Possible Pandaren Mount? (speculation)

[Daetur]

UPDATE:

Came across a set of model views from the Blizzcon Art Panel that included multiple colors of the yak!


This image appeared in a Mists recap/hands on playthough.



Since we typically see the "mount" animal in the starting zones of the associated faction, I don't think it's a stretch to say that the starting area is exactly the place to look for hints and ideas of what the Pandaren racial mount could be.

I think this ox/yak creature is an excellent candidate, don't you?

[-Cynical-]

Best mount ever.

[Kalyyn]

You are definitely on to something here. Maybe not correct, but definitely on to something...

Anyway, my gnome will look awesome on that.

[Schmiggy]

Pretty sweet looking mount if it is! Looks about the appropriate size for the pandaren also.. fingers crossed!

As a side note, that's some pretty sweet looking grass!

[Daetur]

You are definitely on to something here. Maybe not correct, but definitely on to something...

Anyway, my gnome will look awesome on that.

Certainly not thinking that this is 100%, but it's absolutley the closest thing we've seen so far in their zones that looks like a viable mount. I actually like it a lot!

[Hinoru]

I really hope that is the mount.

I would grind Pandaren rep so fast .. that I would grind Pandaren rep very fast. I don't know what to compare it to.

[LiviDEE]

It does look like an appropriate size, I'm hoping for a Kirin though.

[dope_danny]

i'd say, even for the detail upgrade we are getting with pandaria, that they are a bit too detailed for a shoveltusk one zone mob, looks like a mount to me. probbably called 'Yakks' or something

[starlord]

oh that would be awesome, i hope so.

[IdTheDemon]

Nice find!

[Anthoren]

That would look very nice in an epic form.

[Shroud]

oooh yaks in warcraft BRILLIANT /not sarcasm

[Daetur]

One of my guildies just questioned if it had 6 legs. I can't really see one way or the other, but if it does, that expains/shows a bit of the comments Metzen made in this interview about being a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and it, as a result, probably is having some influence in Mists.

[dgreen]

Well they had a sketch of a mount for them, but i like the one you found much better.

[Holy]

I would love it if that where the mount. It is one classy Yak.

[Daetur]

Oh, I missed the sketch somehow. That's a bit disappointing, I rather prefer the Yak.

[Divr]

Well they had a sketch of a mount for them, but i like the one you found much better.

I would have loved this mount and so did the crowd, unfortunately Chris specifically said this was not goign to be it. However in the interviews they did I believe between panels, they were discussing a "chinese dragon" style mount for flying, and I would have to re-find the interview to say what the ground mount was they were discussing.

[Daetur]

I would have loved this mount and so did the crowd, unfortunately Chris specifically said this was not goign to be it. However in the interviews they did I believe between panels, they were discussing a "chinese dragon" style mount for flying, and I would have to re-find the interview to say what the ground mount was they were discussing.

Oh, I see!

Well, it's to be expected that nothing is set in stone, and is still under development.

We'll have to wait an see, I guess. I think there are quite a few possibilities.

[smartAXE]

id guess its either the yak, or those new bengal tigers

[Divr]

Oh, I see!

Well, it's to be expected that nothing is set in stone, and is still under development.

We'll have to wait an see, I guess. I think there are quite a few possibilities.

It's a little late for me right now, but I will take a look through the panels/interviews tomorrow and see if I can get a definate link or something to post here to prove it heh, unless someone can beat me to it and save me a tonne of time looking ^-^ (<3).