has anyone confirmed... : V

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:52 am

I was just wondering if anyone was dedicated enough to try and count the steps at High Hrothgar. I'm curious to know if its a legit claim.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:17 am

its 926

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:30 am

Yeah, could see that it was far less than 7000

Perhaps 2000 if we count the ones we can't see due to damage/snow.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:26 am

I remember Todd Howard saying something about them actually having 7000 steps, and that 'they knew that players would go look'

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:14 am

I don't think Theres 7k steps. I wanna know, but I don't want to know badly enough to actually count lol. I remember Todd saying there was 7000, Im just skeptical lol

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:28 pm

It's just a name; a hyperbole applied by locals knackered from walking up and down them. No different to saying "I'm starving" when you're a bit peckish.

Seriously some of you have waaaay too much spare time.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:10 am

there was a thread a few days about about it, some one counted all the steps...I don't remember the results though.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:38 pm

It's just a name; a hyperbole applied by locals knackered from walking up and down them. No different to saying "I'm starving" when you're a bit peckish.

Seriously some of you have waaaay too much spare time.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:37 pm

There's 900 something steps

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:39 pm

It's just a name; a hyperbole applied by locals knackered from walking up and down them. No different to saying "I'm starving" when you're a bit peckish.

Seriously some of you have waaaay too much spare time.

Wrong.
Todd Howard said so.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:53 pm

found it
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1278828-i-just-counted-the-7000-steps/page__hl__7000+steps

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:07 am

I remember reading something about the top of the mountain existing halfway into an alternate dimension or something like that. Maybe that's where the rest of the steps went!

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:11 pm

I don't think Theres 7k steps. I wanna know, but I don't want to know badly enough to actually count lol. I remember Todd saying there was 7000, Im just skeptical lol

I thought Todd said 1000...

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:09 am

Wrong.
Todd Howard said so.

Todd Howard said lots of things that have turned out to be less than accurate.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:26 am

I haven't been to the top yet but with so much snow covering the ones to the greybeards and then the rest of the journey, I think there are 7,000. Come on, it's a fantasy game.

:tes:

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:39 pm

Maybe it's 7000 when you count all the small pieces of the broken up steps, I know there not intact.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:26 am

I expeted The Throat of the World to be mount Everest size mang

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:53 am

There is not 7000 because the world is scaled down, or at least, that's my opinion of it. I'm sure that they wanted to put 7000 steps in the game but they probably realized that they would either have to increase the worldspace or they simply could not be bothered.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:21 am

It's impossible to count each. So many are covered in snow, or cracked into two. You would need to classify what exactly a step was in Skyrim, how much snow determined whether the step was there, way too much work.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:17 am

How many footfalls does it take to get to the top of the mountain? I"Seven Thousand Steps" might not refer to the stairs.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:28 am

How many footfalls does it take to get to the top of the mountain? I"Seven Thousand Steps" might not refer to the stairs.

Exactly what I was going to suggest.

Steps may not mean stairs.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:48 am

Oh well, would be awesome if Skyrim were 7 times as large with 7 times ans many NPCs and quests, but expecting that would be unrealistic. I'll just use this as a metric for knowing approximately how large the place really is.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:27 am

Todd Howard said lots of things that have turned out to be less than accurate.

Very very true. Also it does include all broken steps and when I counted it was 6984. Most recently. So I could have missed some but yeah.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:02 am

Exactly what I was going to suggest.

Steps may not mean stairs.

Ya, someone should count the steps that their character actually makes, not the stone steps that are visible in the snow.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:01 am

I remember Todd Howard saying something about them actually having 7000 steps, and that 'they knew that players would go look'

Yeah and we all know Todd Howard would never lie to us.