I think so. Lotta people going to roll Belfs. I don't think as many Horde will roll Draenei just to play Alliance-side shaman or paladin. Good times hopefully.. well, if Horde doesn't get a bunch of Alliance idiots.

I believe it will be a long while before the horde see some competent Pallys, but it will be nice got the horde to get a nice PVE class :)

I think that both of the factions will probably switch sides because they already had access to say.. horde to shaman, and alliance to paladin.

double post.. sorry, laggy tonight (edited)

Yeah I think the BElfs will definately be a huge part of evening out the populations, although even without them it seems like the populations have been balancing out quite a bit over time. Granted, alliance still far outweigh the horde population-wise, but on the newer servers the pops seem to be fairly equally balanced in contrast with the release servers. I almost wanna say that with the expansion its even possible that the horde could begin to outnumber the alliance.... new expansion, people want a new start, many will try horde and the BElf race is gonna draw in alot of people simply on aesthetics and the fact they are new. draenei dont hold as much of a coolness factor imo.

Although it will help the population, I think the pvpers will stay horde as they will still have the best races for pvp.

i'm a strong horde defender, and i am aware of the fact of the alliance immaturity. i am planning to roll a BE myself, but i dont want to be stereotyped as a immature prick. regaurdless, i will roll a BE mage anyway.

With the change in Blood Elves now looking all emo and skinny; in opposed to the Dranei's big buffedness and straight-chinned; I'd say alliance will still have a more flow of new players.

Also depends if we get a huge rush of new players. And if they flock to new servers or old ones.

CrimsonBru:
Yeah I think the BElfs will definately be a huge part of evening out the populations, although even without them it seems like the populations have been balancing out quite a bit over time. Granted, alliance still far outweigh the horde population-wise, but on the newer servers the pops seem to be fairly equally balanced in contrast with the release servers. I almost wanna say that with the expansion its even possible that the horde could begin to outnumber the alliance.... new expansion, people want a new start, many will try horde and the BElf race is gonna draw in alot of people simply on aesthetics and the fact they are new. draenei dont hold as much of a coolness factor imo.

In my case, I think it will actually unbalance the server population. I play on Onyxia, and we currently enjoy a 1/1.2 Alliance/Horde ratio (respectively). A lot of people will want thier "pretty" charecter (I personally find Orcs, Trolls, and Undead to be prettier then any Human or Elf could ever be, but thats me), and probally go Horde because of the general reputation for being unstopable in PvP.

Yeah, I think there will be a lot more Horde come Expansion. But in terms of balancing out...doubtful.

I think a fair number of people are going to roll Blood Elf or Draenei, but I doubt very many will level them all the way to 70.

*double post

Population will balance out but there will be 200 Belf hunter running around named "legolis""legliss""leggolaas""legohles" Just wait, I predict it...