I do not understand. I had alot of trouble with the dragon riding. Then I looked in the help menu and saw the istructions on how to control the dragon. It took alot of practice, just it does to do power attacks, but then I had a different attitude as i flew over Skyrim looking at the towns and the sights from above. I could mount the dragon, fly forward, order the dragon to attack, I could target an enemy and shoot fireballs at them from the sky, I could order the dragon to attack, and then I could land and dismount. And I acually enjoyed it. But I think that the help menu and practice sure helped alot.
Indeed it does. Most people seem to be unhappy that they can't hop on a dragon and fly it from Markarth to Winterhold as they please which imo is just an unreasonable request with our current gen hardware.
Only thing my dragons have said is "Your Thu'um is mightier I will obey." which it does by letting me mount it <__<