Noxyba

I keep any changes I make purely aesthetic or balance oriented. Modifying a pre-existing universe outside of its pre-defined parameters only serves to remind me that the game is merely a construct that I can shape to my whim, which separates me from it and spoils my ability to get lost in it. Having a bit of fun is always nice, but "having fun" isn't always the objective. I play a game like Skyrim for the same reason I read a good novel: to lose myself. When you break with canon, adding silly/anachronistic/spurious bits and pieces here and there, it just reinforces the concept that none of it is substantive or real, and you find yourself unable to become a part of this universe which you can so easily and fundamentally change.

Clearly! I mean, what were they doing for the first three years? Building the engine, making models and textures, recording voice actors, composing music, coding hundreds of quests, mapping hundreds of unique dungeons and locations, and optimizing as best they could for the console/low-end PC market? And in one short week they create a load of completely untested and unoptimized content that may or may not takes several MORE weeks of bug fixing before they could conceivably release it to the public?! It's like they weren't even trying!