User:Highyena

You're not truly awesome until you slay a dragon with dual-wielded knife and fork.

Random Thoughts

In TES:VI, I'd like to see shopkeepers' prices go up when you steal enough from them. They might not be able to figure out who keeps snatching their stuff, but logically, their overhead should go up to recoup the losses.

On the same token, even with a Thieves' Guild, it's easy to feel like the only burglar in the world. Every so often, it'd be neat to see another thief trespassing late night in a store or house without being part of a quest - This could lead to some humorous dialog. Big-Head had the right idea in Shivering Isles, too bad he's more nut than thief.

It's a little weird to realize I know way more about the history of Tamriel and Nirn, than I do about my own country. This is especially disturbing, as I'm actually pretty well versed in said county's history.

I remember way way way back in the day when many people balked about enchanted items in Morrowind looking like they were covered in Saran Wrap. And again in Oblivion. It's amusing that 200 years later (ha), items still use basically the same effect, yet looks infinitely better due to nothing more than adding a tiny little pattern cycle to the plastic and subduing the effect overall. Admitted, the higher quality of item graphics certainly helps, but I wonder how much of my acceptance stems from simply being used to it by now.

It's interesting that many of the "problem areas" of previous Elder Scroll games has been fixed by little more than the designers making concessions for more casual gamers and overall accessibility. Example - No matter what class I'd start out as in, in Oblivion, the character would ultimately fall away from such about ten levels later due to efficient leveling habits and having higher sub-skills than what they were actually supposed to be good at, ensuring that every thief or fighter worth his or her salt would also be a master mage, every mage excellent at sneaking around, etc, since the thought was "I leveled the skill, might as well use it." Now that I don't have to worry about such, my dual-wielding Skyrim warrior runs straight into fights, has never used a lick of magic, and I don't think I've ever enjoyed a character this much, mechanically or role-playing wise. In otherwords, Skyrim seems far more immersive and deep, because at the same time, it almost isn't. There's beauty in simplicity.

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This user played Arena when it was brand-spankin' new

This user STILL plays Daggerfall on a cellphone, using ADosBox

This user is knowledgeable about Battlespire.

This user is knowledgeable about Redguard.

This user lost several years to Morrowind

This user enjoyed Tribunal

This user didn't care too much for Bloodmoon, but beat it for principal

This user is knowledgeable about the Morrowind Construction Set.

This user tinkered with Tamriel Rebuilt:Morrowind

This user lost several more years to Oblivion, and every mod out there

This user highly enjoyed The Shivering Isles

This user played Knights of the Nine, and gives it a B-

This user liked the Frostcrag Spire add-on

This user installed Horse Armor add-on, but hardly ever used horses

This user had the Mehrunes' Razor add-on, but never got around to finishing it

This user had the Orrery add-on, and thought it was neat

This user plays the Spell Tomes add-on, but liked custom spell mods better

This user plays the Fighter's Stronghold add-on, and thought the stuffed trophies were cool

This user plays the Thieves Den add-on, and thinks the fence screwed up balance

This user plays the Vile Lair add-on, but wasn't often a vampire enough to care

This user created many things in the Construction Set

This user toyed with Tamriel Rebuilt:Oblivion, and 20 gigs of various other add-ons

This user plays Skyrim on XBox, since the PC is fried - snf

This user is a loremaster.

This user believes massive multiplayer will kill the franchise as we know it

This user would love to quest with friends in small-scale multiplayer

This user reads every single book found, cover-to-cover