I do not care about racial passives either way, I play Bretons cause I like their culture and identity far more than any other race. That is it.

I play nord because they are tall...that's it

Who cares about passives? I already choose my race/specie without considering the passive.

No , all my characters are Khajiit and always will stay Khajiit .

I currently play as a dunmer main, three bosmer chars and one altmer. I like the races and their passives, and wouldn't change if passives didn't play a role.

I want my orc to be shorter and look like an imperial

I am an argonian, and my answer is no.

Racial passives are only a critical factor for the 1% that follow min/max builds. Most play according to their own preferences, sometimes that includes consideration of passives etc, sometimes not. I have an assortment of characters of most races, in fact Orcs and Argonians are the only ones I don't play because I'm not so keen on their looks, it's nothing to do with their passives.

Thinking about the poll options some more, they're a tad confusing. I should probably have voted "No" as I suspect that the "Yes" option was about whether you'd play a different race to the one you chose if passives weren't important, whereas I initially took it to mean that I would play any race regardless of passives.

If passives weren't a factor then i would only play one race

I've always played an altmer in the single-player games and mostly do in ESO, as well. I've experimented a little with other races, but they were never quite as satisfying. Bretons were too short to reach the books on the top shelves of my Morrowind bookcases and too low-risk for my taste.

I only really play Khajit or Dunmer in the rest of the series, and it's the same here. I don't really feel like going out of my way for racial passives. Ruins the joy.

I'll try to get the most out of racials for a char, but I won't pick a race just for the passives.

This one would only play Khajiits, but as he puts the safety and convenience of others above his own need for roleplay, he plays what is most efficient to help the team.

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I don't pick the characters race because of the passives, so it wouldn't make any difference to me.

It might slightly influence the type of build I give them, if some of the passives sound interesting or useful, but even then it's only if it still fits into my overall theme for the character.

This. I pick for looks and lore and rp potential even though I never seem to RP in ESO, and then proceed to, inevitably, pick the absolute worst choice of stam/mag for whatever class I am. I'm not a min-maxer, I'm a minner. It just works out that way for me in any game system, what looks most fun is usually least efficient.