Well, In Oblivion there where 9 Major Cities, including Kvatch, but there weren't many Small Villages or Settlements sure, there were few of them, but the countryside didn't feel much alive and i'd really like Bethesda to create alot of small villages throughout the countryside !

Yes we do, but we need them to feel alive as well. We can't have anymore Arefu's or Girdershade's.

Well there were a lot of farms and camps but you're right: we need more villages and settlements. They each should have their own story and quest!

Yep, exactly what i thought, but the quest's shouldn't be too serious.

Yes! My favourite locations to find in any Elder Scrolls game are settlements. But we need less "this is a settlement because it has one person randomly living in a house with a few crops", and have more along the lines of "this is a settlement because it has numerous people with a few facilities (maybe an inn, general store), and has a sense of community about it".

This is assuming there will be warmer climates in the game. In Skyrim most likely there will be igloo and cave settlements.

I certainly hope they have numerous little villages to discover. When I, after playing the game for quite a while, blundered into Bleaker's Way. I was so happy to find a settlement I didn't know existed (and there were so few in the game). I hope there are many similar places to find in Skyrim.

Well if there's not, I'm pretty sure some intrepid village modders will take care of the problem

this would be good especily if the odd one was like destroyed and there was some kind of quest behind it

I think you'll find that they'll mostly be cosy huts with roaring fires, thick walls and plenty of mead.
Think more Scandinavia, less Greenland.

I think that's one of your specializations, isn't it Arthmoor.

Maybe a UL mod series of sorts might find a place in the game, depending on how it turns out.

There will be. Skyrim isn't all snow. It's like Canada; sort of.
^_^

Also I too, would like to see a a lot more small towns and villages, hopefully they will be a little more diverse too.

More merchants in the smaller settlements imo. There were plenty of small towns in Oblivion, but most had no function beyond a quest or two.

more is always better.it gives purpose to exploration.

One of the things I didn't like in Oblivion was how small and meaningless the settlements were. I know they're not supposed to be full-fledged cities, but some of them had only two or three huts and less than half a dozen souls (Pell's Gate, Weye). I'd like to see bigger villages and settlements, that's for sure.

The real problem of the small towns in the game is that there is nothing really to do in them. I have a way to fix that.

Daily fatigue as well as combat fatigue. In Arena and Daggerfall fatigue represented how much you could do in a day without wearing out, and it only refilled with periods of rest, forcing you to rest now and then. In Oblivion and Morrowind, fatigue represented how winded you were, and it really didn't matter if it ran out. With both bars side by side, you get the best of both.

Now if you had to plan your fast travel around daily stops for rest and the game was sufficiently scaled to allow, your fast travel routes would take you down the roads where you'd stop for the night at these small towns, or camp in the wilderness. If you camp, you'd have to have the proper weather equipment to avoid freezing in the night. This wouldn't be such a problem in the summer, but you'd still have the option of staying in all the small towns along the way. It also means you'd have to get some time requirements on quests. This quest must be done in two days, or whatever.

Arbitrarily adding "more" is a terrible idea and won't fix anything. What they need to do is just put a modest number of them in the game, but focus on making them feel alive and unique.

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll54/pero_lozhach/Clipboard02-8.jpg, if the game is moddable. If not, I won't even get it.

Personally, I think they should do both. More small villages to make the game feel more alive, and some slightly larger and more unique villages with a backstory and/or quest.

I think one of the big reasons Morrowind was so immersive was because of little villages like Khull, Hla Oad, and Ald Velothi. They all had unique NPCs, and at least one quest which you had to visit them for.

What I hope to find is a secret little community that hides itself from outsiders. That would be awesome.
Like Oasis in Fallout 3. That would be sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. :celebration:

I can't wait to try out Shezrie's villages she will make for Skyrim!

I agree with what most ppl have said, Oblivion was really lacking in the small settlements. Smaller towns and villages with only basic services, smith, trader, healer, inn/tavern. Maybe only 1 or 2 of those. Morrowind had lots, the Ashlander Camps, Hla Oad etc And that added a lot to the game. I really hope Skyrim has more small villages

There ought to be three tiers, if you ask me:

Villages (Similar to the villages in Oblivion, but better, about the size of Dagon Fel or Vos for the larger ones)

Towns (think Sadrith Mora, Suran)

Cities (As in Oblivion, but open if possible).

I'm going to tend to agree with this notion of thinking.

I'de rather have "less", in terms of numbers, but "more" in what you can do, how many quests are started in them, and the amount of different people and families there are with their own story to tell in a way.

If each family had a series of quests that would make each town perfect. Not just fillers to make the town seem populated but actual quest starters with their own stories and problems they need help with.