Poll: Warcraft 2, Do You Play Orcs Or Humans?

[BFG10K]

Simple question, which do you prefer and why.

Orcs win hands down, especially in multiplayer games. They are easier to manage and more intuitive to use. The humans don't have a chance.

 

[prodigy]

Waaaay back when I played of course I always was Orc. Many times, I owned someone with all rangers though.

 

[BFG10K]

You should get the Battlenet Edition.

Many times, I owned someone with all rangers though

Try blood-lusted Troll beserkers. You'll never go back to Rangers again.

 

[PliotronX]

Orcs definitely! They say funny stuff, too

 

[demenion]

orcs! bloodlust, haste, death and decay! cant wait for wc3

 

[Sunner]

Orcs for land only maps, Humans for sea maps, humans own orcs on the sea.

 

[Gatsby]

Ahh my first attack of 6 bloodlusted lvl 7 ogre mages.. ahhh.. the memories.

Gatsby

 

[Modeps]

Gotta Love the ORC POWER

 

[Dark4ng3l]

orcs rule. I have BNE dut I suck sp bad after all this time that it isnt fun getting raped all the time ;(

 

[damocles]

Generally Orcs are a stronger Race. They definately have an edge over humans on land, of course in a rush situation its all about even. On sea it is very even, If you ever want to play on bnet drop me a private message, even if you just want to practise some stuff.

i think i still know which end of a grunt is the pointy one.

 

[BFG10K]

30000 users registered at Anandtech and only 8 of us play Warcraft 2?
That's just disturbing. :Q

 

[jstayton]

I don't own Warcraft, but my friend does and I have to agree that Orcs kick butt most of the time. But when I play (after pulling my friend off the computer) I usually plas as the humans 'cause it gets me more involved in the game killing green monsters...

 

[Sunner]

Actually I dont play anymore, been like 2 years since last time.

But as for Orcs vs Humans, on sea try landing an invisible transport carrying a bunch of mages, then have them Bliz his peon line, then quickly run away again

Or if he has alot of DK's, use a few paladins and Ex them

 

[damocles]

Then again a tranny of Lusted ogres can devastate an outpost just as fast. When i played Humans on sea i never bothered with Paladins, alll mages. Yah, Gotta love Mages.

 

[Daemon_UK]

Sorry guys but Humans own the Orcs.

"FOR THE KING!"

heh, that still cracks me up!

 

[Hawkeye_(BEL)]

Hehe, except for Daemon_UK, I seem to be the only one who also likes to play with the humans.

It has been a really long time since I've played WarCraft2, but I do remember that the human mages could heal anybody, and with a bunch of them, you could easely pull back your forces and get them healed.

Also, the Eagle of the humans was much cooler then the Dragon of the orcs.

Yeah well, I've been thinking on picking up a copy of the Battle.Net edition, but I don't have enough time to play with it. And if I recall correctly, the game can only be played at 640*480

 

[EdipisReks]

humans forever. what do you mean orcs are better on land? i've raped orcs on land an awful lot

--jacob

 

[Noriaki]

I've got War2 BNE and the Orcs almost always rape the humans.

But Humans are alot cooler, I almost always play humans (and almost always lose).

 

[BFG10K]

When i played Humans on sea i never bothered with Paladins, alll mages. Yah, Gotta love Mages.

How the heck did you manage to beat a bloodlust Ogre Mage attack without strong frontline units and no healing? I suppose you just polymorphed anything that moved right?

but I do remember that the human mages could heal anybody, and with a bunch of them, you could easely pull back your forces and get them healed.

The Paladins do the healing.

Also, the Eagle of the humans was much cooler then the Dragon of the orcs.

Aww, I like the dragons better!

And if I recall correctly, the game can only be played at 640*480

Yes but it's like ~$20 and you get the expansion pack as well as heaps of new maps. It's well worth it.

what do you mean orcs are better on land? i've raped orcs on land an awful lot

Your opponent was probably a newbie who didn't even know about Ogres or Deathknights.

 

[FOBSIDE]

orcs...they rock

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Orcs are better on land because of bloodlust but the human mages are better than the orc ones. The humans are better on sea because their boats or upgrades cost less lumber(cant remember exacly) witch gives them a slight edge in the amounts of ships they can build.

 

[damocles]

When i played Humans on sea i never bothered with Paladins, alll mages. Yah, Gotta love Mages.

How the heck did you manage to beat a bloodlust Ogre Mage attack without strong frontline units and no healing? I suppose you just polymorphed anything that moved right?

All mages and a crud load of blizzard spells was the trick. Polymorph was only for emergencies. 4 Mages on a Tranny landing on islands, blizzarding and leaving (esp on HSC and FOC) could ruin any land force.

I used to play a lot on Kali on Cases ladder, anyone here ever play on it? We might be old foes. It was once the coolest thing with several thousand active players, now there are about 20 :-(

 

[Zucchini]

its not an eagle, its a griffon(bad spelling)

 

[MGMorden]

I always play(ed) Human. They're just cooler to me. More civilized, refined (and hell they've got Elves on their side, what could be better?)

 

[BFG10K]

and hell they've got Elves on their side, what could be better?)

It takes two hits for a bloodlusted Ogre Mage to kill an Eleven Ranger. In addition, the Death Coil spell does exactly 50 damage, which is enough to kill a Ranger.

I just thought you'd like to know that Orcs seem to kill Elves very well (as they do with the rest of the humans).