Why are there no options for an Orc Pig Nose or a Elven Soft Serve Ice Cream Hair Style?

dodgehopper_ESO · March 2018

I just had an epiphany about what is wrong with the way Orcs and Elves alike look. In previous TES games the Orcs often had a very 'piggish' nose which fit the stereotype as Betmer (That they aren't) and it has been released with a very cool pointy hook nose. I like the Hook nose but wouldn't it be nice if we could have the pig nose as well?

Secondly, I really use to get a laugh about the alien styles that Elves wore. They had those elongated heads and big eyed features with the soft-serve hairdo. Why don't we see any of the old school soft serve styles from the past? I would really like to see ZoS make it so.

Nightfall12 · March 2018

soft serve hair dressers don't come along until a later era when the soft serve machine is discovered in a dwemer ruin of Sarcasmmmhkjgfunken

dodgehopper_ESO · March 2018

Nightfall12 wrote: »

soft serve hair dressers don't come along until a later era when the soft serve machine is discovered in a dwemer ruin of Sarcasmmmhkjgfunken

This might be true but doesn't solve the great Pig Nose Dilemma of the 2nd Era!

geonsocal · March 2018

orcs and elves...ummmm, yummmm...

dodgehopper_ESO · March 2018

geonsocal wrote: »

orcs and elves...ummmm, yummmm...

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Wtf? :P

strangeradnd · March 2018

Coming soon to a crown store near you. Or the nose and hair will be in the next crates.

geonsocal · March 2018

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

geonsocal wrote: »

orcs and elves...ummmm, yummmm...

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Wtf? :P

soft serve is a style of ice cream...and, i'm hungry...

Nightfall12 · March 2018

geonsocal wrote: »

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

geonsocal wrote: »

orcs and elves...ummmm, yummmm...

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Wtf? :P

you see this is how the orcs noses get smooshed…they are trying to eat the soft serve

dodgehopper_ESO · March 2018

geonsocal wrote: »

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

geonsocal wrote: »

orcs and elves...ummmm, yummmm...

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Wtf? :P

soft serve is a style of ice cream...and, i'm hungry...

Point taken though I must add that Soft serve is also a hair style one which has a long and glorious elven tradition.

psychotrip · March 2018

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

I just had an epiphany about what is wrong with the way Orcs and Elves alike look. In previous TES games the Orcs often had a very 'piggish' nose which fit the stereotype as Betmer (That they aren't) and it has been released with a very cool pointy hook nose. I like the Hook nose but wouldn't it be nice if we could have the pig nose as well?

Secondly, I really use to get a laugh about the alien styles that Elves wore. They had those elongated heads and big eyed features with the soft-serve hairdo. Why don't we see any of the old school soft serve styles from the past? I would really like to see ZoS make it so.

The whole "alien" aspect of elves has been more or less retconned at this point, especially for the altmer. Silly, swirling haircuts aren't "realistic".

As for the orc noses, I've never made one in ESO but I always sort of figured you could get a nose like that with the character creator. Can you not?

swippy · March 2018

haha the "soft-serv hairdo" cracked me up, even though there's no other way to describe it. i was actually thinking about that the other day, and also decided it was a late 3rd-era fashion.

races on Nirn seem to evolve much quicker than on Earth; maybe the pig-nose was a later effect of selection, and ESO's lack of pigginess reflects the relative nearness to the Orsimer's elven forebears?

Faulgor · March 2018

The lack of iconic hairstyles always annoyed me.

I mean, how can I look like this guy?

psychotrip · March 2018

Faulgor wrote: »

The lack of iconic hairstyles always annoyed me.

I mean, how can I look like this guy?

I mean, that picture kind of represents the difference between 2002 Bethesda and 2018 Zenimax. Make the bonemold grey and metallic, take away the iconic hairstyles because it's not grounded enough.

dodgehopper_ESO · March 2018

swippy wrote: »

haha the "soft-serv hairdo" cracked me up, even though there's no other way to describe it. i was actually thinking about that the other day, and also decided it was a late 3rd-era fashion.

races on Nirn seem to evolve much quicker than on Earth; maybe the pig-nose was a later effect of selection, and ESO's lack of pigginess reflects the relative nearness to the Orsimer's elven forebears?

The only flaw in this line of thinking is that the Orcs are referred to the Pig People even in ESO.

dodgehopper_ESO · March 2018

psychotrip wrote: »

Faulgor wrote: »

The lack of iconic hairstyles always annoyed me.

I mean, how can I look like this guy?

I mean, that picture kind of represents the difference between 2002 Bethesda and 2018 Zenimax. Make the bonemold grey and metallic, take away the iconic hairstyles because it's not grounded enough.

I don't understand making it metal to begin with. All it takes is a simple reading of the lorebooks surrounding this style of armor and it becomes obvious it is made of a process combining resin and ground up bone. The historically tan color is probably by merit of the resin used and the process involved.

psychotrip · March 2018

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

psychotrip wrote: »

Faulgor wrote: »

The lack of iconic hairstyles always annoyed me.

I mean, how can I look like this guy?

I mean, that picture kind of represents the difference between 2002 Bethesda and 2018 Zenimax. Make the bonemold grey and metallic, take away the iconic hairstyles because it's not grounded enough.

I don't understand making it metal to begin with. All it takes is a simple reading of the lorebooks surrounding this style of armor and it becomes obvious it is made of a process combining resin and ground up bone. The historically tan color is probably by merit of the resin used and the process involved.

Because metal looks more "gritty" and "realistic", and more often than not that's what Zenimax goes with regardless of pre-established lore or more "fantastical" interpretations.

"We like to think of previous Elder Scrolls games as fables; sort of 'fanciful portrayals' of legend. With Elder Scrolls Online we're giving you the real world of Tamriel."

Grimm13 · March 2018

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Nightfall12 wrote: »

soft serve hair dressers don't come along until a later era when the soft serve machine is discovered in a dwemer ruin of Sarcasmmmhkjgfunken

This might be true but doesn't solve the great Pig Nose Dilemma of the 2nd Era!

Well it is a case of evolution. At this stage there has not been enough doors slammed into their faces to turn the tip upwards. This will become more common as time passes as they will become genetically disposed to this feature.

Syncronaut · March 2018

Why not this hairstyle?

dodgehopper_ESO · March 2018

Syncronaut wrote: »

Why not this hairstyle?

Oh no its the fan...

SickDuck · March 2018

Wtf pig nose and ice cream hair???

If you really want to point out character customisation flaws there are massive amount of scars and tattoos to choose from, but what about glasses? We have a scholar personality and librarian title but no option for a common facial accessory?

dodgehopper_ESO · March 2018

SickDuck wrote: »

Wtf pig nose and ice cream hair???

If you really want to point out character customisation flaws there are massive amount of scars and tattoos to choose from, but what about glasses? We have a scholar personality and librarian title but no option for a common facial accessory?

Soft serve and pig nose are staples of Elder Scrolls. I'm not so sure spectacles are so vital. Maybe a dwemer fob watch and monocle accessory would be nice though.... if you have a soft serve haircut.

WhiteCoatSyndrome · March 2018

SickDuck wrote: »

If you really want to point out character customisation flaws there are massive amount of scars and tattoos to choose from, but what about glasses? We have a scholar personality and librarian title but no option for a common facial accessory?

We did, but they only existed in the Crown Crates.