User blog comment:Draevan13/Thoughts on the ESO Pre-Order reveal/@comment-5558140-20140201140350/@comment-17114085-20140202133233

Race isn't a cosmetic feature. Race is just as important as class as each race has their own abilities and powers. The any race into any faction things doesn't just break lore it breaks the game's most important aspect...the factions. Because of this stupid bonus there is no point in the factions any more, no faction pride or anything like that. I ruins a big part of the game that Zenimax Online was pushing as the core of the game.