Glarthir is dead. But he was very entertaining. I won't be surprised if M'aiq the Liar comes back, he's also very entertaining. If he does come back, I hope that he looks the same as he did in Oblivion.

Caius Cosades. It's real depressing that he leaves and never comes back in the middle of the main quest. Besides needing a shirt, he is awesome. He gives you money out of his own pocket and stuff. Martin never gave me jack %*&#!

I always collected moon sugar and good skooma pipes and brought em back to Caius. Must be like 500 moon sugar in there. Hope he got em when he came back.

Caius Cosades. I really had hoped to see him again in Oblivion.

Maybe he died in the time between Morrowind and Oblivion.

wow, Maiq intentionally bashes players, and yet he is the most popular vote, i guess that shouldn't be a surprise though considering how unique he is

I like how he bashes players, I bash those same people too. Everyone complained, [censored]ed and moaned that things in morrowind were too hard, now they complain that Oblivion is too easy.

I don't recall ever seeing a single person who said "Morrowind was too hard"...
I know of lots of people who have said "Oblivion was too easy".

As long as he goes back to lying, I'm up for M'Aiq

Jeez, everyone's so serious about Ma'iq. He's just a joke, I liked him in both Oblivion and Morrowind.
So, I voted for Ma'iq, for being an awesome liar. (Don't say that he's bashing players and I should hate him, because I like him, he's just for fun)
Caius Cosades, for being an awesome shirtless Skooma Addict.
And someone else, I forgot who.
Oh yeah, and the evil Bosmer of my choosing, Fargoth!

well dunno if thise already been said but if the next game realy gona be skyrim im guessing we see some morrowind past char i guess
as the nord are in war on the border with the remaining redoran so im hoping to see some familiar redorans who survived the atack on ald ruin
and hoping able to choise side on either the nords army or redoran the you realy got 2 oposide factions
but straight to the topic point im hoping to see either cadius the old suger tooth or big head

I liked M'Aiq in Morrowind, when he was actually a liar. In Oblivion it was too obvious that he was just being a proxy for the developers' remarks on the game content, not to mention he acted like a total jerk whilst doing it.

I thought the people who said Morrowind was too hard were (some) Oblivion fans then Morrowind fans and (some) Morrowind fans thought Oblivion was too easy. Besides, he was bashing the players who wanted levitation, crossbows, and staffs, not just players who complained about the quest compass.

Either way. I think he should go back to being a liar if he is in TES V.

No way, oblivion's Maiq made him much more likable IMHO, he was the only NPC who directly talked to the fans, he might have made some fans upset, but really it's not like people were expecting Beth to have a major game change in the final moments of development. His insulting and arrogant tone just made him that much more humorous for me, so quit being such grouches and smile, maiq is hopefully coming back and he'll have new stories to share. :goodjob:

He can talk directly to the fans without calling them fools and idiots. That's what really annoyed me about this M'aiq. If he gave us actual reasons instead of "Ooh, look how much better the game is with/without this idiot Morrowind players". That's my problem with him. If, for example, he said that too many people of Cyrodil didn't have time to give directions or couldn't give accurate directions that might have been different then just saying he thought the quest compass was a good idea. I would have greatly preferred a fake explanation to what he gave.

Yeah, but that arrogant behavior really gave him a unique persona, i liked that and i'm pretty sure (*gulps while hopefully thinking somebody will back him up*) that other people feel the same way as me, didn't you just want to go into a blood-frenzy when maiq told you that? That's how touching he can be, he can speak directly to the hardcoe fan inside of all of us. :twirl:

I played Oblivion first so no, but it annoys me now. If you really want M'aiq to insult players how about he insults the Oblivion fans in the next game and supports Morrowind ones. I mean, "That arrogant behavior will really gave him a unique persona" Sounds ridiculous right? (Note, I don't support M'aiq insulting any players, the previous comment on Oblivion players was sarcasm ok? I want a funny, lying M'aiq which also gave him a unique personality.) Why not have him act arrogant toward NPCs then. Why do I care if he hates Barenziah? Make a different NPC to talk to the fans without saying negative things about them. Also, he still doesn't need to call us fools and idiots.

Exactly, you don't care if insults some random NPC, but you do if he insults you, he touches you that much, and i don't care if he bashes every single fan from every single game in the next game, the more the merrier IMO

Oh, Jeez ... I mean, I don't really see how M'aiq ribbing the fans over forum quotes - he is, after all, an easter egg - is any worse than my putting a character in one of my mods that basically took the mickey out of all the half-assed lore-weaselling that there is in Morrowind. It's not like I hate the devs or think they're stupid or disrespect them in any way - it's just lighthearted teasing.

Being offended by M'aiq is a lot like being offended by the movie Galaxy Quest or the Comic Book Guy in the Simpsons. "Worst ... character ... ever."


It actually happens with almost every game - in fact, I think Bethesda's fans have got off lightly in the grand scheme of things.

For a start, the membership of these forums represents only 5% of the entire number of people who bought even Oblivion, which doesn't even take into consideration people who have only played Morrowind or the Fallout games or whatever. We are only a sample.

Beyond that, we are the extremist sample. People don't bother to register on forums to say that they have no strong opinions either way: you pretty much have to love it or hate it to want to tell people about it.

Out of that 5%, only 10% post regularly (according to a report I read on general forum use), and only 10% of those post daily.

So the opinions you see every day on these forums represent 0.05% of the fanbase, expressing only the most extreme of opinions.

I say we got off lightly because the devs did at least try to cater to those opinions (with things like level scaling) and when they "got it wrong", the game was still broadly enjoyable. When they've got it right, it's made me want to cuddle them - not least because it's just been gravy on a game which would still have been great if they'd have just stuck to their guns and ignored the lot of us because we're not developers and by definition don't really know what we're talking about. What we think we want and what we really want aren't always the same thing.

Thinking of other games where devs have taken rather more notice of those shouty few, the entire game's been ruined when they've scrabbled around with the balancing systems, overpowering some weapons and underpowering others in a shooting game where that stuff's important. That was a huge mistake - not least, of course, because they were catering to the whims of a shouty few instead of the wider generally-contented fanbase who were happy with it the first time.



Hahahaha ... yeah, he certainly gave Fargoth a run for his money.

I'd love to see Caius again, and I really love Barenziah. She's very integral to the series for me. Even if she doesn't physically appear in the game, I want to know how she's doing.

Yes, people on here are way too sensitive about Maiq.

I guess I'm fine as long as the insults are equal (As in, not all directed to one fan base) and slightly less insulting. We can make M'aiq nasty without calling players idiots and fools. My main problem with Oblivion was that Morrowind players were specifically singled out instead of a balance of them. (As in, some Daggerfall players, some Arena players, some Oblivion players, and some Morrowind players. It was just Morrowind players. Maybe he could also have some of the topics in Morrowind to. Like becoming a lich. )

:thumbsup: ^_^

I miss Saint Jiub

It would be cool to see Morgiah again if a future game does take place near Firsthold in the Summerset Isles. I also think it would be cool to see an evil spirit of Jagar Tharn haunting Tamriel and communicating with the player telepathically or something like that.

This.

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Lucien should come back as an angry ghost, looking for his .