Ork Transportation

[gavin]

What will orc transportation be,will we be launched by orka-apults to other zones there probably dwarf trains but will us orky gitz get.

[Kaikai]

catapults was a mentiond method for orcs, they would be fired across the zone, die upon impact and respawn at the nearest rez point.

fast travel.
also infers no or little death penalty

[Julius]

You also need red paint. (40K reference)

[dragosani]

dieing and respawning is a bit unrealistic, even in a fantasy world. I imagine a giant net or something

[Clave]

You also need red paint. (40K reference)

Red Unz Go Fasta!:cool:

I like the orc-apault idea. Very orcy.

[Godric]

catapults was a mentiond method for orcs, they would be fired across the zone, die upon impact and respawn at the nearest rez point.

fast travel.
also infers no or little death penalty

Surely not each time it is used! Otherwise it would barely ever be used.

[In Sigmar's Name]

maybe they'll use a big wagon pulled by squigs. yes the wagon is red 'coz da red unz go fasta'

[Phleg]

Orcs deffinately have the most fun transport, it seems. I can just imagine it, all like "WAAAAAAAAAAA*splat*". Can't wait.:D

[Redgoth]

Surely not each time it is used! Otherwise it would barely ever be used.

You're obviously not an Orc in spirit! :-P

[ConverseSC]

Death panalties sound awfully insignificant. :(

[Cremok the feared]

dieing and respawning is a bit unrealistic, even in a fantasy world. I imagine a giant net or something

Netz Iz for wimpz

[MachiavelliDisciple]

An Ork-apult would be fantastic; though the idea of dying upon impact does seem a tad off. For Mythic to pull it off without some serious uproar there would have to be no death penalties or respawning times whatsoever.

[Cremok the feared]

An Ork-apult would be fantastic; though the idea of dying upon impact does seem a tad off. For Mythic to pull it off without some serious uproar there would have to be no death penalties or respawning times whatsoever.

That would totally screw up PvP because if there are no penalties you would just keep taking on high level players and keep dieing and attacking until they died

[Finnblood]

Orks most likely use their scratch-builded spaceships when travelling. Squiggoths too and bikes and looted vehicles.

But orcs?
Well, the catapult is a bit far-fetched thing, IMO... the mere size of the thing would be huge if you want it to be effective, and if you have a catapult that can accurately shoot such irregularely shaped things miles away, why do you use it as transport, and not destroy every city in your reach without even being noticed?

I want wolf/boar chariots - the traditional means of green travel.

[elthareon]

well i know its far fetched, but it's fantasy, i like the idea i think it would be great to minding your own buisness, and then seeing an orc plumenting through the sky yelling 'WAAAGH!'

[Arstoan Demacus]

I think they will get some vagon type of transportation, pulled by their trustful boars (That taste good)

[elthareon]

i demand orcapults! even though im not going greenskins.

[Archon]

Well from what I've heard, it will be boars as mounts and possible catapult launching, like in the trailer.

[freeid]

If were getting orcapults I want a set of wooden wings and a pointy helmet for my gobo!

[Crooked]

If were getting orcapults I want a set of wooden wings and a pointy helmet for my gobo!

You're still likely to hit the ground awfully hard. :P

What are people going to do if characters travel between realms? A catapult is all well and good for Greenskins, but what if a Chaos Warrior wants to travel to orc areas, he would look rather silly on an orc catapult.

[Bluddsport]

Wait a sec...Orcs really do travel by catapults?! Warhammer universe I love you.

[Finnblood]

Wait a sec...Orcs really do travel by catapults?! Warhammer universe I love you.

No, no they do not.

Most orcs live in the mountains and therefore mostly just march around. To me the trailer's orcapult was more of a way to show how stupid orcs are, not how they actually travel...

[killuall]

What are you smokin? us boyz dont live in them damned mountains wiff da short un'z we live wherever we want to. And my th way orcapultz is the best wy to travul, we shootsin yu een if you be a chaos warrior

[Bluddsport]

I'm a Dark Elf...but yeah me and orcapult..NO. I really love the ground too much for that.

[Lakvar]

Well... I have to admit, the idea sounds great...
As for Netz, do you really think such a net exists that would be able to hold half a ton of muscle that just, for the purpose of impact, tripled? Pff..!

I love the concepts they were working with though, I think I saw in one of Pauls blogs a squig powered elevator idea - say a bucket of meat, squig jumps and hangs on it (or squigs) and the elevator is raised :)

I trust in Mythic in coming with something original.

~Lakvar

[Crooked]

Yeah, Mythic does really seem to be getting into the spirit of Warhammer, and I trust them to fill the games with tons of creative and fun ideas. I'm it'll all be as great as Paul assures us it will be. :P

[Festo]

be funny watching a orc fly by your head screaming WAAAAGH! then like some guy next to you says "dont see some one that stupid everyday" then like 40 more come flying by and a second person is like "you just did"

[Ralzar]

No, no they do not.

Most orcs live in the mountains and therefore mostly just march around. To me the trailer's orcapult was more of a way to show how stupid orcs are, not how they actually travel...

I'm pretty sure Mythic confirmed that orcs will travel by catapult. Probably not everywhere, but there probably is atleast one orcapult in the game.

[[1stMI] Magonis]

looking at this lore wise i can see orcs doing this. i mean they did tie gobblins to giant kites and used them as ammo/food.

[spirit]

Magonis;167299']looking at this lore wise i can see orcs doing this. i mean they did tie gobblins to giant kites and used them as ammo/food.

Yeah, but thats gobbos. Orcs don't care about goblin lives, they just throw them at the enemy to get in the enemies way until the Orcs can get there to 'it em 'ard.

But wastin yer life when ya could be choppin 'eads? Dats stoopid.

[Rdin]

dieing and respawning is a bit unrealistic, even in a fantasy world. I imagine a giant net or something
maby not a net, but a huge pile of dead orcs?

[pentabell]

orcapult me plz.

[mouldylock]

perhaps there cold be a makeshift funnel to land in and like a tube slide to take away the force :S very unrealistc i know but it whould be fun lol

[Bloodball]

or a huge pile of orc dung, after all they use their dung to make idols to gork and mork
and use it for other various buildings substances

[Malvos]

Actually, from the looks of the game there isn't much of a reason to travel long distances as per a catapult at low level. It could be made part of the game mechanic of the orcs growing as they level, that they take less damage from the catapult experience. For instance:

Tier 1 or below: Die on impact (no penalty just have to wait on respawner, wtf are you doing traveling anyway little orcy?)
Tier 2: Survive but barely, land face down and HARD (just have to regen, which should be done easily given how quick they say recovery is out of combat)

You should be able to see the progression from there on.

Don't worry goblins I haven't forgotten you. Since you don't get bigger I'll have to get more creative...

Lets see, at this point it would be more fun to have your career effect how you survive since you don't just get bigger and you level. Tier 1 or below would be death of course, if a orc doesn't survive you shouldn't either.
For the above tiers, maybe out of pure terror the shaman could shoot a pillar of "green" at the ground before he hits which tosses him back up into the sky and he just takes the falling damage for how high it sent him. Each tier after that lessens how far up in the air he goes after the "pilar O' terror" effect due to him doing it on purpose and understanding more of whats going on as he levels.

For the squig handlers, maybe at tier one he just goes flying like everyone else. At tier 2, ect. maybe he crawls inside a squig (maybe the 'tanking' squig) and they fire him like that. The squig takes all the damage and the goblin just has to wait for his poor pet to heal.

Of course, non of this is likely but its amazing what the mind can come up with if you really want to make things work.

[NoneSuch]

I kinda believe that orc catapults should be used more on the battlefield , if your raiding a town you could lineup 5 or so siege engines and chuck orcs over the walls continously, They'll die hopelessly but it is orc style .

Maybe one or two will get lucky and manage to bring the draw bridge down or open up the gate.

[Snorri]

Orks most likely use their scratch-builded spaceships when travelling. Squiggoths too and bikes and looted vehicles.

But orcs?
Well, the catapult is a bit far-fetched thing, IMO... the mere size of the thing would be huge if you want it to be effective, and if you have a catapult that can accurately shoot such irregularely shaped things miles away, why do you use it as transport, and not destroy every city in your reach without even being noticed?

I want wolf/boar chariots - the traditional means of green travel.

Who said they were accurate? :rolleyes:

Its alright, the orcs should just break their fall by landing on a huge platform of wood and crashing through it or something.
Or just buy landing on their heads.

Or maybe they land on a tree of beards and they grasp one of the beards to break their fall. Or just nets crafted from various bits of dwarf hair.

[azimaith]

be funny watching a orc fly by your head screaming WAAAAGH! then like some guy next to you says "dont see some one that stupid everyday" then like 40 more come flying by and a second person is like "you just did"

You dum umie' de'm orcapultz jez' fer gettin da boyz into da fight fasta! First ta fight winz!


In all seriousness, I don't think it would quite as hiliarious as the next orc smashes into the guy next to you and lodges his choppa in his chest before cleaving your head off.

[Julius]

Goblins: http://www.warhammeronline.com/english/media/conceptArt/full/gob_cc_01.jpg


The orc catapult seems silly, but I think it's one of the few ideas that actually works. Because any other air-transportation is even more silly.

[Garbuk]

I like the idea of catapult travel, it goes along with the affinity of orcs for combat and WAAAGH!

[Black Razor]

No, no they do not.

Most orcs live in the mountains and therefore mostly just march around. To me the trailer's orcapult was more of a way to show how stupid orcs are, not how they actually travel...

Actually in one of the Paul videos .. hes briefly going over travel options and does indeed mention the Orcapult .. so yep .. they are gonna be in game. Hopefully you 'land' hitting a wall with a big bullseye on it ..that would be HELARIOUS. :mrgreen:

[Krulltak]

Heh :D , orcapulting has got to be one of the most unique forms of travel ever invented for an mmo. Looking forward to it.

[Lip]

Malvos has a good idea. Orc catapault........ sweeeet

[Darlos]

Best one as many have said would be the Catapult but as some have said have a giant Net at the landing zone with Red blood splashed around the outside (but of course you'd never miss the net or no one would use it)

[Lip]

I Would Use It :d

[Ripple]

Silly? sure. Unrealistic? maybe. Completely over-the-top? you bet yer arce.
And that is what makes the orcs so great. I look forward to being orcapulted.:p

[Ken]

Malvos has a good idea. Orc catapault........ sweeeet

Actually it was Mythic or Games Workshop's idea.

There will be death penalties in WAR. I think you get "insanity points", and the more you get the harder it is to level...you can do special quests to get rid of them.

First death or two are freebies, I believe.

Anyway, if they do make it to where you die and respawn from catapults, it's not like they couldn't put in a code that says "no penalty after death by catapult".

If they go with the death on landing, and give death penalties (which I haven't even heard about them dying from using a catapult), then I'll be driving somewhere, either Mythic or Games Workshop, and slapping SOMEONE. Because that's a really dumb idea, and for someone who had a successful MMO for 5 years I would expect way more from them.

[Tzathiel]

I'd say that dead orcs would cushion your fall.
A huge pile of dead orcs that others simply bounce off of.

[Krulltak]

Silly? sure. Unrealistic? maybe. Completely over-the-top? you bet yer arce.
And that is what makes the orcs so great. I look forward to being orcapulted.:p

Nothings unrealistic with orcs my friend :p ! If they think it can work, then guess what...it problably will! In both 40k and fantasy the Great Green (or WAAAGH energy) that sourrounds orcs makes it so that if they think it will work, it does! Ork guns are complete bullocks, but they don't think that, therefore... the gun works.

[Ripple]

I know Krulltak, I was speakin' more to the unbelievers (ya know tha stunties and oomies and elfies troll our forums, don't let um know I sees um...SHHH!!!!!).

[Krulltak]

:cool: If dat's wot you wont, than Il'ze do it real sneaky loik.

[Instant_Karma]

be funny watching a orc fly by your head screaming WAAAAGH! then like some guy next to you says "dont see some one that stupid everyday" then like 40 more come flying by and a second person is like "you just did"

I'd be let down if I didn't see another 40 orcs following the first ;-)

Although the orcapult would be highly amusing (I'd love to see repeats of the trailer during rvr seiges with orcs attempting to hurl themselves over walls), I'm thinking orcs will be traveling in a more orthodox manner most of the time (for orcs that is), boars, boar chariots, wolves and wolf chariots, maybe squiggoths for moving large numbers of orcs. The squig powered elevator would be brilliant and very orcy indeed.

Who says a Chaos warrior wouldn't shoot himself over castle walls; unlike Dark Elves, chaos and orcs care little for how they can get to a fight, just so long as they get to it.

[Krulltak]

Who says a Khorne warrior wouldn't shoot himself over castle walls; unlike Dark Elves, Khorne and orcs care little for how they can get to a fight, just so long as they get to it.
Fixed it for ya. Tzeentch would never do that. Instead, ten years ago he would have made a complex plan in order to have the gate open today when his army attack.

[Klepa]

What's all this fuss about catapults and death?

It'd be so damn badass to catapult yourself into the next town, do a hideous crash landing in the middle of the town square, go "Yeehaw! That was one f***** boatride!" and start cracking skulls

[greenmachine]

dont know about orcs but goblins are no stranger to getting catapulted, as someone said. however, it's more as ammunition rather than transport; death is less of an issue there i suppose.

[versuvius]

i think i have an answer for orc transportation...tie a load of goblins together and attach round squigs to the sides as wheels

[gavin]

:cool: I have a new idea. When you land you land in a tree and fall of into a puddle;)

[hogwaller]

Your prolly gonna die from the orcapult, but im sure you'll take down some wretched 'umies with ya. If you really wanna ride in style ya get yourself a squiggoth!

[KroqGar]

Squiggoths don't exist in fantasy. They are a pure 40k creation.

[hogwaller]

oops been playing to much 40k lately

[KroqGar]

Yeah, if they existed in Fantasy, there wouldn't be many things capable of taking one down.

[hogwaller]

yea, but if they can take down some of that stuff in warmaster i dont understand why they couldnt take down one lil squiggoth

[Accipiter]

Har! Orcapultz are the kind of humor and twistiness that will make this game great. I don't care if I land in a net or just go SPLAT and have a nearby respawn point. (Although landing in a net which then you then bounce out of and land on your face would best.)

[versuvius]

hey accipiter want a test run in my shoulder mounted catapult? cmon itll be fun!! hehehe sucker

[Accipiter]

I...um.....sure, hang on. Will you hold my staff while I light this match?

[versuvius]

hold this lighted bomb while i run off a sec will you