I would prefer Black Marsh, but Elsweyr sounds amazing too, anything but another human/elf province

What's wrong with another elf province? Out of every game since Daggerfall, only one of them was set in an elf province.

The direction The Elder Scrolls most definitely should be heading is the introduction of more role-playing features and the appeasemant of the RPG audience, whilst introducing and easing new players to the genre. Because a horde of new players, an entirely new audience, has been drawn upon from Skyrim. For many of the younger generations, it is their first RPG. They are willing to dive into the deep end, after learning to swim on their own in the relatively shallow Skyrim. And this means...

The Improvement of The Combat System.

Have you played Dark Souls? Rhetorical question. I haven't, but I will buy a PC port if one comes out. But I distract myself. Dark Souls is proof that even the console gamers can appreciate deep and challenging combat. Which Skyrim most definitely has not got - in most encounters whether you win or not mostly depends on your stats. Other factors may include what potions you have on hand, or the use of cheese tactics - I know I took down Dragon Priests several times my level using shield bash and Stamina Potions.

But really, combat needs to be deepened. For one, deviation from the crosshair in archery should depend on your archery skill. Even if my character never picked up a bow in his life, he can hit targets at 100m in the head.

Second, damage increased to much higher proportions. Getting hit with anything should be hurt, and blocking a necessity. Of course dual wield parrying would need to be introduced, and removal of blocking arrows on the shield as a perk. Timing should be crucial, and hence attacks slowed down.

Third, locational damage and bleeding out. I get hit in the head, -25% Intelligence (more on attributes later). I get hit in the leg, no more sprinting. And because I'm seriously wounded, I'm bleeding out. My health is draining rapidly. I need a Health Potion, or Restoration, or a bandage. This makes stocking up before going into dungeons even more important.

And finally, just for you mages, the reintroduction of spell-crafting in a manner similar to enchanting, in order to give more depth to magical warfare. Maybe even have spell-crafting as part of the enchanting tree or affected by enchanting perks. Maybe make Wards as crucial to magical warfare as Blocking should be for warriors. Eh, what do I know, I svck as a mage. But should players wish to play more arcadey...

Add Gameplay Options

Should someone not wish to play in a hardcoe manner, why should they? Some may prefer a simple hack 'n' slash. Who are we to criticize? So, give options to the player so he can choose how he wishes to play. For example, I should be able to disable the compass. Or location and quest markers in the Map. Or disable fast travel. To each player his own, I say. Just facilitate their choices. Speaking of choices...

Encourage Alternate Playstyles

Yes, this discussion is partially about spears. And also crossbows. And muskets and handcannons. And tranquilizers and nonlethal combat methods.

You see, I really liked Deus Ex Human Revolution. I particularly favoured nonlethal combat - I mostly avoided killing people, and loaded up on stun guns, tranq rifles and enjoyed the nonlethal disposal methods (read: breaking peoples arms before knocking them unconscious).

But in Skyrim, the ONLY way to be nonlethal is to avoid combat altogether, or in certain circumstances, abuse Calm. It is almost impossible to play a pacifist. TES needs to encourage these alternate playstyles and introduce H2H skill again, introduce spears (both javelins and pikes) and crossbows, and traps, and other such things that encourage people to be creative and to replay the game. Speaking of replayability...

Embrace Open World as a Philosophy, Not World Design.

It would add a lot to replay value to able to make different choices on different playthroughs, and not rely on alternate gameplay for replayability hook. Really, there needs to be different choices to be able to be taken for Good and Evil, or in grey and grey cases, Chaotic Good, Lawful Good, Lawful Evil or Chaotic Evil. I should be able to make choices that make sense for my character in context, and not suddenly serve the Daedra on my Priest of the Divines because the quest railroads me into it, and the only other option being 'ignore forever.' Hell, there isn't even a Vigilant of Stendarr questline, and the fully fleshed out questlines are entirely evil. Speaking of options, choices and decision making...

Actions Have Consequences

Quick! Think! What actions in Skyrim have consequences? If you answered 'stealing a piece of bread' you're entirely correct! I knew my kleptomaniac was pleased to have his evil actions have consequences for once, but my beggar about to starve to death (Live Another Life + Frostfall + Imp's More Complex Needs) found it less fun to find he had three thugs hired to kill him for stealing an Eidar Cheese Wheel worth a handful of septims (whilst the thugs had been hired for 300 septims... overreaction much, dude?).

Decisions you make should have a tangible affect on the world, and you should always fully appreciate the consequences of your actions. suicide after the death of her remaining daughter is a example of such consequences. But there should be other consequences - steal from that merchant too much and his disposition is so low he refuses to trade with you. As a Daedric worshiper Vigilants attack you on sight and you are banned from the tempes. As a wanted Stormcloak rebel merchants refuse to be associated with you and you're denied access to Imperial cities.

Attributes and Character Crafting

Yeah, attributes. They should most definitely return as they make a character you create uniquely yours. He may have the strength of an elderly woman, but he has the intelligence of a mouse and the deftness of a cat. Really, they should be nothing complex or spreadsheety, but I should actually be able to choose and min-max my attributes, and distribute character points so as to craft a character unique to me.

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And that's it. Feel free to critique my writing skills. Hell, I'm not a columnist. Sorry for the Wall o' Text.

Stealth gameplay needs more attention too, I forgot that.

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This is what I want most for TES VI:
Black Marsh and sailing!

I know it may be early, but after playing skyrim to its fullest, it left me just wanting more. I wondered what would be next and how would it live up to or exceed its previous storyline after such an epic story like skyrim.

I would like to see three provinces mainly which is Black Marsh, Summerset Isle, and my favorite idea so far is Elswyr. I think the elderscrolls should take the direction towards the desert home of the khajiit. I know they can do it right after all their games theyve made. Morrowind changed my gaming perspective and each elder scrolls after that blew my mind.

I can picture how The Elder Scrolls VI: Elswyr would be like. Music on sitars and sandstorms. Whole cities have dissapeared under the sand and deserts arent all just sand. There are oasis out there and maybe even rivers. But just like every game, the problem in the story has to be bad enough to threaten all of Tamriel.

I would like more dedication for hunters and nature lovers. A faction, a specific questline, companions, a skinning profession, more diverse creatures and loot that can be used for professions, maybe more unique "boss" animals (they could have names given by the local people) that are hard to find and,or hard to kill. I would also like the animal life enhanced, Skyrim is definitely a step forward but I'd like more life simulations for creatures and horses like eating, drinking, playing with their baby animals...

I personally want most of the action to be happening OUTSIDE the dungeons. Don't get me wrong, I love a good dungeon dive every now and then as much as the next guy, but it seem like they shoved way too many dungeons into the world, just so they could have 2/3 of the quests be cleverly disguised excuses of why you need to play through a certain dungeon. And it's not even randomly-generated, miscellaneous quests! Big, handcrafted questlines employ this tactic as well. (Go through this dungeon to retrieve the horn of Jurgen Windcaller!!! Quest through this dungeon to get the Staff of Magnus!!! Journey through this dungeon to help capture the traitor to the Theives Guild!!! I need you to assassinate my ex-boyfriend... Who just happens to be in a dungeon. *Every Bard's Guild quest*)

My idea is that they could take all the resources required to make a surplus of dungeons... And use them to make WAY bigger cities. Cities so big and intresting that the majority of the "dungeon quests" could take place within city walls instead of a random dungeon.

I personally want most of the action to be happening OUTSIDE the dungeons. Don't get me wrong, I love a good dungeon dive every now and then as much as the next guy, but it seem like they shoved way too many dungeons into the world, just so they could have 2/3 of the quests be cleverly disguised excuses of why you need to play through a certain dungeon. And it's not even randomly-generated, miscellaneous quests! Big, handcrafted questlines employ this tactic as well. (Go through this dungeon to retrieve the horn of Jurgen Windcaller!!! Quest through this dungeon to get the Staff of Magnus!!! Journey through this dungeon to help capture the traitor to the Theives Guild!!! I need you to assassinate my ex-boyfriend... Who just happens to be in a dungeon. *Every Bard's Guild quest*)

My idea is that they could take all the resources required to make a surplus of dungeons... And use them to make WAY bigger cities. Cities so big and intresting that the majority of the "dungeon quests" could take place within city walls instead of a random dungeon.

For "The Elder Scrolls VI", it could be time to break out of the one province per game installment mode and show ALL of Tamriel in one game. As Bethesda has opted for distribution via Steam (i.e., online), it would be a matter of having hard drive space not producing multiple disks per game package. This sort of game (i.e., all of Tamriel) could give players a true look at what was the Empire (of the Septim line), showing the diversity of the cultures of Tamriel each in their own province, at the timeframe the game is set in (presumably after the events of "Skyrim.")

It can be noted that at one province per game and several years of development between each installment, it could take decades to finish seeing all of Tamriel (let alone Nirn), and that is at different (historic) times. What player actually wants to wait that long to see this one part (Tamriel) of this game world (Nirn)?

The playable races can be expanded beyond the current base of ten. Some possibile additions to playable races could be: Goblins, Dremora, Golden Saints, Akavir, etcetera.

No, Bethesda should not make a game that has all the provinces until we visit all of the provinces first. It would take forever for Bethesda to make a game that has all the provinces, and has depth to it. I say we stiick to the one province per game, at the most have two, but it would have to be small provinces.