So I've finally managed to get in the Mists of Pandaria Beta, I've played through the starting area for the Pandaren, and I'm happy to say the starting quests have been great. As previously announced by blizzard, you start out on the back of a turtle, the area is called the Wandering Isles, where Pandaren monks train, and you make your way around the island receiving various lessons from the inhabitants.
Pandaren Character Creation screen
Check out the screen-shots, but beware of minor spoilers in the starting quest chain plot.
Pandaren Starting area
A nice little travel quest that leads you into another area on the Wandering Isles
some nice scenery as you move along to your next objective in MoP:Beta
Some background story on what's been happening to the Pandaren over the years
Nearing the end of the quest chain
"If you know what I mean"
for the first time - A view of the turtle that carries the Pandaren Island
for the first time - A view of the turtle that carries the Pandaren Island
for the first time - A view of the turtle that carries the Pandaren Island
More Mists of Pandaria Screenshots after the break.
Seems like Blizzard has finally gotten the hang of it, when it comes to WoW Faction mounts. In Mists of Pandaria, the Pandaren mounts will vary greatly, starting from Pandaren Kites and Serpents to Yaks, a Jade Tiger, a water-strider etc.
Here's a video of the Pandaria mounts in action:
The one I'm most excited about is the Riding Dragon Turtle. That might just make up for the countless hours wasted in unsuccessfully trying to fish out a turtle mount in WoTLK and Cata. The Water Strider mount also looks interesting, and reminds me of the Ahn Kiraj battle tanks. Again hours of Archeology got me some pets, but unfortunately no mounts :P As they say if you don't get it the first 10 000 tries, grind harder.
Hopefully in MoP we're not going to have to grind too much to get those.
