That and no matter if it 'technically' functions that way, it'd get smacked by the DM's Anti-SOBhammer pretty quickly. If it's obvious an ability isn't meant to function that way, I doubt it'd fly with any half-decent DM.
Yeah, it's hard to make an accurate judgment having not played it yet, but I guess a lot of the uniqueness depends on what kinds of weapons and gear people decide to use with their abilities.
Oh no, I'm not saying Half-orcs are bad melee fighters as a whole. I know for certain that they would...
Well I'm not sure they're things it doesn't do well per se, but there are a couple things I don't really like.
-Alignment: I don't like that they got rid of most alignments (at least in mention) in the book, but that's a harmless change since by now, we all know the D&D alignments and can use...