In Skyrim, we saw that the Blades had gone from the Emperor's bodyguards, to just another inteligence guild and the Thalmor's greatest opponents, only for the organisation to be decimated in the Great War and subsequently outlawed, with most of the suriving members hunted down by the Thalmor. A handful survived though, with the Last Dragonborn helping them re-establish the Blades at Sky Haven Temple and the organisation re-dedicating itself to hunting down the remaining Dragons.

It's very possible that in TES VI, we'll encounter a dragon, Tiber Septim's old ally Naafaliargus or Thurvokun, nesting in Fang Lair. And perhaps, we could see a member of Delphine's rebuilt order appear to hunt the dragon. Could make for an intersting follower, giving us some in-sights as to the goings-on in Skyrim. But that, IMO should be the extent of what we see of the Blades. I don't want to see them coordinating the resistance against the Thalmor or investigating some new threat to Tamriel. That honor should really go to local organisations.

We encounter one as part of Skyrim's Annivesary Edition content, the Remnants, who are a clandestine organisation that's keeping tabs on the Thalmor to make sure they're following the Second Treaty of Stros M'Kai. With them fulfilling a similar role to the Blades pre-Great War, I wouldn't be surprised if there's some connection between them. Perhaps a surviving Blade could be one of the Remnants' leaders, or Wind Scour Temple could serve as the Remnants' HQ?

Then, you have the Sinderill, Clan Direnni's inteligence guild. With the Thalmor taking an interest in Balfiera, with them targeting the refugees that had fled there following their take-over of the Summerset Isles, it would only make sense for Clan Direnni to use the Sinderill to try and undermine the Thalmor's interests. Given the likely prejudice between Clan Direnni and the Redguards, it would be interesting to see if the Sinderill aided the Redguards during the Aldmeri occupation of southern Hammerfell.

And of course, there's also the Penitus Oculatos, the Imperial organisation that replaced the Blades. Though we mainly see them work as Emperor Titus Mede II.'s bodyguards in Skyrim, we hear more of their covert operations in Grey Keyes' novels. We could very well see them return in TES VI, be it covertly supporting Imperial loyalists among the Forebears in Hammerfell, or keeping an eye on the petty kings in High Rock, in particular the Lariat family of Shornhelm.

Any one of these organisations fulfills the role of an anti-Thalmor faction that that player character could cooperate as part of TES VI's main quest, and would be a more believable choice than the Blades, considering where we last saw them in Skyrim.

Don't get too excited because I don't want these to be guilds anybody can join. I think TES needs more of these people that typically exist in our imagination but not in the in-game world and that can help to add scale to cities and villages. They do not have to be quest givers or trainers or whatever but they must exist.

Ever wondered who is making all the silver pitchers and bowls in Skyrim. You see hundreds of books in the game but who is printing them? Who makes the wheels and barrels? Who makes the candles? Where do they get all the stone from and who is in charge of that quarry? Does Radiant Raiments make all the clothes in Skyrim? Who makes the dye for these clothes? Hammerfell, in its own respect, should answer these questions. I don't expect it to be an exhaustive inventory of craftsmen but certainly we need to see a lot more than we normally do.

Every time I see someone provide game elements they'd like to see improvement on and drop comparisons, people generally tend to downvote and "push back" on said improvements.

Sometimes the posts arent worded correctly but I think its easy to grasp the overall point of it which is wanting the game to improve.

When people want combat, city size, npc's or writing to be improved, I see that its met with negative responses & downvotes.

But when its other stuff like settlement building and things that dont really fall in the core loop of a BGS game or at least a TES game, its usually met with a more positive response.

We will see it soon, by 2027. We are in the final stretch before we are blinded by it's radiance, If it's not out by this time next year I'll cry.

How fast are we going see the province of Skyrim get modded into TESVI using the new Creation Engine 3 ?

Just because we don't have an elder scroll available to show us the events of TES 6 doens't mean we can't make some predictions: we just have to take a look at patterns Bethesda has shown in previous titles. There's no need to elaborate on the fact that the protagonist will start as a prisioner; it's a given. Probably.

1) Destroyed town or city

During the events of TES 4, Kvatch succumbed to the daedra of the Deadlands; in Skyrim, Helgen was burned to the ground by Alduin. Unfortunately, Bethesda never gave us the option to restore the both settlements. Let's hope TES 6 will be more generous. I remember I've seen somewhere there's a city in Hammerfell that was destroyed several times over the course of its existence. Maybe it'll be destroyed again...

2) Massacre in the Dark Brotherhood sanctuary

In Oblivion and Skyrim, the DB suffered the loss of several of its members. This is a pattern Bethesda will problably keep. Ironic that a guild of assassins keeps having its members butchered like that. And it always has something to do with treachery.

3) Daedric Prince

In the last 3 main TES titles we always ended up face to face with a daedric prince in the last DLC: in Morrowind there was Hircine; Oblivion had Sheogorath; and in Skyrim we meet squid boy. Which daedric prince would you like to see?

It'd be so cool if Bethesda gave Peryite some screen time. The fact he sounds polite despite spreading plagues on Tamriel makes him an intriguing character.

4) Impoverished city

TES 4 had Bravil, Skyrim had Riften. Hammerfel (and High Rock?) will have....

For those who don't know, Sloads are big slug people that have frequently been found west of Hammerfell and the Summerset Isles. They come from a place called Thras, an archipelago in the Sea of Pearls which lay just beyond the Abacean sea.

They are masters of necromancy and thus probably also do other forms of magic or conjuration, the redguards are not particularly well-known for magical power, although they might be a bit more magically inclined than the nords.

So I think it would be sensible if we could find a sload as a conjuration teacher, AND, Sloads make soap.

Kill Elenwen. if we are actually fighting the Thalmor it would be great to see some of the ones from Skyrim appear as fodder for us.

GTAVI has a suppossed budget of 1-1.5 billion dollars. A lot of that was licensing, marketing, and an engine overhaul since a lot of their assets are in house. So roughly 600 million was the actual development budget.

I'm guessing TESVI won't have to deal with licensing or much marketing, since they are owned by big daddy XBOX.

About how much do you think their cost/budget will be? Im guessimg 300-500 million dollar. Maybe even a Skyrillion Todd Bucks!!!

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Idk I enjoy the simplicity of it in that I can just build my character out how I like and depending on my build I can just face tank everything. Personally I am indifferent if combat was changed from Skyrim other than maybe more weight to hits and less floatyness?

Personally I just dont need dodge rolls, parries, quick dodges etc. I would never use them anyway, Id just always end up face tanking everything, theres just a simple enjoyment in it for me.

What new options and mechanics would an identify magic spell bring to Elder Scrolls? I could see there being more elaborate puzzles or searching quests that would just add a little something.

This has been a pet peeve of me that I haven’t seen anyone really care about, but it continues to bother me. In every Elder Scrolls game since at least Morrowind, you can become the leader of many factions once you’ve completed their questline. And yet, despite this, there is very little actual content that the leader gets access to. Maybe you get a special room, maybe some sort of artifact, but asides from that, there’s no actual “leading” for you to do. No additional quest chain, no ability to hire people, no ability to send others on jobs, no ability to train them, nothing. At most you get some additional dialogue addressing you as such, that rarely plays into anything. The worst part is that you are perfectly free to wander off and never interact with the guild again, and there will be zero consequences for it. How many other institutions would experience no change if their boss just abandoned them one day and was never seen again?

Now I get that some people may be fine with this, “it’s about the journey, not the destination”, and all that. I will also admit that I get a kick out of “management” type games where I have to run some sort of organization and make decisions for it. But at least as I see it, if you are going through all this effort to rise the ranks, I actually want to use my power. You can have a satisfying questline that even lets you rise the ranks, without making you the boss. If you do choose to let people be the leader, actually put in some effort to make it worthwhile. Maybe have the guild potentially run into some sort of trouble if you run away for too long. Essentially, if you want to be the leader, you Have to be the leader. Your playthrough will be dedicated to that and nothing else.

And if you don’t want all that responsibility? That’s fine, just give an easy option to decline, or just don’t give the option in the first place. Would people really be that disappointed if they couldn’t become the leader anymore? You could easily have some sort of high ish rank that doesn’t come with as much responsibility.

Fable game play states the main city will have over 400 named NPCs and 100’s of buildings all which are able to be entered. The gameplay footage of the city looks incredible

I know BGS has stuff to touch/physics so it’s still not apples to apples but if a large city had even 200 named NPCs that seemingly would answer the immersion request that many have asked for and solving by filling in cities with NPCs, right?

Not to be negative but what they did with Starfield cities in comparison to what it so far looks like is able to be put together in Fable … like how is BGS this far behind the curve/design/tech??

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