Favorite race and why?

My favorite race by far has to be the Altmer. I just love their talent with magika.

Always been a fan of the Redguard, they tend to be more balanced in my opinion. Allows for some unique play styles on a single play through.

I love the Redguard's hairstyle options. The Khajiit look awesome too.

Unfortunately, Breton. They come with innate 25% Magic Resistance. Taking the Lord Stone brings it up to 50% as early as level 1. Do the Agent of Mara quest, and tack on 2/3 Alteration Magic Resist perks and you've capped already. Or you can take the Atronach Stone for the times you want to fight Krosis at level 1. Activate your Dragonskin and become 100% immune to magic for 60 seconds! It is apparent to me that Breton is by far the most useful race considering racial ability and daily power.

Other decent choices are Nords and Dark Elves for their 50% resistance to Frost/Fire, High Elf simply because they run faster, Orc for their x2 damage and defense. The other 5 races are quite underwhelming. The only other possible important thing is the 50% poison resist of Redguard and Wood Elf, but poison is so rare that it really isn't worth taking the race just for that, unless you plan to live among the Falmer. Argonian waterbreathing is useless and the Histskin power is simulated with pausing and spamming potions. Redguard regenerate Stamina is simulated for 12 minutes instead of one minute with Vegetable Soup (only need one Stamina to power attack). Imperial find more gold is useless and the Calm spell can be found in the Illusion tree. Wood Elf 50% disease resist can be overridden by Vampire or Werewolf, or by carrying around 1 Hawk Feather for 0.1 weight to eat if you catch a disease, and the Control Animal power is useless unless you can't kill a bear in the wild. Khajiit, unfortunately, seems to be the most useless race with Night Vision and extra claw damage. The only time I would play Khajiit is if I were playing an unarmed fighter so I could max my damage out.

Warning. These are just my opinions, and I have based them off of game mechanics and min/max perspectives, not lore or looks. Any race will work amazingly well for any situation or build.

I have two favorite races, Nords and Argonians. I love the way the Argonians look, and I really love their Hitskin and water breathing abilities. My only issue with them though is the clipping of great swords through the tale, and the fact that they don't look right in certain armor types. On the other hand a Nord looks good in all armor, and their resistance to cold comes in very, very handy in this game.

Falmer. i wish you could be one.. they have the coolest looking gear in the game and if you pay attention to the story they are not evil, they're just victims of treachery who were driven to madness and decided to fight back.. i can actually relate, they're freakin awesome! maybe if they ever make a sequel to skyrim they'll add falmer as a race you can pick.

ShangTsung said:

Falmer. i wish you could be one.. they have the coolest looking gear in the game and if you pay attention to the story they are not evil, they're just victims of treachery who were driven to madness and decided to fight back.. i can actually relate, they're freakin awesome! maybe if they ever make a sequel to skyrim they'll add falmer as a race you can pick.

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I get where you're coming from, but I'd rather be able to see what I'm doing.

Breton for their 25% magic resist
Bosmer female/Dunmer male cuz I think they look the best

Well, if you are talking about possible future race choices, I would certainly like to see the Imga (Great Apes) and the Maormer (Tropical/Sea Elves). Imga live in Valenwood, and Maormer live on an island south of Tamriel, so it would certainly be a possibility to see one or both of these at some point in the future.

Maormer - The Elder Scrolls Wiki

Imga - The Elder Scrolls Wiki

Argonian. They're the closest race that look remotely like dragons. Also imo they have the best male voice actors.

Khajiit are a close second for me. The way their physiology is determined is really fascinating.

Nord, Imperial and Argonian.

I never really liked the "beast" characters, though Argonians are pretty cool, too bad you can only get 1 Argonian follower.

Dark Elf for me. cause they look awesome!

Ahh.

I actually like all of the races, except my three favorite are Khajiit (amazing thieves), Nord (light armor warrior), and Breton (all around character).

Always loved Dark Elves. Their gray skin is badass, and they look so intimidating. My second favorite is Snow Elves. I'd love for Bethesda to have them as a playable race.

First definitely Breton. I just feel like I can identify with them the most. Second is Argonian. They're the coolest-looking. I disliked them in Morrowind because they couldn't wear boots, but I'm glad they fixed that in Skyrim.

Imperials. I enjoy their culture and history the most.

Redguards and Orcs because they're badass and skills are well balanced. c:

Imperials for some reason. Romans are awesome, I guess. I cried bitter tears and raged against the heavens when I couldn't make one in Arena or Daggerfall.

I like Argonians, because they're freakin' DINOSAURS. Who wouldn't want to be a dinosaur?

I like Imperials too, because they remind me of Romans.

...now that I think of it, you could probably relate almost any race in Skyrim to a real-life ancient culture.

Khajiit and Redguards for me.