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Do you think Race changes will be added?
Nivzruo_ESO
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Do you think Race changes will be added in any way, via in game quest/Real money cost/ gold cost like skill resets are now.. anyway.
Edited by Nivzruo_ESO on October 23, 2014 12:15AM Nelgyntc- V14 NB
Do you think Race changes will be added? 114 votes
Yes, and I think it's a great idea.
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17 votes
Yes, and I think it's a horrible idea.
3%
4 votes
No, But I think it's a great idea.
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13 votes
No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.
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dharbert✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.No. YOU chose the race of your character. No one put a gun to your head.
You have 8 character slots to try out races/classes. There is no excuse. The players who would want to change race/class are those who just want the fotm.10 -
Kreetar✭✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.I don't think it's a *terrible* idea, no. But I honestly think that they will not implement something that will allow for you to change your race.
Edited by Kreetar on October 23, 2014 1:13AMdip me in the blood of mortals and throw me to the Dremora2 -
Nox_Aeterna✭✭✭✭✭
✭Yes, and I think it's a great idea.Yeap , lets hope they will add this in the future , even more considering how they started to mess with the stat caps which makes some races completely better than others."Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
-Hanlon's razor4 -
jeevin✭✭✭✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.No way should this be implemented. All the "me too" players will jump on the flavour of the month. Just think how many dark elf DKs would be running around. I'm all for appearance changes but not race changes.5 -
jelliedsoup✭✭✭✭✭No. YOU chose the race of your character. No one put a gun to your head.
You have 8 character slots to try out races/classes. There is no excuse. The players who would want to change race/class are those who just want the fotm.
No one is holding a gun to the developers head saying you cannot change class either, hey just made it that way.
Bad analogies are like bad analogies.Edited by jelliedsoup on October 23, 2014 2:21AMwww.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Ks8_KGHqmO43 -
Gidorick✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.If you want to play another race make an alternate character. Simple enough I would think.What ESO really needs is an Auction Horse.
That's right... Horse.
Click HERE to discuss.
Want more crazy ideas? Check out my Concept Repository!3 -
AshySamurai✭✭✭✭✭
✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.No, and I hope ZOS will never add this!Make sweetrolls, not nerfs!2 -
shadowz081✭✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.While I am not against min-maxers or cookie cutter builds, since using them myself to a degree, I still find it a horrible idea. As every time the meta change, there will most likely be a mass migration of race that synergises with the current FOTM build. For example, now the FOTM is still magicka, despite stam buffs, as magicka still have a utility advantage for most cases, everyone running staff and LA, having picked a diff race aside from breton, high elf or dark elf will migrate to one of these three races.
Similarly if ZoS 'over buffs' stamina in the future where it becomes much better than magicka, we will see mass migration of races to redguards and such. It will make the choice you pick in the beginning quite pointless.
Secondly, the ES series is well famed for it is adherence to the lore, and while you can race change is the single player game via mods or consoles commands, the developers might have a hard time explaining why you can change races in game, and anything they come up with would probably sound stupid and make everyone sigh and facepalm.1 -
Zorrashi✭✭✭✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.The only way I would even consider race changes is if the changes were purely cosmetic and was in no way connected to racial passives. Don't want people changing race purely because it fits the FOTM build that just so happens to be in at the time.0 -
Gulvar✭✭Yes, and I think it's a great idea.I wouldn't care. I'd still be Bosmer regardless of future changes. I know this is an ESO forum so people have to be hyperbolic but some of the replies here are a bit much. Such needlessly strong reactions make me wonder how many here picked their race purely based upon strong racials and don't want others to switch to them. We all know the answer isn't zero.4
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Gythral✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.FOTM - the door is over there...
Edited by Gythral on October 23, 2014 7:35AM“Be as a tower, that, firmly set,
Shakes not its top for any blast that blows!”
Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy3 -
guybrushtb16_ESO✭✭✭✭No, But I think it's a great idea.No. YOU chose the race of your character. No one put a gun to your head.
That would be fair *if* circumstances didn't change all the time in mmos. I chose the race I wanted for my build according to math and what was best at the time and then circumstances change later and it's no longer good for reasons outside of my control, so why should I have to stay locked into it if I don't want to?
Also, I'll never understand why people can so adamantly oppose options that won't affect them at all if they don't use them. "I don't want it so you can't have it, ha!" If yo don't want it, don't use it, nothing will change for you.
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Nox_Aeterna✭✭✭✭✭
✭Yes, and I think it's a great idea.guybrushtb16_ESO wrote: »No. YOU chose the race of your character. No one put a gun to your head.
That would be fair *if* circumstances didn't change all the time in mmos. I chose the race I wanted for my build according to math and what was best at the time and then circumstances change later and it's no longer good for reasons outside of my control, so why should I have to stay locked into it if I don't want to?
Also, I'll never understand why people can so adamantly oppose options that won't affect them at all if they don't use them. "I don't want it so you can't have it, ha!" If yo don't want it, don't use it, nothing will change for you.
You are in for a treat mate , in this forum atleast half the players will oppose to options that dont affect them , but you still shouldnt have lols.
No class changes , no race changes , no nameplates , no UI options ...
Heh , it is funny because they actually think the people that want the race change , class change ... would actually lvl an alt instead of just quitting when the game doesnt offer the option to change their char and they get tired of said char lols.
At some point they will understand that is just one less sub , not someone wasting time lving an alt more because they are forced to , so they can enjoy the game again at end game , than because they wanted to actually lvl an alt."Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
-Hanlon's razor2 -
TehMagnus✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.It was pretty obvious Dark Elf supremacist was the way to go since start. If you picked a filthy Argonian slave then too bad.
Race bonuses are very minimal in any case and I think ZOS will prolly end up changing some of those.4 -
guybrushtb16_ESO✭✭✭✭No, But I think it's a great idea.Race bonuses are very minimal in any case
This is objectively not true. In direct comparison, there is an effective span of +-22% health, all other things being equal, between the best and the worst race for a build.
Of course it's not always like that, but if numbers such as these aren't substantial I wouldn't know what is.3 -
TehMagnus✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.guybrushtb16_ESO wrote: »Race bonuses are very minimal in any case
This is objectively not true. In direct comparison, there is an effective span of +-22% health, all other things being equal, between the best and the worst race for a build.
Of course it's not always like that, but if numbers such as these aren't substantial I wouldn't know what is.
Numberswise, in the end, when you're tanking, healing or DPSing, the results difference is marginal and that is all that counts. Only thing nice about Dunmer is that it does give a notable advantage with the fire resistance so was nice for vamps, then again, vamp is getting nerfed to the underground so
. Edited by TehMagnus on October 23, 2014 8:59AM2 -
Syntse✭✭✭✭✭I'm sure race change is coming soon. Also class change. Hair style and facial change is around the corner and followed by whole overhaul of your character at any point you like. Full respec will be created so you will get back to char creation screen and create your char and then get back to the game with all your exp and SP.
This is very normal procedure in every RPG.Syntse Dominion Khajiit Dragonknight Stamina Tank [50]
Ra'Syntse Dominion Khajiit Nightblade Magica DPS [50]
Syntselle Dominion Dark Elf Dragonknight Magica DPS [50]
Syntseus Dominion Imperial Templar Healer [50]
Syntsetar Dominion High Elf Sorcerer Magica DPS [50]
Friar Tuktuk Daggerfall Brenton Templar Healer [50]
Syntseyn Ebonheart Brenton Nightblade Magica DPS [50]0 -
Xeres14✭✭✭Yes, and I think it's a great idea.Yes. Absolutely. One day and probably for a RL price. Now if people are changing their characters to a FOTM, that's not the fault of the race change - that's poor balance in the race and class specs.0
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AlexDougherty✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, But I think it's a great idea.I wish they would add a few lore based races, but I doubt they will. I would like to see Akiviri or Imga, but I sort of doubt they will ever appear.People believe what they either want to be true or what they are afraid is true!
Wizard's first rule
Passion rules reason
Wizard's third rule
Mind what people Do, not what they say, for actions betray a lie.
Wizard's fifth rule
Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self
Wizard's tenth rule0 -
AngryNord✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.Where's the "No, and I really wish the mods would stop the monthly spamming about this once and for all" cathegory?3 -
Razour✭✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.This poll is really asking the wrong question or more likely jumping to the wrong conclusion as to what the solution is to a perceived problem.
IMHO if, with the benefit of hindsight, it is considered by ZOS that the balance between the races isn't correct then the right answer is not to allow people to change races; but instead to tweak the racial skill lines to (re)gain balance.
Admittedly that would probably gather some QQ'ing from those people who selected a particular race because of some perceived advantage at the time of rolling that character but that has to be better than giving people the possibility to switch to the FOTM race.╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗⋆ ℛ ⋆ α ⋆ ӡ ⋆ ѻ ⋆ υ ⋆ г ⋆╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣Bosmer NightbladeClothier 50 | Wood Worker 50 | Black Smith 50 | Provisioner 50 | Alchemist 50 | Enchanter 50^^^ Now Recruiting ^^^╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝1 -
Aeratus✭✭✭✭✭Yes, and I think it's a great idea.People saying that racials are marginal are dead wrong. The racials are blatantly unbalanced.
Dunmer:
(1) +1400 Fire Resist - basically gives you an extra jewelry enchantment slot
(2) +9% Magicka and +6% Stamina - basically gives you 30 extra attribute points for your character. If marginal, why don't you reset your attributes on your char and simply don't use 30 of them, lol.
(3) +7% Fire damage - huge boost considering the lengths that people go even to add a marginal gain in dps
Advantages (1) and (2) apply to every build in the game, especially pvp builds. (Compare this to Khajiit caster sorc, for example)Edited by Aeratus on October 23, 2014 5:07PM1 -
Nox_Aeterna✭✭✭✭✭
✭Yes, and I think it's a great idea.Where's the "No, and I really wish the mods would stop the monthly spamming about this once and for all" cathegory?
Nah it is a feature many want , thus people will continue to create threads about it.
With some luck this will lead to them finally adding such options in the game or shop or whatever.I'm sure race change is coming soon. Also class change. Hair style and facial change is around the corner and followed by whole overhaul of your character at any point you like. Full respec will be created so you will get back to char creation screen and create your char and then get back to the game with all your exp and SP.
This is very normal procedure in every RPG.
Yes , eventually it happens with the years. So yes , this game eventually will also have it.
The thing it would be better to have it now instead of waiting years for them to add it hehe."Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
-Hanlon's razor0 -
Zorrashi✭✭✭✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.I would only potentially support race change if, and only if, it was purely cosmetic.0
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Merlin13KAGL✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭I think a Forums Search button should be added.Just because you don't like the way something is doesn't necessarily make it wrong...
Earn it.
IRL'ing for a while for assorted reasons, in forum, and in game.I am neither warm, nor fuzzy...
Probably has checkbox on Customer Service profile that say High Aggro, 99% immunity to BS1 -
AlexDougherty✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, But I think it's a great idea.Merlin13KAGL wrote: »I think a Forums Search button should be added.
There is a forum search in the bar at the top, far right, next to sign out and above new discussion, click in it and type what you are searching for.People believe what they either want to be true or what they are afraid is true!
Wizard's first rule
Passion rules reason
Wizard's third rule
Mind what people Do, not what they say, for actions betray a lie.
Wizard's fifth rule
Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self
Wizard's tenth rule1 -
MornaBaine✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.I think it's probably a bad idea to be able to go back and change anything that affects stats/mechanics. And race does.PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!0 -
xMovingTarget✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, and they shouldn't because it's a terrible idea.It was pretty obvious Dark Elf supremacist was the way to go since start. If you picked a filthy Argonian slave then too bad.
Race bonuses are very minimal in any case and I think ZOS will prolly end up changing some of those.
Magnus, its starting to get annoying about how often i have to agree with you
Edited by xMovingTarget on October 24, 2014 10:27AM2