How does the orc race play in Age of Wonders 4?

[Fetito Fazzito]

I am interested in this game...

How does the orc race play in Age of Wonders 4? Does my choice have a lot of impact over the graphics and units?

I am familiar with HOMM3 and Civ as a reference point.

Thank you!

[Overlord Byron]

Races are purely aesthetic. You determine how your orcs play by picking their traits, culture, and other abilities.

[DasaKamov]

The base Orc Template (Bloodfang Orcs) starts with the Tome of the Horde (which focuses on buffing your troops with direct-damage boosters and summoning monsters); do more physical damage, have damage bonuses to Retaliation and Attacks of Opportunity, get small gold and draft (unit production) rewards for killing enemies based on how powerful the enemy is, and trend toward Evil alignment.

The secondary Orc Template (Enthralled Orcs) are, lore-wise mind-controlled or influenced by a fire sorceress and so start with the Tome of Pyromancy instead of Tome of the Horde. They're mostly similar to the Bloodfangs, but they're also Ritualistic Cannibals, which means they get small Food and Mana rewards for killing enemies.

[ShawnieTwoZero]

all forms have preset traits you can change them though

[Razanur]

races are all boring and with no personality or effects, dont worry

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Razanur:

races are all boring and with no personality or effects, dont worry

Wrong. If the races are boring, it's because you made them boring.

[Last Mango in Paris]

no actually he is right, they stripped races of any meaning by making their traits choosable, and removing racial based units...I don't even want to get into how they chose not to port over unit mods from planetfall which were excellent

[chronoss2008]

Originally posted by Fetito Fazzito:

I am interested in this game...

How does the orc race play in Age of Wonders 4? Does my choice have a lot of impact over the graphics and units?

I am familiar with HOMM3 and Civ as a reference point.

Thank you!

im not gonna kid ya htere is A CRAP TON A customization here
so much its gonna take me a week to get a decent go here
lol
oh ive been pwned good so far
and i cant yet figure a good way to do stability yet and grow a nation

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Last Mango in Paris:

no actually he is right, they stripped races of any meaning by making their traits choosable

How does "You choose exactly what traits have meaning" equal "meaningless" to you?
Aside from the hard fact that the default game templates make the races exactly like how they're depicted in traditional fantasy (the Bloodfang Orcs I mentioned above).

Originally posted by Last Mango in Paris:

they chose not to port over unit mods from planetfall

....except for the magic tansformation spells which pretty much serve the exact same purpose.

[Fetito Fazzito]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

[Vvv]

Sadly, the races are just for aesthetics...but you could make a big waaagh type of faction and skaven with few tweaks.

[Vaati]

Originally posted by Last Mango in Paris:

no actually he is right, they stripped races of any meaning by making their traits choosable, and removing racial based units...I don't even want to get into how they chose not to port over unit mods from planetfall which were excellent

Eh, i am more then happy to leave unit modding behind, it made sense for planetfall, but it would be weird imo here.

[sheep from hell]

race is pure visual, you can make them classic orcs (already in game), make them noble magic users or cannibalistic zealots.

[sheep from hell]

Originally posted by Vaati:

Originally posted by Last Mango in Paris:

no actually he is right, they stripped races of any meaning by making their traits choosable, and removing racial based units...I don't even want to get into how they chose not to port over unit mods from planetfall which were excellent

Eh, i am more then happy to leave unit modding behind, it made sense for planetfall, but it would be weird imo here.

not unit modding, you can give your race 3 perks and tomes of magic, with these you can alter them endless IF YOU WANT. races with classic features are already in game, you just have the option to go wild

[Blanch Warren]

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

The secondary Orc Template (Enthralled Orcs) are, lore-wise mind-controlled or influenced by a fire sorceress and so start with the Tome of Pyromancy instead of Tome of the Horde.

They just like her for being cruel and controlling; to quote AOW2SM for amusement, the Orc says to Meandor, "Excuse me sir, I Know you told me not to talk, but the truth is we like it when you beat us".

Great job by the way

[Fetito Fazzito]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaag! Just bought the game and I am happy!