» Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:09 pm
I will always remember talking to some imperial dude in Seyda Neen's trade center, whom I asked him about rumours and he told me how some fools have lost an important ring (an artifact) somewhere along the Bitter Coast. I then decided to investigate, and in some tomb, what did I found? The damned ring! Highly satisfying. There should be more than this. And please, no quest pop-up for such thing, keep it obscure, keep it that way so real explorers will be rewarded. (anyone could still check up on the internet anyway) Oblivion severely missed some sweet artifact hunting too.
Oh, and more guilds and factions obviously. I just love how everything was in Morrowind. I mean, you were a mage (joined the Mages Guild), and when needing to join a Great House, you go for the obvious Telvanni wizards and got surprised to see they actually hated you for being in the Mages Guild. And that can be understandable to some point, as Great Houses are deeply tied with Morrowind's religions and politics as may be at competition. They may not like a guild who accepts any random strangers who don't care about Morrowind, a lot of Dunmers were xenophobic. Then there was the dubious House Hlalu who actually made you steal from House Redoran, there were a lot of politics and such. The Mages Guild arch-mage was corrupt, there were non trustable people working in the Fighters Guild, the Morag Tong was a government sanctioned assassins guild, etc.
You could really play a certain character without feeling like missing something when not doing every single guild quest. You could be a healer, working for the Mages Guild, House Telvanni and the Imperial Cult, or just a normal mage, working for the MG, HT and the Morag Tong. You could be a warrior, working for the Fighters Guild, House Redoran, Imperial Legion and the Morag Tong. Or if you didn't feel like investing in a dubious group, even if government sanctioned, you could forget the Morag Tong altogether. You could be a sneak, working for the Thieves guild, House Hlalu and the Morag Tong. And each guild had a lot of quests and more going on than simply doing quests. Oh, and that's forgetting all 3 vampire clans.