When Did Mists Of Pandaria Come Out

2012 expansion set up for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Earth of Warcraft

2012 video game

Earth of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
Due north American box art
Developer(s)	Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(southward)	Blizzard Entertainment
Designer(due south)	Tom Chilton Cory Stockton Greg Street Ion Hazzikostas
Composer(s)	Neal Acree Russell Brower Jeremy Soule
Serial	Warcraft
Platform(due south)	Microsoft Windows, OS X
Release	NA/EU: September 25, 2012 [one]
Genre(s)	MMORPG
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is the fourth expansion set for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Earth of Warcraft, post-obit Calamity. It was announced on October 21, 2011, by Chris Metzen at BlizzCon 2011,^[2] and was released on September 25, 2012.^[1]

Mists of Pandaria raised the existing level cap from level 85 to 90. Information technology introduced a new character grade, the monk, along with a new playable race, the pandaren. The vanity pet organization was overhauled and a pet battle system was added. Scenarios were introduced, and Challenge Modes were added for dungeons. The existing talent trees were replaced by a new organisation of tiered talents awarded every 15 levels. The initial patch included nine new dungeons, three new raids, 2 new battlegrounds and one new arena.^[3] Subsequent patches introduced the Brawler's Order and heroic versions of the scenarios. Several boosted raids, dungeons, a new battleground, and a new loonshit were also added.

Gameplay [edit]

Monk class [edit]

Monks utilize an free energy source to power basic abilities like Jab. The basic Jab set on is used to generate a resource called "Chi", which are then used for more than advanced attacks. The monk form was originally appear with non beingness able to utilize an auto-attack similar the other classes, all the same, the developers chose to forgo this idea and they have been given an automobile-attack.^{[3] [iv]} The monk course has three specializations: Brewmaster (tanking), Windwalker (melee damage), and Mistweaver (healing).^[4] Monks' healing specialization is capable of healing allies through dealing impairment to enemies, every bit well as through "proximity" based heals, and by dropping statues, similar to a shaman totem, that pulse healing as they perform attacks on the enemy target.^[4] Choosing the healing specialization gives the monk a mana bar similar other healers while the tank and damage spec uses an energy bar. Monks make employ of leather armor, and every race except goblins and worgen may play every bit a monk.^[five] An 11th character slot was added on the release of Monks, allowing a role player to have i of each grade on the aforementioned server.

In the Legion expansion, Mistweaver monks lost the Chi resource and the Fistweaving talent that allowed them to heal by dealing harm. This converted Mistweaver monks into a standard healing class that direct heals allies through the use of a mana resource bar.^[6]

Pandaren race [edit]

The pandaren—a race of anthropomorphic behemothic pandas initially created by veteran Blizzard artist Samwise Didier equally an April Fools style joke—were later reintroduced to the Warcraft canon in the bonus Horde campaign of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Unlike previous races in World of Warcraft, which are tied to either the Horde or Brotherhood in-game factions, pandaren are faction-neutral for the early on levels of the game. Until the finish of the principal quest line on the Wandering Isle, the pandaren actor grapheme is faction-less; at the stop of their starting experience, the player chooses to align with either the Horde or the Alliance.^[3] The pandaren speak both the pandaren language (though the factional linguistic communication barrier will still remain between Horde and Alliance pandaren)^[seven] and the main languages of their faction, which are Common (Alliance) and Orcish (Horde). (In an interview with Kat Hunter, Chris Metzen jokingly said the languages had non yet been chosen but Pig Latin was a stiff candidate.)^[8] The classes available to pandaren characters are Hunter, Monk, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Shaman and Warrior.

New instances [edit]

In 2011 it was revealed that the new instances would include Temple of the Jade Snake, Stormstout Brewery and Shado-Pan Monastery. It was later revealed that the 4 parts of Ruddy Monastery – Library, Graveyard, Armory and Cathedral – would be merged into two heroics in Mists of Pandaria. A heroic version of Scholomance was likewise announced.^[nine] During the Mists of Pandaria press release, it was announced that there would be ix level xc heroics for players besides as iii raids with 16 raid bosses. All of the raids have three difficulties (Heroic, Normal, and Looking for Raid).^[ten]

Challenge Modes [edit]

Mists of Pandaria introduced Challenge Modes, a gameplay option where a dungeon group is challenged to cease a dungeon of increased difficulty as quickly as possible. All players' gear is normalized, allowing for off-white ranking. Depending on how chop-chop the grouping clears the dungeon, the group will earn one of three possible medals. The higher the medal quality, the college the prize for achieving that medal.^[eleven]

Pet Battle Organization [edit]

Introduced with the expansion, the pet battle system allows non-combat vanity pets to exist pitted in battle against each other in a turn-based combat system, either against wild pets or other players' pets.^[12] Defeating wild pets allows players to capture them, adding to their collection and their pet journal. Pets tin exist trained up to a maximum level of 25, with new abilities and enhanced stats granted equally they progress. Players are able to seek out master pet trainers and boxing their pets, with daily rewards if the player defeats them.^[13] All information regarding pet levels, abilities, and battles is tracked in the Pet Journal.

There are 10 possible pet classes, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.^[14]

Scenarios [edit]

Mists of Pandaria likewise included a new 3 player instance manner, chosen Scenarios. Playable on either normal or heroic difficulty, they are short stories players tin can play through and earn rewards at the cease. The stories are generally relevant to the Horde and Alliance storylines in Pandaria. Scenarios have different stages, and the players receive different tasks for each stage. During a heroic scenario, the players can attempt to complete a timed objective for an extra reward. The scenario mode doesn't require anyone to queue as a part, and it's upwards to the grouping what composition they desire to run with.

Flexible Raids [edit]

In patch 5.4, a new raid setting was introduced with the Siege of Orgrimmar raid, called Flexible. In it, players would assemble a pre-made group of 10 to 25 players, and the difficulty of the raid would automatically scale accordingly. This setting is intended to exist more challenging than the Raid Finder setting, but not every bit difficult as the Normal or Heroic modes, and groups can exist formed across realms (cross realm group forming was later added for normal and heroic difficulties).

Plot [edit]

With Deathwing's menace ended, Warchief Garrosh Hellscream seized the opportunity to strike at the Brotherhood and expand the Horde's territory on Kalimdor. His assault obliterated the homo city of Theramore, causing worldwide violence between the factions to erupt anew. A subversive naval skirmish left Alliance and Horde forces done ashore on the fog-shrouded island of Pandaria, which had appeared in the open sea, defying modernistic maps and charts. As both warring factions established footholds on the resources-rich continent, they fabricated contact with the noble pandaren, one of its most prolific peoples. This ancient race worked with the Alliance and Horde in the hopes of dispersing the Sha: night, ephemeral beings roused from below Pandaria by the bloody conflict.

Landfall [edit]

The conflict between the Horde and the Brotherhood entered a bloody new chapter in Pandaria. As the two factions' armies clashed on the shores of the continent, Warchief Garrosh Hellscream dispatched elite troops to find the Divine Bell—an ancient mogu artifact capable of endowing his soldiers with unimaginable power. Garrosh's assuming and reckless actions, however, had dire consequences for the Horde, including the outbreak of violence against the Darkspear trolls and the expulsion of the claret elves from the one time-neutral mage urban center of Dalaran. Although Garrosh claimed the bell, Prince Anduin Wrynn and the Alliance secret agents of SI:7 closely tracked the warchief's every move. On the highest peaks of Kun-Lai Height, the dauntless prince thwarted Garrosh'due south plans, leading to the fabled mogu antiquity's devastation.

The Thunder Rex [edit]

While war between the Horde and the Alliance raged across Pandaria, the scattered mogu plotted a return to their terrible old glory. They rekindled their historical alliance with the Zandalari trolls, who managed to resurrect the tyrannical mogu emperor, Lei Shen the Thunder King, in the hopes of restoring mogu dominion over the continent. The valiant Shado-pan rushed to suppress their enemies, creating a task forcefulness, the Shado-pan Assault, originally composed of pandaren warriors and subsequently supported by heroes of the Horde and Alliance. These fearless champions strove to defeat the Thunder King, though they also simultaneously served their factions' interests on Pandaria. Jaina Proudmoore led the Kirin Tor Offensive on a quest to uncover the source of all mogu power (and go on it from the Horde), and Lor'themar Theron took the Sunreaver Onslaught in search of mighty mogu weaponry to assist a daring plan: an insurrection against Warchief Garrosh Hellscream.

Escalation [edit]

Garrosh Hellscream'south quest for ability in Pandaria leads him to excavate part of the sacred Vale of Eternal Blossoms in search of a sinister artifact, a determination that puts the Horde at odds with the Shado-pan and other influential pandaren. Meanwhile, in the Horde capital letter of Orgrimmar, Chieftain Vol'jin and the Darkspear trolls are declared traitors and hunted by the Kor'kron, Hellscream's personal baby-sit. Vol'jin's people retreat to Durotar and the Barrens to gather supplies and reinforcements for their counter-strike, relying on the back up of their former warchief, Thrall, and a specially tenuous pact with the Alliance, whose interest in ending Garrosh's rule may not bode entirely well for the Horde...

Siege of Orgrimmar [edit]

Garrosh Hellscream's reckless thirst for power has led him to do the unthinkable: from beneath the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, he has seized the detached center of the expressionless Old God Y'Shaarj to use as a tool of war, unleashing horrors upon the sacred valley. The warchief has also turned against other members of the Horde to create a purely orcish force of his ain. Now this "Truthful Horde" is amassing forcefulness within Orgrimmar's iron ramparts. With Garrosh aptitude on total victory, he plans to demonstrate the say-so of the True Horde by conquering not only the Alliance but the whole of Azeroth. Later on champions purify the vale, they are called on to follow their faction in bringing Garrosh to justice.

Leaders of the Alliance and Horde lay siege to Hellscream'southward capital letter in social club to topple the ruthless Warchief. The leaders of Azeroth then hold to prosecute Garrosh for war crimes in Pandaria. Vol'jin, for his contributions in Garrosh's downfall, is chosen every bit the new warchief of the Horde. King Varian Wrynn decides to terminate the conflict with the Horde but warns them that the Brotherhood will return to end them should they return to their honorless warmongering ways.

Setting [edit]

The game is gear up after the events of Deathwing (noted black dragon) and the Cataclysm. The major setting is the titular land of Pandaria, one of the continents of the world of Azeroth. Discovery of Pandaria is made after a naval boxing betwixt the Horde and the Alliance. It had previously been subconscious by magic since The Sundering, only to reappear for unknown reasons.^[3]

Pandaria [edit]

Pandaria is a new continent located to the south of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor.^[15] Several zones have been added, including the Jade Wood, Valley of the Four Winds, Vale of Eternal Blossoms, Townlong Steppes, Kun-Lai Height, Krasarang Wilds, the Timeless Isle, and the Dread Wastes. The Jade Wood is the first zone, and the entry signal for the Alliance and Horde. Information technology features lush rainforest and stone spires, and introduces the player to the hozen and jinyu races. It contains the Temple of the Jade Ophidian (one of the new dungeons), and introduces the Sha enemy. The Valley of the Four Winds includes pandaren farm lands, with a coastal jungle. The Stormstout Brewery, another new dungeon, is located in the valley. There are auction houses scattered across the 5 zones of Pandaria.^[16] Forth with these normal auction houses, a "blackness market place" auction house is located in an surface area north of the Valley of the Iv Winds called the Veiled Stair. Unlike the role player controlled auction house, this sale firm is controlled past NPCs who post items, unremarkably of rare status or those that have been removed from the game in previous expansions. Both Horde and Alliance tin can apply the black market auction house.^[17] As you travel throughout Pandaria information technology will be common to encounter Lorewalker Cho who is searching Pandaria for the various secrets and lore that the land possess. One time the player hits level 90 and travels into the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, the thespian can talk to Lorewalker Cho and his team of Lorewalkers. The histrion will exist tasked with seeking out the "Lore objects" scattered about Pandaria in order to gain more than reputation.

The Wandering Isle [edit]

The Wandering Island is a new zone, serving equally the starting surface area for pandaren players, which they leave after choosing a faction (horde or alliance). The Isle itself is in fact a roaming giant bounding main turtle named Shen-zin Su. The turtle'south origins lie with the pandaren explorer Liu Lang, who was overcome with wanderlust, a rare trait in the pandaren of that time. Because of this he departed the pandaren continent of Pandaria around 10,000 years ago, riding on the back of the then man-sized turtle, Shen-zin Su. Lui Lang afterward returned to his homeland a few times, and each time the turtle had get progressively bigger. By the fourth dimension players run into Shen-zin Su, the turtle has grown to the size of a small-scale continent, complete with fertile farmlands, mountains, lakes and a thriving population of pandaren, animals and institute life. In addition to serving as a habitation and method of transportation for his inhabitants, Shen-zin Su is a fully sapient being and quite aware of the Wandering Isle pandaren that accept been living on his back for generations. The zone as well features a training academy and a cardinal temple.^[18]

Creatures and enemies [edit]

Pandaria plays host to several new races that the players will encounter. Besides the pandaren in that location are the jinyu, a wise, fish-like race, the passionate, monkey-like hozen, the yaungol, fierce ancestors of the tauren, the virmen, a pesky rabbit-like race, the grummels, a friendly race related to troggs, the highly aggressive reptilian sauroks, and the mantids, a fearsome insectoid race. Players will as well encounter the mogu, who were the outset to inhabit and conquer Pandaria, and the Sha, who are "the manifestation of negative energy on Pandaria".^[19]

Development [edit]

MMO-Champion reported the possibility of Mists of Pandaria being the new expansion title based on a trademark application by Blizzard submitted on July 28, 2011 and approved August 2, 2011 trademarking the title "Mists of Pandaria".^[20] Blizzard announced also that in this expansion Garrosh Hellscream will become increasingly unstable and the two factions will ultimately team upwards to accept him downwards in The Siege of Orgrimmar.^[21]

Mists of Pandaria is the first version of Earth of Warcraft or its expansions to have a digital palatial edition (DDE), which substantially provides the in-game rewards of a collector'due south edition at a somewhat reduced toll and without the extra materials, such as the artbook and the soundtrack. Like the collector's edition of Cataclysm, both the DDE and the standard Mists of Pandaria collector'southward edition provide special in-game portraits for StarCraft Two: Wings of Liberty, and also unlocks special icons for the player's banner in Diablo Iii.^[22]

On October 21, 2011 Chris Metzen announced Mists of Pandaria during the opening ceremonies.

On March 21, 2012, Blizzard released the Mists of Pandaria beta for testing.^[23] On July twenty, 2012, the PTR for Mists of Pandaria was opened, slated to exist the concluding testing infinite before the release of the expansion.^[24]

On August 16, 2012, Blizzard unveiled the Mists of Pandaria opening cinematic.^[25]

Reception [edit]

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The expansion received generally positive reviews, scoring an 82 out of 100 on Metacritic.^[26]

Sales [edit]

On the October 4, 2012, Blizzard had announced that 2.vii one thousand thousand copies of Mists of Pandaria had been sold within the start week of its release (Cataclysm sold three.3 meg copies inside the showtime 24 hours of its release),^[36] with the global subscriber base passing 10 million subscribers.^[37] As estimated by Carol Pinchefsky from Forbes.com, digital sales of the game outnumbered the retail sales by most 4:1 in the first calendar week of sales.^[38]

Subsequent comments past reviewers acknowledged that the sales of nearly 3 one thousand thousand in the first week would be desirable and an indicator of success for any other company in the gaming manufacture, just the reviewers said these numbers "notwithstanding aren't looking adept for the long-term future of Blizzard's wildly successful MMORPG" and "likely left some of the team at Activision Blizzard wondering where they went wrong". Pandaria's start has been slower than any other WoW expansion, with both Wrath of the Lich King and Calamity selling more copies in the offset 24 hours than Pandaria did in its first week.^{[39] [forty]}

Equally of October 14, 2014, Mists of Pandaria is included for free with the base game, similar to previous expansions.^[41]

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External links [edit]

• Official website
• World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria at IMDb
• Mists of Pandaria on Wowpedia, a Warcraft wiki

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