I remembered that thread from when I participated in it back when it was a new thread and wanted to go post so witty comment about it prolly being the next expansion but someone beat me to it...
I know that Blizz has to stretch lore sometimes, but goodness, How the heck are the Pandarens going to be the centerpiece in an XP? Maybe Sageras is hiding out in some Bamboo forrest covered with adorable fur... but that's not going to happen. If this is an XP maybe they can give us My Little Pony mounts and Hello Kitty companion pets!
Actually I'm pretty sure they've had their overall story arc mapped out since at least BC myself, I just thought the comment would be funny and suiting to what seems to be (if true) a pretty damn random expansion (especially so considering it was birthed by a bonus character and April Fool's joke).
I hope they all die
Originally Posted by kasath
There used to be a quest. Way back in Vanilla WoW, there was a small barrel that would spawn in The Barrens that would give a quest called Chen's Empty Keg. It may not be much, but it is proof that Chen was in Kalimdor at some point.
Im guessing the fact that they were introduced as a joke is why people cant handle them as a race. However that "joke" had some backstory to it. It shouldnt be considered bad to include a race that you denied as an april fools joke. It seems completely relivant IMO to include pandaren in wow. Besides the worgen seemed like unlikely races but here they are. Who knows they might just be npcs like the tusknor. Id still like to be one tho.
(If theres more to this story id love to know about it.)
You mean the way it effected Northrend
what makes you think they are on azeroth? they could have at one point and fled before the cataclysm happened, after all there are a ton of gateways in the game
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http://www.wowhead.com/npc=1368 disagrees.