(...).

You can complete a game without say, Security or Alteration to pick locks, but it's going to be overly difficult and require missing out on a lot.

You bring up an interesting point.

For future reference, the model should be any task can be completed via different methods/playstyles:

Opening a lock:

Thieve - pick lock skill
Mage - Open lock spell
Warrior - smash trhe darn thing open with brute force.

However, if every character can do the same, what's the point behind different characters?

I just think PC single player RPG is a dying genre. Most people who want to play with the traditional "stats" and classes are playing an online alternative. Yes MW was on Xbox, but when people are talking about they are referring to the PC concepts. I think it if it weren't for Oblivion's graphics and Push a button, swing a sword, we may not be here today.

I agree the loss of spell creation and variety is unfortunate. I agree that more varied equipment options would be nice (although to be fair...most of those various weapon types are just names, they're not functionally any different than "sword").

That being said, leave fast travel alone. Don't use it if you don't want to, it's that simple. I avoid fast travel frequently as I enjoy exploring the country side and the "feel" of adventure when doing it yourself. That being said, I don't have the time for games I used to. Too much real life going on. Sometimes I only have about 20-30 minutes to jump in game real quick and I'd like to spend it actually doing a quest, not walking to it. There is absolutely no reason to remove the option of fast travel from the game just because some people don't want to use it, it's not required.

If it makes your life worse to use it, but you cannot physically control yourself from doing it anyway, then you need a therapist not a change in video game mechanics.

I get that the OP doesn't like simplicity, but I bet you a brazilian bucks that Bethesda does. This is already the best selling TES game if I'm not mistaken. It's a company, they're in this to make money. The masses have spoken.. You may not like like it. I may not like it, but the majority does

That's the way this works...

I agree about spellcrafting. It is a sad loss.

You're talking about a series that let you zap rats for five hours to become "smarter" or have more "willpower". What you're suggesting might work, but only if it was more D&Dish (once you create a character, good luck upgrading stats much) but that kind of curbing freedom really isn't TES. It's why the whole classes idea never worked so well, because you could become God of Everything anyway.

As it is now its tunnel vision one tier skill and dont you dare do anything else or the level scaling will [censored] you and ruin your game.

I dont see how thats any better.

it won't though
this isn't oblivion by a long shot
ofcourse if you're gonna max out a non combat skill right of the bat you're going to break the game
not their fault you don't know how to play the game

Where are all the birds? There is occasionally a hawk flying around, but I mean BIRDS. There are tons of butterflies, moths, and lightning bugs, but no birds? Seriously. Bethesda, go play 5 minutes of Red Dead Redemption and see how to make wildlife realistic.

One can't assume that... People here play it all the time. How can it not be as good as remembered if (in some cases) the last time one played was yesterday ?
(This applies to Fallout 1 & 2 as well.)

On this note, would anyone else be curious to see what a modern and spiritual successor to Daggerfall would be like?

Funny; last I knew, this wasn't TES V: Morrowind II, it was TES V: Skyrim.

So, if this isn't Morrowind II, why are you expecting Morrowind mechanics and features?

It may all be The Elder Scrolls, but each game is different. Deal with it.

And if you want Morrowind? Go play it.