No Levitation but Bethesda decided to add books into skyrim : V

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:34 am

a Hypothecal Treachery

and then again in the book with the song of Mannimarco or w/e it was with the battle of the Light Lamps and the Necromancer armies fighting with nd against Mannimarco king of worms and Galarion scourge of the undead

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:18 pm

Yeah I read that. Good book. Oh, and yes levitation should be in the game. Also waterbreathing and slowfall.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:04 pm

Also waterbreathing .

we have this

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:09 am

No. Because then players would exploit it. Also it woudn't look good to see citys from top. You know it would look weird.

Waterbreathing. I will let that one go and Slow Fall.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:26 am

I think only slowfall of itself would've been quite a nice addition.. But there's still the problem with towns and the walls around them and the fact that they are separate cells.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:33 am

Gameplay =/= Lore

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:10 am

Let it go already. We, and they, are well aware of the general displease of some players about the removal of levitation.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:37 am

Levitation is one of the few instances where I agree with the devs on cutting the content.
Levitation was broken as hell. You just fly up and half the population can't touch you or damage you.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:57 pm

Yeah I read that. Good book. Oh, and yes levitation should be in the game. Also waterbreathing and slowfall.

Others I really miss are jump, teleportation, cure disease, dispel.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:37 am

Yeah I read that. Good book. Oh, and ...blah blah......

Anybody actually read it. One of my favorites.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:37 am

Yeah, I loved this book back when I read it in Morrowind.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:50 am

a Hypothecal Treachery

Anyone know where to find this book? or is it only in morrowind.

edit: Oh wait is that the one where the ayleid high elves are hold up in bravil & they levitate to hide? my bad. Good book though

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:48 am

I've found it in a few places.

Spoiler

Theres a set of ruins (not mapped) southwest of Whitrun. You do the puzzle and a gate opens up and I think its scripted to be there.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:00 am

Anyone know where to find this book? or is it only in morrowind.

across three characters ive found it in the same spot

in the Whiterun district borderland area there should be a stone henge like thing out there where two friendly wandering giants roam at the stone henge like thing should be a puzzle pillar

solve the puzzle and a cage in the ground near by should unlock its in the chest at the bottom of the stair well

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:32 am

across three characters ive found it in the same spot

in the Whiterun district borderland area there should be a stone henge like thing out there where two friendly wandering giants roam at the stone henge like thing should be a puzzle pillar

solve the puzzle and a cage in the ground near by should unlock its in the chest at the bottom of the stair well

I still have never figured that one out, but i found it in a quest for the college of winterhold, thanks anyway.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:42 am

Gameplay =/= Lore

+1

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:30 pm

Nope, i just found A Hypothecal Treachery, I was thinking of a different one.

once again, my bad.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:08 am

This is one of these things where bethesda probably just wanted to simplify the game, just because it is in a book doesn't mean it has to be in the game.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:06 am

This is one of these things where bethesda probably just wanted to simplify the game, just because it is in a book doesn't mean it has to be in the game.

It wasn't taken out to simplfiy the game, it was taken out because of the addition of walled cities (compared to Morrowind's opened cities) and because it allows the player to escape certain scripted events.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:35 am

Levitation was broken as hell. You just fly up and half the population can't touch you or damage you.

I would think even bots would tire of repeating this same tired old nonsense. Levitation was canned because the devs were too busy making kill cams, [censored] UIs, and game-breaking bugs to work on something that would have added awesome avenues of fighting and dungeon building.

As for half the population not being able to touch you....oh noes! Proper balancing would have been all one needed to ensure that the half that could fight a levitating adversary were able to do so effectively.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:53 pm

I would think even bots would tire of repeating this same tired old nonsense. Levitation was canned because the devs were too busy making kill cams, [censored] UIs, and game-breaking bugs to work on something that would have added awesome avenues of fighting and dungeon building.

Right. That whole "impossible to have Levitation in a game with separate-cell cities" argument was just a clever ruse.

And levitation was canned in Oblivion, before they implemented any of the things that you're whining about.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:54 am

Levitation has huge balance issues, I'm all for more stuff coming back from the past that was cut like Spears and Spell Creation but Levitiation isn't one of them.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:53 pm

Do they have any boooks in Skyrim that talk about acrobatics?

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:03 pm

I guess it couldn't hurt to have levitation, I s\didn't play Morrowind so I dont know if its broken or not. I would however like to see a teleportation spell, that would be cool. :smile:

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:35 am

It wasn't taken out to simplfiy the game, it was taken out because of the addition of walled cities (compared to Morrowind's opened cities) and because it allows the player to escape certain scripted events.

Another tired repetition of a nonsensical talking point.

The simple truth: the current development staff were not competent enough to produce the defined game world given the constraints they were working under. So they had to cut corners.

And it shows.