Players can see how their characters will develop in the expansion

Nov 29, 2011 17:11 GMT  ·  By

Video game developer Blizzard has announced that long term fans of the World of Warcraft MMO are now able to access the official website of the game and play with the talent calculator using the values that will be used in the Mists of Pandaria expansion.

This will give long term players a good way of assessing how their current characters will be affected by the changes that will be introduced in late 2012.

Mists of Pandaria was unveiled at the BlizzCon 2011 event and will allow gamers to explore a whole new continent, while also introducing new races and new classes, with an increase to the overall level cap.

During the last few months, World of Warcraft has lost close to 1 million subscribers and the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic might lead to more desertions on December 22.

A lot of these players are expected to come back to the game when Mists of Pandaria is launched.