Originally posted by TornadoCreator
I honestly shocked by this expansion. It's almost as though Blizzard are desperately trying to kill off WoW by putting in a comical race which doesn't fit the established backstory, especially for the horde, a class which doesn't make sense and so oversimplifying the game that at this point I'm fairly sure there are people on this very forum who could write an algorithm to play WoW for them now. I've levelled a character to level 80, I've done the guild drama thing... honestly I'm over WoW and with Star Wars: Old Republic just around the corner, I don't think WoW has much time left as top-dog MMO
I really cant understand why you think putting a comical race in the game is bad. As long as the racial spells are ok, I dont really see your point. Most people choose characters after their looks and racials, not lore or if they are comical. I personally play undead mage, which I do because its cool and has a goodracial for pvp. In wow we have Cows, dead people, murlocks, elfs, orcs and trolls. Tell meagain where the panda doesnt fit in. It might be true that they are trying to extend the games duration. But why shouldnt they ? As long as people are enjoying the game, I think they should keep on going.
Blizzard makes 12.99 Euro per month for each person that has a monthly subscribtion. I would estimate like 10 - 11 million players all over the world. You can do the math yourself

(and dont forget all the other services available. Server Transfer, Race / Faction Change, Name Change etc.)
When they are making this amount of money, why stop producing now ?
As long as people play it, they are obviously doing something right.