Although Blizzcon is primarily intended for Blizzard fans, and not for the press, all guests of the exhibition are invariably expected from the hosts of at least some fresh announcements. On the sidelines, talking about possible new products most often crawled to discuss the mysterious Titan project, about which it is only known that it is in development and will be a multi -user RPG. As a result, not a word about the super -secret game again sounded at the exhibition. Instead, Blizzard announced what everyone was waiting for – another addition to World of Warcraft.
Foggy future
Mists of Pandaria , as the developers called the new addon, both expected and absolutely unexpected. With regard to content, the main surprise was to choose a new playable race. She became Pandarins. Many fans of World of Warcraft have long been looking at these straight pands. According to company representatives, they began to receive the first requests for the addition of the Pandarins at the time Burning Crusade. The time has passed since then, and the pleas give fans the opportunity to be in the game with a fat bear-sundoled all did not run exhausted. So their appearance in the list of indigenous people, World of Warcraft looks absolutely logical (and even a little belated).
[[Bullet]] Pandarins are not the only inhabitants of new lands. This is, say, a village of Narodsya called Hoza.
Logical and choosing a new game zone – pandaria. This is a mysterious eastern continent inhabited by Panaren. For thousands of years, he was hidden from human eyes with the help of powerful magic. Pandaria was a real paradise on Earth – a country of balance and harmony. Until the magic has died out, and the first representatives of the Alliance and the Horde did not land on the shores of the blessed continent. They brought with them not only news about what happened in the outside world in the last few centuries, but also hatred of each other, which violated the balance of natural forces. Even Pandarins themselves – peaceful and positive guys – were drawn into an endless war and were forced to choose on whose side to fight.
Pandomania
This, by the way, is a very important point. The fact is that Pandarins are the first in the history of World of Warcraft neutral playable race. The developers, however, say that they were once going to make neutral goblins, but never gathered. The reason for the neutrality of the bears again lies in increased demand for them. “If we made Pandadaren of the Horde race, then before the second coming, mailboxes from alliance letters would be raked from alliance,” explains the game director of World of Warcraft Tom Chilton. – And vice versa. Glotted the bears of the Stormword, we would not have addressed troubles with the Horde. ".
[[Bullet]] Pandaren monk Performing Crane – despite the comic appearance, Pandarins can stand up for themselves and can, for example, do like this. Now imagine in the same pose.
True, the racial affiliation of Pantarenov affected the list of classes available to them. For example, Druids should not be. The authors explain this decision to the absurd simply: "Imagine a bear that suddenly turned … into a bear".
Together with Pandarins, a new class will also appear in World of Warcraft – monks, masters of eastern martial arts. It will differ quite strongly from other classes. So, the monks will not have an automatic attack at all, each new reception will have to be carried out manually, even if it is the easiest basic blow.
[[Bullet]] Initially, monks in World of Warcraft are peaceful creatures, literally obsessed with harmony. But the war even from the lamb is able to make a wolf. Especially if the lamb and so knew fifty -eight ways to kill a person with bare hands.
In addition, the monks will have several tanks with energy at once. The first is the energy of Chi. Its level, as well as the level of mana or rage, is displayed by a strip under the health meter. Spent chi on simple attacks. Those, in turn, accumulate “dark” and “bright energy”, which are necessary to activate more advanced techniques.
The Order of the Big Puse
As the release date of the original WoW is immersed deeper into the abyss of the past, the developers with each addition increase the rates. Starting with the obvious – adding new zones and races to Burning Crusade – they managed to restart the content of the game in Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria promise to completely process many key elements of gameplay.
[[Bullet]] Starting zone Panarenov – a floating island located on the back of a giant turtle. Where and why she floats is still unknown.
The main "victim" of the reformers was, without a doubt, a talent system. If, in previous versions of the game, WoW simply gave out once in a level on a bonus point, which could be spent on one of about a billion perks distributed on three development branches, then after the release of Mists of Pandaria, everything will be completely different.
"How was the pumping in the" classical "wow? – tells Tom. -You made two truly important decisions: you chose the main and additional development branches. And then everything came down to petty questions such as “I should choose this talent, which a little improves one aspect of the character, or there is one that reinforces the other aspect to the same insignificant share”.
Over the years, Blizzard designers have matured that the system must somehow be changed so that the player perceives absolutely every solution about the further development of the hero as a key. Therefore, Mists of Pandaria will have no points and talent ranks. Instead of them, paradise 8 casino the game will offer you to choose one of three fundamental improvements every fifteen levels. According to the developers, rethought talents will make World of Warcraft more interesting, help to finally solve the problem of standard builds and will allow you to create unimaginable hybrids before.
[[Bullet]] inspired by eastern teachings, the developers of Mists of Pandaria seemed to have adopted the Asians not only the stereotypical passion for martial arts. Here in this screenshot, Pandaren takes care of Bonsai. We really hope that this will become a new in -game profession.
“I was one of the people who created the original system, so if someone is attached to it, then this is me,” answers the accusations of excessive “simplification” of the game and advises everyone first to try Mists of Pandaria in the case, and only then put her verdict. – The same thing happened when we changed the game before the release of Cataclysm. We were also told that the talent system supposedly “became too simple”, but it seems to me that all changes – for the better and make World of Warcraft more interesting ”.
On a short leash
Blizzard left another curious innovation for a snack for those who did not have time to surge from the main announcement. Manual animals in World of Warcraft over the years. Penguins, white bears, robots – who just did not trample the Earth Wow side on the side with the players. But so far these creatures did not have any real application. Unless to demonstrate to all others that the owner of the pet was sober enough to log in to the game on the New Year or on the next birthday of World of Warcraft. Mists of Pandaria will change and this. Pets will finally get out of the master's shadow and at least for a couple of minutes to become real heroes of the show.
[[Bullet]] about how new zones look, you can compose poems. It is amazing how Blizzard manages to squeeze such a picture from a decrepit engine.
“Almost all” pets available in the game will be able to participate in step -by -step battles. Moreover, they will have different abilities and properties, which over time can be improved. In addition, “wild” pets will appear in WOW, on which it will be possible to hunt and, with a certain luck, add to your menagerie. Especially for the convenience of future hunters, Blizzard promises to introduce a special encyclopedia into the game, where all varieties of military animals, their habitats and habits will be described. The latter included in the list for a reason, but because some animals leave the den, for example, only at night, while others – only in the rain, like worms. The new system will not influence the main gameplay (the developers themselves describe it as “parallel”).
Developers World of Warcraft even a little sorry. On the one hand, they just have to come up with something unexpected over and over again, compose some new moves in order to avoid accusations of self-citing and continue to surprise fans. On the other hand, any more or less serious changes will inevitably meet a sharply negative reaction of some of the wow fans.
Nevertheless, it seems to us personally that with her whole biography, Blizzard deserved a little trust. These are people who themselves are very careful about innovation and are in no hurry to swing the boat. And most importantly – these are very talented and experienced people who still have not disappointed us. Therefore, even if the pandas seem stupid to you, and the new talent system is perceived as a disaster … do not rush.
We are talking about any other company, we would also take many news about Mists of Pandaria skeptical, and we would have answered with laughter at the announcement of the fighting system for pets (it is too reminiscent of the Pokemon series). But this is Blizzard. A company that seems to simply not know how not to keep the brand.