Skyrim's Inconsistencies. : V - Skyrim

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:46 pm

This really bugged me too, you'd think their first assumption would be "You shouted, you never told us you trained with the greybeards." Then you would explain you've never shouted before in your life and then they would be shocked and call you dragonborn. But no, they jump straight to believing you to be a legendary being of prophecy.

Spoiler

They say that because they see you absorb a dragon soul. They ask you too shout only for additional confirmation and to make Irileth see its not just some Nord fairy tail (though oddly enough she shows no reaction to your thu'um demonstration).

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:19 pm

oblivion: wood elves = midgits
skyrim: in 200 years wood elves are now as tall as us ?? evolution on steroids

The average human height has increased since the 1800's by about a foot so this is not impossible.

just saying

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:43 am

I get that these are all funny and all that, but they break the game. This is just some funny little problem, it's a funny huge problem with the game, just like all the other details bethesda ignores. You are constantly taken out of the world because nothing in the game reacts realistically to your actions. Too often it doesn't react at all.

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:23 am

oblivion: knights of the nine become whole again and beat umaril and become powerful
skyrim book: the knights of the nine never formed again after their being disbanded
oblivion: no mention of the sumerset isles being attacked only that the wizards were boycotting some goods
skyrim: they got attacked and seceeded?? wtf
oblivion: mages guild fighters guild and brotherhood all guilds do good and become prosperous
skyrim: mages gone, brotherhood gone only 1 left and somehow the night mother has a body, no fighters guild that ive heard of only that its not in skyrim
oblivion: dragon picture shows a big dinosaur looking pic
skyrim: dragons like in the movies
oblivion: wood elves = midgits
skyrim: in 200 years wood elves are now as tall as us ?? evolution on steroids

just saying

I think this is to do with the Infernal City novels. For whatever reason, Bethesda decided to make them Canon, so thats why we're stuck with so many inconsistencies

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:41 pm

The average human height has increased since the 1800's by about a foot so this is not impossible.

just saying

And dont forget that all the Elves live so long because they take smaller steps, too ...

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:59 am

Buy 5k+ worth of equipment from vendor, increasing his coin to high amounts.

Travel

Return

Vendor has 750gold

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:14 am

No one has seen dragons for many many years, and whatever gear left with dragon scale/bone parts in it must've been made a long time ago... but yet here comes a gal/guy that just escape execution and within weeks/months can craft a legendary quality dragonbone sets... what? O.o....

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:36 pm

Become the Archmage of the Winterhold College.

guard, "so you can cast a few spells, am i supposed to be impressed?"

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:30 am

Buy 5k+ worth of equipment from vendor, increasing his coin to high amounts.

Travel

Return

Vendor has 750gold

With inconsistencies like this, I like to think that he simply wasted it all on gambling and prosttutes and mead.

my contribution: you can open a lock with a metal hook and a screwdriver-like device, but mages are unable to open them with magic. But mages can do all sorts of other mind-blowing, science-breaking things that effect physical matter. Simple medieval locks cannot be simply opened with physics bending magic! YOU NEED A METAL HOOK AND A SCREWDRIVER YOU INCOMPETENT FOOL!

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:38 pm

No one has seen dragons for many many years, and whatever gear left with dragon scale/bone parts in it must've been made a long time ago... but yet here comes a gal/guy that just escape execution and within weeks/months can craft a legendary quality dragonbone sets... what? O.o....

Well that's because dragons have just come back thanks to Alduin the son of Akatosh. So yeah, theres a lot more dragon bones and scales floating around, so i could see how it would be easy to acquire.

I'd also like to add

Does anyone else feel like there should be some other better type of armor forged from dragon parts? i mean c'mon, you kill like 4-5 dragons and u have a set of dragon armor, which isnt even the best armor for heavy armor users.

Just feels like there should be a harder armor to craft, one requiring more materials, and rarer ones from harder dragons.

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:15 pm

I will drown in water. But I will not burn if I stand in fire.

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:46 pm

I became Stormblade. Ulfric says there are still pockets of Imperial Resistance to exterminate. He unofficially tasks me with taking care of these Imperial Camps.

Go to Imperial Camp. Imperial Captain is an "Essential" NPC.

....really? :banghead:

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:41 am

Kill emperor. Join's Legion nobody has any idea who I am.

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:52 am

Kill emperor. Join's Legion nobody has any idea who I am.

Assassination well done, I say

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:03 am

Become arch-mage.

Farengar in Whiterun tells me to join the College of Winterhold while I'm wearing the arch-mage's face dissapearing clothes!

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:30 am

Become the Archmage of the Winterhold College.

guard, "so you can cast a few spells, am i supposed to be impressed?"

Even worse, become the Archmage and constantly hear NPCs tell me "So you're interested in magic? You should go train at the College of Winterhold!" :unsure2:

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:48 pm

become the arch mage wearing the arch mage clothes and the whiterun court wizard says "If you have the aptitude you should go to the college in winterhold"

Hold on a minute i'm the f*****g ARCH MAGE you blind son of a [censored]

edit: damn beaten to it

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:47 am

Chop wood for an hour.

Hear's 10,000 coins.

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:28 pm

become the arch mage wearing the arch mage clothes and the whiterun court wizard says "If you have the aptitude you should go to the college in winterhold"

Hold on a minute i'm the f*****g ARCH MAGE you blind son of a [censored]

edit: damn beaten to it

Yeah i think he gets paid everytime he says that line or something, i've had him repeat it like 5 times while enchanting

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:40 pm

become the arch mage wearing the arch mage clothes and the whiterun court wizard says "If you have the aptitude you should go to the college in winterhold"

Hold on a minute i'm the f*****g ARCH MAGE you blind son of a [censored]

edit: damn beaten to it

Farengar is a [censored] though so he's probably just trolling.

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:15 pm

*kills chicken*

Towns-people: "THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE ANIMAL! KILL THE OUTSIDER!"

Me: "[censored]"

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:06 pm

*kills chicken*

Towns-people: "THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE ANIMAL! KILL THE OUTSIDER!"

Me: "[censored]"

ya know, ive never actually killed a chicken in TES.

I learned my lesson in Ocarina of time

Respect the chicken

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:21 am

Plays a game for hundreds of hours.
Still complains about inconsistency.

I wish there was a scumbag steve hat.

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:42 am

Plays a game for hundreds of hours.
Still complains about inconsistency.

I wish there was a scumbag steve hat.

every TES has inconsistencies, but we still play it cus they're so awesome that its fun anyway; just like its fun to mess with some of those inconsistencies/bugs

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:09 pm

every TES has inconsistencies, but we still play it cus they're so awesome that its fun anyway; just like its fun to mess with some of those inconsistencies/bugs

It's like Bethesda consists of two teams. The first team does an awesome job with the visuals, sounds, making it look awesome and immersive. Then, a second team comes along and tries to destroy everything. The head designer of that second team is responsible for ideas like putting an epic, dragon-slaying hero in jail for stealing a tomato and stuff like that.

That second "team of disaster" was there in previous TES games too. IMO, they should have been fired by now because, clearly, they've no idea how to design consistent games.