As many gamers may have already heard, Blizzard has released the expansion for their World of Warcraft franchise. The Asian themed “Mists of Pandaria” brings the player through a completely revamped Azeroth and a lot of new fun content.
Many think the game is targeting a more casual audience. Every class does more damage than ever before. Healing is made easier, tanking holds more threat, and DPS (Damage per Second) classes deal more damage. This is through the specializations of classes.
The spells have been filtered, and every role has more of the spells they need. Area of Effect looting has been put into the game, allowing a player to make easier money than before. Achievements, pets, and mounts are now bound to account. No matter which toon (character) players are on, they can show off their latest achievements, mounts and pets.
The battle tag system allows players to see which of their StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft friends are online. With this, Blizzard also featured the cross-realm zones. Now players can play with people from a different realm.
The talents have been revamped, divided into 6 levels, which players unlock every 15 levels. Players have 3 talent branches for each class. They can spend 1 talent point into one of the 3 branches per level. Each of the branches has their own benefits, and they all are equally beneficial.
To make everyone’s lives easier, Blizzard implemented automatic spell learning. This saves the players a lot of time. In the past players would have to find a trainer and learn the spells. Another addition for relaxing is pet battles. The players can relax between leveling or when they maxed out by pet battles.
The mechanics for this game work very similarly to Pokémon for Nintendo game consoles.
“I love the pet battle system and Pandaria is beautiful. Haven’t raided or anything though, so can’t comment on that.” – Starisa (Reddit Commenter)
A new race, the Pandaren has been introduced. In short, they are Pandas. They love food, and fight for what they think is worth fighting for.
The monk is also an addition to the expansion. It’s a class that works as a hybrid. They can tank, heal, and DPS.
“Best original storyline to date.” – Mdawgkill (Reddit Commenter)
“Best expansion blizzard have released up until now, can’t say for the entire expansion, but if they keep it in the line they’ve set, it will make Tbc pale in my eyes!” – Matarack (Goblin Priest- Draenor EU)
This is definitely the best expansion by Blizzard so far. The game has progressed, and they are trying to bring people from different realms together. The new content is worth seeing, and takes some time to go through. I recommend this game for any MMORPG player, and am totally looking forward to future patches and expansions.