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At the moment, if you want to fight evil as a Goblin or Worgen you need Cataclysm, and it seemed like pandas would only be for those willing to pay the fee to step through the Mists of Pandaria. But no. As of September 25th, any World of Warcraft player will be able to play as any of Azeroth's races from the start - though not all of its classes - regardless of whether you've bought any expansions.
Needless to say though, a few pre-ordering fans at least aren't too happy at what they see as diminishing the expansion's value. "I genuinely only bought it to be a panda..." grumbles one. Aww...
