Traitors anyone? : Othor Games

» Tue May 22, 2012 8:17 am

So we know that each faction is made up of the races.

But, will that mean that our characters will have to stay aligned to their race's particular faction?

Like if I wanna be a Khajiit but not in the Doninion.

If anyone has seen any news or wiki info on this please link

» Mon May 21, 2012 10:57 pm

First, never use the wiki (Elder Scrolls Wikia; use UESP instead) for anything.

Second, I second this. I wanna be an altmer in the Daggerfall Covenant!

» Tue May 22, 2012 3:53 am

I'm fairly certain that the race's allegiances are 'locked' into their factions. That is, if there are faction specific classes, I would assume so. Race specific classes would be interesting as well - though I've never heard any news on those, just speculating.

» Tue May 22, 2012 6:32 am

I dont care. I serve my House, and the Tribunal Temple faithfully.
I dont care other races, lands, unless they are a threat to my own.
So, I cant betray my beliefs. ALMSIVI .

» Mon May 21, 2012 7:06 pm

I dont care. I serve my House, and the Tribunal Temple faithfully.
I dont care other races, lands, unless they are a threat to my own.
So, I cant betray my beliefs. ALMSIVI .

True 'dat.

» Tue May 22, 2012 11:10 am

this could be pretty nice

I never understood the NEED for race restrictions especially in a TES

» Tue May 22, 2012 5:57 am

I hope its possible.

It would allow me to be an Altmer while at the same time serving ALMSIVI.

» Tue May 22, 2012 2:46 am

First, never use the wiki (Elder Scrolls Wikia; use UESP instead) for anything.

Second, I second this. I wanna be an altmer in the Daggerfall Covenant!

Really? The UESP is poorly lain out, and I find it does not cover as much as the Elder Scrolls Wiki.

» Mon May 21, 2012 9:22 pm

I hope its possible.

It would allow me to be an Altmer while at the same time serving ALMSIVI.

Or at the very least an Altmer who was deemed 'of less than pure blood' by the Dominion.

» Tue May 22, 2012 12:57 am

This would be a great option, although I doubt it is something they will be looking at upon release

» Tue May 22, 2012 7:50 am

Changing faction is a bad idea, because you can always joining the winning teams. MMOs are not real life simulators. They are social games first. Every feature justifing players to backstab their faction/guild/friends is a bad feature in my opinion.

But if you are just thinking to create an orc in dominion faction (without changing faction first) for example, this could be possible. But you have no real faction feeling with multi races in every faction/homeland.

» Tue May 22, 2012 10:05 am

in the old republic you could unlock the ability to play as a race of another faction, but never move your current character to a new faction.

» Tue May 22, 2012 3:56 am

I could see them adding something like what Everquest 2 did with its 2 faction world, they had a quest line where you could change you allegiance to another faction.

» Mon May 21, 2012 7:46 pm

Really? The UESP is poorly lain out, and I find it does not cover as much as the Elder Scrolls Wiki.

Both the UESP and the Elder Scrolsl wiki have problems with accuracy when it comes to lore information, but the elder scrolls wikia is by far the worst of the two. Several articles have either presently or previously been filled with fan-fiction, and the quality of the articles is generally poor.

» Tue May 22, 2012 7:17 am

I could see them adding something like what Everquest 2 did with its 2 faction world, they had a quest line where you could change you allegiance to another faction.

This could be the best way. And make the quest HARD and LONG so people will think two times before change faction. But It will be possible in that way and not everyone will go another faction fast.

» Mon May 21, 2012 7:42 pm

i hope we can be neutral above all, whoever is on the throne does not concern me, all i care about (in TES:O) is surviving and thriving as a mercenary

» Tue May 22, 2012 4:14 am

i hope we can be neutral above all, whoever is on the throne does not concern me, all i care about (in TES:O) is surviving and thriving as a mercenary

I think having a few "neutral" servers might be the way to go, having it be an option on every server might not go well, i could see that messing some servers up PVP wise, it would really svck to end up on a server full of "neutrals" if your really into the PVP.

» Tue May 22, 2012 4:09 am

I'm still a little undecided on this, given as has been said, how open the games have always been, but i haven't spent so much time pondering over the options since Skyrim's perk system. I think figuring out how these races will work together adds a really unique dynamic to the game, and as has been pointed out, it's easily the best way of stopping people from jumping ship. It may not be the most popular decision, but you've got to respect the devs for making the tough calls when they think it'll improve the game.

» Tue May 22, 2012 5:52 am

This would be my favourite option, providing a difficult / costly quest to defect from your faction. This way we could play any race in any faction, but the "core" races would still be in the majority.

» Tue May 22, 2012 9:09 am

You may not be able to directly betray your faction, but you can be a spy. I know several of the Selective are going to do just that.