Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-58.104.204.65-20180925135750/@comment-34241117-20190210022635

Nay, it is said that the next update to the mod will be "The Pledge Update" or something. (@ArcenGamer)

However, @Fandom User guy... there is a massive difference between pledging yourself to someone, or actually BEING THAT RACE. See, in the mod, you are an outsider. Think of it maybe like a man. You don't get to CHOOSE to BECOME an elf or hobbit or orc, and therefore have none of the upsides or downsides of being that THING (but I have to admit, getting night vision as an orc would be sick)

When you "pledge" yourself to a faction, it will mean that you promise to SERVE that faction, nothing more :-/ Like an evil elf could serve orcs or something. It doesn't automatically make you that race/faction.