KnightyKnight wrote:
As for Bolg himself, I think it's good to have a big heavy hitter character, seen as the good side are full of profiles like Thorin's Company and Great Eagles.
That's a good point, and I think within the context of The Hobbit releases alone he's fine, because there's less of an established trend. If you're just looking at The Hobbit then he's a big nasty orc and that's it. In the context of all of the Lord of the Rings releases, though, he seems too strong in comparison to the likes of a lot of good heroes.
RangerofTheNorth wrote:
Im actually exited to play orcs again because of him, anytime I wanted to take a heavy hitter its almost always a Wraith, on fell beast or a troll and all of those are easy targets. Having an infantry based power house is great on paper. I can't wait to get him.
Yeah I definitely agree with the sentiment that there should be some more powerful combat heroes for orcs, I just think that with Bolg GW took it a bit too far. Having a heavy-hitting hero and creating a hero that outshines nearly every good hero in combat ability aren't the same thing.
I would like to have seen his fight value dropped 1 or 2 and his defense 1, and either removed the "Burly" rule or dropped his strength 1 as well. That would still make for a very nasty, very scary orc hero that's a combat monster without being inexplicably better than centuries-to-millennia-old elf and dwarf lords or the greatest heroes of mankind.