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[Warcraft 1 & 2... the games] Did all the orc spearthrowers just say "screw this, I quit" when the trolls joined their army?

I mean, each one trained for like 45 seconds to learn how to throw a spear, why waste that education and go back to battleaxes and wolfriding?
gpt
Orc Spearmen were simply Grunts that had additional training in spear throwing, probably owing to the need for some form of ranged combat.

It's likely that this was undesirable work. Orcs love battle and would prefer to get in the face of their enemy which is why their *preferred* weapon is the axe. But one cannot deny the tactical importance of ranged weaponry and Orc armies that employed spearmen would outlast armies that did not.

But, upon meeting and elisting the help of Trolls, who were fine using ranged hit-and-run tactics using spears, the Orcs let them do that kind of work and the spear-throwing Grunts happily dropped their spears in favor of getting their axes bloody.