Well, that didn’t take long. Pretty surprising, I figured at least three days…
Hellscream’s butt has been kicked and there’s a new warchief and no, it isn’t a Goblin. Love the “Shut Up!” in the middle. 😉
The Last Emperor of Pandaria has faced fear, despair, doubt, and anger, and overcome all. Now comes the final test.
Emperor Shaohao returned, enlightened by his journey, and without a moment to spare: the Great Waterspeaker’s vision had come to fruition. In the face of disaster, would Shaohao be able to protect his people?
Find out in the final chapter, “The Burdens of Shaohao—Part Five: The Sundering.”
The Last Emporer of Pandaria, Shaohao, is learning to master himself. So far he has faced and beaten his despair, doubt, and his fear. Now comes a new challenge:Â Anger.
In a new series of six dramatic shorts, we travel back to the time of the last pandaren emperor, a golden age before the land was enveloped by mist.
After having cast away doubt, despair, and fear, Emperor Shaohao sought an army. The White Tiger saw Anger in the emperor and issued a challenge. Would the emperor temper his rage?
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This is part three in Blizzard’s series on the Last Emperor of Pandaria, Shaohao. He is subjected to various trials which might end his journey, but he has been finding ways to overcome his doubt and despair. Now he faces fear.
(See the links below for the prior videos. )
Emperor Shaohao found himself in the land of the Mantid, the mortal enemy of the Pandaren. With advice from the Black Ox, he followed his feet through the waking nightmare.
Would Shaohao overcome Fear?
This is #2 in a serioes of six videos, by Blizzard, of the ancient emperor Shaohao.
In a new series of six dramatic shorts, we travel back to the time of the last Pandaren emperor, a golden age before the land was enveloped by mist. Emperor Shaohao pursued his friend with great haste, but one misstep took him from his path. He fought to free himself from the swamp, struggling only making him sink into Despair. Would Shaohao find a way to escape?
In the Prelude we’re introduced to the last Pandaren Emperor, Shaohao. He received a vision that was not quite what he hopes…
Fearing for the future of his people, Emperor Shaohao sought out the Jade Serpent, Spirit of Wisdom, for council. He struggled to find meaning and fell into Doubt. Would the emperor triumph over his inner demons?
Blizzard will be releasing a series of videos on ancient Pandaria  lore, The Burdens of Emperor Shaohao.
In this Prelude we’re introduced to the last Pandaren Emperor, Shaohao. He receives a vision that is not quite what he hoped it would be…
Horde and Alliance at War
Human and Orc assisting each other
Pandaren makes a good show of his abilities
Wouldn’t it be awesome if the in-game characters looked this good?
As you likely know, the official launch date is 9/25/2012.
Get ready!
An Enhanced Version is available for $60, but doesn’t offer much (in my view.) ibtimes says there’s an $80 version as well, with DVD, sound track, art, and more stuff. Sounds a little more interesting to me.
You should be able to buy it all over the place, including the Bliz store and Amazon. Some sellers might have incentives.
Mists of Pandaria
Mists of Pandaria Collector’s Edition
You’re the swashbuckling master of the flashing blades and are at or near the tops of the DPS charts. Maybe not so hot as an Arena machine, that’s Subtlety’s forte, but you can do just fine in the Battlegrounds. Leveling, of course, is quick, easy, and painless for you.
Due to the complete revamping of the talent system in Mists of Pandaria
Rogues, all Rogues, have a pretty high skill cap. This means that it will take some work to get to the top, but you’ll rule when you do.
| stats | weapons | poisons | gems | enchants |
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Once upon a time Combat Rogues had talents giving them extra stats with particular weapon types. That is no longer the case. Use the best one-hand weapons you can find, if you have a choice between available weapons then pick the one that matches your racial (eg: Human expertise with Axe and Mace.)
Poisons are abilities and buffs, you no longer have to stock them in your bags or buy them from a vendor. You can use one lethal (eg; deadly) and one non-lethal (eg: Crippling) at a time. Each “dose” lasts for one hour and is weapon independent. You can switch weapons (and poisons) at any time and you’ll still have your poisons working, without having to re-apply them.
Lethal
Once you get into item level 417+ gear get into the M of P gems, even if they’re grimly expensive. They’re far superior to the Cataclysm gems.
In M of P the gems for secondary stats will have higher values than those with primary stats. For example, this quick gem vs the comparable delicate gem. In Cataclysm Rogues could stick with all Agility gems and be just fine, in M of P the gemming will be more interesting. You will probably want to match socket bonuses.
As with gems, the Mists of Pandaria enchants are much better than the earlier enchants. Head enchants are gone, shoulder enchants come from the Inscription profession. Go for Agility first, then Haste, then whatever looks best according to the stats above.
MoP enchants require item level 372 or better and you’ll notice that they are somewhat better than their Cataclysm counterparts. New enchants (and gems) are always very expensive when the appear, and sometimes afterwards. If you need more cash to be able to buy these things then check our Tycoon review.
Pandarens can become Rogues, Draenei and Tauren still can’t.
Blood Elf
Goblin
Orcs
Pandaren
Profession bonuses are much higher in Mists of Pandaria than previously and many crafts will requires Bind on Pickup items to create (requiring Spirit of Harmony, for example, though the finished item might well be Bind on Equip. Pretty much like the old Chaos Orbs from Cataclysm, but a lot more recipes will requires the Spirits. Maybe they’ll become BoE, like the orbs did, but they aren’t there now.
The Haste buff from Herbalism makes it worth considering.
These are the abilities that you pick up from choosing Combat as your specialization (spec.)
Talents are completely revised. Take all your Cata build and throw them away. You now have six tiers of talents, gained (one tier each) at levels 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90. Any spec can pick any one talent from each row. Any level 60 Rogue can now take Shadowstep, for example.
Talents and glyphs are swapped in the same way. Tome of the Clear Mind is what you use to swap glyphs at 86+.
Glyphs are a bit different from before. Primes are gone, Majors modify damage and effects, Minors make small changes to some effects, such as increrased range.  You can have three each, six total, at level 90. Tome of the Clear Mind is what you use to swap glyphs at 86+. Get supplies to changes talents and glyphs from your Inscription supplies vendor or off the Auction House.
Major Glyphs:Â
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