I really want to be able to play Skyrim with my friends instead of having to play my game while my friends play there games, I want to be able to be in the same world as them and start groups to fight other online gamers. There are many ways this can be done and I would be happy with most of them if not all of them. I have always dreamed of a multiplayer for Oblivion and now I Pray for it to be in Skyrim. A lot of my friends won't get this game if there is not a multiplayer and I am sure that many others feel the same way, I would get this game along with some of my friends but I can guarantee that adding any form of multiplayer will make the game more fun and increase the number of people who get this game. Most people are asking for a multiplayer because it is not ruining the game, it is only adding another option of gameplay to the game.

Far too late, also there is an active thread for this buried somewhere, a mod will undoubtedly link it.

It is confirmed that there will be no multiplayer/co-op. If you wish to discuss this further, please use this topic

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1178189-official-discussion-of-multi-playerco-op-in-skyrim/