The_4O4 wrote: »

What's the point of having different races if they all have the same skills?

So you can build for whatever play-style you want and not be restricted by race. You can also play and look like whichever race you want and not have your play-style restricted.

Its just a simple concept to see how people feel about racial passives.

I honestly could care less what passives other races have, considering I always play as a Dunmer just for the sake of roleplay. I wouldn't want racial passives changed like that, though. I like having traits that make me a bit better or worse at something.

Keep in mind that "races" in Tamriel aren't like "races" of humans. They're more akin to dog breeds and different subspecies. Take the elves, for example. Altmer are pure hardcore magey by blood. They have innate skill in magic. Dunmer are almost always ambidextrous and aren't as magically inclined as Altmer. Bosmer are small and fast, especially compared to their Orsimer cousins that are large and very physically talented by blood.

You wouldn't complain that a bloodhound isn't fast or that a greyhound doesn't have a stronger sense of smell.

Think about humans, now. Bretons are of mixed Aldmeri and Nedic stock. Nords hail from Altmora. Cyrods are descended from Nordic stock. Redguards are from Yokuda. With the exception of Nords and Cyrods, none of the human races are actually related at all. They might as well be different species as removed from each other as they are from elves.

And then we have Argonians and Khajiit. Now, the Khajiit have a creation myth of them being transformed from Aldmeri stock in the same vein as the Orsimer were, but wether that's true or not is unknown. Argonians are definitely completely unrelated to everyone else. They're friggin reptile-fish-bird-people. Why on Nirn would they have the same racial traits as a Nord or vice-versa?

Those abilities are bloodline. You don't see many small asians on the NBA teams right? Of course you don't! Height is a major factor in some sports and the only way you can be tall is by genetics (let's discard any treatments).

I'm a Breton and my character was a mage at some point. For me it's totally acceptable for a High Elf to be much more powerful than me, because...lore.

That said, those talents cannot be "acquired" through training. You either born tall or you don't.

The only scenario I see here is mixed races, like a Redguard mother with a Breton father, you could min/max all the passives. On the other hand, the lore says the offpring will be the race of the mother, thus there is no real mixed race.

All the implementations of this idea both in the lore and game mechanics will be too complex or far fetched. For me the case is closed. No.