Their intent seems pretty clear with almost every question centered on Cata alone (with only ONE non-Cata option at the very last page), that they will be doing some form of “Cata+”.
For me, I don’t want Classic+ (much less Cata or anything Cata’ish) since the development of new content in Vanilla WoW already gives me heartburn.
Cataclysm…will never be CLASSIC WoW. No matter what label you put on it…it’s just full-on Retail.
They should just call it “Cataclysm - Remix Vol. 1”.
Personally, I won’t play SOM again because it felt too rushed, temporary and artificial - it’s supposed to be The WORLD of Warcraft - not Season Of Whatever.
I only ask for Classic Era to be around for years with maybe a Fresh Era realm every 2 years, following something like Fyris’ suggestion: