NEW: Content, Style and Direction. The game has been played for the same way as the system keeps repeating and repeating the same old routine system in each and every expansion that the game has offered in the past. Players face their known and targeted enemies with the goal of killing them and keeping the realm of Azeroth to its pedestal of safety. With this new expansion, the old systematic routine is scratched off. A different route has set forth for players to enjoy the quest of slaying unknown foes and even discovering the adventures that lay ahead of them to embark. Plus, in order to give a more realistic and thrilling environmental content, the system developers of Blizzard Entertainment have reached the depths of the Eastern scenery and encapsulated it into the magnificent graphics of the game. A breathtaking visual is to be expected with this new expansion.

NEW: Talent System, Race and Class. The game content takes the players in a whole new universe of the franchise. It introduces the new race of the Pandarens which later discover the class of the Monks and travel across the nine dangerous new dungeons. The new expansion also offers a three revamped of the old ones and new raid content on deck. Last but not the least, the system developers have come to change the talent tree system into the all new Talent 2.0 which gives the players more freedom to develop their characters as they please.

NEW: Pet Battle System and Challenge Mode Dungeons. The old and avid players of the franchise are starting to complain at being bored in running through the same old five man dungeons in order to gear up their individual characters. Hence, the developers would like to please the players, whether old or new, with the challenge mode dungeon system that gives them the adventure of a complete normalized gear on hand and the attempt to clear it up as quickly as possible. Plus, the latest craze of pet battle system which follows the same idea of the Pokemon games gives the players the amusement of playing a game within a game itself. Not to mention the chance to roam around Azeroth and collecting pets to gear up for their battles.

A New Year requires a refreshing change from the world and the gaming universe is not spared from such dynamic growth, including the World of Warcraft. Whether this is good or bad bold move from Blizzard Entertainment, we shall know how it will keep its reign after its expected released date in the second quarter of 2012. The question now is will you return to the World of Warcraft and traverse through realm of the Mist of Pandaria or will you forever keep WOW locked safely in your memory? Think it slow and share us your thoughts.

Street has revealed that the past expansions of the WOW have been quite difficult for them to handle most especially when seeing the part of each expansion in the very eyes of the players themselves. In order for a particular franchise to not lose its wit, fun and excitement, a well balanced gaming system should be integrated perfectly. For such game plan, Street said that they try as much as possible to listen to the WOW buffs from the different parts of the world.

There was one instance in which a particular veteran of WOW has pointed out the story content’s difficulty levels in the Wrath of the Liche King are quite easy to be figured out living the characters of the game a fast growth in their developmental milestone. For the players, an easy content playing field is a swift way out and fast end of the game. The characters has lost the ability to be fully tamed and grow at their own in each and every level due to their “easy configuration” content. Hence, the difficulty levels in Cataclysm were raised into another notch of difficulty. In the end, the veteran players still complained that the latest expansion was too difficult for them to move on to the next level and episode of the story which gave them more tortured time and kept them worn out to finish the game. So, here comes Street introducing a new well balanced difficulty level content for the Mist of Pandaria.

This newest version of the WOW franchise still presents the grave difficulty within the game mechanics but they would have a certain skill level leverage from where the game would adapt around them. In such way, the players are given more flexibility to exhaust their powers to finish a certain level yet have a sense of fun accomplishment in the end. Developments are seen to fit rightly into this new expansion to bring forth the favors of both the veterans and beginner players of the franchise. Reaching out to many players as much as possible and keeping them happy at both ends of the game gives Blizzard Entertainment a great achievement and World of Warcraft the pride to reign over the other online games out there.

With the latest version of the WOW franchise was being first introduced by the Blizzard Entertainment developers to the world during the BlizzardConn 2011, there were more eyebrows raised rather than painted smiles from both the avid fanatics of the gaming world and from the skeptics and enemies alike. It is as if the suspense thrill and dynamic powerful strength of the franchise that people were getting giddy when playing the game has crash down and became the laughing stock of the century. This is viewed by, if not all of Blizzard’s enemies, all of the online game addictive fans out there. Blizzard has truly put the seriousness of the game’s seven year power and authority over the gaming world into one hell of comical act by presenting “Po the Panda” into their 2012 screen. This is such a 360 degree – turnaround move coming from the developers of the so – called “great” Blizzard Entertainment. At this very moment, the arch-rivals of the franchise are getting together and raising their champagne glass for its downfall from the gaming world chart.

On the other side of the “defense attorneys” of the WOW develops – namely the few hopeful analysts and avid fans, such bold move points out to one fact: the World of Warcraft is expanding its realm to cater almost all personalities of their players. Change is needed and is permanent in the world. Such move is a win – win situation both for the franchise developers and the players alike. Players seek the gaming realm in order to relive their life through the game’s story and incorporate their personal lives into the characters themselves. Expanding the franchise into a new unknown territory gives the players that chance to explore a deeper new world and with the mighty panda on board, even their characteristics would grow into their loosely fit self and be more of themselves yet retaining a powerful energy to fight the battles in the Mist of Pandaria. As they say, in with the new and out with the old. On the other hand, the developers would attract more types of player and this would increase their market sales.

The positive and negative auras are at play when the Mist of Pandaria is put into the limelight. Whatever the multiple players’ opinions are the developers stick to the plan and are proud of it. Also, they have attested that the graphical, powerful tool and mechanisms of a great story genre are well kept intact in order for the base players to still enjoy that great adventure that they have loved and gave the franchise its popular reign over the whole gaming world. With these being said, I ask you now, will Mist of Pandaria drown or soar the realm of WoW in the year of the water dragon? Say your peace and be free of the burden.

However, the release of The Mists of Pandaria is not the only event that ever gamer and player is looking forward to. There is also the BlizzCon 2012. This annual convention for players and gamers who all love World of Warcraft has been held every fall. In fact, the first ever annual convention of the BlizzCon started on 2005. And, it has never failed to hold this annual convention ever since it started except in 2006.

However, Blizzard Entertainment has just announced that there will be no convention this year. Blizzard explained that due to jam packed schedule, BlizzCon has been cancelled for this year. With the upcoming new release of the newest expansion pack, The Mists of Pandaria, for World of Warcraft and all the other upcoming events and activities that will be hold in the later part of the year, maybe Blizzard thought that it would be best to focus on these things first.

It may sound disappointing to countless players, gamers and fans of the World of Warcraft for having heard of the cancellation of the BlizzCon. However, Blizzard has said that there are still other major gaming tournaments and other great events for them to look forward to. The cancellation may be disappointing and devastating for some people who have been waiting for annual convention. But, the brighter side of it is that there are a number of upcoming events and activities to expect.

Blizzard Entertainment developers are towing the new expansion of WOW: Mist of Pandaria into its game brain garage to give it an overhaul. Greg Street, the lead systems developer, said so himself. Such bold move of introducing an expansion and new system to deal with will give the WOW players the opportunity to experience a new leeway as the story of the game goes along. According to Steet, the developers had a fun time in redeveloping and providing a rehash on one of the most essential pieces of the World of Warcraft game. In order to accomplish such changes, the lead systems developer himself asks the players their complaints on how the WOW franchise was played and made for the past seven years and these data are used to generate a new game development plan for such new expansion.

In the event of introducing to the world the Mist of Pandria, which clearly appeals to more casual players unlike the old avid serious battle minded WOW players, the developers had to dig deeper into removing the complexities of the old system and infiltrated the game with a new system of the talent tree. Such changes were more pointed out to the issues of unlocking and points investments to customize the talents every second level. Out with the old and definitely in with the new. The newer system works in the players favor as they now can choose from a more streamlined collection of tree talents every 15 levels which give the more customization power and character development ability. Street pointed out that such bold move from their new system would surely keep the new expansion in a well balanced and fun environment for all to enjoy.

The new version of the WOW franchise, Mist of Pandaria, was set to be released in the second quarter of this year. People are trending this topic for almost a month now since it was exposed during the BlizzardConn 2011. Truly, the expansion is giving a new look to the whole franchise. Whether it will be a good or bad result, people would forever remember that the World of Warcraft reigned and still reining the online gaming world.

There are also some noticeable changes that this fourth expansion pack, The Mists of Pandaria, has to offer to the public. It has a new race which is known as the Pandaren. This new race is actually described as one character that resembles panda. Blizzard Entertainment has already explained as to why the Pandaren resembles pandas.

Blizzard Entertainment wants to compete and challenge the players in other countries especially in China. The company has found out that there are an increasing number of players and fanatics in this side of the world. In order to market to the growing population, Blizzard came up with the idea to characterize the new race with those familiar and common to the place. Hence, the new race, the Pandaren, has a common distinction with the pandas that are only found in China.

Another noticeable thing that is available in the Mists of Pandaria is the new talent system that every player will face in the World of Warcraft. The new talent system 2.0 is actually far different from the old one. However, the new talent system is greatly simplified. In fact, in the brand new priest talent tree, there are truly some noticeable changes that will greatly impact the characters.

There are even reviews that support the big changes in the World of Warcraft, The Mists of Pandaria. It has more real choices compared to the old talent trees. In fact, in every tier of the talent tree, there are some valid choices that truly make a character think hard as to what he wants. There are even some valid control options, healing options, DPS options and a whole lot more. With this wide array of choices, it just shows that a character can be easily build up by considering every talent option in every stage or tier in The Mists of Pandaria.

Skepticism held the minds of both fanatics and foes of Blizzard Entertainment’s flag ship franchise. Many even laughed at such move of introducing the story of Kung Fu Panda’s Po into the gaming world renowned realm of Azeroth. Surely, Po is a cute and cuddly character as these new race of Pandarens are seen, but with such character on deck, the flag ship would definitely sink to the depths of the online game ocean filled with sharks. Critics have called the BlizzConn 2011 as April Fool’s day when it reached to the topic of the new expansion. But for the developers of the franchise, this bold move and new character race are well thought and developed seriously that would make you eat your accusing words at the end of the game’s amazing adventure.

Blizzard Entertainment’s lead developer Chris Metzen shares that these cuddly Pandas are not to be taken lightly as such race play a vital role and pivotal climax to the whole franchise’s future stories to come. In fact the Pandarens’ race have been quite integrated into the lore and history of Azeroth. The Isles of Pandaria would give rise to vital facts of the World of Warcraft as the story of Azeroth starts to heat up.

The creation of every Pandaren was scrutinized carefully with graphics being developed for almost five years before revealing that perfect image of the race that would bring a new wave and adventure to the story of the World of Warcraft. The franchise’s developers have thought all these things through and seriously as a person would treat a heart attack. In fact, the negative and joke criticisms thrown over the new expansion has amused the developers and they see it as a positive feedback.

As people start sharing their concerns over the new franchise, it gets to show how well loved the game of World of Warcraft is. So, Blizzard Entertainment developers tell you to hold off all judgments until you play and finish the game yourself by the second quarter of 2012. Truth be told, Metzen believes that this expansion would be the best one that would hit the World of Warcraft and would keep it reining over the other online games in the world. Trust the game as it trust that you would give justice to it as you play along the race of Pandarens within the adventures set out of you in the World of Warcraft of Mist of Pandaria.

The new race which is the Pandaren is being introduced in The Mists of Pandaria. This new race actually resembles pandas. There is also a new class, the Monk class, which is considered as a hybrid class. This new class, the Monk, can perform various activities such as tanking to DPS and even healing. These new features are some of the noticeable changes that are incorporated in the new expansion pack for World of Warcraft.

Aside from the new race, the Pandaren, and the new class, the Monk, there are also other revealing and exciting features in the Mists of Pandaria. One of these new features is that the new expansion pack has a new talent tree set up and class specific talents. In The Mists of Panderia, a player can pick a certain tree and actually go down it. This function is not available in the previous expansion packs.

In addition, with the new expansion pack, a player has now 18 different talents wherein in each tier, three are made available. In the previous expansion packs, a player has the choice to pick the talents which best suit him. So, this means that in every fifteen levels of the game, a player can pick up a talent but he can get a whole lot more passive abilities due to having various talent points that he used to have while playing the game. Also, the Mists of Pandaria has six new zones which have different and new dungeons and raids that a player can conquer and explore.

There are some people who are wondering about Mists of Pandaria. There are new characters involve which actually resembles pandas. Also, the fourth expansion introduces martial arts which some people call a strange choice. There are several reviews claiming and stating that this new expansion of the World of Warcraft is something not expected. It is a new direction for the game especially with its new characters, race and martial arts.

However, Blizzard Entertainment is releasing the fourth expansion with some reasons as to why it is featuring some strange and odd choices. The new expansion is actually not designed to market the old subscribers. Blizzard explains that the company is aiming at two separate and distinct target markets. One of the markets is China. It has been proven that China has a huge gaming scene and market. However, the gamers within China are more focus on traditional and cultural scenes. This means that Western gaming options are not totally welcomed in the China market.

That is why, Blizzard is incorporating the new changes in the fourth expansion with the panda resemblance and with martial arts. There may be some people who are skeptical about the changes. But, Blizzard remains strong and stringent that the China market is increasing and developing. Hence, time will tell whether the fourth expansion lives up to its expectation.

When a person logs in to the World of Warcraft, he is required to create his own character. There are actually two opposing sides which a person can choose from. He can choose whether for Alliance or for Horde. The Alliance comprises of the typically good side or race. On the other hand, the Horde comprises of the bad or evil race.

A person can choose as a Draenei, Dwarf, Gnome, Human, Night Elf, or Worgen as a member of the Alliance. With the release of the fourth expansion, Mists of Pandaria, a person can also choose as a Pandaren. As a member of the Horde, a person can choose as a Blood Elf, Goblin, Orc, Tauren, Troll, Undead and even Pandaren.

After a person chooses his race and member, he is then required to choose his class which is kind of like a job title. The class determines how the person plays the game. With the release of the Mists of Pandaria, there are now 11 classes which include Death Knight, Druid, Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior, Warlock, and Monk.

These are actually the steps in which a person can create his own character in the World of Warcraft. But, there are truly more surprises and exciting features of the game. In fact, after creating and choosing a race, member and class, a person can now start with his quest and Warcraft adventure.