Mists of Pandaria Week One Sales and What Lies Ahead

Mists of Pandaria Week One Sales and What Lies Ahead

We announced today that within the first week of release, prior to the launch in China this past Tuesday, Mists of Pandaria had already sold approximately 2.7 million copies, with over 10 million players subscribed around the world. We’re extremely thankful to everyone for the overwhelming amount of positive feedback we’ve received on the new expansion and its content, and look forward to continuing to reveal and explore the secrets of Pandaria with you -- starting with a preview of the first major content update coming soon.

Read more on the first week of launch in the official press release.

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Talagbusao
Saurfang
Talagbusao
10/9/2012
For me it's good that the game (for now) has become more casual. It introduces players to the game with ease. Then after the noobs have been used to the game the next expansion can revert back to a much more harder WOW. For now let the first timers get introduced to the game.
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Cobrakickass
Echo Isles
Cobrakickass
10/9/2012
On a different note It would be awesome to have hints dropped about the next expansion ideas so you can let your players help give you ideas on what to make better and change.

Sincerely,
Cobra Kickass, a player since the original game
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Cobrakickass
Echo Isles
Cobrakickass
10/9/2012
Mistweavers is if you reduced all their healing spells and gave them more spells to play with, I feel the Pandarians don't have enough spells and abilities to make them fun, like Paladins and Warriors.

I do understand all the programming that is involved in a game this massive, that is why I'm not complaining but giving suggestions.

Other suggestions: WOW may be evolving, but I really miss some of the original playing abilities, like the leveling up of the weapons skills, the difficulty in leveling up, the things like that. WOW has become way to easy and not as challenging as it was back in the original WOW. That's why I don't play as much because theirs no challenge, so that might be a thought for next expansion, make it more challenging. I know others may disagree but I feel that is important.
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Cobrakickass
Echo Isles
Cobrakickass
10/9/2012
Ok, I have a little bit of both sides to this WOW Pandarian debate.

What I like: I really loved Pandaria's starting area, and the story line there as a whole. The thing that made me like this over others was how they intertwined the story line with the cinematic, when I saw the ship in the turtles side I jumped back and was like OH MY GOSH THIS IS AMAZING!!!! 10/10 for that only. Out of all expansions this was my favorite because it was REALLY well thought out and designed.

Things that could possibly be changed: One thing that I saw, along with everyone else, is that the Mistweaver class is way OP in their healing abilities and that can make the game less entertaining and more frustrating, if there was a way to make the Soothing Mist and other healing abilities less powerful it might make it better, because that's a big discussion I see a lot of. So you might want to take that into consideration Blizzard. One thing that would also make it more fun to be a healer for the
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Beakdoctor
Undermine
Beakdoctor
10/9/2012
I have really enjoyed the expansion so far. There is so much that i need to do. Leveling up to 90 was only the beginning.
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Snøwblind
Area 52
Snøwblind
10/8/2012
So far i enjoyed the Panda starting area, soon i will be playing this guy to 90.

I'd like to thank blizzard for developing a well thought-out game, and comparing the end-game of MoP to the end game of GW2, theirs a lot more to do in WoW then GW2, and i like WoW's dungeon system better, its less of a gong-show.

Keep up the good work blizzard, i'll be supporting you every expansion!
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Grottraz
Spirestone
Grottraz
10/7/2012
has anyone read the city of emperor cause they put a bunch of people undergroud incase no one survives the war. maybe the horde put people underground and they are abounch of mixed races that are like mutants and they come out from the ground and because they are so different half join the ally and they come up with a plan that they are undergorund critters that had a war themselfs and found the surface and broke out and they wanted to join the ally and they dont tell the horde leaders this and they end up being ontop of the war
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Antonchigur
Shadowmoon
Antonchigur
10/7/2012
Heartofice. If it wasnt for Americans you wouldn't have this great game to sit infront of and be fat with. Put down the fork and get out youl love the world. shame on you.... Silly foreigners
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Grottraz
Spirestone
Grottraz
10/7/2012
new idea there is a sea creature just one race maybe two that are friends that have been learching the seas very low but are aware of the surface almost like a snake soon they will come out and join one side and they need specail gear to be on the surface and have been creating that gear and the gear that the surface people will need and they captured one to do tests and they figured it out and they need the same gear to get into space and the space people need what space is to them to get onto the land we know in the game and different gear to go under water and so forth witht that cause that would be cool comment if you aggre with me
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Grottraz
Spirestone
Grottraz
10/7/2012
i kinda like the idea that the horde and ally hold hands. i hope it works and it changes its hole game state into battle pets more and traveling and trying to build rockets to get to the end of the universe maybe after every city gets rebuilt they realize they have gone to far and it takes a few more wows till they have peace and you try to raise a family and build a house and your toons are your kids and you train them untill they are like lvl 5 then you choose their class and they start to be mixed races but idk i think that be cool but at the same time stupid idc i just dont like the new org something outside but deffintly has a inside part and when the under city blows up the bottom part stays the same but their is a hole new top where people will want to hang out it will be the new org
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Grottraz
Spirestone
Grottraz
10/7/2012
i dont like the new org i played a little before cata came out and i do not rember the old org but i know it was better then the new one i think they should make a outer space wow and the outer space people blow up the org and then the other outer space team blows up strorm wind and then they blow up the under city and so forth and they all get slightly new locations.
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Grottraz
Spirestone
Grottraz
10/7/2012
i think that there should be a outer space wow for their last one where a enginer builds a space ship and goes into space discovering a new city where there is allready a war going on and the horde soon follows the space expedition only to find the same thing but joins the other side and you must have space gear to be in space and if you are a space guy you must have space gear to be on the home planet we play on today. also a class should come out where they have a pet that attacks for them and holds all aggro and you can only heal. or a class that has one power to be all classes but always has a minion like a warlock i think that would be cool
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Heartofice
Azuremyst
Heartofice
10/7/2012
I just need to stop reading comments, you people get under my skin!! like a bunch of QQ girls! DUDES!, you are playing one of the best games ever made from the comfort of your home! I mean parts of the world are literally falling apart! People starve to death daily! And you QQ about how the new expansion has ruined your life! Grow up! If you came from a war torn part of the world and you read the crap on these forums.... Do you have any idea what you sound like?! Blizz i love everything you have done! Cross realms are a great way to keep PvP balanced and in check! Pandas rock and the animations are amazing! My spoiled Americans... you shame me!
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Neolina
Illidan
Neolina
10/7/2012
If you don't like it don't play it.... obviously Blizzard is doing something right if people are still playing and still buying.......
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Morderon
Dawnbringer
Morderon
10/7/2012
blizz, im just happy cata is over. wrath was such a big hit i think people were just let down, pandaria is better but still has a lot of the feeling cata had and blizz i beg you not to end this game with the horde and alliance holding hands after garrosh gets smashed. i just realy hope the pandas were not put into the game as a peace maker
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Arician
Winterhoof
Arician
10/7/2012
The social dynamic of this game sure brings out the creative critics. If you think you have such a handle on content design you could use the energy wasted telling a company that just sold 2.7 million copies of a game why they suck to better use. Maybe create your own RPG. You will need to build a "Hello World" program first. Then you can expand out from there.

You know what ruins the game for me. Trying to play through all the whiners and know-it-alls. It's not the content that kills it for me it's some of the people that play it. So do all of us with lives who like to play the game a favor and find something else to do with your mouth piece and keystroke besides !@#$%.
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Arician
Winterhoof
Arician
10/7/2012
Complain would have been a better word I guess. Regardless you get the point.
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Bblooddlust
Winterhoof
Bblooddlust
10/7/2012
@Arician: perfect, i was just thinking about ow all of the complainers in this game probably have no idea what kind of programming needs to be done in order to make the changes they did. for example the 2 pages of if statements that are needed for the new quest model that gives players only armor viable to their class, and thats per quest. i think most of these people who complain would pick up a program language book and get frustrated at "hello world" because it is not working right because they left a semi-colon out somewhere, anyways i agree man its funny how people thake these things for granted and dont put any thought whatsoever into how complicated and time consuming creating something like this is.
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Aymeric
Wyrmrest Accord
Aymeric
10/7/2012
@Bblooddlust: What you are refering to are the Liberals that think the game ment for thousands is ment for them. :P
Nah, it's just people that take things for granted and don't understand what kind of work actualy goes into programing and balancing with-in a game.
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Schwitz
Bleeding Hollow
Schwitz
10/8/2012
@Bblooddlust: Lol This made me have a programmers chuckle
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Zotaractar
Kilrogg
Zotaractar
10/7/2012
I’ve been a wow player for a long time like most of you. A little insight to pandaria; it is cata repackaged nothing more. The old "holy trinity" style of play is still there; nothing new here. Talents system has been crashed to stupid mode. The graphic engine is still the same; nothing new here. Mash button 1,4,3,6 is still the same; nothing new here.
What I’m getting to is nothing new with the overall user action with panderia. Blizzard team have made up some gimmicks to make it seem there is new attributes to the pandaria, but nothing new. Blizzard wanted to make an expansion to keep ppls playing and do it as cheap as they could so they used cata framework, way do you think they were able to layoff so many developers.
I’m not saying that you shouldn’t buy or enjoy the expansion, but to say cata was a terrible expansion and then say panderia is great expansion is naïve. When activision sold WoW to Blizzard we went from gamers building a game for gamers to Blizzard who only cares about a buck.
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Vesiry
Rexxar
Vesiry
10/7/2012
@Zotaractar: I'm enjoying everything this expansion has so far, don't see a reason to vent or complain, a step in the right direction after cata imo.
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Dovah
Azuremyst
Dovah
10/7/2012
@Zotaractar: talents are the same, gameplay is diffrent, game engine has been updated twice since cata, mashing buttons is most likely why you pvp and have no raid experence and blizzard is "blizzard activision" owned by vivendi sa and has no been sold
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Bblooddlust
Winterhoof
Bblooddlust
10/7/2012
@Zotaractar: "if it aint broke don't fix it" honestly the reason people stop playing the game is usually not due to mechanics, its due to being bored with the content. this is a content expansion that brings alot of new features to the game people love. if they changed everything about the game it would not be World of Warcraft anymore. you cant expect everything in the game to change. and as far as button mashing goes, thats a MMORPG style and theres not really another option, most people do not want a 20 spell rotation thats extremely complex and hard to play, that takes the fun out of the game. there are classes with tougher rotations and you are playing probably the most mind-numbing class there is as far as complex rotations go (DeathKnight).
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Aymeric
Wyrmrest Accord
Aymeric
10/7/2012
@Zotaractar: If you don't enjoy the game then quit, nobody will miss you.
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Lohandbehold
Lothar
Lohandbehold
10/7/2012
@Zotaractar: "When activision sold WoW to Blizzard we went from gamers building a game for gamers to Blizzard who only cares about a buck."

Blizzard MADE WoW. They didn't buy it from Activision. Activision bought Blizzard.
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Heartofice
Azuremyst
Heartofice
10/7/2012
@Zotaractar: And that's exactly the problem, you have been playing for years, so now all you can do is complain and QQ about how they ruined your precious game! You are jaded and cynical! That's what happens when you make your life about a game for the past 8 years dude. Go outside! Most of us are coming back from breaks and enjoy Pandaria, how the hell is there anything to complain about? Changes are part of life get used to it or get left behind! As far as the graphics are concerned they have improved vastly over the years. WoW has never been about realistic graphics, keeping the game easy to run on most systems is a smart move! I mean im just sick of you guys man, go play GW2 just please !@#$!
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Malistra
Bloodhoof
Malistra
10/7/2012
@Zotaractar: Sold wow to blizzard? What are you smoking? WoW has always been a Blizzard property. Even after Vivendi "merged" Activision with Blizzard.
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Atimar
Kil'jaeden
Atimar
10/7/2012
The only thing I'm disappointed about in MoP is how slow and monotonous the combat ratings feel. It feels way to much like Cata.
For a scenario: When I'm leveling my monk, doing 80 wrath heroics was quite fun because large AoE damage to the group would be lethal quite fast, but my healing can top them off in seconds. It also came to the point of where a Zen Sphere cast, or a surging mist cast made the difference in life or death, and it happens quite a bit. Even during WoTLK, that was the case quite a bit, (Holy light to a holy shock that didn't crit) and I found it so fun as a healer.
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Xeriscape
Hyjal
Xeriscape
10/7/2012
14 mil and counting again horray for wow
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Fangxia
Twisting Nether
Fangxia
10/5/2012
Best expansion ever. It took me a good long while to let go of TBC's #1 spot, but MoP has certainly outdone itself. So many amazing features! World pvp has never been more alive! :D
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Funkme
Kargath
Funkme
10/5/2012
@Fangxia: MOP is HORRIBLE!!! BC was Best!
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Ðante
Shandris
Ðante
10/6/2012
@Funkme: Nope MOP is better.
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Morderon
Dawnbringer
Morderon
10/7/2012
@Ðante: you are all dumb... wrath is number 1
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Aymeric
Wyrmrest Accord
Aymeric
10/7/2012
@Morderon: I'll agree, Wrath was my Favorate X-pac, but MoP is fun in it's own way and I find the laid back Questing fun rather than struggling to get anywhere like I did in CLassic and TBC.
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Heartofice
Azuremyst
Heartofice
10/7/2012
@Ðante: Ignore da trolls mon!
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Farron
Arathor
Farron
10/5/2012
This game is like an old friend, I will continue to play it even it I also play SWTOR and GW2.
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Burgybabe
Baelgun
Burgybabe
10/5/2012
Ive closed all 5 of my accouts. CRZ ruined the game for me. Declining sales report as compared to previous xpacs makes me fuzzy inside. Keep up the good work Blizz. Too bad because this xpac is actually really good...its all the other changes that have ruined it for me. My game-play style has been destroyed so i lay to rest my multiboxing shamans and my 14 85's. bye bye Blizz.
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Emma
Blackrock
Emma
10/5/2012
@Burgybabe: good riddance
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Aymeric
Wyrmrest Accord
Aymeric
10/7/2012
@Emma: Posting on an unmarked Lowbie, sounds more like a WoW hating troll than an actual player to me.