Playable ogres in Dragonflight?

[Deventh]

But what if Ogrezonia is near the Dragon Isles and we need their help in order to establish a foothold on the Isles? Dunno just an idea.

Lol, first time I hear that location. A reference to Amazons as that island is strictly female Ogres that "kidnap" males to reproduce with? That'd be funny.

Death by snu snu. Wow version.

[Linkedblade]

Sadly, there is a reason the RPG book is not canon.

Regardless of the rpg book, there are ones in the horde in wow. They just aren't playable. Not to mention moknathal

[Wonderment2]

I doubt it. While there is some lore links between Orges and Dragons, Gronn killing dragons etc. Races tend to fit in narratively into an expansion.

All that being said Blizzard could right lore to explain why the Orges are playable and connect that to dragons.

[ClassicPeon]

To answer that question, I think it will be a new skeleton. The 2 head animation is probably their biggest reason as to why they haven't done Ogres yet. The body is pretty standard which they can get from existing ogres, but playable race need more animations than NPCs so they are probably not happy with just giving players current iteration of NPC Ogres, so I see them completely reworking them which also means they won't be an allied race, but a brand new race since it will be a new skeleton. I think they will add them eventually, but feels like they missed the stops already and they want to get away with doing easy things like allied races which use existing skeletons of races.

Honestly not too sure what the problem would be.

If we assume they are making new animations for the ogre anyway then 2 headed isnt that much more work then 1 head.

[Nork]

I doubt it. While there is some lore links between Orges and Dragons, Gronn killing dragons etc. Races tend to fit in narratively into an expansion.

All that being said Blizzard could right lore to explain why the Orges are playable and connect that to dragons.

Actually, that's not accurate. Goblins and worgens didn't really have anything to do with Cataclysm, and they played a residual role throughout that expansion. I mean, ogres don't have to be related to the themes of the new expansion (even though I believe they should).

[Deventh]

Honestly not too sure what the problem would be.

If we assume they are making new animations for the ogre anyway then 2 headed isnt that much more work then 1 head.

From what I know, the devs couldn't animate Chromatus who has 5 heads so they just totally abandoned that character long time ago, but they could have the tech to do it now or the skills.

Yes 2 =/= 5 but it's something to note as the most likely reason we haven't seen Ogres yet.

[ryan92084]

No, play a Tauren and see how many times you are too big for the game and it becomes pretty easy to see why.

[Deventh]

No, play a Tauren and see how many times you are too big for the game and it becomes pretty easy to see why.

That is the most stupid excuse yet. Then why did we get Highmountain Tauren if they couldn't fit anywhere?

[Deventh]

Because it was five minutes of works.

That is 5 minutes wasted if they can't fit anywhere.

[Nork]

No, play a Tauren and see how many times you are too big for the game and it becomes pretty easy to see why.

That doesn't make sense whatsoever. Being big doesn't mean the race shouldn't be created. If playing a tauren were a problem in "playable terms", Blizzard would have changed their height at some point.

[Lochton]

Ogres were part of Orcs race in Warcraft 2.

I know, but my statement still stands, the RPG book was made non-canon, all I stated.

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Regardless of the rpg book, there are ones in the horde in wow. They just aren't playable. Not to mention moknathal

I know, but my statement still stands, the RPG book was made non-canon, all I stated. I don't disagree with the group of Ogres the Horde has to serve together with the Mok'nathal.

[Zyrinx]

If they do, they'd be on the Kul Tiran rig (just like the Maldraxxus greenfolk). I'm in favor of it personally, would be a great addition.

[czarek]

Would be nice to see this. Since they were planned on early stage of WoW development. First time i thinked they were too chubby but we got damn pandaren few years later and still no ogres.

[Syegfryed]

Do you think ogres will be a new playable race in the next expansion? Would they make sense?

Nope, current writers have no effort in their game, neither have enough knowledge about lore, If they did they would be playable by now, and without the old devs, who could see the potential in "monstrous" races, sadly the ship has sailed.

I don't even think we will get any new race, unless is a half-asset allied race shit, or make more elves

And yes, it would make sense, in lore there still an ogre islands lost in azeroth, and we never saw it, it would make totally sense if they mixed dragon isles with the ogre island, so in there, there was a ogre clan that join the horde, and a vrykul clan than join the alliance.

But alas, too good for blizzard

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No, play a Tauren and see how many times you are too big for the game and it becomes pretty easy to see why.

never had this problem.

[ClassicPeon]

From what I know, the devs couldn't animate Chromatus who has 5 heads so they just totally abandoned that character long time ago, but they could have the tech to do it now or the skills.

Yes 2 =/= 5 but it's something to note as the most likely reason we haven't seen Ogres yet.

There is much more to cromatus then jsut 5 heads. Is the long necks aswell - and its not that they couldnt do its(ofc they could... like...) its just that the amount of work was too great compared to what they would actually get out of it.

That being said the wow engine is getting quite old, even with its numerous updates. I do not know its limitations.

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Nope, current writers have no effort in their game, neither have enough knowledge about lore, If they did they would be playable by now, and without the old devs, who could see the potential in "monstrous" races, sadly the ship has sailed.

I don't even think we will get any new race, unless is a half-asset allied race shit, or make more elves

And yes, it would make sense, in lore there still an ogre islands lost in azeroth, and we never saw it, it would make totally sense if they mixed dragon isles with the ogre island, so in there, there was a ogre clan that join the horde, and a vrykul clan than join the alliance.

But alas, too good for blizzard

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never had this problem.

Yes. Surely the reason we do not have ogres as a playable race is because the writers do not have enough knowledge about the lore.

LOL

[Iain]

But what if Ogrezonia is near the Dragon Isles and we need their help in order to establish a foothold on the Isles? Dunno just an idea.

Ogrezonia is south of Draenor:



It's a continent that would make sense in a Light vs Void expansion as that's the shit that's Draenor going through right now as per the Maghrar Orc quest.

Maybe this expansion rehauls 'future' Draenor lightly developmentally wise and turns the entire place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Apparently there's still a shitload of unfinished assets from that expansion so add Netherstorm and the Zangar sea as well. Then Ogrezonia is still pristine, about to be torn apart by the Light and the Void.

Or maybe Blizzard cancels the entire continent because someone drew a phallic looking lake into it. I don't know.

[Wonderment2]

Actually, that's not accurate. Goblins and worgens didn't really have anything to do with Cataclysm, and they played a residual role throughout that expansion. I mean, ogres don't have to be related to the themes of the new expansion (even though I believe they should).

Yes there were?

Both only came to join the Horde and Allaince directly because of the Cataclysm and the faction war. So literally both parts of the Cataclysm plot played a role.

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Ogrezonia is south of Draenor:



It's a continent that would make sense in a Light vs Void expansion as that's the shit that's Draenor going through right now as per the Maghrar Orc quest.

Maybe this expansion rehauls 'future' Draenor lightly developmentally wise and turns the entire place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Apparently there's still a shitload of unfinished assets from that expansion so add Netherstorm and the Zangar sea as well. Then Ogrezonia is still pristine, about to be torn apart by the Light and the Void.

Or maybe Blizzard cancels the entire continent because someone drew a phallic looking lake into it. I don't know.

No it's not.

https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Ogrezonia

[Iain]

Fine, call it something else if you like. That's the ogre continent.

[draugril]

Ogrezonia is south of Draenor:

Not quite. Ogrezonia is Azerothian. That continent down there is the ancestral homeland of the Ogres, yes, but Ogrezonia is not their ancestral homeland.

[Wonderment2]

Fine, call it something else if you like. That's the ogre continent.

Yeah Ogrezonia and the "Orge Continent" are different places.