This is going completely off topic, and it saddens me when I read your post.

Anyway, because of the irrelevancy of your post, I'm just gonna bring up what's relevant for the topic:

Trees can be destructible in Skyrim. They can be destructible in a shooter. They can be destructible in Mario and in any other RPG than Skyrim. It is not related to the game-type at all.
The technology has developed a lot as the years have gone by. It's really cool and liked by a lot of people. That's why it has become so popular.
It makes things more fun, more realistic. Battles and otherwise meaningless events (like woodcutting and dragon's crashing!) can become more fun and cool.

I think it would be a great addon for woodcutting in Skyrim. It's obviously not the hardest thing to do and it can also be done so trees are "restored" after a period of time.
Destructible environment is made in real-time.

It SHOULD be a mini-game.Overwise it will be boooooring.

The topic is woodcutting being a minigame, not whether or not the environment is destructable. Please dont report me for pointing this out.

Realtime tree growth?

The topic is woodcutting being a minigame, not whether or not the environment is destructable. Please dont report me for pointing this out.

If its not a minigame it poses the question of how do you cut them? The answer, that we have come up with at least, is through tree destruction.
Of course it could just be a menu thing, like picking ingredients, but thats boring, nothing to talk about there.

Its a bit off topic, but thats because the topic of minigame or not was covered pretty thoroughly, and the topic moved on to, well how would it be done.

Honestly I was a skeptic before, but I think skyrim needs some tree destruction, what else happens if a dragon falls on a tree? And if thats the case, it would suit woodcutting well.

If its not a minigame it poses the question of how do you cut them? The answer, that we have come up with at least, is through tree destruction.
Of course it could just be a menu thing, like picking ingredients, but thats boring, nothing to talk about there.

Its a bit off topic, but thats because the topic of minigame or not was covered pretty thoroughly, and the topic moved on to, well how would it be done.

Honestly I was a skeptic before, but I think skyrim needs some tree destruction, what else happens if a dragon falls on a tree? And if thats the case, it would suit woodcutting well.

Not growth, but regeneration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtHjmYowv8Y
Notice though how the regeneration speed has been increased a lot in the video, just so that you can see it...


Actually the topic is about woodcutting in general, or if to be precise... being "NOT a mini-game". Destructible environment is very relevant for this topic since it's seemless and "keep immersion".
I only report when people break the rules.

I like the regeneration shown here. If it isn't a minigame this is how it should be for regen. As long as the branches don't fly of ridiculously like they did in the video. I have seen an AT-4 rocket hit a tree (Basic Training is fricken awesome) hit a tree and the branches didn't fly off like that lol.

Yes but tree destruction doesnt really pertain to wood cutting. A tree could be destroyed for example, in real time by a dragon. But that doesnt mean there will be real time wood chopping. Its two entirely different things. A dragon crashing into a tree and making it explode into a million splinters, isnt the same as chopping a tree down, and then proceeding to chop it into pieces.

So with that said its likely there will be some sort of tree destruction in the game, but it doesnt always apply to wood chopping. Not only that but like I said, I think it SHOULD be a minigame of some sort. There needs to be something fun or interesting about it otherwise I dont see the point.