As an Any-Race, Any-Alliance owner, how do you feel about One Tamriel?

Kendaric · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

ShedsHisTail wrote: »

Although, I do feel like it further undermines an element of this game which has been lacking from the start; faction/political loyalty. It just makes for a livelier world when people actually care.

The lack of faction loyalty comes partially from the way your own faction treats you, if there was any race-specific dialog or even acknowledgement of your race, it would have been much better. You just don't feel like being part of an actual faction.

ShedsHisTail · June 2016

I'm not happy about it

Gidorick wrote: »

ShedsHisTail wrote: »

@Gidorick I don't disagree, from a game-play standpoint. Like I said, my beef is from an RP perspective, which is a personal opinion that I don't expect others to share.

I think opening the zones is fine, I think allowing people to put any race in any faction is fine.

Although, I do feel like it further undermines an element of this game which has been lacking from the start; faction/political loyalty. It just makes for a livelier world when people actually care.

hmm... What if ZOS created "Faction Quests"... make some sort of system where if you are in one faction you perform tasks and do quests for your faction in the other two faction's zones. Sort of like "spy missions" for your faction.

They could have an actual quest line for each faction and then have the player do dailies after that.... that would kind of cool @ShedsHisTail . Would that be an appropriate "fix" here?

@Gidorick It would certainly be a step in the right direction.
I think anything that would help to further cement faction, or even racial, loyalty would be a good thing for the community as a whole.

Slylok · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Now the only thing left to do is remove zone loading and make a completely open world.

Khaos_Bane · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Defilted wrote: »

Personally things like this do not bother me at all. I really do not see what the big deal is.

I only play AD characters and I do take some pride in my faction and can continue to do so with this change in affect.

Well clearly we take pride in AD, because Altmer is the greatest race in Tamriel.

Gidorick · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Slylok wrote: »

Now the only thing left to do is remove zone loading and make a completely open world.

lol. IF that's ever going to happen, it's a long way off @Slylok . I think it would require a core engine upgrade.

Whatzituyah · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Gidorick wrote: »

Slylok wrote: »

Now the only thing left to do is remove zone loading and make a completely open world.

lol. IF that's ever going to happen, it's a long way off @Slylok . I think it would require a core engine upgrade.

You really think that would work for consoles? They will scream in agony.

Abeille · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Does't change much for me. I would still make all my characters in the Dominion even if factions were only for Cyrodiil from the beginning. And since I wanted alts of races with other home factions, I would still need the perk regardless.

craybest · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

I'm not only fine with it, I LOVE it! it's awesome, and world will feel much more free and making a new character won't feel like a chore havnig to repeat the quests I did with the previous one.
I couldn't be happier about this!

rootimus · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

This is great because it removes the artificial segregation within guilds. Granted, the EP and DC members of my guild are still inferior, but at least they can now tag along with the magnificent AD members.

Enodoc · June 2016

BoloBoffin wrote: »

I've had access to Any Race Any Alliance from the beginning. That's 2.5 years. 67 cents a month. And from what I can tell, ARAA will still mean only we get the Imperial race and free Imperial crafting. So yeah, I'm fine with it.

ETA: Well, not "free" Imperial crafting. Immediate and full access to the Imperial crafting motif (by making an Imperial toon your crafting toon).

@BoloBoffin ARAA has nothing to do with Imperial race and Imperial crafting. You would have thought after 2.5 years there wouldn't still be this confusion between Any Race, Any Alliance and the Imperial Edition

Ritzey01 · June 2016

I'm not happy about it

I just dont see the point, its useless and doesnt make sense. I for sure will not be paying for it unless they add something to it to make it worth having.

Turelus · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

I got mine as the pre-order with other benefits and honestly I was never that bothered about it or if others could get it, I have often told people where to pick up codes cheap if they wanted it.

I don't mind if ZOS does remove it with One Tamriel, however I think that it maybe best if they make sure a system to pay people back in Crowns is available if they take this route.

Taleof2Cities · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Ravinsild wrote: »

It doesn't matter. It was said to be pre-order exclusive but then they opened it to everyone in the cash shop, so at this point who cares.

Pretty much this ...

BoloBoffin · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Enodoc wrote: »

BoloBoffin wrote: »

I've had access to Any Race Any Alliance from the beginning. That's 2.5 years. 67 cents a month. And from what I can tell, ARAA will still mean only we get the Imperial race and free Imperial crafting. So yeah, I'm fine with it.

ETA: Well, not "free" Imperial crafting. Immediate and full access to the Imperial crafting motif (by making an Imperial toon your crafting toon).

@BoloBoffin ARAA has nothing to do with Imperial race and Imperial crafting. You would have thought after 2.5 years there wouldn't still be this confusion between Any Race, Any Alliance and the Imperial Edition

In 2014, I paid $20 for the Imperial Edition. Part of that was ARAA. So yeah, I got them a little confused. Sue me.

ArchMikem · June 2016

The more you all speak of this the more my own understanding of it gets muddied. The content restriction lift ONLY applied to exploration, right? They're not going to merge all of our instances together so a Pact player can go over to Auridon and suddenly be in a sea of Yellows?

If it's just the former then nothing has changed. I never bothered to go over into the Silver and Gold zones until I got to those questlines, besides the times I needed to collect the lorebooks to get my Mage's Guild to 10.

If it really is the latter, then A: I have no idea how they can make that possible and, B: It sounds so incredibly unimmersive and chaotic It'd actually make me NOT want to go there.

Turelus · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

ArchMikem wrote: »

The more you all speak of this the more my own understanding of it gets muddied. The content restriction lift ONLY applied to exploration, right? They're not going to merge all of our instances together so a Pact player can go over to Auridon and suddenly be in a sea of Yellows?

If it's just the former then nothing has changed. I never bothered to go over into the Silver and Gold zones until I got to those questlines, besides the times I needed to collect the lorebooks to get my Mage's Guild to 10.

If it really is the latter, then A: I have no idea how they can make that possible and, B: It sounds so incredibly unimmersive and chaotic It'd actually make me NOT want to go there.

To my understanding they were making all zones merged with all alliances so you would see everyone from every faction in the same zone.

Check the bullet points in this article if you haven't already.

http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-gb/news/post/2016/06/12/matt-firors-message-from-be3

Caroloces · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

I'm fine, but I do worry about the inconsistencies in the narrative flow that might occur. In another thread, a very thoughtful observer wrote about how you might encounter a character in a later stage of the narrative that remembers you from an earlier stage. What happens when you bump into that character in One Tamriel at that point where they are supposed to remember you, but You haven't even met yet?!

Danikat · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

I think it's great news.

Maybe it helps that I didn't pay for Any Race, Any Alliance, I just happened to get a pre-order copy. But I would never want to have played without it, and being able to play the race of my choice in the alliance of my choice is a poor substitute for having the freedom to move between all three.

Enodoc · June 2016

BoloBoffin wrote: »

Enodoc wrote: »

BoloBoffin wrote: »

I've had access to Any Race Any Alliance from the beginning. That's 2.5 years. 67 cents a month. And from what I can tell, ARAA will still mean only we get the Imperial race and free Imperial crafting. So yeah, I'm fine with it.

ETA: Well, not "free" Imperial crafting. Immediate and full access to the Imperial crafting motif (by making an Imperial toon your crafting toon).

BoloBoffin ARAA has nothing to do with Imperial race and Imperial crafting. You would have thought after 2.5 years there wouldn't still be this confusion between Any Race, Any Alliance and the Imperial Edition

In 2014, I paid $20 for the Imperial Edition. Part of that was ARAA. So yeah, I got them a little confused. Sue me.

ARAA is not "part of" the Imperial Edition and never has been. ARAA was part of the bonus for pre-ordering.

ArchMikem wrote: »

The more you all speak of this the more my own understanding of it gets muddied. The content restriction lift ONLY applied to exploration, right? They're not going to merge all of our instances together so a Pact player can go over to Auridon and suddenly be in a sea of Yellows?

That is exactly what they're doing.

ArchMikem · June 2016

Turelus wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

The more you all speak of this the more my own understanding of it gets muddied. The content restriction lift ONLY applied to exploration, right? They're not going to merge all of our instances together so a Pact player can go over to Auridon and suddenly be in a sea of Yellows?

If it's just the former then nothing has changed. I never bothered to go over into the Silver and Gold zones until I got to those questlines, besides the times I needed to collect the lorebooks to get my Mage's Guild to 10.

If it really is the latter, then A: I have no idea how they can make that possible and, B: It sounds so incredibly unimmersive and chaotic It'd actually make me NOT want to go there.

To my understanding they were making all zones merged with all alliances so you would see everyone from every faction in the same zone.

If that really is the case then I don't like it. At all. Letting everyone congregate together would make the whole story behind the Alliance War meaningless. Pact, Covenant, and Dominion players all crowded around the wayshrine in Mournhold setting off AoE's and filling Area chat to the point where it's just white noise.

BoloBoffin · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Enodoc wrote: »

ARAA is not "part of" the Imperial Edition and never has been. ARAA was part of the bonus for pre-ordering.

You are a quite unpleasant person and I have no wish to speak a single moment longer with you.

mb10 · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Had my fun with it

Slylok · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Gidorick wrote: »

Slylok wrote: »

Now the only thing left to do is remove zone loading and make a completely open world.

lol. IF that's ever going to happen, it's a long way off @Slylok . I think it would require a core engine upgrade.

Whatzituyah wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

Slylok wrote: »

Now the only thing left to do is remove zone loading and make a completely open world.

lol. IF that's ever going to happen, it's a long way off @Slylok . I think it would require a core engine upgrade.

You really think that would work for consoles? They will scream in agony.

Cyrodil is about as big as the rest of the current zones combines so I dont really see a major hurdle to overcome in regards to performance for PC or consoles.

Gidorick · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

mb10 wrote: »

Had my fun with it

I agree @mb10 and I'm looking forward to something new. I'm actually thinking I'll make a new character to see what the main narrative is like if you spread it across all the factions.

Nestor · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

I am not worried about it. I got it as a Pre-Order Bonus, which I would have done anyway, so it was gravy.

And, I can still create any Race and start them in Alliance even with the changes, so, no worries there either.

It's much ado about nothing much in my case.

ArchMikem · June 2016

BoloBoffin wrote: »

Enodoc wrote: »

ARAA is not "part of" the Imperial Edition and never has been. ARAA was part of the bonus for pre-ordering.

You are a quite unpleasant person and I have no wish to speak a single moment longer with you.

Actually I believe he's not wrong. Below is taken from the Item features of the Imperial Edition from Best Buy.

"Access exclusive digital content with this Imperial Edition to become an Imperial and play in any Alliance "

I believe that means only an Imperial character can play in any Alliance. I myself can play Any Race Any Alliance because my copy of the game has the Explorer's Pack.

Gidorick · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

"Slylok wrote: »

Cyrodil is about as big as the rest of the current zones combines so I dont really see a major hurdle to overcome in regards to performance for PC or consoles.

I don't think that's quite right @Slylok , maybe as big as the combined zones of one faction, but not all 3 factions.

DaveMoeDee · June 2016

I'm fine with it.

Relevance?

PvP is the only true gated access by faction. All races already go to all zones. It just previously happened in a particular order.

The difference is that we will see more of all races in the zone we are in, but I don't see how that matters. The any race any faction feature is really all about PvP since that is the only place alliance membership matters, as it should be.

Enodoc · June 2016

BoloBoffin wrote: »

Enodoc wrote: »

ARAA is not "part of" the Imperial Edition and never has been. ARAA was part of the bonus for pre-ordering.

You are a quite unpleasant person and I have no wish to speak a single moment longer with you.

Oh sorry, I didn't mean to come off rude. I am certainly overly pedantic about these sorts of details, but I don't want new players to be going away with incorrect information that may lead them to buying something they didn't want.

notimetocare · June 2016

I'm not happy about it

Im against the problems that may come up, but w/e. This is a change for the casuals and RPers. None of the positives will do anything for me.