The Future, I had to do it. Options

[Channler]

So I have an invariable amount of time a day to sit down and reflect. And today I sat down at my computer and decided to type in a few letters that haven't graced my computer in a long 2 or 3 years. Morrowind.com

We all know this just leads to the TES main site, but it reminded me, before the release/announcement of Oblivion, the fervor that which I checked those forums every day, and the absolute excitement I received when the Daedric runes came up when I visited the site.

Well I don't know why, but I feel a little bit of that excitement again. I almost feel like I'm about to jump into the goon rush that is the elder scrolls forums and jump into one of those "TESV" threads. Interesting stuff guessing the future.

Anyways so I think I'll be the first to open up with the grossly general question..

What do you hope for, for TESV?

[jack cloudy]

Funny enough, climbing was a part of Daggerfall. I used it once to escape from a skeleton that was whooping my behind in the starter dungeon. Unlike Morrowind and Oblivion, Bethesda had no problems whatsoever with dumping monsters on you a level one can't defeat head-on. I ran into an Orc or two as well and the thieves could kill me in 2-3 hits. And I was using a 100% warrior dude in full armour! That was pretty cool, cause you actually felt weak at first.

Anyway, climbing was there in Daggerfall, but got dumped in Morrowind. I assume it's because of Levitation becoming more prominent and it being harder to do with the more rugged polygonal surfaces. Daggerfall had a collection of smooth panes, rocks were just a texture or a sprite.

But yeah, the return of climbing would be awesome and really help the stealth portion of the game, together with window entries. (Or chimney entreys. Hey, I wanna roleplay Santa!)

There are situations though where I feel that grabbing a ledge should not be allowed.
1: If you're heavily encumbered, like more than 50% of your max. Consider this a case of 'I can climb, but I'm simply too heavy at the moment'
2: When there's a shield strapped to your arm.
3: When you've got a weapon out. Both 2 and 3 mean you can't effectively use one or even both hands.