Blizzard, people want playable ogres and here are some stunning female examples

[Nork]

In the last few years, many threads have been published here asking about the next core/allied races. In all of them, there's one race that excels: OGRES. Blizzard has said in the past that they struggle to create a cool female ogre skin. Well, Blizzard is lying to us. There are loads of examples that prove they are thoroughly wrong and I'm gonna show you some examples they could use. In addition, I'd like to know what your opinion about them is.







Blizzard, please, give us Ogres. We will play them!

[The Stormbringer]

I'd personally prefer something a little like this, maybe with a different clan of Ogres...

[Caprias]

I'd personally prefer something a little like this, maybe with a different clan of Ogres...

These just look like orcs while the Op's examples look like kul'tirans with some spikes.

[Nork]

I'd personally prefer something a little like this, maybe with a different clan of Ogres...

I've seen that image, but they look to different from Warcraft ogres. Moreover, the female girl looks like an orc more than an ogre. Maybe they could use that style for the female Mok'Nathal.

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These just look like orcs while the Op's examples look like kul'tirans with some spikes.

Kul'Tirans with spikes? Lol. Are you serious?

[Lorgar Aurelian]

I'd personally prefer something a little like this, maybe with a different clan of Ogres...

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ev...ale_Female.png

Swing that reminds me of his meme which I could absolutely see wow doing again.

[Hitei]

Kul'Tirans with spikes? Lol. Are you serious?

They aren't wrong, if not for the horns/fangs they'd be indistinguishable.


Legit just looks like a Kul Tiran.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

They aren't wrong, if not for the horns/fangs they'd be indistinguishable.

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Legit just looks like a Kul Tiran.

I've thought for a while now they could do Ogres on the Kul'tiran skeleton.

[AcidicSyn]

Ogres have been in the Horde since....how long now? How many clans? They should be playable. But now? We'd need something to explain them shrinking down from the sizes we normally fight, or just use the Mok'nothal instead.

KT skeleton comes to mind, but I'm sure the usual folks will be by to explain how that doesn't work shortly, I forgot the reasoning, but it made sense (hence the need to shrink them).

[Khaza-R]

First model looks great. Kind of exactly what I picture a female Ogre in WarCraft would look like.

Ogres have been in the Horde since....how long now? How many clans? They should be playable. But now? We'd need something to explain them shrinking down from the sizes we normally fight, or just use the Mok'nothal instead.

KT skeleton comes to mind, but I'm sure the usual folks will be by to explain how that doesn't work shortly, I forgot the reasoning, but it made sense (hence the need to shrink them).

This is a good point but aren't Ogre sizes inconsistent to begin with? I seem to remember the ones in Dire Maul and other dungeons being way bigger than the friendly NPCs.

[AcidicSyn]

First model looks great. Kind of exactly what I picture a female Ogre in WarCraft would look like.



This is a good point but aren't Ogre sizes inconsistent to begin with? I seem to remember the ones in Dire Maul and other dungeons being way bigger than the friendly NPCs.

That's a very good point, some NPC ogres are much smaller. I'd still want something to explain it, but I suppose we could just hand-wave it away by just accepting a retcon or something. Tauren are supposed to be much larger than they are in game too no? If true, same could apply to playable ogres.

[Myradin]

There's some ogres in duskwood that are particularly small.

[Chadow]

Yoooo i love this OP's images.
They look so cool to me.

[MrKnubbles]

If they look anything like Kul'tiran or Mogu, I think we're good. Make them thick.

[Lochton]

Either Mok'nathal as an allied race, or actual Ogres as a standalone race.

[Orby]

Blizzard, please, give us Ogres. We will play them!

that first imagine literally looks like something that would come from WoW too. I would love to play as an ogre a race I been dying to play since vanilla

[Syegfryed]

They aren't wrong, if not for the horns/fangs they'd be indistinguishable.


Legit just looks like a Kul Tiran.

thas kind the problem with humanoid races, they will look like humans, if those look like kul'tiran, trolls and orcs also look like humans, if you ignore their differences

Ogres having lighter skin make then have similar problem of dwarves, gnomes and elves looking too much like humans

And this pic don't rly look like a kul'tiran, legs and arms are thicker

[Luxeley]

Female ogres don't fit in the lore and Ogres in general don't fit in certain places in the game. Nonetheless, both can be accomodated. And, Blizzard could easily Retro fit females into the game like they've done with many others things that don't in the lore or the game. For example, they could do something like Female Ogres were oppressed to the homeland and relegated to the kitchen and kids for years, but now they're liberated and can venture out into the world fight for the themselves. It would be a massive hit the ever growing WOW SJW crowd.

[Syegfryed]

Female ogres don't fit in the lore and Ogres in general don't fit in certain places in the game..

those are both incorrect statements

not having a model ingame does not equal to something not existing.

And ogre average is canonically 8ft, 2 ft smaller than taurens and zandalari, who, are playable.

[Sasquatch]

I think ogres would make sense for the Horde, they've been in the lore and part of the Horde since the start.

But without an equally cool race to give to the Alliance, it wouldn't be...hhahahahahaha just kidding, we'll give the Alliance mecha-void-dwarves or something equally pointless.

[Santti]

That's a very good point, some NPC ogres are much smaller. I'd still want something to explain it, but I suppose we could just hand-wave it away by just accepting a retcon or something. Tauren are supposed to be much larger than they are in game too no? If true, same could apply to playable ogres.

The thing with the inconsistent sizes, is that Blizzard uses it to bring attention to more/less important figures (See Fordring in Icecrown Citadel for example, being at least twice as tall as any other human). Low level Ogres tend to be small, and high ones being big. I'd imagine Ogres are bigger than Tauren, which is a bit of problem, as Tauren already feel a bit too big. Tauren used to have a lot of problems due to their size, and there is a pretty good chance that having bigger playable characters are going to have the same problems again.

I suppose Blizzard could do some sort of ass-pull and give us pygmy Ogres?