M0ntie wrote: »

And I will be commenting that i don't like because I don't want ZOS thinking this is a great idea and implementing it.

Vanos444 wrote: »

M0ntie wrote: »

And I will be commenting that i don't like because I don't want ZOS thinking this is a great idea and implementing it.

Then what is your opinion on racial balance?!
@M0ntie

1. I think racial passives need to stay because they are, at this point, pretty much the only differentiating factor between different characters. With how much hybridization and homogenization of damage types and buffs we are getting each patch, I think it makes sense that at least something is stopping us from making an endless army of Dark Elves. As much as I love Dunmer lore, this isn't Morrowind overtaking the rest of Tamriel, it's ESO - Infinity War (in Cyrodiil).
2. You want us to "buy" the racial passives from the CP trees? No thanks, I already cannot stand the unbearable grind that is CP 2.0, and you want them to add more *** to grind towards?
3. You argument that racial equality being promoted IRL should be mirrored with racial equality in-game, through tweaking a few values in a bunch of passives is, frankly, ridiculous. First of all, it's kinda funny to me that you think this "equality" between races in a videogame has some sort of impact in the real world at all. And I mean, who knows, maybe it will be the thing that inspires people to really make a change, but somehow, I really doubt it, which brings me to my second point. If you think ZOS should reflect their strive for IRL racial equality in-game, this is not the way to do it. The way to do it would be by telling tales of racial equality through quests, dialogue and lore, not by changing the speed at which lizards can swim (also, screw you, I like being fast when I swim, thank you very much). And finally, as much as it pains me to say this, racial equality shouldn't be a thing in TES, at least not on a global scale. Setting aside the fact that racial differences and racism are the crux of a lot of the lore concepts and storylines in TES (which you can like or not, I actually kind of enjoy the fact that your character is allowed to go "against the grain" in many scenarios where they'd be expected to follow through with their race's commonly held racist views), the thing about races in ESO is that they are different, and that's what makes them fascinating. Now just imagine how boring this universe would be if all the races were exactly the same. Plus, a bit of a stretch here, but I really don't like you implying that races (or ethnicities if we are talking IRL) are not treated equally because they have different "stats", which in turn implies that equality is about us all having the same "stats". Last I checked, that was an "acceptable" view in the beginning of the last century, and the "gentlemen" that held such views weren't exactly bastions of ethical and moral thinking. Of course, if it wasn't painfully obvious from the above, I don't think racism being portrayed in a game means that it should be encouraged IRL, in fact the way it is woven in the lore and storylines of the game makes it often a fatal flaw of the people that embrace said racist views, much like it is IRL. In short, if you're racist, get bent.