I just wanted to clear out some misunderstanding that I have seen while reading some of the posts on the subject.

Attributes have been a very controversial subject, and there is nothing wrong with disagreeing with the change. I just have noticed that some people seem to have the wrong idea about it, so I decide that I would make a thread with the info on the subject. After everybody has a clear understanding on Attributes' role in the game, then we can have a nice intelligent discussion on it.

After reading some of the post, I realize that people seem to get the idea that Attributes are out of the game completely. Yes, it has been trimmed down but the system is still functioning in the game.

As we know, the game has 3 attributes and 18 skills.........with 280 perks.
Proof of info 1:Skyrim’s Levelling/Skills System Clarified
Proof of info 2: podcast interview
proof of info 3:xbox360achievements

Attributes
Health
Magicka
Fatigue

Their benefits are pretty much self-explanatory

“What we found is that all of those attributes actually did something else, so a fan might say, “You removed my 8 attributes!” and my answer is “Which ones did you want?” “I’ve got to have intelligence because it affects my magika!” “Well now we just have magika.” They all trickled down to something else so we just got rid of that. Now when you level up you can just raise your magika. In Oblivion you had to raise your intelligence, knowing that your intelligence raises your magika to cast more spells. We found that they all trickled down to some other stat.”
--Todd Howard

Perks

There is about 280 perks. The Perks are there to fill in the gap of the attributes they chose to take out. The Perks help improve upon the skills you want to focus on, and help define one's character.

Now that we have all this information out in the open, we can truly have a discussion on whether or not you like the idea.

I personally like the idea but I really want to play it first.

I,myself, is in favor of the new system. Despite that fact, I can see what the other guys are saying. I understand that the people against taking out attributes are thinking that they could have have changed how they worked instead of just taking them out. That is one thing they could have done it, but because you wanted them to do it that way doesn't mean that every other ways is bad. This is their solution to making the game better and all we can do is wait to see if they did a good job.

Yes, they take out a layer of complexity but it is also possible that they put in a alternative layer of complexity in another way. This is my opinion on it so far

This is a bit of a hot subject, but please keep it civil :foodndrink:

Wow, these threads are getting annoying...

People are still arguing about it and I think that is better to make a thread that people can state their point. If you don't like the subject then don't go into the thread

This. Can we give it a rest now?

If people feel that way, then this thread can die for all I care, I am not really goin to post in it. I did this same thread before and it kept people from posting a thousand threads about it and flooding the other topics.

omfg, close this already.

It's disgusting and appalling to recreate this thread but it's a noble and necessary evil. Thanks for taking one for the team and keeping it one place. The mods are not likely do deem it necessary to have an official thread unless of course this one didn't exist then there would be 10 new topics a day until release. Maybe more depending on what they tell us at E3.

That was the moderator close post from the last thread. Looking at the start of this one it seems it isn't going to be any better.

So yeah, let's give it a rest for a while.