I love this game, but sometimes it looks too silly. Look at this "mind-boggling" scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnfQjLvC4Kc

That event should be someplace other than the market place... like the abandoned cemetery one street over.

It's been like this for a while though, I recall my strategy for defeating difficult enemies in Oblivion: Find a rock.

When your strategy for defeating trolls, and the method for avoiding getting eaten by grabboids is the same, it is time to allow NPCs to discover the mystical secrets of 'Jump'