I had TES VI in mind when I wrote this:

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1369648-the-future-of-dialogue/

This is something I greatly am behind 100% Great post.

Awesome ideas. If you all have the time, I'd like your opinions on my fan prediction for the setting and story of the Elder Scrolls VI. I've looked at the stories of every past ES game and I hope to put forth a sensible and realistic idea for the sequel.

Keep the Ancient Roman Empire feel to the entire atmosphere, unlike what Oblivion was, and no matter what it is it will be good.

Elsweyr, next-gen detail is going to be amazing.

http://muharraqi-studios.com/download/images/cat/1.jpg

Completely disagree. Why can't the Imperials be their own unique race with a very different culture instead of some very weak Roman knockoff? Not saying they are, because they are very different from the Romans. I want to see weird Cyrod. Most of what is similar with the Romans is merely Aesthetics and rather superficial things like names and Uniforms/weapons. The Imperials in TES are unique once you get into their lore and culture. I much preferred Oblivion's Imperials to Skyrims or Morrowinds.

I've been thinking - if the Thalmor are too racist to allow non-elves into the Summerset Isles, then the next game should be set in Artaeum. The Thalmor don't control it, and the Psijics are presumably more tolerant. The whole island is magical, so it could have a very interesting and fantastical environment.

It is also hidden and the Psijiic Order is kind of different. They are more tolerant than the Thalmor but they still think of magic as something that should be kept from the unwashed masses. Hence Galerion breaking from their order and founding the Mages guild. So anyone with the ability could learn about magic as well.

Very good points. TES needs all of these.

Somthing happend to this post so i had to repost it.

Hmmm Heres a list of things i want

Multiplayer: Will probably never happen, but would be kinda cool to play with atleast one freind.

Hand to hand: I want to fight with my fists like a real man.

Opening sceen: want a cool opening sceen that doesn't put you right into the story from the begining, or just put some mystery around it, for instance, you are running from something in the desert, it's night so you can't really see what it is, after a couple of seconds you pass out of exhaustion, a khajiit yells "Wake up, we're entering the city" you wake up, as he said, you are entering a city, you're on a horse/camel back, he explains what happened to you, after he's done you get of the camel/horse and bend over a bucket of water to wash your face, this is the character creation screen, after you're done with that you can ask him, where he found you, if you do he will give you the location, if you deside to go to that location you will start the main quest/story line, or if the next game isn't in Elsweyr or Hammerfell we could have an opening sceen like this, you are riding in a forest, suddenly you see a ravaged wagon, you walk over to the the wagon and see a lot of dead people, if you look around you will see alot of large footsteps and broken trees in a direction, if you go this direction the mainstory will begin. ( Note: I don't know where the character creation sceen would be in this one )

Elsweyr: A place i would love to see is Elsweyr, why? Read this:
taken from the elderscrolls wikia.

I didn't know that there were Dwemer ruins in Elsweyr. I thought they only built in the north of Tamriel.

ok yeah makes me want the next game to be elsweyr even more now

This I would definitely love to see the next TES game set in Elsywer. It would have a much more alien environment.

I think Bethesda could learn alot from Capcom's Monster Hunter.
I love Monster Hunter, I love Skyrim and TES. But some things I wish Bethesda would have took more time on doing in Skyrim.

Monsters, the Monster Hunter series is known for it's awesome variety of monsters ranging from mudcrab sized to godzilla proportions. Each monster with it's own unique attacks, body parts to cut off. The dragons in Skyrim are awful to fight, animations are bad and attacks and A.I. in general is just terrible. Everytime I get ready to fight a dragon I feel like it's a chore. In Monster Hunter every dragon is unique in it's abilities and smart and have way better attacks. Everytime I see a dragon in Monster Hunter I love the challenge and the reward I get from killing them.

The weapon/armor system should be a must for the next TES, I love the way I get to make my own weapons and armor on any kind of monster I killed. I wish I could do that in Skyrim. What if I want mudcrab armor? A horker tusk helmet? Etc...

Make it happen Bethesda!

Have multiplayer, not a MMORPG but just where you can join 1 persons game, or have 1 person join your game.
That way the focus would still be on the quests and great story telling, but you can have a real friend follow you, or battle them, would be so much fun.

For me, I would have to say I would like more exotic weapons that are inspired by the real world midevil weaponry or by the game world itself.
One such example is JaySuS Swords mod on the Nexus

Why? because I feel with a world such a Skyrims could just do with more exotic weapons inspired by the lore and our would itself. Also, those swords JaySuS made look quite sixy...


Link to JaySuS Swords mod: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=1002

The next game should bring back the birthsigns, I like the idea of bonus/penalty that I can't change whenever I want during the game.

Dark rooms and dungeons, I would like all the torches estinguishable, and once you do it, the room should be pitch black, no invisible light sources. This way the stealth gameplay will gain a whole new level of interaction. If you're quick enough to put the lights off, the suspicious guard will have to light a torch in order to see you. So you can sneak away in situations where you were almost caught.

One thing that's been on my mind lately, is how armor skills function. It seems kind of counter productive for a skill to level passively by requiring you to doing something that gets you killed (being hit). Why not, instead of having armor skills level by you (the pc) being smacked around, have the armor skills level up by the player performing combat-based maneuvers while wearing a given armor type?

For example, in order to level armor skills, the player would have to perform combat movements, such as feints or dodges. This would actually make more sense than leveling the armor skill by being hit, which in this game is inherently not something you want to happen, because this would require that the player actively level the armor skill, by performing actions that would necessitate the character being well adjusted to wearing a certain type of armor.

I'd favor dark dungeons if they had sustained on-self spells (like Dragon Age), so I could cast Light once for an entire dungeon crawl.

Technically what would make the most sense is moving in Armor period. The more you wear it the better you should be when wearing it. A very slow constant skill increase would make the most sense. However in terms of gameplay it probably would be irritating if you lacked control in your level ups and it would be easily abused.

Getting hit seems the best way to do this mechanic in the current game mechanics. However, I believe that the mechanics could be improved by giving you XP when sprinting, sneaking, swimming or Jumping in the Armor. All those things would make you better with whatever armor you are wearing. Another thing could be wearing different armors from that armors category. Each time you wear a new armor type within that armor type's category, like light armor for example, you should gain XP in that skill just a little bit faster. The premise being that you learn faster because of your familiarity with different armor types.

The perk system is fun in theory, but I would hope you make it more interesting next time. Too many perks are +x% to that, -x% to this. In time these passive bonuses make you strong indeed, but I wish there were more active perks that make your playstyle more fun right after you pick them, it’s more rewarding and more fun.

To be more explicit:

• in order to get the perks that you truly want, you have to pick some that don’t help your style. Why do I need Deadly Aim if I only want Assassin’s Blade. I wish the trees were branched in such a way the perks that actually change your damage or add new abilities to be in a separate branch than the “cosmetic” and "fun" perks (ie Hunter’s Discipline) so I don’t have to pick a fun perk that I don’t really want. The fun perks should not be chained, they should be “free for all” from the beginning. You can never abuse this, because if you pick too many fun perks and no damage perks, you'll be weak in that skill. But you should be free to do so if you want, so more customization freedom please.

• the perks in Skyrim trees are a little disconnected in effects, which one could also translate in “lazy design”. Since you chose this “chained” tree design where you must pick perk 1 to get to perk 2, at least make them more cohesive in gameplay, like building a combo of perks, building a playstyle step by step, with a more visible and satisfying motivation.
  
• For instance, perk 1: your jump height is increased by 30% > perk 2: if you have daggers in both hands, you can now hit with daggers while jumping > perk 3: while performing a jump&hit, you have a x% chance to knock your opponent down > perk 4: while your opponent is down, damage with daggers is increased x%. My example may not be the best, but you get the idea: more synergy between consecutive perks, so it makes more sense why we need the prerequisites.

Previous TES games had you improve your armor skills by getting hit. This is directly opposite the normal TES game mechanic where you improve by getting "successes", because with armor, you gain experience only by FAILING.

Real body armor will not stop a direct, strong hit with a weapon designed to penetrate or crease armor. It WILL stop, deflect, or minimize hits that aren't delivered with sufficient force, are slightly off-target, or from a weapon that's useless against it. The point of armor is that it protects you from the quick and gradually debilitating jabs and counterstrokes that would otherwise reduce your combat effectiveness, allowing you to concentrate on blocking or evading the slow and powerful strikes that could still hurt you, and on offensive moves of your own. Wearing armor that's too heavy or restrictive on movement is a recipe for disaster under any but the best circumstances, and was generally only done in tournaments, or by a few elite shock units within a larger force.

Armor should either be a "there and done" kind of thing, or give a fixed damage reduction, but a penalty to speed and actions which would gradually be reducable by "skill", not an increasing bonus to protection. Lighter armor would have less penalty (but a slower experience gain), so you'd trade off penalty versus protection, until you had enough skill to wear pretty much anything without a noticable penalty. Even then, fatigue should degrade faster in heavier armor, so a weak and inexperience character would be awkward and slow in heavy armor. You'd stop or reduce more damage, but get hit more often, and tire out more quickly.

if the conflict with the Thalmor isn't taken care of in Skyrim. i don't wish the next to be in Elsweyr