Over the next few months, I will be creating and posting video guides for World of Warcraft heroic dungeons in the Mists of Pandaria expansion. This is the first video in the series for the Temple of the Jade Serpent. This dungeon located in The Jade Forest on Pandaria is one of the first MoP dungeons accessible to players at level 85. The Jade Serpent Temple has been taken over by the Sha of Doubt. To reclaim the temple on her behalf, players must defeat several of the inhabitants of the temple who have been become corrupted before finally defeating the Sha of Doubt.

Recently I have been spending quite a bit of time in World of Warcraft playing the Mists of Pandaria expansion. On the whole I am really enjoying the new content, even though leveling from 85-90 took a bit longer than I expected, it was a matter of a week casual game-play. I did the first LFR raid released and all of the heroic dungeons. They all well made, bug free and allot of fun.

My only issue so far are the dailies. Oh my god there are a ton of dailies. You may ask why this is a problem? If you don't like dailies simply do not do them. Well the issue is that in MoP you cannot buy any Valor level gear without having achieved at least Honored reputation 4 factions (Revered for most gear). In its self Honored is not that hard to get, so I was able to unlock Honored with 2 of the factions so far, which allows me to buy a Valor Ring and Necklace. However I cannot unlock dailies for a Shado-Pan faction unless I first reach Revered with the Golden Lotus. With about 100-150 reputation per daily quest and 12000 reputation needed (80-120 dailies). To unlock all of the valor gear I need to do around 400 daily quests (adjusting for various rep gains fro.

So I like many players have some build up Valor points and nothing to do with it. At this point running Scenarios & Dungeons have very diminishing returns. I basically need to roll up my sleeves and do my dailies.

See you in Pandaria

World of Warcraft's long-awaited fourth expansion is finally here, Mists of Pandaria launched without any major issues and players from across all realms are now competing for quest objectives (No seriously too many peops doing the same quests)

Players are treated to 5 new levels, new continent, new dungeons and raids, pet battles as well as new PvP Battlegrounds. Players that want to read more about the new expansion can check out Blizzard's Mists of Pandaria Survival Guide

Blizzard releases an official cinematic trailer for World of Warcraft's fourth expansion set, Mists of Pandaria. Although I personaly hated the Pandarians at first (Pandas in WoW common) I have to admit that this video takes me a long way towards making peace with the new WoW race.

World of Warcraft's Mists of Pandaria will launch September 25th. The expansion will cost $39.99 USD and is currently available on battle.net. You can also upgrade to a Digital Deluxe Edition ($59.99 USD) and a Collector's Edition for $79.99 USD.

Pet battles are now live in the World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria Beta

More Information on WoW Pet Battles can be found at :Pet battles Features

I want to come clean and let everyone know that I am not a big fan of monk pandas in World of Warcraft.  I am not interested in playing a monk or panda bear class.  So my post on the subject will be a bit bias, and will not talk about how amazing the new quest areas and class are. 

However the new World of Warcraft expansion does have some new content about which I am excited about.  This is why I would like to call this post “The Guide to Mists of Pandaria for Panda Haters”

More Levels

The first thing that all panda haters will be able to take advantage of will be 5 additional levels, taking players from level 85-90.  Now you will have to quest though the panda infested quest areas to get there, or you can just stick to running dungeons.  I am planning to avoid the new zones (and pandas) as much as possible.

New Dungeons and Challenge Mode

Mists of Pandaria will launch with nine heroic dungeons, which unfortunately will be tied to the Panda infested story line and probably more Pandas.  Every new heroic dungeon is going to get a challenge mode. The challenge mode times your run and depending on how well you do, grants you a bronze, silver or gold medal.  Bronze medals will earn you an achievement.  Silver/Gold medals will award you pieces of vanity gear to use for transmogrification. The gear will have no stats, but they will have a unique appearance and completing each set will give you a unique effect.

Battlegrounds

So far we know that there will be two additional Battleground maps released with Mists of Pandaria, called: Silvershard Mine and Temple of Power. 

Temple of power will follow a “Murder Ball” ruleset, where you earn points for holding an artifact found in the center of the map for as long as possible.  You earn more points the closest you are to the center of the map (where everyone will want to kill you)

Silvershard Mine will follow the Payload ruleset found in Team Fortress 2, where players must escort a cart of resources from one end of the map to the other.  The cart moves only when the owner team is near it.    The opposing team must stall the cart’s progress as long as possible.

Mega Damage

World of Warcraft Damage and Health numbers are getting a bit ridiculous and with the additional 5 levels we can expect that 5-6 digit damage will be the norm.  For this reasons all damage that is greater than 4 digits will display in a short form.  For example 30,000 damage fireball will now display as 30K.

Buff Tracker

The buff system has been simplified to eight core buffs. At all times, all eight buffs are collapsed into one icon that notifies you how many of them you have (1/8).  Hovering over the window will show you which buffs you have or are missing. 

Character Creation

Character creation will receive some small improvements, replacing scroll buttons with preview thumbnails and video.

Pet Battles

Mists of Pandaria will introduce a new PvP system that will allow you to pin your pets against another players pets.  The system will allow you to automatically queue for battles, however you will not see the name of your opponents.  The system will also track your wins rather than losses.  The combat is turn based.  Each pet will be able to learn up to 6 abilities and use 3 in combat.

Character Slots

Players that purchase Mists of Pandaria will get access to an 11^th character slot.

Panda Hate

I hope you guys enjoyed The Guide to Mists of Pandaria for Panda Haters and I hope you do not take my panda hate to seriously.  Pandas really are very cute and lovable creatures.  I guess I am just old fashioned and I do not want Disney Characters in my fantasy themed MMOs.  However I am sure many WoW players will surely enjoy this new expansion (with Pandas or not)