100 annoying things about Skyrim.

Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:31 am

Probably contains spoilers.

1. Kill moves that happen randomly for no reason.
2. Short dialogues.
3. Lack of dialogue options.
4. Boring characters. (My entire dialogue is one line. Nice to meet you.)
5. Randomized loot. (You found a diamond in this dungeon? Too bad, it's not here on your new character.)
5. Leveled items. (You found that unique weapon at level 3? Too bad, you get the 5 damage version!)
6. Leveled actors. (Oh, you're level 30? Well this draugr leveled up too and changed his name.)
7. All vendors sell the same items.
8. All vendors have the same amount of gold.
9. Stupid item names. (How many copies of "Ring of health" have you found?)
10. Lack of variety in architecture.
11. Stupid/annoying greetings (Arrow to the knee...)
12. Dialogue options lead to the same response: (I hate you, NPC! / I love you, NPC! - Response to both: Prepare to die!)
13. Characters not reacting to your achievements.
14. Abundant fetch quests or otherwise stupid quest objectives.
15. I can kill a dragon at level 1.
16. ...but I can't kill a bear at level 10.
17. A 2kg cart (Yes, it's new "lightweightwood") killed me when I bumped into it.
18. Can't rotate items that are picked up physically.
19. Underdeveloped/boring lore. (Canaan founded this faction. That's all we know about her even though it's our own faction.)
20. Stupid characters. (Ever heard of those cats? I think they call themselves khajiit.)
21. Bad voice acting. (I speak in a fake accent but my neighbor doesn't even though we're from the same place.)
22. Gimmicky features that serve no purpose:
23. "I'll show you to your room" (Takes 20 minutes to walk there and you've slept already.)
24. You don't have to dual-cast, but your spells will svck if you don't.
25. You don't have to dual-wield, but one-handed weapons will svck if you don't.
26. You can chop wood even though it's useless.
27. You can operate a sawmill even though it's useless.
28. You can set people on fire with a torch but it does almost no damage.
29. Hi I'm a bard! I know a grand total of 5 songs that are each 2 minutes long!
23. You can't enter this dungeon, it needs a key to unlock. We hope you don't notice that it's for a quest!
24. You can't use your weapon underwater.
25. I'm a level 30 warrior with a lockpick skill of 80.
26. I'm a nord and I can carry the same amount as a wood elf.
27. I invaded the Thalmor embassy and they don't care at all.
28. You're in combat? Well, your magicka/health/stamina regenerate slower for no reason (or because we were too lazy to balance the game)
29. There's a dragon who lived on top of a mountain for 3000+ years and nobody has EVER noticed.
30. You can shout certain words and amazing stuff happens. We never figured out why, but you have to shout, not just speak.
31. I have a GPS telling me where I'm supposed to go, isn't that cool?
32. I have a global teleportation system taking me wherever I want instantly, but only places I've been already. Have to place a receiver at each of them and hope that nobody steals it.
33. Instead of using a map, I just turn into God for a moment and look down on the entire province.
34. I don't write directions in my Journal anymore because my GPS tells me where to go.
35. Nobody gives me directions anymore because they notice my GPS.
36. I became the Arch-mage after completing 5 simple tasks, and then counting to 10.
37. The blades want to kill the dragons because they're the sworn protectors of the emperor and those dragons are a direct threat to the emperor. No problem letting the dark brotherhood live, though.
38. Armor and weapons can be sharpened/improved, but they can never break. Isn't that cheating?
39. I'm level 20 and I just created more powerful weapons and armor than any daedric artifact the world has ever known.
40. There are a total of 5 illusion spells known to humans.
41. These spells have become objective objects of the world, and the knowledge to create new spells has been lost in the last 200 years.
42. But the knowledge to enchant items with a wide variety of magic has not been lost.
43. In fact, I know some enchantments that will give me access to unlimited magicka. I will rule the world!
44. Jarl, I'm roleplaying with the dark brotherhood and I hate you. Prepare to die in your sleep! Oh... you can't die because you're essential to some quest that I haven't started yet. Thanks for the spoiler.
45. There's an empty house in every city just waiting for the Dragonborn to buy.
46. There are no empty houses anywhere else in the entire world.
47. Skyrim's capital houses a grand total of 20 citizens, and over 30 guards.
48. When you apply to be a guard, your name is magically erased from existence, and you take an arrow to the knee.
49. When you apply to be a bandit, yuor name is magically erased from existence.
50. There are a total of about 8 tree models for the whole game world.
51. There are only 2 rock/mountain textures for 99% of the rocks and mountains in the game world.
52. The contrast of the screen is forced to 140% whether you like it or not, and you must always wear tinted sunglasses Say goodbye to your accurate color monitor and precise display calibration.
53. Horses in Skyrim are magical creatures that cause you to hallucinate that you're floating behind your body.
54. The nords hate magic, but there are enchanted items EVERYWHERE.
55. Children can't die.
56. Children have no personalities. (Although this isn't completely unrealistic)
57. The reason there's nobody in Skyrim's prisons (other than cidhna mine) is because they're a joke to break out of.
58. Locked into combat moves until their animation is finished.
59. Scrolls that take 5 seconds to cast are useless because something will definitely interrupt you before you can cast it.
50. For some reason, there are exactly 6 weapon designs and 5 armor piece designs in Skyrim. However, each of these can be made identically out of every known material.
51. The interface is bad
52. Can't see how inventory items look before hovering over them.
53. Containers have no weight limit.
54. Sorting of inventory is very limited
55. Can't see item statistics before hovering over them.
56. Favorites menu is bugged if trying to dual-wield anything.
57. Favorites menu has no sorting.
58. Interface artistic style is simply boring.
59. Every ruin and every cave coincidentally only has one path to choose from every room.
60. Every ruin and every cave coincidentally has a 5 foot tunnel leading to the exit from what would seem to be the deepest chamber.
61. It's obvious that the best way to store valuabes is in a chest designed specially for valuables - Even giants use them. It tricks the thieves into thinking they're somewhere else.
62. Every ruin and every cave coincidentally has one of these chests in the deepest chamber.
63. I want to stop talking to you, Mr. NPC, but even though I said I want to walk away I'm locked in position staring at your face and am at your mercy until you feel ready to stop talking!
64. Yes, I've already heard what you said before. You don't have to make me wait 3 seconds to skip to your next boring statement...
65. Spoilers in the loading screens. Awesome!
66.

...Someone finish the list for me because I'm too sleepy.
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:32 pm

66. No Argonian and Khajiit kids
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:55 pm

[sarcasm]
Wow you've really thought about this.
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:43 pm

66. No Argonian and Khajiit kids

Or elf kids. :o
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:45 am

67. Things like this appearing on the forums.

26. You can chop wood even though it's useless.
27. You can operate a sawmill even though it's useless.
Its for roleplaying! Plus it's pretty cool to operate a sawmill. (I always thought)
47. Skyrim's capital houses a grand total of 20 citizens, and over 30 guards.
There is a hardware limit on what you can place in a gameworld, and thats not Bethsedas fault. It's like askign you to fly and blaming you because you can't.
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:58 am

1. whiners on forums
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:11 pm

2. whiners with "too" much time on the forums :S
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:23 pm

67: It's called the Sea of Ghosts and doesn't have a single ghost.
68: You can become the champion of every Dadric god and none of them seem to care about prior commitments to the other which will arrive at a very awkward moment when two of them ask you to square off against the other's champion.
69: Whiterun the central marketplace in Skyrim only has fewer stores and stands than other cities.
70: Weapons magically loose the damage capcity when you pick them up but when wield by another enemy can produce stat surpassing results.
71: The Blades order you around when they are supposed to serve you the only Dragonborn in existence as known to them.
72: Can be a master at speech but have few options to convince anyone of anything.
73: You're the Jarl of Whiteruns most trusted Thane, you've captured a dragon with him, helped his son, and he knows you're the Dragon Born but doesn't listen to your advice when you walk into the room and ask him to join Ulfric.
74: Enemies take new name and are magically stronger even though they look exactly the same!
75: No libraries
76: Winterhold collapsed about a hundred years ago and yet no one has thought that they should rebuild anything!
77: No one seems to notice or care that the Falmer are preparing to invade the surface.
78: People surrender after getting their [censored]'s kicked and yet within second think they stand a better chance and attack again.
79: Everyone can't do a thing for themselves but think they can take on dragons.
80: You're arrested for illegally crossing the boarder into Skyrim but no one is guarding the boarder crossing.
81: Civil War can be resolved by simply taking a fort in the hold without any attack on the city.
82: Every hold has a empty Thane position for you to fill and each Jarl says the same thing after appointing you to the Thane position.
83: Dragon's have a vast language but despite their numbers being picked off don't think they should use other moves besides frost and fire.
84: Each dungeon has holes in the roof but no holes exist in the main world (Skyrim is actually bigger than what you get to play I know this)
85: No one knows the ruins exist but it is a five minute walk from towns (same cause as previous)
86: Completely hidden but location immediately known if you hit someone with an Arrow.
87: Every Enemy has the same reaction to you being on a plain they can't reach, which is to walk to a place you can't attack them from but immediately return if you get down or up.
88: Khajiit caravans only contain 3 people each and each of those three are of the same species of Khajiit (they travel with families and these packs range upward of 20)
89: No none specific females in the Imperial Army
90: Dragon's can destroy an entire town and tower but afterward are incapable of damaging buildings.
91: Emperor dies again no one cares outside some guard commenting on it.
92: Price of murdering an emperor surprisingly low.
93: Several Merchants call their wares junk but think it is okay selling them to a person who can shout them through the wall.
94: No matter what previous accomplishment each enemy will proceed in attacking you under the idea that they stand a chance. (There is one exception to this)
95: people are way to sensitive to the killing of a chicken.
96: There is a war going on but no Skirmishes.
97: There is a war going on but no faction specific decisions to be made outside Civil War questline.
98: Equipment magically levels up as you do.
99: Can't make arrows
100: No Dragon Weapons

Remember it is all in good fun.
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:56 pm

it's also funny because most of the OP points are totally false
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:36 pm

So many of these things are true :)
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:37 am

It's not junk, they call them treasures. :-P
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:05 pm

101. Can't marry Annekke :wub:
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:33 am

So many of these things are true :smile:

It's "Oblivion" all over again.

You can tell who's played the game and who got their complaint list from the internet just by reading their posts.

Az
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:03 am

Too many of these things true to the point that have annoyed myself at them more than once.

Here is mine:

-You dont have a race, its merely a skinsuit that looks like one because everyone knows youre the great big hero and wouldnt dream of keeping you out of their city, preventing you from purchasing a home or trading with them, even though they would do that to anyone who actually was of that race.
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:15 pm

It's "Oblivion" all over again.

You can tell who's played the game and who got their complaint list from the internet just by reading their posts.

Az

I enjoy the game and I think it's one of the best games I've played. I do however have many little niggles with it, and some bigger issues that were present in Oblivion as well :)
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:42 pm

67. Things like this appearing on the forums.


Its for roleplaying! Plus it's pretty cool to operate a sawmill. (I always thought)

There is a hardware limit on what you can place in a gameworld, and thats not Bethsedas fault. It's like askign you to fly and blaming you because you can't.

Hi there Queebada! Good to see you.

Are you sure about that? Don't you mean character models being displayed at the same time? Not all of Skyrim's capital citizens need to appear on screen at the same time. But the city in itself does need to get bigger in order to accomodate more than 20 citizens. Cities in Skyrim are paroquial. Villages are lilliputian. Settlements are nanoscopic.
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:47 pm

it's also funny because most of the OP points are totally false

what's not funny is that many are absolutely true and apologists will deny them and ridicule those who aren't blind to the truth.
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:39 pm

:yawn:

11. Stupid/annoying greetings (Arrow to the knee...)
Not a single NPC says that in Skyrim.
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Post » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:24 am

it's also funny because most of the OP points are totally false

Hi there bartoman. Hope you're doing just great.

If you're going to accuse someone of posting "totally false points" you might as well bother and point out exacly which are "totally false" and indeed why they are "totally false". But of course you didn't. This is not to say that I fully endorse the OP's list, but I don't think there's any denying there are some valid points there. Cheers!
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:27 pm

Hi there Queebada! Good to see you.

Are you sure about that? Don't you mean character models being displayed at the same time? Not all of Skyrim's capital citizens need to appear on screen at the same time. But the city in itself does need to get bigger in order to accomodate more than 20 citizens. Cities in Skyrim are paroquial. Villages are lilliputian. Settlements are nanoscopic.

I suppose you could just not display all the NPCs at once. I am a gamesmaster of a roleplaying group and to just make twenty or thirty quality NPCs takes a bit of time.. trust me! I do agree that cities should be a little bigger though.
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:32 pm

102. Nirnroot
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:58 pm

I suppose you could just not display all the NPCs at once. I am a gamesmaster of a roleplaying group and to just make twenty or thirty quality NPCs takes a bit of time.. trust me! I do agree that cities should be a little bigger though.

I see your point. Mine is that you don't really need all NPCs to be fully fleshed out. I'm perfectly ok with filler NPCs, that would give you the time of day at most. Of course, not all should be this superficial. Quest givers, for example, should be more detailed. Any walk around a big city earns you a couple of greetings from strangers, at most.
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:29 pm

Hi there bartoman. Hope you're doing just great.

If you're going to accuse someone of posting "totally false points" you might as well bother and point out exacly which are "totally false" and indeed why they are "totally false". But of course you didn't. Cheers!

there you go:
1- they don't happen randomly but only when your hit or the enemy hit will kill
2-there's plenty of dialogues
3-and plenty of options
4-useless NPC do have normal dialogues, I'm not calling boring, just simple, since they have no purpose in the game why bother?
5-not annoying at all (it's funnier to don't know what you will get from a chest)
6-not annoying at all, it's a well patented game mechanic and it works fine
7-false, they sell different items
8-not annoying at all
9-not annoying at all
10-false (most of the cities and dungeons have their unique designs)
11-false
12-false (killing a guy or being his friends or having him as a follower (cicero for example) is kinda different)
13-false (if you mess up stuff in a room they tell you, if you are a mage or a thief they notice)
14-not annoying at all
15-no, you can kill a weak dragon at level 1, not an ancient dragon
16-if you can't play it's not the game's fault
17-this one is actually true
18-false, it's just tricky but you can
19-false, there's a lot of lore as in other TES games
20-false
21-false
22-idk, like what?
23-false (takes 30 seconds to show your room)
24-false, if you don't dual cast your spells are weaker, duh?
25-2 swords make more damage than one? OMG this game is broken!!
26-false, you can sell it to NPC who only buy wood
27-yeah, try to go back there and you'll see...
28-i never noticed this, but if it does of course its easier to recover when you aren't surrounded by enemies IMO
29-all dragons have been revived by Alduin, so there were no dragon on that mountain until recently
30-this one doesn't make any sense
31-yes, it is cool, you also have a quest reminder, so? it's a game, you know
32-false, time passes when you fast travel as if you walked there, no instant teleport
33-how looking at a map turns you into God?
34-I know you wish you could do that in real life, now get over with it
35-just false
36-false, you actually retrieved an ancient artifact and batlled a bad ass dark mage
37-maybe they don't know who killed him, considering the stealth nature of assassins
38-not really, it's gaming
39-so you all about realism and then you use exploits? LOL
40-ok, this one is true
41 to 44 are kinda right
45-false, there isn't an empty house in every city and it's not waiting for the dragonbarn, it's waiting for someone who can spend 5000 to 12000 gold on it
46-then don't complain about 45
47-welcome to the middle-ages
48-stop watching youtube videos and start playing the game, you will notice that they don't use the knee joke that much
49-yeah, cause when you walk around in real life you usually see the people's name in fornt of them...
50-hate to repeat myself, but it's a game
and here numbers from 51 to 59 are repeated twice with different points, probably he doesn't even know how to count, so it's gonna get confusing.

are we good now?
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:56 pm

Most of these are stupid for example:33. Instead of using a map, I just turn into God for a moment and look down on the entire province.
34. I don't write directions in my Journal anymore because my GPS tells me where to go.
35. Nobody gives me directions anymore because they notice my GPS. It's called a map. It helps you navigate. You don't teleport! It's not a GPS it's a map.
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Post » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:30 pm

bartoman-

according to many on this forum, 1.5 makes #1true.
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