Tank0123 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I think Skyrim has gotten boring for me quickly for several reasons. One, I've overplayed it, but that's no one's business. Secondly, there's not a whole lot of cultural variety in Skyrim. Yes, it's all Nords, but...c'mon. If any of the mods or ideas listed below are in development, please link me to the respective page so I can track it. I like combat, but am more into strategic, lore-based things. For example, an archaeology mod would be excellent. Or one that let's you explore other provinces. I have Moonpath to Elsweyr, and it's really good, but it's also really limited -- the questline and characters are top-of-the-line, but you're sort of confined to a box canyon, an island, and some very linear jungle. I really loved Oblivion's Elsweyr mod, but sadly this was dropped, and I'd rather stick to Skyrim. I really want mods that add to immersion in the game, and add more options for non-combat characters. Sure, there's Tundra Defense (I won't use RTS yet until it's updated, and so until it doesn't cause massive game save bloat), but the terrain is naturally really rocky and thus it's hard to find a good location. I'd rather stick to expanding some sort of business empire -- a lot like Trade and Commerce from Oblivion. I do have Warzones, and that makes the landscape a lot more interesting in terms of the Civil War (assaulting Fort Greymoor as a legate was tons of fun with an army at my back). But is there anything that adds, say, traveling caravans? Merchants? Trading posts? Skyrim seems so foreign and inhospitable, but not in the way I'd like. It's a lot like Fallout 3: barren, empty except for a bunch of hostile baddies, and otherwise very dull. I'm just not a dungeon diving kind of person; I'd rather see the immersion take place on the surface. As a side note, it's my understanding that someone is developing a "Dragonborn Rebellion" mod in which you would form and control a third faction as part of the civil war. Any updates on that? If anything stands out, just shoot it off to me please. I'll take enormous lists if it means I have a lot of choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jspencer93 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 i do not have what you are looking for but agree completly with you. this game is bland...the world feels dead to me. all those ideas would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfurius Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Interesting NPC's? Have you used that mod yet? It's pretty good. Economics of Skyrim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkoomaBoy Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 This website is a cure to a bunch of frustrations in my opinion. http://www.skyrimgems.com/ Though I still completly agree on some aspects of the game you're evoking, the most depressing places of Bethesda's Games are towns, they're not believable, especially in the therms the lore describes them."I can say Whiterun is the greatest city in all of the holds" - Proventus AvenicciFirst thing could be adding some "lol" as a dialog option in such circumstances. Even though that could be a simple overjoyed opinion of the Jarl's Stewart, Whiterun is objectivly and commonly described as a trading hub and even as "Skyrim's equivalent to the Imperial City". The visuals doesn't fit the lore, so from that there's two solutions, change the lore and making NPCs describing Whiterun as "this ruin of a city in the middle of a tundra plains" or we simply make it look like a city that's overcrowded and possibly prosperous. I'm personally working myself on removing the prehistorical look from the towns (Seriously, Whiterun just look like a bunch of dolmens assembled together) and making them more alive, redesigning all the interiors and NPCs, bringing more NPCs and quests, mercants selling new stuff such as animal companions, gems, and i'd simply call it "Medievalize" even though that's not totally official. http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/5263944-1356774767.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jspencer93 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Interesting NPC's? Have you used that mod yet? It's pretty good. Economics of Skyrim? those are pretty cool. i like the frostfall mood too, and those listed as recommended on it. adds a lot of imerrsion, but still the overall world seems dead. warzones helped a little, so did a few other mods but just think its skyrim in general. i got almost 100 mods installed and game is so much better, but its just now to the point a game should be on release. this is exactly why im going to college for game design/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jspencer93 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Interesting NPC's? Have you used that mod yet? It's pretty good. Economics of Skyrim? do you have a mod released yet? i agree with the towns...they are dead and feel unalive. also i want a complete redo of the mage college, that tower felt so dumb. it was not worth becoming arch mage honestly, i felt like i didnt deserve it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkoomaBoy Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) Interesting NPC's? Have you used that mod yet? It's pretty good. Economics of Skyrim? do you have a mod released yet? i agree with the towns...they are dead and feel unalive. also i want a complete redo of the mage college, that tower felt so dumb. it was not worth becoming arch mage honestly, i felt like i didnt deserve it Well the remake of Winterhold was the original purpose of my mod once. Though it's not done and still needs some work. Here's the thread. http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/830454-skoomas-architecture-works/ Edited January 1, 2013 by SkoomaBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jspencer93 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Interesting NPC's? Have you used that mod yet? It's pretty good. Economics of Skyrim? do you have a mod released yet? i agree with the towns...they are dead and feel unalive. also i want a complete redo of the mage college, that tower felt so dumb. it was not worth becoming arch mage honestly, i felt like i didnt deserve it sound really good. love to see it when finished, i myself would love to learn how to mod better. also i am interested in the giants, mainly because a few people i know that play the game say a book mentions a giant city? i never found book. anyways they are the ones that supposedly called the dwemer dwarves, so apparently they speak a language. why dont they make cities or anything? and where are the females? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jspencer93 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) another thing with the civil war in skyrim is...how come only the nords and imperils are fighitng? you dont see khajit argonian any of the elves besides the thalmor or the other humans enlisted on either side. doesnt feel like a civil war, feels like nord vs imperil.i understand its mainly that because of the god talos, but it seems like the war is not effecting anyone but those 2, i guess to me it doesnt really seem like a major conflict. Edited January 1, 2013 by jspencer93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luzburg Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 doesnt feel like a civil war, feels like nord vs imperil. A civil war would be Nord vs Nord. I think theres two ways of looking at it. The Pro-Empire Nords and the Stormcloak Supporters are engaged in civil war. The Stormcloaks are in a rebellion against the Empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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