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    Valley of the Four Winds - Zone Preview

    Valley of the Four Winds

    Valley of the Four Winds is a new zone implemented on the island of Pandaria.

    A tranquil plain of lush farmland, bordered by dense mysterious jungles along the south and impassible mountains to the north. The valley is considered the "breadbasket" of Pandaria, but the year’s harvest is in jeopardy and a terrible malaise has overcome the Pandaren that live along the coast. The valley is also the home of the legendary Stormstout Brewery, where Chen Stormstout and his niece Li Li hope to journey to discover the whereabouts of their long-lost ancestors.


    • Two zones for the price of one! This zone is huge, the whole north side of the zone is Pandaren farmlands, the south is a coastal jungle.
    • You will get to choose between the north side and the south side when you arrive. You can go back and switch side if you want the other quests.
    • This is where you will have your first interaction with the Mantids, they broke through the wall and are now attacking Pandarens villages.
    • This is a level 86-87 zone.
    • The dungeon of this zone is Stormstout Brewery.


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    Herald of the Titans Kilpi's Avatar
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    I'm still bothered by the untextured buildings on the background. Looks good though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kilpi View Post
    I'm still bothered by the untextured buildings on the background. Looks good though.

    Its not even in Beta yet.. what do you expect. I think it looks amazing.

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    The music in that video is so beautiful!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kilpi View Post
    I'm still bothered by the untextured buildings on the background. Looks good though.
    honestly...do you think they will leave it like that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Ogdru Jahad View Post
    honestly...do you think they will leave it like that?
    I think he meant the fact that the textures haven't been implemented are troubling due to the fact that Mists should release around summertime.
    dictated but not read.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Ogdru Jahad View Post
    honestly...do you think they will leave it like that?
    Yes, I honestly do. I'm crying my self to sleep because of that.

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    Havent we had enough of Four Winds in cata? Dunno, just feels like they couldve made something more unique or different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mokoshne View Post
    Havent we had enough of Four Winds in cata? Dunno, just feels like they couldve made something more unique or different.
    So do we outlaw any more use of the word "Four" and "Wind"? Because this zone clearly has nothing to do at all design wise to anything "Four winds" in Cataclysm.

    Go bitch about reused words somewhere else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatInternet View Post
    I think he meant the fact that the textures haven't been implemented are troubling due to the fact that Mists should release around summertime.
    Remember the Skywall instances back during the Cata beta? They weren't skinned for the longest of times.

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    Think this has anything to do with the "Throne of the Four Winds" ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dragonwing View Post
    Think this has anything to do with the "Throne of the Four Winds" ?
    I'm guessing they don't have anything in common except for the name, since we kinda wiped out the whole air elemental leadership. But who knows.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Porimlys View Post
    The music in that video is so beautiful!
    Sounds belfy for some reason :P I like it too!

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    The more I go over Mist of Panderia the more it gives me hope that Blizzard learned their lesson not my fave zone but still stunning. Kun Lai summit = storm peaks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nerraw View Post
    Remember the Skywall instances back during the Cata beta? They weren't skinned for the longest of times.
    It's too bad they didn't do more with those instances. seriously some of the more beautiful environments in WoW. Stonecore too.

    It was really upsetting not having a raid within those two styles.
    dictated but not read.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatInternet View Post
    I think he meant the fact that the textures haven't been implemented are troubling due to the fact that Mists should release around summertime.
    Well, he needs to realize that the timeline isn't troubling, considering that video was released back in October.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatInternet View Post
    It's too bad they didn't do more with those instances. seriously some of the more beautiful environments in WoW. Stonecore too.

    It was really upsetting not having a raid within those two styles.
    '

    well, except for throne of the four winds... but I get what you mean.

    anyway, this zone looks kind of like a mash-up between sholazar, what with the coastal jungle, and nagrand, what with the inland plains.

    Personally, I was hoping the "dark jungle" would get an entire zone to itself, but this looks nice too.
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    It's like the new Nagrand!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nerraw View Post
    I'm guessing they don't have anything in common except for the name, since we kinda wiped out the whole air elemental leadership. But who knows.
    The four winds are winds which come from from the north, south, east and west, the four main directions. I assumed that is where they got the name for the raid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Abandon View Post
    The four winds are winds which come from from the north, south, east and west, the four main directions. I assumed that is where they got the name for the raid.
    Same reason why I think they're unrelated in anything other than the name. But again, it's Blizzard. So we can't really know until they release the beta.

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