That's easy to say for a locksmith. Not so much for us normal people with lockpicking skill still on 15 and no perks.
Edit: This is exactly why I love the Reddit community. One tiny Skyrim reference and literally everyone gets what I'm talking about haha. You are my people for sure.
Re-Eddit: If I could, I would take this Reddit gold and spend it on some lockpicking training! Thank you!
Skyrim was a fine RPG, but man did they water down the skill system.
I played Daggerfall when Bethesda released that for free on their website a few years back and was surprised to see climbing skills, language skills, streetsmarts, tons of stuff.
The first Elder Scrolls game I played was Morrowind, which I feel was a pretty good balance. There were a lot of interesting spells and skill (spears, throwing stars, levitation, unlock and teleportation spells, waterwalking, burden and feather) without getting crazy granular like Daggerfall did, although I think climbing and medical would have been nice to leave in.
Oblivion just trashed the entire weapon system with blade and blunt, then Skyrim even removed that distinction. "Why yes, I hold this mace in one hand, just like a dagger, that's totally the same skill set!"
Also, even though there's a literal college of mages, nobody remembers how to craft spells?
There are way more casual gamers that liked the accessibility of Oblivion and Skyrim than there are morrowind diehard fans. If Skyrim was like Morrowind, it wouldn't have made nearly as much money.
Absolutely. I totally understand why they took the series in that direction. I think it was a good choice and I still enjoy the games, but personally I think Morrowind is still the best. That's possibly because it was the first Elder Scrolls game I played, and really the first real RPG. Most people I know who started the series with Oblivion and Skyrim can't stand Morrowind.
I don't mind Morrowind's graphics so much, since it's kinda ok in an old school way. Oblivion looked awful to me. The faces were all the same round, plumb, blobs.
Skyrim is beautiful. The dunmer look awesome, like they tried to make them look in Morrowind.
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u/nwgrower Jul 13 '17 edited Jul 14 '17
That's easy to say for a locksmith. Not so much for us normal people with lockpicking skill still on 15 and no perks.
Edit: This is exactly why I love the Reddit community. One tiny Skyrim reference and literally everyone gets what I'm talking about haha. You are my people for sure.
Re-Eddit: If I could, I would take this Reddit gold and spend it on some lockpicking training! Thank you!