Skyrim - a nation of bandits : V

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:13 pm

How come there are more bandits and necromancers than regular people ?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:33 pm

Because They breed like rabbits and I like killing people.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:47 pm

It makes the game more interesting. You wouldn't want to fight librarians and farmers would you?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:14 pm

I kill farmers who try to join the stormcloacks! haha

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:13 pm

Times are hard. The country is still recovering from the war with the Thalmar. Once wars end many soldiers without jobs or homes became mercenaries or brigands. It's a common theme during the dark ages -> medival times.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:33 am

Because it's a dungeon delve RPG, not a social RPG.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:54 am

Because They breed like rabbits and I like killing people.

Quoted For Truth.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:37 pm

It makes the game more interesting. You wouldn't want to fight librarians and farmers would you?

Clearly you've not encountered Conan the Librarian.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:51 pm

How come there are more bandits and necromancers than regular people ?

Because you really don't want to kill the regulars in the game. They are the ones who give you quests and rewards and do business with you. So, you need something to play with when there are no Dragons, or Wolves, or Trolls, or Tigers, or Crabs, or Bears, or Giants, or Wraiths, or Drauger, or Skeletons, or Horkers or something else is not around.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:44 pm

Wrong, Skyrim is a nation of bandits and crippled quards.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:53 am

You can always role play that the towns are as big if not bigger than Morrowind cities.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:43 pm

Wrong, Skyrim is a nation of bandits and crippled quards.

I will say the Citizen-to-Guard ratio is rather high in Skyrim. Best protected citizens world-wide, hands down.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:13 pm

I think when guards say they used to be adventurers, they really mean bandits.

I mean how often do you encounter other adventurers? How likely is it that just a few years ago there were hundreds of them wandering around but now there are barely any?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:21 pm

The enemy:badguy ratio is always ridiculous in games. Literally the only one I can think of that did it differently was Planescape: Torment, and that was 15 years ago with 2d sprites, so it shouldn't count anyway. Maybe the OP should go to the Nintendo forums and ask why there are so many meanies in Mario games and not enough plumbers to offset it.

I do have to agree with the citizen:guard ratio, though. It's a fricken police state.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:43 pm

If it wasnt for the brave Bandits and Necromancers the remaining Townsfolk would have been eaten by Beasts a long time ago.
Now that the Dragonborn relentlessly slays their Airforce capabilites it is only a matter of time before Skyrim has to bow to the Frostbite Spider King.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:58 am

Lag.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:16 pm

Clearly you've not encountered Conan the Librarian.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8

Haha i laughed with this.And no,skyrim is not a country of bandits,but yes a country of "Mountais where pyshics laws doesn't exist"

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:58 pm

When its you and your friends journeying around the countryside, killing things and taking their stuff, you call it "adventuring"

WHen someone else does it, they are "bandits"

YOU ARE A BANDIT

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:50 pm

I think when guards say they used to be adventurers, they really mean bandits.

I mean how often do you encounter other adventurers? How likely is it that just a few years ago there were hundreds of them wandering around but now there are barely any?

http://s6.postimage.org/opd15xqkx/2011_11_28_00033.jpg

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:23 pm

I think when guards say they used to be adventurers, they really mean bandits.

I mean how often do you encounter other adventurers? How likely is it that just a few years ago there were hundreds of them wandering around but now there are barely any?

Adventuring is always one of the first businesses to get hit during a failing economy. Sorta like construction IRL. People just don't carry their fine loot around when times are tough.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:16 pm

I want a mod that simply renames many bandits "Reavers"....
They introduced them in Bloodmoon, and could have offered a bit more variety by creating this group, perhaps with some distinctions...maybe even some who are non-aggressive with a few quests, and perhaps a join-able faction, or something.
Curs, and scallywags...brigands...the lot of them.