Aggrend hints at ogre allies for the Horde

Are ogres coming as a playable race for the Horde? In episode 7 of the podcast Aggrend drops a line that many players read as a hint. Blizzard has announced nothing, and there is no date or price.

What Aggrend says

He talks about the Horde story in the Riverglades. There the Horde works with a clan of ogres that served Cho’gall in the Twilight’s Hammer. After the battle for Blackrock Mountain they went their own way, and that brings conflict in the zone. Then he adds:

It’s always good when the Horde makes new allies, like ogres. You know, that’s cool. It’s always cool to have ogre allies, right?

Guest Nobbel87 picks it up a few minutes later and says he has not stopped smiling since. Aggrend does not answer that.

Hint or story?

The quote is about allies in a quest story, not a race. Still, new allies are how races joined the factions in the past. Before the launch Blizzard ruled out races from later expansions, but ogres were never playable in any version of the game. Aggrend also says in the episode that no other race for both factions is planned, and that the team prefers “a different direction” if more races come.

Be an ogre for a while

You can already look like one. The five-piece Krol’dok Battlegear, a plate set from Krol’dok Stronghold, gives Ogre Dominance: 1 extra Stamina per stack, up to 20 stacks. At 20 stacks you turn into an ogre.