Worgen and Goblins are in already. I think they are perfectly fine choices in terms of lore, graphics, and areas to establish a city, although faction was the subject of debate before the two were announced for real. Besides, both of them are classic fantasy creatures if you consider Worgen werewolves. Why is this relevant? Because everybody knows what they are and can get stuck into their character easily. Even the Draenei are supposed to represent demons/imps. And the humans, well, you have to have humans. Anyway, Pandaren and Furbolgs are unique to the game and most people will go with what they’re familiar with.

Pandaren, speaking of which, are out. Well, maybe not, but I’m 99.9% sure they are. This is because the Chinese got offended by the Pandaren because of their likeness to pandas or something, I don’t know. Either way, it doesn’t matter to Blizzard, because China makes up a huge part of their playerbase and if the Chinese get upset and quit playing, then A LOT of money is being lost. And this affects us, too. Remember: It’s the player’s money that allows Blizzard to sustain WoW and give us new, exciting things within it. On their part, it’s a no brainer I’m afraid.

Furbolgs, lore-wise, would make perfect sense to join the Alliance. They were on great terms with the Night Elves and recently the Draenei, and they could have had a good starting area in the form of Hyjal. Graphically speaking, though, Furbolgs would be hard to implement. And only two tribes of them are friendly, one of which is neutral and won’t get involved. So thats… what, 100 furbolgs? That aint’ gonna cut it. So Furbolgs are doubtful, but it could happen. Just don’t hold your breath.

Finally, we have the Ogres. I have faith in the Ogres becoming a playable race, actually. They’re classic fantasy monsters, for one, and another thing they’ve got going for them is the chance of acceptance into either the Horde OR the Alliance, although Ogres hate humans so thats leaning towardss the Horde a bit. Many don’t think Ogres could cut it because, well, they’re pretty big. However, there are Tauren-sized Ogres in places, and they could definitely be made into a playable race. The only real problem is starting area… perhaps another island – based city?

The real problem is lore. Night Elves hate the Naga, and if they join the Alliance, then the Night Elves would leave. It’s as simple as that. So that leaves only the Horde, who arn’t on good terms with the race either.

And this isn’t even relevant because all of the Naga are enslaved by Azshara, some by Illidan. In answer, many people have come up with the ‘breaking free’ theories, like the Forsaken. The Forsaken only managed to establish themselves because of Illidan invading the Frozen Throne. Azshara is much more powerful than the Lich King (Proof: She is a Demigodess) so it would be significently harder for the Naga to deny her will – This similarly applies to Illidan. And besides, the Naga are fiercly loyal to their masters. Why should they leave their masters for one of two random groups they’ve been attacking relentlessly for centuries?

It couldn’t use Kick. It’d just slap it with it’s hard tail. OUCH!
Sinister Strike requires slightly long and agile arms. Another failure.
Shadowstep? Do I need to explain?
Killing Spree. Requires a little more agility?

That’s all I can think of. Well, good night!

Naga:
The naga could not be playable. They couldn’t wear armor. o.O Sure, they can weild a sword and put on a breastplate, but where will the boots go? They don’t have feet, thus making them unplayable.

Goblin:
Personally, I think this is a good choice. I love me some goblins! They can wear all the gear, and the pact with the Horde makes sense. They’re fine, in my opinion.

Worgen:
Honestly, it seems a bit inbalanced. Why do they get wolves to chomp the little goblins up? Another question: how are you going to make a female worgen? Would it just be a male worgen with different colored fur? On another note, holding weapons for the worgens is a little strange. Think of it — a worgen hunter? -.- My final opinion on worgens is that it’s not the best idea. I always thought werewolves were sworn enemies of the humans. Maybe not.

Classes:

Worgen Hunter? Fail
Troll Druid? Fail
Tauren Paladin? A holy cow, but I think it’s unoriginal.
Goblin Warrior? Sorta.

It’s a bipedal world, I say Naga will never happen for that reason.

Worgen just seem too “fanboy” to me:

“Cool! Werewolves! That has to be the next race, because Werewolves kick ass! The only thing better than Werewolves is if we could be Vampires!”

“Yeah, Vampires, but they used to be elves….or what about demons…..I know Demonic Elven Vampires that can turn into Werewolves!”

“Yeah! Blizzard rocks!”

I admit, the location of Gilneas makes sense for the Worgen, but that’s all that makes sense. I don’t buy the masks being a clue. Why would Blizz put Hallows End masks out for the new races in an expansion that has no prayer of being released anytime near this year’s Hallow’s End? If it is for next year, why would they put them in a patch this year? I think they would wait until a patch next year, or include it in the discs that ship with the expansion. I think it is much more likely that they just wanted to add more masks for people to collect, and the female Worgen are just there for kicks because it looks really silly (and it does).

I would prefer Naga for Horde (they could find new allies in the Forsaken and Blood elves ) ,Pandaren for any of them or maybe Centaur for the Horde(they could be redeemed by the Pariah).That would be cool.

And i have a question,what where the Ironforge dwarves and the Stormwind humans doing during the 3d war?they were attacked?they just waited while their allies were being eaten by the undead?