Biggest problem people love to ignore. I want both sides to have a colorful race diversity but this also means that the Alliance needs to get high quality races and not despised or mocked meme designs like the amputee diaper gnomes.
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I love throwing my hat in on this conversation each time if props up!
So just to go based off what you listed:
Vrykul are not an allied race. We helped them deal with Skolvold, and are represented by Odin for Warriors but kinda…really…only warriors.
Ogres, while they have their own intelligence, are not really all in all clever enough to be a race to play that makes any more sense than, say, the Wolvar from WotLK. Ogres were only deceptively clever in WoD because that’s from an entirely different planet (Draenor).
Tuskar are “friends”, they are a “faction”, but unlike Mechagnomes for Alliance (and…Vulpera for the Horde…?) They don’t want to pick sides. Think of Pandaren but more simple on the logic of “We don’t want to be in their war”, since Horde and Alliance are “at peace” but never…actually at peace. Also if you recall the deep dive, we get to interract with more of them.
Sethrak; As a biased, filthy “Scalie” that I am, and would love to play a Sethrak, they are quite few (As are the Vulpera, but i’m not opening that can of worms). They too have no allegiance to Horde or Alliance, and really, seemingly have their own agenda. Also if I am not mistaken (though likely am) their only female seems to be a electrically charged goddess. Honestly, I would of preferred Sethrakk for Alliance over Mechagnomes, but oh well.
In my eyes, all this opens up is more “Be thankful you even got something”, not “Dislike it because it’s not what you personally wanted”.
Are you really comparing big, strong chiseled Vrykul to big strong, dumpy Kul Tirans?
Oh wait, I do see a theme 
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It’s been stated the issue is the size. Sorry, I can’t find the interview and link it.
But I will leave you with this for your viewing pleasure .
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You’re a diaper gnome.
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It fit the theme of the expansion and there has been an ask to play dragons since vanilla to be fair.
I’m going to want to see the final models prior to launch before I say I hate it.
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That image could work. Would need a some explaining where they have been all this time (males are from one camp, females from a differnt one we haven’t seen. That it there just other timeline ones)
Then again its blizz, that dont give a toss on lore anymore
They also need a snu snu joke, but knowing blizz they wouldn’t have the balls to add it
The Horde will get Tuskar, Sethrak, and Saberon.
The Alliance will get Void Gnolls, Mechakobolds, and Lightforged Murlocs.
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A dragon-type race has been requested for years. New to the forums, I guess?
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Well, they do tend to live in caves so maybe we all just missed the magically hidden one way portals at the back of those caves that lead from the hidden Ogreland where the woman and children live in peace and prosperity because, after using the not-too-bright and overly-aggressive males for stud, the females keep sending them to our lands to work out their issues and, hopefully, develop a few braincells 
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Hey, I now have headcanon for why we never see female ogres!
I always find it odd when people act like things haven’t been asked for or talked about, or only their opinion matters.
I have zero interest in ogres, naga, tuskarr, sethrak, but I would never say NO to them, because others do want then.
I personally want Saberon more than any other race to become playable, and was really hoping they would be another “lost” race on the Islands, along with the Gnolls and Tuskarr, but sadly that seems unlikely. I’ve talked about wanting some form of playable dragon race for many years as well. Are the Dracthyr exactly what I asked for? Nah, but I’ll still make one or two, and if I like the way they play, I’ll be happy, enough. Maybe. No way to say this early, I need to see more customizations and play them a bit.
So yeah, people have asked for some form of playable dragon for many many years, but it’s kind of like if you aren’t interested in something you maybe don’t pay much attention to it, so you scroll past the posts or comments because you didn’t care about the idea. Who knows. I’m interested, that’s all I can say this early on. /shrug
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Or could be the normal game trope where the scale of the world isnt what we see. Distance is warped (something that would take us weeks to get to takes mins) and we only see what’s relevant to us.
Would explain why the towns are so small and why we dont “see” stuff that should be there, like female ogres. That or we are to blind to tell the differences, lol. Or they just add females with the males when they become playable
I’ll point you to this thread:
I’ll also say the Sethrak aren’t as unaligned as you say. They are part of Zandalar and are even present at Talanji’s coronation to leader of the Zandalari. The trolls of all backgrounds also pray to Sethrallis the Serpent Loa. Also they are quite plentiful as we see many at the temple, around the temple, all over Vol’dun, and we know they have cities beneath the dunes.
So… Add sethrak! 
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Same. Dracthyr look so dumb.
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Not my personal counter-argument with this; but so are the Vulpera. Yet we got them over Sethrak. Ultimately this all could be moreso avoided with more of what’s being done in Dragonflight; a race allowed to pick its allegiance; like how a faction should work.
My key annoyance with factions and races is take Void Elves for a small, yet prime example; due to player complaining, they can now be skinned as High Elves; however, as mentioned through Blood Elven history as of recent, they too are now back to their heritage; without the dependency on Mana; but are still restricted to the Horde due to their relevance to their leader.
Genn Greymane is holding the Alliance back from there being a unified faction (As well as Horde leaders doing the same, but more on that, “News at 11!”).
I think it would be healthy for WoW’s future lifespan to remove factional segregation; aside from Reputations. PvP/BG’s can be just as Red vs Blue, but just remove their…“Inlaid lore references” as to “Why Warsong Gulch”. I feel the timeskip WoW is now, there’s no WAY we are still fighting over Warsong. Resources sure (because that’s a tie to realistic ideals outside the game), but…I’ve gone a bit off track.
I still side with “Enjoy with what you’ve been given, not remorse over what you’ve not”.
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I think the Dracthyr are cool. I’m excited to play one (cause it has a ranged spec and I only pewpew from far away). I never asked for a Dracthyr cause I never thought of draggo races being an option. I’d have asked for them if I’d known it was a thing.
I also like their models as they are. The animations and design look great to me. I however hope they still add more options, because options are always good and I recognize there are people who aren’t happy.
From a voidelf looking like a budget bloodelf.
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What’s ironic? People have asked for High Elves for eons. Since before Blood Elves. Void Elves are Blizzard adding High Elves without causing BE players to go into a meltdown.
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When I first glanced at the OP, I thought it was a belf. Wasn’t until Rash pointed out it was a velf that I seen.
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Voidelves were added in legion. Options for “highelves” came in shadowlands. So they were not added for that.