So many people asking I thought maybe we should see if there is demand?

Do you want Bethesda Game Studios to develop and sell one last expansion pack for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition for like $50 dollars (USD)?


The last expansion pack to the conclusion of the Civil War quests to take us to the Summerset Isles and fight the Thalmor or side with the Thalmor depending on the choices you make and to have a High King elected or a High Queen elected or both.

As well as actually making Paarthunax raise a army and defend it from another Alduin coming.

The way Pete Hines described about making The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition as next gen as possible to me seems like Bethesda Game Studios can develop at least one more expansion pack or maybe two more expansion packs to sell.

Pete Hines was asked if the animations will be improved and that is what he responded to the question.

I hope this is ok?


Thoughts?

Do I want one? Yes, I do! Do I think we will ever get one? No.

I would be willing to pay extravagant sums of money for a new Skyrim expansion pack. But like PW, I do not think it will ever happen.

i hope if they decide to do new dlc they will also make it available for original skyrim not everyone will upgrade to SE.

Absolutely I want one but it's pretty much 100% that won't be happening.

If they can make one that's the same caliber as The Shivering Isles (Which in my opinion) is still the greatest expansion made for any game.....ever. Then yes, Otherwise, Not really bothered.

I don't know, so I went with don't care. One part of me just wants more Elder Scrolls as soon as possible, and another wants them to fully focus on the two big projects and then move to The Elder Scrolls VI as soon as possible with nothing to delay them.

I would like one yes. But im 95% sure we wont get anymore

I would love it but, but it's never gonna happen. And believe me, I would be very happy if proven wrong.

Neither of those ideas are any good. Another Alduin? What kind of expansion would that be? It would take years for Skyrim to recover from civil war... and who's to say how long the war lasts? Could be a decades-long affair.

But I would like to see them add spears.

How is it not a good idea? We never had any conclusion to the Civil War quests we never really ended the war, which we would have to go to the Summerset Isles to fight the Thalmor or side with them.

I never said another Alduin I said Paarthunax to raise a dragon army to prevent another Alduin from happening. When you talk to him at the end of the dragon quest line Paarthunax talks about raising a dragon army to prevent another Alduin from appearing, but he just stays there and does nothing, because you know Bethesda Game Studios couldn't do much more due to the PlayStation 3's (PS3's) and Xbox 360's hardware limitations.

Which now Bethesda Game Studios can do with the more powerful hardware the PC's have today and the PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Xbox One and maybe the PlayStation 4 Neo (PS4) and Xbox Scorpio. Oh and this Paarthunax dragon raising army should be included in with the Summerset Isles expansion pack.

Must admit I would like to destroy the Thalmor.

I'm down for more Elder Scrolls content, period. But it won't happen with SSE.

That was part of the point of the Civil War and its conclusion. It was focused on the Stormcloaks vs. Imperials. The struggles with the Thalmor are secondary within the game, and they're likely to continue in TESVI. Plus, quests like these are supposed to be constructed in a way where, when the next game comes out, there is a measure of uncertainty as to how it really went down. That way, you don't "invalidate" people's playthroughs.

There isn't going to be another Alduin, either. There can't be, for several reasons. If there is a leader of the dragons, Paarthurnax is the de facto leader (unless you kill him, of course). But there is no other World-Eater.

For The Elder Scrolls VI I would like to go to a new land like Black Marsh to see the Argonians or Elsweyer to see the Khajit's.

That is why I want the Civil War quest line concluded with a invasion of the Summerset Isles.

I don't want to see another elf or human land a fourth time in a row in The Elder Scrolls VI. Three times is enough with The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

I still would like to see Paarthurnax actually raise a dragon army to prevent another Alduin from appearing. Not just sitting there doing nothing.

There cannot be another Alduin or Alduin like being. He is the one and only World Eater, and the only way he will return is if the kalpa truly is at its end. Paarthy is the big man now.

So why does Paarthurnax say he is going to raise a dragon army to prevent another Alduin dragon from appearing?


Is it Bethesda Game Studios usual horrible writing for their quests?

I heard that after The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Nords will have the Shout spell as a default once a day use only spell.

I want Black Marsh next too, personally. I always play as an Argonian, for one, so I'd totally be down for that. But that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the conversation at hand.

Look at where Tamriel is after the Great War. Right now, neither the Thalmor nor the Empire can afford another massive showdown. The overall logistics of the entire situation mean it wouldn't make sense for it to happen at the time of Skyrim. And regardless, a real invasion of the Summerset Isles would take up much more than DLC. And how much of the Summerset Isles do you show? That would pose a problem in terms of data needed for world space, and we'd want to see the entire province be covered anyways.

Like I said before and as Kane says, there is no other World-Eater. Paarthurnax says he is going to teach the dragons the Way of the Voice. It isn't really about preventing an Alduin-like being from appearing, because there is no being like Alduin and it is really up in the air what Alduin's exact situation is post-Skyrim. If and when Alduin comes back, well...that isn't going to be fun for Mundus.

And it isn't horrible writing. Not top-notch either, but by no means horrible.

I seriously doubt Nords or any other race are going to have the Thu-um after Skyrim. The Last Dragonborn has it because, as the Hero with the soul of a dragon, it is significantly easier to learn and meditate on the dragon language. Regular mortals have a FAR harder time learning the Thu'um, much less even using it efficiently.

Exactly what Rader says. Paarthy is not going to try and raise an army of dragons, he intends to teach them his peaceful Way of the Voice, if he can.

I'd be surprised if the struggle with the Thalmor continued in the next game. Bethesda tends to everything from the ground up when creating the games, including plot line. They have never started a plot line in one game and then wrapped it up in the next game, at least that's not how they did it in Morrowind or Oblivion, I haven't played enough Arena or Daggerfall to really understand the plot lines in those games.

Bethesda has never done sequels, nor would I want them to start. I don't expect them to start doing sequels now. If they continued the Thalmor plotline, it would feel like a sequel, like Skyrim 2.0. I expect the Thalmor will be dealt with in a footnote and just be part of history in TES VI. I didn't find them to be terribly interesting or memorable in the first place, so I'd actually prefer not to have them make a reappearance.

You do know the Thalmor are still at war even after you complete the Civil War quests storylines mostly if you side with Ulfrik Stormcloak and beat his main quests storylines.

And no matter which side you complete the main quests storylines the Imperials and Thalmors or Ulfrik Stormcloaks there is no High King elected or High Queen elected or both elected.

If we can get one of them elected or both of them elected who favor Ulfrik Stormcloak and Talos worship it would be absolutely the best decision to go to the Summerset Isles and invade the Thalmor and try to defeat them. Or lose depending on the choices you make.

It would give a closure to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's main quests storylines.

And maybe get the Imperials to have their emperor actually rule Tamriel again.

Great point. I don't know, we just haven't seen a force like the Thalmor before, so it just feels like they got some staying power. Perhaps they can be dealt with TESVII instead of TESVI? I feel like they can do it a bit more with the Thalmor and I wouldn't mind seeing them if it was done well, but I get what you mean. Would be nice to have a fresh new enemy.

Side note: yes, Arena's plot line had pretty much no bearing on Daggerfall's plot, and except for the Warp in the West (which didn't directly affect Morrowind) Daggerfall's plot didn't really have any bearing on Morrowind.

Yes, I know the Thalmor are still at war. But as I said, the logistics of it all wouldn't make sense for Great War II to start up right after the events in Skyrim.

With the election of a High King/Queen, again, Bethesda has to be careful that they don't "invalidate" other people's playthroughs. If Bethesda were to clearly write that either the Imperials or Stormcloaks won, many players would be upset.

Sure, these things would bring closure, but you don't necessarily want to bring that. You need to leave events open-ended enough as the story continues.

Although perhaps that's what Paarthy WANTS us to think!

Ulfric is going to go by boat to Alinor and successfully invade them? Man, that is so not happening. The Imperials probably couldn't do it from the coast of Valenwood (which the Thalmor currently own). Hell, the Imperials, Redguards and Nords together couldn't even really defend the Empire. What makes you think 1/3* of that force will be able to muster the raw materials, weapons, ships, manpower and food supplies to go halfway around the continent, let alone beat the best navy in Tamriel and make an amphibious assault on the beaches of a magic and zealous empire?

*and that 1/3 being drastically reduced by the Great War and the Civil War. New recruits doing what Tiber couldn't do, while owning a small fraction of the resources that Tiber had? Naw. Not even close to possible.

They gave a hint to it in Oblivion ("They say a syndicate of of Wizards have boycotted Imperial supplies in the land of the Altmer."), and personally I like that there's an growing theme that finally gets addressed in a sequel.

They COULD have beaten the Dominion. That's why Hammerfell went independent. When the Emperor wimped out of the war, Hammerfell fought on and came to a stalemate. If they continued fighting they'd have easily won.

Keeping with the idea if the Thalmor fading into the annals of Tamrielic history by the time VI rolls around; it wouldn't surprise me at all, either, if they aren't relevant anymore. They could easily say that it was overthrown from within by the Altmer who aren't aligned with them, or that they tried doing something to end the kalpa and it backfired on them, sort of like the Dwemer disappearance.