Arch-mage of the College, only ever cast one spell : V - Skyrim

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:18 pm

Exactly.

The college needs new instructors. That's the perfect casus-belli to send the player in various towns looking for mages with the necessary experience to work as professors. In turn each one demands a favor, some help in their researches, etc... One thing the civil war quest lines did right was not to promote the player beyond a certain rank. The player is still a newcomer, even if promising. Becoming archmage over other senior members feels not right. Not to mention that the player doesn't stay at the college too long as it resumes adventuring afterwards.

I don't know about that, I went from escaped prisoner practically threatened to a freakin' Legete after only a handful of battles?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:33 pm

i dunno, Dragon Age 1 managed to pull it off with little or no hassle.

Anyway, there's no point complaining about these things as people will play their game how they want to play it. I wouldn't presonally play the game in this manner, but each to their own.

Dragon Age had no factions? Not sure what you mean. Regardless, you're giving a more linear game as an example, and that's the whole problem which other people don't seem to get.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:00 am

Dragon Age had no factions? Not sure what you mean. Regardless, you're giving a more linear game as an example, and that's the whole problem which other people don't seem to get.

Well, no it didn't, however, they had classes which meant you were what you were and you stuck to it. And no one complained about it, which was kind of my point. people tend not to complain if it's made clear that the game contains a system such as this.

i also get your point and i don't understand why people act surprised that when they play a TES game, that they can be a Jack of all trades and a master of none if they so wish to be when it comes to this series. I also don't understand why people complain when they go out of their way to prove a point, a point which isn't exactly telling us anything new as every man and his dog knows this is how it works.

it was the same in Oblivion, stats, attributes and starting skills only mattered at the very begining as every character would or could end up being the same if people went out of their way to level each and every skill.

Me personally, i wouldn't go near the college with a non mage character as i know how i enjoy playing the game and joining factions that have no bearing whatsoever on my character isn't what it's all about.