Lets talk about Maormer Fish Skin.

zombniac · June 2021

Hi there,
I have always played Maormer characters because they're my favorite ES race. Many of us were super excited about the Maormer Fish Skin that was releasing, and then.. weren't. The skin obviously doesn't make your character look like a normal Maormer like some of us were hoping. Even if that wasn't even the point of the skin, a normal Maormer looks more interesting than some scales that mostly get covered up by armor. Normal Maormer don't have scales but leviathans (cross-breed between Maormer and a sea serpent) do, but even then their skin is the same pale blue as a normal Maormer. The skin only adds scales, not the bluish eyes and skin, and fish ears. I feel like I'm being trolled now, that a random event in Blackwood temporarily changes your character into a Maormer! I sincerely hope that ZoS adds the Maormer as a playable race, edits the current Maormer Fish Skin or makes a completely new skin that gives your character the appearance of a Maormer. Here are some comparison screenshots.

Maormer leviathan:

Two normal Maormer:

The currently released Maormer Fish Skin(The white eyes are not derived from the skin, it might be Oracle Eyes):
ON-skin-Maormer_Fish_%28male%29.jpg

Olauron · June 2021

No, ZOS should definitely not edit the existing skin, that was bought by players as it is.

Personally I use current maormer skin as body and face cosmetics (not real skin, but jewelry-scales makeup that was put on normal skin).

meekmiko · June 2021

If they could instead just make some sort of Maormer pale body/face paint markings you could then just layer the current skin over it and just continue using the oracle eyes.
That way you get a better looking Maormer than you do now and those of us who like the current skin get to keep what we like.

bluebird · June 2021

Yes, a Maormer Skin would be great, and has been requested a lot.
Agree with Olauron that the existing skin should absolutely not be changed.

I'm pretty sure the 'Maormer Fish Skin' was supposed to be 'Fish scales like some Maormer have that you can put on other races too' not 'Skin that will make you look like a Maormer'. The pink-blue-green hue is really niche and generally un-Maormer-like, only appearing on their leviathans as you also noted.

For a current fake Maormer Skin, use the 'Arctic Rime Skin' or simple Vampirism. It's pretty close.

Oh and use Dunmer instead of Altmer for Maormer-fakes, since the warm skin tones just don't work for Maormer.

Wildberryjack · June 2021

I encountered a NPC on the road in Blackwood that offers me three choices of things to "show" me for a small fee. I chose to see through another, or something like that. It turned me into a Maormer. So the skin and hair color exists in their database for playable characters.

BulletMagnetX · June 2021

The only change I would ask for the Maomer Fish Skin is to add the scale effect to the tails of beast races. Tails cannot otherwise be covered, so often they are the only skin of your character that shows. And they are not affected? That's garbage! I would use it all the time otherwise.

Bosco916 · March 2022

I’ve been playing Maormers for quite some time and I think the fish scale skin and the Pyandonea motif were gifts from Satakaal! However, yes I am waiting for further cosmetics such as the fin-ears, body/face paint to layer onto the maormer scales skin, etc.

wheresbes · March 2022

A polymorph would be the best choice if many aspects of the character need to be customised (and all the existing races could use it).

Tommy_The_Gun · March 2022

I like this skin because it does not override your scale/fur/tattoo slot. Because Argonians & Khajiits use tattoo slot for different skin pattern one can choose when creating a character. It is amazing even for non-beast races as you can still chose tattoo + skin. There is only a handful of skins in ESO that are coded like that... and it is kinda shame tbh.

BloodyStigmata · March 2022

I use the lightest skin tone on a dunmer with the fish skin, along with the oracle eyes and white hair, and it seems to work well enough. I would like the sea elf ears to go with it though.