As long as its not priced like Star Wars Galaxies...
I haven't heard that rumor before but it may have merit. WoW should hit some fantastic numbers for subscribers, and Blizzard might be a bit more generous then others.
I posted this in another thread (Starcraft2 thread maybe) but I'll link it here too. Its the recent CGW article on WoW. It announced the new races (undead, gnome, troll) and was hands on. Its a good read and certainly makes me anxious to get my hands on the beta.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...%2Fkey_word%2F