Was it necessary for Morrowind to have a big red hand icon over items that were going to count as stolen? It's pretty much the same thing, but a much clearer indication.
Thank you. Morrowind had the same thing. It seems that a lot of people are just determined to find reasons to still like Morrowind better than Skyrim, regardless of whether its better or not. And the dude who said that Morrowind had more content that Skyrim makes me want to laugh. Skyrim has ten times more quests and content than Morrowind did, and that doesn't even include the random events.
Believe me, I had a ball playing Morrowind, but I"m not so blind to use such over-exaggerated words when describing it like, "Masterpiece" or "perfection". Give me a break. Its called nostalgia. Learn the meaning of the word. Its when you over-mystify a past experience to the point where you can only remember the positives, and not the negatives. This keeps you from liking anything new, or (gasp!) different.
Just FYI, when Morrowind came out, there were JUST AS MANY COMPLAINTS about the game's design decisions as there were for Oblivion and Skyrim. I was there. You know who complained the most? Daggerfall fans. Its always that way.