Simply put i like the game, this is the first open world game i have played and while it does have its issues, it is mostly a good fun game.

BUT, there are far too many random dragon encounters.

At first the Dragons are cool, rare creatures coming back from the dead. But then after a while they just seem so common it drains the magic and fun out of their appearance during the game. (not to mention they are rather easy to kill)

Please decrease the random Dragon encounters to preserve the "wow" factor they should inspire.

Too many randoms!

I hardly see any dragon and when I do they come in bunches,
It's all random my friend.

Same here. I encounter one dragon every so often. Last night, I fast traveled somewhere and a blood dragon came flying towards me. I didn't want to fight it because I didn't have my bow on me, so I ran looking for the nearest town for some help. Upon running towards Riften, ANOTHER dragon starts the pursuit. So, I have two dragons trailing my ass shooting fire at me. I'm a Dunmer thankfully (50% resist fire) so I managed to live long enough to get some help to kill them.

I have to disagree, I wish there were A LOT more dragons.

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Personally, I think dragons should be easier to run from somehow. Can't tell you how annoying it is to have an elder dragon ambush you outside of a dungeon. Even after save revert it's still there. I remember some running for life a few times before I got strong enough to defeat One. Which also bring me to this...Why spawn Elder Dragons so early kin the game that it's incredibly difficult to defeat them? why not wait until a player has a solid chance? I dunno maybe this is because I'm a spellsword and cannot block and destruction is UP

Wow, I cannot believe the range of experiences I have heard about dragons. Some people feel they encounter too many, some not enough. Some say dragons are too easy, others too difficult. If dragons are a problem (from whatever angle you come from), there are a few factors you need to consider. First, what difficulty is your game set on? Second, how far have you progressed in the main quest line? Third, what level are you? Fourth, what skills did you raise to reach that level? Fifth, what attributes did you increase when you leveled? Sixth, what shouts have you learned / do you use? And finally, what type of dragons are you fighting?

My experience: dragons appear often, but not constantly. I'm over halfway through the main quest, playing on apprentice (so what you will, I don't care), specializing in sneak and blades, level 41, increased each attribute fairly equally, and prefer the Dragonrend and Elemental Fury shouts. Now, a regular dragon might as well be a wolf at level 1. Blood dragons and frost dragons are only a minor challenge, yet elder dragons are still deadly, but can be killed with the right tactics (and a few potions). It's all about how you have been playing, with some randomness thrown in.

As a note, after the patch I'm seeing more dragons attacking other random NPC's instead of just me or towns I fast travel to. It was rather interesting to see an elder dragon get the drop on a bandit archer who thought he was getting the drop on me, only to have me Dragonrend his hide and steal his soul.

For me, they are coming way too often. At least they were before this latest patch. I haven't had but one random dragon attack since then. Hmmm.

Anyway, before that I was getting absolutely swarmed with them. I have close to 30 unused dragon souls right now.

What I don't understand is why the dragons still spawn once the main quest is finished.

im with you on this

This "I clicked activate toilet, thinking I would expel 3 weeks worth of feces...I ended up drinking from it" just made me lawl.

I'm level 49 and playing on Apprentice. I use magic, so my base is Winterhold. There is literally a PILE of dragon skeletons in Winterhold and also the College. I have about 3/5ths of all the shouts, and about 30 unused souls. I used to be like, "OH **** A DRAGON! I hope it didn't see me!" because they were tough and scary, but now it's "OH **** A DRAGON! I hope it didn't see me!" because I don't want to have to fight ANOTHER dragon. I've fought and killed so many dragons, I would kill to close an oblivion gate bliviongate:

I am seeing a fair few. but i feel it is about right for me. am at level 40 with one hand almost maxed out. and several bow perks. I can fight them well in the air. and if they hit ground they are toast. Elder dragons can still be rough. Blood dragons are no sweat. and being a nord with high ice resist i laugh at frost dragons.

Sorry OP, but I dont agree. I wish there were more Dragons. On my new chararacter I've only fought 3 and he's level 27 which is some bull.....

I got sick of them within the first 10 hours.

They should really be twice as rare, and twice as powerful.

Well... Dragons are pretty much the only difference from Oblivion besides more mountains so it kinda makes sense.

I don't know if it's because I didn't even went to see the greybeards but I'm level 20 something and I had just 1 random encounter. With my other character I found more but I used fast travel more aswel.