*Inabillity to kill everyone- I played a good character through the game, but once that nasty snotty kid in Whiterun came up to me. And kept doing it over and over. This was the only time I wanted to kill an NPC, and the game wouldn't let me. If you have an NPC that taunts the PC, they need to be killable.

Well I lasted longer than you, about 120 or so hours before I play another game.

The reason why the game is repetitive is because, there is no purpose in doing the numerous stuff.

1. There is no purpose to explore dungeons, because you already have the best gear, and money is easy to obtain.
That is why people keep playing Diablo, they keep doing the same stuff over and over again to get better loot and more money. But because blacksmithing is too easy, it is possible for you to have the best stuff too easily.
So the only things left to do in dungeons are to find the Shouts, and also to explore the story. Some dungeons do have story, but not all.
There are also some artifacts that have an interesting story. I have discovered a fragment of an amulet, that when combined with the other 2, will recreate the artifact that terrorized the country 3000 years ago. This is very compelling story. But unfortunately, I know that the loot will be locked to my level, making it worse at higher levels. This is another problem, fabled items don't level with you.

2. There is no purpose in doing the repeated quests for Jarls. This is because it only offers money, which again is too easy to obtain.
This is supposed to be a great feature. Unlimited quests. It sends you out into the world. But there is no reason to do them other than for the money.
They should have put in some reputation system for guilds and specific cities. The more quests you do for the Jarl, the higher your reputation with the Jarl. And at high reputation levels, many rewards will be unlocked. Like the Jarl giving you a better house, giving you a title, "knighting you" and giving you personalized weapons and armor. Maybe make it so that there is one ultimate quest you can do for a city at the highest reputation. Shopkeepers will then give you a discount because you have helped their city so much. The economy of the city should also slowly increase and all merchants will have more money, because you keep doing the repeatable quests to kill Forsworn that are raiding Markath's shipments.

So every city will have a reputation system. You can make the ending change depending on how high your reputation is with each city. And if you have high reputation with all cities, you can then unify all of Skyrim in the "best ending" by entering a political scene, something like the confrontation with Loghain in Dragon Age: Origins. All cities that have high reputation with you will back you. Give people a nice Steam achievement for it, called "Hero of Skyrim". See, this ultimate "carrot" is enough to keep people playing. And it's so easy to do, just add in a freakin' reputation system.

Giving people more incentives in the form of "carrots" like more money and making money scarce in the world, a reputation system which unlocks unique rewards at higher levels, etc will make it less repetitive, because there is a purpose in doing the repetitive things. But because there is no real reason to keep doing dungeons, they get repetitive.

The problem isn't with the features. 150 dungeons are awesome. Unlimited quests are awesome. The problem is you need to balance the game and add in a purpose to do them.

The problem isn't the game, you just don't know how to play a TES game. I'll give you a pass...you did say it was your first TES game.

Reading some of your other posts however, I hear:

"I dont really consider this a RPG. Its more like a fantasy world simulator."

"I hear what you are saying, you want to run through the game fast, ..."

"Its not really a game you win, but one you spend time with and enjoy."

No offense, but you may want to pay attention to some of your own words.

Also, comparing Skyrim to WoW is a big mistake, especially since you are claiming you're getting bored with repetition. Repetition is an MMO's primary feature. Skyrim is a randomly-generated game compared to a borefest like WoW (or any other MMO).

My advice is that you hit the other 60% of the map. You just might be surprised.

Well, I kind of agree.

In Oblivion, the world felt much bigger to me. I know, I know. Randomly generated this and poorly scaled that, blah blah.
In retrospect, I think they put more effort into making Skyrim look beautiful and realistic than what they did with Oblivion, whereas with the latter they put more effort into making the world seem deep, somehow.

Might be coming a bit from nostalgia, and the fact that I played Oblivion's GOTY Edition, but all of the things like main quest, guilds, DB, cities, and so on feel very shallow in Skyrim. As if they would have been awesome given another 4 months of development, but were now shipped 50% done.

Also, being a Swede, wandering through Skyrim is kind of like wandering through my own country in the autumn and winter. While that's beautiful and lovely, it doesn't feel as exciting and exotic as Oblivion with it's lovely sunsets and sunrises did.

"The economy and crafting are not as evolved as a game like WoW"

Uh...

Well...there are several differences that you should realize- WoW's main purpose for existing is to keep you playing so you'll pay them a monthly fee. In order to keep you playing, they have to constantly be adding things to the experience. This basically means that you're never done, which is why I quit playing that stupid game years ago. You'll never be the best, you'll never have the best gear, because in 2 months they'll just add a new set and yours will be outdated. They also have 100 employees whose sole job is to create new crap for you to craft/obtain so that you'll keep paying them. It's all just...junk in the end. You're wasting your life.

This game is designed to inevitably end. That's why there's a main quest- so you can beat the game. That's why there are eventually the 'best' items, because you've found them and there's nothing better. The POINT is to WIN.

But hey, different strokes, etc.

The whole "no other game offers you 80+ hours of gameplay!" argument gets thrown around alot on these forums.

Quantity is not better than quality.

@OP -> Some of the points you mentioned can be corrected by adjusting your approach to the game (ie not saving all the time if saving alot takes away your sense of danger). I agree with your points on the voice acting and the repetitive quests though.

After over 100+ hours played I can say the key to enjoying this game to the fullest is moderation. If you play too long on end (like you would with previous Bethesda games) you start seeing patterns and you will get bored quickly.

This is all in hindsight, of course

I've come to realise that complains fall into three categories:
- People who don't like TES games and yet play them all and spend hours in the forums complaining about them.
- People new to the series who thought TES had any kind of consistent value as an arcade or fighting game.
- People who loved old TES but is either nostalgic or hate TES gaining any kind of fighting mechanic at the expense of RP elements.
- Angry guys.

and drama queens who enjoy stirring up negativity.

I dont think this game is perfect. I stopped playing and will be waiting on mods that suit MY PLAY STYLE. Yet, i dont come on here and cry about every little detail i dont agree with. I understand that there are many ways to play and thats why Bethesda in all of their wisdom always release a CK for their games. They know you cant please everyone, ESPECIALLY hardcoe gamers.

Your post doesn't make any sense. yes, quantity doesn't equal quality- but if you already played the game for 50+ hrs, then obviously youve gotten ALOT of worth and enjoyment out of it. Anyone who says "ive played this game for 50+ hrs and i HATE it" is just trolling in all honesty. Who plays a game (it hasnt even been out that long) for 50+ hrs in a few weeks if they hate it and have so many better games to play? I cant take any whine post seriously if theyve already invested a full work week worth of time playing. Most likely that poster is just looking for negative attention. drama queen nerds!!

And im sure if the devs read this forum they know that too- so your whine really falls on deaf ears. Maybe a modder will help you out

Unique items should not scale. When I bust my butt to complete a hard dungeon, I should get an absolute reward.

I've come to realise that complains fall into three categories:
- People who don't like TES games and yet play them all and spend hours in the forums complaining about them.
- People new to the series who thought TES had any kind of consistent value as an arcade or fighting game.
- People who loved old TES but is either nostalgic or hate TES gaining any kind of fighting mechanic at the expense of RP elements.
- Angry guys.