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4/16/12 3:13:45 PM#21
Warhammer Orcs spring forth from mushrooms does not sever their ties to Elves. Elves are often associated with mushrooms, probably not in the Warhammer world. I have always been a fan of the idea that Orcs are corrupted, mutated, or abused Elves. If a games customization alowded it, I always make an Orc with Elvan traits, skin color, hair, and less tusk. Pardon any spelling errors |
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4/16/12 3:42:56 PM#22
In my own pencil and paper games, I have often struggled with what to do with orcs. Over the years, I gave them a detailed backstory and a cultural arc that eventually led to them becoming passive and submissive (an over-compensation of a culture straining to keep its instinctive aggression in check). The problem was that new players come in with a mass of expectations of what an "orc" should be. I ended up having to decide between renaming them or having a cultural collapse storyline that returned them to a more traditional behaviour. (I mention my story, because I think many MMO publishers with orcs face a similar struggle as their lore evolves and their orcs of their IP drift further and further away from the original source material) |
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4/16/12 4:01:09 PM#23
No Orcs from Darkfall? |
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4/16/12 4:16:14 PM#24
Sorry but LoTRO should not be on the list...They had the ultimate fail by not allowing players to be orcs in the real game...That game could have been epic if they had but instead we got 4 races (only 2 of them fun at all) and the fun wore out quickly......Even the EQ orcs were more deserving. |
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4/16/12 5:40:24 PM#25
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rojo6934
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4/16/12 6:11:22 PM#26
i rarely play orcs in any fantasy mmo, but i like the orcs from Skyrim, War, and WoW. I wish Skyrim's orcs looked less humanoids. I wish you were able to play a big orc in WoW (like Korm Bonegrind). I also wish WAR's orcs were more serious. |
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4/16/12 9:22:46 PM#27
War'ammer Orkz is da best. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHH! no GW2 won't kill WoW, but it's time to move on and quit worrying about those people still playing it. - eyelolled |
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4/17/12 12:16:26 AM#28
I have to agree about Warhammers orcs. They were really the one race that I miss from playing WHO. Never was a fan of Warcrafts orcs though. |
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4/17/12 12:31:54 AM#29
Originally posted by Gorwe Not to mention Gork 'n Mork! Although I think a blessing from them pretty much consists of a punch in the head, but still, at least they think you're worth hitting! |
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4/17/12 12:44:11 AM#30
I was also crushed by the fact that you could only play Orcs through Monster Play in LOTRO. I was looking forward to being Uruk-Hai, and when I saw the MP system, I was highly disappointed in its implementation. It would have kept me around a lot longer if Sauron's minions had been the "other" faction. |
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4/17/12 12:51:19 AM#31
I have to agree with 1 on the list. The Warhammer orcs were the best thing about that game.
I always roll an orc as my main when it's an option: WoW, Warhammer, Darkfall...
I would have played LOTRO if I could be an orc. I didn't play LOTRO because I couldn't be an orc. I can't believe there wasn't even an option to play for Mordor or Saruman.
Maybe it's because I have to be "a civilized representative of my people" all day at work and wherever I go in public as a stranger in a strange land, to so like to be barbaric and brutal when I play my mmorpgs.
EDiT: Except for Elder Scrolls for some reason, because I usually roll a Breton (I think originally it was for Morrowind because I wanted the magic resist to use the Boots of Blinding Speed with Levitate--woot!) or Imperial. |
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4/17/12 1:11:37 AM#32
Don'nt forget L2 orcs are op
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4/17/12 4:42:10 AM#33
The orcs in the film Lord of the Rings the orcs look far meaner - proper monsters. I don't think the orcs in MMORPGs are as effective as these. |
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4/17/12 7:36:14 AM#34
Female orcs... does not compute. |
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4/17/12 7:48:16 AM#35
No mention of orcs from Allods Online? |
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4/17/12 9:58:10 AM#36
I think it's rather a case of "Orcs" in a lot of post-Tolkien fantasy owe more to Klingons than to Tolkien's creation. If Warhammer Orks are admittedly "English football Hooligans," Tolkien's orcs, at least in Lord of the Rings, are at least 50% British squaddies. |
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4/17/12 6:02:09 PM#37
Oh, and for many, many more examples: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurOrcsAreDifferent |
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4/18/12 7:40:14 AM#38
Awsome post! |
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4/19/12 12:23:11 PM#39
Unless you can put a massively different spin on it, I am tired of elves, dwarves, ORCs, etc in my fantasy games. Retread City! If you are waiting for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one. |
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