Redguard - Great with the sword, Redguards make powerful DPS characters and have traits that boost their prowess with a sword and shield, as well as increased stamina regeneration.Orc - Sturdy, powerful warriors, Orcs excel on the front lines and have bonuses to their health, health regeneration, and heavy armor.Breton - Born to be mages, Bretons get bonuses to their magicka, spell resistance, and light armor skills.A brief outline is below, but more detailed info on each race can be found here. Adventurers who purchased the Imperial Edition will be able to play a 10th race, the Imperial. If you are playing the standard version, there will be 9 available. Their primary goal is to retake the Ruby throne and restore order.Īs with any Elder Scrolls game, the first step is picking from the many Races available to you. Daggerfall Covenant - Formed by the High King Emeric, the Covenant consists of the Bretons, Orcs and Redguard.The Aldmeri Dominion seeks to rule Tamriel under their banner. Aldmeri Dominion - Formed by the Altmer so that they might protect the land with the help of the Bosmer and the Khajiits.
Now the Dunmer, Nord and Argonian people all fight to keep their homelands free from the Empire. Ebonheart Pact - Formed under a period of duress, the three races that make up this pact would almost never work together before the alliance was made.If you and a group of friends want to play together from the very beginning of the game, everyone should talk over which faction they want before hand. Certain races will start out tied to specific factions, unless you have pruchased the Imperial Edition of Elder Scrolls Online, and the option to change won't come for quite some time.
While selecting a race, it's also important to consider the faction you wish to align yourself with. There are eight voice options for the varrying gender and race combinations, so be sure to find the one that sounds right to you. We'd recommend giving the whole interview a read over on if you find a spare moment during the day.The first two choices are your character's gender (male or female) and the sound of their voice. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that The Elder Scrolls VI doesn't need to go multiplatform to recoup Microsoft's investment, but also has said that Bethesda games coming to other platforms would be assessed on a case-by-case basis.īeyond that small nugget of headline news, the interview itself extremely interesting, with Howard making Bethesda's side of the acquisition very clear, including talking about what Game Pass could mean for traditionally underperforming single-player experiences such as Prey and Dishonored. It's not much to go on, but it certainly suggests that Bethesda isn't expecting to have to limit the release of one of its biggest upcoming games. However, when pressed with the idea that it's hard to imagine Microsoft restricting The Elder Scrolls VI to its own platforms when Skyrim, its predecessor, has been made available on nearly every platform possible, Todd responded as such (and with a smile, apparently). On top of this, it's important to mention that Howard said that details of the deal are still being finalised, and when it comes to platforms for future releases Howard said "We haven't gone through all of that, to be honest." Elder Scrolls and Fallout Director Todd Howard has hinted that The Elder Scrolls VI may not be exclusive to Microsoft platforms in a wide-ranging interview with .ĭuring the interview, Howard talked about many aspects of Microsoft's huge acquisition of Bethesda, including how surprised he was at the public reaction to the deal.