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    MoP Spoilers?(Rumor)

    Ok, so this was posted on the official forums by Feefel - Destromath. It very quickly reached 5 pages of flames, including myself, then was promptly deleted (not just locked) by moderators. Personally I have serious doubts about the credibility of a monk class. I realize that this is almost certainly made up, but by the knee-jerk reaction and the amount of detail they went into, I have to wonder if there may be some very vague hint of an actual source behind some of it:
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    WORLD OF WARCRAFT EXPANSION 4 DETAILS.
    Hey gang its me again, back like last year to spoil the news from Blizzcon. No doubt you will b---h just like when i was 'talking !@#$, cataclysm would be too much rehash to be an expansion".
    Well I'm back with the new info. So sit back read, rage and deal with it.

    Mists of Pandaria is the name.

    However the whole game is not set on the two large islands that compose the foundation of the nation of pandaria.

    The expansion brings a far eastern fantasy flavor to the game.

    The collector's edition pet will be a gold celestial dragon whelp mmo champion revealed this week. Its adult form can be seen in the MoP artwork form the visit to Blizzcon MMO-Champion article flying over Pandaren rice paddies.

    The Pandaren are introduced as the reliquary and the explorers guild are taking the respite between the Horde and Alliance- as the earthen ring work to heal a broken Azeroth to map and explore the worlds as yet undiscovered corners.

    They discover the Pandaren nation is in turmoil. Both from K'valdir from the south, Naga from the north and the death of the dragon emperor who has left Pandaria with no heir to the throne. There is a civil war between three groups. The brotherhood of the spear. The pandyr and the monks of the thousand stance fist for control of a now leaderless nation.

    The naga want a high born relic that the Pandaren took from the Kaldorei when they departed Kalimdor for a new home. Something that has connections to the burning legion and the very entity that forged Frostmourne along with 6 other legendary blades. Two of which you know and have seen in game already... (the Ashbringer is NOT one of the seven swords, but it is in fact forged from a Naaru with connections to the titan's)

    The Kvaldir want to destroy the Naga for the destruction of their island homes south of northrend. Their Queen may be an enemy- or ally to those who wish the naga thread be ended.

    N'zoth not only pulls Azshara's strings but is waging a civil war for the world with Sum-Naz'ruur the 4th of the 5 old gods. Revealing that they may wish for the same goals. However they are not working together for such a goal.

    There are new areas included other than Pandaria.
    The island Nation of Kul Tiras led by the brother of Jaina Proudmoore. it broke off and drifted closer to the maelstrom and now is under siege from Naga and the same malign sorcery that effects the Isle of Tol Barad.
    A new as of this post uncompleted zone above the Western Plaguelands adding leveling between Tirisfal glades and Eversong woods.
    a return to undermine for the goblins to rescue the trade princes left behind. For a generously discounted fee, of course.
    The land of Lost souls. A homage to films like king kong and the lost world. a third Titan zone like Un'Goro crater and Scholozar basin. However crates of scourged grain washed up many years ago and these dinosaurs are not exactly what you would call living anymore. Although they still would very much like to eat wandering adventurers.
    Zul' Kikani is a new zone that appears to entering players as another troll zone. However these trolls took in the 'weakend' children of the vrykul as slaves shortly after the sundering. Those humans learn;t the voodoo and shamanic techniques of the trolls and subsequently overthrew them whilst retaining their savage, cannibalistic tendencies and they do not care for strangers...

    New class is the monk. Will not be called a hero class as this is felt to be a failed experiment and they wish to make this feel more cohesive and welcome to the existing class player base than death knights which have been singled out as a hero class often seen as a 'welfare alt'.
    tank/healer specialism in fist weapons and staves and melee combat. Uses cloth till 40 then leather.
    has chakra a blend of energy and mana in terms of mechanics that can be restored using mana drinks like a caster nut also using specific 'chi strikes' in the manner of a warrior gaining rage.
    specialty is getting in close to debilitate and debuff enemies whilst using the melee attacks to replenish the chakra. This is being tested in a fashion in 4.3 as a slightly similar focus across all healers will be to have more focus on mana replenishment during fights in MoP.
    Taught by the monks of the thousand stance fists in a separate starting zone. The Tibetan style mountains of the Pandaren islet called Xing.
    RACES AVAILABLE: orc, human, dwarf, night elf, worgen, tauren, ogre, troll.
    Pandaren teach existing races to be monks, however Pandaren themselves are not playable.
    the starting zone begins with you as a traveler seeking enlightenment. You leave the zone ready to defend peace and kepe balance in the world. Joining the alliance or horde based on your own moral choices. human monks may join the horde, tauren monks may join the alliance.
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    Later post: please note that the whole 'one faction joining the opposite faction' is extremely likely to change, like very very likely, it isn't really working on blizzard's end apparently so expect everything but that announced at b-con

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    I WANT to believe it.

    Whether or not I can is another story.

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    This already popped up in the mega-thread: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...ts-of-Pandaria!

    Use that thread for everything MoP-related at this point.

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