The Elder Scrolls games did it this way so ESO should is not always the best argument, for a humorous string of examples try watching all 11 videos of this great parody series: (Language warning on the videos.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tuXKqjHSSU&list=PLLoWhJJEjzXl0jfiQjuVuJkVe0gGpYstU
While we all want to keep this very much feeling like an ES game and Skyrim is most oft quoted, Skyrim did ALOT of things strangely or badly despite being a great game overall.