Megathread: Ogres as Playable Allied race

[Borar-bronzebeard]

Hahaha Farts.

[Nathrakh-thunderlord]

Ogres would just be perfect. I always prefer the big fatty monster races if available.

The lore is there, and is great. Kul Turans are already big and fat, so an Ogre model should be easy.

C’mon devs. Toss us a bone!

[Bagzak-rexxar]

So with the rumors of a time skip after Shadowlands, assuming we may see Cataclysm-like changes for the main continents, I have to wonder what the Horde Ogres would be up to.

Maybe we would finally see the Stonemaul Clan have their home, make it all fancy, and see Tharg as the leader. I would guess between there and Brackenwall Village, they could be quest hubs for whatever storyline would go on in the area. Maybe they would’ve helped get Dire Maul for the Horde finally and would tie into the storyline in Feralas.

Maybe the Dunemaul Clan would get a new leader and have a Horde outpost in their home area and tie into the questline in that area. Perhaps some of it involves gathering bug parts for a giant Dunemaul feast or something.

The Gorian Ogres that came with the Mag’har…likely would join up with the Stonemaul Clan and/or just be forgotten about.

Whatever the case, I really don’t know what to think about a timeskip. It would really depend on what it involves and how it gets handled. Hopefully the Stonemaul Clan, at the very least, would not be completely forgotten. It’s unclear if they’ll even help out any on Azeroth during Shadowlands, so who knows what they’ve been up to in general since Cataclysm? Of course, the chance of traveling forward in time to an era of playable Horde Ogres is a mighty tempting one…

Dream big, Ogre fans!

[Dimpishly-scarlet-crusade (Dimpishly)]

Gimme dem big boiz.

[Drede-cairne (Drede)]

So does the new starting zone add any lore to Ogres or are they just random kill mobs?

[Paine-nerzhul]

They’ve made Kul’Tirans, now it would be easy to use their skeletons and name them ogres tbh.

[Bagzak-rexxar]

@Drede-cairne

So does the new starting zone add any lore to Ogres or are they just random kill mobs?

Those are the Darkmaul Ogres, who have no affiliation with Horde and Alliance, and the starting area is roughly the same for both factions, so they both fight against them. They’re meant as evil jobbers for new players to experience the exciting journey into the world (of Warcraft!).

Darkmaul

Having enemy Ogre clans isn’t a bad thing. They work well as mooks to beat up and don’t hinder any of the Horde Ogres’ chances of becoming playable in any way.

Speaking of, I haven’t seen anything Horde Ogre related for Shadowlands so far, though I’m always keeping my eye out for that in any expansion. Hopefully, the Horde will remember they have Ogres within their ranks, and that the Stonemaul Ogres are in more debt to the Horde than an irresponsible teenager with their parents’ credit card, and will utilize them.

Dream big, Ogre fans!

[Drede-cairne (Drede)]

Thank you for the info.

[Cronak-wyrmrest-accord (Cronak)]

WHAT 5 days without any activity, unacceptable, OGRES GIMME GIMME

[Tomdrake-earthen-ring (Tomdrake)]

Frelling SIGNED.

[Cronak-wyrmrest-accord (Cronak)]

How awesome would it be if we came back from Shadowlands and the ogres had taken back Dire maul and established a massive capital city and had started a war with the Night elves in feralas?!

[Kergratt-drakkari]

/Support

[Strago-drakkari]

Maybe we need to make more noise about this, they dont even talk about ogres

[Supreme-drakthul]

I really wished it would happen. All the customizing with the races atm. Give the horde another big strong brute. I’d love to play an ogre, even if it’s just a kul tiran reskin.

[Gnomenclatur-detheroc]

Ogres are great but deserve the full new race treatment and should be an expansion level feature. I completely understand wanting them as an allied race though.

[Supreme-drakthul]

Yeah I would only be ok with them as an allied race because it can be done. It doesn’t seem like a hard task with a reskin of like a kul’tiran. I feel like asking for a whole new race/expansion feature is next to impossible.

[Greenguy-zangarmarsh]

I still say making them a “Kul Tiran reskin” would be spitting in the face of people who have wanted Ogres for years longer than the big KTs have even been a thing. Ogres already have a good base to start from.

[Fezzy-draenor (Fezzy)]

@Supreme-drakthul

reskin of like a kul’tiran.

That’d probably be Mok’Nathal.

Ogres will need something more.

At least that’s my opinion.

[Bagzak-rexxar]

I’ve mentioned a few times throughout the megathread about having an event for Ogres similar to how we saw the Echo Islands and Gnomeregan events as part of the pre-Cataclysm launch events. I thought I would go over them briefly, as they were fun events and very memorable, and use them as examples of what I would love to see occur for Horde Ogres.

For those that may not know, back in the day when Cataclysm was coming out, there were two events that occurred to lead into the expansion. The retaking of Gnomeregan (kinda) and the retaking of the Echo Isles.

At the time, I wasn’t high enough level to do either event, as I was really into leveling my characters and as such a slow leveler even for my main, but they were big events. It event brought a Troll Druid NPC, which was exciting because of all the new race/class combos coming with Cataclysm.

I found a couple of videos that show off these events that I wanted to share:

Zalazane’s Fall:

Zalazane's Fall - World of Warcraft

The Battle for Gnomeregan:

World of Warcraft - The Battle For Gnomeregan - Pre-Cataclysm Event

So how does this relate to Ogres? I mention these events because having something like this lead into playable Ogres would be amazing.

One of the reasons these events were memorable was because it was leading into the new expansion, where we got two new races and new/race class combinations. It was a really fun event to be a part of, with each respective faction coming together to help out one of its members in getting their territory back.

For Ogres, I’ve mentioned two possible event ideas for this:

The main one is in Dustwallow Marsh, where the Stonemaul Ogres finally take their home back and for good. I wrote a scenario in this megathread in three parts to show off what you could do with it a long time ago, and this would be the best event to do, in my opinion.

If you want to read that scenario, I’ll link the three parts here, though it’s a bit dated since they were done well before we knew Shadowlands were going to be a thing:

Part 1:

Megathread: Ogres as Playable Allied race

So it has been awhile since I typed up a scenario, and I figured it was time to type up my idea of how to get the Stonemaul Clan into the storyline after the events of 8.2, while giving a meeting place in Dustwallow Marsh for those who want to plot a coup against Sylvanas. First of all, while I’m going to attempt to avoid saying what exactly happens in 8.2 that we know of, at the time of this post, I may have some light spoilers. Please keep this in mind if you want to read the scenario. Secon…

Part 2:

Megathread: Ogres as Playable Allied race

Part 2 of my Dustwallow Marsh scenario continues! Again, I will point out that this is far from perfect, so there is always a chance I’ve made a mistake in some fashion. It’s also just meant as a hypothetical scenario of how the Stonemaul Ogres could be put back in the current story as a lead-in to them being playable on the Horde. We last left off with Brackenwall Village having been defended from an organized attack from the dragonkin that have temporarily stopped. While the rest of the main …

Part 3:

Megathread: Ogres as Playable Allied race

Part 3 of my scenario is done and is meant to be the finale. Again, it’s just a conceptual scenario to help show how a lead-up to Ogres being playable on the Horde, be it as an allied or, more likely, a core race. We continue the scenario with the group heading back to Brackenwall Village with their findings. Draz’zilb: (looks at the plans) This is very troubling. If left unchecked, it could have done some major damage to here and likely to Orgimmar. Rexxar: All while we’re fighting in Nazjat…

The other is taking over Dire Maul. Both taking over the outside and possibly even taking over it on the inside of it for the Horde. Between the Gordunni Ogres, tying Mok’morokk into it, and the Alliance in general, it would be quite the epic battle. Taking over Dire Maul was something the Stonemaul Ogres were helping to do, but it’s unclear what is even going on nowadays with them.

Between the two events, the Dustwallow event would likely be the most fun and exciting and would be the one I would choose if only one could be done. The Horde finally banding together and helping the Stonemaul Ogres, and then ultimately getting them inducted as official members of the Horde would be amazing. The Dire Maul event idea works as a secondary event after that.

The idea of such an event is meant as a fun thing for players to do in the game while doing some world building. If we’re heading towards a time skip, then it would be awesome to do such an event and then see the Stonemaul Ogres finally have their home back and doing something with it, along with finally becoming a playable Horde race.

All I know is that if the Stonemaul Ogres are ever in need of help, I’ll get my bow, my crocolisk and crab pets, my sense of Horde pride, and be there for them.

Dream big, Ogre fans!

[Sabrefistii-shadowmoon]

I’ve been saying since TBC that all i wanted as a playable horde race is Ogres, , always thought “Alliance can get dryads and a bunch of other things I don’t care, just give me my mudhutt boiz”

Would literally let alliance get two races for ogres as a trade at this point