SPOILERS if you've not followed much of the plot yet!

Hi,

Thought this was quite cool, happened to me the other night...

I started a new game with v1.3, decided to play a pure Mage instead of my usual sneaky archer type.

Anyway, I got to the bit where the barmaid/blade wants to go to where she thinks the next dragon will appear.

In v1.1 things went like so:

Boss dragon circling, resurrected dragon appears. Fight. Win. Soul. You get the picture. Fun, but like any other dragon battle.

In v1.3 things were different:

Boss dragon resurrects "dead" dragon, Dragon skeleton emerges from the grave - looked pretty cool that - boss dragon continues to speak and I see the dragon begin to flesh-out, the reverse of a soul absorbsion if you will. Only then did we fight.

Not sure if this is a fix in v1.3, but my v1.1 game did not play out quite as nicely...actually quite an atmospheric moment with the Skeleton Dragon emerging from the ground.

Dare I say this was a much more emmersive first proper dragon hunt

Just thought I'd share.

Scoob.

I am 1.2 and this played out exactly like this for me a couple of days ago. Must not be a 1.3 change.

Ah, guess there's a slim possibility that my first v1.1 playthrough glitched at that point then. Who'd thought it eh? Still, nice to see a certain degree of theatrics for such a significant gameplay moment.

Scoob.

Same for me.

1.0 did the same. Or whatever day 1 patch was.
1.2 did the same
Haven't restarted on 1.3 yet.

There is suppose to be a conversation before you engage. However if you shot Alduin right away he will fly away and the resurrected named dragon will immediately start combat. IIRC.

That happened to me twice and I haven't got that patch yet.

I also have seen the dragon emerge and flesh out with no patches. Missed it the first few times due to running to kill drgon.