» Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:33 am This quest comes up time and time again when people are complaining about a lack of choice, and I have to say, that complaint is just downright stupid. You have a choice. The choice is to not do the freaking quest. OP, you claim you received no warning that it was a Daedric artifact quest, how about the fact that the voice openly announces himself to be Molag Bal, the Daedric Prince of Domination? The King of [censored]? Honestly, you should be happy all you did was beat an old man to death with a mace. That's tame for Molag Bal.
Given the numerous signs that Molag Bal wasn't a nice guy, you'd think you'd figure out what was going on.
Given the numerous signs that Molag Bal wasn't a nice guy, you'd think you'd figure out what was going on.
THIS IS AN RPG. IT'S A ROLE-PLAYING GAME.
You're forced into doing things by role-playing just as you're forced into doing things by the game itself. If you play a "good" character, you have no choice but to do good. That's what it means to role-play. That is the purpose of a role-playing game. If you're a good character, you cannot choose to ignore someone who is doing something your character would also do, and you cannot choose to ignore someone in need.
Skyrim should offer options that allow for you to play the game as you wish, within reason. By not giving players a "good" choice in this quest, they're breaking that playstyle. They're prohibiting people from being able to role-play. How is that acceptable in an RPG?
