In the grand scheme of things, I would prefer races like Taunka to be their own race slot on the character creation screen. Seeing how the Wildhammer were treated, being attached to Bronzebeard Dwarves with little identity with what makes a Wildhammer a Wildhammer, doesn’t give me a lot of confidence that other customization races would be treated as their own race. Not to mention that we still have no explanation to why we suddenly have Sand Trolls in the Horde.
A long time ago, I typed up a post where I addressed concerns with customization races and having their own identity, along with trying to determine what would be reasonable expectations for customization races. A lot of it still stands, and for those interested, here is the post:
At the moment, the only other thing I’d add to that is having unique Hunter starting pets.
Really, I want races to be able to have their own identity and such when becoming playable. It’s why I feel that the Wildhammer customizations were less than ideal and that they deserve better. It’s the same way I feel for other races that could become playable that are variants of existing races. I wouldn’t want races like San’layn, Kelfin, Taunka, and such to just be customization options and then not have any presence at all. It just makes it feel like a parent race is cosplaying and LARPing as those races.
Besides, we got a bunch of room on that new character creation screen that several races would love to get on there and become something more than be forgotten or just mooks. I’d personally love to see it filled with races people want to see, and the more options, the better IMO. 