Why is this the only bethesda rpg without cannibalism?

WalksonGraves · September 2016

A huge draw to their games has always been the option to play as a complete psycho. It's been in every elderscrolls game and the fallout franchise so it's absence is missed. Drinking blood is lame I want to eat limbs.

Abeille · September 2016

Become a werewolf.

Or roleplay as a Bosmer.

WalksonGraves · September 2016

lol @ playing a bosmer. Terrible racials aside they look and sound ridiculous.
As for werewolves anyone who has to turn into another species just to eat someone isn't cut out for cannibalism.

Aquanova · September 2016

There are cannibals in this game other than bosmer. There's a group of dunmer in the deeshan public dungeon.

anitajoneb17_ESO · September 2016

Good question. Unless my memory fails me - which is a possibility -, I don't think there's any quest or zone with a "cannibalism" issue.
Fill the gap ZOS ! Where's Namira ?

Thevampirenight · September 2016

Well I do think they should add a skill line for it. That gives you the abilty to eat a corpse but gives bonus health regen/magicka regen and bonus stamina regen for fifteen minutes if the corpse you eat happens to be your own race. As well as temp bonuses to health stamina and magicka pool for eatting a corpse. If your a vampire they can add a perk that gives bonus damage for feeding on corpses while a vampire This will give also give a special feeding animation bending down and biting into the corpse then drinking the blood but after you can then eat the corpse again with the normal cannibalism animation. So they can make this count for vampirism feeding and canibalism. I would like to see this.

Preyfar · September 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Good question. Unless my memory fails me - which is a possibility -, I don't think there's any quest or zone with a "cannibalism" issue.
Fill the gap ZOS ! Where's Namira ?

There is ONE quest in a public dungeon that's entirely focused on said forbidden meat. =P

Synfaer · September 2016

As long as Argonians are on the menu.
Get that BBQ smoking and open the sweet plum sauce.....mmmmm

anitajoneb17_ESO · September 2016

Preyfar wrote: »

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Good question. Unless my memory fails me - which is a possibility -, I don't think there's any quest or zone with a "cannibalism" issue.
Fill the gap ZOS ! Where's Namira ?

There is ONE quest in a public dungeon that's entirely focused on said forbidden meat. =P

Care to help me refresh my memories please ?

Preyfar · September 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Preyfar wrote: »

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Good question. Unless my memory fails me - which is a possibility -, I don't think there's any quest or zone with a "cannibalism" issue.
Fill the gap ZOS ! Where's Namira ?

There is ONE quest in a public dungeon that's entirely focused on said forbidden meat. =P

Care to help me refresh my memories please ?

The Forgotten Crypts in Deshaan. It's where you get the Questionable Meat Sack (it's people!).

In fact, the Questionable Meat Sack IS a sack of humanoid flesh which you can trick other players into eating, so... yeah, in a way, cannibalism is alive and well in ESO, and you can get other players to unintentionally ingest some fellow travelers.

Wow · September 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Preyfar wrote: »

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Good question. Unless my memory fails me - which is a possibility -, I don't think there's any quest or zone with a "cannibalism" issue.
Fill the gap ZOS ! Where's Namira ?

There is ONE quest in a public dungeon that's entirely focused on said forbidden meat. =P

Care to help me refresh my memories please ?

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Forgotten_Crypts Cannibalism there

Synfaer · September 2016

Forgotten crypt public dungeon in Deshaan. Inside the crypts there are a group of Dunmer that have set up restaurant for Hannibal Lector.

ArchMikem · September 2016

If you actually insist on portraying a cannibal to the point where you need to point out the lack of it as being a negative thing, the red flags sure are waving in the breeze.

anitajoneb17_ESO · September 2016

@Wow and @Synfaer : thank you !

Now that you mention it yes I remember ! (Had not noticed the "Hannibal Lector" thing, good catch ZOS !

)

It had not "ticked" because those actually ate human flesh to survive, it was not linked to a preference, a cult or an addiction. I would still like to see it addressed as a "lifestyle" in ESO. Not so much as a skill line for our characters though.

TX12001rwb17_ESO · September 2016

This game does have cannibalism, I have even been so cruel as to turn new players into cannibals, how may you ask? I have 2 words....Mystery Meat!!! yes who would of thought that slab of meat I put on the ground was safe to eat?

raidentenshu_ESO · September 2016

Synfaer wrote: »

As long as Argonians are on the menu.
Get that BBQ smoking and open the sweet plum sauce.....mmmmm

Everytime I see an Argonian tail I become hungry all of the sudden. I wonder what their tails taste like? Don't they regrow them after a while?

Coatmagic · September 2016

Ayup, as stated, Bosmer eat people, that group in Deshaan eat people... and... Altmer eat babies (Argonians).

Rosveen · September 2016

Morrowind had cannibalism?

Lucius_Aelius · September 2016

Thevampirenight wrote: »

Well I do think they should add a skill line for it. That gives you the abilty to eat a corpse but gives bonus health regen/magicka regen and bonus stamina regen for fifteen minutes if the corpse you eat happens to be your own race. As well as temp bonuses to health stamina and magicka pool for eatting a corpse. If your a vampire they can add a perk that gives bonus damage for feeding on corpses while a vampire This will give also give a special feeding animation bending down and biting into the corpse then drinking the blood but after you can then eat the corpse again with the normal cannibalism animation. So they can make this count for vampirism feeding and canibalism. I would like to see this.

There would need to be a drawback for balance, unless you're suggesting that every player should be a cannibal, which is both utterly preposterous and extremely gross and I want no part of it. Just like with Vampires and Werewolves there needs to be something sacrificed for whatever is gained through cannibalism or else anyone not being a cannibal will be gimping themselves, and there's no part of that which is anything close to okay. You guys can be psychos if you want but leave the rest of us with no interest out of it.

anitajoneb17_ESO · September 2016

Lucius_Aelius wrote: »

You guys can be psychos if you want but leave the rest of us with no interest out of it.

You think being a werewolf or a vampire is less "psycho" than being a cannibal ?

(I agree with the rest of your post though : should it be implemented as a skill line, there should be a drawback somewhere).

SantieClaws · September 2016

Until you can prove to Khajiit exactly what is in the pies at The Rosy Lion then this one is unsure of the truth of the opening statement to this discussion yes.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

TX12001rwb17_ESO · September 2016

Lucius_Aelius wrote: »

Thevampirenight wrote: »

Well I do think they should add a skill line for it. That gives you the abilty to eat a corpse but gives bonus health regen/magicka regen and bonus stamina regen for fifteen minutes if the corpse you eat happens to be your own race. As well as temp bonuses to health stamina and magicka pool for eatting a corpse. If your a vampire they can add a perk that gives bonus damage for feeding on corpses while a vampire This will give also give a special feeding animation bending down and biting into the corpse then drinking the blood but after you can then eat the corpse again with the normal cannibalism animation. So they can make this count for vampirism feeding and canibalism. I would like to see this.

There would need to be a drawback for balance, unless you're suggesting that every player should be a cannibal, which is both utterly preposterous and extremely gross and I want no part of it. Just like with Vampires and Werewolves there needs to be something sacrificed for whatever is gained through cannibalism or else anyone not being a cannibal will be gimping themselves, and there's no part of that which is anything close to okay. You guys can be psychos if you want but leave the rest of us with no interest out of it.

So what drawback is there in being a werewolf Again?

anitajoneb17_ESO · September 2016

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

So what drawback is there in being a werewolf Again?

The impossibility to be a vampire.

SantieClaws · September 2016

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

So what drawback is there in being a werewolf Again?

The nasty smell of doggy always being in the air. The drooling, the barking and the cold wet nose.

Yuck!

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Rosveen · September 2016

SantieClaws wrote: »

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

So what drawback is there in being a werewolf Again?

The nasty smell of doggy always being in the air. The drooling, the barking and the cold wet nose.

Yuck!

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

They're wolves, not dogs, Santie. Much more majestic, almost no barking.

thawks · September 2016

ESO wasn't made by Bethesda.

LMar · September 2016

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Lucius_Aelius wrote: »

Thevampirenight wrote: »

Well I do think they should add a skill line for it. That gives you the abilty to eat a corpse but gives bonus health regen/magicka regen and bonus stamina regen for fifteen minutes if the corpse you eat happens to be your own race. As well as temp bonuses to health stamina and magicka pool for eatting a corpse. If your a vampire they can add a perk that gives bonus damage for feeding on corpses while a vampire This will give also give a special feeding animation bending down and biting into the corpse then drinking the blood but after you can then eat the corpse again with the normal cannibalism animation. So they can make this count for vampirism feeding and canibalism. I would like to see this.

There would need to be a drawback for balance, unless you're suggesting that every player should be a cannibal, which is both utterly preposterous and extremely gross and I want no part of it. Just like with Vampires and Werewolves there needs to be something sacrificed for whatever is gained through cannibalism or else anyone not being a cannibal will be gimping themselves, and there's no part of that which is anything close to okay. You guys can be psychos if you want but leave the rest of us with no interest out of it.

So what drawback is there in being a werewolf Again?

You get a weakness to poisons when in WW form. And no benefits if you don't have the WW ultimate slotted in your active bar

Lucius_Aelius · September 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Lucius_Aelius wrote: »

You guys can be psychos if you want but leave the rest of us with no interest out of it.

You think being a werewolf or a vampire is less "psycho" than being a cannibal ?

(I agree with the rest of your post though : should it be implemented as a skill line, there should be a drawback somewhere).

They're kind of psycho I guess but they're still very different, they're a disease that makes you into a different species basically with different dietary requirements, they need to eat people but cannibals just want to for the fun of it, completely different. I'm also not really interested in being either of those, never have been and I don't imagine I ever will, but I'm not as against it as I am against being a cannibal, mainly I just don't think any of my characters would benefit enough to outweigh the detractors. I like my builds, and especially being all Tanks I can't afford to have reduced health recovery and increased fire damage taken, and Werewolves don't seem terribly compelling either, I like my builds and don't want to replace my abilities with werewolf abilities.

Elebeth · September 2016

WalksonGraves wrote: »

A huge draw to their games has always been the option to play as a complete psycho. It's been in every elderscrolls game and the fallout franchise so it's absence is missed. Drinking blood is lame I want to eat limbs.

No cannibalism in Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout or Fallout 2. It is present in Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fallout 4 and Skyrim.
So if anything, it is part of a (Bethesda's) Fallout franchise, and in the Elder Scrolls series (with the exception of Skyrim ) it only appears as lore or as rumor/curio, just like in ESO.

With that said, I wouldn't mind the inclusion of cannibalism (emote is fine too) to ESO; whatever helps with roleplay/immersion.

magnusthorek · September 2016

Maybe because here Namira is more adept to furry?

Asardes · September 2016

At least 3 examples of quests in ESO that concern cannibalism:
Deshaan: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:A_Bitter_Pill - refugees eating human flesh
Greenshade: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Right_of_Theft - Bosmer defeating and eating their enemies but being poisoned by them in the end
Reaper's March: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Questionable_Contract - Bosmer threatening to eat a mage's wife because he failed to honor his contract