Monks - pandaren only?

[Felixon]

Hi!


Today I would like to find out your point of view about the topic mentioned above - do you think,that Blizzard had to make monks playable only as pandaren? Ofc,from the gameplay point of view,majority will throw banana or something heavier at me and say,why would I care.But lorewise and from the whole class fantasy point of view,don't you think,that a typical monk in WoW is a pandaren?Personally for me it's not hard to understand trolls or night elves being able to monks with all the spirituality,but an undead monk?A blood elf? A gnome? Lorewise I wouldn't say that it makes much sense...

[Super Kami Dende]

All Monks require is inner balance. It's why Worgen couldn't be one.

[Felixon]

All Monks require is inner balance. It's why Worgen couldn't be one.

I know that it's kind of a stereotype,but also imagining a calm orc is not that easy.

[RobertMugabe]

IIRC lorewise pandaren would become monks to resist the mogu, because the pandaren were slaves and didn't have weapons... so it's basically a learned skill and thus basically anyone could be one* (similar to how everyone can just be a warrior or hunter).

*I'm aware of the fact that worgen and goblins can't be monks, but this has rather gameplay reasons (I assume Blizzard wanted to preserve some "uniqueness")

[Queen of Hamsters]

Other races have had monks before MoP. Maybe not the exact same sort of monks, but monks all the same.

I love my Male Undead Monk, Isillien, wearing his Scarlet Crusade transmog.

[Super Kami Dende]

IIRC lorewise pandaren would become monks to resist the mogu, because the pandaren were slaves and didn't have weapons... so it's basically a learned skill and thus basically anyone could be one* (similar to how everyone can just be a warrior or hunter).

*I'm aware of the fact that worgen and goblins can't be monks, but this has rather gameplay reasons (I assume Blizzard wanted to preserve some "uniqueness")

Has nothing to do with Gameplay and is lore related. Since Blizzard said Worgens constant inner turmoil means they can't achieve Balance and Goblins are Greedy by Nature thus can't achieve Balance.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Monks should have been panda human undead only as the scarlet crusade has monks.

[Super Kami Dende]

I know that it's kind of a stereotype,but also imagining a calm orc is not that easy.

Frostwolf Clan says Hey.

[Venziir]

Lack of goblin and worgen monks has nothing to do with lore or gameplay. It's simply because of how the worgen and goblin starter zones are locked in a specific time period.

[Raetary]

All Monks require is inner balance. It's why Worgen couldn't be one.

they cant be one because their starting zone is set during the fall of gilneas and back then there werent any pandaren around.

[Aeula]

Monks would be even less played if they'd done that.

I think they allowed almost everyone to become monks to ease people into the idea of MoP as a whole.

[Raetary]

*I'm aware of the fact that worgen and goblins can't be monks, but this has rather gameplay reasons (I assume Blizzard wanted to preserve some "uniqueness")

its literally a lore reason unless you want to tell me that pandaren were around in kezan and gilneas during cata times.

[Projectmars]

Monks should have been panda human undead only as the scarlet crusade has monks.

Wasn't there a Monk in BRD?

[Super Kami Dende]

Lack of goblin and worgen monks has nothing to do with lore or gameplay. It's simply because of how the worgen and goblin starter zones are locked in a specific time period.

Yet Draenei Starting area is locked in TBC right when the crash of the Exodar happened and can still be Monks.

[Alvito]

Other races have had monks before MoP. Maybe not the exact same sort of monks, but monks all the same.

I love my Male Undead Monk, Isillien, wearing his Scarlet Crusade transmog.

Just because something has the same word for a name doesn't mean anything.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

its literally a lore reason unless you want to tell me that pandaren were around in kezan and gilneas during cata times.

You gonna tell me pandaren we’re already litteraly every other zone when cata happend?

- - - Updated - - -

Wasn't there a Monk in BRD?

Was there? I’m guessing an orc, orcs would make sense as blade masters are kinda like monks.

[Alvito]

Lack of goblin and worgen monks has nothing to do with lore or gameplay. It's simply because of how the worgen and goblin starter zones are locked in a specific time period.

They also.did not want the focus of the previous expansion to share the limelight with the next expansions features.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Just because something has the same word for a name doesn't mean anything.

They SHOULDN'T, be the same all classes should have there own class flavour the fact that blizzard wants to pretend that there all the same is a shame.

[Ielenia]

Has nothing to do with Gameplay and is lore related. Since Blizzard said Worgens constant inner turmoil means they can't achieve Balance and Goblins are Greedy by Nature thus can't achieve Balance.

Actually, it's because the Worgen and Goblin starting zones are 'time-locked' prior to the lifting of the mists around Pandaria and prior to Pandaren traveling to the main continents, so there are no way pandaren could get there to teach young goblins and gilneans.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Just because something has the same word for a name doesn't mean anything.

Did mean something to the playerbase seeing as how that was a commonly used argument for why Blizzard shouldn't restrict the Monk class other than when necessary from a lore standpoint.