I really, really thought EoD's New Thing was going to be either new weapons or new races; it was the only thing that felt like it could be on par with how game-changing the past expacs' New Things had been (Gliding, Mounts.)
Fishing and boating and jade bots and turtles are fun and all, but they don't have the same level of game-changing hype that the others did for me, and I'll admit I am disappointed with how much EoD played it safe. I guess they were hoping that the excitement of Cantha was hype enough.