i dont consider MOP as an xpac same as the others,
MOP is an offshot from the traditional way of making wow xpacs.
you might even consider it to be an activision xpac not blizz.
its a clear commercial attempt to combine the old brew master one time hidden in a bonus campaign in wc3 concept with the wave of the commercial success of the eastern martial arts animated comedy movies such as kong fu panda and mulan .
anyone who doesnt see it as a commercial attempt to ride that success is deluded.
the very cinematic of that xpac is a pure shame showing a panda monk with a wooden stick put to shame easly while chewing a straw 2 warriors with goofy looks upon the faces .
its a pure invitation for the feeble minded to come and see the new god mode race/class and buy the product,
a technique blizz never applied to any past new races or classes including the mighty DKS at the time, blizz never introduced them on the back of previous classes/races .
and for the sake of that xpac they made up an island filled with beer , fat short leged pandas, farms and giant rats , bunnies , snails , worms and talking fish , talking monkeys and talking insects.
if one wc3 hidden hero class deserve an xpac ,by that logic i want the next xpac to be all about rexxar and his half ogres race.
'nuff said