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Warhammer Online: The Races (Destruction)

Updated Mon, Nov 10, 2008 by Coyote

Warhammer Online breaks its realms into two factions:

Destruction and Order.

Each side has its strengths and weaknesses so that the war is extremely balanced and fair, unless you are Order because you are out-numbered about a billion to one. Face it, no one wants to be a goodie goodie when it is THIS much fun being bad.

Today we'll go over the races of Destruction, and explain to you your choices so that you can join the forces of strength and power, (I won't say evil. They're just misunderstood.) and help crush the weak willed bunny huggers over on the Order side. Starting with:

Green Skins

Every army needs grunts, and since Orcs and Goblins only communicate THROUGH grunts and the occasional thought provoking ass scratch, they're the logical choice for cannon fodder. Meat shields, the first line of defense, and the highest death rate in any war, you'd think that the Green Skins would wise up and strive for a better position.

That's what you get for thinking.

Orcs and Goblins (Who are admittedly a bit smarter, but give up their size for their brain power) don't think. They do. They love their role and view being lobbed into battle ahead of the other troops as a mark of honor. Thinking, reasoning and planning are reserved for people with things like education, wisdom, and long life expectancies. Life is too short to be wasted on thought so if you play an Orc there are only two solutions to ANY problem, no matter how complex.

Solution A) Hit it with a rock.

Solution B) Hit it with a rock again.

There is no problem that a Green Skin faces that cannot be solved by following either solution A or solution A THEN solution B a whole bunch of times with a stomp thrown in for luck. They are huge, brainless, child-like brutes - so needless to say...

I love them.

Your average Greenie is a giant eight year old with a severe learning disability and parents that were possibly siblings. They're hyperactive, quick to act, and put absolutely no thought into their actions past the here and now. They love their very short lives and most importantly of all, they love the fights that they get hurled into...

...quite literally.

Why let the rocks have all the fun right? FIRE!

Who plays the Green Skins?

There are two types of people that the Greenies appeal to, and because of this Orcs and Goblins are the most popular yet the most hate race in the game.

Type One - The guy who just wants to have fun.

I fall into this category and chose Orc because it offers the most enjoyment in role play and player interaction. Anything you do can be excused because you're a big dumb brute. You don't have to worry about "skill" or "tactics" because you just run into battle and smash anything that moves until it stops moving. You're not expected to be bright, or cunning, or anything but a wall of stupid that everyone else hides behind.

Orcs are instant fun, just add stupid.

Type Two - Diabetes.

...sorry.

Ahem.

Type Two - The 1337 pwning d00d from Warcraft W00T!!11!1one!1!

And hence the hate for the race. It seems that if you are an easily excitable 14 year old white kid named Trevor who wears his hat askew and makes his friends call him "money", ORC is the only class you are allowed to play.

The race is known for its poor spelling, and horrible communication skills - and so are Green skins, (HA! See what I did there?) so it seems like the logical choice. Full of d00ds and people who get REALLY bent out of shape that you are role playing but not on a role play designated server, other Greenies annoy me to the point where I may turn against my people out of sheer hatred for their stupidity. When you are so stoopid that you make a GREEN SKIN mad, it's time to hang up the MMOG and go back to school.

Important tip from your Uncle coyote.

Chaos

At first glance, Chaos looks pretty much human. But then you look again and notice that chick's eyes. You've SEEN those eyes before. Those eyes are familiar.

Those eyes belong to a crazy bitch.

And that's exactly what Chaos is. Chaos characters are men and women who have become tainted and infected with the powers of Chaos. This taint gives them super human strength, stamina, and as you progress...

...reaaaaally twisted mutations.

We're talking sword arms and tentacle fingers, Radar's worst nightmare. The longer you remain an agent of Chaos, the more likely you are to suddenly sprout a horn for no reason and the less likely you are to remain calm and reasonable in any given situation. Chaos men are the no-necked roid freaks that start bar fights because someone's shadow bumped into theirs.

Chaos women will cut off your penis.

Seriously.

Check out that chick's eyes. I think we dated once.

Who Plays Chaos:

People who are into anime porn or bondage films that involve doing things with clothes pins that you don't want to see done with clothes pins, ever. You just wear your clothes sopping wet and die a little inside whenever you see an old photo of laundry hanging on a clothes line.

...okay...

....I have a Chaos Marauder.

Don't you dare judge me.

Dark Elves

Dark Elf chicks are hot.

They sultry and sexy and naughty and you know for a fact that they'd bring one of their friends into the sack so that you can have a little pointy ear sammich of love. Dark Elf men look like Dark Elf woman, and if your chick wants to bring her friend into the sack for a round of leather and whips, make sure you keep the lights on...

...because it very well might be THIS guy. Not that you'd really be able to tell or after a few drinks, care.

Like their name implies, Dark Elves have fallen from grace and allowed the forces of Darkness to pull them further away from their cousin the High Elf - which is just good for everyone. High Elves are snobs and prudes and almost NEVER let you get past second base.

And that's only after months of teasing.

Noted for their intelligence, cunning, and ability to wear almost nothing into battle but not end up looking like a billboard for band-aid research, Dark Elves are the brains behind Destruction. They may seem to play second fiddle to a Chaos War Lord, or the right hand to any battle general - but the truth is that Dark Elves pull all of the strings, and we let them because they show lots of skin.

Who plays a Dark Elf?

Guys.

Period.

Half naked hot slutty chick running around in a scarf with her boobs and ass just hanging out as she kicks ass ala Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or better yet, wrestles around with OTHER chicks?

What is NOT to love?

In fact if you start a Witch Elf you'll log into the starting zone and notice right off the bat the lag. Not because the game itself is lagging, but because of the sheer number of half naked chicks standing around emoting to each other instead of playing the game. Yawning, stretching, jiggling - if you look on ANY server at ANY given time, there is not a single Witch Elf character past level 2, and the few that GOT to level two did it by accident.

Either that or they cybered a Dev for XP.

Either way, Dark Elf chicks are hot. And don't bother playing a male, no one cares or knows. You all wear dresses, the dudes are only a little bit less "hot" and curvy than the chicks, and to be honest - once you slap 'em in a dress or robe as a mage, there is only ONE thing that gives them away as male.

They're not as masculine or as toughas the female elves.

HA!

I did it again! You see that?

-Coyote

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You have been misinformed Darkmelvadar.

Erm I meant to say I WANTED to play a goblin shaman but Im a Dorf Runesmith cos all my mates went Order.First game Ive played too where humans dont look crap, and I could even play an elf. Thats never happened before.

Melvader... check this out:

http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=35165

A poll created a couple days after launch asking if people were going to stick with WAR.

95 Yes
10 undecided
0 No

Let me repeat: on a high traffic WAR forum ZERO out of 105 people said they were going to give up on WAR.

There is NO other game that has had that kind of positive reception, including that big ol' game that shall remain nameless. The most minor of minor bugs would have at least a few people bashing the hell out of the game.

Whoever is telling you this is a buggy release is flat out wrong. And the graphics, while not top of the heap, are far from "shit."

Heh good write up.

I play a goblin shaman.

Closest thing I could get to gnome, and Order is just for treehuggers.

I is not a treehugger! Just all my crafting resource collector people went Order so if I wanted the fruits of their labors I had to go Order too. I'm kicking some pretty good ass with a High Elf Archmage though. ^_^
It's just like a Shadow Priest, only it can still heal and you can kick ass before level 25 or so.

Still not interested in Warhammer. Graphics are for shit and from what I understand (mostly from people that have left the game already) it has MORE than its fair share of bugs.

I'll admit I'm not happy with the character graphics, but they're not bad.

Landscapes are beautiful.

Only bug I've found is that it really doesn't like to alt+tab. Will crash the client for me every now and then, but that's the only problem I've found.

"Your average Greenie is a giant eight year old with a severe learning disability and parents that were possibly siblings"

So your saying they are from Kentucky?

As to the alt+tab thingie Morv. I use the windows button on my keyboard and have yet to have a problem . . . that I can remember.

To Darkmelvader:
I admit they need to work on some of the character graphics but the world looks beautiful. As to the bugs, I haven't experienced anything that major or game breaking for me at all. I get a "you can't hit that" type of messages everyonce in a while and if I move a foot or two its all betta. I have been on a few game launches EQ and Tabula Rasa and this is by far a much cleaner and smoother launch/start of the ones I have seen.

Least buggy release Ive ever seen and Ive seen a lot! Even Goa didnt manage to screw it up.

Bithnar: Oh woe is me... who prefers the old style IBM keyboards with no windows button! ^_^

Well, looks like I'll be playing a chaos character then ;-)

Noted for their intelligence, cunning, and ability to wear almost nothing into battle but not end up looking like a billboard for band-aid research, Dark Elves are the brains behind Destruction. They may seem to play second fiddle to a Chaos War Lord, or the right hand to any battle general - but the truth is that Dark Elves pull all of the strings, and we let them because they show lots of skin.

I LOVE my Bright Wizard...

He's squishy... BUT you have to get to him first... and then you have to hope he stands still long enough for you to bash on him, and he doesn't root you and then lay a couple of Hexes(DoTs and Debuffs) on ya... or didn't see you coming...

And added bonus... Fire! =)

I hat to say this but Wrath of the Litch King will bring WAR to a screeching halt.

Chaos are exactly like he described and I'm sick enough that I rolled one.

Badion you are nuts. Will a lot of people play WotLK? Absolutely. But there are enough people (including myself) who are just not interested in another helping of the same old poo. Ohhh they've got achievements too! So does Xbox Live. Their PvP is lackluster compared to WAR so that pretty balances their entire hope on that tired end game raiding mechanic that has been keeping old school MMOG's afloat for 10 years.

Granted I'm a little biased but I like to think I'm sort of informed.

You have peaked my interest. What is the PvP structure like in WAR? compared to WoW.

No female models for the orcs though?

Is that because even they have trouble telling the difference and are too dumb to ask?
(Would explain why they are all so pissed off and aggressive...)

Alma, orcs reproduce asexually, pick up an orc codex or check online and it has it all there. They're basically fungi from what i understand, every mad raging orc gives off spores as he runs around, and eventually these spores grow into something, orc or goblin or squig. I think. It's been a while since i looked at my orc codex, but thats pretty much the reason given why orcs are such a git to get off your planet, everywhere the orcs go, they're constantly reproducing.

Gotta say... I love my Witch Elf... She's squishy, but man she can take a bunch of people out with her before she goes. She's level 10 now and just getting groovier all the time. I saw someone in level 16 WE armour and omg... /WANT!!! I'm gonna be amazing!

And on the other side of the coin, my Bright Wizard is awesome. She makes things go BOOM. BIG BADA BOOM.

@Kiara:
Has your Bright Wizard gotten Fire Cage yet? 30' AoE root, centered on the BW... And if your order group knows their business, they take them out one by one...

*cackle*

so are their multiple servers? If so what one is everyone on

@Nebbeny Oh I knows about how orcs makes orcs. ;) I've got an attic full of the buggers*....

Was just amusing myself on Coy's column.

(*Been playing Warhammer since it was little metal figures and am just so SQUEEEEE!!!! to be 'in' there for real, as it were.)

Personally I actually enjoy order so far, but then again I'm playing Shadow Warrior which is probably the least "goodie goodie" of the goodie goodies what with the Vengeance and all. Something about the mask and the whole look seems so awesome to me. Plus even though its frustrating at times, I kinda like being the underdog in scenarios. It makes winning even more fun.

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