How Should Bethesda Deal With The Skyrim Border? : V

» Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:56 pm

So how do you want to happen when reaching the border in TES:V? I ask cause many people disliked the invisible walls that where in oblivion.

» Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:54 pm

Natural barriers. Having impassable mountains and bodies of water I think is the best.

» Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:14 pm

Mountains on the East, West, and South, and the ocean to the North. Seems simple enough to me.

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:15 am

I'm in favor of the "dense fog rolls in, you pass out, wake up back within the game's borders" approach.

Totally against natural barriers, because there shouldn't ever be such a thing as an impassable barrier. You should be able to levitate or climb over anything in the game with the right skills. No invisible walls please...

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:29 am

Natural barriers. Having impassable mountains and bodies of water I think is the best.

Mountains on the East, West, and South, and the ocean to the North. Seems simple enough to me.

But if we get levitation back, then shouldnt we be able to levitate past these mountains?

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:29 am

I say you get assassinated or something.

» Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:06 pm

they should have ever lasting forest, but while you are there, you get massed on by packs of wolves and bears and the odd insane nord.

» Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:58 pm

I say you get assassinated or something.

Assassinated? Just like that in the middle of nowhere? There has to be better ways.

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:56 am

they should have ever lasting forest, but while you are there, you get massed on by packs of wolves and bears and the odd insane nord.

:rofl: I vote for this.

» Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:13 pm

or they could have mountains AND wild rabid animals. y'know, double protection! - bowchikawowow

» Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:25 pm

they should have ever lasting forest, but while you are there, you get massed on by packs of wolves and bears and the odd insane nord.

lol...the old Ski Free approach! You go out of bounds and a giant abominable snowman runs up and eats you!

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:06 am

Have it like was in Oblivion where you can't go any farther this direction.

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:49 am

Have it like was in Oblivion where you can't go any farther this direction.

please tell me your joking?

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:48 am

Difficult to come up with a plausible border, however, for the love of Septim, no magical borders. That's very lazy.

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:16 am

please tell me your joking?

I dont mind if it was like oblivion. I know it is immersion breaking, but so is the "horde of evil wolves jump out and instantly kill you"

» Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:48 pm

Mountains would be fine.

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:17 am

Todd Howard with a anti-materiel rifle, try to leave skyrim now

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:37 am

I dont mind if it was like oblivion. I know it is immersion breaking, but so is the "horde of evil wolves jump out and instantly kill you"

personally i think that the chance of encountering a pack of hungry wolves in a cold mountainous wilderness is highly plausible

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:41 am

Rabid deer kill you with one frothy bite.

» Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:23 pm

I think they should just do mountains, and if someone tries to levitate over them or whatever then should come the "You cannot go this way" message. What else can they do? They can't make the mountains infinitely tall.

Todd Howard with a anti-materiel rifle, try to leave skyrim now

:rofl:

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:19 am

It would be strange if there were mountains that you can't get over. Where is the way into Skyrim then?

Sry for my english

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:19 am

Difficult to come up with a plausible border, however, for the love of Septim, no magical borders. That's very lazy.

No ghost fence?

» Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:00 pm

You just get the feeling that you have to turn back, in intervals.

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:53 am

"A blizzard begins to roll in and you freeze to death." Obviously worded better but you get the jist :thumbsup:
Also if the sea's a border you can say "You swim for hours and begin to tire. you decide to turn back" To make that scanario more realistic you could change the time depend on your fatigue levels etc. :thumbsup:

» Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:55 am

I don't see what's bad about the invisible walls. Sure, it's immersion breaking, and yes I'd prefer to see an alternative method to preventing the player accessing areas they shouldn't, but it's not as bad as people make it out to be.

Anyway, seeing as how the East, South and West have mountains, how about an avalanche? Or like Mackinnon10 said, a blizzard.

...but then surely people will complain if they get teleported back to within the game's boundaries.