why no shock dragons? : V

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:45 pm

serious question. how come fire, frost, and shock are always elements in TES but for some reason the dragons don't come in this variety. it can't be any more unbelievable than a fire or frost breathing dragon. thoughts on this?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:42 pm

I thought the same thing. Though I guess they were thinking traditional dragons when designing them and went with fire and ice and didnt think to add a shock dragon.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:45 am

Someone needs to mod in some good ole blue dragons.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:22 pm

Dragons don't "breath fire" per say, as I understand it. They shout. If you encounter a "Fire Dragon" it's only a fire dragon because its preferred shout is Fire. Is there a Shock shout?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:25 pm

Man, that would be the coolest thing ever.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:20 pm

For that matter, blood dragons should use a life-stealing Thu'um.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:05 pm

Dragons don't "breath fire" per say, as I understand it. They shout. If you encounter a "Fire Dragon" it's only a fire dragon because its preferred shout is Fire. Is there a Shock shout?

this is a great point, i did realize i said breathe rather than shout but none-the-less, bethesda could have made a lightning shout, or dragons could use a form of the storm call shout for this.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:28 pm

Dragons don't "breath fire" per say, as I understand it. They shout. If you encounter a "Fire Dragon" it's only a fire dragon because its preferred shout is Fire. Is there a Shock shout?

I doubt Skyrim is an accurate representation of how many words of power there are.

And yes there is a shock shout. Storm Call.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:44 am

This is because Cole MacGrath didn't teach the Dragons the art of Breathing shock.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:13 am

Chuck Norris' whisper is a shock shout.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:46 am

Perhaps because breathing fire and frost is more traditional, while spitting lightning derives from a modern RPG?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:01 am

Maybe its just me and my Dungeon and Dragons nerd side coming out, BUT, I'm surprised Black Dragons don't shout poison gas.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:52 pm

Just let them use storm call and problem solved; Alduin already uses a version of it in his meteor shower shout. Some people have reported seeing dragons using different shouts at high levels, so it might be an unlikely, but possible occurrence.

Spitting lightning just looks lame, I can see why they would omit it from a design perspective.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:45 am

Maybe its just me and my Dungeon and Dragons nerd side coming out, BUT, I'm surprised Black Dragons don't shout poison gas.

Poison cloud is green, black is a poison line

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:50 pm

I wish there would be a restoration dragon or something like that...with healing breath...and hes healing you to death

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:22 am

I wish there would be a restoration dragon or something like that...with healing breath...and hes healing you to death

Or an alteration dragon, he just paralyzes you, no attacks with damages, but constant paralysis every couple steps

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:43 pm

good points all of you. i wish the dragons could use all the shouts.
-imagine being caught in a slow time shout, you can't move but the dragon is tearing you apart.
-whirlwind sprint, a dragon could evade your arrows/ spells
-marked for death, now this would be a tough one to fight against!
-unrelenting force, why not?!
this is the dragon's language, i feel like they should be able to use all of them, everyone keeps saying dragons are to easy, i think this would change it up.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:16 pm

Scathe, I like your slow time and unrelenting force ideas. (Still not sure about breathing lightning. It just looks quite tacky, no?) Those would be pretty whack ...! Love it.

Mods, when you get the CK, get on this?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:59 am

serious question. how come fire, frost, and shock are always elements in TES but for some reason the dragons don't come in this variety. it can't be any more unbelievable than a fire or frost breathing dragon. thoughts on this?

Wait for the CK.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:19 am

Alduin used storm call in the intro didn't he?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:27 am

I'm pretty disappointed that dragons only use two shouts. Why can Dovahkiin learn more shouts than the dragons themselves? It's their freaking language, let them use ice form, marked for death, slow time, storm call, etc. Would make dragonfights that much more interesting.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:47 am

I think that most dragons just have a preferred shout. Alduin also has his own preferred shout, the meteor storm effect (I forget the name, but you can see the English name of the shout when you're battling Alduin as it applies in active effect onto you.

I would spend $4.99 on a pack that added a couple new types of dragons and some shouts that you could learn exclusively through battling some new named dragons. Better than horse armor, lol.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:43 pm

Why no shock dragons?

What the hell do you think this is? Final Fantasy? :wink_smile:

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:01 pm

I was thinking the same thing. I expected there to be a lot more variety in the dragons but I was wrong... 2 types with a bunch of different names, pretty disappointing :/

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:26 am

Maybe its just me and my Dungeon and Dragons nerd side coming out, BUT, I'm surprised Black Dragons don't shout poison gas.

That would be green dragons. Black dragons breath acid. :nerd: