VaranisArano wrote: »

Sylvermynx wrote: »

VaranisArano wrote: »

Sylvermynx wrote: »

I don't have any interest in it personally, as I have dozens of characters evenly spread over the three factions. But it wouldn't hurt my feelings if they offered it. Be aware if it ever happens, it's likely to be a VERY expensive crown store option.

Also, wouldn't that make the Cyrodiil Master Fisher achievement pretty easy to get? Just change alliance twice to fish in your own waters....

Not particularly, no. AD is the only one with exclusive access to a type of fishing hole deep in their territory, and even with the ocean holes, there's no real guarantee of safety.

Ah. Since it seems that's the only place (other than actual PVP) that being in another faction's area can be dangerous to a character, I just thought it might turn into sort of a dodge-ish boondoggle.

Okay, so now that I think of it, faction swap would let you pick up the 4 skyshards that are behind enemy gates with absolutely no risk, and that's about the only thing you'd be able to get free of risk. You could get some things at less risk, like the AD water holes and close towns and delves, but only the temple skyshards could be acquires with no risk.

So sure, I guess it could be used to dodge at least one of Cyrodiil's mechanics. I'd be a little amused to see if anyone would buy those tokens just for 4 skyshards though.

TheShadowScout wrote: »

Though I still say, IF alliance change, then Done RIGHT!

And by that I don't mean some token that pops your character to a new alliance, I do indeed mean a whole guild-DLC sized questline with an cloak and dagger (Or since this is ESO, "hood and dagger", perhaps?) spycraft flavor and a "faction loyalty called in question" plot, where you get to make a big choice in the middle - stay loyal to your alliance and prove yourself, or turn your back on them and defect to greener pastures elsewhere...

With the second half (or two thirds, or whatever) of the questline being different depending on your choice - either uncovering the one who actually framed you, mobilize your old and trusted allies to gather support and track down the true conspiracy while dodging the agents sent to bring you in; or preparing your escape, dodging the agents sent to arrest you, courting your desired new friends while grabbing some juicy secrets on the way out to sweeten the deal, etc.

Such a story could have a neutral city as "spycraft" focal point (like vienna during the cold war, where spies and agents often went to spy hard between the two sides - for ESO it could be some place between the alliances, a former imperial town declared "free city" after the fall of the empire in northern nibenay, eastern colovia or western skyrim, perhaps, or even an post-anchorite-war isle of stirk...), but otherwise take you all over the old faction regions, possibly revisiting a few one-time-only maps with new mobs... and perhaps even meeting a few familiar faces (come on, wouldn't you love to slam a porticullis shut into Razum-dars face as you hop on a boat bound to Morrowind with thre adorable Naryu? )

Such a questline could even have special titles depending on what you choose... "[original faction] Loyalist" or "[original faction] Defector"... obviously it would be a one-time only event, thus making serial defectors that change alliance depending on which one is currently top in cyrodil that some people always fear when this topic comes up an impossibility.

And it also might have drawbacks for PvP, like... reduced AP gain for several months, since noone fully trusts a traitor... or maybe having to re-earn all the AP up to your current rank before you start progressing again, representing your efforts to convince your new allies of your trustworthyness... and definitely increased AP rewards if a member of your original faction takes you down, because...


(there could even be a daily "hunt traitor" mission, and defectors from your PvP-characters alliance in cyrodil getting an visual clue while that mission is active...)

Also, this could be a option to add new factions to PvP.
And yes, those could be "crown store unlocks"...
Like... have options to not just defect to one of the other two alliances, but also "go rogue" and join a new "Outlaw" faction (...black color and jolly roger flag, perhaps? Would be hostile to -every- other faction in cyrodil, and spawn at some new but unsecured base, thus very susceptible to enemy raids - trials of being an outlaw in the face of organized armies); or an "Imperial Remnant" faction (purple imperial diamond flag, spawning in some ill-secured legion base somewhere, possibly at the nibenay border, and also fighting everyone else, but turning all the "imperial" NPCs in cyrodil non-hostile?), or a "neutral" faction that is "yellow" to everyone (green flag and incapable of capturing locations, spawning at various random merchant camps and such...)
Might be too complicated, but would still be interesting!