It’s hard to know what’ll come after Dragonflight. We’ve had expansions before where we got new races in a row, like with Cataclysm into MoP. BfA also gave us several new races, though that was introducing the allied race system and I’d be surprised if we saw 10+ new playable races in an expansion again.
Of course, what the next expansion will be based on is up in the air. Some rumors are it could be a cosmic void theme, but nothing is concrete. That said, it is frustrating when they would add races “when it makes sense” when a number of races that became playable wouldn’t change much if they were replaced by a number of other races. Moreso when it made a lot of sense to add some races playable, like Ogres in BfA and San’layn in Shadowlands. I’m assuming by making sense, it also involves marketing and resource utilization aside from just storyline reasons.
It’s still unclear what all will happen with Dragonflight’s story. We’ll have some content patches, so we could still see the MU Stonemaul Clan pop up somewhere. Though to be honest, given how they were MIA in BfA, I’m not really holding my breath. If somehow they do appear again, especially if there is a rep associated with them, it could be something that leads to them being playable after Dragonflight. However, I will admit the chances of that are low, so all we can do is see where the story goes and what we’ll be doing during it as content patches come.
As for races that come out of nowhere becoming playable, in some cases I would agree with that. The thing is that all races, PC and NPC, were new that came out of nowhere and either made interesting playable races or were good playable race candidates. I’m not entirely opposed to brand new races to Warcraft in general, though it is a case by case basis for me. Nowadays, I do lean more towards races that exist that people have been requesting for a long time, but it really depends on what would come on the future for brand new races in general.
In the case of Dracthyr, I do cut some slack considering there were rumors that a dragon-like race was considered at least since Cataclysm. Given that Blizzard mentioned wanting to do a race like Dracthyr for awhile, it wouldn’t surprise me if the rumors were true. and to be honest, a dragon race is a pretty good marketing move. My main worry is that they would consider it the “definitive reptilian race” and not consider Saurok and Sethrak as playable races, as silly as that sounds given how different all three races are. Especially given all the limitations that Dracthyr have in general leaves a lot to be desired as someone that wants Saurok, a full-fledged Lizardman race, to be a playable Horde race.
It is unfortunate that Ogre fans have been waiting many years to see them playable, only to see the Horde Ogre clans barely used and forgotten for the most part. Then again, if I had no hope whatsoever, I wouldn’t be here doing what I do.
As I said before, I am hoping that new races we see playable in the future would be ones having been requested for a long time, both here on the forums and elsewhere. It’s something I think people would have more attachment to, would be more exciting, and as mentioned, would give Blizzard a good image of listening to feedback. In some cases, like with Dark Iron Dwarves and Mag’har Orcs, years went by of them being requested before they eventually became playable. So it is a reason I personally keep going, as frustrating as it has been.
Anyway, I wouldn’t necessarily give up completely. I’m personally keeping an open mind and will keep supporting the races I want playable as I keep playing the game. I know if nothing comes from Dragonflight, we’ll have a few years before the next expansion hits. Of course, the march for playable Horde Ogre support has been going since the game launched, though I kinda expected it to be longer as I came to these forums to support playable Horde Ogres.
It’s easy to fall into despair, but I’m still going to keep at it even if nothing comes from Dragonflight. That said, I’ll keep an eye out as we go through content patches. Maybe we’ll get lucky and at least see the MU Stonemaul Clan come to help us against whatever the big bad is and their minions. Regardless, I’ll report what is and likely what isn’t there that is Horde Ogre related as we go through patches.
Dream big, Ogre fans! 
