» Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:42 am
(This is going to be a bit of venting, thank goodness for mods, also includes spoilers)
This is probably why Riften is the worst hold in my opinion. Riften takes all of my Pet Peeves with characterization and corruption, before mushing it altogether, and then giving it a rundown, gloomy atmosphere with some of the most arrogant NPCs I have ever met. At first there was Maul, but after paying him to talk he wasn't really that bad. Whilst there are some good people around like Mjoll, who’s actually trying to remove the corruption in Riften, as well as Shopkeepers like Madesi the Argonian, there’s no real way of removing the Corruption in Riften.You can't help Mjoll with her "Corruption" problem, you're mean to deal with it and join the Thieves guild. Even if you are playing as a Strict Warrior-mage with a very low pickpocket/sneak skill Brynjolf STILL thinks you'd make a good thief.
Well, I don't want to join the thieves guild! I want to be able to do the same thing with the Dark Brotherhood and actually have a questchain that allows you to destroy them, and to also Evict the black-briars from their own home! Yes, I understand the whole idea of "If you attack the black-briars or the Thieves guild its a major crime", but even if you've stopped the world-eating monstrosity, you are now wearing the SKIN AND BONES of Ancient monsters, you kick dragons and Dremora around like cans on a sidewalk and have obtained every single Daedric artifact and learned every single shout there is possible, you still can't do anything to stop the corruption in Riften.
Heck, not even MARKARTH was this bad! At least you can fix the problems in Markarth by killing Madanach and his lackeys in the mine, and you can also kill Eola and the rest of the cannibals as well at the end of her questchain. But with Riften, you're meant to just "Deal with it, yo", and it destroyed my sense of Immersion and appreciation for the game.
God, dammit.