This was not available in the Crown Store for years so all players who started after preorders were locked to choosing by alliance. Only players who preordered the game were given the explorers pack that allowed them to choose any race for any alliance. If you're going to be locked to a single faction, you need a faction that has everything you'll need and Aldmeri was it. Additionally, Cyrodiil PVP campaigns had a account-wide Home campaign that would not allow your alts to join the same campaign as your other characters unless they shared the same alliance.ĭue to this division of the playerbase, playing with your friends and supporting the campaign your main is working on meant every character you made had to be the same faction.Įbonheart attracted young Skyrim fans and Daggerfall brought in the purists but both MMO and PVP veterans flocked to Aldmeri because its three races represented the strongest racial mix for making various characters with. Players in Ebonheart could not travel to Aldmeri zones until they reached Caldwell Gold. The real reason there are so many AD is because when ESO was new, it was faction locked.