I talked about this in another thread. But.
But it’s also important to bring up NPC’s that have Race/Class combo’s that players don’t have available. Because it proves that these combinations are possible. It’s just the dev team hasn’t made them available yet
List of NPC's with race/class combos (With some caveats)
*Hearthstone cards can at times not be considered canon. With stuff like Undead Anduin. But for stuff like NPC’s I think expanding on their lore to be canon could be interesting
**The reason Draenei have Shamanism is because of their Broken forms being heavily interested in it, and the Feralfen Druids are also ancestors of the Draenei
Spoilers for Exiles Reach
There’s even currently an Orc Priest in the new starting zone for Horde side players.
New players who may want to dig deeper into these options would see this and realize that Orc Priests aren’t actually playable. That option is limited only to Mag’har Orcs. (Which new players won’t have available to them immediately)
Which may just bring up confusion as to why there’s only one Orc Priest
Again, at this point. Like, yeah there are some more oddball picks like Draenei Druids and Blood Elf Shaman that I don’t see coming in unless the writing team goes ham on writing lore for why they exist.
But there are a few that already have established lore (Like the Rangari) in the game that feel like they should’ve already been included.
Hell, I still find it weird that it took Humans until Cataclysm to be able to play as Hunters. Like, at that point, what sort of lore is really holding them back?
Warriors, Hunters, and Monks feel like they should just be available to every race, since anyone can learn it with enough effort and practice.
(Hell, the Nightborne who were walled off from everyone else in the world are out in a courtyard post allied race recruitment showing that they’re learning how to become Monks right then and there)