Inspired by http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1195575-what-thing-are-you-going-to-miss-from-oblivion/.

This is not an Oblivion vs. Morrowind thread so don't post any posts that are on this manner, I don't want any flame war going on in here.

I'll start:
I'm going to miss the fast travel system, the unique world and feeling, the dark and full of depth storyline and the ash storms (hopefully there'll be some in Skyrim, but I loved them in Morrowind, they gave me this... weird feeling as if I'm really a part of the world, especially due to the NPCs and the player's reaction to it!)

Not being handfed anything.

A perfect response.

Deal with it. Compared to Daggerfall, Morrowind was mediocre.

Compared to Morrowind, Oblivion was mediocre.

The Great Houses, Morag's Tong, spears, crossbows, darts and throwing knives, the atmosphere, mages falling from the sky, Big Head & the fork (xD) etc

And especially Fargoth who I sadly never got to be very, very close to.

Good answer!

Unlike Oblivion, Morrowind will still be a good game when Skyrim is out. If I feel like playing Morrowind, I'll play Morrowind.

this is more difficult than the "what will miss from oblivion" thread. it would be easier to say what i didnt miss. i didnt like the combat or the animations. everything else i will miss. and i agree wholeheartedly with the first response about not having your hand held the entire game.

I think we all miss it. And yeah, you're right. Morrowind was epic in most of its features.

Balmora in the rain....

Levitation, jump, slowfall, teleportation, sanctuary, lock.
Partial voice acting, Im not a fan of full voice acting.
Not being held by the hand.
No minigames that rely on real life skills, but skill checks that rely on character skill.
Classes, birthsigns, attributes.
Spellmaking.
Many, many types of weapons, armour and clothing.
So many skills that you could choose a different skillset each time for years on end.

Named hostile NPCs, partial voice acting, real-time lockpicking (may be this way in Skyrim), the lack of specular maps and shiny shaders on everything. Seriously, say what you will about the fog, Morrowind's interior's are by far my favorite just because they're dim and not glowing all over the place.

Throwing weapons

The feeling of being rewarded when you're supposed to, and being challenged when you're supposed to.
Secrets and hidden things in the world that made it more interesting and fun to explore.
The politics and lore in the world of Morrowind.
The personality of certain characters (Caius Cosades ftw!).
Very unique architectures and environments.
Voice actors (Dark Elf especially!).
Not being hand-held all the time.
Unique and strong atmosphere.
The huge diversity of weapons.
Transportation system.
No quest markers.
Amazing story.

Well Oblivion had far less guilds than Morrowind had, that was a major flaw for me. If Skyrim follows a similar pattern, the thing I will miss the most is the variety and number of guilds avaiable for you to work with.

The Journal. It may sound silly, but the fact that the journal was just a collection of your character's notes and a few highlighted terms as a sort of pseudo-glossary gave a real sense of investigation to some of the harder quests. Its not just about Morrowind not holding hands or anything, it's more than that. Challenge is fun, but it was different in Morrowind, when they said "hey, so-and-so is missing, please go find them" you were actually going to have to do some searching around! Man I miss that. I'd spend hours pouring over my notes to see which quests I should return to now that I've explored a bit more, now that I'm a little more powerful, now that I understand how the politics work a little better.

Not hitting mudcrabs with an axe as big as a tree.. oh wait.

I will miss the great AI of the game. Oh wait.

Nah, nothing.

Oh, yes, I had almost forgot about that one.
The journal in Morrowind felt much more like a diary of my adventures in Vvardenfell, whereas in Oblivion it was sort of a throwaway thing. I remember sometimes not even playing the game, but reading my journal for half an hour and reminiscing about my adventures.
Visiting Ahnassi on the anniversary of when we met, to give her a diamond. ( Wich I put on her nightstand.) The journal also logged dates and I found that much more immersive and interesting.
I hope Skyrim's journal will have that diary feel again.

Daggerfall was good, but it had many setbacks like the randomly generated quests, clunky controls, somewhat lack of personality (in comparison to Morrowind). Personally I think Morrowind was better because it had more hand designed aspects that enhanced the exploration and atmosphere so much. Although nothing beats the vastness of Daggerfall, it was very ambitious for it's time... Imagine Morrowind's atmosphere + Daggerfall's epicness

Ditto.
But I probably won't miss too much, because if too much substance is subtracted and only replaced with shinier action mechanics and gimmicks, I'll be in a heavily modded Vvardenfell for many more years.

The only things I'm going to miss is the Morag Tong (I wish they had replaced the DB in Skyrim) and the look of the dunmer, I did not like Morrowind all that much.

Never said anything different.

Dunmer looked awesome in Morrowind! I hated them in Oblivion...

Pretty much this.