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Another version of racial passives. Comment, suggest yours.
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I think racial changes, proposed in this update, don't really achieved stated goals:
So i get other variant of racial passive that, in my opinion, allows all races choose any roles: tanking, healing, or damage dealing, have more unique racial gameplay flavor and lore friendly(as far as my lore knowledge goes).
If you like overall idea and direction of this racial passives, please, leave comment and share you thoughts and suggestions about what do you think fit better for particular race in gameplay or lore direction.
Passive divides at:
High Elf
All passives emphasize affinity of High Elf to magic and in particular elemental magic. Elemental status effects can be applied by magic or enchants, so it can be utilized by any build. Maybe for balance in group content it must be elemental status effects applied by you only.
Argonian
Passives reflects severe conditions of the swamps, lizards regeneration, inclination of Argonians to thieve and assassin professions in lore and other TES games(as far as i know). Disease Resistance can be deleted for balance purposes.
Wood Elf
Passives reflects Wood elfs small size, sneaking and camouflage abilities. Also their affinity to ranged combat.
Breton
Passives reflects Bretons resistance to magicka, thier shield ability from previous TES games. Tanking ability similar to Concentrated barrier passive from Psijic skill line, and need to be with less visible damage shield, because not everyone like additional visual effects and this passive built in race, so you can't just avoid it.
Dark Elf
As far as i know lore, Dark elfs live can be both good warriors and mages, and severe conditions of thier homeland contributed to this. However this passive can be hard to balance, because most other races have splitted tanking and damage bonuses, while dark elfs can completely ignore one direction and focus only on damage through itemization, for example.
Imperial
Hard one to get right flavor passives, because Imperials know as diplomats, traders and light infantry, but seems this passives fits well, they get better equipment or better instruments, materials to create their own, by using thier personality and trading skills. However maybe have same problems with balance as Dark elfs, because of opotunity to be more specialized in tanking or damage.
Khajiit
Passives reflects Khajiits acrobatic, sneaking, thieves skills
Nord
Nords know as fierce, strong and enthusiastic warriors, and this passives reflects this well, in my opinion.
Orc
Armorers, fearsome warriors in heavy armor, seems fit the lore
Redguard
According to wiki Redguards the most naturally talented warriors in Tamriel, so this passives gives bonuses at close range combat, but not only for weapon, battle mages builds also possible. Because with close range passive redguards need to be in close range to the enemy they can better utilize block and bash mechanics so buffs to them seems usefull
Of course such changes need more balance work and also need some additional coding, but this changes can be done at Elsweyr chapter release, better if it will take more time, but will be better executed.
Once again, if you like overall idea and direction of this racial passives, please, leave comment and share you thoughts and suggestions about what do you think fit better for particular race in gameplay or lore direction.
Edited by XomRhoK on January 23, 2019 1:24AM I think racial changes, proposed in this update, don't really achieved stated goals:
- 1. Allow more effective options when picking a race for each role in tanking, healing, or damage dealing.
- 3. Retain and enhance the unique feeling and gameplay patterns that each race allows.
- 5. Achieve the above goals while still obeying our rich and structured lore and storytelling.
So i get other variant of racial passive that, in my opinion, allows all races choose any roles: tanking, healing, or damage dealing, have more unique racial gameplay flavor and lore friendly(as far as my lore knowledge goes).
If you like overall idea and direction of this racial passives, please, leave comment and share you thoughts and suggestions about what do you think fit better for particular race in gameplay or lore direction.
Passive divides at:
- Flavor. Extra experience gain in one skill line, some minor buff, all types of resistance, almost same as in game
- Utility. Some minor adjustments to some speeds; snare, buff, debuff duration to add some flavor in gameplay
- Tanking.
- Damage/healing. This passives get bonus damage in %, but it's a overall damage, from any source, so it can be utilized by any build: magika, stamina, hybrid or proc.
High Elf
- Flavor: Increases Experience gain in Destruction Staff Skill Line by 15%, extra 1% Generic Experience gain
- Utility: More speed while channeling
- Tanking/Healing: More healing done
- Damage: Make more damage to targets with any elemental status effects on them
All passives emphasize affinity of High Elf to magic and in particular elemental magic. Elemental status effects can be applied by magic or enchants, so it can be utilized by any build. Maybe for balance in group content it must be elemental status effects applied by you only.
Argonian
- Flavor: Increases experience gain in Resto Staff Skill Line by 15%, extra 50% Swimming Speed. 2310 Disease Resistance. Immune to the Diseased status effect. 2310 Poison Resistance. Immune to the Poisoned status effect
- Utility: Shorter snare duration
- Tanking: More HP recovery
- Damage/Healing: Additional damage/heal at critical strikes or bonus damage/heal after critical strike for a period of time
Passives reflects severe conditions of the swamps, lizards regeneration, inclination of Argonians to thieve and assassin professions in lore and other TES games(as far as i know). Disease Resistance can be deleted for balance purposes.
Wood Elf
- Flavor: Increases experience gain in Bow Skill Line by 15%, decreases fall damage taken by 10%. 2310 Disease Resistance. Immune to the Diseased status effect.
- Utility: Sneak cost less stamina. Smaller detection radius
- Tanking: Hard target: Less damage from direct ranged attacks. Less damage from physical AoE damage.
- Damage/Healing: Concentration: More damage/heal if there are no enemies in close range
Passives reflects Wood elfs small size, sneaking and camouflage abilities. Also their affinity to ranged combat.
Breton
- Flavor: Increases Experience gain in Light Armor Skill Line by 15%, extra 1% Alliance Point gain. 3960 Spell Resistance.
- Utility: Shorter debuff duration
- Tanking: Dragon skin: Damage shield while blocking, with recharge time, scaled from HP.
- Damage/Healing: After using ultimate gives bonus damage for period of time. Scales buff duration or damage according to overall ultimate points spent
Passives reflects Bretons resistance to magicka, thier shield ability from previous TES games. Tanking ability similar to Concentrated barrier passive from Psijic skill line, and need to be with less visible damage shield, because not everyone like additional visual effects and this passive built in race, so you can't just avoid it.
Dark Elf
- Flavor: Increases Experience gain in Dual Wield Skill Line by 15%, reduces damage taken from Lava by 50%. 2310 Flame Resistance. You are immune to the Burning status effect
- Utility: Longer immovability duration
- Tanking/Damage/Healing: Endurance: All stamina and magicka skills cost less, it gives more option in itemization in tanking, damage or healing
As far as i know lore, Dark elfs live can be both good warriors and mages, and severe conditions of thier homeland contributed to this. However this passive can be hard to balance, because most other races have splitted tanking and damage bonuses, while dark elfs can completely ignore one direction and focus only on damage through itemization, for example.
Imperial
- Flavor: Increases Experience gain in One Hand and Shield Skill Line by 15%, extra 1% Gold gain
- Utility: More speed while blocking
- Tanking/Damage/Healing: Better equipment: Weapons, armor, enchants, potions, food, drink have better bonuses
Hard one to get right flavor passives, because Imperials know as diplomats, traders and light infantry, but seems this passives fits well, they get better equipment or better instruments, materials to create their own, by using thier personality and trading skills. However maybe have same problems with balance as Dark elfs, because of opotunity to be more specialized in tanking or damage.
Khajiit
- Flavor: Increases Experience gain in Medium Armor Skill Line by 15%, 5% bonus change to successfully pickpocket
- Utility: More speed while sneaking
- Tanking: Acrobatics: faster/longer distance roll dodge. Roll dodge cost less
- Damage/Healing: More damage/heal against low HP targets
Passives reflects Khajiits acrobatic, sneaking, thieves skills
Nord
- Flavor: Increases Experience gain in Two Handed Skill Line by 15%, 15 extra minutes on drink buffs. 2310 Cold Resistance. You are immune to the Chilled status effect
- Utility: Break free cost less
- Tanking: Reduse damage taken based on missing health
- Damage/Healing: Valor: More damage/heal the more enemies you hit in last several seconds. One enemy - 0,5 average buff, two enemies - 1 average buff, three enemies - 1,5 average buff, boss - 1 average buff.
Nords know as fierce, strong and enthusiastic warriors, and this passives reflects this well, in my opinion.
Orc
- Flavor: Increases Experience gain in Heavy Armor Skill Line by 15%, extra 10% Inspiration gain
- Utility: More speed, less stamina cost sprint
- Tanking: Armorer: More armor rating of any armor. Two additional piece bonuses in heavy armor, if you use one piece of heavy armor you get three pieces bonuses, if you use three pieces of heavy armor you get five pieces bonuses
- Damage/Healing: Battle anger: Every direct damage attack/heal adds stacking buff that increases damage/heal power, this buff decrease fast if you stop do direct damage.
Armorers, fearsome warriors in heavy armor, seems fit the lore
Redguard
- Flavor: Increases One Hand and Shield Skill Line by 15%, 15 extra minutes on food buffs
- Utility: More damage or less cost bash ability
- Tanking: More block mitigation
- Damage/Healing: More damage with low range skills
According to wiki Redguards the most naturally talented warriors in Tamriel, so this passives gives bonuses at close range combat, but not only for weapon, battle mages builds also possible. Because with close range passive redguards need to be in close range to the enemy they can better utilize block and bash mechanics so buffs to them seems usefull
Of course such changes need more balance work and also need some additional coding, but this changes can be done at Elsweyr chapter release, better if it will take more time, but will be better executed.
Once again, if you like overall idea and direction of this racial passives, please, leave comment and share you thoughts and suggestions about what do you think fit better for particular race in gameplay or lore direction.
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