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Is it okay to start a new character in a different faction?
DeltaForce64x
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I been in Ebonheart Pact since release of the game, I need to create a new character to discover new places because I got tired Davons Watch, My main will still the Pact but I think it is time to create a elven faction as Imperial, am I going to get different dialogues because I'm Imperial? Am I going to get lost in a small town with roads everywhere without finding quest related NPC?
See, I played Skyrim and Oblivion ALOT back in the day and I'm interested in making Thalmor angry if thats possible.
See, I played Skyrim and Oblivion ALOT back in the day and I'm interested in making Thalmor angry if thats possible.
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ice34697✭✭✭DeltaForce64x wrote: »I been in Ebonheart Pact since release of the game, I need to create a new character to discover new places because I got tired Davons Watch, My main will still the Pact but I think it is time to create a elven faction as Imperial, am I going to get different dialogues because I'm Imperial? Am I going to get lost in a small town with roads everywhere without finding quest related NPC?
See, I played Skyrim and Oblivion ALOT back in the day and I'm interested in making Thalmor angry if thats possible.
You won't get any special treatment simply because of choosing to be an Imperial. Starting a new character for a different race/alliance is essentially the same as doing Cadwell's Silver/Gold with your main after completing the Main Quest. Simply gives you the opportunity to experience the other two alliances.1 -
markulrich1966✭✭✭✭✭
✭this was an issue before One Tamriel, since then you can go to any region you like, do any zonequest.
Only reason to use 1 of each faction is cyrodiil. If you have a daily endeavour like "complete a quest for Vlastarus", I log in with a character whose faction currently owns that town.2 -
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✭As long as the faction you're choosing is the Aldmeri Dominion, you're making the right choice. Glory!
(AD) Artim X/Xirtām/Måtrix |PC/NA| Casual staff wielding vampire sorcerer/templar/arcanistElectric-Burn/Stunhttps://media.giphy.com/media/Av0zcKH3i2BkaY1GXW/giphy.gif/https://c.tenor.com/jQHdFftrgwMAAAAC/tenor.gifElectric-Heal- Damage Dealing Build.
- Gear: 5 Infallible Aether (All apparel light and Divines with Max Mag Enchants), 1 Slimecraw Guise for max spell critical (Divines, light, Max Mag Enchants), Maelstrom's Perfected Inferno/Lightning Staff (infused/shock enchant), and Rage of the Ursauk jewelry (bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant)/lightning staff (infused/flame/weapon damage enchant). 1 Mora's Whispers.
- Ability-Bar 1: Critical Surge, Boundless Storm, Mages' Wrath, Lightning Flood, Twilight Tormentor (Twilight Matriarch for solo roleplay variant of build), and Power Overload.
- Ability-Bar 2: Crushing Shock/Storm Pulsar, Streak, Flame/Shock Reach, Unstable Wall of Fire/Storms, Twilight Tormentor (Twilight Matriarch for solo roleplay variant of build) and Fiery/Thunderous Rage.
https://media.giphy.com/media/5ibGIHneWS6ek/giphy.gifElectric-Ward- My Healer Build.
- Gear: 5 Spell Power Cure (All apparel light and Divines with Max Mag Enchants), 1 Slimecraw Guise for max spell critical (Divines, light, Max Mag Enchants), Maelstrom's Perfected Lightning Staff (Charged/shock enchant), and Infallible Aether jewelry (arcane with spell damage enchant)/restoration staff (Powered with absorb magicka enchant). 1 Mora's Whispers.
- Ability-Bar 1: Power Surge, Boundless Storm, Blessing of Restoration, Energy Orb, Twilight Matriarch, and Replenishing Barrier.
- Ability-Bar 2: Dark Deal, Overflowing Altar, Elemental Drain, Blockade of Storms, Twilight Matriarch, and Aggressive Horn.
https://media.giphy.com/media/Wa0TGmtDvwW3e/giphy.gifElectric-Vamp- My Meme Tank Build that uses high resistance and variety of wards.
- Gear: 5 Brands of Imperium (All body pieces except Head and Shoulders, with Divine trait, and with Prismatic Defense Enchants), full Mother Ciannait's (1 light and 1 medium. Divines and Max Mag Enchant), and Combat Physician jewelry (bloodthirsty with Prismatic Recovery Enchants), CP restoration staff (Infused with hardening enchant), and CP ice staff (Infused with crusher enchant).
- Ability-Bar 1: Critical Surge, Bound Aegis, Deep Thoughts, Boundless Storm, Healing Ward, and Replenishing Barrier.
- Ability-Bar 2: Silver Leash (Elemental Drain if healer isn't running it), Bound Aegis, Frost Clench, Blockade of Frost, Empowered Ward, and Temporal Guard.
https://media.giphy.com/media/ukDQiYZzRAxMZKcK86/giphy.gifDawnfang- Tanky stage 4 vampire utility focused PvP healer that can take down very inexperienced players but is primarily focused on working alongside others in an organized group, PUGs, or zergs.
- Gear: 5 Torug's Pact for regular and NoCP build/Oblivion's Foe for dot build (medium chest and body pieces light. All Impenetrable. Max Mag Enchants). Gaze of Sithis and 1 light Mighty Chudan/Pirate Skeleton (light shoulders, and impenetrable with Max Mag Enchants). Knight Slayer/Pariah jewelry/Plaguebreak for dot build (bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant)/lightning staff (infused with oblivion enchant for regular and noCP build/absorb magicka enchant and Sharpened for dot build. Sharpened for dot build)/restoration staff (infused with oblivion enchant regular and noCP build/absorb magicka enchant and Sharpened for dot build).
- Ability-Bar 1: Structured Entropy, Boundless Storm, Soul Splitting Trap, Radiating Regeneration, Healing Ward, and Life Giver.
- Ability-Bar 2: Drain Vigor (Elemental Susceptibility), Race Against Time, Rune Cage, Radiant Magelight, Empowered Ward, and Shatter Soul.
https://media.tenor.com/ogWfvDdsqBIAAAAd/anime-black-clover.gifDuskfang- My casual one bar heavy attack Templar build that only utilizes Aedric Spear abilities.
- Gear: 5 Infallible Aether (Head or Shoulder and body pieces except Chest. All body pieces Divines with Max Mag Enchants), 1 Slimecraw Guise for max spell critical (Divines, light, Max Mag Enchant), Lightning Staff of the Sergeant (Infused/shock enchant), and Sergeant's Mail jewelry (One Ring and one Neck. Both bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant). 1 Oakensoul Ring (bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant).
- Ability-Bar 1: Puncturing Sweep, Aurora Javelin, Toppling Charge, Blazing Spear, Radiant Ward, and Crescent Sweep.
https://media.tenor.com/Jo8aG_ouy_oAAAAd/ac-odyssey.gifPvE Starter Gear- Tanky stage 4 vampire utility focused PvP healer that can take down very inexperienced players but is primarily focused on working alongside others in an organized group, PUGs, or zergs.
- Gear: 5 Torug's Pact (Heavy Chest with light Head, Waist, Hands, and Feet. All body pieces Impenetrable. Health enchant on head and everything else Magicka Enchants), 1 Medium Mighty Chudan/Pirate Skeleton Shoulder (Impenetrable, Max Health Enchant), Knight Slayer Restoration Staff (Infused/Decrease Health enchant/Stealth-Draining Poison IX), and Knight Slayer jewelry (One Ring and one Neck. Both bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant). 1 Oakensoul Ring (bloodthirsty with Spell Damage Enchant).
- Ability-Bar 1:Radiant Oppression, Race Against Time, Aurora Javelin, Breath of Life, Resolving Vigor, and Life Giver (Shatter Soul).
https://media.giphy.com/media/6CovzgyTig7M4/giphy.gifRace- Gear: 5 Law of Julianos (heavy chest, gloves/belt light, and the rest can be light or 1 medium piece if you're not wearing medium anywhere else on your body. All in training if grinding for XP or divines), Armor of the Seducer or Magnus' Gift head, shoulder, and staves (light with 1 medium piece if you are not already wearing 1 medium Julianos piece. All in training or divines. The staves should be training or infused), and 3 purple Willpower Jewelry with Arcane trait (can be bought from trading guilds for relatively cheap.
- Check tamrieltradecentre.com for the best deals if you're not using a price checking addon).
https://media.giphy.com/media/sdEkeWpiaGz0A/giphy.gifMundus Stones- High elf, since you will not have issues with sustain, but other mag based races are also fine so this is more of a personal choice.
https://media.giphy.com/media/cT3wMhLGQWdKU/giphy.gifCurrent Champion Points- PvP: The Lover for penetration when playing a sorc or temp.
- PvE Healing/Damage: The Thief for decent crit rate.
- PvE Tanking: The Lady to get close to resistance cap.
https://media.giphy.com/media/l4FGDAx6u3hthMhgI/giphy.gifFavorite Foods and Potions- DPS Sorc: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Exploiter, Weapons Expert, Biting Aura, Thaumaturge, Celerity, Rejuvenation, Fortified, Boundless Vitality.
- Healer Sorc: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Enlivening Overflow, Hope Infusion, Weapon's Expert, Arcane Supremacy, Celerity, Rejuvenation, Fortified, Boundless Vitality.
- Tanky Sorc: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Ironclad, Enduring Resolve, Reinforced, Duelist's Rebuff, Bastion, Ward Master, Rejuvenation, Fortified.
- PvP Sorc: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Enlivening Overflow, Weapon's Expert, Occult Overload, Arcane Supremacy, Bastion, Rejuvenation, Fortified, Boundless Vitality.
- PvE Temp: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Fighting Finesse, Master-at-Arms, Weapons Expert, Biting Aura, Celerity, Rejuvenation, Fortified, Boundless Vitality.
- PvP Temp: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Enlivening Overflow, Weapon's Expert, From the Brink, Arcane Supremacy, Celerity, Rejuvenation, Fortified, Boundless Vitality.
https://media.giphy.com/media/3otPoTggaYFNd1FdAI/giphy.gif- Parse Food for PvE:(DPS) Ghastly Eye Bowl (increases Max Magicka by 4592 and Magicka Recovery by 459 for 2 hours).
- Gold/Purple Food for Sorc PvP and Meme Tanking:(PvP) Clockwork Citrus Filet (increases Max Health by 3326, Health Recovery by 406 [useful if stage 1 vampire], Max Magicka by 3080, and Magicka Recovery by 338 for 2 hours). Witchmother's Potent Brew (Increase Max Magicka by 2856, Max Health by 3094, and Magicka Recovery by 315 for 2 hours.
- Trash Potions when feeling cheap: Regular CP150 Essence of Magicka pots that I obtain frequently from playing the game or Crown Tri-Restoration Potion obtained from dailies.
- Crafted Potions: Essence of Spell Critical (Bugloss, Lady's Smock, and Water Hyacinth). Without magelight this is my primary means of obtaining Major Prophecy on my Sorc, which increases my Spell Critical Rating. This also heals and restores magicka. Essence of Immovability (Columbine, Corn Flower, and Wormwood). I use this in PvP, since this gives me stealth detection, knockback immunity, and restores magicka (better to use it when competent allies are nearby, since it might reveal that you are surrounded by multiple players in stealth and you will not have an emergency pot available after use). Essence of Invisibility with only 2 ingredients (Blue Entoloma, Namira's Rot, Nirnroot, or Spider Egg). I use this in PvE content that requires stealth and if I need more speed I'll use Rapid Maneuver before using the potion. Essence of Invisibility with 3 ingredients (Blessed Thistle, Blue Entoloma, and Namira's Rot). Very useful in PvP alongside the vampire Dark Stalker passive, since you'll be invisible, ignore movement speed penalty while in Crouch, and you'll have a 30% movement speed boost from Major Expedition (I always have this slotted when riding from point A to B in PvP land, since gankers are always lurking). My templar will mostly use Essence of Health (Tri-Stat Potion) Ingredients: (Mountain Flower, Columbine, and Bugloss).
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Renan✭✭✭The quest will be always the same
"Touch Meridia's light and see the world through the eyes of your former enemies.
But fair warning—you will no longer be seen as a great champion. Even familiar faces will see you as a soulless drifter, lost in an unfamiliar land. What say you?"
By the power of Meridia the npcs willl always think we are part of they factionChampion Rank 3100 == (PC/NA)Evil ßæ - Lvl 50 Magicka Nightblade - EP ßaby Ðont Gank Me - Lvl 50 Stamina Dragonknight - EP That Cat Behind You - Lvl 50 Stamina Nightblade - EP Run You Fools - Lvl 50 Stamina Warden -EP R E N A N - Lvl 50 Stamina Nightblade (Main) - EP How Do I Leave Cyrodiil - - Lvl 50 Stamina Nightblade - EP The Fall Damage - Lvl 50 Sorcerer - EP ßackstreak ßoys - Lvl 50 Magicka Sorcerer -EP Renan Daemon - Lvl 50 Stamina Arcanist - EP and others 9 EP toons Flawless Conqueror Master Angler Tamriel Hero Grand Overlord Spirit Slayer Godslayer Ad DC and EP Former Emperor Player Since 20141 -
BlueRaven✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭There is the occasional dialogue change due to race/faction/curse, but really it’s not that common.
I have characters in all three factions because of my own personal RP reasons. For example, in my own personal head canon, my orc was in the AD because she saw Bretons as the oppressors of the orcs. And she extended those feelings to all humans, so she joined the AD. After Orsinium she switched back to DC, now that issues there felt settled.
I had no real reason to switch factions other than it felt right for her character. (I should note I am NOT in an RP guild.)
Anyway, choose whatever faction you like, it’d perfectly fine.1 -
NotaDaedraWorshipper✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Imperials get no race recognition whatsoever. Other races do but imperials get naught.[Lie] Of course! I don't even worship Daedra!2 -
Kiralyn2000✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Of course, it's ok. Heck, I've always done that with every MMO I played - why would I want to miss out on any quest & story content? (In WoW, I made a character of every race, because each one had their own starting zone, for instance.)
Only place it really has any meaning is in PvP, since the factions matter in Cyro.
But yeah, as mentioned - since One Tamriel, you can just go anywhere & do everything. Any zone you go to, the story will treat you like the "hero" of it's plot. So go through the AD zones, you're the AD champion; pop over to the Ebonheart Pact and >poof< you're the EP questing hero. Etc.
...needless to say, this makes following the "official" plot & quest progression kind of difficult for new players who don't know any of this. The different starting tutorials & all the various DLC starter NPCs yelling at you to pick up their quests whenever you enter town, doesn't help.
(before One Tamriel, you quested through the faction that you created the character for; then you could move on to the next faction to play through their plotline, and then on to the third. The quests directing this were "Cadwell's Silver" and "Cadwell's Gold".)Edited by Kiralyn2000 on August 31, 2022 12:42PM1 -
Ragnarok0130✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭DeltaForce64x wrote: »I been in Ebonheart Pact since release of the game, I need to create a new character to discover new places because I got tired Davons Watch, My main will still the Pact but I think it is time to create a elven faction as Imperial, am I going to get different dialogues because I'm Imperial? Am I going to get lost in a small town with roads everywhere without finding quest related NPC?
See, I played Skyrim and Oblivion ALOT back in the day and I'm interested in making Thalmor angry if thats possible.
You won't get any special treatment simply because of choosing to be an Imperial. Starting a new character for a different race/alliance is essentially the same as doing Cadwell's Silver/Gold with your main after completing the Main Quest. Simply gives you the opportunity to experience the other two alliances.
Yeah as an Imperial Enjoyer over several games I was severely disappointed in 2014 when nobody mentioned my Imperialness. We're the bad guys, the cause of Molag Bol's incursion into Nirn and we're not even distrusted as potential spies or get snide comments.0 -
JKorr✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭DeltaForce64x wrote: »I been in Ebonheart Pact since release of the game, I need to create a new character to discover new places because I got tired Davons Watch, My main will still the Pact but I think it is time to create a elven faction as Imperial, am I going to get different dialogues because I'm Imperial? Am I going to get lost in a small town with roads everywhere without finding quest related NPC?
See, I played Skyrim and Oblivion ALOT back in the day and I'm interested in making Thalmor angry if thats possible.
There is a lot more to Ebonheart Pact than just Davon's Watch. If you follow the main quest for the faction, you head to Deshaan, Shadowfen, Eastmarch, and the Rift, and then to Coldharbor.
Once you complete the main quest/get your soul back, you can do Cadwell's Silver and Gold; the main faction quests for the Daggerfall Covenant and Aldmeri Dominion.
Making characters in each faction is no problem. You will get a chance to beat the crap out of Thalmor regardless.0 -
barney2525✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭I'll take Aldmeri any day of the week. Everything is concisely designed and easily accessible in Vulkel guard. I tried Daggerfall and all the crafting stuff is spread around, just wasting time going from one to the next. Got rid of it and went back to Aldmeri.
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Danikat✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭As other people have said it doesn't make a big difference, there's very little race specific dialogue and I don't think there's anything faction specific, unless you count the NPCs in Cyrodiil having different personalities and therefore slightly different wording when giving quests.
Your faction only really matters for PvP, but it also determines where The Harbourage is so if you're planning to do the main quest alongside an alliance's storyline it's helpful to pick that alliance so the two are in the same area. It also determines some other odd things which were forgotten when One Tamriel came along, like where you can pick up the quest to become a vampire or werewolf if you're bitten by an NPC.PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
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