... Anyone else finds Ember's voicing exceedingly weird?

MreeBiPolar · June 2022

... I mean... You can detect a faintest hint of a Khajiit accent if you REALLY REALLY REALLY try, but just by the voicing alone, I would have guessed her being anything BUT a Khajiit...

karthrag_inak · June 2022

Yes. This one is most upset, to be honest. Such an opportunity lost.

phaneub17_ESO · June 2022

She grew up in High Isles so you expect a more Breton accent to match her surroundings?

HerrKeinTipp_MrNoTip · June 2022

Her subtitles are fine.

Iselin · June 2022

Probably because she spent her youth on the streets of Skywatch and has been living in High Isle as an apprentice to a Breton Sorcerer. I wouldn't expect her to be as Khajiit in manner and speech as someone who has spent their whole life in Elsewyr.

I like everything about her, voice included.

Browiseth · June 2022

i've yet to actually hear her voice acting but i can say i don't really like the idea that a character is expected to have a certain kind of voice or accent as dictated by their race. seems like it would just unnecessarily stifle the writer's and voice actor's creativity, yknow?

SydneyGrey · June 2022

I liked her voice when I heard it on the test server. I haven't gotten to play live today yet, though.

mekops_ESO · June 2022

honestly a khajit that doesnt sound like hes whispering skooma offers into my ear is kinda refreshing. it simply cant be that they all sound-a like-a deeeeeees

Iselin · June 2022

SydneyGrey wrote: »

I liked her voice when I heard it on the test server. I haven't gotten to play live today yet, though.

I made a beeline to her quest as soon as the server opened, geared her up with all my spare blues and managed to level her up a couple of levels before the server went down.

Getting her as my companion was my top priority

ArchangelIsraphel · June 2022

I expect that they think the backstory and unexpected lack of a Khajiit accent is avant garde. Personally, I would have preferred the traditional Khajiit accent and a more...Khajiit linked backstory for our first Khajiti companion. I'm by no means a stickler for lore, I just really LIKE Khajiit's and the traditional Khajiiti way of speaking.

On the subject of the lore, I feel like it's a lost opportunity to really celebrate Khajiit's and have a more personal connection to Khajiit lore, worship, and way of life through a Khajiit NPC follower. Overall, I find myself a little underwhelmed by their choices.

Perhaps she'll grow on me, time will tell. I just find her accent sounds really weird, inconsistent, and forced. From one piece of dialogue to the next she sounds weird and different to me, and I didn't really find myself all that enamored with her. I wasn't impressed with the voice acting, unfortunately. I like her well enough, but again, time will tell. I found myself favoring Isobel rather than her, which is funny because Ember's backstory technically suits most of my characters more.

It's all a matter of personal taste, truly. Some will love her, and some wont.

As with Bastian, I'm sure this set of companions will be equally as polarizing,

The3sFinest · June 2022

I thought I was the only one. I was really excited to have a Khajiit companion, especially with her personality...until I heard her voice. It throws me off and feels awkward hearing non-Khajiiti accent on them.

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

Personally, I would have preferred the traditional Khajiit accent and a more...Khajiit linked backstory for our first Khajiti companion. I'm by no means a stickler for lore, I just really LIKE Khajiit's and the traditional Khajiiti way of speaking.

On the subject of the lore, I feel like it's a lost opportunity to really celebrate Khajiit's and have a more personal connection to Khajiit lore, worship, and way of life through a Khajiit NPC follower. Overall, I find myself a little underwhelmed by their choices.

Exactly this.

Suedyin_Loreseeker · June 2022

This one has not yet met them... and is already prepared to be disappointed

starlizard70ub17_ESO · June 2022

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

She grew up in High Isles so you expect a more Breton accent to match her surroundings?

Remember that Khajiit we helped in Wrothgar? He was basically an Orc in a Khajiit body, his speech, culture, even his clothing were Orcish in mannor. He was raised that way as a very small child.

SainguinKrist · June 2022

I'm absolutely okay with how Ember is voiced.

She grew up in High Isle as others have mentioned.

Things like accents and ways of speaking aren't racial. They're cultural.

She grew up in a different culture.

ArchangelIsraphel · June 2022

starlizard70ub17_ESO wrote: »

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

She grew up in High Isles so you expect a more Breton accent to match her surroundings?

Remember that Khajiit we helped in Wrothgar? He was basically an Orc in a Khajiit body, his speech, culture, even his clothing were Orcish in mannor. He was raised that way as a very small child.

Interesting that you bring Zhasim up, as we met him again in South Elsweyr for an extension of his story. I actually liked that character, and the use of the Orcish accent and mannerisms within that story. It felt natural, as it was steeped in a strong mixture of both Orcish ways and Khajiti mysticism. He was well voice acted, and had a strong sense of personality and character. You really felt he was rooted in the storytelling of Wrothgar, and later, in South Elsweyr, it was very interesting to meet him again and see him reconnect to his Khajiit roots.

Where as with Ember, I'm not really getting that well written blend of cultures from her. Something about her feels, forced and... "for the sake of it"...she just didn't feel as well written as Zhasim at all.

rootkitronin · June 2022

I agree, her voice acting and writing is very disappointing, and it has nothing to do with the fact that she doesn't sound like a regular khajiit - it's just not that good.

Reminds me a little of Eveli, just couldn't take that character seriously at all, felt like a cartoon caricature rather than a character with depth.

I guess I was hoping for something different, really really wanted to like that character though. Who knows, maybe she'll grow on me.

Morgaledh · June 2022

It's a Khajiit, just be glad it's verbal. I had to give my Argonians written instructions on my plantation at Tel Uvirith, but then we figured out that they can't read, so it was just point here, point there, after that.

SainguinKrist · June 2022

Morgaledh wrote: »

It's a Khajiit, just be glad it's verbal. I had to give my Argonians written instructions on my plantation at Tel Uvirith, but then we figured out that they can't read, so it was just point here, point there, after that.

Gotta love slavery jokes

opaj · June 2022

I haven't spent much time with her, but I thought she was charming.

At the same time, I totally get the sentiment about wanting a more traditional Khajiit for a companion. Someone fully steeped in Khajiit culture who could have given us another window into that world. That would've been fun. So far, though, I also like what we've got.

davidtk · June 2022

I am honestly glad that they make other Khajiit with different voice acting.
I didn't met yet that Khajiit in Wrothgar, i must see him because as was there writen, Ember grew up in different culture, she was risen differently.

So i am okay with her.

Bouldercleave · June 2022

Nope. Made a char on EU and checked her out. The voice is purrrrrrfect!

ArchMikem · June 2022

Iselin wrote: »

Probably because she spent her youth on the streets of Skywatch and has been living in High Isle as an apprentice to a Breton Sorcerer. I wouldn't expect her to be as Khajiit in manner and speech as someone who has spent their whole life in Elsewyr.

I like everything about her, voice included.

If that's true of her background then not having the accent is Lore friendly. If she never learned to speak Taagra from other Khajiit in Elsweyr then she wouldn't sound like them.

Reference the Khajiit from Orsinium that was raised by Orcs.

Iselin · June 2022

ArchMikem wrote: »

Iselin wrote: »

Probably because she spent her youth on the streets of Skywatch and has been living in High Isle as an apprentice to a Breton Sorcerer. I wouldn't expect her to be as Khajiit in manner and speech as someone who has spent their whole life in Elsewyr.

I like everything about her, voice included.

If that's true of her background then not having the accent is Lore friendly. If she never learned to speak Taagra from other Khajiit in Elsweyr then she wouldn't sound like them.

Reference the Khajiit from Orsinium that was raised by Orcs.

It's true although I should probably stop doing spoilers learned on the PTS

You get to know here background quite well when you do her companion quests which IMO are the most fun and engaging of the 4 companions.

Enika · June 2022

I love Ember's voice. Perfect for an young Khajiit raised among Bretons

BretonMage · June 2022

A Khajiit who grew up in Skywatch should either have a Khajiiti or a High Elven accent (did she grow up in Skywatch or High Isles?), I think. Then again, I can somewhat understand the choice since the American accent has, through our movie culture, become a sort of de facto code for an enthusiastic attitude.

GrizzlyTank · June 2022

Hmm, khajit knows illusion magic.

This one questions her authenticity... Perhaps a dremora in disguise.

SammyKhajit · June 2022

It would be nice to have a khajit companion who talks like this one. Gives Sammy a sense of home.

But Ember is pretty fun to hang around with, although this one thought she gave rapport for successful pickpocketing, but nothing yet, not even stealing from guards.

SydneyGrey · June 2022

I got her as a companion today. Her voice is excellent. She does have a bit of an accent, it's just not super-exaggerated. I love it.

zaria · June 2022

SainguinKrist wrote: »

I'm absolutely okay with how Ember is voiced.

She grew up in High Isle as others have mentioned.

Things like accents and ways of speaking aren't racial. They're cultural.

She grew up in a different culture.

Still she should have some difference, Khajiit mouths are not shaped like humans.
Now this would very different for an Argonian as they are very different.

PurpleScroll · June 2022

I love Ember's voice. I even turned the setting for companion chatter back to 'normal' because I wanted to hear her speak more often.

MasterSpatula · June 2022

I think it's perfect. The accent is there but it's slight, exactly like it would be with someone with her background.