Ride that Hog!
8962 brought the much anticipated “Hog” motorcycle. As of now anyone can get and ride them, I’m not sure though once they go live if they will remain that way or become BoP. Here is a couple videos showing them in action and some screenshots to boot.
This has some other stuff on it, the motorcycles are towards the end.
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seriously that Hog is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. When has there ever been a Hog in any Warcraft story line?
If this is still an Engineering mount it wouldn’t surprise me if they tack on some Engineering Skill requirement.
Well there are Pod-like racers engineered by goblins why not a Hog. Engineering is the art of making the imaginary functional. Also could be intended as an inside joke agains Warhammer ( Warhammer 40k Biker Orcs)
get ready for biker gang guilds with names like “Hells Angels”
Right now it is not engineering specific, but I would love for it to be. I love the achievement when you first mount it, “Get to da choppa!”
I also love how it uses the new vehicle mechanic so that when you try and ride it into an area where you cannot mount, it stops you and you actually jump off the bike, instead of it just vanishing from beneath you.
It’s awesome!
I would like one.
Hey btw anyone on beta, wanna play a little trick on your freinds? get them in the side car and jump them off a HUFE cliff, because since the hog has HP, it takes the falling damage and died instead of you! :D have fun!
wuuuhu fuck yes! deathknights on a harley!
Ghostriders inc xD.
if goblins can make zepelling, gnomes transportation devices and enginiers can make roflcopters, also we use hi-tech guns, WHY a motorcycle would be stupid?
can some1 tell use where 2 get em from and howmuch they cost?
Oh what is that you faver rp? well we adde harleys eanyway so suk it.
*sigh* god this is a lame ider -.-
You can currently get a hog by clicking on the motorcycle just outside the engineer trainers building in dalaran. it costs 5g. I am sure this is just for testing purposes.
The physics to drive the bike are very stupid. No leaning, no acceleration, the front wheel is fixed… that give’s not a real biker feeling.
What the hell is this!? Its suppose to be a fantasy game rollplaying game. This is by far the stupidest thing that blizzard has ever done in this game and…
Too put it like this, Ive loved Wotlk since I first heard of it. Unlike TBC I havent found anything that I havent loved with it. But this shit makes me wanna quit wow forever. Im not sure I even wanna try wotlk anymore.
dudes……..i have to disagree with you on the lore subject……..it makes perfect sence to have a motorbike since they have already made a helicopter….and…..the GNOME MOUNT IS A MECHANOSTRIDER….so………..if u can make a mechanical biped thing that serves as a racial mount try adding it 2 wheels and a handlebar and presto u make ureself a motorbike……i don’t know if u really got my point but i hope u did
People won’t be missed if they quit wow. ;)
Learn to accept that Blizzards Lore must NOT follow the standard roleplaying lore based on your personal experience. It’s her Lore, her World and her Story. If your personal feelings about a motorbike in a steampunk scenario is unrealistic, quit wow and play another MMO.
I agree wit you ind a way Anarchron the problem is when the Lore is cance like “ups” Hakka the hundmaster/hakke The soule flayer…just for a example.
and well woutn stop play wow but i hate Gnom mounths and helicopter
Of course, the situation about Hakkar is a little bit strange.
But anyway, Helicopters or general mechanic Aircraft exists since the Warcraft universe exists. It’s a part of the lore, but you are not forced to like that. It’s a personal preference.
For myself, i don’t love all things they put in the game and i have several problems with some parts of the game like twinkle spaceships, netherrockets and some other stuff like netherstorm area.
You can accept it, or leave it, thats the fact. :)
Agree, stil dont like the ider about harleys but…
:p
I tend to agree with Euin. Though I wouldn’t go so far as to say this would ruin the game, I will say this: there is a potential. Blizzard designed Dalaran beautifully: I’d hate to see the serene, scenic city be ruined by modern-day motorcycles zooming around everywhere. Hopefully this thing will be in some way limited to certain areas: that way those who enjoy the mechanical inventions could enjoy it and not ruin it for those who enjoy wow for what it is: a game set in a medeival fantasy world.
Seriously its a motor-bike, if that pissed most of you off then I guess you all aren’t to fond of the helicopter mount either. Which was in WC as a unit to begin with. At least I feel they are expanding on what engineers are now capable of doing. And yes WoW is set as a Fantasy game, in a Medieval setting but reflecting back on the strategy games, there were tons of crap in that game as units go that contradicted it being an entire Medieval setting to begin with. Its a fantasy game, no need to get all uppity about something like this.
this is a nether drake killer
It makes perfect sense that the engineers can make mechano-hogs. Let’s list up the stuff that engineers can make:
Jumper-cables, explosives, Hyper-looking guns (Gyro-Balanced Khorium Destroyer), World-enlargers, bazookas (Goblin Rocket-launchers), goggles, flying machines, rocket boots, C4 charges, cloaking devices and -Teleportation devices- . And people complain that now we can make Mechano-hogs?
Allow me to laugh in -your- face. *laughs in your face*
Hogs should be limited to engineers.
Just to limit their numbers. A few hogs are nice, too many hogs destroy the feel of the game.
It would also be a nice toy for engineers. They should make this engineers only and allow engineers to make other things that right now require engineering for everyone.
This would help the profession a lot.
They won’t be limited to engineers and that’s actually a good thing for the engineers who will be able to craft them. That will provide a nice little boost for the profession.
The thread on the beta forums general confirms it won’t require engineering to use.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10043218992&pageNo=3&sid=2000#53
There is the blue post I referenced in my earlier post.
i have to admit, it does look pretty cool, but the way it turns just doesn’t fit the bill…
Okay okay, i understand RP’ers on their way, but:
Why are you looiking negative to that? Try to mage it being POSITIVE. Its a Fantasy Game. Everything can be.
**not ruin it for those who enjoy wow for what it is: a game set in a medeival fantasy world.** first off its not a MEDEIVAL game they have freaking space aliens and other planets with little green men/orcs, dwarfs alone have an airport. So for all you that say bikes ruin the game they are easily roleplayable into the world. They fit perfectly because world of warcraft is a game of parodys and jokes. I’m not even sure how you roleplay in it. To begin with I mean half the npc are named after Cartoon characters or people from tv… like Jack trapper or He-man dude in shatt with his big green cat. I mean their is giant robots and tanks all over the place fairly sure tanks were not medival honestly most of the stuff in warcraft is beyond medival already if anything the game is more of a industrial age or futureish with some races not totally caught up yet. so if you want to roleplay in a real world like medival setting go to a freaking renaissance faire or play a game that is in medival setting to begin with.
I think this shows how the world is evolving through ages. If any of you actually played since warcraft 1 :orcs vs humans, you would see the progression of technology in the overall series.
Based on everything else it looks like the world is creeping closer to an industrial like age, but since magic is in the mix things like swords, armor and bows still compete against technology so you get this very weird cool mixture of science and fantasy.
Blizzard has said that this is a fantasy game with an sci-fi flavor when talking about engineering. They do try to keep it from becoming a sci-fi game with a fantasy flavor.
I also think people dont like the hogs because they are too close to reality. Mecostriders are sciency but their existance screams fantasy since they are not real. The gyrocopter…these also dont look too much like real life machines we use. The hog however, looks just like the creations we use today and see on the streets. Maybe if it looked less motorcycleish somehow, like had a huge rear wheel and where the player sat was in an unusual spot. That might have appeased the fantasy players more…
What better feeling could you have then driving through the barrens with a few of your biker pals. Stopping at the crossroads for a light ale (not too many you driving) a drag race to Org (for more light ale) followed by parking up next to the bank over-reving your engine for all the lady Belfs (only thing missing is a maccy d’s) :D
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