Cataclysm added a lot of class options for players but there are still some that don't exist, and I have my theories as to why.
Night Elf Paladin - These guys have basically existed in lore since the introduction of Night Elves. Sentinels are the warrior arm of the Sisterhood of Elune. Basically every Sentinal is also a priestess. When we see Tyrande in the expanded universe we see this combination of Priest and Warrior (Well hunter) expanded. We see her not only healing people, but going so far as to create weapons of light to fight with. Given that Nightelf priests are part of the sisiterhood and not follower's of the holy light it would be obvious that the same would be fore their paladins. They could even get an awesome mount based off the mounts Huntress and Priestess of the Moon in WC3. It would also even out the class class balance for horde and alliance, giving equal options for Paladin as the Horde has for Shaman.
Why it's not happening - Night Elves are one of the most popular races (right after humans and blood elves) in WoW, Paladins are one of the most popular classes in WoW (tied with hunters). I don't see them adding anymore reason to make either of those, though i suspect a number of people would race change from say a human to nightelf, particularly for tanking and the Elusiveness racial. Regardless Paladins don't need a bump and neither due night elves.
Tauren Rogue - Tauren Rogues exist in game and in lore. Grimtotem Bandits have been around forever and there are plenty Tauren pirates running around. In the Shattering we learn that a portion of the Grimtotem clan remains in Thunderbluff under Jevan Stormsong, and are loyal to Baine Bloodhoof and the horde. In the same way that Dwarf Mages and Warlocks are likely trained by Dark Irons, and Shaman by Wildhammer, the same could easily be true of Tuaren Rogues. Futhermore we also know of Tauren hunters and Holy Striders which both carry similar tactics and skill sets to rogues.
Why it's not happening - Stealth. plain and simple. People associate rogues with stealth and Tauren are huge heavy fighters. What people should remember is that stealth is only one skill of Rogues. I agree that subtlety would be weird on a Tauren but the same could be said for Orcs. Combat and Assassination trees fit well enough, though Assassination would probably be sort of black sheep after the whole Garrosh/Cairne incident. Further more not every Tauren is this huge hulking creature, that's just the way game models work. Looking at art for the Holy Strider Perith Stormhoof you get a sense of a Tauren built for movement rather than power. There could be much leaner. They would still by bigger than most other races but they'd be slimmer than say a Tauren warrior.
Gnome Hunter - there are certain classes that every race should have, they are Warrior, Hunter, and Priest. Priest can be substituted for Shaman as religious class/healer, but every race should have hunters and every race should have warriors. Currently every race can make Warriors, but only the gnomes are unable to make hunters. The hunter class stems at its base from the hunter profession, though there is a difference. Essential the Hunter class in skill used for hunting food and tracking game adapted for warfare. Tracking, Ranged Combat, Trapping, and Training animals are all grounding in actual hunting practices that any race could have. Gnomes should not be the exception. They already have Warriors and Rogues, so why not hunter's. In addition to that gnomes are one of the lowest population races in the game and hunter could provide a boost to their numbers.
Why it's not happening - Three reasons against Gnomish Hunters. First off there's already a large number of hunters, and more than enough bad ones. I'm unsure how many people made Dwarves and Goblins for lack of gnome hunters, but I doubt the race change numbers would be as great as for Night Elf Paladins. Second is the nature aspect of hunters. Gnomes are largely considered to be very mechanical and less nature loving. Despite there more destructive goblin rivals having not only hunter, but shamans as well. The thing is gnomes are studious above all else that's why they have warriors and rogues as well as mages and warlocks. They pick a subject as study it, be it magic, technology, or warfare. If a goblin herbalist is in a sense a botanist, wouldn't a gnomish hunter be a zoologist. of course this argument could be used to make gnomish druids and shaman as well, but in truth if a gnome felt it was worth studying then they would become what that. Gnomes are one of the few races that could be allowed to make every class and have it be valid because of this.
Troll Paladins - OK this one is mostly because I want a troll paladin, but here me out on this. We know that troll Priest in general are not followers of the holy light, but rather Loa priest, with holy light due to game mechanics, though there is at least one troll follower of the light in Zabra Hexx. So why does a troll paladin have to follow the holy light? Tauren Paladins don't. All it takes is one loa with light-esque powers and you have an order of Loa priest with paladin like abilities. I would suggest Gonk, if he wasn't already the proponent of troll druidism. Zanza or the shadow hunter Loa Lukou would be possible choices. Give them a special Raptor mount and bam. Further more trolls are arguable the oldest race on Azeroth. Who's to say they didn't make paladins and say meh and not use them. The Zandalari records could hold all kinds of magic we don't know about.
Why it's not happening - I doubt blizzard will ever give any race the ability to make every class. And there's really no lore backing for troll paladins, though it could always be added, it would be a stretch. It would also require a new Shaman added to the alliance, and there really aren't many good options for that. Night Elves and Worgen maybe, gnomes possibly. Humans are unlikely Draenei and Dwarves already have them. so that's a problem.
Blood Elf Druid - They existed in the past but what remnants exist are ingrained in Ranger skills (Mend Pet, Aspect of the Wild) I could see an intrepid ranger rebuilding the Old Ways, but that would require.
Draenei Druids - No lore reason at all, I just think alien cat and bear forms would be pretty cool, and of all the races they would be the cloest to learn from the night eleves.
Orc Druids - Wolf form equals awesome. Also Orcs would be the perfect race to truly master Goldrinn's power, as the fury is natural to them.
Dwarf Druid - Drunk Bears with beards.
Why it's not gonna happen - of all of these only the Blood Elf really makes sense the rest would just be cool. Until they're is reason enough to add another Druid race, possibly if a new race is added with druid class, we won't be seeing any of these.
Pandaren Anything - Pandaren are awesome. Period. End of Story.
Why it's not happening - The thing about China being against a race of Panda People is a myth. Perfect World, which is a Chinese MMO which let's you create panda men, so that's not the problem. The problem is Everyone want' Pandaren. According to Pandaren creator Samwise, they would go horde, however expanded lore shows more ties to the alliance, except for Rexxar and Chen Stormstout. The inclusion of Panderen depends on blizzard seeding a new race that can match the epic feel of Pandaren. Otherwise which ever faction doesn't get pandaren feel cheated. There are some great races that players would like, Murlocs, ethereals, Keepers/Dryads, but none of them have the epic of pandaren. Furthermore they'd have to be seeded, and not come out of the blue like draenei did.
Night Elf Paladin - These guys have basically existed in lore since the introduction of Night Elves. Sentinels are the warrior arm of the Sisterhood of Elune. Basically every Sentinal is also a priestess. When we see Tyrande in the expanded universe we see this combination of Priest and Warrior (Well hunter) expanded. We see her not only healing people, but going so far as to create weapons of light to fight with. Given that Nightelf priests are part of the sisiterhood and not follower's of the holy light it would be obvious that the same would be fore their paladins. They could even get an awesome mount based off the mounts Huntress and Priestess of the Moon in WC3. It would also even out the class class balance for horde and alliance, giving equal options for Paladin as the Horde has for Shaman.
Why it's not happening - Night Elves are one of the most popular races (right after humans and blood elves) in WoW, Paladins are one of the most popular classes in WoW (tied with hunters). I don't see them adding anymore reason to make either of those, though i suspect a number of people would race change from say a human to nightelf, particularly for tanking and the Elusiveness racial. Regardless Paladins don't need a bump and neither due night elves.
Tauren Rogue - Tauren Rogues exist in game and in lore. Grimtotem Bandits have been around forever and there are plenty Tauren pirates running around. In the Shattering we learn that a portion of the Grimtotem clan remains in Thunderbluff under Jevan Stormsong, and are loyal to Baine Bloodhoof and the horde. In the same way that Dwarf Mages and Warlocks are likely trained by Dark Irons, and Shaman by Wildhammer, the same could easily be true of Tuaren Rogues. Futhermore we also know of Tauren hunters and Holy Striders which both carry similar tactics and skill sets to rogues.
Why it's not happening - Stealth. plain and simple. People associate rogues with stealth and Tauren are huge heavy fighters. What people should remember is that stealth is only one skill of Rogues. I agree that subtlety would be weird on a Tauren but the same could be said for Orcs. Combat and Assassination trees fit well enough, though Assassination would probably be sort of black sheep after the whole Garrosh/Cairne incident. Further more not every Tauren is this huge hulking creature, that's just the way game models work. Looking at art for the Holy Strider Perith Stormhoof you get a sense of a Tauren built for movement rather than power. There could be much leaner. They would still by bigger than most other races but they'd be slimmer than say a Tauren warrior.
Gnome Hunter - there are certain classes that every race should have, they are Warrior, Hunter, and Priest. Priest can be substituted for Shaman as religious class/healer, but every race should have hunters and every race should have warriors. Currently every race can make Warriors, but only the gnomes are unable to make hunters. The hunter class stems at its base from the hunter profession, though there is a difference. Essential the Hunter class in skill used for hunting food and tracking game adapted for warfare. Tracking, Ranged Combat, Trapping, and Training animals are all grounding in actual hunting practices that any race could have. Gnomes should not be the exception. They already have Warriors and Rogues, so why not hunter's. In addition to that gnomes are one of the lowest population races in the game and hunter could provide a boost to their numbers.
Why it's not happening - Three reasons against Gnomish Hunters. First off there's already a large number of hunters, and more than enough bad ones. I'm unsure how many people made Dwarves and Goblins for lack of gnome hunters, but I doubt the race change numbers would be as great as for Night Elf Paladins. Second is the nature aspect of hunters. Gnomes are largely considered to be very mechanical and less nature loving. Despite there more destructive goblin rivals having not only hunter, but shamans as well. The thing is gnomes are studious above all else that's why they have warriors and rogues as well as mages and warlocks. They pick a subject as study it, be it magic, technology, or warfare. If a goblin herbalist is in a sense a botanist, wouldn't a gnomish hunter be a zoologist. of course this argument could be used to make gnomish druids and shaman as well, but in truth if a gnome felt it was worth studying then they would become what that. Gnomes are one of the few races that could be allowed to make every class and have it be valid because of this.
Troll Paladins - OK this one is mostly because I want a troll paladin, but here me out on this. We know that troll Priest in general are not followers of the holy light, but rather Loa priest, with holy light due to game mechanics, though there is at least one troll follower of the light in Zabra Hexx. So why does a troll paladin have to follow the holy light? Tauren Paladins don't. All it takes is one loa with light-esque powers and you have an order of Loa priest with paladin like abilities. I would suggest Gonk, if he wasn't already the proponent of troll druidism. Zanza or the shadow hunter Loa Lukou would be possible choices. Give them a special Raptor mount and bam. Further more trolls are arguable the oldest race on Azeroth. Who's to say they didn't make paladins and say meh and not use them. The Zandalari records could hold all kinds of magic we don't know about.
Why it's not happening - I doubt blizzard will ever give any race the ability to make every class. And there's really no lore backing for troll paladins, though it could always be added, it would be a stretch. It would also require a new Shaman added to the alliance, and there really aren't many good options for that. Night Elves and Worgen maybe, gnomes possibly. Humans are unlikely Draenei and Dwarves already have them. so that's a problem.
Blood Elf Druid - They existed in the past but what remnants exist are ingrained in Ranger skills (Mend Pet, Aspect of the Wild) I could see an intrepid ranger rebuilding the Old Ways, but that would require.
Draenei Druids - No lore reason at all, I just think alien cat and bear forms would be pretty cool, and of all the races they would be the cloest to learn from the night eleves.
Orc Druids - Wolf form equals awesome. Also Orcs would be the perfect race to truly master Goldrinn's power, as the fury is natural to them.
Dwarf Druid - Drunk Bears with beards.
Why it's not gonna happen - of all of these only the Blood Elf really makes sense the rest would just be cool. Until they're is reason enough to add another Druid race, possibly if a new race is added with druid class, we won't be seeing any of these.
Pandaren Anything - Pandaren are awesome. Period. End of Story.
Why it's not happening - The thing about China being against a race of Panda People is a myth. Perfect World, which is a Chinese MMO which let's you create panda men, so that's not the problem. The problem is Everyone want' Pandaren. According to Pandaren creator Samwise, they would go horde, however expanded lore shows more ties to the alliance, except for Rexxar and Chen Stormstout. The inclusion of Panderen depends on blizzard seeding a new race that can match the epic feel of Pandaren. Otherwise which ever faction doesn't get pandaren feel cheated. There are some great races that players would like, Murlocs, ethereals, Keepers/Dryads, but none of them have the epic of pandaren. Furthermore they'd have to be seeded, and not come out of the blue like draenei did.
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