what are you talking about? Really gets tiring hearing people whine that "TEHY BROKE LORE!!!" every time there is a new element to the story. People, it's a STORY!! they are ADDING to the lore. Frankly I agree with Metzen's reasoning, it's been a constant baddie for the last 6 years; Onixia/Nef, Illidian, Arthas/LK, Deathwing. It's time for something new. The Mantis, Hozug and Sha look cool and will give the story something fresh and different.

The story is moving forward, Metzen said as much yesterday, think of this as the eye of a hurricane, we went through a bad part of the storm, now we're in a lull before the worst of it is upon us. However there is a way out and thats the Pandaren and the monks...finding the inner peace that Azeroth needs. There seems to be two paths that the story can take from here, one of constant fighting between the races/factions that would make Azeroth weaker or a time to significantly reduce tensions and bring about a relative peace that would allow the world to heal and be ready for when the shit really hits the fan.