Hehehehhe you answer in a very nice way and you are quite right. Tbh i'm too tired atm to expand the reasons and i've done it countless times before. Some of them are mentioned in the thread. It's kinda tricky to understand - it was for me too - but after playing a myriad of mmo's and being a fan of single player games too and seeing a lot of them becoming mmo's i understood. An online version of Skyrim will be completely different than what it is now. Trust me on this.

Mostly, because developing time and resources would have to go on a myriad different things than the things that now make the game great. Balance issues would come out, quests would become suddenly more of a competition, the rp sense of most of the things would be lost as well as many other things.

Just think though, with the idea i had have all the races together on one server. Just 1 of each race not an MMORPG style. The world of skyrim is way to big for 9 races to ruin it. There are all the same armor types so cant really ruin it there. Have one guy be the armor guy and another guy be an enchanter and so on and so forth.

Okay then, how about NO because then the game would
1. Have less resorces spent on the actual single player and missions
2. DLC would svck because much time will be devoted to multiplayer crap
3. Game would fill with kids boasting "OMG I GOTS AN UBER SWORD!!!"
4. Whiners would emerge claiming its a WoW knockoff
5. ???
6. ???
7. Anything but profit

I think our dear friend M'Aiq said it best: "M'Aiq does not know this word. You wish others to help you in your quest? Coward! If you must, search for the Argonian Im-Leet, or perhaps the big Nord, Rolf the Uber. They will certainly wish to join you."

I don't know why but I suddenly want to punch the OP really badly.

It isn't the same at all.. I want to dungeon crawl and group quest with some good friends. I want to be able to heal my buddy if he is about to go down. To trade/sell loot and crafted items with friends. Games are always more fun when played with people you know. Simply hearing their voice over your headset isn't good enough. I want them in my game.

LOL at this "split resources" argument. How about you wait a few extra months for the games to come out? People are so impatient that any thought of a new way to play the game gets this reaction.

People also seem to be forgetting that there is a CHOICE in games with Co-op whether you want to play online or not. If you want Co-op, don't play co-op. Christ, why are these TES elitists so thick?

That is a completely different game you're describing than a TES game. TES allows freedom. I don't want anything strict where I can only enchant or whatever you mean by armor guy.

Then by all means go play an MMO with your friends.

Well know i was just making an idea out of it. You dont have to be an enchanter heck you can be what you want but if you know someone that can make you full deadric and you dont want to use a skill point somewhere else why not. You can still do what you want and create your charicter but it just an idea not a ok your forced to do this.

Bethesda Studios!!! Made an absolutely awesome game! I love it. Somehow you have to put this game online for a multiplayer outlook so friends can play together in the same world. Simply a friendly competiton with friends and other people throughout the world. I think other fans of the elder scroll games would agree that putting this game online would be ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! Simply adding online quests or even teaming up with your own friends and other fellow Elder Scroll fans to do some SERIOUS DRAGONSLAYING!!!!! You probably have already thought about doing this but just think of the possibilities of this game. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT with this game online! I am a harcore call of duty fan and since Skyrim has been released i havent played MW3 once. I simply can't get enough of this game. Im sure putting this game online for PC, XBOX, PS3 is easier said than done but it is a dream that i have since playing this unbelievable game!!!!! My xbox does not appreciate me playing this game for countless hours on end! 2 thumbs up and hear my THUUM...... INCREDIBLE JOB GUYS!!!! WAAAAAAAAANT MORE!

no. please god no.

Thick? No, they're not thick, they're just against bad ideas.

Thick? No, they're not thick, they're just against bad ideas.

I play Runescape, if you couldn't tell by my avatar. I still want Co-op on TES.

Thjis and the fact that there is a such thing as deadlines that must be met. As well, like a previous post mentioned, past attempts svcked at making it co-op. the engin isnt designed for it and the consols would explode if multiplayer were enabled. PC owners, dispite their pluthera or mods, arnt the largest market for the game. I own on both PC and 360...just saying.

P.S. I was too tempted to click you sig, nice