Should the northern ocean be iced over? : V

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:36 pm

Okay so Skyrim takes place in the far northern regions of the empire and has a northern ocean area. Should it be frozen over/filled with endless floating ice chunks?

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:54 pm

hmm..if some lore says its iced over i guess it should be. but whats the point really. and id like to see boats anyway

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:51 pm

On a certain map you can see the northern part of Skyrim isn't covered in snow. So this wouldn't make any sense.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:14 pm

No. It's not that North.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:27 pm

Perhsps it should freeze in winter, and be liquid in spring and summer.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:12 pm

no to ice and no to penguins
I'd rather see an entirely original creature
also, I don't see the point of the ice

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:14 pm

I think it'll be a bit like Solstheim, a bit of ice on the edges, but definitely not frozen over.

As for penguins, no. I want Horkers, not penguins.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:57 pm

The ocean doesn't just "freeze". Even the north pole has coasts.

» Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:42 am

Some edges of the coast should be frosted over, but I'd still like there to be some water. Also, I want to see debris from recently-nuked Vvardenfell washed up on the shore as a nice homage to the game. How about a Guar skeleton? :hehe:

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:36 pm

If don't see the point of a frozen over sea because in a game it's basically the same as land but without any doodads. ( like trees and locations ). So it would be filler material. Also I think penguins just wouldn't fit in the elder scrolls' universe, so no to that aswell.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:01 pm

But then where would the ~~viking~~ Nord longboats float?

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:22 pm

I don't see the point of the ice

For the Nord figure-skating championships, of course! Oh, and don't forget curling.

In all seriousness, I can see having some drifting ice-flows, but it shouldn't be completely iced over. I am ambivalent toward penguins. They may be cute, but they're devious. Never trust a penguin.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:42 am

No. And No. First, I'm hoping we get boats, and it's mentioned in lore that the Nords are sailors. Also, the North pole IS frozen over, but Skyrim is not at the north pole, if it is similar to Norway or someplace it is right below the region of the arctic sea, the northern part of which is the ice sheet.

Also, I know Nirn =/= Earth, but penguins are found only on the southern hemisphere.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:44 pm

Skyrim is the northern most region of a soutern continent.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:12 pm

Okay so Skyrim takes place in the far northern regions of the empire and has a northern ocean area. Should it be frozen over/filled with endless floating ice chunks?

:laugh: The ocean doesn't freeze! Not even in the antarctic! You get Sea Ice on top, yeah. But it isn't a solid mass of frozen ice from surface to bottom.

Sea Ice could be fun, if only as a vehicle for extra stuff to put on "land" (land-like surface). Ice bears, dens, seals, penguins, horkers, some crazy necromancer, etc.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:51 am

I want a talking penguin merchant, complete with a monocle and top hat.

» Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:23 am

I want a talking penguin merchant, complete with a monocle and top hat.

Pure genious :foodndrink:

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:54 pm

Skyrim just isn't on the north pole. So a frozen ocean would make no sense at all.

I really don't get why people expect Skyrim to be some frozen wasteland. Skyrim is just in the north of the continent of Tamriel, but there's a whole continent to the north of it: Atmora. Now if there are places that are a frozen wasteland, then it has to be on Atmora, not in Skyrim.

Skyrim has snow, but it's basically there because Skyrim is a relatively mountainous region.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:26 pm

A bit ice. Say like... 10% ice, the rest big, deep, nice water with big big waves THAT CRASH ON THE SHORELINE BIG TIME!

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:03 am

I would like to go ice skating, and subsequently have tripping/slipping mechanics

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:48 pm

No penguins, only horkers.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:47 pm

Partially iced. So we can have options of what can exist in the two environments (open seas and ice).
No penguins. Public access to them would mean their demise anyway, and I love penguins.
Now one giant mutant man-eating penguin would be ok.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:23 pm

1. Salt water doesn't freeze easily.

2. Horkers, not penguins.

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:58 pm

I don't care about the ice, but setting up a quest like Undaunted Courage would be interesting!

Also, I don't care about penguins, as long they aren't named Rico, Private, Skipper, nor Kowalski. I'd hate to mess with them! :toughninja:

» Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:37 pm

If any part of the ocean in Skyrim would freeze, it would probably be pretty far into the fjords... if Skyrim has fjords. I'm pretty sure the water on the coast would not freeze, Skyrim is not very far north.