They make dragons not too hard because they are appealing to casual players since there are many many casuals and much fewer people who would want a 20 minute fight. They needed to make them a little challenging but easy enough that noobs can eventually kill them since they are part of the main quest. If they were bosses at the end of specific dungeons or something they probably cvould have made them epic, but since they are everywhere they needed to dumb em down.

I'm at that stage now anyway where I have all the shouts and a stupid amount of excess dragon souls that I don't know what to do with- I kind of want them to be easy. Turing up at Dawnstar to rest and sell my wares only to have a dragon appear for the 100th time and kill what remains of the townsfolk (seriously, so many dragon attacks have happened here almost no non-essential NPC is left alive) can be quite frustrating.

If Dragons are to easy for you...there's a Draugr Death Overlord at Lost Valkygg that on Expert that will one shot kill you. You can defeat him but it requires alot of hit and run as well as hiding.

It's because the game's AI is beyond terrible at decision making really. The AI is quite basic and often contradicts itself in it's attempts to adapt to whatever the player is doing. It wouldn't matter if the dragons were stronger, because the AI is [censored].

Not just the dragons but everything. They're so predictable most of them can be MADE to take certain actions. A dragon will almost always land if it has no angle to hit you from the air(Sometimes it'll go attack something else), all spell casters will try put up wards if you so much as have a spell in hand and thus will exhaust their own magicka, archers will fight you bow to bow even at point blank range sometimes because the AI always tries to use ranged attacks if it has one against a ranged opponent....etc. etc......but in some cases they get 'confused' and repeat actions (Ever seen a dragon land,take off, land,take off, and land again without attacking? I have.)

Thanks.

Im sorry man but even on normal and below there should be SOME challenge(I moved up to expert few weeks ago). I know different mythical universe's have varying takes on dragons and such but come on, a giant lizard with wings that breaths fire and Ice(talking about Skyrim) should be fearsome and challenging to an extent even on easier levels.

Thats just stupid.

Not really.

Dumbest answer yet.

True, also the dragons flying around don't know you are dragonborn.

Most dragon bugs were on console. If they had only implemented them for PC they would've had more time optimizing it and making combat/balance better.

Dragons in Skyrim just don't command respect. Its just another monster to kill, and one that is less difficult than a giant at low levels.

In other games like Dragon Age and Neverwinter Nights there are only a handful of dragons and those among the most difficult boss monsters you can face. That makes defeating them quite rewarding.

Spamming them doesn't create lots of epic battles, instead it just turns them into something mundane and eventually a mere nuisance. "Yawn! When is this stupid dragon going to land so I can swat it?"

So because the dragons had bugs like flying backwards and it may or may not have been (something I have learned: never take what someone says at face value unless they have evidence. You have no evidence) more common on consoles, they should have been PC exclusives because that would make them harder to kill?

Okay.

Would've been fine with me.
And yes, it is more common on consoles. Just checking this forum every day since release and seeing that 90% of the people complaining about bugs are on console is evidence enough to me.

Dragons really are the biggest dissapointment in Skyrim. The first dragon fight is arguably the best in that it felt like a huge challenge. But after that they steadily drop in difficulty and by the time you get to level 20 they are just a chore. The higher level dragons are just giant health bars with wings and higher damage stats. At least Alduin is interesting in that he can cause meteor showers. Every other dragon just uses either ice or fire, and as my character is a nord, ice breath does nothing to me. The higher level dragons should be able to use a whole range of shouts against the player.

The second problem is that they simply are not well programmed or animated. They are too static on the ground. If you've ever seen alligators or crocs in a fight, they whip their tails. Sure the dragons do as well, but only when you are behind them. I love Bethesda, but their shortcomings as a developer really shine through in rgeards to the dragons.

Mine all seem pretty content on burning me and killing me none have been easy or stupid for me except a few glitches on the PS3 THAT WE NEED TO GET FIXED!!!!! but otherwise its been a pretty good battle with every dragon ive encountered

A little while ago I was on the road with Lydia and some Dragon appears screaming and flying around. And flying and flying and flying.... Not attacking anything, just flying occasionally making Dragon noise. For what seemed like hours gametime.

I'm jumping up and down, Trying to shot arrows at it. Shouting. Anything to try to get it's attention so it would come down for me to swat it.

Then Lydia does one of her "Yawn", I say "you're absolutely right Lydia this is really boring". And just left in disgust.

Because if dragons did not land, then characters with absolutely no chance in hell of winning using ranged attacks would get decimated. I RP that dragons can only shout so much, just like Dovahkiin, thus he/she must land in order to keep the Dovahkiin on his/her toes with an unrelenting attack.

/totallydisagree

Just play on master, k?

That would be bad. I wouldn't ever be able to hit it with my sword and my roleplaying character would have to be an archer which means I am forced to be one. No thank you. Easy to kill? I am having a hard time killing them(depending the rank) so I do not see what you are talking about.

Dragons are way too easy for me at level 30. With a legendary Dragonbane, I use my Berserker Rage and they are dead in seconds. Regular dragons and blood dragons just drop dead instantly, but elder dragons take a few more seconds. At lower levels they were tougher. I just use Dragonrend to bring them down or use Become Ethereal to dodge their attacks.

I dunno. whenever I face frost dragons, they typically roflstomp me flat about 5 or 6 times before I'm able to actually kill them. And I'm level 30 using superior steel plate, fireball and a superior steel mace.

In order to make the dragons actually fun though, they have to do more than simply up the stats on them. I think the dragons need more moves - they can thomp you with their tale, chomp you for a one hitter or breathe on you. That's it. They don't move around too much so the fight becomes a block/hide then attack, rinse, lather repeat fest. It would be neat to see the dragons move around a bit more - maybe throw a rock or lunge somehow. Just more moves.

The dragons are just too easy, and too simple. For such ancient and supposedly intelligent creatures, they do not inspire much awe, and in fact makes one wonder why they weren't wiped out sooner. In my opinion dragons need a number of things to make them worthy opponents:

1. Flight/walk/turn speed increased
2. Taking off or landing near the player staggers the player from wind pressure
3. Roar staggers the player if close by
4. Tail slam does more damage, launches the player away and off their feet
5. Bite ignores armor rating, does bleed damage
6. Wing attack staggers, has a chance of disarming weapons
7. More damage reduction, resistance to critical and sneak attacks
8. High armor/resistance penetration on all attacks
9. Deal lots more damage to npcs
10. Prioritize trying to turn towards the player while grounded, instead of spamming melee
11. More shouts to use
12. Less time flying in a circle, more time attacking, putting pressure on the player
13. Much harder to stagger, stagger animation/duration cut in half
14. Higher resistance to their own element, weakness stays same
15. Melee attack speed doubled
16. Crash/cant fly anymore at 29% health instead of 50%
17. Heightened sneak/invisibility detection
18. If a dragon crashes or lands on top of the player, you take massive armor ignoring damage
19. If a dragon dies next to another dragon, the other dragon has a chance to absorb the soul and heal, or enter a sort of soul tug-of-war with the player.
20. Dragonrend lasts not as long, but works much better.
21. Dragons have "heavy armored" sections of their body that automatically rebound arrows, weapons, and spell strikes like a shield in block mode. This would consume no stamina on the dragon's part, and would give incentive to hunt for vulnerable parts of their body instead of hacking or shooting wildly.