I think a recent indie game of Starbound has exemplified what in game instruments using the same abc notation files that Lotro has been using can do to improve the game's environment. It's no dead horse, let's not be anti-suggestion here. It's a great addition to a game that I never really hear complaints about from games that have adopted it.

Hell, I'd pay my subscription happily and absence of reluctance if this got in the game. I feel also that the musical lore of elder scrolls online has not been addressed in the manner that it should be, and this is the perfect opportunity that would otherwise be missed.

If an indie, AND another mmo developer decided to add this feature to their game, both receiving a lot of positive feedback from it, then I see little reason why Bethesda shouldn't include it, and yes, I will go ahead and submit to the subscription fee just for this feature.

I'm not saying, emotes that play the same thing, I'm talking about real things that play abc files, the exact same thing in Lotro. If the reader's skeptic gets the best of her/him, and is too afraid that the ability to play any song so long as it has an abc or convertible midi version of it will ruin the Elder Scrolls atmosphere of it, then simply conform the instruments to sound like what instruments should sound in that kind of world...

Then again, I wouldn't imagine Bethesda adding in electric guitars to Tamriel, so I don't see how this fear can manifest. Various kinds of songs get converted to sound like a different genre all the time, a totally electric sounding song that sounds like it was produced in some studio usually has an orchestral version of it, where it obviously sounds like it was played and made by real instruments. Just watch a rendition of any song played by any ancient instrument, and you'll get the idea, it really will have to try hard to start breaking the atmosphere...

I mean, in my view, it's as atmosphere breaking AT MOST as the chat system, no nevermind I take it back, it's even far less than that... If you feel it doesn't enhance it after all.

I don't think you are in anyway up for flame.

This is an awesome idea and I'm sure many others on this forum have thought of this as something they'd be happy with.

I believe Lord of the Ring Online has such a system.

I dont mind it.. but I Think its something that can be implemented as an update..

its not game breaking if its not in at launch imo..

It would be neat if they did add something like they did in LOTRO, but it's not something that will be added anytime soon. But this could be one of those features that the community can bring up to ZOS and see if it will be one of those things they could possible add in the first expansion.

inc immersion argument

Obviously music was outlawed during the beginning stages of Molag's Invasion..

It would be cool to add this later on, but it is not game breaking that it isn't in at launch.

It has my vote for being added into the game after launch.....but only if I get to play a cello