Features that we ASSUME are in : V

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:15 am

After reading many comments around the forum that are mad about people not noticing between confirmed features and assumption I created this thread, so people can separate in their minds the confirmed features and the features that are possibly in.
This thread is the opposite of the Confirmed Features thread, everything in the list down below are speculations, no fact. So I'll be making a list of the features that we ASSUME are in, followed by those categories:

Character -

Possible head bobbing while sprinting, due to the head-bobbing animations at the beginning of the trailer.

NPC and Interaction -

Combat -

Seperate Pauldorns, based on screenshots and the trailer.
Volkihar (the Nordic vampires that live under the ice in frozen lakes and can grab you down through the ice). Because we're in Skyrim.

Player Skills and Leveling -

Possible social-skills (like Cooking, Wood-cutting, Mining, Smithing) mini-game, based on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-2_FNvarQE 1:50.

Interface -

World -

Mounts, based on the fact that we've seen a horse in the trailer.
High-res textures for the PC.
Nirnroots are back, based on the trailer's gameplay footage.
Two joinable magic factions. Because we know the Mage's guild has split into The Synod and the whatchamasomething of Whispers. Or it could simply be a repeat of the "Fighter's Guild/Blackwood Company" scenario.

Feel free to add to this list by commenting... I can't remember anything...
When commenting to add a feature, write down the assumption and what it's based on.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:02 pm

Possible head bobbing while sprinting, due to the head-bobbing animations at the beginning of the trailer.

Oh God, I hope not; or if it is there, that it's easy to disable. Otherwise it'll be utterly unplayable for me.

In terms of other things, does the Fork or Horripilation count as a feature? Will it be more impressive than it was in the Shivering Isles?

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:08 am

Mounts

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:45 am

Mounts

I'd say this is more of a hope right now, since the most recent info we have on the subject states that they are working to get it right, but they won't necessarily be in.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:28 am

It hasnt been specifically confirmed yet, but Im assuming there will be grass.

P.S.- Hate to be cliche', but you know what happens when you ASSUME things, right?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:31 pm

I'd say this is more of a hope right now, since the most recent info we have on the subject states that they are working to get it right, but they won't necessarily be in.

There was a horse in the trailer, I guess it's enough to assume we have mounts, as for mounted combat... that's something we can't guess at the moment.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:08 am

Volcanoes since there is "volcanic tundra."

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:51 pm

It hasnt been specifically confirmed yet, but Im assuming there will be grass.

P.S.- Hate to be cliche', but you know what happens when you ASSUME things, right?

That why I made this thread, so people won't confuse between the things that are confirmed and are ASSUMED.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:55 pm

There was a horse in the trailer, I guess it's enough to assume we have mounts, as for mounted combat... that's something we can't guess at the moment.

The trailer released like a week or two after the statement about them not knowing if mounts were in. It was also said that they would probably have horses, even it they weren't mountable, in the game because the world would feel weird without them.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:34 pm

There was a horse in the trailer, I guess it's enough to assume we have mounts, as for mounted combat... that's something we can't guess at the moment.

Horses in game does not mean they are mountable. If Im not mistaken, in an interview it was stated that they were still working out the kinks, and if they could get it right there is a good chance of seeing it. However it seemed to imply there was still work to be done.

I completely agree. Horses were practically useless to me in OB. I liked to option of a faster method than walking, but they just looked awful.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:22 pm

That why I made this thread, so people won't confuse between the things that are confirmed and are ASSUMED.

I understand. But there is a very thin line between things we assume are in game, and things we WANT in game, and I have a feeling that a lot of this community just wont be able to decipher the difference. Then this thread becomes like all the others.

I honestly dont know of many things that I assume are in....I mean I assume there are treasure chests, but no one has confirmed it. See how long this could go on?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:31 pm

I assume there is.............

Pinecones.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:16 pm

I understand. But there is a very thin line between things we assume are in game, and things we WANT in game, and I have a feeling that a lot of this community just wont be able to decipher the difference. Then this thread becomes like all the others.

I honestly dont know of many things that I assume are in....I mean I assume there are treasure chests, but no one has confirmed it. See how long this could go on?

I'm talking about the main assumptions that go around this forum, and trust me, I've heard many. There is a difference between hopes and assumptions, if people read the thread's topic in the wrong way, it's not my fault.

Note that all the things in the list above are assumptions of what's in-game and what's not based on gameplay or confirmed details that we have heard so far.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:11 pm

I'm talking about the main assumptions that go around this forum, and trust me, I've heard many. There is a difference between hopes and assumptions, if people read the thread's topic in the wrong way, it's not my fault.

Note that all the things in the list above are assumptions of what's in-game and what's not based on gameplay or confirmed details that we have heard so far.

I assume, but would rather be pleasantly surprised, there is going to be a cooking minigame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-2_FNvarQE
1:50 ?Behind the scenes? Board.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:29 pm

I assume, but would rather be pleasantly surprised, there is going to be a cooking minigame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-2_FNvarQE
1:50 ?Behind the scenes? Board.

I think that is more or less confirming the crafting aspect in general.... if you look it says 'workbench'.

This is kind of why assumptions are silly to focus on. People can assume all kinds of things. Someone assumed cooking, I assume a workbench.

Im not trying to be a jerk or anything, honestly. Im just saying that assumptions can be infinite, and everyone else has their own assumptions and ideas that may contradict someone elses assumptions.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:44 am

Very large statues. Also I would say maybe a higher difficulty level, at least if you don't mess with the slider.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:51 pm

Very large statues. Also I would say maybe a higher difficulty level, at least if you don't mess with the slider.

Ok, I re-edited the first post, I think now it is safe to say we can silently go back to topic.
If you want to post an assumption you have to name it and write down what it's based on.
No proof, no spoof.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:21 pm

Ok, I re-edited the first post, I think now it is safe to say we can silently go back to topic.
If you want to post an assumption you have to name it and write down what it's based on.
No proof, no spoof.

Huh?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:50 pm

Huh?

That's right

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:32 am

spears

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:19 am

rain of fire, magic missile spells

since we get new aoe spells this time

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:05 am

Pauldrons as seperate armor slots. Can't remember the argumentation, but there were many threads about it.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:26 am

Spears. Because we know polearms are in from the mag coverage. The assumption is that spears are a subset of polearms.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:53 am

I assume you will be able to eat turnips in the game. If only it was confirmed.

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:01 am

Two joinable magic factions. Because we know the Mage's guild has split into The Synod and the whatchamasomething of Whispers. Or it could simply be a repeat of the "Fighter's Guild/Blackwood Company" scenario. :shrug: