Any reason why AD is the most hated faction?

Ryuvain
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Seems like the forums and in-game have hate crushes on AD. I just simply ask why? If anything I've seen guilds between EP and DC who team up against AD and swap between factions if needed. They outright say they do this in zone chat and even spew even more spite while on their AD spy alt.

Now I wouldn't count myself as true AD as I only follow Khajiit, but I'm curious at this point.

Also this could be region/console specific, but I'd like to know the other servers status as well.
Edited by Ryuvain on February 10, 2021 5:14AM
That one khajiit obsessed with werewolf behemoth and vampire lord. Lady Thorn is bae, dont @ me.
Werewolf behemoth=vampire lord>blood scion>werewolf>vampire.
  • Sheezabeast
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    I dunno about everyone else but I hate DC with a flaming passion. AD is second best. EP is best, of course.

    I know EP calls AD the 'nothing faction' for some reason and rags on them but DC is the useless zergball of lag and spite and all things despicable and terrible. But that is just my opinion, maaan :blush:

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    Edited by Sheezabeast on February 10, 2021 5:21AM
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  • zvavi
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    FOR THE QUEEN
  • Lintashi
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    Many people came to eso after playing Skyrim, and there, Dominion and Thalmor were bad guys. Also, if DC and EP need to form alliance to stop AD, that means AD is superior.
  • Ryuvain
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    I dunno about everyone else but I hate DC with a flaming passion. AD is second best. EP is best, of course.

    I know EP calls AD the 'nothing faction' for some reason and rags on them but DC is the useless zergball of lag and spite and all things despicable and terrible. But that is just my opinion, maaan :blush:

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    I mean, I don't hate any alliance, but EP has dark elves who literally enslave my race. If it wasn't for them then I wouldn't care about any of them. All imo, and no offense meant.
    Lintashi wrote: »
    Many people came to eso after playing Skyrim, and there, Dominion and Thalmor were bad guys. Also, if DC and EP need to form alliance to stop AD, that means AD is superior.

    The skyrim part makes a lot of sense.
    That one khajiit obsessed with werewolf behemoth and vampire lord. Lady Thorn is bae, dont @ me.
    Werewolf behemoth=vampire lord>blood scion>werewolf>vampire.
  • Belegnole
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    Well, the game is designed around the concept of everyone hating everyone else.
  • ealdwin
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    Players coming from Skyrim who don't bother learning about the nuances of each alliance and just see "Aldmeri Dominion" and get the same look in their eyes as Ysgramor did when anyone dared think the word "elf".

    Mischaracterization of battle tactics of coordinating groups/guilds as multiple AD zergs popping up across the battlefield?

    Annoyance of the mass amount of Sorcs and NBs on AD while ignoring the fact that AD has races which are practically made for those roles?

    Irrational hatred of yellow Starburst leading to an intense uncontrollable fury upon seeing any hue of that color?

    People who were traumatized at a young age when an eagle swooped down upon them and took their parents away, leading to a lifetime trying to learn the truth while developing a seething hatred of their avian foes?

    Students of Classical history who have no regard for anything that isn't BC and take great offense at the mere mention of AD?

    Dog lovers who find themselves frustrated that their requests for the Lilmoth race to finally be added perpetually fall on deaf ears and so take their frustrations out against the cat-folk?
  • Faded
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    Is it?
  • CrashTest
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    They're just jealous.
  • IneedaDollar
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    Because of the furries
  • Cirantille
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    They must be short
  • SeaGtGruff
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    When I play on either of my mains, who are DC, I get the impression that DC is the most hated alliance.

    And while I have more Nord characters than any other race, I hate EP with a passion for the way they gank my two DC mains.

    Thank goodness this is just a game and it's all in good fun, right? :#
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  • Vanagrand
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    Nb and sorc spam.
  • madrab73
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    Races favouring snipe spam plus ZOS failing to fix Desync
  • worrallj
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    I used to think I liked dc best.... They seemed closest to the cyrodillic empire which I liked. But I've run into some toxicity while on that faction in cyrodiil a couple times so I'm EP all the way now. For AD... the cats and elves... It's all a little too much sucrose for me.... sometimes reminds me of a bad session of d&d or something.
    Edited by worrallj on February 10, 2021 6:58AM
  • worrallj
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    Because of the furries

    The furriest are almost as bad as all the eveli sharpeye wannabes.
  • Jayroo
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    Really? Cuz I've never seen DC and EP work but I see EP and AD working together sometimes.

    Also I know it's a stereotype, but AD seems to give up pretty easily so they are easy to pick on, EP tend to multiply into giant mobs, and DC is always too confident. that's just my 2 cents tho
    Edited by Jayroo on February 10, 2021 7:03AM
  • dem0n1k
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    It's all so dependent on which server, which campaign, which timezone, which guild, etc, etc...

    All factions zerg, all factions have good solo players, all factions snipe, all factions have angsty players. All factions think they are the best faction. Coz, just like all generalisations of groups of players, it might be somewhat true about the average but it's not true for everyone in the faction.

    The only differences are the colors & the symbols.

    P.S. EP are the best.
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  • Crash427
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    The funniest thing to me is the AD players who simp for DC streamers.
  • Knockmaker
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    Lintashi wrote: »
    Many people came to eso after playing Skyrim, and there, Dominion and Thalmor were bad guys. Also, if DC and EP need to form alliance to stop AD, that means AD is superior.

    This.

    I mean, it differs from server to server, campaign to campaign. But, this is the case most times, and I also believe that the reason is related with Skyrim thing mostly. Needless to mention that, AD still stands its ground well despite the other 2 factions usually team up against AD.
  • rpa
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    Furries, tall racist and short cannibal elves. I wonder why anyone would not love em?
  • ccfeeling
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    Which platform ?
  • Starlight_Whisper
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    EP is most populated and DC doesn't exist...so AD was the only option
  • Aliyavana
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    depends on the server and platform
  • Ryuvain
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    Jayroo wrote: »
    Really? Cuz I've never seen DC and EP work but I see EP and AD working together sometimes.

    Also I know it's a stereotype, but AD seems to give up pretty easily so they are easy to pick on, EP tend to multiply into giant mobs, and DC is always too confident. that's just my 2 cents tho

    EP multiplying is so true lol.
    rpa wrote: »
    Furries, tall racist and short cannibal elves. I wonder why anyone would not love em?

    The furry thing is pretty ignorant since they have unique lore that is ignored simply because of how they look. The other two reason are true, not gonna lie. I don't really like most altmer either because rascism but its better than slavery AND rascism (dunmer). Like I said, I'm only AD because khajiit but I definitely see the reasons to hate AD from the outside.
    That one khajiit obsessed with werewolf behemoth and vampire lord. Lady Thorn is bae, dont @ me.
    Werewolf behemoth=vampire lord>blood scion>werewolf>vampire.
  • Ryuvain
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    ccfeeling wrote: »
    Which platform ?

    PCNA for me.
    That one khajiit obsessed with werewolf behemoth and vampire lord. Lady Thorn is bae, dont @ me.
    Werewolf behemoth=vampire lord>blood scion>werewolf>vampire.
  • Jackey
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    Besides Skyrim and pvp, I think some quests in eso portrayed AD as being truly evil. The one quest with the hatching pools in Shadowfen comes to mind.
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  • MKintr
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    It depends on server and campaign, but "bananas" are famous for this behaviour:

    - many guilds with annoying ballgroups that just run around in circles to farm ap and block any battle progress.
    - Natural home of all nightblade-gankers, bow-trolls and bombers.
    - often a backstabbing behaviour, when the other two factions have a hard battle on the other end of the map, a banana zerg falls you in the back and ruins your victory, though they have no strategic benefit or territorial gain.
    - flooding of single campaigns to win them
    - often going against the one, the other faction fights against for easier wins, while ignoring their keeps.
    ....

    The response to this is always the same. No we don't do this, the other do this. You are just jealous of our ap.....
    I always noticed a more toxic mentality, compared to all others.
  • TwinLamps
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    -genocidal high elves
    -genocidal cannibal elves
    Awake, but at what cost
  • Massacre_Wurm
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    What are you talking about ? Most people have like 100500 characters and its the same people in ALL factions.
  • GreenHere
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    I think part of it is just the aesthetic of the AD faction as a whole, honestly...
    • Yellow
    • Flowery
    • Lands of pastel paradise and warms sands and lush jungles
    • Mainly represented by smug and uppity elves
    • Kinda girly in a lot of ways

    Pit that against the lands of ice and fire and alien mushroom kingdoms and dark mysterious swamps; where badass warriors are born into lives of strife and hardship only to be forged into mortals that literally challenge gods and slay dragons kind of all the time...

    And also the blue team, which probably has some kind of cool stuff going on somewhere, I guess...


    But I'm not biased, or anything... Just sayin.

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