In a way I would like to see lycanthropy and vampirism or any other 'state changing' abilities to be treated as a skill that levels up the more you use it. If it is merely a greater power or spell then there isn't much depth to the concept.
If treated as a skill, especially as skills are being done in Skyrim you have a fundamental change to your character. Couple this with the new dynamic story and you can have something truly profound. When treated as a skill lycanthropy would obviously grow stronger the more you use it. Perks would allow you customize the power as well, allowing you to choose to stabilize the power or become more destructive. Either way there is a story element about the type of character you choose to play.
I'm imagining myself playing a character and there being some sort of quest or dynamic event that leaves me a werewolf. All of a sudden my character is in a truly desperate position, I'm going crazy, i don't have complete control of my body and I may be being hunted. I can choose to fight to rid myself of the curse, master it, or embrace it. The point being the more you use it, the stronger it becomes, the more - or less - control you have over it. Maybe there is no cure, you just have take the mastery path and suppress it for good. Either way, it is something that has a profound and lasting effect on your character - not merely a spell or greater power.

Sound like good ideas kind of like a community. All werewolvse are known to be social creatures / live in packs? I had the idea that they were pretty solitary which I kind of like the thought of better.

You know, that might work. It would be similar to the black talon company in fallout 3 trying to hunt you for a contract. So basically bethesda has experience doing something like that.

or both. ;]
I love the idea of having Lycanthropy in Skyrim, It just gets so dull being just a vampire all the time.

but what would happen if you had Lycanthropy and contracted Vampirism? would you become a monstrosity or would the Lycanthropy kill the Vampirism or the other way around, or you had to choose between one of them?

I think that the vampire faction should be wealthy and the were clans live in hovels and such

I don't necessarily think that to be the case...I could see a pack of Nordic werewolves residing in a great mead-hall, part of a nobleman's berserker or ulfhednar bodyguard...

There was a werewolf pack in Daggerall.

I don't necessarily think that to be the case...I could see a pack of Nordic werewolves residing in a great mead-hall, part of a nobleman's berserker or ulfhednar bodyguard...

on the subject of werewolves or any other form of lycanthrope implement it the classic way any other way would seem to cheap and twilighty

I can dig it...But elaborate on 'classic way' if you please...

no control over the time of transformation and have it happen nightly like it was done in bloodmoon

lol i swear you and daggerfall keep coming back to bight me in a$$ :tongue: .

i guess alot didnt get transfered over from daggerfall to bloodmoon as far as werewolves go.

im ok with were clans but i dont want it to turn into underworld.... what i would like to see though is for the were clans to fight each other. who is better the werebear or werewolf?
that i think would be cool to let the different vampire clans fight eachother and the different were clans fight eachother.

I vote yes for werewolf tribes. But no to war. I totally agree.

EDIT: There should be two tranformations every in-game month. Since there are two full moons. It's better than every night. See, some people will have to do quests at night. We can't do that as a werewolf.

W & V old chum...Good of you to return...I would like to see quests for werewolves that are a mix of some having the necessity of taking place in human form while others absolutely require the beast within...

THanks. Good to be back. And I think Bethesda can pull it off. In Bloodmoon, when I tried to enter Castle Kaarstag, a message popped up saying: "Only a werewolf can enter." or some restrictions when trying to get the Totem of Claw and Fang "Those who are cursed by the shadow of the Beast may not open this chest". Thing's like this is interesting and can make alot of cool scenarios. And some advantages and disadvantages.

Yes...I waited until I was in werewolf form, entered the castle, waited until I was in human form again...And...Looted my little black heart out...

on the subject of werewolves or any other form of lycanthrope implement it the classic way any other way would seem to cheap and twilighty

There's more to werewolves than just twilight.

hmmm what about the subject of hercine? what kind of quests should we do for him? what rewards should we get for being his lap dogs.... or lap....bear?