Should a new playable race be added?

BlazingDynamo · August 2017

Snow Elves for that Warden ice majicka deepz

Nightenhowl · August 2017

yes more everything, rival games have a lot more options.

Meilinka · August 2017

It wouldn't be hard to write Lilmothiit back in and they'd probably be adorable so I'm all for it.

Sixsixsix161 · August 2017

Reachmen sound interesting. We do encounter them when you're questing in Wrothgar and kill their leader (Ice-something) with help from the Orc king.

Their magic sounds pretty nasty, like growing those hearts that are connected to a tree, and go into a humanoid being.

Tyrobag · August 2017

Sixsixsix161 wrote: »

Reachmen sound interesting. We do encounter them when you're questing in Wrothgar and kill their leader (Ice-something) with help from the Orc king.

Their magic sounds pretty nasty, like growing those hearts that are connected to a tree, and go into a humanoid being.

Reachmen are Bretons, you can already make one. They even have the warpaint for it.

Meilinka wrote: »

It wouldn't be hard to write Lilmothiit back in and they'd probably be adorable so I'm all for it.

One does not simply write an obscure extinct race back in...

Nightenhowl wrote: »

yes more everything, rival games have a lot more options.

"rival games" don't have rich, set, lore that draws people in. "rival games" can change things fundamentally without pissing off half of their players.

If Zeni added a new race, they'd loose more money from people dropping sub then they would make from people actually buying it.

MornaBaine · August 2017

k9mouse wrote: »

Not really, 10 races is plenty. More char slots, skill lines or may be class will far better to add IMHO. Single player TES games always had just 10 races and I am used to them lore wise. Plus, how the dev handle NPC dialog in the main zones and how the NPC react to the player? That is A LOT of work or re work to add the race into the game the right way.

This. Wyress and necromancer! And a full bar of vamp skills!

QuebraRegra · August 2017

Riekling

DMuehlhausen · August 2017

Tryxus wrote: »

Maormer are not native to Tamriel, they come from Pyandonea. So the chances of seeing them added are slim, unless Bethesda does decide to do so.

Except if they add them now it makes sense to make Pyandonea a future expansion for a whole new continent.

Akrasjel · August 2017

Nope

Bouldercleave · August 2017

Ekstak21 wrote: »

Necromancer - Black Magic.
As for skills, 1 line for Summoning undead 1 for Black Absorbing magic which heals you each attack. And also have Fear skills. And 1 line for AoE. Like putting a big black hole with bone hands coming through. Passive skills: Increase HP Recovery with staves.

Like a vampire, but it is not. Necromancer class should be some kind of a Undead thing. And for the best experience. Each time you cast a black mage, your character will have a black aura for [x] seconds.

Necromancer is not a race....

kichwas · August 2017

Bonzodog01 wrote: »

This only leaves the Akaviri races - the Ka'Po'Tun, The Tsaesci, and the Tang Mo. I suspect the Tang Mo would be a cool race to have, the monkey people. But, we would need a whole new chapter involving a reason for them travelling to Tamriel in the mid second Era, then disappearing before Tiber Septim gets the throne in 2E 830.

This is the biggest problem. ESO takes place in the 'past' of the lore, and not the 'present' - so they can't really add anything that isn't seen or at least 'known to not be there' in the other games...

The game has enough human and elf ethnicities... it doesn't need more of either until there is more non-humans. Though all but one of the human ethnicities is just the same people with different accents... so they could get away with an Asiatic inspired human - and it is not hard to say "these people traveled to this side of the planet in past centuries, but don't for a few hundred to thousand years in the future... after all that is exactly the situation of our real world.

Ancient trade and travel routes were disrupted for about a period of 1500 years. They were not global before in the sense they are now - but they did involve some people getting much farther than we used to think they did. And then if you watch those 'mystery conspiracy' shows, they got even further...

But that said... I still think the game has too many human and elf options. But the 'ancient trade routes' method could be used for a non-humanlike race from 'far far away' that might then make a return in ES6 or ES7...

Cpt_Teemo · August 2017

Yordle

SilverIce58 · August 2017

Pixel_Zealot wrote: »

@Countcalorie @SilverIce58 You can check out the ESWiki about them here: http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Tsaesci

Apparently, there are only rumours as to what they look like. Some say they're tall human like creatures with beautiful golden like scales. Others say they're vampiric-snake like creatures that feed on people.

The ESWiki has some true information. Emphasis on "some". The UESP is a much better source for your lore needs: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Tsaesci_(race) (<-the (race) part should be added to the end of the search bar)

Or if not that, then The Imperial Library: https://www.imperial-library.info/search/node/tsaesci type:book which is the most accurate, but not the most organized if you're looking for something really specific (for which you'd use the UESP)

josiahva · August 2017

Fix the existing races before thinking any such nonsense.

Megabear · August 2017

Imgas please.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Imga

SilverIce58 · August 2017

Megabear wrote: »

Imgas please.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Imga

Didn't you read it tho? The Imgas have all "gone to visit" Falinesti to wait out the Planemeld and Alliance War, so there's no way they'd be here now.

Vrienda · August 2017

If they have to add a race it might as well be Maomer. Their models are ingame and ready to go.

Racial passives could be...

9% magicka 3% Extra healing 5% Lightning damage
Increased Destruction Staves xp by 15% and a 10% chance not to consume a potion (But still gain its effect)
3Kish frost resistance

Jitterbug · August 2017

I dont think so

snakester320 · August 2017

There should be a new race added not a big lore person ( being as I don't know the lore that well )but something that fits in well and they should have added more classes by now how long has eso been out in all that time 1 added class .. quite lazy imo... new and diff content keeps a mmo fresh so new classes/ races for ppl to explore and enjoy makes for just that !

generalmyrick · August 2017

What about Atmorans?

SilverIce58 · August 2017

generalmyrick wrote: »

What about Atmorans?

http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Atmora

Nords came from Atmora, and so did the Nedic people. Atmora is like the birthplace of man.

Osteos · August 2017

MornaBaine wrote: »

k9mouse wrote: »

Not really, 10 races is plenty. More char slots, skill lines or may be class will far better to add IMHO. Single player TES games always had just 10 races and I am used to them lore wise. Plus, how the dev handle NPC dialog in the main zones and how the NPC react to the player? That is A LOT of work or re work to add the race into the game the right way.

This. Wyress and necromancer! And a full bar of vamp skills!

Interesting! I never seen anyone mention a Wyress skill line. If we could shapeshift into a wolf like the quest in Bangkorai I would take this over a new race anyday!

Bouldercleave · August 2017

SilverIce58 wrote: »

Megabear wrote: »

Imgas please.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Imga

Didn't you read it tho? The Imgas have all "gone to visit" Falinesti to wait out the Planemeld and Alliance War, so there's no way they'd be here now.

Well, I fixed that whole "planemeld" thing 6 times now.....

idk · August 2017

Breton is only half human. Mix between man and mer. It that it really makes much of a difference.

Essentially, I am not aware of another lord friendly race still around that's not an enemy of every playable race. Further, every playable race is essentially home to the zones represented in the game.

MornaBaine · August 2017

Osteos wrote: »

MornaBaine wrote: »

k9mouse wrote: »

Not really, 10 races is plenty. More char slots, skill lines or may be class will far better to add IMHO. Single player TES games always had just 10 races and I am used to them lore wise. Plus, how the dev handle NPC dialog in the main zones and how the NPC react to the player? That is A LOT of work or re work to add the race into the game the right way.

This. Wyress and necromancer! And a full bar of vamp skills!

Interesting! I never seen anyone mention a Wyress skill line. If we could shapeshift into a wolf like the quest in Bangkorai I would take this over a new race anyday!

Same here! Would love to have shapeshifting and a pet class that uses wolves, ravens, you know ACTUAL forest creatures!

MornaBaine · August 2017

Bouldercleave wrote: »

SilverIce58 wrote: »

Megabear wrote: »

Imgas please.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Imga

Didn't you read it tho? The Imgas have all "gone to visit" Falinesti to wait out the Planemeld and Alliance War, so there's no way they'd be here now.

Well, I fixed that whole "planemeld" thing 6 times now.....

And yet that Molly B keeps dropping anchors on us all over the place DESPITE being thoroughly destroyed many times over. It's not right I tell you!

Giraffon · August 2017

I don't think we need any more races. If Zos wanted to make a bunch of money, they should sell you the option to change your racial passives to be for any race you want but not change anything else about your character.

I think we need more classes though. I mean, like five more would be good. Like these:

Necromancer (undead)
Martial Artist (hand to hand)
Daedric Worshiper (uses Daedric Magic)
Illusionist (Skyrim stuff, maybe group invisibility magic)
Moth Priest (whatever the heck it is they do)

SilverIce58 · August 2017

Giraffon wrote: »

I don't think we need any more races. If Zos wanted to make a bunch of money, they should sell you the option to change your racial passives to be for any race you want but not change anything else about your character.

I think we need more classes though. I mean, like five more would be good. Like these:

Necromancer (undead)
Martial Artist (hand to hand)
Daedric Worshiper (uses Daedric Magic)
Illusionist (Skyrim stuff, maybe group invisibility magic)
Moth Priest (whatever the heck it is they do)

I'm all for a hand to hand/undeath/illusion class or skill line, but I just want to play as a Maormer.

Alchemical · August 2017

Should? No.

Could still be cool? Probably.

Would Zeni find a way to screw it up? Most def.

Also, I vote for playable Senche-raht Khajiit subspecies.

Sigtric · August 2017

Personally can't see any reason the game would benefit from this much in anyway outside of possible hype.