I agree with you! The thing that annoyed me the most in Oblivion was the fact that I could simply join the Mages Guild with my Orc Berserker and even become their boss without even casting so much as one bloody spell! It's a shame the same goes for Skyrim, but it's even more dumbed down now :( Way too easy to become da bawz! They should have stuck with the Morrowind way: you suck at magic? Then you cannot join or advance in ranks at the mages guild. Same counted for the fighters and the thieves, and that is how it should be. Period. But wait, that would be too difficult for today's type of gamer: "take me by the hand please! I know nothing more than COD or Fifa! This game sucks! It's too difficult,. boohoo!" /rant Oh, and another thing: I sided with the empire and killed Ulfric. Rikke told me I have the freedom to purge any stormcloak camps I might find on my way. Then why am I unable to kill their questgivers? I strode into a camp near Falkreath, dispatched the soldiers easily yet the boss guy just kneels for about 10 seconds and then gets up again. Unkillable rebels, awesome. :\