Why would Bethesda allow the players to chose a race that could not complete any guilds or the main quest because they are banned from all the cities?

Being able to play guilds and main quest as Khajiit > Forcing all players of khajiit to stay outside in Skyrim and not be able to complete the game

Indeed, and if you look at what they're selling there might be a good reason why they aren't allowed in. Moon sugar, lots and lots of lockpicks.
They act innocent enough, but that might just that, an act.

Did anyone say laziness yet? Anyone?

That's why. Laziness.

I'm pretty sure it's just the Khajiit merchants that are not allowed in the cities... you know, selling Skooma and all that.

Wouldnt it be more fun if the race you chose (each with its own place in the lore of the game world) actually impacted your gameplay. Choosing an Argonian, Khajit or Darkelf should subject you to the same brutal racism you see the NPCs suffering from. Its too weird that my Darkelf Murderer can just stroll into Ulfrics castle and start chatting him up.

This, only the caravaners speak of this.

The Jarls already have vendors in their holds, who [censored] and moan incessantly already about the Dragonborne flooding their markets with iron daggers. So outsiders, who lick their butts, strolll up to the main gate and want let in. These vendors will sell stuff, aquire septims from the townsfolk, and then mosey on down the road. That's another big issue. Those septims go into the caravaners pockets, where the Jarl can't tax it.

But most importantly, the OP is asking gamesas to impletement barriers to the player simply because of a race choice. Arbitrary barriers from seemingly inconsequential, at the time, choices is the hallmark of poor game design.

Why are Khajiiti player characters allowed into the cities without any hassle? Really simple answer to that question, because that Khajiiti is being controlled by the player.

The right way would have been requiring quests to raise your faction before you could enter. The quests would be available for everyone, but would be required for the undesirable races.

It doesnt have to be that cut and dry. There could be ways of earning trust with the guards and cities... Gaining a reputation as a hero/sellsword for example.

It wouldnt be arbitrary it'd be part of the game's story.

No, it's just laziness. Go play Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines. If you choose to play as either a Nosferatu or a Malkavian it completely changes the game play from the other clans. Nosferatu are forced to travel about the sewers because just being seen by a human is a masquerade violation, and Malkavians have their entire dialogue changed and both are treated very differently then if you picked Brujah or any of the other clans. Guess what, that made it uber fun to play as those clans, and it gave you a real reason to want to replay the game as them.

There was one Khajiit I met in Riften after the Diplomatic Immunity quest. Even though she has a reason to be there, it's not known to everyone else, yet she roams the streets without anyone giving a damn.

If they want NPC races to be treated differently then that HAS to be reflected in the player as well. I'm not saying drastically change the game, but make it noticeably different. Easier in some ways, harder in others. Your khajiit should have to do a small quest to be accepted into the cities, and maybe get some papers proving they're allowed in. As a plus, they should get discounts with the trade caravans. The game is just much more fun when your character actually feels different. I remember how the original dragon age did that, and how fallout does that, only with different perks and karma as opposed to different races. It just makes the game more immersive. I hate how people will be talking about a certain race and not even acknowledge the fact that you're the race they're talking about, like the thalmor in Markarth explaining to my bosmer what a bosmer is. Laziness. You can't say it would take too much dialogue or we don't have the technology to change this, becsuse as I said dragon age and Fallout, both older games, one by bethesda, have already done this relatively well.

All these legitimate complaints that people jump all over with ridicule but ones like this...

Just

Keep playing without touching the main quest, you will find NPCs refer to you as, "dragonborn".

Not for my Thief/DB and monk characters.

Double post

But in Morrowind, they did their best to clearly explain why beast races could join the great houses and be treared equally if they were free. There were whole books on the subject

Very true... if they decided a story element is Khajiit cannot enter cites then they should have accounted for it in their story...or just not made that rule.

In the conference room while making the game someone should have said, "Hey, were saying Khajiit cannot enter cities but if the main charter is that race they can...that makes no sense so let’s just remove that story element so we don't look ridiculous."

Then someone should have said, "You're right, lets remove that meaningless, easily broken story element so we don't look like incompetent fools."

But nobody said that, and now Bethesda looks stupid. Yet, was there any lack of proof for that assertion give then poor game design throughout? Just add that to the pile of errors, it a huge pile and hard to miss.

That are all so minor things...really... It would be a cool game if you run straight to Whiterun and see some Paper on the Gate "We have to wait outside!" with some pictures of Argonian, Khajiit, Darkelfes or other races.

As stated before, they could have either removed that story elemet, or made all the races feel different like they do in other games. They could have made it a little quest to prove to the guards you can enter the city, and they'd give you papers that let you enter any city. Other races would have little perks and drawbacks as well, to really give you the feel that you ARE this race, not just a nord wearing a cat costume.

Well they call my Character "Cat", "Khajiit" all the time, so the feeling is there that my Character is not a Nord.

I thought that it was more the fact that they can't actualy trade or settle in the city's and if I stay in the same place too long I keep getting called a Milk Drinker haha

It would only be part of story if your main character was part of that Khajiiti caravan, and everyone all but knew you were selling Skooma and Moonsugar. Did you miss that part? It was quoted in my post that you quoted. Only the caravaners complain about not being let into the city. Quite a few of the cities have Khajiiti in them.

This may have been said already but they are barred from SELLING in the city. They are discriminated against so they choose not to go in. So tey peddle their drugs outside so the law doesn't come down on them. All khajits are merchants in skyrim or thieves. Don't expect them to be welcome in places. The guards always say they will keep an eye on you. Hell. I was a nord and I couldn't get into Whiterun until I had urgent news for the Jarl.....