Baxna

Nothing in the tauren part has anything to do with race....LHW is a shaman spell period. Mostly personal preference on choice of race. If you're looking at min/max it's pretty much whats already been said. Orc PvP, troll PvE. Tauren is in the middle. 5% extra hp doesn't hurt and warstomp is a great stun.

Haven't seen any bots tooling around yet, but I haven't been watching for repetitive behaviour either. I get a few whispers advertising gold in broken English, maybe 2-3 times an hour. Not nearly as bad as retail when the spammers were hitting it hard lol I remember getting at least 10-15 whispers an hour and 4-5 mails every time I logged in for a few months XD

Pretty much what these guys have said, extreme pop vs medium-high. I'm enjoying Elysium ATM despite the competition for questing. Once you get past the barrens/silverpine it thins out a bit, and the contested zones have a decent mix of people pvping and letting people go by. I feel like Elysium will be more fun at 60, but getting there is gonna be a long road.

Check out <The Pub> just /who <guild name> or ask in barrens. Active and friendly :D