I haven't played it but I briefly played the Witcher 2 and felt stifled...I immediately went back to Skyrim so I can breathe again

This really bothered me about the face sculptor, I should be able to give a new name to a character who's changed so much...it especially bothered me when I became leader of a guild or something else that's worthy of a new name/title.

You can make up medium armour; I personally make it by having my characters wear heavy boots, gauntlets/bracers and helmet (when they wear one) and light cuirass. This combination has the advantage of allowing you to skip these perks that add 25 % better protection if you wear a full set of the same type of armour.

As for the noon skippable beginning, that's why I made a small mod for myself (and those who would feel the same need for a start outside Helgen).

Yes!! Thanks for picking that up.

My gripe? Why is everyone in Skyrim such a [censored]? Seriously? It's like Bethesda thought "Well everyone was really too super nice in Oblivion, which isn't realistic. We need to change that."

"Okay, so for Skyrim some people are nice, other's are rude depending on, say, your disposition to them?"

"No, we need to balance it. Make everyone incredibly arrogant and rude to balance out the nicety of Oblivion. And that disposition [censored] needs to go. Who's character is going to want to make friends and enemies, anyway?"