A Whole New World......

So a little while ago, Blizzard announced that they were coming out with a new World of Warcraft expansion pack. My first thought was Yay! new stuff! Not that I'm anywhere near being topped out on the current expansion but still. Then they announced Pet Battles. Which I've come to hear is like the old school Pokemon battles only with your pets. Okay that's pretty cool. I like collecting pets and it's a little annoying that they kinda just sit there or follow you. It'll be cool to be able to do something with them.
Today I was talking to my friend Lauren, who I got into playing WoW and she is now way more involved with it then I ever was which I take full pride and credit for, told me that one of the new characters you get to play is a PANDA! Ok techniqually the new race is called a Pandaren but you can be a monk which, I don't know much about yet but it seems that you can be a tank and a healer as one. Which I always like. The expansion is called Mists of Pandaria and I know I'm a few weeks behind here on the excitement of it, but I'm still excited.

You get to start in a brand new starting zone, a brand new world and when you hit a certain level, THAT's where you decided whether to be alliance or horde. It's going to be interesting because you won't know who's with you and who's against you until it's possibly to late. I think going to a new world, is gonna be good. I mean I know Cat came out with new quests and all, but it's going to be nice playing in a world that isn't totally destroyed. Thanks Deathwing.

I was just looking at the racial stats at the Pandaren. First of all, one of them is call Bouncy. I frakking love Blizzard's sense of humor(speaking of which, anyone else get the sonic screwdriver? I refuse to do that quest so I keep the thing.). It basically means that Pandaren's take 50% less falling damage but just to call it Bouncy? Awesome. And another trait is basically a version of the Vulcan Death Grip. But instead of killing it puts the target to sleep when  you touch a secret pressure point on an enemy target, putting it to sleep for 3 seconds. Could definitely be useful. Especially in duels. Heh.

Oh. And the whole world is on the back of a turtle. I don't know why that amuses me so much.

In the new class race as Monk you get to roll, do a spinning crane kick, do damage, defense and healing. I love that. My first WoW character was a Night Elf Priest because I wanted to heal. Well, I realized really fast that that got boring while working in a guild. I tend to run into things. Not as much as some others in the guild(Zamm) but still, it happens. So then I started with a hunter because I love being able to do damage and it's also like having an extra character with you, my cat's name is Merri and she's awsome. Even when Cataclysm let us add other hunting pets, I still pretty much stick with Merri. But then I couldn't heal my friends or myself very well. So I kinda love the being able to do both thing.

I'm going to sign up for the promise to play WoW for a year thing, the new annual contract they started so I can play the beta version when it comes out. People at Blizzcon said it was amazing so I'm willing to try so I don't have to wait until the new expansion's out.

Oh and did I mention? I GET TO BE A PANDA!!!!!

Emily