Official Site: Mists of Pandaria
Relevance: The fourth World of Warcraft expansion.
Launch Date:Â September 25, 2012
See: World of Warcraft
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Casually Classic: 12 quality-of-life improvements coming with Cataclysm Classic
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The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2023
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Holy crud, do I not know that I'm setting myself up for some major pushback today. Oh, I feel that to my core, friends!...
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WoW Factor: This time will not be different
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WoW Factor: For Khaz Algar!
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WoW Factor: Potential destinations for the next World of Warcraft expansion
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Perfect Ten: Every expansion era of World of Warcraft ranked
For a long time, I have been considering this particular column just because, well, it's an obvious one. If you have a column whose...
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Earlier this year, MMO Folklorist posted a rather intriguing article about the 10 best MMO box art designs -- at least in his opinion....
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Massively Overthinking: Changing ‘mains’ in MMOs
When I first started MMOs, the idea of mains and alts was bizarre to me. Why would I spend time on a second character...
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Aw yeah, who likes math? I like math. I really like math, and you all know it, and you have to consistently sit there...
WoW Factor: Optimal choices in MMO talent trees don’t justify removing them
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WoW Factor: Looking at Dragonflight’s release schedule with math
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Last week in this column, I told y'all a bit of a bluff.
Well, all right, that's not true. Last week's column was about what...
