This.

I loved Morrowind's "dungeons" because they were so...expected. What I mean by that is one would enter a Dwemer ruin and the loot would be all the things one would expect. Dwemer tubes, cogs, silverware, plates, armor, weapons, and coins. The enemies were mostly old dwemer constructs, attacking you because it's their duty, and tortured Dwemer spirits, attacking out of misplace fury at their death.

Tombs had skeletons or other undead doing their duty of protecting their family's tomb as charged by their code of honor. Items were offerings of jewels or ingredients and family relics of weapons, armor, and trinkets.

Oblivion? It's dungeons felt empty. Their loot made no sense. Steel weapons in an Aylied ruin? Steel Armor? Where are my Elven weapons? My Elven armor? Aylied currency? They felt like they were made for the exclusive reason of loot.

And the caves? Oh jeez, those were horrible. I miss the awesome formations that Morrowind had, like that one cave with the huge waterfall (where you could find a daedric pauldron) that had a skeleton at the bottom surrounded by potions and books and such, as if a traveler had accidentally stumbled off of the waterfall and fell to his death, his packs contents flying all around the cavern. Lots of caves were mixed in their interior, going from a winding cavern into a buried Dwemer or Daedric ruin. The sense of discovery was simply epic.

I agree TES:V should have less dungeons than oblivion. The problem with oblvions' dungeons was not really how many there were but how small the map was which crammed all the caves/dungeons/forts so close it felt really unnatural with absolutely no good lore reason why if you stood at a high vantage point you could see about 10 alleid ruins and like 5 forts (caves were a little harder to spot). So in essence I think the game should keep dungeons, it seems to me to be and essential part of the genre and well they're just part of the elderscrolls...
but we should have less put on a much larger map, (so you don't bump into them ALL the time) They also need to feel as if they're meant to be there, with lots of unique books and objects.
Ahh... and caves and whatnot should be non-respawning

It just seems so unappealing to go "loot" something.

While I agree in essence with the point you're making I can't help but feel it would make for a much worse game.... And the ES series is after all just a series of games... No matter how much we care for them. Less dungeons in the world that don't respawn after time? While that would make sense in real life in game terms it could be quite drab. If you're playing a guy who wonders around often then you may end up with not much to do exploration wise a hundred plus hours into the adventure.

I do however hope for more unique dungeons. Remember that one in Oblivion where you had to hit a couple of switches in order and found yourself attacked by undead pirates? You could then go down an old shaft leading to a wreck of an old pirate ship. More along these lines would be very welcome, beth.

I'm trying to imagine TES without this activity, and it makes me physically ill.
So what are you looking for, beyond slipping poison in someone's cup of tea? Fatigue loss while shopping too much?

Meh. It's been almost 2 months since I last threw this around.
Not much added, but hey. Give me moar thoughts to tack onto it.


Ideas and Improvements Regarding Large Cities in TESV:
New stuff in red.1f. Taverns/Inns as dispersed amongst cities should be a bit different in nature, both stylistically and in naming. Tavern, for example, would be a better suited name to a liquor-serving bar that also happens to have some food for sale and maybe a room or two or three if needed (perhaps reserved for those too intoxicated for their own good). Inn, on the other hand, implies an establishment with a dozen or two rooms that just happens to serve some refreshments and maybe a meal. Bed-and-breakfast would of course mean a place with a small number of rooms and a plethora of food and a publican that goes out of their way to provide service. There should be strides to differentiate between these different styles of room-renting, and those styles should be enforced by the type of patrons to that establishment, the dialogue and services provided by the publicans, the actual size and capacity of the buildings themselves, etc, etc. Also, for all taverns and inns, the player should have the option to book a room for an extended period of time, potentially receiving a discount for a longer booking period (so to cut down on the need to repurchase the same room every single night even though you plan on staying there for a month). The player should be able to choose between open rooms, perhaps paying more for a more spacious room with better storage. Also, the player should not be the only one renting rooms. Random NPCs, potentially on the same setup as random encounters, should also book rooms at inns/taverns, and they should bear the hallmarks of travelers. Perhaps they are not native to the province, and they are a source of extra-provincial rumors. Perhaps they are on a trade-route within the province, and they rest at inns along every stop in their journey. Finally, there should be the off-chance that the tavern/inn might be full that night, if enough random NPCs or scheduled NPCs happen to be staying there at once. [/color]

EDIT 2: this doesnt really fit with my combat ideas but whatever.... ok, what about mixing potions and posions?

lets say you have one potion of restore fatigue (10 points over 2 seconds)
and one potion of restore health (10 points over 2 seconds)

and if you mix them youd get this

2 potions of restore whatever you want to call it, with
Restore Health 5 points over 1 second
Restore Fatigue 5 points over 1 second

now with poisons, you could do the same thing, just with damage/drain health/fatigue/magicka

Awesome idea, but wouldn't that slightly bloat save files, what with the million variations?

1/2 watermellon

1 bottle of beer

15 or so graqes

Are you trying to starve me? I've eaten at least an entire watermellon at once, seeds included, and had room for more. Watermellon isn't very filling. I'm ashamed to admit that I can drink a few more beers than that. I could eat an entire bunch of graqes if I didn't refrain and there's surely more than 15 on a bunch.

I'm mostly just teasing you. But really. 1 beer?

i dont get how you can only drink four potions at a time but you can eat an infinite amount of watermellons at a time. there should be a limit on how much you can eat or drink Examples:

1/2 watermellon

6 bottles of skooma (because theyre so small)

4 potions

0 minotaur horns (dont see how theyre edible)

1 bottle of beer

15 or so graqes

0 minotaur horns (dont see how theyre edible)

I think you grind it into powder using a mortar & pestle, and mix into something, like a potion or a stew. Make pretend...

Wouldn't it make more sense for [fire salts] to make more effective [fire shield] potions than [cheese wedges]?

:thumbsup: sorry for making such a long quote. maybe i shouldnt have, but for those who havent read it theres some good stuff in there. hopefully beth is similar minded on some of the things in this post. One bit was about inns and stuff. i def. think you should be able to rent them for a long time. if you rent one out then you could store stuff in it, and if you forgot about the stuff, then the owner would put it in a bag at the front for u or something. in Mw guilds were helpful in tht way cause you could put your things in a room, and when you finished at tht guild location, then you could pack your stuff up and make a new set up in a dif guild, in a dif town. (i edited cause the post was way too long. so now you have the bit about wht im talking about.)