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ParanoidObsessive 02/19/20 11:40:30 PM #53:	Zeus posted... I typically pick the least-human race so... [insert incredibly obvious joke here] Zeus posted... For Oblivion, I picked Argonian despite there not being a ton of water in the game (thus limiting the racial perk's usefulness). For Skyrim, I mained a Khajiit both for the look (Argonians didn't look great) and because they had great racial bonuses, especially the nightvision perk (which was great for exploration). So you picked a race in Oblivion that would rarely get to use its strengths, and in Skyrim you picked the race that was being socially ostracized (even if it wasn't reflected in gameplay, more's the pity - it would have been cool if you got more shit or had to actively avoid certain cities as a Khajiit). It's like you're deliberately choosing hard mode! I was pretty much the exact opposite. It wasn't really a conscious choice on my part, but I noticed that my first choices in the Elder Scrolls games tended to be thematically appropriate. My first run in Oblivion I was an Imperial, my first run in Skyrim was a Nord. And it wasn't really a case of me going "Well, I'll play someone who's from here" - in Oblivion I went with the Imperial because of the speech bonuses (always a huge plus for me in any RPG), and in Skyrim I went with the Nord because they had the best-looking face models (in a selection of almost universally terrible faces). GreenKnight127 posted... I am EXTREMELY sexist when it comes to this, I will admit. I always start with a male character. Usually go all melee. Then on the second playthrough I always make a beautiful woman. And go pure magic. I tend to have a similar gender-based melee/magic assumption (though I'll happily play Amazon women swinging giant two-handed swords). But I've also noticed that my bigger bias is alignment-related. If I'm trying to do a deliberate evil run in an RPG with moral choice, where I'm going to screw over everyone I meet and torture innocent people, I almost HAVE to play as a male character. When I play female I tend to lean more into nurturing/protective instincts and wind up reflexively going good. In KotOR, I started out assuming I'd be a Sith by the end of the game... but I played a female character, and I was 100% Light Side before I ever left the third planet. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:934623692] in When it co... [t:78411364]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>I typically pick the least-human race so...</quote> [insert incredibly obvious joke here] <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>For Oblivion, I picked Argonian despite there not being a ton of water in the game (thus limiting the racial perk's usefulness). For Skyrim, I mained a Khajiit both for the look (Argonians didn't look great) and because they had great racial bonuses, especially the nightvision perk (which was great for exploration).</quote> So you picked a race in Oblivion that would rarely get to use its strengths, and in Skyrim you picked the race that was being socially ostracized (even if it wasn't reflected in gameplay, more's the pity - it would have been cool if you got more shit or had to actively avoid certain cities as a Khajiit). It's like you're deliberately choosing hard mode! I was pretty much the exact opposite. It wasn't really a conscious choice on my part, but I noticed that my first choices in the Elder Scrolls games tended to be thematically appropriate. My first run in Oblivion I was an Imperial, my first run in Skyrim was a Nord. And it wasn't really a case of me going "Well, I'll play someone who's from here" - in Oblivion I went with the Imperial because of the speech bonuses (always a huge plus for me in any RPG), and in Skyrim I went with the Nord because they had the best-looking face models (in a selection of almost universally terrible faces). <cite>GreenKnight127 posted...</cite> <quote>I am EXTREMELY sexist when it comes to this, I will admit. I always start with a male character. Usually go all melee. Then on the second playthrough I always make a beautiful woman. And go pure magic.</quote> I tend to have a similar gender-based melee/magic assumption (though I'll happily play Amazon women swinging giant two-handed swords). But I've also noticed that my bigger bias is alignment-related. If I'm trying to do a deliberate evil run in an RPG with moral choice, where I'm going to screw over everyone I meet and torture innocent people, I almost HAVE to play as a male character. When I play female I tend to lean more into nurturing/protective instincts and wind up reflexively going good. In KotOR, I started out assuming I'd be a Sith by the end of the game... but I played a female character, and I was 100% Light Side before I ever left the third planet. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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