It's offical! Half-Orcs are coming to DDO

[Tymoriel_Ayreweaver]

I really don't see the excitement about half orcs. All this huh bub about +2 str, -2 int, -2 chr? Really?

Personally, I would much rather see planetouched races (aasimar / tiefling) or Genasi added.

/signed.

[NYYFan]

Meh...who cares!

Call me when we get Druids.

[systemstate]

No no- MODRONS! Bring on the modrons! j/k

[vindicater]

Was getting ready to roll another barb anyway was thinking human for the healing amp and feat but half orcs blows that thought out of the water guess I will hang on and see. Give them faverd weapon depending on what diety they follow eather war hammer or maul becuse they like to smash things. 5% weighted + stuning blow + 56 strength + FB111 = sounds like fun

[binnsr]

I'm with the other old timers ... I'll believe it when I see it.

[grodon9999]

yeah, more half-orcs = less warforgeds

Big Thumbs up!!!

[Mr_Ed7]

Why play a Half-Orc?

Playing a Half-Orc gives a player that opportunity to play the monster, the outcast, or the mysterious stranger!

The Half-Orc's appearence is long overdue in ddo!

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=181691

[Morningfrost]

No no- MODRONS! Bring on the modrons! j/k

/signed

Not as playable race, but make some quest in Nirvana.

[Turial]

remember when we were promised Druids in a year?

I'm with Spisey on this, not going to even get hopes up.

So many subscribers died during the great "Hold your breath to make Turbine implement Druids campaign"...I can see the same happen here.

[hydra_ex]

yeah, more half-orcs = less warforgeds

They have to balance is somehow...

Oh wait, they don't. FvS > Cleric in most situations.

/grumble.

[Nonan]

Meh...who cares!

Call me when we get Druids.

They were promised in 2007.. oh wait.......

[rage9]

All I'm sayin is they better **** well be free to VIP!!!

Hey that rhymed 8)

[Gnorbert]

All I'm sayin is they better **** well be free to VIP!!!

Don't bet on it.

[systemstate]

Did a lot of people play half-orcs with pnp? I always found half-orcs to be kind of... boring.

[Kistilan]

I really don't see the excitement about half orcs. All this huh bub about +2 str, -2 int, -2 chr? Really?

Personally, I would much rather see planetouched races (aasimar / tiefling) or Genasi added.

/signed for Aasimar & Tieflings

As for the half-orc, IF I were playing I'd be planning a Crit Slash Kensai, possibly with a monk splash and wisdom up since Charisma is going to be a dump-stat. Combat Expertise, Improved Critical Slash, Dodge, Toughness, Improved Trip, Improved Sunder, Sap/Stunning Blow would all be pegged for use with racial weapon (thought it was khopesh, but falchion is cool too).

Probably plan for the CE w/balance and jump too. Sooo.... 28 pt build

17 Str
14 Dex
14 Con
12 Int
10 Wis
6 Cha

32 pt build

18 Str
14 Dex
14 Con
12 Int
12 Wis
6 Cha

34 pt build (reincarnate x1)

19 Str
14 Dex
14 Con
12 int
11 Wis
6 Cha

36 pt build (reincarnate x2)

20 Str
14 Dex
14 Con
10 Int (+2 Int Tome level 7) (12) +3/4 Int Tome ASAP (saved)
12 Wis
6 Cha

[Lerincho]

All I'm sayin is they better **** well be free to VIP!!!

Hey that rhymed 8)

were Favored Souls completely free to VIP? not really either had to earn the favor or buy them. if you earned the favor it was only for that server, if you bought them it was global.

[Entelech]

From my perspective, Aasimars and Tieflings might be cool minmaxing races, but Half Elves and Half Orcs are far more central to the Eberron setting.

The only question I have is: If we're getting Half-Orcs next, what the HECK are they going to do for the Dragonmark of Finding?

House Tharashk, Half-Orcish bearers of said Dragonmark, are definitely part of the DDO lore; ignoring them hardly seems a good option. But there are very few appropriately themed spells that are already part of the game.

I would think Half Elves would be much easier, since the graphics would be simpler. Additionally, the Mark of Storms and the Mark of Detection would both be much easier to implement. Detect Secret Doors, See Invisible, and True Seeing would have Detection covered for House Medani. Feather Fall, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning for the Mark of Storm and House Lyrandar.

[Entelech]

Also...I must admit...

Seeing more Half-Orc mana-pits and fewer Warforged mana-pits will probably be a step in the right direction.

Unless, of course, Half-Orcs get a racial enhancement called "Healer's Enemy".

The big problem will be the massive flood of "Battle Clerics"...oh, wait....it's already here.

[Trillea]

I would think Half Elves would be much easier, since the graphics would be simpler. Additionally, the Mark of Storms and the Mark of Detection would both be much easier to implement. Detect Secret Doors, See Invisible, and True Seeing would have Detection covered for House Medani. Feather Fall, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning for the Mark of Storm and House Lyrandar.

For the Mark of Storms I was thinking of Feather Fall, Lightning Bolt and Call Lightning a la SoS.

[Entelech]

/signed

Not as playable race, but make some quest in Nirvana.

There's no Modrons in Eberron. There's no Nirvana either. It's Da'anvi in Eberron. And we already get a quest there: the 20 questions in Prison of the Planes.