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I am completely sold now that PERKS are in this game. I know purists may balk but the act of leveling up should be fun and Fallout 2/3's perks were what I was looking forward to most! This should keep most of GC's members busy for at least 6 mos or so...lol.

Yes, this is one of those rare few games these days that I will probably buy at full price at or near release. I don't see why the perks bother people at all. So long as they're not REMOVING skills that you gain through skill/attribute increases because of perks, it's just something EXTRA you gain through leveling up. Perks were pretty fun in Fallout 3. It sounds like the leveling system has been simplified, but I think the system was kind of broken in the older games anyways, how you could end up underdeveloped if you just leveled without focusing on certain attributes to increase, or overpowered if you used efficient leveling.

The Gothic series has only TWO attributes, strength and dexterity. The leveling system works great in those games though. The rest of your points you put into weapon skills, spells, and such. Although in Gothic 3 they kind of added more "Attributes", but it's all stuff that realistically you would "train" for, like hunting, smithing, and thieving skills.

The perks bother me, because it's an Elder Scrolls game, and not Fallout. I know games need to evolve, but removing things from past chapters, and scaling it back to make it simpler... aggravates me. They tried to explain away the reason for doing away with levitation. They said it was because of the way the world and cities were in different cels. Well, modders were able to put it back in. They could have, too. They did away with many spells. Such as Jump, Slowfall, Mark, Recall and others.

With these latest changes, it's becoming less like Elder Scrolls, and more like any other RPG. Jobs, perks.. bleh.

*edit* I'm not making light of anyone who likes these new changes. If you like them, that's great. Just saying I don't think I will.

I'll be completely honest I'm fanboy to a point I'll probably get it regardless of the changes. It looks great and there are dragons. Not to mention the story. I will play for hours and hours just for the small things they add.

Dragons are the main selling point for me. lol All the lore about dragons, and never seeing one.

The perks bother me, because it's an Elder Scrolls game, and not Fallout. I know games need to evolve, but removing things from past chapters, and scaling it back to make it simpler... aggravates me. They tried to explain away the reason for doing away with levitation. They said it was because of the way the world and cities were in different cels. Well, modders were able to put it back in. They could have, too. They did away with many spells. Such as Jump, Slowfall, Mark, Recall and others.

With these latest changes, it's becoming less like Elder Scrolls, and more like any other RPG. Jobs, perks.. bleh.

*edit* I'm not making light of anyone who likes these new changes. If you like them, that's great. Just saying I don't think I will.

I think you will. You've been waiting too long not to. lol.

I don't know. I never finished FO3 and and I didn't buy New Vegas. Fallout didn't do anything for me. But yeah, I have been waiting a really long time for a new Elder Scrolls. We shall see.

I simply cannot WAIT for this. My life will be gone as soon as it comes out.

PK, I see your point. I love both series equally but don't really want to see them blend into the same game with different settings and stories.

Elder Scrolls is one style of RPG and Fallout another. I hope that Skyrim doesn't disappoint my Elder Scrolls cravings.

This game ranks up there with the Mass Effect series for me, they at least for myself, define a console generation and are the ultimate refinement of a gameplay mechanic that was hit or miss in there last few games. This will absolutely be the best Elder Scrolls title to date, no doubt about it.

Eh I'm sure I'll like it but I'm not that confident yet.

Althought the new skills system will make it easier to have a balanced character it seems like it would reduce the specialisation aspects (a big part of the actual role playing I would have thought).I liked being able to choose skills that my character focoused on. I'm hoping that they bring back some of the old spells from morrowind like mark/recall (I know theres fast travel but it would be handy to set a waypoint at the exit to a dungeon etc) or atleast think of some interesting new ones. However if bethesda include werewolves I will forgive them for pretty much anything and this game is still gonna be awesome so I'll reserve judgement untill I've played it..

I don't know. I never finished FO3 and and I didn't buy New Vegas. Fallout didn't do anything for me. But yeah, I have been waiting a really long time for a new Elder Scrolls. We shall see.

Yep I never got into Fallout 3 either, to me it felt like oblivion without the magic and depressing graphics.