Why don't Dragons use more shouts on you instead of just their fire/frost elemental and melee attacks?

It would certainly make them more difficult and less predictable - I mean imagine being frozen solid with ice form, or being made weaker with marked for death, or having your attacks interrupted and sent flying with a fus roh dah and not being able to heal until you've gotten up, or not being able to hide behind obstacles because lightning comes down from the sky to strike you and your allies, or the dragon being able to summon dragon priests or draugr to even up the numbers.

I remember reading an interview way back before the release that said that Dragon shouts could be used against the player, but so far the only enemies that do this are the draugr; and they only use Unrelenting Force.

Draugr also use Disarm. Actually, they use it way more than Unrelenting Force, and it's equally way more annoying for melee characters.

But yeah, it would be nice to see some more shouts in use. I guess they wanted to choose ones that were visually stunning. Oh, and the dragons' frost/fire breath isn't the same as the shout you learn (in duration and power).

Not true at all, they use the Disarm shout too.

If you are on PC, there is a mod where dragons use more shouts, more like the Drauger do. It would make the battles more of a challenge, but since they attack towns, I kind of want them to be not that formidable. If the game could keep the dragons away from towns it might be good.

Or even better: the most fragile NPC's should search for cover inside houses.

Well, i certainly can't imagine a dragon going FUS RO DAH!

I've had dragons use FUS on me . . . but other than that, yes they pretty much stick to fire or frost. No storm call, ice form, etc. Although I suppose it's possible they use Aura Whisper to locate threats/targets.

Yes...why do npcs who have no business fighting dragons insist on fighting them, especially with no weapons or armor? I always get nervous when approaching Riverwood duing the day.

I wouldn't mind seeing a frost dragon being able to freeze the dragonborn with a breath attack. When a dragon uses fire/frost breath attacks, my Nord just puts his shield up and negates most of the damage. At lower levels, I was thrilled to see frost dragons over the fire-breathing variety, as my Nord has his handy 50% frost resistance, which made the fight much easier.

Do dragon shouts and Draugr using disarm happen mainly on master difficulty? My Nord is lv 65, on adept difficulty, and I haven't seen either, though I consider myself lucky as to not see disarm.