How Are There Infinite Dragons? : V

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:41 pm

Shouldn't there only be 1 dragon for every dragon burial? With the exception of the "main" dragons such as Alduin of course. Where did all of the extra dragons come from?

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:02 pm

Maybe he re-revives them after you kill them.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:42 pm

pretty sure they just respawn as the game progresses. After you finish the storyline supposedly they get less appearance in numbers but we should just assume once we kill a random dragon it just appears again. They're like the enemies in final fantasy or other rpg's(besides dragon age) most of them just respawn after several days or in game weeks.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:20 pm

Maybe he re-revives them after you kill them.

that is actually impossble without a new dragon soul, you took the slain dragon's soul

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:53 pm

that is actually impossble without a new dragon soul, you took the slain dragon's soul

We don't know what happens with the souls once they're eaten. What about the other Dragonborns throughout time who supposedly slew Dragons and consumed their souls. These are supposedly the same Dragons.

What happens when you eat food. That food is not technically, permanently gone, if you know what I mean.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:51 pm

They keep coming simply because it's a video game. I bet there are no lore reasons.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:42 pm

We don't know what happens with the souls once they're eaten. What about the other Dragonborns throughout time who supposedly slew Dragons and consumed their souls. These are supposedly the same Dragons.

What happens when you eat food. That food is not technically, permanently gone, if you know what I mean.

the game says you absorb the memories and power, i just guessed that meant the entire dragon :shrug:

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:32 pm

They keep coming simply because it's a video game. I bet there are no lore reasons.

There might be a huge plot hole behind it actually. If when a Dragonborn devours a Dragon's soul they are permanently killing it (not necessarily confirmed) they wouldn't be able to be resurrected by Alduin. These are the same dragons that were killed off by the Dragonborns from thousands of years ago.

One explanation is perhaps Dragon's absorbed souls are released when the Dragonborn dies.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:52 pm

Shouldn't there only be 1 dragon for every dragon burial? With the exception of the "main" dragons such as Alduin of course. Where did all of the extra dragons come from?

You got a point there.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:26 am

Now I remember someone saying that the dragon's were killed but that not all had been killed by dragonborn's. "As only the Dragonborn can permenently kill a dragon." which I found on this pagehttp://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:A_Blade_in_the_Dark

On the Dragonstone map I counted 21 "X" mark's the spot's, But the placement look's like those are the Dragon's that watch over the wordwall's. ( maybe not all )

I would guess that there are more mound's than those marked on that map.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:38 am

Maybe someone made a wish on a dragon scale.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:22 am

The same reason there are infinite sabrecats, trolls, mudcrabs, etc. Because it's a game and if they were finite in number the game would be over very quickly.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:55 am

Easy, they're there to stop this who rush through the main quest from coming here crying how there are no more dragons

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:31 pm

when a mummy dragon and a daddy dragon love each other very much...

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:17 pm

Dragon conspiracy, living in a secret world buried deep beneath Skyrim, think along the lines of Jurassic Park.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:38 am

when a mummy dragon and a daddy dragon love each other very much...

they don't have genders here

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:03 pm

Maybe he re-revives them after you kill them.

Although you don't see it in the skeleton mesh, you can actually take the dragon's bones, so they would come back missing vital body parts.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:18 pm

how can my character jump or sprint in a full set of steel plated armor?

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:05 pm

it would be logical to have the number of dragons = to burials, but things can be easily sophisticated. example, there are probably dragon burials elsewhere in tamerial as they ruled more than just skyrim.

but the reason why there are infinite dragons is because they are one of the main features of the game and it would be dumb if suddenly you were to run out of dragons to kill when that was a major selling point.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:13 am

There are areas of Skyrim and surrounding provinces that are inaccessible. They obviously come from there.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:22 pm

It would actually be kind of cool to have a a finite set number of dragons in any given play through. Imagine if there was exactly the amount of bones/scales to make one set of dragon armor. Or far fewer dragon souls available to unlock all the shouts to full power. Would add an interesting element.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:13 pm

As a mathematician chiming in, I'd just like to ask people to stop using "infinite" to mean "unbounded". No one has seen an "infinite" number of dragons. I doubt anyone has seen more than a thousand. There's no such thing as an "infinite number" within the system of counting numbers. The correct term is "unbounded".

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:01 pm

Well,a legitimate complaint finally :biggrin:

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:38 am

Why are there infinite histcarp? Shouldn't they become absent from rivers if I catch them all?
Its a game it does not have to make perfect sense.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:37 pm

they don't have genders here :wink:

Sense of humor deactivated....