What do you look for in races?

UltimaJoe777

So Race Change is on its way after months of anticipation and doubts about its validity have begun to arise in fear it will generate more P2Wness. So I have made this poll to see what the community looks for in their racial choices and if Race Change will be a boon to the Roleplay community or an apocalypse to the PvP community. Feel free to discuss races in any way you wish while you're at it

Ghettokid

Ofcourse I picked an orc because it looks cool and I have always liked orsimer. But orc passives are also pretty good in my opnion.
I dont understand person who likes argonian but picks altmer because of passives. Or wait now i get it! It is so important to be better than others in videogame!!

Khaos_Bane

For the racials and end game min/max. Duh !

UltimaJoe777

For the record you don't have to be or not be elite for life to vote

nine9six

I play Dunmer because...I like Dunmer. IDC about Passives.

svartorn

1) Humans only. I don't like cats or lizards or elves, etc.
2) At first I didn't care about passives, but I do now. Looking forward to race changes.

UltimaJoe777

svartorn wrote: »

A) Humans only. I don't like cats or lizards or elves, etc.
At first I didn't care about passives, but I do now. Looking forward to race changes.

What about Bretons? They are technically Human/Elf hybrids.

svartorn

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

svartorn wrote: »

A) Humans only. I don't like cats or lizards or elves, etc.
At first I didn't care about passives, but I do now. Looking forward to race changes.

What about Bretons? They are technically Human/Elf hybrids.

They still look human. 'Tis why I'm making all my magicka users Bretons these days.

Moonscythe

Kind of. I pay attention to passives but I choose a race based on how they look mostly. In ESO, I have several Bosmer because, for the first time ever, I can have a pretty Bosmer. I have a male Dunmer because I can't yet have a pretty Dunmer. I had access to all races in all alliances but have tried as much as possible to choose a race for the alliance. I finally made a Breton for DC though it was hard to make one I didn't think looked odd. The eyes are weird. My Bosmer are still magic users even though that isn't their forté because I play games to do magic.

mwo1480

mostly use bosmer cuz of sexyness, never will use racechange

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

The fastest to the finish line. Oh, wait...what?

Tryxus

Breton's my fav race: first I ever picked and it's the Magical Human race

But ofc, if I didn't try to make all of my chars viable, they all would've been Bretons

Ravinsild

Sometimes it's for a character idea - a Khajiit Sorcerer that sells suspect potions...Sometimes it's for min/max like my Stamina Redguard DK, sometimes it's just because they look cool like all of my Orcs and my Argonian Nightblade.

It all just depends. Sometimes character concept and min/maxing mix...sometimes they don't. I wanted a Shadowscale Argonian Assassin...sucks their racials are pure ass for a pvp gank build but it's not like it will be useless without the right race. 99% of it is gear, skills, armor sets, etc...

Nestor

Its both 1 and 4 for me. But, it really comes down to, what Race fills the Role I have in mind. Sometimes, it's what I can make look good. Sometimes it's what can I choose that will make me weaker for more of a challenge. Sometimes, it comes down to, what Race have I not played in this game?

BigBragg

What do you look for in races?

Excitement, maybe even a photo finish.

Avalon

Umm, I pick races mostly on looks lol

BlackSparrow

I'm an RPer and a lore geek, so I love picking races that will make for interesting stories... e.g., an Argonian ex-slave-turned-ex-pirate-turned-healer who's trying to make a fresh start in the Covenant, or a delicate Altmer scholar come to the harsh lands of the Pact to study her passion: volcanoes! To me, a character's race informs a big part who they are as a person.

Which is why I have no intention of ever using this feature. But a hearty "Have fun" to those of you who do.

Danikat

It depends on the character. I usually have an idea I use as a starting point and then I match everything else to that.

Sometimes that idea is the race, as with my main where I wanted a khajiit and chose a class, appearance and build to suit how I wanted to play a khajiit. Sometimes it follows on from the original idea, like when I wanted to make a character who was primarily a crafter - I made him an Imperial because it would be much more expensive to buy that motif than the other racial ones.

I don't really worry about the racial abilities. I will take them into consideration when I'm trying to decide a build, for example I focused my Breton more on magicka because that fit the racials. But it's highly unlikely it would ever be the deciding factor for me.

Edit: I can't see myself ever using the race change option. I spend a lot of time designing the character in my mind before I make them in the game. By the time I actually make them they're a fully formed person in my mind and the race is an integral part of that. I suppose maybe if it wasn't expensive (which it will be) I might use the race change, appearance change and name change all together if for some reason I wanted to delete a max level character and make a new one around the same time. But most likely that will be prohibitively expensive and I'd rather just level up a new one.

rotaugen454

Swimming speed...

Ffastyl

White man. Then 1337 4 1i3f.

UltimaJoe777

rotaugen454 wrote: »

Swimming speed...

I KNOW right?! It's so underappreciated but that moment when you outswim death by Slaughterfish and then tell them to suck it

Tekyn

It's honestly hard to tell if I pick Khajiit for the passives or if I pick my builds because they're compatible with Khajiit passives. I was a khajiit in Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim. I always play a melee. My main is a stam NB and my alt (only serious one anyway) is a stam Sorc.

Zinaroth

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

So Race Change is on its way after months of anticipation and doubts about its validity have begun to arise in fear it will generate more P2Wness.

Only among a select but very vocal minority on the forums, including you.
For the rest of us it is a welcome change.

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

So I have made this poll to see (...) if Race Change will be a boon to the Roleplay community or an apocalypse to the PvP community.

How is a poll going to show you that?

UltimaJoe777

Zinaroth wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

So Race Change is on its way after months of anticipation and doubts about its validity have begun to arise in fear it will generate more P2Wness.

Only among a select but very vocal minority on the forums, including you.
For the rest of us it is a welcome change.

Such assumptionating. I personally don't care about Race Change, nor do I need it.

Zinaroth wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

So I have made this poll to see (...) if Race Change will be a boon to the Roleplay community or an apocalypse to the PvP community.

How is a poll going to show you that?

With enough votes it gives a general idea. That and the feedback, and we all know Zenimax loves them some feedback!

AugustoCP

I pick races based on their lore, but it sucks that my playstyle has to suffer because of this. We really should have the option to pick another race's passives for a small fee.

rotaugen454

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

rotaugen454 wrote: »

Swimming speed...

I KNOW right?! It's so underappreciated but that moment when you outswim death by Slaughterfish and then tell them to suck it

It has saved me more than once. I think that I've even made it across areas that I wasn't supposed to.

UltimaJoe777

rotaugen454 wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

rotaugen454 wrote: »

Swimming speed...

I KNOW right?! It's so underappreciated but that moment when you outswim death by Slaughterfish and then tell them to suck it

It has saved me more than once. I think that I've even made it across areas that I wasn't supposed to.

Yeah that is no doubt why it stops at 50% as opposed to like 100% but 75% wouldn't be too bad I think.

theher0not

In TES the choice is easy: always khajiit.
Here I play NB and in Skyrim I played a mix of conjuration magic and weapons.

In other games it depends on how the game works (such as how the faction and class system works)

Recremen

I just pick whatever after my first (always go Khajiit first) and see how the character I want fits into the average racial narrative. Sometimes it's closer to the stereotypes, sometimes it's very far away, and it's such a joy to tease out the details. Not that there's no part of me that desires an Altmer Proxy-bomb Soul Tether Vicious Death Magicka Nightblade, it just isn't super high on the priory list compared to Who I want to play.

cyclonus11

I only play Argonian, as I have since Morrowind. So I guess the first option?

newtinmpls

BlackSparrow wrote: »

I'm an RPer and a lore geek, so I love picking races that will make for interesting stories... e.g., an Argonian ex-slave-turned-ex-pirate-turned-healer who's trying to make a fresh start in the Covenant, or a delicate Altmer scholar come to the harsh lands of the Pact to study her passion: volcanoes! To me, a character's race informs a big part who they are as a person.

I would say my approach is similar (as you can get a small taste of from reading my sig). If I think of an idea for a character, then I create him/her, and sometimes also a brother, or somebody from that person's past/life and so on. Or a relative/whatever to a character run by a friend (usually my spouse).