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» Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:01 am

Something that really bothered me in Oblivion was that my character was the only one that would walk around the cities in partial or full armor (apart from the guards). Surely their are other adventures in tamriel besides my character so why not have them walking around in armor? Would you rather have NPC's in armor more often in Skyrim or keep it the same to OB?

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:07 am

Like Bandits or Marauders? :unsure:

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:36 am

not sure what you mean, I have seen npc's in full armor. there aren't a bunch of them but thats mostly because they would all then look the same, the one I can think of top of my head was mazoga the orc knight in leyawin.

» Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:54 pm

Never really noticed. Then again, I only played Oblivion for a short while. In Morrowind other armored adventurers were more common.

Maybe its because Oblivion was a settled, civilized land, where as Morrowind was savage frontier.

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:02 am

I thought this was gonna involve lusty argonian maids, and well endowed counts....

And to not spam, I think we'll see more NPC's in armor since this is Skyrim after all

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:31 am

You could have taken your armor off and walked ground in something more comfortable.

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:56 am

Like Bandits or Marauders? :unsure:

good point, non agressive npc's and marauders should not be confused as the same.

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:11 am

You could have taken your armor off and walked ground in something more comfortable.

Oh please...i have better things to carry around :toughninja:

» Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:11 pm

There were a few characters in armor around Cyrodiil, but yeah, Cyrodiil isn't really the land of the adventurers. People are more calm, settled in, set to just live their lives day-by-day without too much of a hassle. It's also worth noting that, who really wants to go out and adventure when there are gates to Oblivion opening up all over the place?

There were also Adventurers that you could find exploring dungeons and things like that.

For Skyrim...well, it's Skyrim. Of course people are going to be in armor more frequently. Dealing with the mostly-harsh conditions, and for Nords, being a barbarian or a warrior is a good thing. I imagine adventurers a-plenty.

» Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:46 pm

not sure what you mean, I have seen npc's in full armor. there aren't a bunch of them but thats mostly because they would all then look the same, the one I can think of top of my head was mazoga the orc knight in leyawin.

Mazoga, Pinarus Inventius, Cingor...I could go on. :shrug:

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:12 am

it would be awesome if there were random people throughout the Skyrim that aren't a part of any quest but know how to hold

and these people should would have their own lives (not just staying on the city) like taking on random quests (the same kind if infinite quests you can do). possibliy living their lives as a member of one of the guilds

» Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:23 pm

it would be awesome if there were random people throughout the Skyrim that aren't a part of any quest but know how to hold

and these people should would have their own lives (not just staying on the city) like taking on random quests (the same kind if infinite quests you can do). possibliy living their lives as a member of one of the guilds

sounds like a bit of complicated AI (not too complicated to be done, but just not that much reward for the effort) but maybe it would be nice to see generic adventurers that travel from city to city or from camp to camp.

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:12 am

There were people with full armor and whatnot like adventurers, they were usually found around inns and places like that, or you have your marauders and bandits. As for why I'd expect Skyrim to have more is that Cyridiil is probably more civilized than Skyrim so I'm sure we'll see more adventurers.

I thought this was gonna involve lusty argonian maids, and well endowed counts....

And to not spam, I think we'll see more NPC's in armor since this is Skyrim after all

Civil war after all.

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:21 am

Wait...am I the only one who dresses up nicely before going into towns?

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:56 am

Mazoga, Pinarus Inventius, Cingor...I could go on. :shrug:

Pretty much every member of the Fighter's Guild when they left the guild hall.

» Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:29 pm

You could have taken your armor off and walked ground in something more comfortable.

This. I generaly never travel in armor only when im near my quest or about to fast travel to it . other than that I usualy have on a plaid shirt and sack cloth pants

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:57 am

There were people in armor. But it was generally iron, steel, leather, or mail. In Morrowind, you'd see leet NPCs wearing leet armzorz. In Ob, it was somehow only level 12 bandits with the good stuff.

» Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:12 pm

You know, I think it would be nice if people received you better in fine clothes than if you wandered into town wearing barbarian armor and the spattered blood of your foes.

» Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:00 pm

Wait...am I the only one who dresses up nicely before going into towns?

Highly likely.

» Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:02 pm

Wait...am I the only one who dresses up nicely before going into towns?

I tend to do that too...

» Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:33 pm

There was a puny bosmer in heavy armour in Leyawein

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:46 am

Something that really bothered me in Oblivion was that my character was the only one that would walk around the cities in partial or full armor (apart from the guards). Surely their are other adventures in tamriel besides my character so why not have them walking around in armor? Would you rather have NPC's in armor more often in Skyrim or keep it the same to OB?

Like the fact that in Morrowind you'd always be tripping over dead 'adventurers' who had been their before you, who were supposed to be fulfilling the same in-game role as the player, to a certain extent?

Yes. Yes this did bother me. I'd prefer a random 'mazoga the orc' faction which contained NPCs with a random chance of popping up where you'd least expect them, doing something similar to you (e.g. thieves breaking into peoples houses, murders occurring randomly, bands of NPCs marauding around the country side doing good deeds)

Is this simple? My answer would be no

Does Todd Howard believe in simplicity when designing a game - yes.

» Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:35 pm

It would be kinda neat to be going through one of the larger dungeons, and come across a fellow adventurer maybe injured or hiding out in a makeshift camp that you could choose to help/take with you as a tempory companion/murder and steal his loot.

I also have seperate outfits for adventuring, going about town and swimming, using an advanced hotkey mod to switch between the sets, instead of using the menu.

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:34 am

Mazoga, Pinarus Inventius, Cingor...I could go on. :shrug:

Thief's guild guys used to have leather armor too, but imo, there should be more armored persons in Skyrim. It is a civil war about to happen after all and there are dragons roaming around.

» Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:00 am

There were people in armor. But it was generally iron, steel, leather, or mail. In Morrowind, you'd see leet NPCs wearing leet armzorz. In Ob, it was somehow only level 12 bandits with the good stuff.

No npc wanted to wear high quality armor even if they had it as they learned in Morrowind that the player would kill them and take it. It was far safer to wear leather armor.