks. I'm sure they'll be fun, but I've just never really connected with the martial artist archetype in RPGs.
Since I'll probably be playing my Paladin as main in Mists, I'm most excited about new character models.
Shinae Mar 12th 2012 11:41AM
My most-anticipated topics:
1. New character models.
2. Monk mechanics.
3. Plans for professions.
razion Mar 12th 2012 11:46AM
I'm hoping for updated talent info, personally. If only to put off the inevitable flood of monk info--I want the the new class to feel as fresh as possible when they come out, and I also want to see what the Shaman's lv90 talent options are going to be (among other things). From what I've seen of both iterations of the talent systems thus far, it really looks like they're making a positive overhaul for Moonkin, who look like they could actually start to be more viable in the PvP market now, and any updated information to affirm my hopes that this design will continue to launch will make me incredibly happy to pull my druid out of relative Moonkin retirement.
Luotian Mar 12th 2012 12:17PM
Um...hunter stuff, for sure. I want to know what they plan for pet hit/miss/parry and pet talents, because that stuff is extremely important to me.
I want to know when Beta is going to start and how it is going to work.
I'm still not sold on the idea that there will be updated models, although I would *love* to see that. If it does happen I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Otherwise...whatever I get I'll take and happily.
coville Mar 12th 2012 1:15PM
Dates!
MoP beta date. D3 release date. Estimated MoP release time frame.
I would love dates to mark on calendar and count down to.
Noyou Mar 12th 2012 2:36PM
Confirmation that we will get X number of character slots per server. Whether it be 1 or 40. Also, any info on professions (new things to make).
dominicbrtn Mar 12th 2012 11:18AM
Re- US on a EU server. I would look at paypal for doing the transaction saves on shipping etc
spectres Mar 12th 2012 11:28AM
Two questions.
Why doesn't Blizzard tell us when they have scrapped ideas like the movie and the dance studio?
Second, I play on a starter account and when I hit 100 in a profession a message pops up telling me that I have reached the max level for a tarter edition, but then it continues to let me get points. I have cooking skill 108, and next to it is a message that says "Starter Edition cap 100." What is the deal with that?
Mycroft Mar 12th 2012 11:36AM
For the second, without the extra detail I would immediately guess maybe you're a race that starts out with an automatic bonus to a profession, like blood elves and enchanting, or tauren and herbalism, but the cooking I have no idea on. The other ones don't count your racial bonus, so a blood elf could reach 110 enchanting, even though the "limit" is 100.
Shinae Mar 12th 2012 12:00PM
I wouldn't count the Warcraft movie as "scrapped." The script is just taking a really long time, and they need that before production starts.
Pyromelter Mar 12th 2012 1:17PM
As far as I know, Blizzard has only ever truly scrapped one thing in it's history, and that was the Starcraft: Ghost game.
Other than that, things you hear about from many years ago often end up being implemented. Also, consider how long it took for the sequel to starcraft, as well as the upcoming sequel to Diablo. Blizz is sort of the embodiment of taking your time to get things right.
I mean heck, they are a couple of years in for development of Titan, and we still don't know jack squat about it.