Solstheim, The next DLC Options

[SubRosa]

Looks like the next DLC will be named Dragonborn, and is set in Solstheim. The 1.8 patch has things in it such as bonemold, chitin, stahlrim, and nordic armor in it. There are new mapmarkers, and locations such as Raven Rock, Castle Karstagg, and more. Plus there a record for an .esm named Dragonborn. Flying on a dragon also seems in the works.

I am a little surprised they would be taking us back there, given that Solstheim was already in an expansion for Morrowind. But it does sound a lot more interesting than Dawnguard, and a lot more meaty than Hearthfire. It should be a good-sized land-mass for us to explore. That is guaranteed to be fun and give us lots more hours of play. Much like Point Lookout was for FO3, only without the mutant inbred Jeds and having part of our brain carved out and put in a jar.

I am also looking forward to seeing those armors in Skyrim. They are my favorites from Morrowind. Especially the bonemold. Seeing them back in hi-res (at least when the modding community remakes the textures that Bethesda releases! ) will be excellent.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 16 2012, 02:34 AM

[SubRosa]

Strange thing is for the week or so I played the DG main quest, I never got a vampire attack on a town. After the quest to rescue the Moth Priest I started getting attacked by vampires on the road all the time though. Pretty much every random encounter in the game seemed to have been replaced with a vampire attack.

OTOH, I did find some really cool standalone dungeons added by Dawnguard, like Redwater Den. Tolvald's Cave was apparently in the vanilla game, but it got a makevoer in DG, with some winged Chaurus'. I was standing next to a giant egg sack thingie when one burst forth out of it and attacked me, still covered in goo. I am guessing they are in all the Falmer dungeons now, along with the new upgraded Falmer. Plus of course the upgrades to the vanilla vampire dungeons too. So even without the main quest, DG does add some interesting things.

[Lady Saga]

OTOH, I did find some really cool standalone dungeons added by Dawnguard, like Redwater Den. Tolvald's Cave was apparently in the vanilla game, but it got a makevoer in DG, with some winged Chaurus'. I was standing next to a giant egg sack thingie when one burst forth out of it and attacked me, still covered in goo. I am guessing they are in all the Falmer dungeons now, along with the new upgraded Falmer. Plus of course the upgrades to the vanilla vampire dungeons too. So even without the main quest, DG does add some interesting things.

Wow. I haven't seen one of these bursting pod things, Yikes!. I have been in some DG dungeons, though, they're not quite as linear as the typical Skyrim dungeon (in and out). Which is cool. I like being challenged sometimes by the dungeon itself, not just the enemies and traps in that dungeon. DG has defintely ramped this up a bit.

I still get more confused by Cyrodiil's dungeons, though, even though they're sparser. I can't tell you how many Cyrodiil dungeons I've been in where all a sudden I realize I am totally lost! I'll find myself walking my character in circles and whatnot. This never hardly ever happens in the typical Skyrim dungeon.

I realize not many of you might share my passion for mazes.

[Colonel Mustard]

OTOH, I did find some really cool standalone dungeons added by Dawnguard, like Redwater Den. Tolvald's Cave was apparently in the vanilla game, but it got a makevoer in DG, with some winged Chaurus'. I was standing next to a giant egg sack thingie when one burst forth out of it and attacked me, still covered in goo. I am guessing they are in all the Falmer dungeons now, along with the new upgraded Falmer. Plus of course the upgrades to the vanilla vampire dungeons too. So even without the main quest, DG does add some interesting things.

Wow. I haven't seen one of these bursting pod things, Yikes!. I have been in some DG dungeons, though, they're not quite as linear as the typical Skyrim dungeon (in and out). Which is cool. I like being challenged sometimes by the dungeon itself, not just the enemies and traps in that dungeon. DG has defintely ramped this up a bit.

I still get more confused by Cyrodiil's dungeons, though, even though they're sparser. I can't tell you how many Cyrodiil dungeons I've been in where all a sudden I realize I am totally lost! I'll find myself walking my character in circles and whatnot. This never hardly ever happens in the typical Skyrim dungeon.

I realize not many of you might share my passion for mazes.

If you thought Oblivion's dungeons were bad, you should have tried some of Morrowind's; there were some there that bent spacetime. And I don't mean that in a jokey way either; they were like one of Escher's works. I've spent hours wondering through the same cave whilst on the verge of weeping through sheer bafflement.

Then again, I've also got lost in a single room when I was playing Halo, so I may not be the best person to judge.

[SubRosa]

OTOH, I did find some really cool standalone dungeons added by Dawnguard, like Redwater Den. Tolvald's Cave was apparently in the vanilla game, but it got a makevoer in DG, with some winged Chaurus'. I was standing next to a giant egg sack thingie when one burst forth out of it and attacked me, still covered in goo. I am guessing they are in all the Falmer dungeons now, along with the new upgraded Falmer. Plus of course the upgrades to the vanilla vampire dungeons too. So even without the main quest, DG does add some interesting things.

Wow. I haven't seen one of these bursting pod things, Yikes!. I have been in some DG dungeons, though, they're not quite as linear as the typical Skyrim dungeon (in and out). Which is cool. I like being challenged sometimes by the dungeon itself, not just the enemies and traps in that dungeon. DG has defintely ramped this up a bit.

I still get more confused by Cyrodiil's dungeons, though, even though they're sparser. I can't tell you how many Cyrodiil dungeons I've been in where all a sudden I realize I am totally lost! I'll find myself walking my character in circles and whatnot. This never hardly ever happens in the typical Skyrim dungeon.

I realize not many of you might share my passion for mazes.

If you thought Oblivion's dungeons were bad, you should have tried some of Morrowind's; there were some there that bent spacetime. And I don't mean that in a jokey way either; they were like one of Escher's works. I've spent hours wondering through the same cave whilst on the verge of weeping through sheer bafflement.

Then again, I've also got lost in a single room when I was playing Halo, so I may not be the best person to judge.

I have done Morrowind as well. Most Morrowind dungeons that I recall were only 4 rooms or so. But there were a few big ones - the one that you have to do to get the ancestral bow of Urishikalu chief as part of the Main Quest comes to mind first - I got all turned around my first time in there. There is another Dwemer ruin that has about 5-6 levels, and multiple doors between each, and some places that can only get gotten to by going through a specific door on one level, and then another specific door on another level. Arkngthand I think it was, east of Balmora, where you have to get the puzzle box. Then I recall a third one - Kogoruhn? - that was a stronghold north of Red Mountain. I think it had about 10 levels, and a tunnel that led under the ghostgate and opened up inside of it.