12-01-2011, 08:22 PM
[quote My biggest gripes are 1) now, the broken resistance crap, 2) the lag in bringing up the save games list, and 3) blathering NPC's with a limited vocabulary.
Such as, every time I head to the apothecary in Whiterun, the shopkeeper says the exact same thing every 10 seconds. Or, the lack of any prescience whatsoever, such the Whiterun court mage continually suggesting that I may have some talent, and to head up the Winterhold -- not realizing I've been in charge of the Mages College and the Archmage for 6 game months. Having built some stuff in the prior construction sets, these variable checks are really very easy things to program into an NPC. What is not easy, is re-hiring the voice actor to add optional dialog after the fact. Even if they couldn't get it into the initial release, I hope they've scripted more content than they used.
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Oh my, yes, the blathering NPCs are really annoying. You run through Whiterun and some old women you never talk to says "come to see an old women have you?" There is also the blacksmith's endless and repetitive blather. One of my characters "married" (if that term really applies to the sterile Skyrim version of the institution) Camella?? and she feels compelled to thank me for returning the Claw to the Riverwood Trader every time I enter my Whiterun home. After you become Harbinger of the Companions, Aela still says the same line to the effect that you are tougher than you look. None of the mages recognize you as the Arch Mage (same with Oblivion) nor do you seem to be recognized as head of the Thieves Guild. All of the guards used to be an adventurer like you until they were shot in the knee.
Another thing is the weight of the dragon scales and bones. You head off to do some quest, encounter a dragon and kill it. If you take the bones and scales you are likely to be encumbered. I know you can avoid this by making sure you are not toting anything you do not absolutely need, but often this happens before you have any safe place to store excess gear. You are then encumbered and the game sees fit to remind you of this every 30 seconds or so. Of course Lydia can assist if you haven't become sick of HER repetitive blather and left her at Dragonreach. I suppose you could leave the bones and come back later but I suspect they would disappear. Maybe the better solution would to be less anal about feeling you need to loot them all. I don't know how you would manage if you wanted to collect some of that Dwemer stuff or whether that stuff even has a potential use. It really does seem like Oblivion without a feather spell.
Such as, every time I head to the apothecary in Whiterun, the shopkeeper says the exact same thing every 10 seconds. Or, the lack of any prescience whatsoever, such the Whiterun court mage continually suggesting that I may have some talent, and to head up the Winterhold -- not realizing I've been in charge of the Mages College and the Archmage for 6 game months. Having built some stuff in the prior construction sets, these variable checks are really very easy things to program into an NPC. What is not easy, is re-hiring the voice actor to add optional dialog after the fact. Even if they couldn't get it into the initial release, I hope they've scripted more content than they used.
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Oh my, yes, the blathering NPCs are really annoying. You run through Whiterun and some old women you never talk to says "come to see an old women have you?" There is also the blacksmith's endless and repetitive blather. One of my characters "married" (if that term really applies to the sterile Skyrim version of the institution) Camella?? and she feels compelled to thank me for returning the Claw to the Riverwood Trader every time I enter my Whiterun home. After you become Harbinger of the Companions, Aela still says the same line to the effect that you are tougher than you look. None of the mages recognize you as the Arch Mage (same with Oblivion) nor do you seem to be recognized as head of the Thieves Guild. All of the guards used to be an adventurer like you until they were shot in the knee.
Another thing is the weight of the dragon scales and bones. You head off to do some quest, encounter a dragon and kill it. If you take the bones and scales you are likely to be encumbered. I know you can avoid this by making sure you are not toting anything you do not absolutely need, but often this happens before you have any safe place to store excess gear. You are then encumbered and the game sees fit to remind you of this every 30 seconds or so. Of course Lydia can assist if you haven't become sick of HER repetitive blather and left her at Dragonreach. I suppose you could leave the bones and come back later but I suspect they would disappear. Maybe the better solution would to be less anal about feeling you need to loot them all. I don't know how you would manage if you wanted to collect some of that Dwemer stuff or whether that stuff even has a potential use. It really does seem like Oblivion without a feather spell.