Argonian's Tails?

Post » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:12 pm

There's been a lot of disscusion about whether the Argonians in TES Online are going to have tails.
Obviously, those who play as Argonians (such asmyself, who can not plays as any other race) this is a serious matter.
Until now, we have only had that piece of concept art with the Hist tree to debate about, however, I think i have found what the Argonian will look like.
Everyone, go to Youtube, find Machinima's E3 2012 streams, go to day 3, and go to the time 2:00:40


This is during an interview at E3, and if that's not the Argonian, I'll eat my hat.

BUT

Once again, where's the tail?
First of all, it could be hidden behind the leg, but with his movement, you'd expect to see a little of a tail surely? And that concept art (in my opinion) backs this up.

The agument is there, that in TES:Arena, Argonains did'nt have a tail, however, the only theory that can explain why they suddenly did have a tail in daggerfall is evolution, but there are flaws in this:
1. It dosent make sence to evolve to GROW a tail, more to LOOSE them like humans from apes.
2.TES:Arena was set in 3E399, Daggerfall was set 3E405. So if evolution were the cause, it would have six years to have evolved. Impossible?
3. In TES:Arena, the Elder Scrolls was just born. That means the lore wasnt solid, including how the races looked. surely the tail-less Argonians was simply down to the fact, Argonians hadn't been fully desinged yet?
Also, Argonians are a sort of mix between humans, reptiles and amphibians, and are natural swimmers to suit their enviroment. How could they be so sucessful in their swampy enviroment without a tail? Argionians are pretty much water-breathing, upright-standing crocodiles. So how can they not have a tail? I think how they were depicted in TES:Skyrim was amazing, with the scales, spikes, crocadillian tail etc. From that youtube vid, and without a tail, they surely would loose their 'badassosity'

Im sure all Argonian fans will agree with me, that if Argonians do not have a tail in TES:Online, I will be severely dissapointed, and the fun times i could have had playing TES:Online will be severely dampened, if not ruined. As I said, I always play as an Argonian, but if it dosent have a tail, will it feel like an Argonian? I really dont want Zenimax to make a mistake here, so please, PLEASE, make sure Argonians have a tail, or expect a lot of dissapointed players who want their tails back.

Please feel free to comment your opinion on the matter, and what you think of the Argonian in the youtube video.
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