1 Roleplay Info 1.1 Strengths 1.2 Weaknesses 1.3 Special Ability 2 The Numbers 2.1 Troop Percentages 2.2 Food Modifiers 2.3 Equipment/Construction 2.4 Misc. 3 Strategies 3.1 Sample First 200 Turns

Roleplay Info

Though closely related to Goblins they possess a wit that their foul brethren can never attain. Savage and brutal in everything they do, orcs have manifested themselves as beings that live only to fight. Harbouring hardly any empathy for other races, they mercilessly destroy anything and anyone that gets in their way. Orcs believe that only through conquest and enslaving all other races can they re-establish the lost glory of ages past. Bent on domination as they are, orcs have discovered that the creation of powerful machines of war will greatly aid them in obtaining their ultimate goal.

Strengths

Decent Fighters, Clerics and Archers, good Assassination potential, low Mutiny and excellent War Machines. Orcs are Cannibalistic and use the very powerful special Bloodlust.

Weaknesses

Below average Looting and Spying potential. Terrible food production.

Special Ability

Bloodlust - All orc troops are infused with Herculean strength, making them do far greater amounts of damage in battle (double damage). Your villagers devour the weakest amongst them and don't require additional sustenance (population don't eat food). Using Bloodlust more than once will not increase the damage done but will make it more difficult for enemy Dark Elves to Dark Power your Bloodlust.

Necromancy - Orc shamans and acolytes practice the dark arts to raise the dead and turn them against an enemy. This is particularly nasty for Trolls who will not be able to regenerate the troops animated this way. The strength of the Necromancy is determined by magic skill and population. There also need to be dead troops for the spell to do anything. If used against vampires it will cast aphrodisia on them, which destroys fear barriers if necromancy power is larger than fear barriers power.

Cannibalism - Orcs eat the corpses of enemy population and warriors who were killed in battle.

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The Numbers

Troop Percentages

Troop	Quality
Archers	250%
Assassins	95%
Clerics	250%
Fighters	250%
Mages	100%
Rangers	175%
Thieves	95%

Food Modifiers

Type	Modifier	Description
Food Consumed	1	For every 1 unit of population or military, 1 food is consumed.
Food Produced	0.7	For every 5 farm parts, 650 food is produced
Population	0.3	Population will grow by 30% per turn if housing is available.
Cannibalism	0.1	More information on Cannibalism

Equipment/Construction

Type	Modifier	Description
Build Rate	1	Laborers are normal when constructing Buildings.
Build Equipment Rate	1	Laborers are normal when constructing Weapons, Armor, and War Machines.
Armor Usage	1	Armor usage is normal.
Weapon Usage	1	Weapon usage is normal.
Armor Study	0.7	Armor study is below normal.
Weapon Study	0.4	Weapon study is below normal.
War Machines Production Quality	2.25	War Machines are produced at 225% of the studied quality. (i.e. 100% study means 225% war machines.)
Laborers per War Machine	0.5	Number of Laborers required to handle a War Machine is 50% of normal.

Misc.

Type	Modifier	Description
Assassinate	0.9	Assassins are 90% as effective as normal assassins when trying to assassinate others.
Loot	0.6	Thieves are 60% as effective as normal thieves when trying to steal from others.
Mana	0.7	Population will produce mana at the same rate as a normal population 70% of its size.
Morale	0.1	Morale changes at a rate 10% that of the normal rate.
Mutiny	3.3	Read more about Mutiny.
Search	0.6	Rangers are 60% as effective as normal rangers when exploring for land or food.
Spy	0.5	Spies are 50% as effective as normal spies.
General Study	0.8	Study of non-magic areas and general magic skill proceeds at 80% of the normal study rate.
Spell Study	0.8	Study in realms of magic proceeds at 80% of the normal spell study rate.

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Strategies

"Orcs are like auto-win" -Cynotylapia

They certainly can be if played smartly! This means noticing the differences between their similar races: notably gnomes (2nd best WMS) and ogres (other race with Bloodlust).

Compared to gnomes, they will only win the WMS race if they get better studies. They will only do this by having more land to make up for their poor study modifier. Their Bloodlust (as well as troop mix) is key.

Ogres are a much simpler race to play, because they only have one strength to capitalize on, (i.e., BL Fighters, Raid) whereas orcs' BL'd fighters are great at raiding, and their BL'd archers are even better at bombing (if you're trying to avoid the extra WMS score, perhaps in the early-game). Don't neglect to use this versatility to your advantage, and if you can't get a dispel & scry (or spy if you must, but 50% modifier is terrible) through, you would be advised to find another target.

Note that when balancing their power (damage * absorption) against score with BL (as you should almost* ALWAYS want to have BL up for defense). One might be going for 20/31 damage/abs (the tooltip %s) to try to be just slightly absorb heavy after BL (20 * 1.5 = 30) for 30/31 (and an equivalent power of 930). This would not be as good as going 25/26 with the same investment of score, and ending with 37.5 / 26, for a total power of 975 -- significantly better. That is, just 'balance' your troops like you would for any other race, and you'll be just that much better w/ BL ;)

A sample first 200 which emphasizes getting a 200% 'basics' study in ... is coming soon. (actually I can just paste it here for myself in non-table format -- it's not that bad... ok, yes it was, sorry folks.)

Sample First 200 Turns

• IMPORTANT NOTE: The below sample is somewhat old. Now all current kingdoms ALREADY start with a full market place (30 pcs). So at least skip the build market pieces until could you can actually build more than one per turn (build 2, 3, etc per turn..)

Note that when building, "1 market" means 1 market piece, etc. Aphro is used to get enough gold for a quick basic-study, and takes advantage of orcs' great morale modifier to do so.

Turn	Action
Before Moving	dismiss 250 mages into pop, sell fighters, clerics, remaining mages, thieves, assassins, scholars, and war machines. Destroy all outposts, guard towers, armories and vaults.
Turn 1	build 1 market
Turn 2	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turn 3	build 1 market
Turn 4	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turns 5-7	build 1 market (3 times)
Turn 8	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turns 9-11	build 1 market (3 times)
Turn 12	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turns 13-15	build 1 market (3 times)
Turn 16	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turns 17-19	build 1 market (3 times)
Turn 20	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turn 21-22	build 1 market (2 times)

Note: 16 markets, morale over 250% = 7,975 gold per turn

Turn	Action
Turns 23-34	build 1 coliseum (12 times) (11,275 gold / turn @ end)
Turn 35	build 1 village
Turn 36	explore for land 1 turn
Turn 37-39	build 1 village (3 times)
Turn 40	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turn 41	build 1 village
Turn 42	build 1 market
Turn 43	build 1 coliseum
Turn 44-46	build 1 village (3 times)
Turn 47	build 1 market
Before Moving	hire 400 labs (able to build 2 villages / turn)
Turn 48	build 2 villages (1 turn!)
Turn 49	build 1 market
Turn 50??	build 1 coliseum

NOTE: 19 markets, 14 coliseums, 250%+ morale = 14,965 gold per turn

Turn	Action
Turn 49	build 2 villages
Turn 50	build 1 market
Turn 51	build 1 coliseum
Turn 52	build 2 villages
Turn 53	build 1 market
Turn 54	build 1 coliseum
Turn 55	build 2 villages
Turn 56	build 1 market
Turn 57	build 1 coliseum

NOTE: 22 markets, 17 coliseums, 250%+ morale = 21,525 gold per turn

Turn	Action
Turns 58 & 59	explore for land (2 turns)
Before Moving	Hire 500 labs (to build 3 vils / turn)
Turn 60	build 3 villages (1 turn!)
Turn 61	build 3 villages
Turn 62	build 1 market
Turn 63	build 3 villages
Turn 62	build 1 market
Turn 63	build 1 coliseum

NOTE: 24 markets, 18 coliseums, 250%+ morale = 25,215 gold per turn

Turn	Action
Turn 64	build 3 villages
Turn 65	build 1 market
Turn 66	build 1 coliseum
Before Moving	Hire 500 labs (to build 4 vils / turn)
Turn 67	build 4 villages (1 turn!)
Turns 68-69	build 1 market (2 turns)
Turn 70	build 1 coliseum
Turns 71 & 72	build 4 villages (2 times)
Turn 73	build 1 market
Turn 74	build 1 coliseum

NOTE: 28 markets, 21 coliseums, 250%+ morale = 35,465 gold per turn

Turn	Action
Before moving	hire 500 labs (5 Vils / Turn)
Turn 75	build 5 villages (1 turn!)
Turn 76 & 77	build 1 market (x2)
Turn 78 & 79	build 1 coliseum (x2)
Before moving	hire 700 rangers (barracks full!)
Turn 80	explore for land 1 turn
Turn 81	build 1 village & 4 barracks (1 turn!)

NOTE: 30 markets, 23 coliseums = 40,417 gold per turn

Turn	Action
Turn 82	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Before moving	hire 500 labs (will just build vils/colis now until after study)
Turn 83	build 6 villages (1 turn!)
Turn 84	build 1 coliseum
Turn 85	build 6 villages
Turn 86	build 1 coliseum
Turn 87	build 6 villages
Turn 88	build 1 coliseum

NOTE: 30 markets, 26 coliseums, 250%+ morale = 46,985 gold per turn

Turn	Action
Before moving	use all gold to hire rangers
Turn 89	explore for land 1 turn
Turn 90	build 6 villages
Turn 91	build 1 coliseum
Turn 92	build 6 villages
Turn 93	build 1 coliseum

NOTE: 30 markets, 28 coliseums, 250%+ morale = 52,025 gold per turn

Turn	Action
Turn 94	Blood Lust (need food)
Turn 95	build 6 villages
Turn 96	build 6 villages
Before Moving	hire rangers to fill barracks
Turn 97	explore for land 1 turn
Turn 98	build 6 barracks
Turn 99	build 6 villages
Turn 100	build 1 coliseum
Turn 101	build 1 coliseum
Turn 102	Blood Lust (food)
Turn 103	build 6 villages
Before Moving	use all gold to hire rangers
Turn 104	explore for land 1 turn
Turn 105	build 6 villages
Turn 106	build 1 coliseum
Turn 107	Blood Lust (food)
Turn 108	build 1 coliseum
Before Moving	buy enough rangers to = 5,000 total
Turn 109	explore for land 1 turn
Turn 110	build 25 farms
Turn 111	build 25 farms
Turn 112	Blood Lust (food)
Turn 113	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turn 114	explore for land 1 turn
Turn 115	build 25 farms
Turn 116	explore for land 1 turn
Turn 117	build 25 farms
Turn 118	explore for land 1 turn
Turn 119	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turn 120	build 25 farms

NOTE: 30 markets, 32 coliseums, 250%+ morale = 63,251 gold per turn

Turn	Action
Turn 121	explore for land 1 turn
Turn 122	build 25 farms (harvest almost = consumption)
Turns 123-127	explore for land 5 turns
Turn 128	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turns 129-133	explore for land 5 turns
Turns 134-136	build 6 barracks (3 times)
Turn 137	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turns 138-141	explore for land 4 turns (need gold)
Before Moving	hire 7,500 scholars
Turns 142-144	study economy 3 turns (200%)
Turns 145-147	study construction 3 turns (200%)
Before Moving	hire 1,249 labs
Turn 148	build 75 farms
Turn 149	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Before Moving	hire 749 labs
Turns 150 & 151	explore for land 2 turns
Before Moving	hire 500 labs (out of barracks space)
Turn 152	build 20 barracks
Turns 153-162	build 3 markets (repeat 10)

NOTE: 60 markets, 32 coliseums, 250%+ morale = 99,861 gold per turn

Turn	Action
Turns 163 & 164	study magic skill 2 turns
Turn 165	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Before Moving	hire 500 labs
Turns 166-168	build 12 guard towers (repeat 3)
Turn 169	build 20 training fields, 2 barracks (1 turn)
Turn 170-173	build 5 cathedrals (repeat 4)
Turn 174-178	explore for land 5 turns
Turn 179	cast 1 turn max mana aphro
Turn 180	build 22 barracks
Turn 181	Blood Lust (food)
Before Moving	hire 5,000 assassins (most important prep to defend against!)
Turn 182	study assassins 1 turn
Turns 183-185	explore for land 3 turns
Turn 186	Blood Lust (food)
Before Moving	hire 5,000 clerics (2nd most important troop, usually needed in greater quantity)
Turn 187	build 5 cathedrals
Turns 188-190	build 12 guard towers (repeat 3)
Turn 191	Blood Lust (food)
Turns 192-194	explore for land 3 turns
Turn 195	build 22 barracks
Turn 196	Blood Lust (food)
Turn 197	build 12 guard towers
Before Moving	hire 1k fighters, 1k archers, 1k clerics
Turn 198	build 12 guard towers

NOTE: This is under construction.