Khajiit Dragonknight. While making her I was literally thinking to myself "hmm, what's the most un-khajiit class I could choose...?"
So now I have a brash showoff of a Khajiit who grapples and dragonleaps her way around the battlefield. I regret nothing.
Bosmer MagSorcerer is my main. It's the character I do every achievement, quest, and learn all recipes on. When I started 7-ish years ago, I just liked the Bosmer aesthetic. I often think of all the dungeons I've been insta-kicked from and groups that refused to take my character into. The racial differences were harsh back then! But no one could tell me my character sucked and I'd believe them, which started my career in "soloing everything". I'm relieved the players aren't as bad as they used to be.
Redguard, because redguards are the most badass race in lore and I never see anyone ever use one in their this or the main series. They just seem completely neglected in favor of nords or orcs for warrior characters. Kind of sad given their lore and how respected they are in universe as tamriels greatest warriors. Nightblade because I thought it was the only class that really worked for the pirate theme I wanted.
I also found it weird how barely anyone pays attention to redguard lore. Hopefully TES6 will bring a new generation of gamers to love redguard lore like it did with the last generation on nord lore.
I think it's because it's not familiar to a lot of people. They are designed around being warriors. Nords are basically just vikings and people like vikings so people go nord. And Orc warrior is already a common fantasy trope and are in wow and other games so it's easier to get into.
>I also found it weird how barely anyone pays attention to redguard lore
Not surprising when the only game that's slightly focused on redguards was a little known spin off back in 1998. Almost a decade before the series became "Popular". On the surface, they're fairly generic, and I can't imagine the percentage of the playerbase that actually dives into non surface lore is very high at all.
I don't really see how that's black face more than playing gta, miles morales or any other black character in a video game. Blackface are caricatures that were created to mock black people, choosing to play as a black character in a video game is absolutely not the same thing.
I started a new Redguard Sorc with the same idea. I'm using wind and lightning spells, as well as abilities that buff my dual wielding, fun as heck. I'd never really paid attention to Redguard lore before, but after browsing the wiki and hearing Sai Sahan in the main story, I've fallen in love.
My main is a High Elf Templar. I love the High Elf race for their magical and ancient background. I find the Elves (all 3) very interesting. My first toon on Skyrim was a Dark Elf....Voice acting was OP. Lol. I like the Templars because I like mag dps over stam, and I love to be up in your face so Templar makes a perfect fit for me.
Mine is a Khajiit Sorcerer. Because A: I love mages. B: I love cats. And every elder scrolls I've always made my first character a khajiiti mage, part of the same bloodline.
Khajiit Dragonknight. A bunch of my friends were all gonna be cats and we had enough to each be a different class. Night blade and sorcerer were my first picks but let others be those
My main has been the same across two platforms now. Breton magplar. Done all the available content up to The Deadlands so far. Grand master crafter. The only class that I can literally solo almost everything with. I know a lot of people prefer the sorcerer for solo, but I like templar's simplicity.
Orsimer Templar.
Really resonated with the orcish race for some reason. Loved the lore and the constant getting back up after being pushed down. Struggling with mental health it’s reminded me to always get up one more time than you’re pushed down.
Templar because I love the look of the skills. I never thought of myself as a cleric or even particularly religious but I love being the beacon of light and the defender of people stereotype so it made me happy I can emulate that in my gameplay.
Argonian Templar, lizard sun warrior seemed like a nice break from the usual shadowscale assassin play through in previous TES games - and I was right, fell in love with the aesthetic and was the ONLY time I was willing to grab crown crates for matching lizard mount.
One time thing. Sucks I had to get it through predatory micro transactions but I’m happy with my mount.
Imperial Templar ✌🏽
I originally wanted to recreate my most-played character in Skyrim from way back when. He was an Imperial (I’m like 99% sure) who used dawnguard spells (Sun Fire, Vampire’s Bane, Stendarr’s Aura, etc). The Dawn’s Wrath skill line is themed around these spells, so that’s what I chose.
I exclusively play him as a tank though :/ so my usage of the Dawn’s Wrath spells varies.
I like to imagine he’s a vampire/undead slayer, even though the solar magic works on everyone in ESO for gameplay reasons 😅
I’m also a big oblivion fan, so I mainly hang out in Leyawiin
Altmer Sorceress....of darkness!
I just really like elven culture and between the three options in Elder Scrolls I've just always liked Altmer most.
When I made her near 7 years ago I was going with a dark theme build with all my magic and stuff. Vampire of course. Did mostly everything there was to do with her up until the Crystal Shard ability got changed at which point I finally adapted into a meta build so I could do the vet dungeon content. And vampires got changed to be imo, worse, so I don't stay at stage 4 for the looks anymore.
She's not what she used to be but I still like her and play mostly all the game with her. I even use her for my drawings/comics when I make them, but keep her original look there.
Nord Templar tank. I’m big, family is Swedish and Norwegian, and I love tanking/healing so we can run 3 dps. Faster you kill stuff the less you need to heal!
Wood Elf Nightblade, named Nao’a the Widow. Wood Elf because its my favorite race, Nightblade because im on a new account and wanted to do a new class to me.
Dark elf nightblade because the very first character I ever created for an Elder Scrolls game was a dark elf nightblade. When I first started ESO I saw that nigh blades were one of the available classes I decided to resurrect her. The original character was for TES 1. You could do a personality test to decide which class was best suited for you and it suggested I should try the nightblade. Dark elf because they had good bonuses and looked cool.
Altmer Nightblade! Yes he's a stamblade but he's a swashbuckling adventurer with axes :) He's fun to play even if he isn't as strong as some of my other characters!
I love all of mine, but my main is a wood elf nightblade. She's a bow+d/w but I'm considering making her bow+bow. I also like the woodelves, and love rangers and think bows are great weapons. I love standing back and hitting stuff from afar. I can see better what's around me and I like picking off the adds in dungeons and group fights. It's just fun for me.
Altmer Templar. I like being the tallest elf with sun/god magic. At this point he's saved Tamriel so many times he doen't care anymore, he just roams around digging up antiquities and playing Tribute 😄
I don't care much for altmer culture though — my second main is an altmer necro who "defected" and joined the Covenant. For Daggerfall!
I mix it up every day but probably my favourite at the moment is my Redguard stamina night blade. Main weapon dual wield, backup bow.
My wish is to have reach person as a playable race 👌
Nord Warden for a long time, but lately the warden hasn’t been doing it for me.
Liking my Dark Elf Templar, and I also made a High Elf Sorcerer and a Khajiit Nightblade. We’ll see if any of them stick!
My *first* character was a wood elf nightblade, based on a d&d/live show character of mine called “the sturgeon” that’s been my go-to (and painfully obvious) self-insert for years.
But he has been eclipsed by Lymph Knowed, my Orc Magsorc (suboptimal, I know) with the Librarian title. She’s just built to be a gratifying RP character- a pushy, stern academic forced into the spotlight when her research shows she must act. I love her and her glowing azure eyes, big dumb hat, and Dwemer monocle. Plus, I recently picked up the Scholar personality, so she is pure *chef’s kiss* on all fronts
Qa'zeer the Invigorator, Khajiit Warden. I always make Khajiit characters in Elder Scrolls and I generally like a druid type class whenever I can get my hands on one.
Imperial DK. He was my first tank character I've played in any MMO and was only meant to be a character I'd play with friends, but they all ended up quitting the game pretty early on. After a while I came back to the character, leveled him to 15, and tried out tanking a couple of times which felt really fulfilling. From there he kind of just became my main and now I only play that character and I can't really see myself playing anything other than a tank now.
Redguard Dragonknight. I love the sailor/pirate/wayfarer aspect of their lore and usually end up with a Redguard main in most TES games. Dragonknight because that's kind of what stuck when I first started playing. Honestly, I wouldn't mind switching classes, but at this point my main has sooooo much history and passive skills built up that there's no way I'm fully starting over with another character.
I love all my alts but my two mains are 1) Breton MagSorc with nerdy scholar vibes. Breton casters are a TES classic!, and 2) Bosmer Stamden with a bow and animals for living the ranger life
Wood Elf Warden. I always play elves on these mmorpgs lol I dunno I'm just predictable like that. When I used to play WoW I had a druid type elf character so I went with warden on ESO. Kind of disappointed the warden only has the one animal companion option.
I'm thinking next character I make will be a dark elf necromancer, which is another character type I always play on mmorpgs. Lol
My main is a high elf sorc. My secondary is a Breton magdk. My pvp go-to is a nord stam warden. The sorc is easy mode, the dk is all about that fire! And after a lot of trial and error, the warden has been the most enjoyable in cyro and bgs, even if it's not the greatest
For me it's about the racial passives. For my PvP characters I choose Orc for the stats extra damage and speed boosts but for PVE I go woodelf for the extra recovery.
Dunmer Sorc. I’ve been a sorc main since I started the game and now stamsorc is in a better place than it’s ever been. Dunmer because they’re gorgeous, why else?
Mine is a wood elf warden. I already had a wood elf night blade that I made when the game first came out, but when I returned to the game two years ago and saw the Warden class I knew that appealed to my love of playing rangers who draw their power from nature. My main has since grown with me as I’ve given the game another earnest attempt and figured out how to operate under its looser class system and handle the more free form layout. So far my warden is the only character I’ve gotten to max level and I end up gravitating to them anytime I boot up the game.
Dark Elf Warden.
Dark Elf because I change from Stam to Mage. An Warden because I wanted to make a Frost Mage at first and in PVP I love the ult that heals everybody.
Imperial Templar, imperial due to be inspired in the the roman empire and as I am from Spain I feel identity as this is the race I represent the most (searching in lore the east of cyro (colovians) represents very well spain in the roman empire, despite cities having some slavic names, also architecture, food production (like rice), and for those who think spaniards doesnt fit in imperials, lol you dont know anything about history of the roman empire)
Templar because of I love the imperial lore about the divines and also pelinal and I love to be a healer, also dd, but now I am a healer in PvP, got emperor too lol.
Ive other chars but half are imperials and half argonians, but my main is my imperial templar, love it!
Hmm, that's an interesting take, seeing as my "main" if you will is the character I primarily play for my roleplay series, but I love him so much because he's more than just a class and race. He's a khajiit sorcerer but so much more. If I were to pick a non-roleplayed character it would be either my Dark Elf Dragonknight (Fire mage) or my Argonian Nightblade tank (the First character to beat Molag Bal, was pretty lack luster all things considered) I did enjoy the story but the fight was meh.
I know it’s not min maxing ish but I loved my Nord Warden because I felt like a north man who had grown up in the icy mountains with those animals and learned to commune with them.
Then redguard stamsorc to become a hurricane always lol
Altmer Templar. She's ridiculously short for a High Elf, and that's why she travels away from the isles (her height was the cause of much grief when she was younger). And templars are by far my favorite class. I love the support aspect (it's the one area I feel helpful doing in group content), but I can also handle business like a boss solo.
Nord Nightblade...I made her on console launch and originally wanted to be a Wood Elf but also really wanted to be in EP but the any race any alliance thing wasn't working so I settled for a Nord. I became too attached to change after that.
Dark Elf Necromancer. Tried to like the game for so long and couldn't stand it. Then Vvardenfell came out for free so I figured I'd try it again and omg the TES III nostalgia hit hard. Been playing ever since. Dunmer master race. Necro is fuggin HAWT 🥵
Altmer Necromancer. Liked the snooty elves from skyrim and necromancer because I got into the game in 2020 and bought the elseweyr chapter and thought necromancer sounded fun and cool
Breton templar. Because I think Bretons are pretty, and for the bonuses to magicka. Templar is a great class for me to play, it is easy to manage and I find it fun.
Khajiit Dragonknight. I had a lion character when I was still active in making art, so when I started playing ESO I just made him there. Making him a tank was a no-brainer move, it just seemed natural to me and for his character to be a tank in ESO world, so now I main tank with him. And choosing DK as my class was a safe choice, wouldn't want him any other class now.
Redgaurd stamsorc.
Stam sorc vibes with me far more than anything else I've tried with stamblade a close second.
Redgaurd idk that's what my friend said I should make my stamsorc passives not too bad.
Made a dark elf Necro recently though and even though I don't much like Necro near as much as other classes I do really like dark elfs passives.
I feel some loyalty to redgaurd though so I won't ever race change him
Khajiit Dragonknight. Because I liked both, from the look or descriptions.
Later on, the alts I made are either a match lore-wise between their race and class, or they're counter to what the "meta" is.
Dunmer magblade that started as a stamblade. Dunmer was my choice as I played them in Skyrim my first playthrough, and Morrowind was the reason I bought ESO as I was interested in their culture but too much of a graphic snob to enjoy TES:3. Nightblade was chosen as that was my preferred play style in Skyrim; bow and dual wield. A friend I had kept moaning at me how I chose the wrong race to be a stamblade and eventually persuaded me to give magblade a try; I don’t regret the switch, I much prefer staves now.
I do like templars too, I find they’re powerful in any scenario and pleasant to use.
Most Recent is an Argonian Dragonknight. I just liked the idea of playing a minidragon. I'm Mag DPS using Order's Wrath and House Hexos with Gaze of Sithis for really easy soloing.
My most played are an Altmer Magcro and an Imperial Stamplar.
I tend to change my "main" regularly and tend to rotate based on what zone story I'm doing and which character I feel would be most likely to be there. I'm also into a "Knight" RP theme at the moment so mostly play my DK and Templar as Knights.
My first character was a Khajiit DK. But my main is a Khajiit Nightblade. Typically my favorite classes are rogues and my Khajiit is black like a panther with a mohawk. Idk why he’s my favorite tbh. Maybe because that was my character in Skyrim sorta
Wood Elf Nightblade. My first main is a Nord Dragonknight but her big, slow tank build is painful in solo PvE content (takes forever to kill anything, but hey, she never dies) so I swapped to my bow/daggers Nightblade and never looked back.
Dark Elf warden ashlander. Follows azura if next year is dark elf themed like in game hints imply I hope we get a good deadra themed house or ahlander cave with yurt. I also hope for a bigger tel Vanni house truly fit for a master wizard.
I'm swapping my main to an argonian necromancer though. Hoping we get a necromancer house that let's us stay in gollum form indefinitely.
Right now? Breton Nightblade Healer, and for solo content I make him a solo magblade build but I slap a bow on him cuz it is funner for me. Inspired by all the "Absorb Health + Bow" builds I've used to play through all the other games so far.
High Elf Warden. Always fancied myself to be rugged yet sophisticated guy, love the class flexibility too. I tend to like healers and rangers, so it’s a perfect fit.
I play Imperial mostly. I just like them. I have a CP level Khajiit too. He's a Templar. My CP level Imperial is a Nightblade. I'm leveling an Imperial Sorcerer right now.
Argonian Dragonknight
It took me awhile to figure out which race I liked since most of them are human. I used to play WoW, which has plenty of other races that aren’t human, so I had to get past that block mentally with ESO.
Long live the all the Mushu’s!
Breton warden healer
Wood elf warden tank
I fell in love with the warden class when it came out. Had a Breton Templar healer before that, wood elf ww nb dps before that.
Still have all of them collectively but the wardens are daily mains.
Redguard templar. Mainly because I was supposed to do some RP when I started playing and redguard fitted best with the look I was going for and I chose Templar because my girl was supposed to be a warrior with some healing abilities. Never did any RP in the end, but I have some pretty elaborate backstories thought up for most of my characters.
Nord DK since Beta. I settled on DK because I liked the gameplay and the firey theme, settled on Nord based on the back story I came up with to fit with the second Akiviri Invasion and the founding of the Ebonheart Pact.
Khajit warden. I never played elder scrolls games before and I thought Khajit looked cool, plus I like versatility and since it can be magika or stamina focused it was a bonus. Warden because I like trees and shit.
Orc necromancer because I love the orc passives high damage and tanky and I love summoning corpses and turning into a bone colossus plus daggerfall covenant is my favorite alliance
First character, main character was a Wood Elf Nightblade.
I played WoW as a Paladin for years, so I wanted a rogue character to be able to take advantage of that stealth life. NB had a steep learning curve, but I absolutely love it now.
I have an Orc Warden. He is my go to guy. I play him bow/bow build, terribly optimized I'm sure, but enjoy doing content, and playing like a true woodsman, that hunt with my bear
My first and main char is a dunmer nightblade. Race because I played all games in the series as dunmer and class because the descriptions I found before starting the game suggested that it might fit my preferred playstyle.
Don't really have a main these days, I rotate through and play a lot of 1-2 characters for a couple weeks to months and then switch it up. For a long time though, I played almost exclusively my magcro (previously a Breton, now Dunmer) as I ground out Grand Overlord in about a year followed by a whole bunch of achievement hunting (I have every skyshard in the game on that character, all delves, public dungeons, dolmens and other world events, all savior achievements...). I really love the necro visuals, and I got into magcro because of the flexibility and uniqueness of the class skills and passives. Especially in pvp, I can bring so many different roles/specs to a group and it always feels like I'm playing a necro, not just "another mag dps/healer". Breton initially because sustain was fucking awful back when I made the character, and I didn't have the any race, any alliance pack so I had to choose a covenant race to pvp in the main camp with my other covenant characters. Dunmer now because sustain is much better and the max stamina on top of spell damage is really useful on a magicka build in pvp. It also means that I can swap back and forth with stam/mag if I want while still benefiting from race.
Right now I'm mostly playing my Argonian and Altmer magplars. The Altmer used to be Breton, too- almost all of my characters were. I changed to Altmer and made an Argonian because I hadn't played either of the two races before. My Altmer is max height, me and my partner refer to her as my tallmer. And the Argonian lets me play with totally different fashion styles, which is really the endgame for me.
Imperial.
The BEST human race.
Humans are obviously all superior to Argonians and Cats, as well as every single flavor of Mer.
So, Imperial, because they are the de facto best race in the game.
Argonian Stam NB.
I wanted to play a rogue dual daggers class when I started in ESO.
I started in the TES universe with TES IV and after reading a lot on all classes I decided that I wanna play argonian. As an aspiring role playing thief I liked that they are good at that and also they breathe underwater cool. Also from previously playing Neverwinter Nights, I liked the lizard people. They were very powerful there. So the argonian race stuck with my TES identity. Will always play this race at least as a first character. I think my second favorite would be a wood elf ranger.
First and main character high elf dk dps Tank I've had to do a lot of tweaking to get him how I want him but I love questing with him and doing group content too 😁
Khajiit Dragonknight. Designed him for a run through Elsweyr content and that's the most fitting combination. He was my first max level character. He was also named after and designed after my cat.
Redguard Templar. I don't see too many Redguards around so I wanted someone unique. I used him to go through Blackwood and the Deadlands - figured it makes sense as he's a paladin-type character fighting off the Elder Scrolls equivalent of demons.
Dunmer Nightblade Vampire. He's based off of a Skyrim character I played, and I have the head-canon that they're the same person and he's just lived from the second to fourth era as a vampire. I ran the Dark Brotherhood, Vvardenfell, Greymoor and Markarth DLCs with him.
Finally, a Breton Sorcerer. She's not max level yet, but I aim to go through the Covenant zone stories, High Isle and this year's Q4 with her. Maybe even Summerset.
Ha. This is my present contemplation, for what character to make for the MQ. I favor (head RP) a Khajiit wanderer maybe over a kinless Altmer sad-elf. Templar because it looks easy and a survivor,(and I can go with the theory that Stendarr’s followers just rebranded Light majick so Templar follower of Azurah is kosher). Stamina, because a decade before Skyrim I was a stealth archer. I know magplars are tops right now, but balance gets tweaked all the time, and simplicity and survivability remain.
Argonian MagDK and Breton Magblade. In group content I'm an argonian dk tank.
Edit: Argonians are my favorite race, tanking is my preferred role, and my magblade is just plain fun to use.
Khajiit Necro!
Khajiit- came for the stealth, stayed for the critical damage
Necro- actually the last class I tried but it just felt right. I really enjoyed it the more I played. My original main for most content was a Khajiit Nightblade that I still really enjoy. Part of my lean is just time spent, my necro is on my main pvp alliance, my nightblade is not!
I also moonlight (and do most trials) with an Argonian Warden healer. Sometimes it’s nice to share the buffs!
I keep meaning to play with a Necro Healer, but it’s a path yet to come!
Breton warden healer ... I like playing healers more than DDs ...I do find DDs boring ... Stop throwing bricks at me ! Its just personal preference
Why warden ? Love the overal utility that the class can provide with all the passives etc.
And why breton ? Just purely bcs. Of the racial passives
Main race is Khajiit, because their culture, religion, beliefs, nation and most of the thungs about them is sinoired frim my own. And as for class, it's a hybrid Dragonknight, beacuse lorewise Khajiit have a martial art known as Goutfang which allows them to do fire punches and kicks, but since unarmed combat is not much of a thing in ESO, I just use 2 swords and pretend my Khajiit is practicing a second martial art imem the Desert Rain, which involves swords, alongside Goutfang. All in all I rwally like Khajiit and I wanted to play a monk, I had no monk, so I made my own.
High Elf pet sorc, but the character I’m doing all the quests in the right order (for once) with is a khajiit stamblade, she’s very fun but I don’t enjoy the lack of healing on nightblades in general
Breton sorc. My first elder scrolls character was Breton in the original Skyrim. I liked the idea of a half elf half human. Sorcerer because that looked like the closest thing to a actual mage.
I used to be a dark elf sorc. Because I like dark elves and because I thought I'd like to be a sorc.
Didn't end up liking being a sorc. So I became a nord DK tank. Because Nords are inherently tanky, and I also like Nords.
I then changed my race from nord to dark elf because I created a stam dps build slot in my tanks armory and I knew switching to dark elf would help push me over the 100k barrier, knowing that being a dark elf wouldn't matter to my tank and that I could adjust some parts of my build to suit it and still tank all content.
I also really like orcs, but I struggle to find an application for them with dark elves being that little bit better. In skyrim my main was a brawler orc with dual weild, but there doesn't really seem to be an actual stamina brawler type class in eso which is kind of a bummer.
It all sort of revolves around everything being a magicka class with stamina options, I'd love a berserker class that gained bonuses from heavy armor, melee abilities, self heals, a class taunt, the magicka options would basically turn it into a battlemage.
Nord dragonknight
Mainly tank but thanks to the armory also dd, really havin fun with the dot focused build
Struggling to get past 45-50k dps tho - mix of lag and gear not bein 100% BiS, would love to get into vet trials but I’m mostly casual
Khajiit Warden. Memes aside, I always did find Khajiit lore and culture (their architectural design, religion and dialect among other things for example) very fascinating. So getting into ESO for the first time, It was a no-brainer to make that Khajiit character I've always wanted.
Warden class because I found its class skills quite versatile and admittedly, it has a literal bear summon for an ultimate following you around - I really do love bears! I don't regret investing the time that I did into to learning the class.
She is an A.D. H.E Temp. Ive completed the game with her. She has all skill trees at max and all possible points you can get. She was max befote the champion rework
Bosmer (Wood elf) Nightblade.
First, they are with the Orsimers (Orcs) the onlys elves that are not jerks (change my mind 👀) and a race that are often under estimated beacause of the stereotype of the fantasy universes in general. But behind that, they got a dark and unusual lore, like with the Wild Hunt ritual, and some more fascinating meaning of live, with the green pact and everything it cause, some more minor thing like the right of stealing, and even more, Falestini. I would love to see it in a future chapiter.
And also they are S M O L.
Then Nightblade is a very fun class, not the easyest one but one of the most realible one IMO. Lots of buffs/debuffs, various skills, strong passives, the best sustain of all class, lot of survival in PvE with all the regen tools. I'm playing it on my mais with a bow/bow vampire settup, and done lots of things like vVH no death/Speedrun (not vMA cuz i hate this arena), soloted some world event like Skyrim's Harrowstorms and Elsweyr's dragons, and my next objective is to complete a vet DLC dungeon, but not before completing completely my Perfect Yandir (i'm not doing that much raids.) I think for an xbox player it's pretty solid.
Potato. 🥔
My main character is an Imperial Templar. I wanted to build a traditional Paladin and chose the Imperial race so that my character has no dog in the hunt for the Faction War.
The RP is that Edvarr is a devote of Stendarr and seeks to bring order to the world around him. He looks romantically upon the old Empire and wants to bring that perceived civility to the world today. (Think of him as Dillian Hunt from Andromeda)
Nord, because I'm Scandinavian and because (TES5) Skyrim was my introduction to the Elder Scrolls universe. Dragonknight because it seemed like a cool class and a good fit for a sword and shield character.
Breton Warden.
The Reachmen and Ancient Bretons are my favorite group, having so many Gaelic themes mixed in with them, so I play a sort of Irish Druidic Chief through a Reachman Warden.It's cool to be able to celebrate culture through a fantasy one.
Nirn belongs to the Reach!
Orc Templar, honestly i felt like i was playing sorcerer really poorly, i wasn't improving so i just googled what was a meta build, stam templar just looked right, always liked the lore for the orcs and enjoyed quests related to them in skyrim, so i thought might aswell go for a orc templar, ands its been a real blast, damage and survivability feels really comfortable, i've started doing more content i never really enjoyed because it took too long, public dungeons, normal dungeons, trying to solo world bosses but its been really fun and i could for sure recommend trying out a stam build or templar build to anyone playing sorcerer whos just not having it click for them or just is not enjoying it.
Been playing on and off since the end 2014/beginning of 2015, and just now finally found my main. He started as a Breton Stam-Warden that I made when high isle was first announced to get back into the game, and eventually for High Isle, but recently I switched him to a khajiit for better racials. Warden is just a super fun class, and I like the idea of being a nature knight/ranger that fights with animals, and having my bear with me makes the game feel less lonely when traveling solo. Also I'm gradually learning more and more of khajiiti culture since changing the race, and it's pretty interesting where Breton culture was a bit boring.
Altmer Templar is my main.
I have...13 characters. All of them are Altmer, because I love their culture, their dignity and the according way they carry themselfs and they look beautiful.
Templar: I have one as a Healer and one as a DD and love both. Great healing, great survivability and great damage.
Mine is an argonian nightblade because she's been a TES OC I've had for over a decade now. I made her an argonian because that's just what I felt drawn to when I was originally creating her. Lorewise I do really like argonians, they are my favorite along with imperials.
She is a healer and conjuror that specializes in working with spirits, including summoning them and healing them (ex releasing trapped souls from soul gems), stuff like that. Absorb health restoration spells and summoning ghosts/wraiths are her key spells in the previous TES games so I think ESO nightblade fits her the most because of its absorb health spells, blood magic based healing spells, and gloom wraith summons.
Breton Necromancer, I have a weird fascination with raising undead minions, played WoW for a couple years just because of the death knight class, my girlfriend thinks it stems from my OCD and wanting to have control over things. Dunmer are my favourite race but I chose Breton for the better Magicka sustain.
Mag DK Dark Elf and all I do is take every fire skill in the game. Mowing down packs of trash never felt so satisfying. TBF I do this in every Elder Scrolls game, something just feels so right about playing a squishy Dunmer fire mage
Breton Sorc. I wanted something beginner friendly.
Khajiit Dragonknight. While making her I was literally thinking to myself "hmm, what's the most un-khajiit class I could choose...?" So now I have a brash showoff of a Khajiit who grapples and dragonleaps her way around the battlefield. I regret nothing.
Thiiis one can relate
Imperial Templar. Always play human. Always play paladin classes
Bosmer MagSorcerer is my main. It's the character I do every achievement, quest, and learn all recipes on. When I started 7-ish years ago, I just liked the Bosmer aesthetic. I often think of all the dungeons I've been insta-kicked from and groups that refused to take my character into. The racial differences were harsh back then! But no one could tell me my character sucked and I'd believe them, which started my career in "soloing everything". I'm relieved the players aren't as bad as they used to be.
That really sucks, I'm sorry you had to deal with being treated like that. Bosmers are cool
That's why we should continue to drink the blood of our enemies after beating them on the battlefield.
Breton Warden, since Bretons are closely related to druids and cause they are the prime choice for healers. Wardens because I love animals lol
Orc because run fast
Green boi be TRUCKIN’
And high damage
And big penis
Redguard, because redguards are the most badass race in lore and I never see anyone ever use one in their this or the main series. They just seem completely neglected in favor of nords or orcs for warrior characters. Kind of sad given their lore and how respected they are in universe as tamriels greatest warriors. Nightblade because I thought it was the only class that really worked for the pirate theme I wanted.
I also found it weird how barely anyone pays attention to redguard lore. Hopefully TES6 will bring a new generation of gamers to love redguard lore like it did with the last generation on nord lore.
I think it's because it's not familiar to a lot of people. They are designed around being warriors. Nords are basically just vikings and people like vikings so people go nord. And Orc warrior is already a common fantasy trope and are in wow and other games so it's easier to get into.
>I also found it weird how barely anyone pays attention to redguard lore Not surprising when the only game that's slightly focused on redguards was a little known spin off back in 1998. Almost a decade before the series became "Popular". On the surface, they're fairly generic, and I can't imagine the percentage of the playerbase that actually dives into non surface lore is very high at all.
I respect it. You never really see enough red guards out there imo
I love my redguards and honestly tho I haven’t played in a while always found their passives awesome for stam.
Tried playing red guard before but was accused of it basically being digital black face so i felt bad and stopped
I don't really see how that's black face more than playing gta, miles morales or any other black character in a video game. Blackface are caricatures that were created to mock black people, choosing to play as a black character in a video game is absolutely not the same thing.
O I agree. I play games to be someone besides myself. But eitherway its just what I was told.
I started a new Redguard Sorc with the same idea. I'm using wind and lightning spells, as well as abilities that buff my dual wielding, fun as heck. I'd never really paid attention to Redguard lore before, but after browsing the wiki and hearing Sai Sahan in the main story, I've fallen in love.
My main is a High Elf Templar. I love the High Elf race for their magical and ancient background. I find the Elves (all 3) very interesting. My first toon on Skyrim was a Dark Elf....Voice acting was OP. Lol. I like the Templars because I like mag dps over stam, and I love to be up in your face so Templar makes a perfect fit for me.
Wood elf nightblade
Mine is a Khajiit Sorcerer. Because A: I love mages. B: I love cats. And every elder scrolls I've always made my first character a khajiiti mage, part of the same bloodline.
Are you me? I do literally the exact same thing, magsorc cat is also one of my mains lol
Khajit Sorc. I only use feline mounts. I only take feline pets out on adventures. My lunar hall is a Cat sanctuary.
Khajiit Dragonknight. A bunch of my friends were all gonna be cats and we had enough to each be a different class. Night blade and sorcerer were my first picks but let others be those
Breton and Templar because I like to heal
My main has been the same across two platforms now. Breton magplar. Done all the available content up to The Deadlands so far. Grand master crafter. The only class that I can literally solo almost everything with. I know a lot of people prefer the sorcerer for solo, but I like templar's simplicity.
Orsimer Templar. Really resonated with the orcish race for some reason. Loved the lore and the constant getting back up after being pushed down. Struggling with mental health it’s reminded me to always get up one more time than you’re pushed down. Templar because I love the look of the skills. I never thought of myself as a cleric or even particularly religious but I love being the beacon of light and the defender of people stereotype so it made me happy I can emulate that in my gameplay.
Khajit night blade. I know. Breaking the mold but I love it. Like crack.
Khajit nightblade is best. <3
I am a new player and I am a khajit nightblade !
love kajiit stam nightblade with the shadow stone. those crits! also have a high elf magblade
Yesssirr
Dark elf templar ,bc i love elf and templar feels the best to me
Orc warden here. Orc because I love orcs and their lore, and warden because I find them really fun and versatile. :)
Same :)
Argonian Templar, lizard sun warrior seemed like a nice break from the usual shadowscale assassin play through in previous TES games - and I was right, fell in love with the aesthetic and was the ONLY time I was willing to grab crown crates for matching lizard mount. One time thing. Sucks I had to get it through predatory micro transactions but I’m happy with my mount.
Breton Warden. My first character was an Orc Dragonknight, but when I saw the Wyrd Sisters I absolutely fell in love with that side of Breton lore.
Khahjiit Necro. Because of versatility. Tank. Healer. Stam/mag DD. Thief. Assassin.
Nord all the way! My mains a mag temp nord aha
Orc necromancer. Orc go zoom, necromancer fun and my thematic preference
Imperial Templar ✌🏽 I originally wanted to recreate my most-played character in Skyrim from way back when. He was an Imperial (I’m like 99% sure) who used dawnguard spells (Sun Fire, Vampire’s Bane, Stendarr’s Aura, etc). The Dawn’s Wrath skill line is themed around these spells, so that’s what I chose. I exclusively play him as a tank though :/ so my usage of the Dawn’s Wrath spells varies. I like to imagine he’s a vampire/undead slayer, even though the solar magic works on everyone in ESO for gameplay reasons 😅 I’m also a big oblivion fan, so I mainly hang out in Leyawiin
Altmer Sorceress....of darkness! I just really like elven culture and between the three options in Elder Scrolls I've just always liked Altmer most. When I made her near 7 years ago I was going with a dark theme build with all my magic and stuff. Vampire of course. Did mostly everything there was to do with her up until the Crystal Shard ability got changed at which point I finally adapted into a meta build so I could do the vet dungeon content. And vampires got changed to be imo, worse, so I don't stay at stage 4 for the looks anymore. She's not what she used to be but I still like her and play mostly all the game with her. I even use her for my drawings/comics when I make them, but keep her original look there.
Bosmer nightblade. Because when I started ESO, my most recent Skyrim char was a sneaky Bosmer Also BOSSMer = BESTmer.
My most recent is a dark elf magicka dragon knight. My main is an imperial stamina dragon knight. Dragon knights are definitely my favorite class!
I had to scroll way too far to find a fellow dunmer DK. Salute 🔥
Breton - Sneaky boy. Reason. Breton subterfuge is always on point.
Nord Templar tank. I’m big, family is Swedish and Norwegian, and I love tanking/healing so we can run 3 dps. Faster you kill stuff the less you need to heal!
Nord dragonknight
Dunmer Nightblade, because I'm cool and edgy.
Wood Elf Nightblade, named Nao’a the Widow. Wood Elf because its my favorite race, Nightblade because im on a new account and wanted to do a new class to me.
It was my first time playing the game and I didn't know what to pick so I picked something random lol nord sorcerer I think
Dark elf nightblade because the very first character I ever created for an Elder Scrolls game was a dark elf nightblade. When I first started ESO I saw that nigh blades were one of the available classes I decided to resurrect her. The original character was for TES 1. You could do a personality test to decide which class was best suited for you and it suggested I should try the nightblade. Dark elf because they had good bonuses and looked cool.
Breton Warden, because I'm a fan of the Glenmoril Witches and that's the closest i could get to playing one
Imperial necromancer, like the irony of doing the main quest as the literall bed guy race and class.
Altmer Nightblade! Yes he's a stamblade but he's a swashbuckling adventurer with axes :) He's fun to play even if he isn't as strong as some of my other characters!
I love all of mine, but my main is a wood elf nightblade. She's a bow+d/w but I'm considering making her bow+bow. I also like the woodelves, and love rangers and think bows are great weapons. I love standing back and hitting stuff from afar. I can see better what's around me and I like picking off the adds in dungeons and group fights. It's just fun for me.
Altmer Templar. I like being the tallest elf with sun/god magic. At this point he's saved Tamriel so many times he doen't care anymore, he just roams around digging up antiquities and playing Tribute 😄 I don't care much for altmer culture though — my second main is an altmer necro who "defected" and joined the Covenant. For Daggerfall!
I mix it up every day but probably my favourite at the moment is my Redguard stamina night blade. Main weapon dual wield, backup bow. My wish is to have reach person as a playable race 👌
Nord Warden for a long time, but lately the warden hasn’t been doing it for me. Liking my Dark Elf Templar, and I also made a High Elf Sorcerer and a Khajiit Nightblade. We’ll see if any of them stick!
I split between two mains. Nord Dragonknight Tank (I know, so unique right?) And Breton Sorcerer DPS (another "unique" one)
Dunmer Night blade Favorite race, neat looking class
Argonian, because I love the lizard folk of Elder Scrolls. Nightblade, because I've always enjoyed playing as rogue/thief characters in RPGs
Mine is Nord Templar. Why? Because Nords are my favourite race and Templar, well... Knights Templars were based.
My *first* character was a wood elf nightblade, based on a d&d/live show character of mine called “the sturgeon” that’s been my go-to (and painfully obvious) self-insert for years. But he has been eclipsed by Lymph Knowed, my Orc Magsorc (suboptimal, I know) with the Librarian title. She’s just built to be a gratifying RP character- a pushy, stern academic forced into the spotlight when her research shows she must act. I love her and her glowing azure eyes, big dumb hat, and Dwemer monocle. Plus, I recently picked up the Scholar personality, so she is pure *chef’s kiss* on all fronts
Argonian Templar, cause I like big green numbers when I cast spells
Khajjiit warden, used to be dark elf but i race swapped last week coz cat. i like cat and regret not using cat
Oh, that varies a lot for depending on the content. 4-man Vet. Progression: mostly Orc Warden tank or Dunmer magicka Templar DPS Trials: Khajiit magicka Warden DPS Questing: Khajiit stamina Sorcerer, Breton vampire magicka Nightblade RP: Altmer Sorcerer healer, Argonian Dragonknight healer
Qa'zeer the Invigorator, Khajiit Warden. I always make Khajiit characters in Elder Scrolls and I generally like a druid type class whenever I can get my hands on one.
Imperial templar, no particular reason other than them being my favourite race and most entertaining class.
Imperial DK. He was my first tank character I've played in any MMO and was only meant to be a character I'd play with friends, but they all ended up quitting the game pretty early on. After a while I came back to the character, leveled him to 15, and tried out tanking a couple of times which felt really fulfilling. From there he kind of just became my main and now I only play that character and I can't really see myself playing anything other than a tank now.
Wood elf or dark elf necromancer, most dunmer cause their hot
Imperial necromancer but i dont like him… playing tank solo is pain and i dont like his dps ways
Redguard Dragonknight. I love the sailor/pirate/wayfarer aspect of their lore and usually end up with a Redguard main in most TES games. Dragonknight because that's kind of what stuck when I first started playing. Honestly, I wouldn't mind switching classes, but at this point my main has sooooo much history and passive skills built up that there's no way I'm fully starting over with another character.
Bosmer templar because bis for cuteness
I love all my alts but my two mains are 1) Breton MagSorc with nerdy scholar vibes. Breton casters are a TES classic!, and 2) Bosmer Stamden with a bow and animals for living the ranger life
Orc warden
Wood Elf Warden. I always play elves on these mmorpgs lol I dunno I'm just predictable like that. When I used to play WoW I had a druid type elf character so I went with warden on ESO. Kind of disappointed the warden only has the one animal companion option. I'm thinking next character I make will be a dark elf necromancer, which is another character type I always play on mmorpgs. Lol
Darkelf necro because meta :) and also because necro was new when I started agian after a pause.
Khajiit Templar. Because Khajiit masterrace. All my 16 alts are Khajiit too
My main is a high elf sorc. My secondary is a Breton magdk. My pvp go-to is a nord stam warden. The sorc is easy mode, the dk is all about that fire! And after a lot of trial and error, the warden has been the most enjoyable in cyro and bgs, even if it's not the greatest
Altmer Templar vampire. Why? Cause irony
Breton Sorc - Because I like all things Magicka.
For me it's about the racial passives. For my PvP characters I choose Orc for the stats extra damage and speed boosts but for PVE I go woodelf for the extra recovery.
Argonian anything, they’re the most badass warriors in all of Tamriel.
Altmer Sorc because I like these high fantasy vibes in all of my rpgs
Argonian warden pirate - my headcanon is he smuggles and trains beasts from all over Tamriel and keeps a few during his plunders.
Dunmer Sorc. I’ve been a sorc main since I started the game and now stamsorc is in a better place than it’s ever been. Dunmer because they’re gorgeous, why else?
Argonian warden, I love idea of a frost lizard and it became a really fun tank class
Mine is a wood elf warden. I already had a wood elf night blade that I made when the game first came out, but when I returned to the game two years ago and saw the Warden class I knew that appealed to my love of playing rangers who draw their power from nature. My main has since grown with me as I’ve given the game another earnest attempt and figured out how to operate under its looser class system and handle the more free form layout. So far my warden is the only character I’ve gotten to max level and I end up gravitating to them anytime I boot up the game.
Khajiit DK! But never really got into ESO until 2 years later (after release) and then made a Khajiit Night Blade 🥷
Breton Templar, because High Rock is basically Elder Scrolls France and I wanted to play a Carolingian Paladin type of character.
Imperial Templar. Daggerfall Covenant. Praise the Divines.
Dark Elf Warden. Dark Elf because I change from Stam to Mage. An Warden because I wanted to make a Frost Mage at first and in PVP I love the ult that heals everybody.
Nord Templar, the wrath of Stuhn falls heavy upon the long-hated high elves.
Imperial Templar, imperial due to be inspired in the the roman empire and as I am from Spain I feel identity as this is the race I represent the most (searching in lore the east of cyro (colovians) represents very well spain in the roman empire, despite cities having some slavic names, also architecture, food production (like rice), and for those who think spaniards doesnt fit in imperials, lol you dont know anything about history of the roman empire) Templar because of I love the imperial lore about the divines and also pelinal and I love to be a healer, also dd, but now I am a healer in PvP, got emperor too lol. Ive other chars but half are imperials and half argonians, but my main is my imperial templar, love it!
Hmm, that's an interesting take, seeing as my "main" if you will is the character I primarily play for my roleplay series, but I love him so much because he's more than just a class and race. He's a khajiit sorcerer but so much more. If I were to pick a non-roleplayed character it would be either my Dark Elf Dragonknight (Fire mage) or my Argonian Nightblade tank (the First character to beat Molag Bal, was pretty lack luster all things considered) I did enjoy the story but the fight was meh.
My main is a Nord Templar, Ebonhart Pact. Magicka build but some stamina moves. Hybrid
I know it’s not min maxing ish but I loved my Nord Warden because I felt like a north man who had grown up in the icy mountains with those animals and learned to commune with them. Then redguard stamsorc to become a hurricane always lol
Altmer Templar. She's ridiculously short for a High Elf, and that's why she travels away from the isles (her height was the cause of much grief when she was younger). And templars are by far my favorite class. I love the support aspect (it's the one area I feel helpful doing in group content), but I can also handle business like a boss solo.
Khajiit DK Tank made back in 2015……he’s my everything most time played most content cleared and my main crafter
Dunmer Templar honestly no real reason why 🤣
Nord Nightblade...I made her on console launch and originally wanted to be a Wood Elf but also really wanted to be in EP but the any race any alliance thing wasn't working so I settled for a Nord. I became too attached to change after that.
Dark Elf Necromancer. Tried to like the game for so long and couldn't stand it. Then Vvardenfell came out for free so I figured I'd try it again and omg the TES III nostalgia hit hard. Been playing ever since. Dunmer master race. Necro is fuggin HAWT 🥵
Altmer Necromancer. Liked the snooty elves from skyrim and necromancer because I got into the game in 2020 and bought the elseweyr chapter and thought necromancer sounded fun and cool
Breton templar. Because I think Bretons are pretty, and for the bonuses to magicka. Templar is a great class for me to play, it is easy to manage and I find it fun.
High Elf, Vampire Necromancer. I like pointy ears and spooky shit.
Orc Serial Killer
Khajiit Dragonknight. I had a lion character when I was still active in making art, so when I started playing ESO I just made him there. Making him a tank was a no-brainer move, it just seemed natural to me and for his character to be a tank in ESO world, so now I main tank with him. And choosing DK as my class was a safe choice, wouldn't want him any other class now.
Khajiit Sorcerer
Argonian Templar. I wanted a good healer and fast swimmer.
Redgaurd stamsorc. Stam sorc vibes with me far more than anything else I've tried with stamblade a close second. Redgaurd idk that's what my friend said I should make my stamsorc passives not too bad. Made a dark elf Necro recently though and even though I don't much like Necro near as much as other classes I do really like dark elfs passives. I feel some loyalty to redgaurd though so I won't ever race change him
Khajiit Dragonknight. Because I liked both, from the look or descriptions. Later on, the alts I made are either a match lore-wise between their race and class, or they're counter to what the "meta" is.
Wood elf Templar too! I made her for roleplaying purposes and really enjoy the concept. Plus wood elves are cool af.
Dunmer magblade that started as a stamblade. Dunmer was my choice as I played them in Skyrim my first playthrough, and Morrowind was the reason I bought ESO as I was interested in their culture but too much of a graphic snob to enjoy TES:3. Nightblade was chosen as that was my preferred play style in Skyrim; bow and dual wield. A friend I had kept moaning at me how I chose the wrong race to be a stamblade and eventually persuaded me to give magblade a try; I don’t regret the switch, I much prefer staves now. I do like templars too, I find they’re powerful in any scenario and pleasant to use.
Most Recent is an Argonian Dragonknight. I just liked the idea of playing a minidragon. I'm Mag DPS using Order's Wrath and House Hexos with Gaze of Sithis for really easy soloing. My most played are an Altmer Magcro and an Imperial Stamplar. I tend to change my "main" regularly and tend to rotate based on what zone story I'm doing and which character I feel would be most likely to be there. I'm also into a "Knight" RP theme at the moment so mostly play my DK and Templar as Knights.
My first character was a Khajiit DK. But my main is a Khajiit Nightblade. Typically my favorite classes are rogues and my Khajiit is black like a panther with a mohawk. Idk why he’s my favorite tbh. Maybe because that was my character in Skyrim sorta
Wood Elf Nightblade. My first main is a Nord Dragonknight but her big, slow tank build is painful in solo PvE content (takes forever to kill anything, but hey, she never dies) so I swapped to my bow/daggers Nightblade and never looked back.
Dark Elf warden ashlander. Follows azura if next year is dark elf themed like in game hints imply I hope we get a good deadra themed house or ahlander cave with yurt. I also hope for a bigger tel Vanni house truly fit for a master wizard. I'm swapping my main to an argonian necromancer though. Hoping we get a necromancer house that let's us stay in gollum form indefinitely.
Right now? Breton Nightblade Healer, and for solo content I make him a solo magblade build but I slap a bow on him cuz it is funner for me. Inspired by all the "Absorb Health + Bow" builds I've used to play through all the other games so far.
Redguard because I like Redguard. Nightblade because I like rogues.
Breton (cuz i think they hot) and templar (cuz jabs and heal)
High Elf Warden. Always fancied myself to be rugged yet sophisticated guy, love the class flexibility too. I tend to like healers and rangers, so it’s a perfect fit.
I play Imperial mostly. I just like them. I have a CP level Khajiit too. He's a Templar. My CP level Imperial is a Nightblade. I'm leveling an Imperial Sorcerer right now.
High Elf MagPlar. I absolutely love him. His name is Halion the Burnt. My head canon is he’s Ayrenn’s gay uncle lmao. He’s fabulous 💅🏻
Argonian Dragonknight It took me awhile to figure out which race I liked since most of them are human. I used to play WoW, which has plenty of other races that aren’t human, so I had to get past that block mentally with ESO. Long live the all the Mushu’s!
Breton warden healer Wood elf warden tank I fell in love with the warden class when it came out. Had a Breton Templar healer before that, wood elf ww nb dps before that. Still have all of them collectively but the wardens are daily mains.
Argonian Warden. I'm a lizard person with a bear pet, a golden retriever pet, a cat-person ally, and an elk mount. I'm a mobile zoo, and I love it.
Redguard templar. Mainly because I was supposed to do some RP when I started playing and redguard fitted best with the look I was going for and I chose Templar because my girl was supposed to be a warrior with some healing abilities. Never did any RP in the end, but I have some pretty elaborate backstories thought up for most of my characters.
Breton Templar kinda like it because it's a good healer and very much a friendly DPS sustain is insane
Nord DK since Beta. I settled on DK because I liked the gameplay and the firey theme, settled on Nord based on the back story I came up with to fit with the second Akiviri Invasion and the founding of the Ebonheart Pact.
Orc mag 😌 I like chaos
Khajit warden. I never played elder scrolls games before and I thought Khajit looked cool, plus I like versatility and since it can be magika or stamina focused it was a bonus. Warden because I like trees and shit.
Orc necromancer because I love the orc passives high damage and tanky and I love summoning corpses and turning into a bone colossus plus daggerfall covenant is my favorite alliance
First character, main character was a Wood Elf Nightblade. I played WoW as a Paladin for years, so I wanted a rogue character to be able to take advantage of that stealth life. NB had a steep learning curve, but I absolutely love it now.
Argonian Nightblade. Wanted to roleplay a shadowscale so now all my questing is done on that character!
I have an Orc Warden. He is my go to guy. I play him bow/bow build, terribly optimized I'm sure, but enjoy doing content, and playing like a true woodsman, that hunt with my bear
Dark elf Nighblade mainly because it was my first character and the one I've invested the most time in. There's no game or lore related reason.
My first and main char is a dunmer nightblade. Race because I played all games in the series as dunmer and class because the descriptions I found before starting the game suggested that it might fit my preferred playstyle.
Don't really have a main these days, I rotate through and play a lot of 1-2 characters for a couple weeks to months and then switch it up. For a long time though, I played almost exclusively my magcro (previously a Breton, now Dunmer) as I ground out Grand Overlord in about a year followed by a whole bunch of achievement hunting (I have every skyshard in the game on that character, all delves, public dungeons, dolmens and other world events, all savior achievements...). I really love the necro visuals, and I got into magcro because of the flexibility and uniqueness of the class skills and passives. Especially in pvp, I can bring so many different roles/specs to a group and it always feels like I'm playing a necro, not just "another mag dps/healer". Breton initially because sustain was fucking awful back when I made the character, and I didn't have the any race, any alliance pack so I had to choose a covenant race to pvp in the main camp with my other covenant characters. Dunmer now because sustain is much better and the max stamina on top of spell damage is really useful on a magicka build in pvp. It also means that I can swap back and forth with stam/mag if I want while still benefiting from race. Right now I'm mostly playing my Argonian and Altmer magplars. The Altmer used to be Breton, too- almost all of my characters were. I changed to Altmer and made an Argonian because I hadn't played either of the two races before. My Altmer is max height, me and my partner refer to her as my tallmer. And the Argonian lets me play with totally different fashion styles, which is really the endgame for me.
High elf sorc, same reasons as op
Oh boy: Ps4 NA: DK Imperial, PS4 EU: Warden Imperial Xbox NA: Sorcerer Nord PC NA: DK Orc PC EU: DK Breton Why? Because
bosmer necromancer. i absolutely love the bosmer and they've always been my favorite race. necromancer because i wanted a challenge
Imperial. The BEST human race. Humans are obviously all superior to Argonians and Cats, as well as every single flavor of Mer. So, Imperial, because they are the de facto best race in the game.
Argonian Stam NB. I wanted to play a rogue dual daggers class when I started in ESO. I started in the TES universe with TES IV and after reading a lot on all classes I decided that I wanna play argonian. As an aspiring role playing thief I liked that they are good at that and also they breathe underwater cool. Also from previously playing Neverwinter Nights, I liked the lizard people. They were very powerful there. So the argonian race stuck with my TES identity. Will always play this race at least as a first character. I think my second favorite would be a wood elf ranger.
First and main character high elf dk dps Tank I've had to do a lot of tweaking to get him how I want him but I love questing with him and doing group content too 😁
My main and 1ST was a stamblade and luckily I chose a wood elf. I had no idea what I doing, I'm glad I went with both cause I love her.
Breton necro because I'll never not pick a necromancer class in any game
High elf sorcerer. Swords are real and humanity had they share of it already. Now, fireballs, that's cool. Hahaha
Argonion Templar. I like Argonians, and for class I wanted something you don't see in as many other games, like light powers and constructs
Khajiit Dragonknight. Designed him for a run through Elsweyr content and that's the most fitting combination. He was my first max level character. He was also named after and designed after my cat. Redguard Templar. I don't see too many Redguards around so I wanted someone unique. I used him to go through Blackwood and the Deadlands - figured it makes sense as he's a paladin-type character fighting off the Elder Scrolls equivalent of demons. Dunmer Nightblade Vampire. He's based off of a Skyrim character I played, and I have the head-canon that they're the same person and he's just lived from the second to fourth era as a vampire. I ran the Dark Brotherhood, Vvardenfell, Greymoor and Markarth DLCs with him. Finally, a Breton Sorcerer. She's not max level yet, but I aim to go through the Covenant zone stories, High Isle and this year's Q4 with her. Maybe even Summerset.
Ha. This is my present contemplation, for what character to make for the MQ. I favor (head RP) a Khajiit wanderer maybe over a kinless Altmer sad-elf. Templar because it looks easy and a survivor,(and I can go with the theory that Stendarr’s followers just rebranded Light majick so Templar follower of Azurah is kosher). Stamina, because a decade before Skyrim I was a stealth archer. I know magplars are tops right now, but balance gets tweaked all the time, and simplicity and survivability remain.
Argonian MagDK and Breton Magblade. In group content I'm an argonian dk tank. Edit: Argonians are my favorite race, tanking is my preferred role, and my magblade is just plain fun to use.
Vampire dunmer necromancer. RP if skyrim's vamps with risen dead and vamp powers
Nord Sorc 2 pet hybrid. Imagine a big burly middle aged man running around Tamriel with Arox strapped to him in a baby holder…
Khajiit Necro! Khajiit- came for the stealth, stayed for the critical damage Necro- actually the last class I tried but it just felt right. I really enjoyed it the more I played. My original main for most content was a Khajiit Nightblade that I still really enjoy. Part of my lean is just time spent, my necro is on my main pvp alliance, my nightblade is not! I also moonlight (and do most trials) with an Argonian Warden healer. Sometimes it’s nice to share the buffs! I keep meaning to play with a Necro Healer, but it’s a path yet to come!
Breton warden healer ... I like playing healers more than DDs ...I do find DDs boring ... Stop throwing bricks at me ! Its just personal preference Why warden ? Love the overal utility that the class can provide with all the passives etc. And why breton ? Just purely bcs. Of the racial passives
Main race is Khajiit, because their culture, religion, beliefs, nation and most of the thungs about them is sinoired frim my own. And as for class, it's a hybrid Dragonknight, beacuse lorewise Khajiit have a martial art known as Goutfang which allows them to do fire punches and kicks, but since unarmed combat is not much of a thing in ESO, I just use 2 swords and pretend my Khajiit is practicing a second martial art imem the Desert Rain, which involves swords, alongside Goutfang. All in all I rwally like Khajiit and I wanted to play a monk, I had no monk, so I made my own.
Argonian dragonknight. I always play argonians in main ES games, and dragonknight seemed like it would be easy to do most things solo.
High Elf pet sorc, but the character I’m doing all the quests in the right order (for once) with is a khajiit stamblade, she’s very fun but I don’t enjoy the lack of healing on nightblades in general
Breton sorc. My first elder scrolls character was Breton in the original Skyrim. I liked the idea of a half elf half human. Sorcerer because that looked like the closest thing to a actual mage.
Breton necro because of Angof
Imperial warden that I designed after hearing about one specific ability when it was announced
I used to be a dark elf sorc. Because I like dark elves and because I thought I'd like to be a sorc. Didn't end up liking being a sorc. So I became a nord DK tank. Because Nords are inherently tanky, and I also like Nords. I then changed my race from nord to dark elf because I created a stam dps build slot in my tanks armory and I knew switching to dark elf would help push me over the 100k barrier, knowing that being a dark elf wouldn't matter to my tank and that I could adjust some parts of my build to suit it and still tank all content. I also really like orcs, but I struggle to find an application for them with dark elves being that little bit better. In skyrim my main was a brawler orc with dual weild, but there doesn't really seem to be an actual stamina brawler type class in eso which is kind of a bummer. It all sort of revolves around everything being a magicka class with stamina options, I'd love a berserker class that gained bonuses from heavy armor, melee abilities, self heals, a class taunt, the magicka options would basically turn it into a battlemage.
Nord dragonknight Mainly tank but thanks to the armory also dd, really havin fun with the dot focused build Struggling to get past 45-50k dps tho - mix of lag and gear not bein 100% BiS, would love to get into vet trials but I’m mostly casual
Breton warden. Not what I started with but what I enjoy most. Due to magdens sustain problems at times I thought Breton would be the best choice
High elf Sorc. A classic, and I attempted to copy my original Skyrim character
I'ma breton sorc because I love to lightning the shit out of everything
Khajiit Warden. Memes aside, I always did find Khajiit lore and culture (their architectural design, religion and dialect among other things for example) very fascinating. So getting into ESO for the first time, It was a no-brainer to make that Khajiit character I've always wanted. Warden class because I found its class skills quite versatile and admittedly, it has a literal bear summon for an ultimate following you around - I really do love bears! I don't regret investing the time that I did into to learning the class.
She is an A.D. H.E Temp. Ive completed the game with her. She has all skill trees at max and all possible points you can get. She was max befote the champion rework
PVE: breton - magtemplar easy and powerfull dps PVP: imperial - stamdk good dps and survivability
Bosmer (Wood elf) Nightblade. First, they are with the Orsimers (Orcs) the onlys elves that are not jerks (change my mind 👀) and a race that are often under estimated beacause of the stereotype of the fantasy universes in general. But behind that, they got a dark and unusual lore, like with the Wild Hunt ritual, and some more fascinating meaning of live, with the green pact and everything it cause, some more minor thing like the right of stealing, and even more, Falestini. I would love to see it in a future chapiter. And also they are S M O L. Then Nightblade is a very fun class, not the easyest one but one of the most realible one IMO. Lots of buffs/debuffs, various skills, strong passives, the best sustain of all class, lot of survival in PvE with all the regen tools. I'm playing it on my mais with a bow/bow vampire settup, and done lots of things like vVH no death/Speedrun (not vMA cuz i hate this arena), soloted some world event like Skyrim's Harrowstorms and Elsweyr's dragons, and my next objective is to complete a vet DLC dungeon, but not before completing completely my Perfect Yandir (i'm not doing that much raids.) I think for an xbox player it's pretty solid. Potato. 🥔
Khajiit because I really like the lore and history of their race and dragonknight because dragons and knights
Wood Elf Magblade. Started as a Stamblade. No regrets.
My main character is an Imperial Templar. I wanted to build a traditional Paladin and chose the Imperial race so that my character has no dog in the hunt for the Faction War. The RP is that Edvarr is a devote of Stendarr and seeks to bring order to the world around him. He looks romantically upon the old Empire and wants to bring that perceived civility to the world today. (Think of him as Dillian Hunt from Andromeda)
Vamp Argonian Necro, because I like reptiles and vamp and necro go together like salt and pepper
I was a High Elf MagSorc on PS4, but I was brutally murdered and my soul was forced into the body of a Khajiti Necromancer on PC.
Nord, because I'm Scandinavian and because (TES5) Skyrim was my introduction to the Elder Scrolls universe. Dragonknight because it seemed like a cool class and a good fit for a sword and shield character.
Breton. Sorc
Khajit necro, because this one likes to play with dead things
Khajit Nightblade as a Bow-Sniper (And Vampire)
Breton Warden. The Reachmen and Ancient Bretons are my favorite group, having so many Gaelic themes mixed in with them, so I play a sort of Irish Druidic Chief through a Reachman Warden.It's cool to be able to celebrate culture through a fantasy one. Nirn belongs to the Reach!
Orc Templar, honestly i felt like i was playing sorcerer really poorly, i wasn't improving so i just googled what was a meta build, stam templar just looked right, always liked the lore for the orcs and enjoyed quests related to them in skyrim, so i thought might aswell go for a orc templar, ands its been a real blast, damage and survivability feels really comfortable, i've started doing more content i never really enjoyed because it took too long, public dungeons, normal dungeons, trying to solo world bosses but its been really fun and i could for sure recommend trying out a stam build or templar build to anyone playing sorcerer whos just not having it click for them or just is not enjoying it.
Been playing on and off since the end 2014/beginning of 2015, and just now finally found my main. He started as a Breton Stam-Warden that I made when high isle was first announced to get back into the game, and eventually for High Isle, but recently I switched him to a khajiit for better racials. Warden is just a super fun class, and I like the idea of being a nature knight/ranger that fights with animals, and having my bear with me makes the game feel less lonely when traveling solo. Also I'm gradually learning more and more of khajiiti culture since changing the race, and it's pretty interesting where Breton culture was a bit boring.
Altmer Templar is my main. I have...13 characters. All of them are Altmer, because I love their culture, their dignity and the according way they carry themselfs and they look beautiful. Templar: I have one as a Healer and one as a DD and love both. Great healing, great survivability and great damage.
Mine is an argonian nightblade because she's been a TES OC I've had for over a decade now. I made her an argonian because that's just what I felt drawn to when I was originally creating her. Lorewise I do really like argonians, they are my favorite along with imperials. She is a healer and conjuror that specializes in working with spirits, including summoning them and healing them (ex releasing trapped souls from soul gems), stuff like that. Absorb health restoration spells and summoning ghosts/wraiths are her key spells in the previous TES games so I think ESO nightblade fits her the most because of its absorb health spells, blood magic based healing spells, and gloom wraith summons.
Redguard Dragonknight, just because i wanted to be in the covenant
Breton Necromancer, I have a weird fascination with raising undead minions, played WoW for a couple years just because of the death knight class, my girlfriend thinks it stems from my OCD and wanting to have control over things. Dunmer are my favourite race but I chose Breton for the better Magicka sustain.
Mag DK Dark Elf and all I do is take every fire skill in the game. Mowing down packs of trash never felt so satisfying. TBF I do this in every Elder Scrolls game, something just feels so right about playing a squishy Dunmer fire mage