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by Alex Ziebart 
Mar 26th 2012 at 11:00AM
The beta does not currently allow questing on Pandaria, and it is driving me batty. It's so close! Let me quest, dang it!
bethontheharbor asked:
So has anyone bothered to get shots of the Theramore area, or is it blocked off. I haven't seen anything from that town posted anywhere.
Theramore hasn't changed at all yet, so there's nothing to see.
Goarther asked:
How much content has been added to the beta since the version that was playable at the press event?
The current beta build appears to be the same build we were playing with at the press event, but Blizzard's locked it down more heavily since then. At the presser, we were able to quest in Pandaria, but that entire continent is currently off limits in beta. Players' being able to access that continent in the first 24 hours of the beta was considered a bug, and you can't get there anymore. Temple of the Jade Serpent and Stormstout Brewery were both playable at the press event, but those have been disabled in the beta as well.
So ... as far as we know, there hasn't been any content added since the presser. There is actually less content available for testing.
direbadgercvlry asked:
Any word on new hunter tames yet?
As readers mentioned yesterday, the beta hasn't progressed quite that far yet. The continent of Pandaria isn't open yet, and the pandaren newbie zone doesn't let you tame anything. When Pandaria opens up, though, I expect you'll be able to take the new tigers, porcupines, and possibly cranes. I'm sure there are other things in there to tame as well, but we simply haven't gotten that far yet.
riley asked:
So which is it? Pand-a-ria or Pand-o-ria? I keep hearing both?
Well, there is definitely no "o" anywhere in the name Pandaria. It's name after pandas and not the Greek mythology figure Pandora. Suzaku supplied the simplest pronunciation guide yesterday, I think: "pand area" like "land area."
ejunk asked:
any indication as to where pandas are dropped off following the starting area?
If you choose Alliance, you get dropped off directly outside of Stormwind. If you choose Horde, you get dropped off atop a tower in Orgrimmar.
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Reader Comments (Page 10 of 10)
Shinae Mar 26th 2012 6:36PM
Look again. It should be "chi" energy, not "sha" energy.
Also, /envy.
PocketFox Mar 27th 2012 12:32AM
It definitely says "sha energy" on the tooltip though. Has it been confirmed somewhere that that's a typo and I just missed it?
Dastalis Mar 26th 2012 6:57PM
So are the gates of SW back to normal now that Deathwing is dead and gone?
willdurandblack Mar 26th 2012 7:37PM
pretty basic: how do we get to and from pandaria?
Noyou Mar 26th 2012 10:13PM
Don't think we will find out until they open up the 86-90 zones.
Noselacri Mar 26th 2012 7:58PM
q4tq:
How big are Pandaren? I've seen plenty of beta videos, but I never see Pandaren standing next to other playable races.
Spiff Mar 26th 2012 10:43PM
Question: I played a panda up through having to choose a side, and I'm not sure exactly why I was forced to choose a side in the first place. After saving the turtle island, it seemed to go like this: "hey, thanks for saving the turtle. Boy, those strangers are weird, huh? Better go see the Master", and then the Master says, "Boy, weird times, huh? Time to choose a side". Then they kick you off the island forever.
Shouldn't there have been a third option on the choose screen? One that said, "wave goodbye to the strangers and go back to what you were doing".
What was the actual reason the Master said you had to pick sides and leave the island?
mrespman Mar 26th 2012 11:47PM
Question for the queue: I hear all this stuff about the item squish/mega damage, but I've never understood why we need 200k hp. Why was the huge jump needed in Cataclysm? Why not just go with the same logarithmic curve as Vanilla -> BC -> Wrath? Why do we need to jump from 30k to 60k to 90k base hp from level 81-85? I haven't found an answer why that jump was even originally needed. Why not when Pandaria comes out, put the Cata stats like they were supposed to be, and let Pandaria stats expand into what Cata stats are now?
Morgatho Mar 27th 2012 12:13AM
Q4tQ: Am I the only one that is checking there Battle.net account in hopes that I got into the MoP beta?
Morgatho Mar 27th 2012 12:19AM
Every morning and night that is.
VioletArrows Mar 27th 2012 12:40AM
Definitely not. I'd doubt it even if you said every 10 minutes. :p Though I'm not one of them. I've got other stuff to work on.
ajblighton2009 Mar 27th 2012 2:47AM
Q4tQ: Will you be doing all new class 101 guides when Pandacraft drops? I'm a little hesitant to level a new toon in the next xpac and some of the other sites are less helpful.
privatemct Mar 27th 2012 9:02AM
Question for the Queue: I've often seen disagreement between the downtime posted in the Last Week in WoW column and my WoW login screen. Today is a great example - Last Week in WoW says "Downtime today is scheduled for 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. PDT.", while my WoW client says "We will be performing rolling restarts for all realms beginning at 5:00 AM PDT. Each realm should be affected no more than 15 minutes, with all restarts completing within approximately one hour." What gives?
rav Mar 27th 2012 9:25AM
Q for the Q:
Has there been any mentioning at all anywhere regarding cross-realm heirlooms? Understandably, this isn't a priority issue...but since we only know of 1 additional character slot being given to us thus far, cross-realm heirlooms would still be a fantastic addition.