Is Skyrim really that bad of a place?

Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:48 am

I found it somewhere on UESP,


maybe I can find the link
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:14 pm

I loved Bloodmoon, and the Nords are cool (at least when they had their own weapons and armor, tattoos, beards, and longships) but I am apprehensive about a game in Skyrim. It definitely is more generic than other places, and I think since Oblivion was basically every European fairy tale, someplace like Black Marsh or Summerset Isle or Elsweyr/Valenwood would be better as a follow up.

I'm not saying Skyrim can't be diverse...but It won't be much different from Cyrodiil
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 3:53 pm

I think grim snowy montains look awesome. Who wouldn't want that in a game?
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:30 pm

Let's save all of Tamriel for the final Elder Scrolls game, eh? By then maybe they'll be able to do it right, combine all the previous games and update them to be seamless maybe.


That would be cool---The Elder Scrolls (insert number here): Tamriel could make for good final chapter. Using my past post on it (you have to go back a long way on the Suggestion thread to read it, that is IF it's still there), the game would end with you taking over as the new Emporor of Tamriel.
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Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:58 am

why do tes quests aleways end when you zacheive top rank? if im emporor i want to enjoy it a bit before the game is "finished"
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:24 pm

why do tes quests aleways end when you zacheive top rank? if im emporor i want to enjoy it a bit before the game is "finished"


Or maybe you can continue to play the as an Emporor after the MQ has finished with some very cool perks such as.
1: All bountys you ranks up would be 90% lowered when you turn yourself in.
2: Command the Imperial Leigion to follow you to guild or other far off battles.
3: Everyone you come across will call you Emporor.
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:57 pm

yah those would be cool. have bodyguards too to protect me from enemy spies/assassins? i would like to actually hold court too. decide cases for my people and give commands to the army. solve disputes among subjects and decide criminals fates.
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:26 pm

quote"Now the real issue with Skyrim is which would you rather have Summerset Isles with their supremely gifted wizards who have warped the landscape to be how they like it which could have then evolved to try to keep up with the large amount of magic floating around creating a very alien but possibly very cool place... the Valenwood forests with a lot of cannibalistic elves... Elsweyr which in addition to having a hilarious name (cause it's not here it's elsewhere... get it?) has a large population of nomadic cat-people set in a desert/ jungle... Black Marsh with cut-throat Argonian politicians and the potential for underwater cities. They all have various benefits, it's just which one you would prefer."

why pick and choose at all? as long as they can manage to do it right , why not have all those places available for travel to? the main quest doesnt have to be in them but why not have the whole continent? i think they can do it. you could cut resources needed for the engine to run such vast amounts of areas by only keeping active those creatures and weather patterns and npc's needed for quests and so on if need be. why not find a way to cut resources of creating the vast amounts of variety of lands and space fgor the lands by using existing real world topography maps and other such map resources and render a 3d world based on them for foundation then use one of the generator engines i read about in this forum for random forest growth etc? and as far as it all not being able to fit on one disc why not make it on several discs? or possibly even add an online host engine for a small fee? an example of this is the engine host that another website called secondlife uses. why couldnt a similiar internet host be created for the game? and people could access it for extra storage space if it is even necessary? also why not sell hard drive upgrades to accomodate any excessive storage of data needed to ruin the game? im sure there are solutions to creating such a vast world. as long as they did it right they would break sales records im sure. the immersability would be massive and the illusion of virtual world full of unknowns and adventure would be overwhelming.

You obviously do not get the reasons why Bethesda cannot integrate everything in Tamriel.
For one, your idea would be bland. If some provinces were just a walk through the park, why would you want to go there more than once?
And two, it would be too big. I mean, I want ONE province that is designed as over double Morrowinds landmass or more, especially if it is Skyrim.
Thirdly, How are you going to get from one place to another? Transportation would have to adapt for every province
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Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:39 am

Or maybe you can continue to play the as an Emporor after the MQ has finished with some very cool perks such as.
1: All bountys you ranks up would be 90% lowered when you turn yourself in.
2: Command the Imperial Leigion to follow you to guild or other far off battles.
3: Everyone you come across will call you Emporor.

I want the game set in Skyrim, so if I can think of anything similar to this, it would be just becoming king or something. After you do every quest in the game (besides random quests and you prove yourself), then you eventually have united all the cities together under your rule if you complete the main quest. Then you would be called lord or king, you could have bodyguards, you could completely take hold of bounties and, say if there is a description of you, you can change it to fit another description. You hear me?

But until TES X: Tamriel CAN be released, meaning when it is even possible, I don't want to become emperor.
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Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:25 am

ive touched on that topic in other threads and havce conceded it would be very difficult for them to do without repeats and blandness. but assuming they were able to do it and do it right i think it would be better to have the larger landmass. traveling would have several options. you could keep fast travel as an option. you could join a caravan. you could use ships along the coast. you could travel on horseback. not everyone is satisfied with smaller world. it doesnt hurt anyone to have a l,arger world as long as its able to be done correctly and you can fast travel and keep uniqueness and so on. but there are those of us who who are extremely excited about the possibiliteis of technology advancements and the illusion of virtual worlds in gameplay.
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:33 pm

I think having the whole world of Tamriel in one game is a bit overwhelming. That's like crossing into "single player MMO" territory there: so much to do and no time to do it. Though I suppose you could just pick a province and hang out there for the whole game, and pick a different province each time you start a character.
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Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:11 am

yah you could choose to do it that way too. of course if they had an online host as ive touched in other topics it may help out , but then i just read someone elses post somewehre on here today that a lot pof places have bandwidth caps so that might not be feasable either. i was suggesting before i saw that , that they consider melding with an online host site engine similiar to secondlife. this would also allow player content that meets standards to be downloadable and added to the game at each players console if they choose to download it. it would also possibly solve bland repeatedness issues and random environment generating issues as well as extra quests and npc issues? a small fee could be implemented to cover the cost of site maintenance? what do you tyhink?
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Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:48 am

I was originally a massive Summerset Isles supporter, now I am a massive Skyrim supporter :)
I read an article on it all... In someones signature. Shades I think
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Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:34 am

Putting all of tamriel together in 1 game would be a bad idea. What if the game svcks badder than oblivion? This will mean that it would be the last TES
game ever. And there might be a chance that the game will svck, and I dont want the last TES game to svck.
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:36 pm

Putting all of tamriel together in 1 game would be a bad idea. What if the game svcks badder than oblivion? This will mean that it would be the last TES
game ever. And there might be a chance that the game will svck, and I dont want the last TES game to svck.

Can we stop taking sides on this idea? Maybe they will, maybe they won't. Look, it's been a decade since Daggerfall (I'm not counting Arena) and we've only covered three provinces! God knows how advanced gaming technology will be when we are done with all the provinces! That is not the issue I have with an all of Tamriel ES Game.
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Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:07 am

They might FAIL Skyrim if they ignore the seasons again -.-
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Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:33 am

I found it somewhere on UESP,


maybe I can find the link


It wouldn't be one of the Pocket Guides would it?
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:02 pm

TESII 2/9 in 1996
TESIII 3/9 in 2002
TESIV 4/9 in 2006
TESV 5/9 in 2010
TESVI 6/9 in 2014
TESVII 7/9 in 2018
TESIX 8/9 in 2022
TESX 9/9 in 2026

TESXI with entire Tamriel in 2030. Possible? Who's still left playing it?

On Topic: Skyrim can be cool. Probably all provinces sooner or later anyways.
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Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:21 am

TESXI with entire Tamriel in 2030. Possible? Who's still left playing it?

That's my problem with it :)
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:19 pm

We need all the provinces... why?

I'm glad none of the devs are obsessive-compulsive, or they'd go episodic.
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:46 pm

A lot of people have ranted on about why Skyrim is not a good Province for TES V. Also I messaged a Modifier if this is an ok topic so if it's locked up I'm gonna be mad... :brokencomputer:. Here are some points to clear your minds up:

1.) -Skyrim looks boring everything is snowy and mountainous-: It doesn't all look the same! The western parts are Canyons a slightly forested, kind of like Hammerfell. The southern parts are forested as well, only about half of the place is dreary ice and snow. Lore not enough for you? I have caught a glimpse of Skyrim from vanilla Oblivion, a small glimpse. Don't believe me? FT to the Blades place north of Bruma. Exit the castle and head north. You should see two peaks to your left and right with a mini-valley in between them with boulders in it. This can be passed! Go as far up the western slope as you can, and stream along the peak's side heading north. Eventually you should drop into the flat part of the valley. You can also se the mountains beginning to curve back down to a lower elevation. Head more north in the valley until you hit the dreaded "You cannot go that way. Turn Back" sign. About in the middle of the valley, lok down towards the 0 elevtion ground That is Skrim. you can't. HOWEVER, at one area in this little valley, You can see the tops of green trees, and they aren't pines. Forests that aren't snow-ridded exist in Skyrim!

2.) -It's Nord Country. They are a barbaric people that are nomadic with only a few towns and countless dangers. Always at severe risk of getting killed doesn't sound fun to me" take a look at the lore. There are several cities and civilized Nords in Skyrim. For example: There is the city of Winterhold, organized, Empire safe, and big. You'll be about as safe as you were in Morrowind.

I could go on about this but I won't to keep this short. Hope you have realized something!



I LOVE YOU, ITS NOT ALL SNOW!!!!!!
PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO REALIZE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:12 pm

To walk through vast forrests or ontop of icey mountains sounds pretty dope, just imagine the scenery while your ontop of the tallest icey cliff looking down as the suns setting thats EPIC dude
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Post » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:24 am

If beth does it right this time it should be an amazing place to hang around. ^_^
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:12 pm

Hey when is the next e3?? I was reading some other posts and someone was saying that beth would announce it there if they are even working on it at all?? Is this true??
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Post » Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:23 pm

We need all the provinces... why?

I'm glad none of the devs are obsessive-compulsive, or they'd go episodic.


Everyone wants to see different provinces. Satisfying solution is to have them all, if they only have sensible main quests. It's also waste of resources not to include them. Tamriel is 1 solid land so it cuts out Akaviri and others as necessary episodes.

I admit I'm bit obsessive-compulsive. Who says the devs aren't? Morrowind, Cyrodiil and to some extent High Rock-Hammerfell.
It also has symbolism: TESI Arena had all, TESIX ends the circle. Developers probably get bored with TES by 2030 anyways. Unless they expand to racing and party games a la Mario.
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