Merry eyesore the elk aka MK will be emperor of tamriel. Denied the right he was to leave his mark on the world, he shall find a way. Tam! Rugh!

The "emperor" mechanic is obviously a gamified thing, not meant to be canonical...

It's the same way that all PvP-only zones work in MMOs -- a zone lost to time, existing in its own state of perpetual war. I'm seeing this like the big WoW battlegrounds, but if you're DA BEST, they give youa cape or a mount or something.

MMOs need a LOT of content, so having everything tying directly to canonical moments would be... kind of dull, honestly.

I think everyone here is mostly just being tongue-in-cheek about this, but I just thought I would make this clear.

Watch that his character does become Emperor.

I really hope being Emperor is more than just having a glorified title. Even though it sounds a bit ridiculous that an Orc can ascend the Imperial throne it sounds like something fun to work towards.

The one thing I don't get about lore in an MMO is how is there but it breaks itself. Seeing as how there's million of people playing. And every slays a named character every 30 minutes. Well that breaks lore right there!

We shall sweep across the land and secure the ruby throne for his honour!
Tam! RUGH!

I guess that most emperors will stay in the palace most of the time.

And then we find out that Emperor SUP3RC00L is the reincarnation of Reman.

Or the the ancestor of Tiber Septim...

Whatever happens, around the 2E800's emperor Cuhlecain is on the throne.
He is assasinated in 2E854 and is succeeded by Tiber Septim.

Since the MMO is placed around the 2E500's, there is plenty of time.

You know moderating the names players can take is perfectly feasible. LOTRO already does this by moderators having the power to change character names that don't fit into the guidelines of character naming (which is no xxSepirothGokuxx names or taking the name of major NPCs or lore characters).

I would like something like this but I got a feeling that it would cause an angry horde of ten year olds screaming at the developers over that...

It doesnt really matter what name the player emperor has, they can write whatever name they want, or none, for the lore version.

On second though, let's not go to TES:O Tamriel, it is a silly place.

So ignore them. If you don't moderate your community end up with /b/.

If by "war efforts" they mean spending over 10 hours a day in PVP, odds are the Emperor will address himself as "emperer".

Would be nice if MMOs, rewarded roleplayers with perks other than being able to sit on furniture and a nice selection of dance moves for a change.

Empress Shadow Stealer says: 'LOLZoR HAI EVER1 I R ur Emparess totes lets kill lyk dem monster boom booms'



That is my fear

We all know he is the true successor. There can be only one.
Tam! RUGH!

Do not worry. The forums have spoken. The Elk shall be emperor. There is no other possible outcome.
Reach heaven by violence! Tam! RUGH!
Edit: 250th post! Yay me!

For the love of god please don't let people put numbers in their names.

[censored] that, everyone gets predetermined names

this. Very this.

Build the Tamriel Rebuilt name generator into the character creation engine. Instead of choosing a name, players have to click the 'generate' button until they're happy with the result.

Someone putting in the time to be the "emperor" isn't going to be talking in leet speek. This seems like a rather idiotic conversation to even be considering.

People that will earn that title will be much too proud of it/much too old to speak like that. This is why top guilds almost always have 18+ restrictions... because even if a 13 year old wants to play a lot, they either a.) don't stick with it or b.) their parents haul them off to bed. The people who are emperor will have to put such an egregious number of hours into this game that I really don't see any of this happening, and your stick men really don't help.

And no, a player's succession isn't canon. How could it? There will probably be multiple servers, thus making the argument kind of pointless. Think.

I think I remember reading that it's just a 'bragging rights' thing.

No powers or advantages come with it.

Still though, some benefit would come. Probably armor or the like. It would indeed to quite empowering having that title, though... I may just claim it for my own.