Originally Posted by
Isiolia
The logic would say Ogre and furbolg if we keep the faction dynamic. But it seems even Blizzard aknowledged that splitting everything in two is no longer good for their game. Also, as Kul Tiras and Pandaren proves earlier, the big belly races are not popular mostly because most textures looks ugly on them since they're extended to fit their big body.
So I'd say vrykul would be the next playable race, and a neutral one for a few reason :
-They fit both the knightly aesthetic of the Alliance with the val'kyr and halls of valor, but also match the Horde's barbaric and savage themes with the drakkar / viking aesthetic that defines them.
-It's a popular race among the players because of their nordic-inspired style
-Outside of the two most exotics expansions, vrykuls were almost everywhere since Wrath (not as much as ogre tho)
The only problem is their size, but I could see Blizzard shrinking them.
One of the thing they also need to do is merge every allied race to their inspired counterpart, except maybe void elf and nightborne (unless they plan on removing factions) because at this point it's useless to separate two races who shares the same body. It just makes less customization for everyone which is a big loss.