All Races Available in Patch 5.0.4

All Races Available in Patch 5.0.4
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
With the release of patch 5.0.4, we’re making all the races of Azeroth playable by anyone, no matter which version or expansion of World of Warcraft they own. This includes the enigmatic pandaren, who will become available for play when Mists of Pandaria is released on Tuesday, September 25. We want the entire World of Warcraft community to be able to embrace their inner goblin, blood elf, worgen, draenei, or pandaren from the moment they step foot into the world of Azeroth.

Now, the only hard part will be choosing a name. Who will you be next?

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
I've seen some confusion about when pandaren character creation will be accessible.

Just to be clear on the announcement, we're making it possible for people to create a character of any race, regardless of what expansions you've purchased. So if you only have the original game (which now has The Burning Crusade included), when patch 5.0.4 hits you'll be able to create goblin and worgen characters as well. And, once Mists of Pandaria is released, you'll be able to create pandaren characters, regardless of whether or not you own Mists of Pandaria.

So it says all races, what about though all classes? Just because Pandaren become available for play regardless if you have MoP or not, does this include the new monk class?
No, you'll need to upgrade your World of Warcraft license to Mists of Pandaria in order to unlock the monk class. The same is true for leveling from 85-90 and gaining access to the continent of Pandaria.
This article was originally published in forum thread: All Races Available in Patch 5.0.4 started by chaud View original post
Published on 2012-08-16 05:16 PM
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  1. RoutanClan's Avatar
    This is good news they needed to do this a long time ago.
  1. Spotnick's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Nexsa View Post
    I'm a little confused. We will be able to play a monk right away or be able to play a panda and monk right away? From what I read it says Panda will be in the list but not there until the 25th of Sept.
    You can't play a monk or a pandaren before MOP launch on Sept 25.
  1. Sumatran's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Rorcanna View Post
    People are happy to see a positive new change, and YOUR panties are in a very tight bunch? Common, you can't be serious with that attitude...

    Time and again people have voiced their concerns about people having to upgrade to the latest expansion to pick a race they really want, instead of buying the first part, jumping in, play and then decide to upgrade. This change is aimed to anyone wanting to start playing WoW. If you think that's 15 people, then the joke's on you.
    You need to quit playing multiple mmos, and devote more time to learning reading comprehension.

    People were complaining about it, saying wow is dying, going f2p, becoming stupid easy, shit like that. My post was calling them out.

    You are supporting my post. Grats.
  1. mmocf091b86e91's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Desparatus View Post
    Urge to kill... fading...
    Made me smile, good one!

    Also, I agree, this is a very nice move. I have already pre-ordered but I imagine if I were on the fence about buying, this would help out a lot.
  1. Zauber's Avatar
    Not being greedy is easy, you see now?
  1. Viertel's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by corola10 View Post
    im 100% sure that half of the text wasnt even there when i was reading it,
    there wasnt even a picture or second blizz blue

    so now i read it again that also means no DKs if you dont have wrath ?
    as it only mentions monks
    A class is not a race.
  1. mmocb2d4aeaa07's Avatar
    Draenai and Blood Elf Already is Available, for everyone only Worgen and Goblin isn´t.....
  1. Marooned's Avatar
    Does this mean I can lvl up panda to 85 without buying MoP?
  1. Kalcheus's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Marooned View Post
    Does this mean I can lvl up panda to 85 without buying MoP?
    Yes, after MoP is released
  1. mmocc17a7af6c5's Avatar
    Yes, pandas, no monk.
    This is just the best useless official annoucement since zandalari rise release annoucement lol.
  1. mmoce3c3da46cf's Avatar
    Does this mean you get to have pandaren before the actual expansion comes out?
  1. Kalcheus's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Pej View Post
    Yes, pandas, no monk.
    This is just the best useless official annoucement since zandalari rise release annoucement lol.
    Not if you use RAF

    Quote Originally Posted by Waifu View Post
    Does this mean you get to have pandaren before the actual expansion comes out?
    No
  1. Alayea's Avatar
    For those confused, perhaps this will help clarify things for you.

    Race(s) Before After
    Original Alliance/Horde Baseline Unchanged
    Blood Elf/Draenei Baseline* Unchanged
    Goblin/Worgen Cataclysm Baseline
    Pandaren** -- Baseline

    * Originally, the TBC races were not baseline until WoW and TBC were merged into one package.
    ** While Pandaren as a race will be playable on Sept 25th, regardless of your expansion level, you will need to purchase MoP to play the monk class.
  1. Xeraxis's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Gurbz View Post
    BC was given for free to anyone who did not already have it right around the time Cata came out. Anyone that buys WoW now also gets BC automatically. So really all they are doing is giving everyone free access to Goblin, Worgen, and Pandaren.
    Which is probably just to make it easier for new players so that they can make the same races that their friends play as, before committing to buying the entire gauntlet of expansions.
  1. Notos's Avatar
    This makes a lot of sense, seeing as the goblin/worgen/pandaren starting areas are a lot more interesting than the ones for the old races. They are more likely to draw in new players who try the game out, so it's a good idea to make them available to those players.
  1. Ancestral's Avatar
    Awesome news! ^^
  1. JainaIsAMan's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Exerus View Post
    Wait wait wait so we can play pandaren at 5.0.4 but will we lose the ability to when Mists releases?
    No. You seriously don't get it after reading the blue post and all the comments? You can play as a Pandaren on September 25'th, and you will be able to whenever no matter what expansion you have, even if you only own vanilla with no expansions. You can now play ANY race, regardless of whether or not you own anything past vanilla. But the Pandaren go live on September 25'th. Not on August 28'th, not soon after, not before - September 25'th.
  1. perera's Avatar
    Oh wow... Oh wow! Oh WoW !!!!!
  1. aznthecapn's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Winterstrife View Post
    Sweet! I already reserved my Panda's name, now all I got to do is wait for 28th August ^^
    No, you have to wait for MoP to come out in September. Read more carefully.
  1. KWC3587's Avatar
    Whoops, misread it. disregard.
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