The forums are primarily a place for people to gather and discuss the game, not a direct line to the development team.

Agreed and also who prefer to change from first to third person on the fly. Possibly could be changed in the options for all I know.
This is another question for the Devs. Is the base code for the Creation engine similar enough to Gamebryo that it makes it easier to work on? More from the Construction Set point of view. I'd also like to ask which mods have given some inspiration? Read it awhile ago Qarl is working on Skyrim and Bloody something was a basis for damage/combat. Forgot what the name of it was called.
One last question. Will SKYRIM take advantage for computer users such as myself who has 16GB RAM in their computer or would it be an initilization fix?

I am sure early on in development, developers logged on here as anonymous or just as regular user accounts. They can see what people were talking about or wanted and maybe worked that in to the game.

Now its just testing really and heads down trying to meet the go live date. So fewer are probably on...

It's already been stated they're going to hit the 11.11.11 launch date.

:goodjob: yes. But you still get in as much testing as possible.

Which is a good thing to.
I've wondered quite alot for play and bug testing entails. Perhaps it's going through the world created and jotting down if x made a weird glitch or not. Lately both Morrowind and Oblivion have had some amusing bugs in them.
I'd enjoy it when after SKYRIM is released is to ask the various developers what their favorite mods are for this game.

This is really nice that the developers actually take their time to reply sometimes and leave some feedback on how everything is going or what they are doing,even if its on a rare occasion.
Thats something you only see small indie businesses doing since they NEED to communicate with their fans on feedback for the game to develop for it.
Bethesda is big enough not to need to do that yet they still like to drop by every now and then,thats what I really like about them,it shows they care and are fans of the series just like us! :] :thumbsup:

Sorry again for the bad english, but I not like to use translators.

legitim question [not equals =!] good and interesting question.

How about this FPS? Have he more than 300 hours on a OPEN WORLD?
Its so easily to make a short game, high detailed. And so, Skyrim is high detailed too!

Maybe I have to wait for the TES IX for the pt-br subtitles, but its not so important. Then, the rain cannot be a great problem, friend.

If i was in Todd Howard's shoes and read this forum for five minutes, this http://www.uesp.net/wiki/UESPWiki:News/TESV_Canceled would not have been an april fools joke :lmao:

Just gotta love their style.

*Group of Japanese fan girls scream and swarm the developer*

:bolt:

Do you guys plan to lurk on the forums a week after Skyrim is out to see how people react to it?(did that happen with Oblivion and FO3?) i only said a week because im sure the first day will be filled with people that don't like it or couldn't get it installed correctly (or are waiting to buy it), because if they did like it they would be off playing it for a week like i plan on doing lol.

The devs need to be more proactive on the forums. We, their fans, the people who are going to buy their product after all. Mingle with us. Don't sit up on your high horse and look down.

Hey, do you know what I think they should do? WORK ON THE GAME! I mean honestly, it isn't there job to come and answer our [censored] complaints and by working on the game they are by no means "sitting on a high horse." :rolleyes:

Since they are lurking about, on their free time I would guess, they can intermingle with the fans. Not that difficult of a thing to do.

I try not to be negative about Skyrim, generally I could word my questions better because I have faith in Bethseda. Bethseda has always been good on taking on the challenge of fixing their past mistakes and taking tactful risk that sometimes work and don't work. If anything I'm only curious in how they will fix what was wrong and make it better than it was.

I'm glad to hear that the developers do at least read the boards. It means they are active in their community. I have always prefered Bethseda over other companies because of the developers activity, even if it has diminished. Bethseda has always been keen on listening to their members. Certainly, they do not let their fans run the game, but I am sure they listen to each and every one of our concerns. And all that makes them pretty nervous and anxious, I know I will enjoy Skyrim. I enjoyed Oblivion even when I was worried about some facts.

Back in the Fallout New Vegas days Josh Sawyer would be on here all the time, answering questions, dropping tidbits of info and creating more intrigue about the game. Good times.

He's a great guy, cares about the fans, cares about what they think of his work. He's always active on the Obsidian forums.

When they do it must be hard for them to read some of the comments and reactions when new details are released on here. They must just sit and shake their heads in wonder at the way some people react to some minor detail either being omitted or added that they don't agree with, and seem to take it as a personal slight or act as if Bethesda has somehow betrayed them.

If I were them I'd watch the Skyrim blog and read the comments there. They're much more balanced and mature. People can actually voice their concerns or criticisms of the game without descending into melodrama or hyperbole, and people can disagree with each other without it turning into a pathetic flame war.

Yeah, you could really feel the love. Although sometimes I just wanted to yell at him and say "Get off the forums and do some work!!!"

I feel this way too. Well no so much that I think they sit on their high horses looking down, but that it would make a world of difference respect-wise if they were proactive around here.
I do notice Pete answers quite a bit on his Twitter account..but that's different from the Forum community.

Respect can definitely be gained or lost on a community forum such as this. At least for me. I gained tons of respect for CDPR on The Witcher 2 forums. Probably the top developer on my list right now just based on that fact (and well, good games). Bioware used to be up there but not sure anymore since the Dragon Age 2 fiasco.

Anyways...be nice if it were so around here...despite some of the negativity and idiotic posts, there are lots of legit questions or concerns that could b e answered with simple posts.

where did all the developers go???? :unsure2:

*sets net trap*

I hope they come again cause I have cookies to give.
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Well, there is that "Ask the Developers" or whatever thread. Also, you do realize that you just asked the devs to spend MORE of their free time (which they probably don't have much of) on these forums. It obviously takes more time to respond to fans then it does to lurk, especially if you are expecting them to answer specific questions about the game (they might have to check with PR, department heads,other departments, etc.). I think that's a bit too demanding. It is not the dev's job to market the game; that is why Beth has a marketing department. Let the dev's work speak for itself, and make a purchasing decision based on that.

Wait, where's this thread? I wanna ask a pressing question!

I don't care if developers answer on the forum
As long as they keep an eye on forum and know where the thoughts of general fanbase I'm happy
I prefer for them to use their time more productive
Instead of answering the nitpicking, make TES5 better for example
Just my opinion though...