Battle of the mage race! : V

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:53 pm

It's time to decide the better Mage race!

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:11 pm

I voted other

because any race can be a good mage, that′s the awesome of Elder Scrolls ^.^

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:05 pm

Argonians :dance:

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:16 am

Argonians :dance:

DIE PONDSCUM! :gun:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:22 am

Altmer! The lesser races use magic, we are part of it!

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:21 am

Breton! you gotta love resistance to magicka

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:33 pm

BRETON BRETON BRETON BRETON BRETON!!!!!!! hands down.... they are short, angry, have high voices, and are full of magica.... juice... stuff.. :mellow:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:16 pm

I voted other

because any race can be a good mage, that′s the awesome of Elder Scrolls ^.^

Any race can be a good mage but some races are always superior to others. In Morrowind and Oblivion bretons and altmer were far better at it than the other races by a mile.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:29 am

Altmer! They have most magicka of all races. But all their weaknesses irritates me..

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:31 pm

Khajiit, not a true mage but can make an awesome dual class one.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:00 pm

Breton. Because I prefer NOT getting one-shotted by other mages.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:15 am

Breton. When you weigh the benefits of having more magicka and having more defense, Bretons are simply superior.

In other words, having the extra 100 (or whatever it is) more magicka is not even close to being worth it, considering you lose 75 resistance (remember, you're comparing to the Breton, not baseline).

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:15 pm

Breton of course.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:59 pm

Bretons are better but that′s just because they are overpowered in every way, if this was a game where people cared about balance no one would ever play any other race than the overpowered 50% resistance to everything + 50% shield breton race. But I voted for Altmers because they should actually be the best mages, especially considering all the minuses they get.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:45 pm

All the altmer get is a little bit of magicka more then bretons but at one hell of a cost.. Not worth it at all. I tend to play both as mages but bretons simply are alot better at it.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:53 am

Breton with Apprentice is much better than an Altmer. The Breton resistance decreases the apprentice to 50 weakness to magic. As for Altmers not only is it less magicka if not using The Apprentice, but the cost is much bigger. As if using Altmer with Apprentice you're F'ed if you get shot by lighting or a ghost. So yeah.
Breton.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:40 pm

I voted other

because any race can be a good mage, that′s the awesome of Elder Scrolls ^.^

Bingo.

Between the race of arrogant bastard high elves, and the race that was voiced by a guy that when he did the pirate captain in the first DB contract, I lol'd harder than the first time I saw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boh92DrYEWs. I'd rather have to work against the weaknesses in magic and be one of the few Khajiit that become a mage, after all, in Oblivion I was one of the only TWO Khajiit guild mages in Cyrodiil, and it made me feel special.

(BTW, even though stealth with bows, blades and poisons are my Norm de Guerre, occasionally I like playing a mage.)

Edited for clarity.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:26 am

Altmer. The Mer of the Summerset Isles have long held a racially inherent dominant grasp on arcane understanding surpassing that of any other Tamrielic race.
Bretons' affinity for the magical arts is derived from their half-mer ancestry

They make good monks I suppose, but otherwise... :teehee:

Edit: for clarification, I'm looking at this on a lore perspective and not on racial bonuses ingame :ninja:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:30 pm

Bretons of course. They dont have any elemantal weaknesses and they are resistant to magic and physical damage (dragon skin racial). :celebration:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:09 pm

Ayleid. None of the other races can hold a candle to the magical prowess of the Ayleids.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:04 pm

I'm surprised everyone is saying Bretons.

If you do the math with the character creation in OB you will see that Altmer always end up with 50 points more starting magicka AND more health compared to Bretons.

Bretons are better for mixed combat/magic while Altmer are the best for a pure mage. The bigger question in my mind is whether to pick the Mage or the Atronach birthsign...

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:32 pm

I tried a Breton, but it was like playing with training wheels. No risk!

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:53 pm

I'm surprised everyone is saying Bretons.

If you do the math with the character creation in OB you will see that Altmer always end up with 50 points more starting magicka AND more health compared to Bretons.

Bretons are better for mixed combat/magic while Altmer are the best for a pure mage. The bigger question in my mind is whether to pick the Mage or the Atronach birthsign...

Pick up Breton with Apprentice birthsign (if they are in):rolleyes:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:04 pm

Nord!...with the magic of a huuge battleaxe!! Rrraaaghh!!! :mage:

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:06 pm

I'm surprised everyone is saying Bretons.

If you do the math with the character creation in OB you will see that Altmer always end up with 50 points more starting magicka AND more health compared to Bretons.

Bretons are better for mixed combat/magic while Altmer are the best for a pure mage. The bigger question in my mind is whether to pick the Mage or the Atronach birthsign...

Its fairly simple.. the 50 extra magicka doesnt make up for the massive change from 50 resist to all magic to 25% weakness to all elemental magic. Also the hps were never realy important because all the races reached 100 endurance easy...

Hopefully they remade the altmer this time to be better mages.