Firstly excuse me if these questions have already been asked.

I have to be honest this game looks incredible and potentially one to be added to the greatest list, I played oblivion and that game was a fun experience for me and I hope this game can do the same.

Q.1 In Today’s modern gaming community we find that the majority of games are online MMO's or at the very least online for multi player, is this something that has been/is or could be considered for Skyrim. I personally fell that if a game like this was MMO it would be the greatest MMO out there. If this game online would/would there be a realm or place one can travel to for open PVP and potentially full loot?, I ask this as Darkfall online (considerable the best MMO atm) has a very similar style of game play and that is what makes that game greater than the others (it’s not click auto hit, its real player skill aim and shoot) the only thing letting that game down is the content, something that this game seems to be very rich in.

Q.2 Oblivions crafting system was great, will this be something that will be further developed in Skyrim, armour made from materials only gathered from the rarest dragons or beasts alike. If this game were MMO would there be some kind of personalisation for players to make their armour stand out above the others, dies for example or tabards.

Q.3 Can we fly the dragons >.<, mounted aerial combat???

I fully appreciate any comments made, and apologise if these questions are a little farfetched.

1. No way. There are many functions that simply would not work at all if this was multiplayer, a lot relies on NPC AI, such as almost everything to do wth stealth.
2. Crafting will be expanded upon.
3. No.

- Multiplayer has been considered, but won't feature in Skyrim at all. I'm glad, personally. The main TES series should stay singleplayer - if they ever attempted multiplayer, it should be done as a separate project.

- Crafting is being developed a lot for Skyrim.

- No, you may not fly dragons. The idea is silly really... not only does it make light of the dragons, but the gameworld will feel incredibly small if you're flying around on one.

Multiplayer, in my opinion, isn't right for a game like Skyrim. I loved Oblivion because it was single player; there's no people to say they're better than you because their x is higher level than your y. I want the same feeling this time around. Lay back, do what you want. It's the player's game, not the online community's.

There wasn't much of a crafting system from what I remember, really. And for standing out, I would definitely like some more diversity than Oblivion had.

No flying on the dragons, please.

I understand what you guys are saying about how multiplayer would definetly mess with the experience, but I do think being able to run around with 1 or more person (limit of 4 people including yourself) would be ridiculously fun.

Not every game needs multiplayer. Rediculously fun? How bout rediculously annoying fighting over what quest to do when and where to go.
Implementation of multiplayer in a game like Skyrim would be a disaster.

1) No
2) Yes, better than OB
3) No

Not with random people, you invite your friends, who I'm sure you can co-operate with. Hell, even co-op would be a fine addition if you ask me. Providing the game does not become easy the moment you get another person in the mix. You're always in control too, what's wrong with just kicking them out of your world?

1. No
2. Oblivion had crafting? Oh you mean enchanting and potions....
3. No

1. No
2. Yes
3. No

No.
Yes.
Hell no.

i agree 100%

i stress the agreement with keeping multiplayer totally separate. i think any attempt to create and integrate it with a partially SP game would be disastrous and overly complex. Id rather keep Elder Scrolls SP exclusively. Makes for a much better experience, and a different sort of gameplay. It stays dedicated.

By the fans perhaps but Bethesda has made at least a half a dozen official statements over the last 5 yrs alone that they are a single player game developer and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

Bethesda's parent company ZeniMax Media Inc. founded ZeniMax Online Studios about 3-4 yrs ago and announced last year that they were developing a Bethesda owned IP. That is all that is known. I would rather see Fallout Online because i think it would work better than TES but as it stands now we have a 50/50 chance of either FOO or TESO being announced in the next 1-4 yrs.

The thing is, the reason why Skyrim has so much content is precisely because it's been kept a single player experience. You could never have an MMO that maintained the level of detail and variety players expect from The Elder Scrolls.

If Bethesda wanted to incorporate multiplayer, they'd have to cut down on most of the things that you feel make the concept so tantalizing in the first place. Demon's Souls has the right idea when it comes to mixing RPGs and multiplayer, but the world of DS isn't nearly as complex as the one in Skyrim.

There is a shortage of quality sci-fi MMOs compared to fantasy MMOs. And there's a huge shortage of post-apocalyptic sci-fi alt-history MMOs. A Fallout MMO would be pretty interesting. An Elder Scrolls MMO would probably be a safer financial investment though, just because of how well fantasy MMOs fare.

I think that FO would work better because the post apocalyptic setting personifies default player/player interaction in an MMO. In a fanasty setting getting owned by a player killer is usually very jarring to game play but that would be the inherent nature of people in a post apocalyptic setting. It fits the kill or be killed attitude of MMO player better.

1. If they focus on the multiplayer, then they won't have enough time to focus the best part of the game: the singleplayer. So no, they won't.
2. Yes it will be better.
3. That would be awesome, but might take too much work.

I agree with you :thumbsup: , if Skyrim turned into MMO i would not buy it.