So, Skyrim's out 11/11/11

[kandrathe]

Terrible
- There is a bug where all the children in the realm
a) look the same
b) sound the same
c) can't be killed

This might be a difference between us. I haven't tried to kill children.

- There is a bug where the Two Handed trainer keeps running up to you and pulling out his sword and telling you how talkative you are. You can't kill him to shut him up

The monotony of conversation in town drives me to adventure in the wilderness.

- Nothing interesting to explore (Where is the crab city or volcano or moon city or tree city like morrowwind?)

There are some interesting places underground, but nothing reality breaking.

- No interesting mage guild quests (compare to Oblivion where it took ages to become arch mage Skyrim is oh you found a staff we bow down before you oh great magician)

I was a little surprised at the brevity of the ascent to head the mages guild, but perhaps in Skyrim, it is a pariah position that nobody wants.

- Fights can be insane (insanely easy mixed in with one hit kills of the player).

I'm enjoying the differences.

a) OHK by dragon melee. Don't try melee only

Other than Ancient dragons, I melee all the others. I used to struggle with blood dragons, at lower levels, and then with elder dragons. But, eventually, those fights become easier as you level.

b) One fight where 6 dudes have a shout that makes you roll around on the floor for 30 seconds. Sure, it's hard to lose the battle, but I've got better things to do than watch my player be paralysed 90% of the time.

Frustrating, yes. But a tactical challenge to position yourself to encounter them one or two at a time.

c) The paralyze bug. Get a sword. Enchant with 1 second paralyze. Get the 5% soul recharge perk. Paralyzing an opponent for any length of time causes them to be out of battle for an additional 10 seconds as they try to stand up again :/

I didn't find a weapon to disenchant with paralyze until I was like level 30, and I've not used that particular cheese.

- The dragon shouts are mostly useless (The only two I used were throw voice for an assassin, which was more of a fun diversion than being useful, and the slow time, when I got caught in some screwed up battle where my sword was doing almost no dmg vs undead but finally realized fireball OHKed them ...)

Oh, I disagree. Some are very useful for crowd control.

- Weird chance stuff. Hit a dragon priest (Krosus) in my third dragon encounter (at ~ level 6). Eventually his staff ran out of juice and I daggered him to death :/ Next dragon priest encounter (Guy with 100% mana mask) was at ~level 50 and the dude didn't even attack.

The weakness of any mage is the charges in their staff, and their mana pool. They will eventually run out of gas, and are weak in melee. But, I find that charging them and beating them to death with my shield is more satisfying. Stupid mages.