I’d love to see both a new class and new races, but I really don’t know what to expect for future expansions.
New classes I feel like the chances are a bit low. They require a lot more work than new races, as well as more of a headache in the future for balancing. Not to mention having to do something with previous expansions, such as Legion since new classes wouldn’t exist there and thus no order hall for them. Much as I’d love to see new classes, I don’t really expect any in the near future.
However, class skins would be pretty neat. Something like Necromancers, my current most wanted class, as a skin for Warlocks could work very well and be a reasonable compromise. Same balancing, just a different theme and looks. It isn’t perfect, and likely will have some challenges to implement, but it’s better than not getting any new classes, provided what is done is reasonable IMO.
As for new races, I do think they’re still in the cards for future expansions, and it’s something I hope to see more of. They bring a lot of marketing hype and also help generate revenue for services, such as race changes and level boosts.
Not to mention the new character creation screen has plenty of room for new races:
Allied races were a pretty big deal in BfA. While I don’t expect to see 10+ new races in another expansion, I would say that adding races people have been asking for a long time would help to keep people interested in the game. Some potential races are those that have been long overdue and already part of their respective faction (Ogres for the Horde) while several NPC races would make for great playable races with a more fleshed out lore and potential storylines in the future.
As for races I personally want to see, I’ll just post my “Horde Triforce of Hope!™” for my most wanted races I want to see as playable Horde races:
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Courage! (Saurok)
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Wisdom! (San’layn)
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Power! (Ogres)
However, it remains to be seen what the next expansion will be and what it will consist of. Still, I do hope to see more new races in the near future, as I feel more options for character creation is a good thing. We’ll see what happens, I guess.