These. A milion times these. Lydia needs to stop complaining that I'm outfitting her with the best gear Tamriel has ever seen. And I totally hated Mercer Frey's voice.
Spoiler Also, having to become a Nightingale made no sense. I mean, I just killed Alduin the World-Eater; I think I can handle one little guy with a knife.
truth, brother, truth! The Nightingales and all the mystical 'luck' they added to thievery was pointless, while Mercer was too full of himself while at the same time the easiest boss, and acted like i didnt know he was betraying us. Too annoying. i forgot to mention but i too absolutely can't stand his voice, along with the bland old guy voice (calcemo in markarth, jarl of markarths steward, etc.)
im glad i did the thieves guild first though because as soon as i got to the end of the first companions quest
Spoiler where you find the piece of the founder's weapon and are assaulted by an army of raging draugr
.... boy did i do a doo-doo in my pants, most fun, rewarding, epic, and exciting quest so far.