Disappointed!, levitation appear to be out - confirmed Options

[Neela]

I don't want this to become a rant thread, but I must admit I am extremely disappointed that levitation has been removed from this installment of the elder scrolls. It has apparently been confirmed by Pete that this is the case, however I couldnt find the exact quote that stated it. I was hoping that it was just further speculation about a misprint in some article. I didn't mind them removing a few weapons or streamlining the skills further. To me that just made this game just a tad different than its predecessors. However, finding that levitation is not going to available... was the first really negative thing to hit me about the game. Most of my characters used levitate from time to time. I never really used it to exploit the game... since alot of combat took place indoors anyway. I am a big explorer at heart and I like to get into places that were hard to find or access. Levitation was necessary for alot of this or just to get out of a rock or tree that I accidently got stuck inside. Anyway.... I am just bummed a bit about it right now. I know I will still get the game and hopefully... *crosses fingers* hopefully.. it is something that can be modded. I still trust Bethesda to make a great game, but for me this was a big shock.

[Lucens]

The primary gameplay detraction created by the removal of Levitation for me is simple -

No third dimension.

Of course the game will still look excellent and all, but the 'feel' of vertical motion in the game (adding a z-axis to the world) truly added a lot to gameplay experience. So all those people/objects/buildings in Morrowind not only looked 3-dimensional, but could be viewed/fought/experienced from above as well. And the Superman rush of blasting through forests and over mountains, or swooping down on a monster from on high at 90 mph...

Highly cool. And, unfortunately, highly dead.

Cheers,

Michael