Ask Todd Howard About Skyrim : V - Skyrim

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:17 pm

So someone on GI asked this question:

Will there be a Lock on Target feature?

And I ask myself, why????? :facepalm:

In all seriousness, my main concerns are with attributes and the PC UI. I see our good friend, Mr. Tissue Box, already asked about attributes for me, and I think a question concerning the PC UI has been asked, so it seems I created an account for nothing.

I hope my (and everyone elses) questions on here get answered. Though I have a feeling GI will only pick the already answered, irrelevant, and/or the stupid questions. Like the one above.

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:51 pm

Uhm...

1. Will we see additional travel options/services (Mage Guild Teleport, Mark/Recall, Divine Intervention etc.) next to regular Fast Travel?
2. In Oblivion almost all items were part of a levelled list. Will this be the same in Skyrim or will there be more handplaced loot and nonlevelled artifacts to be found in ancient ruins (like in Morrowind)? Also, will the loot be fitting to the area it is found in (so no gold septims and fresh apples in ancient locked Reliquaries)?
3. Pete made a tweet regarding Markarth and hinted at it being a Dwemer ruin. Yet the architecture does not look like the copperish industrial structures from Redguard and Morrowind. Have you taken on a different approach to Dwemer architecture or will we still see our industrial copper hallways and steampowered machines and guardians?
4. Will the player be able to get infected with lycanthropy and become a Werewolf/Boar/Bear?
5. Will Daedric armor be in the game; and if so will it be very rare (like maybe only one or two full suits in the entire game)?

I think those were my original questions, but only slightly better formulated when I made the original post

If you want me to I will post these for you. I didn't see these anywhere in the comments

My posts are showing up fine.

Here are the questions I asked in my post, if anyone wants me to post some for them ask away.

First of all, thank you Game Informer for allowing us to ask these questions and thank you Todd Howard for being kind enough to answer some of them!

1. Will we finally be able to see our lower body when in First-Person?

2. We saw quite a good number of new books from Morrowind to Oblivion and that was only a six year time jump. Can we expect to see substantially more in Skyrim with it being a two hundred year jump?

3. I notice in the combat hubdate GI mentions when casting a fire spell at the ground stuff catches on fire. Will we see other effects do the same? Such as casting lightning at a pool of water? Or freezing the ground with a frost spell?

4. Are there any plans for Spell-Finishers? Such as freezing an enemy then burning him for a melt effect.

5. Will all perks be tied to skills? If so, how will they work for a skill such as one handed? For instance will there be multiple perks for blade, mace, etc. Or will there only be tiered perks? Or both?

6. Will NPC's be able to perform finishers on us?

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:16 am

Three main things I hope we get:

1) GI ask questions which are sensible questions about the content of the game (not about Fallout or whatever).
2) Todd answers in good faith, and doesn't respond to, for instance, a question about spears with "we aren't ready to talk about that yet".
3) But, relatedly, GI don't ask questions which pretty clearly Todd isn't going to give a detailed answer to - for instance, stuff about MQ and faction storylines, lots of details about dragons, etc.

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:36 pm

When does the podcast go live?

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:55 pm

When does the podcast go live?

We don't know. My guess would be something like wednesday at earliest : gotta let enough people time to post, let them the time to sort through all that and decide what they'll ask, prepare the interview, make it... Yeah, earliest.

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:57 am

How many "we're not ready to talk about that yet" are we going to here?

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:25 am

Not sure if someone asked this yet but here it is anyways - Is combat with dragons only going to be dragon shouts, or will there be any actual combat with our weapons?

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:44 am

How many "we're not ready to talk about that yet" are we going to here?

I reckon GI will do their best to avoid questions that might spring answers like that. They don't have much time with him, and a podcast full of "no comment" wouldn't look good.

Incidentally, I asked about if they are considering keeping up with making expansions in new places, and if NPCs will have the same fighting abilities (one shot kill with bows, for instance) as us. *shrug* My posts are counted on my profile, so I suppose GI can see them although they don't show.

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:56 pm

If you want me to I will post these for you. I didn't see these anywhere in the comments

My posts are showing up fine.

Thanks for the offer. Mr. Tissue Box also offered to put them up for me, so everything should work out fine.

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:07 pm

It's a long shot that they'll talk about it this early, but what the heck; can someone ask for a list of joinable guilds in Skyrim?

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:58 pm

I reckon GI will do their best to avoid questions that might spring answers like that. They don't have much time with him, and a podcast full of "no comment" wouldn't look good.

Incidentally, I asked about if they are considering keeping up with making expansions in new places, and if NPCs will have the same fighting abilities (one shot kill with bows, for instance) as us. *shrug* My posts are counted on my profile, so I suppose GI can see them although they don't show.

Someone asked pete on twitter about expansions and he said they haven't announced anything about expansions and they are focused on the actual game.

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:56 am

I will not let this go please ask about spears.

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:22 pm

Someone asked pete on twitter about expansions and he said they haven't announced anything about expansions and they are focused on the actual game.

Was more in the realm of "do you still think that's worth it/interesting to do such a thing" than a direct, committing question.

Ah well, worth a shot.

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:00 pm

Not sure if someone asked this yet but here it is anyways - Is combat with dragons only going to be dragon shouts, or will there be any actual combat with our weapons?

I can sorta answer that. In the Skyrim issue of GI he used both. Dragon shout that slows down time then he goes in and stabs it in the neck with his longsword.

Thanks for the offer. Mr. Tissue Box also offered to put them up for me, so everything should work out fine.

Good. I really hope your questions get answered because I had similar ones in mind myself until I read your post. :thumbsup:

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:36 am

I can sorta answer that. In the Skyrim issue of GI he used both. Dragon shout that slows down time then he goes in and stabs it in the neck with his longsword.

Well that's good, I was kind of worried about that one.

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:11 pm

Can someone ask what the other dpad functions on the consoles are for? Up is for favorites but can we at least still hotkey with the other three?

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:51 am

I will not let this go please ask about spears.

Updated the op :

Please note that any question about spears, pikes, crossbow and any other sharp implement devised to throw or poke with, has already been asked.

:P

Can someone ask what the other dpad functions on the consoles are for? Up is for favorites but can we at least still hotkey with the other three?

Hotkeys are asked, no worries.

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:38 am

Thanks for the offer. Mr. Tissue Box also offered to put them up for me, so everything should work out fine.

Done. Sorry it took a bit of time, I was away.

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:56 pm

Hotkeys are asked, no worries.

Thanks. Can you specifically ask what the other three dpad directions do? Up is favorites but what other functions does the dpad serve?

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:10 pm

I will not let this go please ask about spears.

This has been asked already

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:03 am

Well that's good, I was kind of worried about that one.

I'm still a little worried. I would like to say I hope Dragons will be tougher than just slowing down time and stabbing them in the neck, but when I think about it that's a lot more realistic than just hacking at it's legs until it's health drops to 0.

Done. Sorry it took a bit of time, I was away.

Awesome. They better answer his questions! Especially the ones regarding unique artifacts and daedric armor

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:19 pm

I'm still a little worried. I would like to say I hope Dragons will be tougher than just slowing down time and stabbing them in the neck, but when I think about it that's a lot more realistic than just hacking at it's legs until it's health drops to 0.

Unfortunately I think you may be right, but lets keep our fingers crossed and hope that there will be SOME difficulty fighting them.

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:21 am

Ugh, I don't see why my comments are showing up on that page. Does it take a few minutes or something? Can anyone see the comments even though I can't? My username there is "Antibody"

» Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:53 pm

Unfortunately I think you may be right, but lets keep our fingers crossed and hope that there will be SOME difficulty fighting them.

Yeah, I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'm sure it will be tough as hell without using Dragon Shouts at least

Ugh, I don't see why my comments are showing up on that page. Does it take a few minutes or something? Can anyone see the comments even though I can't? My username there is "Antibody"

Hmm, I wonder why certain people's comments don't seem to appear. I haven't noticed your username anywhere

» Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:20 am

Hmm, I wonder why certain people's comments don't seem to appear. I haven't noticed your username anywhere

Well then, would someone please post these questions for me:

1. The magazine article mentioned that first person view is HUD-free. Is there really no HUD or can it just be toggled on and off? And if not, how will we know things like how much health we have or in which direction we're going?

2. If there are no transportation systems other than fast travel, why weren't they implemented? Some people don't want to use fast travel, but they also don't want to walk everywhere instead. Why can't we have both Morrowind-style travel, with boats and other services to take you between towns, and regular fast travel in the same game so everyone's happy?