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I agree with the advice others have given above. Compared to some of the other gaming communities I participate in (I won't mention any names) the overall crowd here is quite a bit more reserved and the moderators do a fine job of weeding out the riffraff. When trolls with unjustified criticisms or straight-out insults do arise, however, it's better to use the "report" button rather than to get ones'self into trouble by arguing with them.

New adventures with complex quests, believable NPCs and large worldspaces require more time, effort and dedication than mods that modify numbers in a list like game settings or player stats.

I once tried to play a male character in Skyrim, but then I took an arrow in the knee.

I predict that the best they will do is mimic Skyrim superficially. They'll try to make it look and feel like an open world, but the illusion will fade the instant you run into an invisible collision box.

It's a hot topic because people (in general) love to search for and point out what they perceive as flaws in other people to make them feel better about themselves and whatever they feel they're lacking in their own lives.

You're still in the first chapter; don't throw the book away just yet.

Nearly 300 replies on this now? Play whatever you want; don't worry about what others think and don't bother them with what you think. The end.

No problemo. Glad I could help.

I recommend that, after uninstalling the game, you run a safe registry cleaner like CCleaner. After that I think the game should install properly.

I have no doubt that someone will make such a mod, just as I have no doubt that someone will also make a mod to expand upon same-sex relationships in the game. We all do our own thing.

The wiki only mentions the one in the inn.

Both players and game developers/publishers definitely benefit from mods and the modding community. As jim_uk said of Morrowind (in the double-post) I'll also go a step further and say of one of my favorite old games, Classic Doom. On Steam each installment of the game is still priced at $10 USD and I'd be willing to wager that one of the main reasons it still sells at all after nearly 20 years is that there exists a database of literally thousands of free custom mods for it. Bethesda's three most recent Elder Scrolls games will live on virtually forever and continue to sell copies largely due to mods and I have no doubt that Bethesda knows it.

Both players and game developers/publishers definitely benefit from mods and the modding community. As jim_uk says of Morrowind I'll also go a step further and say of one of my favorite old games, Classic Doom. On Steam each installment of the game is still priced at $10 USD and I'd be willing to wager that one of the main reasons it still sells at all after nearly 20 years is that there exists a database of literally thousands of free custom mods for it. Bethesda's three most recent Elder Scrolls games will live on virtually forever and continue to sell copies largely due to mods and I have no doubt that Bethesda knows it.

Bethesda has not released it to the public yet.

Due to the size of their game worlds and the expansive scope of the gameplay in the Elder Scrolls games I think it's obvious that the devs never intended anyone to try to play through them without saving their progress, so in an "ironman" scenario you really can't criticize the gameplay balance. The games were never intended to be played that way.

This method sounds pretty weird, but I've learned that life is often stranger than fiction. I'll try this the next time I'm playing. Thanks for sharing.

How little you know I don't claim to know a lot of anything, and you've never seen me make such claims here or anywhere else. A few things I do know: I've played Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas and now Skyrim. I've enjoyed each game, though each game has it's similarities with the others and it's differences. But in the end, they're only games. I enjoy them as pastimes, diversions, recreation, escapes from reality, stress relief and, when modding and forum-browsing, I enjoy them as outlets for creative impulses and an opportunity to connect with others with similar interests in the same games. But not one of them is such an important, integral part of my real life that I feel the need to try to prove to others that my way of playing them is right and theirs is wrong, that my opinions are facts and everyone else is "dumbed down" as the thread title claims. Everybody has their own likes and dislikes about these games and their own ways of enjoying them. The fact that this is so difficult for some people to accept is astonishing.

It's just a video game.

I was just speaking figuratively. No, I don't expect Bethesda to actually send us to Mars. I was merely saying that it will likely be something outlandish and unexpected. My response was in response to Boudro's comment. I knew what you meant. :thumbsup: Okay. http://www.thenexusforums.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/thumbsup.gif(Don't know why I was feeling defensive...)

I was just speaking figuratively. No, I don't expect Bethesda to actually send us to Mars. I was merely saying that it will likely be something outlandish and unexpected.

Thank you. I was making an Observation about Bethesda's modus operandi.

Yeah, transporting us to mars makes sense in Skyrim, right? I don't see the point in posting if you're just going to be bluntly negative. Because aliens had everything to do with post-nuclear America? This is Skyrim, not Fallout. And this is a thread that asked for our opinions, not for us to flame and troll each other. I haven't insulted your opinions or observations.

Yeah, transporting us to mars makes sense in Skyrim, right? I don't see the point in posting if you're just going to be bluntly negative. Because aliens had everything to do with post-nuclear America?

The Thalmor underground would be nice; Solstheim too. But if Bethesda follows the formula they used in their Fallout games, the DLCs will have nothing to do with the main game and instead will transport us to Mars or something.

Be careful what you wish for...