"Follow it loosely, and make space for any ideas that contradict lore that increase the overall quality of the game"
But it also means "use common sense". Lore is religion to some people around here
Like personally, I consider some of it superstition. Like back in the day where the earth was the center of the universe, then solar system, where earth didn't become round and orbiting a major celestial body until much later. If old lore have to be sacrificed to more modern science after so many years, in order to bring in cool gameplay, I say go with it. But I would like an explanation on what happened, I'm not *completely* ignorant
"Some, played oblivion and some/none of morrowind"
Although I've played since Daggerfall (but only DF, MW, and OB, no major official mods), and I tried to stay current back in the day, lore knowledge and putting it to good use is a thing of the past for me. It's just how my memory works, ok?
I do look up stuff from time to time though. So even if I'm not a lore guru, loosing mystisicm was a tough one. And I'm really not all that much into magic (in OB, where I just think magic is far too convenient due regeneration).