Mists of Pandaria features

This page contains the pre release information on the up coming new WOW expansion Mists of Pandaria. For posr release information visit the Mists of Pandaria Guide Page.

Max level increased to 90.

Players will be able to raise their characters to level 90.

A new continent to discover and play in.

The new continent will have 6 new area zones:

The wandering Isle
The Jade Forest
Valley of the four wind
Kun-Lai summit
Townlong steppes
Vale of eternal blossoms

New race: Pandaren.

The Pandaren will be a new race playable for both alliance and horde, meaning you will start your first few levels neutral, and after a while will need to choose which faction you will belonf to from the point on.
You will not be able to speak to other Pandaren from the opposite faction.

Pandaren Racials:
The Pandaren will have the following racials:
•    Will benefit twice from Food then other races, and will have cooking skill bonus of +15.
•    Rested XP duration will be doubled
•    Falling damage reduced by 50%
•    Special ability: Putting an enemy to sleep for 3 seconds,

Pandarens will be able to play the following classes:
Monk, Hunter, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Shaman and Warrior

New Class: Monk

The Monk class will be a melee fighter, using mainly hand to hand combat, and able to perform both DPS and Healer role.
The Monk Class will use Chi Energy as resource.
Monks will be able to use Cloth and Leather Armors, and use Fist weapons, one handed swords and mace, polearms and staves.

Examples for abilities of the Monk:
Spinning Crane Kick: Melee Damage to all enemies in 8 Yard radius every second for 6 seconds.
Rolling to a nearby location.
Healing Statues: Monks will be able to place Up tp 3 healing statues that will heal nearby players whenever the Monk does damage.

Dungeon Challenge modes:

Before entering a specific dungeon, the group will be able to choose and play it in a challenge mode.
While in challenge mode, a timer will appear measuring the time it takes the group to finish the dungeon, and all of the groups gear will be replaced with a normalized gear appropriate to that dungeon.
According to the time took to finish the dungeon, the group will receive a gold, silver or bronze medal tokens.
The tokens are used as currency for buying upgrades for your character such as new mounts, titles, cosmetic changes and pets.

Pet battle system

In mists of Pandaria vanity pets will be able to duel each other as you control them in battle. They will be able to level up, unlock special abilities and grant access to special challenges and rewards.
Vanity pets will have vanity pets trainers that will teach them abilities just like hunter battle pets (however, those abilities will be available only in vanity pet duels, not regular combat).

New Talent trees.

All the classes will have major talent trees changes. Players will be able to choose a single talent from a veriaty of 3 talents every 15 levels, and choose so regardless of the main spec chosen (at level 10). The rest of the abilities will be automatically chosen for the character according to the spec chosen at level 10.
A preview of the talent calculator can be found here.

Additional Mists of Pandaria
Guides:

Mists of Pandaria Guide

Mists of Pandaria Leveling Guide

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