HALT! You Corin, have been found guilty of Criminal Conspira : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:27 pm

It starts out innocently enough, you don't realize you're thinking about breaking the law, and a psychic guard happens to be nearby. Obviously after having been arrested enough times you start wishing the guards would die and fantasize about it. But since the guards are psychic, they pick up on that thought every time and charge you. Too bad.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:43 am

Have you ever read any articles about life as an ex-convict? They have served their time, but they still can't get a fair shake. The system goes out of its way to keep them down. Daggerfall works in the same, uncompromising way.

You went on a killing spree and you think the citizens of that good country are going to just forget that?

Time to do what you should have done after that killing spree: move out of Daggerfall and start a new life somewhere else.

Choices have serious consequences in Daggerfall. Get used to it.

I would agree with you...

...except that this is not an intended gameplay feature, nor is it emergent behaviour. It is a bug.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:50 pm

Ah, back in the '90s when I was first playing this and I was like, 11 or 12, I got busted for this too and thought it was a bug, because I didn't know what a charge of "criminal conspiracy" entailed until I learned from my parents that it was because I was trying to join the Thieves' Guild. So, not a bug for me, then.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:47 pm

Oh, you never know, it could be an "emergent behavior". The programmers at Bethesda are wily. Like the programmers at Bungie are wily. Anyone remember the "emergent behavior" that Myth II: Soulblighter displayed when you tried to uninstall the pre-release CD version? No? Read this:

The Myth II: Soulblighter Debacle of '98
The original version of the Myth II: Soulblighter contained a serious bug. The bug was that the CD contained an uninstaller which would remove Myth from a computer by deleting the directory in which it had been installed. If the user had overridden the default and installed Myth to the root level of his hard drive, the uninstaller would delete the entire contents of the user's hard drive.

Myth II punished a poor marketing employee for daring to uninstall it. I fear Daggerfall may be punishing you Crackbone, for not playing enough. You should play MORE!!

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