The thing WoW has over skyrim is that the dungeon bosses have each a unique way to fight them. Kind of like Zelda. You need to successfully dodge their attacks and exploit their gimmicks to defeat them. Elder Scrolls games could use more of that, because you can only fight Draugr Deathlords and Elder Dragons so many times before things get stale.

I prefer Shadowbane. Hardly anyone remembers that game though. I haven't enjoyed an MMO since.

Only thing I would like is some sort of class and professions, some limitations are not bad as many think. And due to such you get more out of the game because you cannot do anything and everything with one character.



I do too still but since WB got to em..

The only thing I want to see in Skyrim, from WoW, is that you actually skin animals, similar to how you would use an ore vien, in Skyrim. I just think thats much better, plus anything to get away from the abstract, time-freezing, immersion breaking loot menu whenever possible.

And actually...

In Skyrim, say for example you are dual wielding swords. You have an attack if you press both mouse buttons (a "chain attack"?), but there's no real flair, and it's just one move. So this is boring me quite a bit with my level 32 dual wield warrior.

In Everquest, there were tons of specials, and they looked really awesome when you use them. Especially the Shadowknight and Bard. The Shadowknight special attacks had this black cloud streak trailing the sword.

I know the control scheme in Skyrim doesn't really allow for too much variety, currently. But maybe there could be alternative "chain attacks" to learn and choose from, for melee characters (that could be equiped like spells or shouts). That would give a warrior somethings to put in his shortcuts.

That would rule, honestly.

Why does anyone need to tell you what class to be? Just play it and call it what you will.

Oddly enough, I started playing WoW while I was waiting for Oblivion

They are very different games but share one excellent feature, which is the open world to explore. Elder Scrolls does it better, in my opinion, but so many rpg's treat worlds as a set of connected levels rather than an organic whole (not saying they can't be good games, too). Open worlds really give you a sense of both place and space (and time). Because of that, to date, Tamriel and Azeroth are the only virtual worlds I feel I have "lived" in. Not many other games entice you to just sit and watch a sunset.

This.

The [censored] attributes! Intelligence, strength, agility, etc...
It's a shame that WOW has more attributes than Skyrim.

But oddly despite all those traditional RPG mechanics that some love much less potential for actual roleplaying.

On a RP server there is more roleplaying potential than in any single player game. You just need to meet the right people.

I noticed recently on the nexus that there was this mod that added a cool down to your power attack. Cool downs are an MMO invention and dont belong in an action RPG. besides there is already a cooldown. its called stamina.

Since it's Skyrim, lets not call it arenas though. Call it Pit Fights. There's already a hint of little gambling rings that do it in Skyrim, with dogs. Surely there must be some bloodsport going on with humans, that we don't know about.

Seems like WoW is the herpes of the gaming community. It will never go away, no matter what you do.

If I wanted WoW's content, I'd buy WoW and sub up. Otherwise, no thank you.



Ex-Brandywine inhabitant myself

Aren't you one that criticizes Skyrim for being an "action" game, and not an RPG?