Quote Originally Posted by Tonuss View Post
They could always make the Pandaren like those walrus people in WotLK. A new race that players can interact with and quest for, but that is not a playable race.

Or perhaps make the walrus people a playable race, lol.

I don't think that a new class is a good idea. With the class homogenization that has gone on due to the "bring the player, not the class" approach, there's no way to really make a new class stand out aside from the name. If they did find a way to make a new class unique, they would almost immediately make sure that at least two or three other classes could do the same so as not to force raids to bring a monk. If the monk was some kind of weird DPS/healing hybrid, you'd see a revamp of paladins and shaman to make them just like a monk.

I understand Blizzard's desire to keep raids from being forced to use certain comps or classes, but the homogenization of the classes has been a very bad idea, IMO.
Even though it might not seem like a good idea, its necessary to keep fans playing. A new race only provides so much re-playability. But new classes every few expansions is almost essential to maintaining as much of the fan base as possible, as well as bringing in new players. And Monk is one of the classes that has the popularity to make the masses reroll.