Poll: Skyrim: The Armour complaint.

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MadHatter1993

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i dunno, i'd feel alright with it honestly....if they use it properly. like say you vs. a well rendered army.... that would be fun. summon a dragon take on like, 50 npc's.... yeah i can live without pants.
 

irequirefood

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I really don't care enough about this change. I like mix and matching my armour in Morrowind, but by Oblivion I would just go for the Dark Brotherhood gear anyway. Plus, this one little thing isn't going to completely break the game, I would be disappointed if people let this get in the way of how awesome it looks and how smooth it looks to play.

Of course, we wont know that 100% until it's released. Bring on 11.11.11!
 

Xaio30

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I'm fine with full, ready sets of armour, but only if Bethesda provides a shit-ton of them.
 

Vakz

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xXxJessicaxXx said:
Okay so the guys at Bethesda had this to say about armour in Skyrim

The armor system is very similar to Oblivion?s. The main difference is that the upper and lower body armors, the cuirass and greaves, have been combined into one piece. This helps create armor styles that have the look we needed for Skyrim.
Couldn't they just have made, i dno, matching pieces? I played WoW for five years, I'm used to looking like a clown in favor for stats.

Xaio30 said:
I'm fine with full, ready sets of armour, but only if Bethesda provides a shit-ton of them.
Spot on. Variation is the real key.

EDIT: Sorry, messed up the quote-tags.
 

ParkourMcGhee

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mad825 said:
There will be a mod that will undo this
Oh, I forgot about this :O

Problem solved I guess /thread

OT/no low content: I agree that I don't like the move, but it's not tragic per se. There's less stuff to collect, but on the other hand, I liked having a hat for Gothic3 and those didn't really pop up often.
 

Neonit

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i think - give those guys a chance. if they screw it up, then by all means you have a right to complain. but till then, wait......

besides, you still get mods on pc. fallout had it fixed by mod community....
 

Zhukov

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"Oh no! I won't be able to customize my pants!"

Really couldn't care less. If I wanted to play at juggling numbers, I'd sell all my games and buy a calculator.

Man, I am so glad Bioware has mostly stopped catering to the Pants of +2 Swagger crowd. If Bethesda follows suit (hurr hurr, potential pun) I might start enjoying their games too.
 

Raddra

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Why doesn't Bethesda just drop the act and make Skyrim an action game? It's clear they don't give a shit about RPGs anymore. Can they just drop the pretense already and say they just want to make action games?
This is how I feel too.

It seems that every time a new game comes out, it has less options and less depth, its getting depressing.

Change is good, REDUCTION is bad.
 

jultub

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Slowpool said:
Stall said:
Why doesn't Bethesda just drop the act and make Skyrim an action game? It's clear they don't give a shit about RPGs anymore. Can they just drop the pretense already and say they just want to make action games?
What does this have to do with pants?
EVERYTHING! PANTS ARE THE PINNACLE OF RPG GAMING EVOLUTION! IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE PANTS EVERYTHING WE HAVE ACHIEVED SO FAR WILL BE LOST *dissolves into rambling curses*

To be serious, our rpgs are getting less customisation and our action games are getting more. We're moving both sides closer to the center. As long as they keep the relevant RPG parts in the RPGs, I'm satisfied. Pants are not relevant.
 

boyvirgo666

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Necromancer Jim said:
BENZOOKA said:
It's not an issue.

It's not even a problem that appears solely with video game development:

People don't want change. Then they ***** about how nothing has changed.
Gamers will find a reason to complain about anything.

One element of a game changes, you're bound to have a legion of fans screaming that it is ruined forever.

Frankly, I don't think it's significant enough to care.
see his is why i judge all games on there own merits not by the franchise. mass effect 2 was amazing, was it mass effect 1 redone? no and thank god for that. dead rising 2 changed dead rising so much i enjyed it like a new game. and really dragon age 2 deserved much much more than it got. sure some maps were repeated but frankly that didnt take all that much from the game
 

Kafka Torkarev

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I really am on the edge, i want the morrorwind armor customizations, (but with out the med armor) but i also want Skyrim to play as well as possible. and as far as i understand it thats what bethesda is trying to do. this does however not change the fact that i am buying skyrim when it comes out, it would take much more that this to sway my love for the elder scrolls
 

Phoenix_XIII

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Necromancer Jim said:
BENZOOKA said:
It's not an issue.

It's not even a problem that appears solely with video game development:

People don't want change. Then they ***** about how nothing has changed.
Gamers will find a reason to complain about anything.

One element of a game changes, you're bound to have a legion of fans screaming that it is ruined forever.

Frankly, I don't think it's significant enough to care.
Exactly.

Mention anything about any gameplay mechanic and I can cook up some crappy excuse on why I could hate it.

Okay. Removing Cardboard boxes from MGS Rising?

THAT WOULD BE STUPID! THAT'S LIKE REMOVING WATERMELONS FROM THAT TOO!


Mass Effect 3 having aliens with different colored hats?

Aliens always seem the same no matter how you picture them!!!!!!!


Armor being welded together in Skyrim?

.......

I honestly can't complain. Who gives a flying shit? In Oblivion I never paid attention to the armor. The heavy crap weighed too much and I hated all armor that didn't make my character look badass. Armor isn't a big deal to me. Just slap on random clothes and knife someone already.
 

Ragsnstitches

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xXxJessicaxXx said:
As others have said it's simply the removal of options that rubs them the wrong way.

This is probably for the best though. There are numerous Greaves in Oblivion that clip through other armour types (Fur greaves clipped through most armours that had tails down the back, like steel or leather).

While I loved the ability to switch up my armour in Morrowind so that I had a bare arm and one fully armoured arm (it has an aesthetic I find appealing), for the most part it served no use (it wasn't practical to train in unarmored and armoured skill sets). Making it so Pauldrons merged with the main body of armour was a sound idea. Smoothing out rough edges and all.

It's not as much removing options, as it is refining the options that work.

People will hate on this game for various reasons. There is no sense in trying to understand why as most of the time it comes down to "they changed what I know"... it's that simple.
 

StormShaun

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I dont mind having a one piece armour but I liked Oblivion because I could wear diffirent pants and torso clothing at the same time, it sounds like they are trying to make it into Fallout NV, you know, one piece clothing (Suit, suits and suits)...but I wont mind this unless they suddenly change it.
 

vivster

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wow is the first time i heard of it
sounds very reasonable decision
i pity the fool for whom this is game breaking
 

bobfish92

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I've missed having both hands equipped with a daedric wraithguard and a dwemer wraithguard.

Plus I had a Argonian in Oblivion who just went around in light brown linen trousers punching things, and it was one of the best playthrough's I had. Now I can't do any of that, no hand to hand, no trousers only.
 

Domehammer

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I won't mind if they make up for it in sheer variety of armor you can wear or some armor that really is almost shirtless. That way I can be a crazed nord punching his way through the game no matter how long it takes because unarmed will be a very bad idea to get through game as.
 

Kelthurin

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mad825 said:
There will be a mod that will undo this *starts praying*

Anyway, the problem is the same with nearly everything these days, Less options means simplifying (streamlining) but does also mean less customisation.

customisation is good in a game like TES as it is one of it's main features of the franchise.
Knowing the modding community, there will even be a mod to undo THAT mod, and then some.
;)