Bethesda Makes Stealing and Fighting a Little Easier for Skyrim

[coheedswicked]

I prefer the guards to be tough, otherwise where is the danger in getting caught? Wheres the risk if you beat them as a level 1 character? Nah. I say if you rob and kill in a house then know one knows it was you. Unless a guard catches you or the person escapes out of the house. Then thats fine. I want the guards to be tough until you are at mid level atleast and can fight them. Otherwise there is no point even having guards there in the first place.

I agree. I enjoyed how tough the guards were. There was a thrill of running for your life when you got caught and resisted arrest.

 

[Lullabye]

'Unfortunately for all the would-be Bruce Lees out there, Bethesda has confirmed that it has removed Hand to Hand as a skill'
The fuck.

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

I needed no incentive to get this game, and everytime something new is reported, it's something that makes the game even better. Some server hating, same game releasing companies should take note...

 

[jdogtwodolla]

As long as I can swing my sword at an enemy that has Two AI allies also fighting it and not kill one of them, I will be happy.

 

[Saelune]

Well, the generic names for those guilds mean its the official guilds. Therefore that "fighter's guild" is not affiliated with the Imperial one, and the Mage's Guild had apparently been shut down by the player's Arch Mage after the events of Oblivion.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I still hate the way they're handling skills now, though.

 

[badgersprite]

Allow me to use gifs to sum up my reaction:

Spoiler: Modesty carpet for gifs

So, yeah, no, I'm not excited by this at all. And I totally didn't just ruin my pants.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go chan--I mean, I have to not change my pants.

 

[Count Igor]

Ilike.
very much.
Give now.

 

[Earaldor Xerron]

I said that backwater villages SHOULD have very weak guards and that the best guards should even beat you midgame IF they gang up the player. By the endgame your character is usually as powerful as a god, so obviously no ordinary human can stop her/him.
But it's not like Tamriel doesn't have semi-regular in demonic invasions, so I guess elite gurards should be equipped and treined for even that. So I don't think it would be outrageous for 5 of them to even match Dovakhin in combat. Obviously, this is the absolute top, the royal district guard or something similar.
Between the two types, there can be several others, most of them wouldn't kick your ass after getting 15 levels or so (in Oblivion's terms.)

 

[exampleAccount]

I still hate the way they're handling skills now, though.

Lets face it, it can't be much worse than oblivion.

Anyway, I'm a little disappointed that you seem to still need to level up your skills by training, it makes some skills fall into a spiral of redundancy.

 

[therealsomeguy]

This is very important

Can we still dual-wield shields?
if not, how long until the modders allow us to?
this is kind of a deal breaker

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I still hate the way they're handling skills now, though.

Lets face it, it can't be much worse than oblivion.

Anyway, I'm a little disappointed that you seem to still need to level up your skills by training, it makes some skills fall into a spiral of redundancy.

I just wish they went back to how Morrowind worked. Major, minor and miscellaneous skills worked well. It allowed you to min-max the shit out of your character.

 

[Agent Larkin]

Now if they get rid of the spiders I'll buy this game on the day of release.

 

[imnot]

5 bucks says that one of the first 5 mods for skyrim will be adding in hand to hand combat.

5 quid itll be a nude mod.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

As long as I can take a sexy female assassin through a city, killing marks while avoiding the guards, I'll be happy.

In Oblivion, if you didn't one shit kill a character, even when they're alone in their house, every guard in the universe suddenly had a bounty out on me.

[HEADING=1]STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM![/HEADING]

I didn't like the way that they had known i had done something. Christ, i could lead someone into the woods, stab them in the back and Guards would start hating me.


Also i hope they add more secret stuff + underwater treasure things.
Loved that aspect of the game.

 

[Spud of Doom]

Aw man, no hand to hand? I remember them saying something about merging skills and replacing them with some kind of more specific character development but I havent been keeping up to date.

 

[SilverStrike]

Neverwinter Nights 1, roughly ten years ago, had the option to have a torch in off-hand.
..That's how long it's taken Bethesda to catch on. =p