People find DC to be "boring" just because the races seem generic to them.

The irony is real since Elf's and Tall Nordic people are generic as they come.

Also EP was always going to be the most populated because Skyrim/Morrowind.

Kalfis wrote: »

People find DC to be "boring" just because the races seem generic to them.

The irony is real since Elf's and Tall Nordic people are just as generic.

Also EP was always going to be the most populated because Skyrim/Morrowind.

OK, so it does mostly have to do with the familiarity from the previous games?

IKilled007 wrote: »

Kalfis wrote: »

People find DC to be "boring" just because the races seem generic to them.

The irony is real since Elf's and Tall Nordic people are just as generic.

Also EP was always going to be the most populated because Skyrim/Morrowind.

OK, so it does mostly have to do with the familiarity from the previous games?

Yeah. Skyrim fans saw Nords and Eastmarch/The Rift and were all over EP.
Morrowind fans saw the Dunmer/Argonians and Morrowind and were all over EP.

Daggerfall is a very old game barely anyone played compared to the recent Elder Scrolls games.

The AD region(forgot the name) has never been featured in an Elder Scrolls game before(to my knowledge), so a lot of people were interested in AD because of that.

IKilled007 wrote: »

I am just curious as to why most players roll(ed) EP, followed by AD, with a small minority rolling DC. Is it something in the lore? Something to do with the previous games in the Elder Scrolls series? Is it the races (and maybe their passives)? Is the geography (are the zones better in EP, are the quests more fun)? It seems that in Cyrodiil, on every campaign or almost every campaign, DC is vastly outnumbered most of the time, with maybe to to three hours where they're pop-locked with the other two factions also pop-locked.

Any theories?

Because Angier Stower's voice saying "WELCOME TO THE BANK OF DAGGERFALL" over and over in your brain wears at you after a while

NPK Daniel wrote: »

Basically, when turning the game on, it should read like this:

Easy Mode -- EP
Normal Mode -- AD
Hard Mode -- DC


Those with the courage choose blue.

DC FOR LIFE!!

NPK Daniel wrote: »

Basically, when turning the game on, it should read like this:

Easy Mode -- EP
Normal Mode -- AD
Hard Mode -- DC

Those with the courage choose blue.

I've tried playing all three factions and while I might switch AD/EP around I agree that DC is the hardest. Look at the races, Orc, Bretons, and Redguard. Only one of those is a "magicka friendly" race, the others are stamina. And while stamina builds are fun to play without the easy access to self-heals they're a lot tougher.

EP has Argonians and Nords which both have lame racial passives so I put them in second. But AD has both stealthy Bosmers and Khajiit and the massive magicka boost to Altmers. So I consider them the easiest faction by far.

ontheleftcoast wrote: »

NPK Daniel wrote: »

Basically, when turning the game on, it should read like this:

Easy Mode -- EP
Normal Mode -- AD
Hard Mode -- DC

Those with the courage choose blue.

I've tried playing all three factions and while I might switch AD/EP around I agree that DC is the hardest. Look at the races, Orc, Bretons, and Redguard. Only one of those is a "magicka friendly" race, the others are stamina. And while stamina builds are fun to play without the easy access to self-heals they're a lot tougher.

EP has Argonians and Nords which both have lame racial passives so I put them in second. But AD has both stealthy Bosmers and Khajiit and the massive magicka boost to Altmers. So I consider them the easiest faction by far.

DC FOR LIFE!!!

When I first played ESO on the PC/Mac, I strongly suspected that the Daggerfall Covenant would wind up being the least-popular faction and, thus, more lightly populated.

So I signed up for it. What can I say? I like the challenge of being a member of the DC.

When the PS4 version of ESO came out, I had my character(s) copied over to the console, where the majority of my ESO time is now spent. Once there, my console-side guild all went into DC, per my advice. There we've remained — Better Hide or Die — and there we've prospered.

*shrug* Maybe at some point I will roll a toon in another faction, but it's not a priority right now.

I think the starting zone might have had something to do with it, too. Khenarthi's Roost is by far my favorite, followed closely with Bleakrock Isle (EP). Stros M'Kai / Betnikh (DC), on the other hand, seem much less interesting visually to me, although it's then followed up with Glenumbra which I liked a lot more than, say, Bal Foyen or Stonefalls (EP).

The races never made a big deal for me because I always had the deluxe edition, and could thus play any race.

Having played through all three alliances from the start, though, I honestly have to say that the Daggerfall Covenant storyline and NPCs are probably the best of the three, with the Aldmeri coming a close second, and the Ebonheart Pact a distant third.

Which brings up a thought -- perhaps there's not quite the disparity in numbers that you think. It might be that people who stuck with DC might be more story-oriented PvE players and are less likely to show up in the PvP numbers (the ONLY metric we have for comparing populations in the three alliances), compared with people who are Ebonheart who might be more interested in PvP and less in the story. I *do* seem to always see a LOT more players crowded around in the various DC banks than I do in any of the EP or AD banks...

Originally I was going to go DC all the way, Bretons are my favorite race and my first main was a DC DK.

Then I met the quivering, self-conscious pile of weakness that is King Emeric and I defected to AD as quickly as possible. For the Queen!

NPK Daniel wrote: »

Basically, when turning the game on, it should read like this:

Easy Mode -- EP
Normal Mode -- AD
Hard Mode -- DC


Those with the courage choose blue.

This isn't really true. When I first started the game I considered which faction would be my main one. At this point I regret not just picking one faction and sticking with it, but that's another story. I chose AD primarily because I had never seen the Altmer/Bosmer/Khajiit locations in previous TES games and I really didn't care about races since I got the imperial pack and played whatever I felt like playing. I know I'm not alone in this perspective. I actually thought EP and DC were going to be the most popular factions. DC has Bretons, Redgards and Orcs have always been pretty strong races in the series and I assumed that this faction would be more easily relatable to people. EP has the popularity of Skyrim, Oblivion (Yes a smidge of Skyrim was even in this game at Cloud Ruler temple) and Morrowind to fall back on, as well as the popularity of the Nord/Dunmer races. I should have realized that AD would be popular: BECAUSE ELVES. The irony is I slightly loathe the elves in the TES series, but its a love to hate kind of thing. The elves are very alien in mindset as well as action, which make them interesting but also less relatable. The depravity of the elves as a whole is stunning, from the Dwemer, to the Dunmer, to the Ayleids, and even to the Altmer and headhunting Bosmer. The only elves I almost like are the Orcs, and they aren't really considered Elves by most of their own kind anymore.

Looking back I wish I had chosen blue, in large part because you know that you'll always have a fight being the underdog. I've invested too much in my AD-side characters though, both in terms of relationships as well as character development. It wouldn't even be worth sideswitching even if I could get more character slots (or the ability to change sides).

I see most people who have never played another elder scrolls game like the DC, it's more fimillar to them, while the real fans want to see morrowind again or explore the Summerset Isles. Sees like the kids and newbies like daggerfall. Just my opinion.

But the DC shenanigans are cheeky and fun
The AD and EP shenanigans are cruel and tragic...

...which makes them not shenanigans at all really

*evil shenanigans* o.o

I like to play as a human and the Nord was most human. When i made my character I had no clue that's there are three separate main quest campaigns.