Actually I've gotta agree with 'Dangerous Dave'.
With the buildup and pre-release information we've had for the Ogre Team with some great looking figures being developed we end up with this?
I mean, what was GW thinking? There was so much potential to develop a strong expensive team requiring lots of team development in leagues etc and then comes this complete rubbish. I was looking forward to seeing Ogres Blitzers and Throwers along with Ogre Lineman. Of course you need to have allies and the Goblins fit in quite nicely here of course. It gives them the Agility and ability to score TouchDowns. But this?
After all the time thats been put into developing the figures its such a disappointment to end up with a team with absolutely no thought at all! Its pretty obvious isn't it?
I would like to have at least seen Ogres with a bit more thought into the development of them. Lets see, you have an excellent Ogre Thrower Figure but in reality he's just another Ogre. At least make him an Ogre Thrower! Make him expensive at say 160K but give him Sure Hands and Throw Team Mate and make him the only one that can Throw Team Mate unless they pick up the skill. The rest of the skills would be pretty much the same with Thick Skull etc but make him more like a thrower.
The rest of the team I would give the usual skills, Thick Skull, and Bone-Head but take away Throw Team Mate and Mighty Blow. They may be Ogres but they're usual 'Standard Ogres' in reality so nothing to make them stand out from the rest of the Ogre Race. They just happen to play BloodBowl so let them start as standard. Of course they can earn these skills as they develop SPPs in the usual course.
There was so much potential for Ogre Blitzers as well but just add block of course and charge them 40K extra making them 160K. It'll make them flamin expensive and you would really need to think about buying this sort of player as its a tonne of cash for a starting team.
Something along the lines of this:
0 - 4 Ogre Linemen 5 5 1 9 Thick Skull, Bone-Head 120K
0 - 2 Ogre Blitzer 5 5 1 9 Thick Skull, Bone-Head, Block 160K
0 - 2 Ogre Thrower 5 5 3 9 Thick Skull, Bone-Head, Surehands, Pass 180K
0 - 8 Goblin 6 2 3 7 Stunty, Dodge 50K
Rerolls 80K
Make the Rerolls more expensive as the Ogres are going to use them and make the Goblins more expensive as well to fit in with this lot. After all you've got to be a damned brave Gobbo to play with this lot where there is a chance of becoming Lunch or Dinner
I just think this would have made the team a lot more interesting. Its going to be a bit harder to develop a team in the long run this way but also a lot more fun to play as well.
After getting the magazine and reading it its almost put me of buying the team. Almost. But its definitely not a team I'd look to play in a league and definitely wouldn't allow it into a league or tournament I was running. Such a disappointment so such good figures. DOH!
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