Oct 21, 2011
Blizzcon is now underway and everyone is eager to see what Blizzard has in store for us. Sadly all of this no longer matters as Blizzard released information about their plans for the next WoW expansion that dwarfs anything else they could possibly reveal these next two days.
What could this possible be you might ask?The new playable race for the next expansion IS…pandas…
After my initial wave of incredulous laughs I sat waiting for the ‘Gotcha, we’re not actually putting that into the game!’, but it never came. Later on Metzen confirmed that the pandas were not a joke and were officially going into the game.
So far there is no word about racials, but our guesses are as follows: ‘Eat Bamboo’, ‘Be Cute’, and ‘Whatever Pandas Do’. Has anyone ever actually seen a panda do anything other than sit around, eat bamboo, and be cute?
They’re shameless alcoholics and bartenders! I bet they get a racial passive for enhanced cooking, poisons and better results from drinking mana regeneration liquids. Fucking pandas. Also, I believe they can stomp to make earthquakes, so that’s something.