It feels odd to play as the "dragonborn" when your n : V - Skyrim

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:23 pm

ITs called dragon "BORN" for a reason, not dragon learned, or dragon choice, 'BORN" , meaning you had no choice in the matter.

my necrossassin Khajit is not dragonborn

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:52 pm

ITs called dragon "BORN" for a reason, not dragon learned, or dragon choice, 'BORN" , meaning you had no choice in the matter.

Your point?

That wasn't the point of the discussion... the point was it pushes the player to play a certain way and doesn't feel right when your don't.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:03 pm

Your point?

That wasn't the point of the discussion... the point was it pushes the player to play a certain way and doesn't feel right when your don't.

presicely my point
someone quoted before it's dragon BORN not choice
so it means we have no choice in the matter we are forced and destined to be dragon borned
which in itself is a no choice at all
that is the problem.

» Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:25 am

I agree to an extent. It doesn't feel so out of place when I'm playing one of the other more human-looking races like Imperial and Breton, but a Dragonborn Khajiit just feels weird.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:11 am

deciding to cut down the mq just because ur not a nord seems wrong to me aswell even more than playing the mq without being a nord imo so bethesda probably thought of that but felt lazy to actually add in a different rp element to non nord users.

And here is the "lazy" argument. You know it takes a lot of effort to elaborate 10 different MQ plots for each race. Plus, it would mean more work-time, which in turn would mean more money spent. And there was a deadline for the game.

» Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:30 am

Your point?

That wasn't the point of the discussion... the point was it pushes the player to play a certain way and doesn't feel right when your don't.

The point is you dont have a choice, you can do what you want with the power, but no matter what, you will be absorbing souls and absorbing shout knowledge if you defeat a dragon or get near a wall with a shout, you cant choose what you are born with. But you can choose what to do with it.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:08 pm

And here is the "lazy" argument. You know it takes a lot of effort to elaborate 10 different MQ plots for each race. Plus, it would mean more work-time, which in turn would mean more money spent. And there was a deadline for the game.

cut down some meaningless misscheleaneous quests for other "10" different results in other races does seem to fix that problem my friend.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:39 pm

The point is you dont have a choice, you can do what you want with the power, but no matter what, you will be absorbing souls and absorbing shout knowledge if you defeat a dragon or get near a wall with a shout, you cant choose what you are born with. But you can choose what to do with it.

That is nothing more than an excuse for the "crappy" way they implemented the story. Open world games are not about being restricted, and this is being very restricting for the player. :ermm:

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:45 pm

Your point?

That wasn't the point of the discussion... the point was it pushes the player to play a certain way and doesn't feel right when your don't.

I agree. At least, I agree that you shouldn't be told two quests into the MQ about how awesome you are and what your destiny is. That you'll still absorb dragon souls and learn shouts from walls is fine as there many ways to RP around that; it's pretty cool actually. But learning it all right away restricts your options for your character.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:27 pm

I know how you feel...its weird being a Dunmer Dragonborn instead of a Nord, its also a little bit weird being in The Imperial Legion but a Dark Elf Legate doesn't seem odd

I think we just became best friends.. a Giants fan and a player of my favorite race. You wanna go do karate in the garage?

But seriously I agree, Skyrim to me anyway just doesn't feel right as any other race. They try and throw all this Nord stuff at you to want to play Nord. Hell I play Dunmer and the Alchemist in Whiterun actually called me a Nord.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:54 pm

That is nothing more than an excuse for the "crappy" way they implemented the story. Open world games are not about being restricted, and this is being very restricting for the player. :ermm:

The WHOLE premise for the elder scrolls skyrim was dragons and the dragon born, it was well known way before the game came out, yeah they could have let you avoid dragons reach and what not, but choosing not to be dragon born would make NO sense in this game.

» Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:24 am

There is no poof at all that the Dragonborn is related to Uriel Septim as the dragon soul is given from Akatosh so Dragonborn's aren't always related such as Tiber Septim and his kin.

No sorry, i meant to say that Septim could have had multiple bastard childs (including martin septim) and they just lived normal lives unbeknownst to them that they carried the dragon blood/soul which leads onto this game. Meaning that the bloodline would have continued to exist through the generations, down to the dragonborn. It's completely plausible.

» Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:26 am

The WHOLE premise for the elder scrolls skyrim was dragons and the dragon born, it was well known way before the game came out, yeah they could have let you avoid dragons reach and what not, but choosing not to be dragon born would make NO sense in this game.

Your not getting my point, that doesn't make it a good premise... they made some bad decisions when implementing the story back in the early days of development of the game. Nothing to do with the game we see today.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:33 pm

Your not getting my point, that doesn't make it a good premise... they made some bad decisions when implementing the story back in the early days of development of the game. Nothing to do with the game we see today.

I get ityou want to be able to do whatever you want without any backstory already put in place, yeah, thatd be great, but it would not work in this game, and to many people, they enjoy being dragon born, adds a new element to the game.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:56 pm

I think we just became best friends.. a Giants fan and a player of my favorite race. You wanna go do karate in the garage?

But seriously I agree, Skyrim to me anyway just doesn't feel right as any other race. They try and throw all this Nord stuff at you to want to play Nord. Hell I play Dunmer and the Alchemist in Whiterun actually called me a Nord.

she called u a nord? how so? that's racist lol

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:29 pm

i do it to have ultimate acess to all the game features.

Which in my opinion is just as odd as an Orc Dragonborn.

Though basically Akatosh chooses a dude or chick and that person is the dragonborn. so it has nothing to do with what you are.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:39 pm

Er the dragonborn does not fit a race its all akatosh's decision if he feels like the dragonborn should be an elf he will make them an elf if he wants it to be an orc the dragonborn will be an orc. Well thats what I think it fits any race you want it to be imo.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:53 pm

Tiber Septim was a Breton, so essentially a Dragonborn Nord, Imperial or Breton would go fine with lore. I tried a Dragonborn Argoniam and Khajit before, shouts do not sound right on them.

» Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:14 am

if it's akatosh's will soo much to choose whoever he wants to be the next dragonborn, then why isnt there a much more in dept explanation about it from the greybeards paarthumax or even the blades? they basically talk about alduin, the shouts, what means to be dragonborn etc
they dont say why is it that a non nord person can be dragonborn and why it was all akatosh's will to choose you to be dragonborn.
a bit of a backstory of ur own character would be much appreciated, i feel like that's whats lacking for a more comprehensive storyline to unfold later on.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:22 pm

Tiber Septim was a Breton, so essentially a Dragonborn Nord, Imperial or Breton would go fine with lore. I tried a Dragonborn Argoniam and Khajit before, shouts do not sound right on them.

Tiber Septim was from Atmora. No Bretons in Atmora.

» Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:40 am

The Nerevarine was believed to be a dragonborn also technically Tiber Septim came from Atmora, not skyrim.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:11 pm

Tiber Septim was a Breton, so essentially a Dragonborn Nord, Imperial or Breton would go fine with lore. I tried a Dragonborn Argoniam and Khajit before, shouts do not sound right on them.

Tiber Septim was born in Atmora home of the original proto Nords, he wasn't a Breton, he's always been a Nord.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:32 pm

if it's akatosh's will soo much to choose whoever he wants to be the next dragonborn, then why isnt there a much more in dept explanation about it from the greybeards paarthumax or even the blades? they basically talk about alduin, the shouts, what means to be dragonborn etc
they dont say why is it that a non nord person can be dragonborn and why it was all akatosh's will to choose you to be dragonborn.
a bit of a backstory of ur own character would be much appreciated, i feel like that's whats lacking for a more comprehensive storyline to unfold later on.

Well they really don't care that much, when you first meet Paarthurnax he pretty much says forget about your race and shout at me like a dovah so the way I see it the dragons see your soul first not what you look like on the outside. well thats what I think.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:54 pm

dont you all feel the same way?

Not really, no. :shrug:

But, then, I'm probably not thinking about it that hard. Game lets you make anything, so anything is fine.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:24 pm

Agreed, playing kahjiit dragonborn can be really weird. Say, whenever you shout, your voice sounds like a nord, IMO it should be more screechy like a kahjiit if you're playing one.

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