Re: Pandaren (And other stuff about the upcoming expansion)

by **Flo** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:49 pm

There.. are actually Ninja Pandaren. There's an entire dungeon centered around kicking Sha out of their fortress monastery.

by **Thelos** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:50 pm

Ninja =/= Martial Arts =/= Fortress Monestaries.

by **Gesh** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:51 pm

Who really gives a shit? :l

I mean, were just gonna be roleplaying them. it's not like were gonna need to double-check in case our imagined actions are historically inaccurate!

by **Kristeas Sunbinder** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:52 pm

Flo wrote:There.. are actually Ninja Pandaren. There's an entire dungeon centered around kicking Sha out of their fortress monastery.

Sha aren't "ninja's".

Spoiler:

Vectoria wrote:Who really gives a shit? :l

I mean, were just gonna be roleplaying them. it's not like were gonna need to double-check in case our imagined actions are historically inaccurate!

Would it be lorelol if people play ninja pandas but there are no ninja pandas in the lore?

by **Dréfurion** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:54 pm

there's this ninja place/fortress/school/monastery (very unninja) that's infested with Sha,

We are expected to roundhouse kick them out.

by **Gesh** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:55 pm

To be frank, were getting Pandarian rogues. Surely that's enough ninja? Most people roleplay rogues as ninjas.. for example. They're is very little difference.

by **Flo** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:56 pm

Pandaren (And other stuff about the upcoming expansion) - Page 14 Shado-pan_Monastery_Concept

The Shado-pan Monastery was the second announced 5-man dungeon of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. Located in Kun-Lai Summit, this mountain retreat serves as the home and training grounds of the mysterious Shado-pan Clan, a ninja-like pandaren faction dedicated to protecting Pandaria. Again, the Sha have been set free and threaten the Shado-pan's base of operations, and you’re tasked with dispatching them.

Interpret as you wish.

by **Kristeas Sunbinder** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:56 pm

Drefurion wrote:there's this ninja place/fortress/school/monastery (very unninja) that's infested with Sha,

We are expected to roundhouse kick them out.

Tao Monastery/Shaolin Monastery?

Pandaren really have that Tao vibe.

by **Dréfurion** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:59 pm

Kristeas Sunbinder wrote:
Drefurion wrote:there's this ninja place/fortress/school/monastery (very unninja) that's infested with Sha,

We are expected to roundhouse kick them out.

Tao Monastery/Shaolin Monastery?

Are they Ninja monestaries? I though they weren't, but Im not an expert.. I just know they have their own martial arts, ninjitsu..

I think they didn't actually have monestaries.. Since ninjadom is not based in any sort of religious context

by **Lyniath** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:03 pm

This gets sillier every day.

by **Swan Emperor Arenfel** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:05 pm

Lyniath wrote:This gets sillier every day.

Thank you, we got the picture after your twentieth post.

by **Kristeas Sunbinder** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:05 pm

Tao and Shaolin monasteries both have martial arts. The difference being that Shaolin has buddhist roots and tao, well, have taoism. As I understand it buddhist seeks the end of all suffering in becoming nothing, where taoism is about becoming one with everything (and taoism let's you become immortal, sustaining yourself on water vapor only).
Tao monasteries also come with alchemy, some parts buddhism, feng shui, cooking, spiritual alchemy, medicine, astrology and qigong (practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation).

And i'm not quite sure on that, but japanese shinto has some chinese roots, mostly in naming. And buddhism move there after it got to china.

by **Drustai** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:07 pm

Mikhael wrote:
Lyniath wrote:This gets sillier every day.

Thank you, we got the picture after your twentieth post.

by **Gesh** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:09 pm

I can't wait to see the PVP and PVE tier sets Very Happy

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by Guest Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:16 pm

Indeed, it does get sillier every day;

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/204066/pandas-cant-talk-to-each-other-why

They should just do away with the language barrier already.

by **Gesh** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:19 pm

To be honest, I would rather the language barrier existed, even if it didn't make much plausible sense. Mainly because I feel like the random 90 Human paladin ganking my leveling orc monk, shouldn't have the chance to explain in detail: Over my corpse, why my mother has her legs open like a donation jar...

: (

Msn is only an alt-tab away for roleplayers.

by **Kristeas Sunbinder** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:21 pm

Cirenae wrote:Indeed, it does get sillier every day;

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/204066/pandas-cant-talk-to-each-other-why

They should just do away with the language barrier already.

Pandaren (And other stuff about the upcoming expansion) - Page 14 Epic-jackie-chan-template

You/your family has lived with other pandaren for thousands of years, but after x days you can't understand half of the other pandaren?

Edit:
*eyes* There are a few monk npc's, them being 2 types of scarlets and one argent.

by **Dréfurion** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:24 pm

What happened to Arthas's body? What happened to Illidan's body? What about Kael'thas?
It is likely we will bring Illidan back, not so much for Kael'thas, he already had his come back. Arthas's body is somewhere but we don't really know where.

Atleast they are bringing Illidan back!

by **Lyniath** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:25 pm

Bringing Illidan back = out of new villains.

by **Gesh** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:25 pm

They should really remove the language barrier but give an option for it to " turned on " if you so wish it.

by **erwtenpeller** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:26 pm

Dude whatever it's a game-mechanical limitation, deal with it :/

Gameplay will and should always come before flavour.

EDIT: I would like to see the barrier go though. In fact, I would like there to be in-game methods of learning languages. But if blizzard feels that is not the right place to take their game, they won't. You have to remember, us roleplayers are only a teensie tiny bit of the wow audience. Majority comes first.

by **Gesh** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:31 pm

I promised myself I wouldn't get into expansion hype, for a number of reasons.

Currently I am writing up a back story for my female orc monk and considering reactivating my account, just so I can play her " training " until the expansion launches. Oh dear, why Vec. WHY!?

by **Kristeas Sunbinder** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:32 pm

Of all the monk npc's, the auchenai monk looks the most like the MoP monk.
However the Argent Monk has Divine Shield Very Happy

by Guest Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:36 pm

There's MMOs without languange barriers and FFA pvp. You even share public channels with the dudes that tries to gank you, and flaming (which is what Blizzard seems to be so scared of) is a non-issue in those.

It's just completely non-sensical when every NPC from both factions seems to cross-communicate just fine in their mid-western US accents.

by **Drustai** Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:41 pm

Vectoria wrote:To be honest, I would rather the language barrier existed, even if it didn't make much plausible sense. Mainly because I feel like the random 90 Human paladin ganking my leveling orc monk, shouldn't have the chance to explain in detail: Over my corpse, why my mother has her legs open like a donation jar...

: (

You get shit talk and harassment from your own faction, too. And there's always /ignore. The cross-faction communication barrier is retarded and pointless.

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