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To change, or not to change, factions.
iiRenity
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Hey all. So with Greymoor coming and the reveal of the alliance change token, as well, do you intend on changing to a different faction? If so, why and what alliance are you coming over from? Discuss!
PC - NA - @iiRenity - Master Crafter - CP900 - DC Loyalist - PVE & PVP
Lady Renity - Breton Magplar Heals
Bellona Victorias - Imperial DK Tank
Goddamm-Lochness-Monster - Argonian Magden Heals
Primogen Carmilla - Breton Magblade Heals
Mistress Nienna - Dunmer Magsorc DPS
Pisces Seaborne - Breton Magcro Heals
Lady Renity - Breton Magplar Heals
Bellona Victorias - Imperial DK Tank
Goddamm-Lochness-Monster - Argonian Magden Heals
Primogen Carmilla - Breton Magblade Heals
Mistress Nienna - Dunmer Magsorc DPS
Pisces Seaborne - Breton Magcro Heals
To change, or not to change, factions. 53 votes
Changing to DC
3%
2 votes
Changing to EP
9%
5 votes
Changing to AD
1%
1 vote
No, I'm staying with DC.
35%
19 votes
No, I'm staying with EP.
22%
12 votes
No, I'm staying with AD.
26%
14 votes
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✭✭✭✭✭Other: I have characters across all three factions; why would I want to change any of them?12 -
Universe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, I'm staying with AD.I'm more worried about the restrictions/cooldown on alliance change token.
Currently, there are no restrictions/cooldown on the amount of tokens an account can use on PTS.
There should be some sort of restriction/cooldown on Live.
Hopefully, they will change it.Edited by Universe on May 4, 2020 1:22PMSome videos I recorded for fun: Main character:
PC EU main: Universe - AD magicka Sorcerer, Former Emperor, Grand Overlord, The Merciless, Trial Bosses Solo Champion
Top alts: Genius(stamina/sagicka Dragonknight) The Force(stamina Nightblade) and other chars.
PC NA main: The Magic - AD magicka Sorcerer
Started playing ESO in beta & early access
User_ID: Daedric_Prince4 -
EvilAutoTech✭✭✭✭✭
✭I need more information on how they will be implemented. I would love to get the AD and DC wayshrines for my main. She would, however, never fight for those snooty elves or money-grubbing half-elves.0 -
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✭✭Dont see the point of an Alliance change if Cyrodiil is unplayable.PC - EU (AD)Septimus Mezar - Altmer Sorcerer
Septimus Rulanir - Orsimer Templar
Septimus Desmoru - Khajiit Necromancer
Septimus Iroh - Dunmer Dragon Knight
Septimus Thragar - Dunmer Nightblade
Septimus Jah'zar - Khajiit Nightblade
Septimus Nerox - Redguard Warden
Septimus Ozurk - Orsimer Sorcerer9 -
Kalik_Gold✭✭✭✭✭
✭No, I'm staying with DC.Keeping all my PvP characters as DC, as I personally PvP 30-day alliance lock DC when I compete in Cyrodiil.
The two others can do non-alliance if needed, but currently PvE only so no changes are necessary. I do have one in each other faction, due to friendships.Main: (PvP & PvE)PS5/NA - Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar - Daggerfall Covenant • 1550+ Champion
Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar, the Vestige
PvP:
Aurik Siet'ka a Redguard Necromancer
Cacique the Sage of Ius a Redguard Warden
Jux Blackheart a Redguard Nightblade
Goliath of Hammerfell a Redguard Dragonknight
Kaotik Von Dae'mon a Redguard* Sorcerer
PvP: (Specialty)
Tyrus Septim an Imperial Lycan Sorcerer
Tsar af-Bomba a Redguard Vampiric Nightblade (Bomber)
Movárth Piquine a Nord Vampiric Necromancer
Uri Ice-Heart the Twin a Nord Vampiric Warden
Voa a Priest of Sep a Redguard* Necromancer
PvE:
Cinan Tharn an Imperial Dragonknight (Tank)
Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar an Imperial Dragonknight (Damage)
Herzog Zwei the Genesis an Akavari* Templar (Healer)
Tav'i at-Shinji a Redguard** Warden (One-Bar)
Lucky Hunch the Gambler - a Redguard Nightblade (Thief)
Leveling...
Two-Big-Horns an Argonian Arcanist
Styx of Akatosh a Goblin* Arcanist
Zenovia at-Tura a Redguard** Sorcerer
Yesi af-Kalik a Redguard Templar
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Passives of another race used. (RP)
*Breton
**Imperial
__________________________Backstories:_________________________
Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.
Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.
Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...
Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.
Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.
The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.
The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.
Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.
Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)
And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.
After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.
After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...
Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.
Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.
{time moves forward through the hour-glass}
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Odovacar✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, I'm staying with EP.I'll never change but i'm happy for those who have characters outside their favored faction but didn't have "any class any alliance" #ForthePact2 -
Easily_Lost✭✭✭✭✭No, I'm staying with AD.The only reason I will change is to pick up Skyshards.PC - NA - AD
started April 2015
PVE & Solo only
Meet the LOST family: CP 1250+
Easily Lost Crafter - lvl 50 - Sorcerer Orc ( knows all traits and most styles )
Easily Lost-W - lvl 50 - Warden Imperial
Forever Lost - lvl 50 Sorcerer
CROWN CRATES: It doesn't affect gameplay, it's not mandatory, it's cosmetic only. If it helps to support the game and ZOS, I support it! Say YES to crown crates.1 -
Cerotonin✭✭✭For me, it depends on the price. Since our alliances don’t necessarily impact all aspects of the game, I’d assume they’d give a reasonable price. However, people would undoubtedly whine and complain about faction hopping/ no cooldown so I can also see them putting a high price on the tokens. It’s a good opportunity to make some more money off of PvP players.2 -
Nairinhe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭No, I'm staying with EP.Maybe I will change to hunt that damn AD book in scroll temple that always spawns under its pedestal. Pixel hunting while spamming invis is quite unpleasant0 -
Giljabrar✭✭✭✭I refuse to spend money on something that is only a problem, because they engineered that problem.
Wouldn't need faction change if there was no faction lock to begin with. Greedy devs just finally found a way to monetize PvP players.
What a joke.2 -
Nirntrotter✭✭✭✭✭No, I'm staying with AD.Maybe I will change to hunt that damn AD book in scroll temple that always spawns under its pedestal. Pixel hunting while spamming invis is quite unpleasant
If you can already tell from afar that it spawned under the pedestal, log out and immediately log back in. That fixed it for me.0 -
Chaos2088✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, I'm staying with AD.All my characters are AD. But glad they added it so people who want to change can.
@Chaos2088 PC EU Server | AD-PvP1 -
ThePedge✭✭✭✭✭Already deleted and remade 7 characters to all be on AD after they introduced faction lock.2
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Septimus_Magna✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Easily_Lost wrote: »The only reason I will change is to pick up Skyshards.
Expensive way to get a couple SkyshardsPC - EU (AD)Septimus Mezar - Altmer Sorcerer
Septimus Rulanir - Orsimer Templar
Septimus Desmoru - Khajiit Necromancer
Septimus Iroh - Dunmer Dragon Knight
Septimus Thragar - Dunmer Nightblade
Septimus Jah'zar - Khajiit Nightblade
Septimus Nerox - Redguard Warden
Septimus Ozurk - Orsimer Sorcerer2 -
Universe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, I'm staying with AD.Septimus_Magna wrote: »Easily_Lost wrote: »The only reason I will change is to pick up Skyshards.
Expensive way to get a couple Skyshards
Indeed.
He will have to pay like 10K-20K crowns given they will probably be priced at 5K-10K crowns per each token.
Also, this is a bit cheating given it's circumventing the normal way of getting them.Some videos I recorded for fun: Main character:
PC EU main: Universe - AD magicka Sorcerer, Former Emperor, Grand Overlord, The Merciless, Trial Bosses Solo Champion
Top alts: Genius(stamina/sagicka Dragonknight) The Force(stamina Nightblade) and other chars.
PC NA main: The Magic - AD magicka Sorcerer
Started playing ESO in beta & early access
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L_Nici✭✭✭✭✭
✭I stay with factions. But since I have chars all across, I can't pick one of your options, its missing an "other".PC|EU0 -
Raammzzaa✭✭✭✭✭No, I'm staying with EP.For the time being, I'm going to stay put. I've been playing with the same PvP guild for quite a while, and I'm reluctant to leave as long as they are staying as well. I should say that this specifically applies to Gray Host, and the toons that I want to play with friends there. I already play other another alliance in Blackreach and IC from time to time, but not enough that I would want to switch any of my other toons over.0
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✭✭✭✭✭Sylvermynx wrote: »Other: I have characters across all three factions; why would I want to change any of them?
Exactly the same for me. I picked factions which suit the characters and have no intention of changing them. It's nice the option is there for those who want it but it's not something I ever expect to use.PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
"Remember in this game we call life that no one said it's fair"1 -
Turelus✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No, I'm staying with EP.I don't plan to change any of my characters, all but one are EP (one DC) and I am happy with that.@Turelus - EU PC Megaserver
"Don't count on others for help. In the end each of us is in this alone. The survivors are those who know how to look out for themselves."0 -
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✭Septimus_Magna wrote: »Easily_Lost wrote: »The only reason I will change is to pick up Skyshards.
Expensive way to get a couple Skyshards
Indeed.
He will have to pay like 10K-20K crowns given they will probably be priced at 5K-10K crowns per each token.
Also, this is a bit cheating given it's circumventing the normal way of getting them.
And you can buy all the skyshards for both of the other factions for 1500 crowns. You just have to use a DC character to get the DC shards and the same for the pact. If you do it that way, you also have both DC and EP characters that have those skyshards and, therefore, skill points.0 -
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✭✭No, I'm staying with EP.Why would I change?
I am not snipe spammer or lord embeded megazerger0 -
Nanfoodle✭✭✭✭✭No, I'm staying with DC.Its no Surprise the majority switching will be jumping on the EP bandwagon. In DAoC people used to hunt servers that were winning the faction they wanted. Wars always got so unbalanced that way. This token will be making that a larger reality with this being a megaserver. Not so happy about this.2
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LanteanPegasus✭✭✭✭✭No, I'm staying with DC.I chose the only faction I could fight for in halfway good conscience, so I won't change it.
The whole war is an abysmally stupid thing, anyways, but I guess we won't get a "No Alliance Token", allowing us to play in a Cyrodiil where the factions united to face the real threats (like Daedra)...
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Universe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No, I'm staying with AD.Its no Surprise the majority switching will be jumping on the EP bandwagon. In DAoC people used to hunt servers that were winning the faction they wanted. Wars always got so unbalanced that way. This token will be making that a larger reality with this being a megaserver. Not so happy about this.
ZOS didn't pursue the implementation of alliance change token until recently.
I wish it remained as it is now on Live servers(alliance change token unavailable).Some videos I recorded for fun: Main character:
PC EU main: Universe - AD magicka Sorcerer, Former Emperor, Grand Overlord, The Merciless, Trial Bosses Solo Champion
Top alts: Genius(stamina/sagicka Dragonknight) The Force(stamina Nightblade) and other chars.
PC NA main: The Magic - AD magicka Sorcerer
Started playing ESO in beta & early access
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Tandor✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Sylvermynx wrote: »Other: I have characters across all three factions; why would I want to change any of them?
This.0 -
kichwas✭✭✭✭Sylvermynx wrote: »Other: I have characters across all three factions; why would I want to change any of them?
Last week I deleted two level 35 characters rather than use the race change tokens I was sitting on because I wanted them to be of a race that was on a different faction and it feels weird to me to have that out of sync... (I just bought any race/faction too... only to find out I'd rather delete a character than use it).
So... I wish I'd paid enough attention to know this token was coming - I'd have used it instead.
Jah bless
PST timezone - mostly PvE player.
Super casual player
Seeking a casual 'lets do some dungeons and world stuff together' guild.0 -
SORjosh✭✭✭Changing to EPI have 2 toons on DC that I need to get switched over to EP with all my others. I made them before I did any pvp. I've been wanting a faction change option for a while now. Stoked to see that's finally going to be a thing.0
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mikikatze✭✭✭✭✭dennissomb16_ESO wrote: »I have characters in all 3 realms. No real reason to switch any of them.
Same. And I also collected all skyshards on most. Often the map is changed to your favor, and if not, just chose a good time (for Imperial City I did it just before server downtime
). For Cyro, do it early in the under level 50 campaign to have an even easier play. 0