Sorry for the extremely late reply! Yes, they certainly went with the obvious, and though I did enjoy messing around with Evokers, I still mainly play WOLK classic. I despise the Evoker's limited range and the fact that they're always in a humanoid dragon-form when casting. I would have much MUCH MUCH preferred a Dragon-druid like class concept or one like your own.
I'm not too sure what my next concept would be and I haven't been working on any. I'll definitely check out your Explorer concept!