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That's a kickstarter game, isn't it?

 

I wasn't going to get it for lore reasons (and a general dislike of MMOs) but they announced the Imperial pack, and I gave in for the chance to play as an Imperial.

 

There's an "Imperial edition" (80 digital, 100 physical) that lets you play as the Imperial race, get a white Imperial horse, and magically transform every armor set you're wearing into Imperial-styled armor. They basically should have named it the "Everything Jello Wants So That He'll Actually Buy This Game Edition."

Even besides the assault on lore, I wasn't gonna get the game because they arbitrarily disallowed my favorite race from being playable. And now look.

 

Yeah, but the preorder bonus means you can play any race for any faction anyway, so there goes that reason.

At least they acknowledge the ridiculousness now. I was reading the faction info pages on their site, and they note how crazy it is for Nords to be working with Dunmer and such. Doesn't fix the problem, but at least they point out it's really strange.

Anyway, I'd never be a Nord. I played a Breton during the beta once, which was just barely on the edge of acceptable. It is basically Imperial or nothing for me, though I do have some fondness for the Dunmer due to Morrowind and what lore subsequently did to the poor guys.

Sadly, the Imperials have to play for one of the three alliances. There is no "drive the provincials out of Cyrodiil and restore the Empire faction," sadly. So I'll end up joining whatever faction my friends decide on going with, since I've no horse in the race (well... I'll have a white horse from the CE, but Imperial knights in shining armor don't need to vote )

 

I was thinking something more like France and Britain during the Entente Cordial -- had they lost WWI, they'd probably have gone on hating each other. Good point about Tiber Septim being the one to win in the end.

I'm torn about the Ebonheart faction. On one hand, I'm really interested to see Morrowind in a next gen engine... on the other hand, I've already seen Morrowind and Skyrim. Also the lore is potentially more painful; I bet they'll have a settled Vvardenfell or something.

But oh well. The lack of Imperial faction at least means that I won't be a pain as far as my friends are concerned. One of them wants the elven faction, which is a red line for me. No way I'm joining that side!

I'm really curious what the Imperial armor looks like. We've been able to preview all the other armor sets in the beta, but not for Imperials. All we know is that their heavy armor is knightly like all the rest, with a Roman-looking helmet and shoulders, and the Reman diamond in the center (admittedly nice touch; glad they realized that the Septim dragon would be inappropriate).


Also speaking of things I want, I just won a bid on a chess set I've been trying to get for at least the last five years. Still cost an arm and a leg, but it's substantially lower than what I've generally seen it go for.


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The Chess Set of the Gods, yes. Have we discussed it before? I never remember these things.


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I only have the chess set I just brought.



The board is gilded wood and marble. The white pieces are bisque with 24kt gold accents (Greek gods) and the black are black porcelain with 24kt accents representing the Roman gods. It's a big set -- Jupiter/Zeus is about six inches tall. I have owned the Athena piece separately for years now but I'm pleased to have the entire set.

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Yeah it's not one of those hokey chess sets you can find on the interwebs, it's actual quality. It usually goes for a thousand or two -- let's just say that's the main reason I've waited years on this one, as I have no desire to pay anywhere near that much.


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