Actually, complaints have been heard by Blizzard and they are going back to classic on a few items in cataclysm. Like, the old pvp system will be back.
I aggree that WoW changed, but I don’t find it worse, it just became a different game. Roleplaying got killed by the dungeonsystems and the ability to get a race, faction, name and looks change. But thats not too big of a problem…
As for cataclysm, I’m gonna love it, major changes for my huntard. And yeah, I care about Deathwing, lore-wise.