Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-7186989-20130513180616/@comment-7153552-20130606213000

Okay. . . Star Wars and TES are very different, and the Imperials for each respective universe are a little different, too. The Imperials in Skyrim were not THE bad guys, it's all perspective. If you're siding with the Legion in the civil war quests, I don't think you'd view them as antagonists.

The Orcs are playing a major role in one of the three factions, per lore and cannon, at the time ESO is set in, that's why they're playable. The Imperials are not playable because they are involved in a major plot to END THE WORLD!!! It has nothing to do with their personality as a race or faction, it has everything to do with who they're aligned with. Since you can't play out of a Daedric Faction (and yes I can already see the tangental and useless discussion this will bring about), you can't play as the Imperials.