The problem is, the writers are Blizzard don't understand their own creations. And the root of that problem is they can't seem to grasp the concept of honor. Why is honor considered the number one Orc virtue, when so few of them actually act with honor? Granted... virtually no one outside of the Tauren and Night Elves were honorable until recently, but that just shows that the writers have a smidgen of an idea of what honor is; why they can't apply it to the one race that shouts it to the heavens, I don't understand.
I guess it's kind of like the supposedly-religious folk, who shout as loud as they can about their religion, because they have none of its core tenets at heart? The Orcs shout loudest about honor because they have none to begin with.
So far, Mists of Pandaria has been the most story-driven of all expansions... I applaud them for trying, but they really need to sit down and figure out this whole "honor" thing before we get anywhere.