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I think it would be fine as long as the fighters version was inherently superior. Perhaps more damage thanks to disengagement for the fighter; perhaps the fighter could have a defense bonus against the foe he's engaged to as well.

There are no romances in Skyrim and even comparing it to Bioware's romances is asinine and dumb. Marriage does not equal romance. If I had to choose though I'd rather have the lack luster marriage in Skyrim than the cheese filled, immersion breaking, and sometimes content blocking crap romances Bioware gives us. Marriage may have been a bit lacking, but it was a neat little feature. Better than nothing; which is more than I can say about some of the Bioware romances. Mark for Death and Whirlwind sprint are useful too.

Tell that to daggerfall. Also, even the console versions sell well. Good character creation, big worlds, and lots of junk to do is the secret to TES' success. The user mods just send their popularity into overdrive.

Never have; never will. I do want it to be legal though; it would go a long way in removing the darkest elements in the sex trade industry.

Skyrim is pretty overrated. It's a good game, but no where near as good as people made it out to be shortly after release.

That's about what I thought already. Good read anyway.

What's wrong with black Annie? There are lots of potential lore issues with female Thor so I get that, but I thought the new Annie was a new version of her altogether. I think the new Annie is adorable. Nothing wrong with the old version, but I don't see anything wrong with the new version either.

GG as important as the cold war? Lol. No, I certainly don't see GG as important as the cold war. I would hope no one does.

Bull**** on what?

They say we're a hate mob. Anti-GG seem to have an issue with projection.

You did. Behold this objectively untrue statement: THIS ISN'T TRUE! You imagined this. The different races have mechanical differences too. When I pointed that out you said this: This technically isn't true. Argonians get a resistance to disease, but by only listing this one racial feature it's clear that you were ignoring that Argonians get Histskin. Histskin is a powerful ability that only Argonians get. Your claims were false. Your idea that race doesn't have any impact on the game besides a bit of dialog was imagined. I'm not imagining anything. Issue like quality of combat may be subjective, but the FACT that race in Skyrim affects gameplay AND how people react to you is not imagined; unlike your previous claim.

Considering that you said this: I don't think your opinion is based on the actual game, but rather the way you imagine it to be.

Not to mention it's not illegal to be a mage. Just to cast magic which you didn't.

What about the mechanical differences? Kajits and Argonians get different racial bonuses. That would be a tremendous waste of development time. I think Argonians get a resistance to poison... Doesn't really impact play too significantly. They also get the Histskin ability which is pretty good.

I think there should be a health penalty for being unconscious. I'm thinking 1% of your max health per two seconds.

It seems like every time they make major changes the game has issues running well; then the next patch is minor, but everything runs smoother.

What about the mechanical differences? Kajits and Argonians get different racial bonuses. That would be a tremendous waste of development time.

I'm glad you're enjoying it, but what is "gish" play?

This quote is hogwash. Skyrim has a fantastic character creation system. The Elder Scrolls have cool lore, and Skyrim took it in an interesting direction. The skill system is the best in the series yet; it may not have the most, but it's more dynamic and allows for much better character customization than most RPG's. The combat has been much improved from previous entries; especially Oblivion. It's fast paced and reasonably fun. The shouts are neat to screw around with. Syrim is NOT like the bigfoot pizza.

You're not wrong. They do ask why a non-Nord wants to join them. You can respond by saying that, "Skyrim is home to more than Nords." They accept that answer.

I like the way talents are handled now. Much improved over the old system.

The people who call the Stormcloaks racists often exaggerate the issue. It's not that they hate non-Nords; they just don't care about the needs of non-Nordic residents. [...] I realize that and agree, but it's still a perfectly reasonable thing to be expected. The Stormcloaks very much are Skyrim is for the Nords and there is very "real" racial tensions supposedly going on in Skyrim, and there was a major Tamriel-wide race war with Mer in general and Altmer in particular being the aggressors. The lack of reactivity in that is ridiculous in relation to the situation that Bethesda tried to paint out. Wasn't a race war. It was a war between the Altmeri Dominion and the Empire. Neither side was composed of a single race. The Empire contains plenty of Altmer and other Mer, and the Dominion contains more than Mer nations such as Elsweyr. Heck, the Orsimer were mostly on the Empire's side. People ignorant of Elder Scrolls lore figured that since the Stormcloaks are a little racist; that they must be hyper racists like the confederates, nazis, and kkk so we would have another rehash of the anyone racist is a lunatic lecture. Instead when it turned out that the Stormcloaks are only a little racist they were like, "WHY AREN'T THEY RACIST TO THE POINT OF BEING INSANE!?" Then decided that it was a flaw. I mean, all they do is ask the player why a non-Nord wants to join them. Since they weren't bat**** crazy how will we ever learn racism is bad? HOW?

I get it. There are some things that Fallout:NV does that Skyrim doesn't. Want me to make a list of things Skyrim has over Fallout:NV? You may find that many of your complaints about Skyrim are much worse in Fallout:NV.

WTF are you talking about? In Morrowind you can't change anything. Who's in control of Balmora? The Tel'Vanni. Who's in control of Morrowind? The Empire. In Skyrim your actions determine whether or not the country remains a part of the Empire. That's a pretty big deal.

This one's a giant SO WHAT. None of the IE games react to the character you created either - which means that in terms of RPG significance, it must not matter that much to the game's fun factor. More to the point: I rank NPCs walking up to you and saying "Hey! you're an elf!" or "Hey, you're a half orc cleric who's wearing leather armor! Get off my lawn!" just slightly more important than being able to customize the shape of your nose in the character creator. When it was relevant in the IE games, you were occasionally called out on race. The difference is that in the IE games, it was very rarely relevant in a way that you'd expect to be called out on it. Skyrim is a completely different deal. At the very least, I expected for most to make a distinction between Men and Mer. But not even the Stormcloaks, pointed out as "racist" by cultural marxists everywhere, seem to care. At all. With the established background, I was surprised to see that I as an Altmer could just walk straight up to Ulfric and stab him in the face without even being questioned what High Elf was doing there. The people who call the Stormcloaks racists often exaggerate the issue. It's not that they hate non-Nords; they just don't care about the needs of non-Nordic residents. Skyrim has bugs, but is easily the smoothest running Elder Scrolls game in the main series. Anyone remember Daggerfall? I do. The game was at least 1200% buggier than Skyrim on release. It couldn't even be completed without a patch. In Morrowind it was very rare that you could play for even twenty minuets without merging with a rock or all the buildings disappearing with only doors floating. As for how well the games run: In Morrowind the game has to load every time you enter a new cell; which is often since an individual cell is small. Yeah, they do remove features, but they also add in new ones; not to mention that a lot of the old features were either useless or didn't even work. In Skyrim you can actually put points into your skills with branching growth options. Back in the day there were more skills sure, but there was little depth to them. It's funny that people call the new system where you make more choices and those choices have consequences, "dumbing down"; while the old system was just grind your skills to be good. Unless you're talking Morrowind. In that game it was just pay some gold for 100 in all skills and infinite levels. So smart was the old system. The best way to fight in Morrowind was to make was to buff your luck to uber high levels and be literally invincible since enemies can't hit you. "Oh look, I can't even be attacked. How interesting!" In Oblivion enemies can't even hurt you as fast as you can heal yourself. The fights in Oblivion also took forever for no good reason as the damage was stupid low, and you also don't have very many ways in which to attack so combat was extremely repetitive. The Stormcloaks don't attack Thalmor on site. The companions don't have a racial policy, and they make you spar with a member to prove your worth in combat. So...BS. Why wouldn't they? As long as you can use magic than why wouldn't the guild accept you? Why would the guild turn away a Nord in a country of Nords? There is a reaction to your race in Skyrim. Plenty of it. Also, there's plenty reason for that NPC to ask if your High Elf was one of those, "Skyrim is for Nords" types. Being a high elf doesn't mean that you're against racism. They don't know if your just visiting or what you believe. You can even meet imperials in the game who believe in the Stormcloaks cause. I could go on, but I'm feeling lazy.