So the WoW expansion is hours away from being announced, but some details have been leaked already for those who haven't heard.
# New profession, Jewelcrafting, which will allow for slotting and modding items ala Diablo 2.
# New Blood Elf starter area and zones north of the Eastern Plaguelands, Silvermoon (their Capital City), Ghostland, and Zul'Aman.
# Epic FLYING FREAKING MOUNT useable only in Outlands.
# The name is Burning Crusade.
# Takes place in the Outlands.
# Small upgrades to the graphics engine (BE will have 20% more polygons than original races for example).
# Weather effects added.
# Exploring how to add in cross server Battlegrounds.
# Level cap raised to Level 70.
# 2 new races, Blood Elf (Horde) and TBA (Alliance).
For some reason, I'm most excited about the weather effects (if they really are being implemented) as its something I always wanted to see implemented from the start and it worked so well for the atmosphere in Morrowind to be in the middle of a lightning storm. There are rumours that the alliance race is going to be Pandaren but the evidence for this is an extremely suspect screenshot that's probably seen some photoshop twiddling. I'm not over the moon about Blood Elves, there are already hundreds of pointy ears in the game as it is but it doesn't really bother me one way or the other. Ogres would have been cooler.