Not just abundance of them, but three clans of them within the Horde. One of which has been extremely loyal to them since Warcraft 3.
To me, the worst part is that the Horde Ogres are forgotten. Not utilized for anything, missing a huge war with the Alliance, several loose threads gone unresolved, and so on. The Horde’s priorities are really questionable when instead of rallying allies within their faction, they opt to instead go to an alternate universe to demand to the denizens there that they stop what they’re doing to come back to their world to fight and die for a cause that would have nothing to do with them.
Go figure.
Gonna preface this part of the post by saying this is all in my own personal opinion. It’s far from perfect, but it is how I currently feel.
I honestly don’t know what to think for upcoming expansions, other than the next one being a make or break for several people. Seeing Blizzard nonchalantly back out of their more customizations during Shadowlands promise hasn’t really given me a lot of confidence either, and if they ever did that stance with new races, I’d give serious thought to outright quitting.
It’s possible I’ll stay with the game if I at least like the setting of the next expansion, although if somehow they make covenant races playable, I’ll be giving some serious thought to taking a hiatus from the game. We may know better about the direction of the game based on the next expansion, though given the circumstances of how this one is going…it’s hard to imagine currently how it will go.
I do think about the game and whether I would be more likely to stay with it and enjoy it if I had gotten the races I wanted playable in BfA. Honestly, I see myself being a lot more likely to stick with it, and certainly I’d be happier. I’d still detest Shadowlands in general of course, but at least I can do other things to have fun with my characters. Doing a lot of older content and taking screenshots in general has been really enjoyable, for example. I do like the game still, as I wouldn’t be here otherwise, but it’s really just the current expansion that has been a bit of a downer for me.
Although I do love my WoW characters, I do have a tolerance limit for if I enjoy an expansion or not. I quit previously after hating WoD and really not liking Legion, so I’m not really afraid of a sunk cost fallacy. I mean, I quit Everquest 1 with several characters I spent years on and loved fairly quickly. If I stop having fun with something, I’m not afraid to leave it.
Still, getting some more playable races like Ogres, Saurok, San’layn, Kelfin, and seeing other popularly requested races in general becoming playable would at least keep my interest in the game more for the long term. It certainly would get me to feel a lot better in general. New playable races aren’t specifically what I’m banking on to stay with the game, of course, but it is something that would help get me to stay subbed long-term.
However, all I can realistically do at this point is to temper my expectations and see what happens. As I said, I’ll keep going with my Ogre and Saurok support for playable Horde races as I keep playing the game. I’ll of course try to keep an open mind and hopefully, the game will go in a better direction.
But hey, so long as I’m here, I’ll try my best to keep the playable Horde Ogre and Saurok dream alive!
Dream big, Ogre fans!