hi. i like being a lizard. im a competitive 1vX pvper and have found a way to complain about something that isnt lag or converge! argonian is one of the worst choices of race available and is gimping me massively.
my line of thought is this: why are cosmetics irremoveably attached to crucial stats? why cant we pick? my idea is that there could be a racial passive token for sale in the store that can change our passives to another races' set. maybe even keep the rp passives (the passives that are auto unlocked i.e. dunmer lava resist and argonian swimming speed).
here are my arguments for doing this:
- Allows true diversity of races, allowing every race to do whatever they want without being useless compareatively. Imagine being able to see wizard redguards around in high end content! how pleasant.
- fully seperate appearance from stats, allowing people to fashion exactly as they want (aside from weapons)
- i wont get made fun of in trials
- Gets zos more money via making us pay for it! they like money!!!!!!!!!
- ends racism
now im sure many of you have arguments against it, but
consider my counterarguments to obvious ones first:
- "it is lore unfriendly and makes no sense! dont like that"
you are not able to see what passives other players have. them having slightly (massively for endgame content) different stats is unnoticeable to you! additionally you can write it off as an individual being raised by the race of the racials they picked and adapting! makes more sense for some passives than others tho.
- "i picked my race based on racials so i dont see why other people should have the option"
you are free now
- "when fighting people, seeing their race can be very useful so i can know how much damage theyll do under what conditions and how much they will resist"
yeah but what about fully armored people thoe. this does bring up a valid point vs specifically khajiit tho because you can always see their tail, and when fighting cats its more important to block to prevent crits. tho i dont think i know a single player who actually changes their playstyle based on the opposing race. maybe its a thing tho!
- "all prior elder scrolls games have racials irremovably tied to race"
yes and also every single gameplay element in eso is completely different from other TES games.
i hope you all consider this option. i would love it a lot if it was available in the game, and i hope you all would love it too! if ur interested, try and let zos know by chattin in this thread so it could potentially get noticed, and maybe send some messages to them somehow? i am not certain. maybe somewhere in the tickets menu. and be polite while discussing it!
Edited by ZOS_Chiroptera on October 28, 2021 8:58PM
The Concept of Seperating Race from Racials. 212 votes
Yes, most or all of the idea is sound, comfy and would be enjoyed by me!
Yes, though I feel there are major differences that I would prefer over the proposed idea
Maybe! I am skeptical about this being done well, or if it should be done at all. Indecisive.
No, there are too many downsides that I am not willing to partake in