Ghogiel Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 did the vampire look any particular race? I don't suppose you had a look at it's face as you mopped the floor with it, was there any sort of vampiric morph distortion on the face. teeth? that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdoringFansBiggestFan Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 True, that said though, it would be rather silly for Vampires to exist, but for them to be unable to spread their disease. It's also possible that he mistook necromancers for vampires, I don't recall him picking up vampire dust or anything like that.. But who knows.The only reason I can think of for vampires not being playable would maybe be so that they can program them to act like the lore says they do. I can't remember the name of the book, but I know there is a book in Oblivion that talks about vampires in Skyrim making homes under ice and reaching through and pulling people in... that would be kind of hard to make a player do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotMeFaded Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Sick! But what does this mean for Vampires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcrin Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 The only reason I can think of for vampires not being playable would maybe be so that they can program them to act like the lore says they do. I can't remember the name of the book, but I know there is a book in Oblivion that talks about vampires in Skyrim making homes under ice and reaching through and pulling people in... that would be kind of hard to make a player do... I can think of a bigger reason: Developers are a scarce resource. Resources put into one thing means less to put into other things. Judging by how vampirism is dealt with in Oblivion it's clear Bethesda did not, at the time, consider it something worth putting much effort into. If player vampirism is absent from Skyrim it will be because they chose to put the effort into something else instead. And honestly unless they're going to do it right this time it's a decision I would agree with. I would much rather have it completely absent and leave a proper implementation to mods than the modding community having to make a proper vampirism implementation from the ground up anyway and in addition have to work around the totally broken system present in the vanilla game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpellAndShield Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 The only reason I can think of for vampires not being playable would maybe be so that they can program them to act like the lore says they do. I can't remember the name of the book, but I know there is a book in Oblivion that talks about vampires in Skyrim making homes under ice and reaching through and pulling people in... that would be kind of hard to make a player do... I can think of a bigger reason: Developers are a scarce resource. Resources put into one thing means less to put into other things. Judging by how vampirism is dealt with in Oblivion it's clear Bethesda did not, at the time, consider it something worth putting much effort into. If player vampirism is absent from Skyrim it will be because they chose to put the effort into something else instead. And honestly unless they're going to do it right this time it's a decision I would agree with. I would much rather have it completely absent and leave a proper implementation to mods than the modding community having to make a proper vampirism implementation from the ground up anyway and in addition have to work around the totally broken system present in the vanilla game. But becoming a vampire is a time honoured tradition for Oblivion games...is it not? They put a lot of effort into it in Morrowind? why not this time around as we know some of the good stuff from that game has been reimplemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcrin Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 A lot of time honored traditions have been broken in Skyrim: Class system is gone, all the melee weapons are merged into just 2 skills, Custom spellmaking is out, etc. What's one more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpellAndShield Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 A lot of time honored traditions have been broken in Skyrim: Class system is gone, all the melee weapons are merged into just 2 skills, Custom spellmaking is out, etc. What's one more? Well, at least there is modding. Vanilla vampires in Oblivion sucked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHIROryuu Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 In Oblivion games? lol The lore of elder scrolls has been developed to include almost all mythical creatures. It's pretty common for games to have at least some of all legends or myths built it. Playing on popular culture and fears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowk Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 A lot of time honored traditions have been broken in Skyrim: Class system is gone, all the melee weapons are merged into just 2 skills, Custom spellmaking is out, etc. What's one more? Well, at least there is modding. Vanilla vampires in Oblivion sucked... Ha! SUCKED! :teehee: ...I'll just be going now. *quietly leaves thread* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corakus Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Now if we can just have werewolves and the ability to become one, my life will be complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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