MoP's first tier sets speculation

[checking facts]

Honestly at his point, as long as my helm isnt a crooked fish hook, spider humping my face, or tentacle porn than I'm happy with the tier.

I like the tentacle porn set

anyway I expect the lock set to look a little like this:







especially this last one. I want to look like venom from spider-man

[AdriWar]

well what if they went with the zodiac animals? like dragon, horse, boar, rat, snake, rabbit, dog, ox, monkey, tiger, rooster and ram? i dont think thats too far off the mark.

I can definitely see that happening, the designs would be pretty amazing/creative.

[Eggoman]

So I guess you are right, whatever class can't be played with the Panderean might have Samurai armor. I doubt any Japanese themed thing will be allowed to be worn by Pandaren's though.

From WoWWiki

The pandaren originally had a Japanese appearance, using samurai-style armor and weapons. After a negative reaction by many in China, who regard that animal as their national heirloom (indeed, wild pandas only exist in China), they were redesigned with Chinese-style clothing

[checking facts]

So I guess you are right, whatever class can't be played with the Panderean might have Samurai armor. I doubt any Japanese themed thing will be allowed to be worn by Pandaren's though.

From WoWWiki

that leaves us samurai warlocks, samurai druids or samurai death knights.

I'd bet on death knights

still there will probably be some set look alikes for warriors who want to be samurai. (the current trend is tank plate = warrior lookalike; healing plate = pally lookalike; dps plate = dk lookalike)

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

This needs to be done.

No Samurai armor or anything Japanese related will make its way into MoP except MoBs and Bosses because of the Chinese sentiment toward Japan.

Too late. Blizz already said anime inspired them with MoP.

I think it'll be downplayed, but you can be sure various other asian cultures will be in somewhat. You cannot make a whole expansion on JUST Chinese themes without delving too deep into their myths. And when you do that.... things get complicated as you try to rationalize them in alongside the existing mythos.

[Last Starfighter]

they could make that look pretty sick tbh

Unless you're the rabbit or the rooster. Then you thank god for transmog.

[checking facts]

Unless you're the rabbit or the rooster. Then you thank god for transmog.

come on, bunny armor sounds like fun, especially if it looks like the verming

http://www.wowpedia.org/images/6/65/..._Art_Panel.jpg

[Eggoman]

Too late. Blizz already said anime inspired them with MoP.

I think it'll be downplayed, but you can be sure various other asian cultures will be in somewhat. You cannot make a whole expansion on JUST Chinese themes without delving too deep into their myths. And when you do that.... things get complicated as you try to rationalize them in alongside the existing mythos.

They already have one of the main antagonists called the "Sha" which in Chinese means "Evil Spirit". China has a very long history and is extremely diverse in geography. I'm pretty sure Blizz has enough material to make the entire xpac just Chinese themed.

[checking facts]

the thing is: china bitched about the original pandaren because it was the pandaren wearing japanese armor.

I don't think china will have anything to say if there's, say, japanese warrior armor. it's not pandaren armor, it's warrior armor, pandaren may wear it or not, and if they have to wear it, they can just transmog into something else.

the in a worst case scenario, if china doesn't want ANY japanese-looking thing in MoP, blizz will have to tell them to chill and just modify the chinese version of the game, as they did to WotLK.

but the point is: pandaria isn't china. though the pandaren are based on the chinese culture and they named their continent, pandaria just isn't china. there may well be a japanese-looking culture within it.

[Felarion]

God bless Transmog... Id ont want to wear some oriental-samurai junk... I'll just stay to hmm"Warcraft look" armors like purple t10 for dk or t1,t6 for warrior

[sinkline]

if we stick to the zodiac theme... then locks as donnie darko rabits! :P

[checking facts]

God bless Transmog... Id ont want to wear some oriental-samurai junk... I'll just stay to hmm"Warcraft look" armors like purple t10 for dk or t1,t6 for warrior

sorry, but that statement, when translated to real life, would be like this:

"I don't want to wear some oriental junk... I'll just stay to hmm "real life look" clothes like this or that"

pandarian armor is part of the warcraft universe as much as any other armor in the game. if you'd rather have an "orcish look", a "burning legion look", an "illidari look", a "scourge look", an "alliance look", a "forsaken look", et cetera, it's all ok. but saying pandarian armor doesn't belong in the "warcraft look" is plain prejudice.

[Chonar]

The whole issue with Chinese pride and not using japanese themes on Pandaren because Pandaren == Chinabears is easily solved.

Infact, let me get some help from my good friend Patrick here.



There we go. The japanese-themed items are used and dropped by the ENEMIES of the chinabears. Meaning the players may use them but in the story, they're used by those that oppress / endanger the Pandaren. Peachy, no complaints from China and we get awesome samurai armor.

[Leare315]

Maybe not for the first tier, but I expect there to be another round of faction armor, like tier 9, maybe with a little more variation(can't really figure out why druids monks and rogues would look the same.) I fully expect full shogun armor in some form for warriors. The level of protection from samurai armor's pretty fantastic, plus you have to figure they're going to put their personal lore/style into everything. Chinese armor's kind of sleek, and as others are saying, pandas =/= chinese expansion. "Asian" means they can pull from a whole lot of stuff from Chinese, to Korean, to Japanese, even Indian.

[checking facts]

The whole issue with Chinese pride and not using japanese themes on Pandaren because Pandaren == Chinabears is easily solved.

Infact, let me get some help from my good friend Patrick here.



There we go. The japanese-themed items are used and dropped by the ENEMIES of the chinabears. Meaning the players may use them but in the story, they're used by those that oppress / endanger the Pandaren. Peachy, no complaints from China and we get awesome samurai armor.

that's pretty much what I expect, but I don't think the mogu can be japanese without some angry chinese crying, because they are based on china's stone lion statues

the mantid, or even another race not yet mentioned could well be japanese.

[Albert the fish]

The whole issue with Chinese pride and not using japanese themes on Pandaren because Pandaren == Chinabears is easily solved.

Infact, let me get some help from my good friend Patrick here.



There we go. The japanese-themed items are used and dropped by the ENEMIES of the chinabears. Meaning the players may use them but in the story, they're used by those that oppress / endanger the Pandaren. Peachy, no complaints from China and we get awesome samurai armor.

let's hope they do.

[Chonar]

that's pretty much what I expect, but I don't think the mogu can be japanese without some angry chinese crying, because they are based on china's stone lion statues

the mantid, or even another race not yet mentioned could well be japanese.

Nnggh. Okay, granted.

Then I hope it's gonna be the Mantid. Samurai Praying Mantis? Yes, sounds awesome.

... even though the fact that they're behind a Great Wall would indicate they're more like the Mongols. Because Great Wall of China.

... even though the Mongols are already in-game in the form of the Centaur....

... even though... Hm. This is getting complicated.

Oh well. Samurai Praying Mantis! HOooo!

[tomlol]

Samurai warrior plz

[Sadoraan]

Hmm I don't play a druid myself, but I think that all the druids out there will agree with me, when i say that there is a certain something missing from the newest druid sets. Something that was previously was a stable of all druid tier and i'm >>>SURE<<< is sorely missed.

That something, is a dead bird on your head (or a dead animal of some sort making up your shoulders/helm).

So that is my hope, that we go back to the old style of druid sets! .

[Chickat]

I want some samurai, bonsai tree, dragon armors.