Favourite and Least Favourite Elder Scrolls Races and why.

KingDuncanVII

Favorites: Bosmer (Wood Elf), Redguard, Khajiit
Least Favorites: Dunmer (Dark Elf), Altmer (High Elf), Nord

mb10

Faves: Imperial, Redguard and Khaajit.


Least faves: Nord, Breton and Dunmer.

*Based off the various characters I've met on the TES series. Not racial passives on ESO.

Lysette

There is nothing like Khajiit - the most iconic race in TES - which else TES race has an own song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oy3TZ-4-B4

Oh how i miss these caracal-like ears with the jewelry in them - ESO has downgraded the optics of Khajiit.

Artjuh90

@Lysette awesome for the video

Snowstrider

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Father_X_Zombie wrote: »

Favorite: Imperial master race

Least favourite: Nords, because they're racist (lore wise) and ugly (in ESO)

Racist lore wise? Lol like imperials are better
They are Imperialists for shors sake! They force their culture upon other races becouse their own is too "barbaric"

Barbaric? What is so terrible about all races of tamriel united under one peaceful banner? Not all Nords would agree with what you said. take for example legate rikke or hadvar. And the Nords had some empires of their own so its not just Imperials that are imperialist barbarians. Not to mention The Empire was founded by a nord that you all worship named Tiber Septem (talos).

And by akatosh not everyone likes being called a "milkdrinker"

What i meant was Imperials think other cultures and people then theirs to be barbaric and they think without them those lands will be in chaos which is not True at all.

I am just laughing at the hypocrasy you disliking nords for being racist when imperials with their empire is insane. The empire really is not peaceful

It was completely peaceful and prosperous between the time of Tiber Septem and the oblivion crisis

No it was not. Tiber/Hjalti is a backstabbing ***. He betrayed Wulfharth who helped him to rise and then he killed him to get numidium powered up and then with it he conquered tamriel and went mad. Many people tired to fight back such as the events in Redguard the game. The empire is anything but peaceful

Solace of Shadows

FACT: Bosmer are the best.
EXPLAINATION: Eveli Sharp-Arrow.

Mason22

Favorite: Nords

Least Favorite: Wood Elves

BigBadVolk

a little necro, but this image answers more or less which is my favourite my least is orcs, I just dont like green skin

dodgehopper_ESO

Its hard to say. There are races I love, and then there are the races I love to hate. Dunmer are in the love to hate category. The Dunmer of the 'big 10' are really vicious and morally bankrupt, but beyond that they build beautiful architecture and have a lot interesting about them.

In ESO I find that Nords are a caricature of their traits you see in previous TES games which I find a little disappointing. How many times do you do a quest where a nord loses his pants?

thawks

Top tier: Argonians, Dunmer, Bretons
Mid tier: Redguards, Bosmer, Altmer, Nords, Khajiit
Meh tier: Orcs, Imperials

Motherball

Favorite: Dark Elf for reasons completely unrelated to Elder Srolls. Forgotten Realms, Everquest and Warhammer, though I do enjoy the ES lore as well, especially their affinity with fire.

Least: Argonian because of Trump. I actually really love the aesthetics and lore behind them, but every time I see one it just reminds me of Trump. So sad.

SilverPaws

My most favorite race is khajiit because of they're culture and exotic looks, they look amazing + they have very amazing and cute accent i just love them
My least favorite race is dunmer because they're are racists and are slavers i just hate them for what they are when i read lore about them they deserved everything that happened to them.

Belyar

Favs: Breton and High Elf
Least: Best races

emilyhyoyeon

I really want to know why dunmer are so popular. is it because of Morrowind?

Linaleah

favorite - can't pick. I like most races for varying reasons.
least favorite - Altmer. I like individual altmer characters, but as a whole Altmer are just.. awful. and I say that as someone who primarily plays AD characters. the only other groups of people I dislike as much as Altmer - are Telvaani magisters and Tharn family. but those are specific groups rather then entire race. for Altmer it seems decent individuals are exception to the rule unlike other races. at least in my experience.

thawks

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

I really want to know why dunmer are so popular. is it because of Morrowind?

They've been a fan favourite for many years. Compared to all the other races, the Dunmer have received by far the most nuance and attention when it comes to culture, politics, religion, and aesthetics. Their society is complex and their homeland is alien and very memorable. Morrowind's world-building and plot are far superior to any of the games before or since.

newtinmpls

thawks wrote: »

Morrowind's world-building and plot are far superior to any of the games before or since.

Sigh... recently re-bought it from Steam and am prowling around with addons (completely wrecked one version - still haven't found the right balance).

I loved that if you joined a faction, you could not join an enemy faction. Your choices mattered in a way I've never seen.

But to the question at hand:

I have two accounts, currently 22 characters, not counting ones I rolled, played a bit and deleted (that would be a Nord woman [maybe Templar?], a young angry redguard Templar [she was just to bitter, I couldn't sympathize with her], an older Redguard guy [I kept him on one account for .. like a year without actually playing him], a female Argonian NB [I tried to make her very 'human like', it just didn't work. Then I tried another one and figured I should go for maxiumum "alien-ness" and that didn't work either]; a bosmer sorc, who I just kept picturing as a NB and eventually rerolled her, she now actually is an NB; a very sweet khajiit - I just couldn't stay interested - not even sure what she was - likely a sorc. All my early characters were sorcs). Dunmer sorc, sister of one I'm playing - she was nice, she was sweet, but she just wasn't working out [and this was way back when they destroyed the look of Redguard armor - it kinda wrecked my conception of her]. Orsimer Sorc [back when I realized that maybe I could play something not a sorc - I should re-roll him as a DK or Warden].

Favorite Race....I think ultimately it would have to be Orsimer. Maybe. On days when it's not Dunmer. Or maybe it's just the race of the character I happen to be playing.

Probably that's it.

chuck-18_ESO

thawks wrote: »

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

I really want to know why dunmer are so popular. is it because of Morrowind?

Morrowind's world-building and plot are far superior to any of the games before or since.

This has been touted by Morrowind elitists of varying degrees for years and years, and it's simply not correct. First of all, aesthetics and artistic appreciation are subjective. Second off, statements like this don't take into consideration the vast differences in the three games.

Morrowind excelled in storytelling. This was due, in large part, to the vast amount of dialogue in the game. The game had no voices, so you had to read in order to know what was going on, so the dialogue had every opportunity to shine.

Oblivion excelled in world-building. This was due, in large part, to the advances in gaming A.I. that allowed NPC's more independence and spontaneity. It simplified the stat system while still maintaining a DnD feeling, and the world was alive with NPCs that ate, slept, went shopping, and even traveled across the map.

Skyrim excelled in visual beauty. This was due to improvements in programming. It's still amazing to me that the PS3 plays both Oblivion (which had cutting-edge graphics at the time, people tend to forget) and Skyrim. The lush and diverse terrain of Skyrim was a perfect place to show off new heights in graphics.

TL;DR: All three games had compelling plots and imaginative, beautiful worlds, they just delivered them to us in different ways and with different emphases.

ArchMikem

newtinmpls

chuck-18_ESO wrote: »

Morrowind excelled in storytelling. This was due, in large part, to the vast amount of dialogue in the game. The game had no voices, so you had to read in order to know what was going on, so the dialogue had every opportunity to shine.

Oblivion excelled in world-building. This was due, in large part, to the advances in gaming A.I. that allowed NPC's more independence and spontaneity. It simplified the stat system while still maintaining a DnD feeling, and the world was alive with NPCs that ate, slept, went shopping, and even traveled across the map.

Skyrim excelled in visual beauty. This was due to improvements in programming. It's still amazing to me that the PS3 plays both Oblivion (which had cutting-edge graphics at the time, people tend to forget) and Skyrim. The lush and diverse terrain of Skyrim was a perfect place to show off new heights in graphics.

Hmmmm... again I would say this is a matter of interpretation.

Morrowind was good for storytelling in that there were many stories to tell, and the player's participation in the world could foreclose other options (i.e. can't join the enemy of your first faction) as well as you could go back to NPCs and re-have the same conversations (i.e. ask them to explain something again) something that's very limited in ESO.

Morrowind was also really good for unique looks and sounds of things. Who doesn't remember the gentle "hoon" of the Silt strider? The terrifying shrieks of packs of Cliff Racers? The bizarre panther/horse sized Nix Hounds?

Oblivion ... some liked it. I thought it was generic-ified crap. No interesting monsters. No interesting story. The story of Morrowind flowed from the land and culture. Oblivion was a slapped-on, simplified, Orsimer mocking ... ah ppphhooeey.

Skyrim was lovely. Incredible. Even now, playing ESO I still watch over my husband's shoulder with awe as he wanders (yet again) through Skyrim (I never played it, I only watched). And once again (harking back to Morrowind) the story flowed from the land and culture.

ESO uses the overly generic; culture doesn't matter/make a difference Oblivion model. which I think is a terrible pity. The idiotic logic used to describe green pact crap is ... well... no words for that one.

Luckily there are some AMAZING RPG'ers.

Minyassa

Favorite: Khajiit because kittycats.

Least favorite: Orcs, because I cannot create a non-ugly orc no matter how hard I try, they all have a jug jaw and a pinhead skull.