If no new race- then what would the next class be :)

[Lisaara]

Demon Hunter or Bard Pleeeeease

[Ceravan]

I always wished there could be an Elementalist type, one that was a pet class that could summon/control Elements. Could have a spec focused on taming/controling elementals of the 4 elements, air/fire/water/earth, but then have something similar to bm spec where they could also tame shadow/arcane/lightning. Another spec would be focused on buffing the elements you can summon rather than the ones you can tame. And the third would actually make a different kind of tank class. Where it would focus on giving you the ability to range tank with your pet, Earth and Water elementals would be the best pet tanks, but Air and Fire ones would be good, this spec would enhance the tanking abilities and allow you to que as a tank meaning people would have something totally different to learn on how to tank.

Other options could be a Necromancer type class, one spec you summon your own undead, with higher levels giving you more to summon. Like say an undead at level 1, 2 at level 35, and 3 at 80. A spec that allows you to control undead minions that you find in the world, but you would only be allowed to have one. That spec would let you control one like a hunter can tame beasts instead of having the 1, 2, or 3, you could control undead, and it would allow you to enhance said undead. The second spec could focus on the 3 you can summon and their abilities/variety, allowing you to make them roguelike, casterlike or archerlike, or a mix if you so please. However to save for confusion, they'd have one pet bar, and you'd only want them to focus on one mob anyways, because like the undead, they could be brittle so aren't meant to tank anything. You could however take on anything your average hunter or warlock could solo, petwise, it would just take a bit more skill.

Could also do Spellbreakers, and follow along the lines of their lore in warcraft, could make them have a tank, heal, and dps spec, or a heal and 2 dps specs, haven't really thought about the implications, someone has already mentioned them in another thread a whileback or so and I think a blizzard type person had mentioned making new tanks would be tricky because of finding new mechanics to make them work.

And finally, goblin sappers and dwarven mortar teams from WCIII have given me the idea of the Demolistionists class. It would be a ranged class dealing in various explosives. Able to use guns and crossbows, they could enhance said weapons with mini nukes, bombs, etc. Haven't thought much about their specs, but one would focus on enhancing their use of guns and crossbows, one would focus on the bombs/explosives/mortars they can use, and the last would give them a melee spec where they would be doin in your face explosives, they would use fist weapons, 1handed axes, and 1handed maces.

[bluddy]

The next hero class? hunter! y'know they can tame beats and lay traps! it's just plain awesome!

and now for serious i'd go with the dragonsworn that someone posted as a suggestion on the official forums

+ i'd fit in to http://www.wowwiki.com/Dragonsworn

[Ceravan]

i'm a pain, good thread, needs to be bumped, really curious as to see what people come up with

[Gimlion]

Although a monk would be very neat, I've always wanted a class that is a hybrid of a rogue and Hunter. (I like using Legolas as an example.) It could have a ranged spec, a melee spec, but I'm not entirely sure what the 3rd spec would be.

[Bodhran]

I've always loved this class.

Runemasters are monk-like arcane spellcaster and melee fighters who empower themselves with magical energies by inscribing runes onto their bodies. The runemaster is a free spirit, more at home in the wild than in the city.[1] The runemaster is a mystic who sees the power of ley lines. Moreover, those who study runes understand that these are not simply symbols of power - they are the power. The runemaster seeks to become one with the land, but not in the fashion of druids. Rather, the runemaster desires to become a microcosm of the land, seeking to overlay his body with runes in the same fashion that the land itself is overlaid with patterns of ley lines.

He merges brute strength with arcane magic, covering his body with mystic tattoos and often imbuing them with magical energies to increase his skill in hand-to-hand combat. While a runemaster shuns armor, this is more to prevent hindrances to inscribing his runes than to demonstrate his subtlety and finesse with unarmed strikes. Quite to the contrary, a runemaster prefers to get in the face of his enemies. Using little trickery or subterfuge, the runemaster takes down foes with toe-to-toe, all-out assaults, hammering them with tattooed fists and feet brimming with arcane power.

Most runemasters are heavily tattooed with runic patterns...

Runemasters are proficient with simple weapons, but not with any type of armor or shield. Armor of any type interferes with a runemaster’s movements, which can cause his empowerments with somatic components to fail.

A runemaster has the ability to scribe and empower runes. A runemaster does not prepare spells the way other arcane spellcasters do. Rather, a runemaster has a certain number of rune patterns that he simply knows, and he may empower any rune within those patterns. To scribe and empower a rune, the runemaster must have a high Spirit.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Runemaster

Also I think it would be neat to have neutral races like Pandarin, draginkin, maybe even naga, wolvar or gnoles. You could have then choose a side a faction. lol anyway just my wacky $0.02