Would be cool to play as a Dwemer Construct.

but like I said maybe a couple more classes

AngryNord wrote: »

Shaminar wrote: »

I was wondering if we could get some more races to play as, even if they aren't canon.

For example, how about playing as an Ayleid, or as both the Falmer or as the Snow Elves before they turned, or a Chimer (the dark elves before they turned grey) Dwemer/Dwarves? Or how about a goblin, or daedra that defied Molag Bal and was punished because they wanted to help the mortals.

I'm sure there are more races to jot down, but It would certainly increase replayability to have more than the base races we know of as each race would again have their own unique abilities.

No. Ayleids - pretty much died out at this point.
Chimer - became Dunmer hundreds of years before ESO
Dwemer - disappeared many hundreds of years before ESO.

How about deadra?

The only ones which make sense are the Maormer, Tang Mo, Kamal, Tsaesci and Ka'Po'Tun. The last 4 are Akaviri races, and only the Tang Mo and Maormer are regular visitors to Tamriel.

Jakhajay wrote: »

The only ones which make sense are the Maormer, Tang Mo, Kamal, Tsaesci and Ka'Po'Tun. The last 4 are Akaviri races, and only the Tang Mo and Maormer are regular visitors to Tamriel.

Goblins and Imga would also make sense. I have a feeling I'm forgetting one or two others that would actually make sense, but it's late and I'm sleepy.

No, they're having enough trouble balancing these races

can i be a unicorn?

Use polymorphs and roleplay as the polymorph(s).

I would not like to see lore breaking races added.

However, Goblins, Imga, and Maomer are good options! We've never been able to play them in other TES games, so it would be cool.

Plus, they are around during this time, and Goblins and Maomer are even IG already!

I'd say add a dog-man race as a counterpart to the Khajiit, but that would interfere with the timeline lore lol

As for people saying they want more classes there is an upside and a downside to it.

Upside is more classes is possible seeing as previous Elder Scrolls games had so many. However, they are mostly for things you can simply take up a specific weapon for. To add many of those classes would take away the freedom to use any weapon as any class since there would be Archer class instead of Bow Skill Line and Healer class instead of Restoration Staff Skill Line and stuff like that. The only new addition to classes since those 4 games is Dragonknight which could just be a change from Knight but don't quote me on that because I haven't played those games lol

Downside is adding new classes would require 1 of 2 things: All Characters already in existance would not be able to be those classes unless granted a Class Change and I honestly do not believe that would be the best bet for various reasons so the only other option is to use said new classes everyone would have to create a new character. Regardless of whichever option is chosen there would be a requirement of sorts to start over and if the Class Change angle is taken all the work people put into their character's previous class would be wasted.

Overall I'd say adding new classes would not work, nor would adding new races since the object of this game is 2 things: Contesting Daedra instead of joining them (although I am sure many would love the idea of siding with the Daedra rather than oppose them there is the simple fact that they would have a PvP disadvantage vs Fighter's Guild Skills and the like and many people would be turned away from a Daedric race for that reason) and being 1 of 9 races that are part of 3 different factions to serve in the war to conquer Cyrodiil. Imperials are only viable because A. You could be an Imperial in previous Elder Scrolls games (or at least Skyrim) and B. Cyrodiil is their home so why not pick a side to aid in taking back your homeland lol

We really don't need more classes or races. The great thing about previous TES games was that you didn't really have a class, but you could choose one to be a basic guideline to assign your stats. You could even make one up that matched your play style. Same can be done here. So you're a sorcerer? Are you a Battlemage that focuses on hitting hard with spells, or a spellsword that balances their strength in magic with physical endurance?

There is room for a lot of possibility with what you have. Not being locked to any specific weapon or armor set alone should let you be creative.

nimander99 wrote: »

The community has been clamoring for Daedra playable race for over a decade now. Morrowind and Oblivion had mods that made Daedra playable... not sure if Skyrim had one or not. That's the only other playable race I could ever see being added and I doubt ESO would be the first to so... we will see that in Elder Scrolls 6 maybe, if there is a lore reason for it.

There is none. There is a reason why they are modded only. Because Daedra are totally different from the other races on Nirn. They aren't born in the conventional sense, they don't die(just return to the Void), they can't suddenly come to Nirn unless summoned, and they need a lot of power to just stay on Nirn(barring very exceptional circumstances). You're more likely to see Akavir than official playable daedra.

nimander99 wrote: »

The community has been clamoring for Daedra playable race for over a decade now. Morrowind and Oblivion had mods that made Daedra playable... not sure if Skyrim had one or not. That's the only other playable race I could ever see being added and I doubt ESO would be the first to so... we will see that in Elder Scrolls 6 maybe, if there is a lore reason for it.

I don't remember there being a clamor for daedra for a playable race. At most I will see a mod that implements them, but even then most are able to contend that their official implementation wouldn't make much sense at all in canon unless they did a substantial amount of lore backflips to make it happen (or a really whacked out quest line).

Daedra are not the typical race. Beyond even the Imga, Sload and Ka PoTun the deadra are, in their very essence, beyond nirn. That is, not only do their laws of being and psyche differ greatly from the natural construction from basically everything else in Mundus, but they are so far removed from mortal essence that most TES premises simply don't fit them (granted, nearly all protagonists thus far have been 'gifted' in some way by supernatural powers, but all of them were distinctly mortal when the game starts).
Plopping a daedra onto nirn would be much akin to letting a beast roam in a world full of frightened sheep. None would openly talk to you, none would trade with you, few will give you quests (except for crazy/ambitious mages and insane people) and overall the game will have to literally remove you from the world of mortals to make your open existence make sense at all. That is not even taking into account the lore of the daedra itself--what with all of its well known removal of interests in most human affairs and the fact they don't even seem to have the same emotional tendencies as mortals....

Yeah, daedra seem like a no-go.

I'd prefer to see a separation of Nibenese and Colovians for the Imperials. So far we just have an all-encompassing Imperial for both. Yet the Nibenese have a LOT more Akavir influence in their culture, while Colovians balance it out more with Nordic and their own.