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]

I'd rather have Morrowind's fast travel plus teleportation spells as well. Cause it was more limited.

Levitation, it was nice, but I'd rather have real climbing. (even better if there's a grapling hook.) Cause face it, why did Morrowind have levitation? Cause your character couldn't climb. Of course heavily armoured warriors will prefer to levitate but hey, they're warriors. If they wanted to get to the high places, they should have left all that metal at home.

I think there is some real potential for dungeon design if climbing is reimplemented. Say, the player wants to get up to a balcony or something. So he'll first get onto a table, then throw the grapling hook to a brazier (torch holder.) Using the rope, the player climbs up and stops at an alcove he passes on the way which is just large enough to stand in. The player then releases the grappling hook and throws it across the room to the balcony. Climb (or swing, that would be fun) the rope and presto. If you were forced to levitate everywhere instead, players would just slap on a levitation spell of sufficient magnitude and rise up to the balcony directly. That kind of takes all the fun out of it.

Oh, and rugs hanging on the wall should be easier to climb than a smooth marble wall.

This post has been edited by jack cloudy: Jan 13 2008, 10:50 AM