I can't believe they didn't think of this! : V

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:33 pm

First want to say I really am loving this game. I loved morrowind, kinda hated oblivion. Glad to see that Skyrim exceeded my expectations. Now on to the main point. I can't believe they didn't let you ride a dragon. You would think with all the emphasis on the dragons they would let you ride you one. Wouldn't it be cool if you could tame dragons? Have a super rare one to tame, with the few common semi rare ones. Maybe there could be battles in the sky? Who knows, the possibilities are endless, hopefully there will be dlc for this.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:01 pm

No.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:16 am

They did, decided it was stupid, and cut the paycheck of the guy who suggested it for being an idiot.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:51 pm

God NO.

That would be so lame.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:03 pm

They probably did, but realized how impractical it would be. The world isn't so large you would need to fly around to travel quickly (besides you can already fast travel.)

It's not quite Just Cause 2 if you know what I mean

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:12 pm

No.

So elegantly put, with fine supporting details for your argument!

I just don't see that as being any more then a glorified, airborne mount. Battles would amount to nothing more then just telling your dragon to shoot fire at the other as you yourself probably couldn't do much. I suppose you could shoot arrows?

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:10 pm

Riding a dragon? Do the main quest.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:43 am

No.

Indeed.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:30 pm

You would think with all the emphasis on the dragons they would let you ride you one.

Spoiler

They do let you ride one,

Riding a dragon? Do the main quest.

Edit: Just realized your name is actually that of

Spoiler

the very dragon that is available for riding.

I call shenanigans.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:38 am

Please not another one of the "We should ride dragons!" threads...

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:46 pm

pfft horses can pwn dragons anyway, just need one with wings

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:20 pm

*I* can't believe they thought it was OK to make dragons the most lame-ass, stupid, easy to beat "epic" bosses ever to grace a video game.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:13 pm

I call shenanigans.

This

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:28 pm

Guys, I'm just tossing ideas around, don't think of it as I'm declaring it must happen. I just think of how nice it would be to try and capture the rare dragons, then hop onto one and look at a beautiful Skyrim from above.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:23 pm

You can though! I figured out how to the day it came out. Go up to the throat of the world

Spoiler

if you talked to paartharuax already then he will be sitting on the little thing where you get a word of power. Climb on top of his back on the highest possible spot and then hit him a few times and he will turn hostile and fly up really high and sometimes you can ride him for like 7 seconds

your welcome.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:02 pm

You don't tame the dragons, they're a sentient race.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:11 am

Some elements simply risk the game's originality being damaged. Horse combat for example, had been discussed by Bethesda pre-release, they simply decided not to.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:41 pm

The Dragons are the most powerful species in Tamriel, the very purpose of their existance is to dominate. They're never going to allow themselves to be used as mounts.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:23 am

yes

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:23 pm

There was a console game a few years back that was all about riding dragons.

I heard it svcked.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:58 am

You don't tame the dragons, they're a sentient race.

The Dragons are the most powerful species in Tamriel, the very purpose of their existance is to dominate. They're never going to allow themselves to be used as mounts.

^This.

The dragon would fight with everything it had to rid itself of you if you tried saddling it and claiming it were your pet. That would be like a midget trying to 'tame' you and make you its mount.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:33 am

There was a console game a few years back that was all about riding dragons.

I heard it svcked.

Panzer Dragon on the Sega saturn, the original was good.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:17 pm

considering beth has yet to implement horses in any useful fashion, i cant imagine how badly they would implement flying mounts.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:26 pm

Anyone who's played Warcraft should know what I'm talking about here. Allowing the player to fly trivializes terrain and makes the environment feel much smaller, and the perspective it grants ruins all sense of wonder and discovery it would normally provide because you can just look down and see pretty much everything,
Navigating a dense forest to find a cave some bandits are hiding out in, for example, means nothing when you can just fly over the trees, see exactly where the cave is, and land next to it.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:04 am

^This.

The dragon would fight with everything it had to rid itself of you if you tried saddling it and claiming it were your pet. That would be like a midget trying to 'tame' you and make you its mount.

wild horses are the same until their spirit is broken n they're tame...a rideable dragon sounds like a respectable mount for a dragonborn, who better then a dragonborn to tame a dragon? he speaks some dragon so all he has to do is shout dragon,whoaa!