Where did I ever say we needed to? Please, tell me. Because I just reread my posts in this thread, and nowhere did I ever say that it was a NEEDED FEATURE. In fact, I didn't even say that not having the feature would detract from the game in the least. I am simply defending it as a tradition that I, as well as many other TES players, enjoy.
The fact that you seem to not be open to objections or alternatives for starting the game in a different manner. The only point you seem to have is that it is tradition, and therefore we must have it for every single game.
And nice job ignoring the fact that I pointed out not only that this being a part of the story is COMPLETELY NONCONSEQUENTIAL TO YOUR RP CHARACTER. ESPECIALLY in Morrowind, where you are just being let off a prison boat.
You may think the introduction is inconsequential, but I find that if it is obstructing, it leaves a sour note for the start of the game. In Oblivion, having to go through the prison break becomes tedious and annoying. Not to mention that game automatically crams the MQ down your throat, and the situation is worsened with Kvatch always being blown to bits. Morrowind is a heck of a lot more tolerable, because you can wiggle the whole prisoner ship bit as not a prisoner ship, due to the lack of other prisoners and cells. Felt more like I was immigrating to Morrowind, and the MQ wasn't crammed down your throat so hard. One could just toss the papers off to the side and forget about them forever, and no one really seems to care. Not to mention it wasn't like the world was going to end the next day, nor were any cities under siege in such a way Kvatch was that it even further thrust you into the MQ.
Also, you are a hypocrite for complaining about a prison start but being okay with having to be pulled up out of the water like what was suggested earlier.
How am I a hypocrite? I was supporting another suggestion that I found to be less in your face and less introduction restrictive for RPing. You start off with a blank slate, and you aren't treated differently from any other civilian. How one ended up there can be from swimming too far from shore and got washed up, to washing up on shore from a ship sinking.
Finally, I love the fact that you are turning this thread into a "prison start bashing" thread rather than actually discussing my idea. Obviously my idea wouldn't apply if Beth decided not to do a prison start, so saying that you don't like prison starts is irrelevant to a thread about an idea for such a start. There could be a thread about general game start discussion, this isn't it. Go make one.
I am voicing my opinion that I do not want a prison intro, and gave my reasons. If you want me to comment further about your idea, assuming it MUST be a prison intro, than here is what I think. The PC is instantly a criminal from the beginning, and would have made the PC's situation going from bad to worse. Not only did you escape from prison, but you killed a bunch of guards in the process, or were an accessory to their deaths. So even if you did make it out of prison, you are a wanted man/woman. At least in Oblivion, the Emperor pretty much gave you pardon. In this, there is no way to get out of this without continuing being a criminal. Even if one was wrongfully imprisoned, they not only broke out of prison (a crime) but they killed some guards or were an accessory (both are crimes).
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