Originally Posted by
Kunker
I've been looking around these forums since the big news and I've seen a lot of people say stuff like "Oh man I can't wait to play as a Panda" or "Oh, they should be a neutral race and then once you reach level X, you can pick horde or alliance!" or "Monk or Bard is going to be the next hero class!"
Hold your horses, guys. You realize that in no way, shape or form will Blizzard devote the time to making a playable race as difficult as Pandarians (and it would be a fairly hard race to make playable) AND deal with balancing the new class for a new expansion? In terms of a linear progression with class/race, class is up next, so I have no idea why people are hinting are even thinking about being able to play as a Panda. Let's get real guys, this is Blizzard we are talking about, the re-skinning champion of the world.
Which ever class they end up picking is going to be all you get, and IIRC Blizzard as mentioned that they have learned a lot from the introduction of Death Knights, however horrid it may have been, and are looking forward to trying it again? (Don't quote me on that though). So chances are it isn't going to be a race.
Bard, Monk or Flying cannon of death and awesomeness, which ever they end up choosing, is all your gonna go, sorry, no Panda playing for you...