Moja Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Has there been any information released regarding potential platforming abilities for Skyrim? I know the acrobatics skill was removed, which makes this doubtful, but seeing as Skyrim is such a mountainous environment, basic climbing at least makes sense. Probably wall running and swinging from objects is too much to ask... but climbing, hanging, and cliff-walking? Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltreU Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I've found no media saying anything so, sadly. I'd love it if any of those were features implemented, but no love lost if not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corakus Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I think we need something to help us get over those large mountains.In Oblivion the mountains weren't all that big, and yet they were still near impossible to climb unless you like walking sideways.It would be nice to have something to allow us to more easily traverse the mountainous terrain.But, honestly, I seriously doubt it, I would be quite surprised if a mechanic like that was present in Skyrim.For now, the most we can hope for is a lot of trails and paths that run through the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jermungand Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Maybe they folded acrobatics into athletics as a single skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted1082189User Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Acrobatics and athletics were both removed, if I'm not mistaken. Hopefully some feature will be implemented, or there will probably be paths to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalmasterpiece Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Acrobatics needed to be removed imo. It was just too cheap to max acro and jump 15 feet in the air on top of a building and fire arrows at poor npcs who couldn't even fight back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moja Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Acrobatics needed to be removed imo. It was just too cheap to max acro and jump 15 feet in the air on top of a building and fire arrows at poor npcs who couldn't even fight back. Just because a skill has the same name doesn't mean it has to keep the same functionality. Rather than increasing jump height, leveling acrobatics could allow new moves (such as those listed). Moot point I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3rman123 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I don't think platforming will be a major part of the game. It doesn't fit with the Elder Scrolls type of open world, and if they had some ingenious new system to handle it they'd have bragged about it by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corakus Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) Acrobatics needed to be removed imo. It was just too cheap to max acro and jump 15 feet in the air on top of a building and fire arrows at poor npcs who couldn't even fight back. Just because a skill has the same name doesn't mean it has to keep the same functionality. Rather than increasing jump height, leveling acrobatics could allow new moves (such as those listed). Moot point I suppose. Right, Bethesda said that they weren't just removing the skills, that they were merging them with other skills.It would be easy to add sneak and acrobatics to one skill, and considering that the attributes have been removed, it could even be called Agility.But this is just speculation on my part. Edit: I can't seem to find where it says that acrobatics has been removed from Skyrim, except in Zaldiir's information page, did Todd say this on a podcast somewhere or is there something I missed? Edited February 28, 2011 by Corakus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurrdurrmurrgurr Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 They've probably made bunnyhopping a perk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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