Perks are bonuses, Morrowind gave like you said Quests Bonuses. Oblivion doesn't Oblivion makes them Automatic, Skyrim makes them all manual while keeping the "doing quests gives you some bonuses that aren't Perks" you are none the worse for picking any perks, there are no draw backs, they are all -bonuses- hence why I don't support Perks alone being the Replacement for attributes or whatever folks are chalking them up to be. Bonuses are Bonuses are Bonuses, nothing really "deep" about them to be honest, and I stand by that statement.

I desire -control- over my character, atleast when you picked speed over strenght in past interations you could move faster and run down fleeing enemies better, but you weren't better off in damage(barirng the skill) BUT you could atleast run away. there is no such dichotomy with Perks in Skyrim. I can only hope sometime soon Perks+Attributes see the light of day.... well thats not all I can do but you get my point...or do you.

How the hell is it complex? You can add onto whatever you want at any given time with very little room for making any mistakes...Hell even the 1st perks on all the trees are generally the strongest, so investing into a skill you later decide you don't like isn't really a waste.

People doing those message board or chat room RPs without using stats or dice, it's incredibly easy to cheat in... especially since the game is supposed to be based completely on "logic," but players can be vague enough that any amount of action or counter-action can be possible.

tdroid-

seriously, post some substance to your claims.