What is the first thing you are doing? What is your race?

Some ground rules and info:

• You have full knowledge of everything you have learned from playing/reading.

• Glitches/cheats etc do not work anymore

• You are not Dragonborn nor do you have the strength to wield the Thu’um (can change later on)

• You may not be apart of any guild/faction from the start (again can change later on)

• You start with a weapon, 2 novice spells and a few potions and 1000 Gold

Where would your adventure begin and why? Or would you simply be among the common people and live out your life?

Any game in the series, year doesn't matter and the platform doesn't matter. For reasons of practicality, the very likely extensive lore of the elder scrolls will likely need to be discussed on a separate post. I have absolutely no interest in starting a flame war nor do I want people to fight in the comment section and have this post locked out for everyone else.

Please respect this, thank you

Longtime Skyrim, and further Elder Scrolls fan here. Finally got morrowind on steam over thanksgiving, played through a little bit (like level 8) and then started over on OpenMW and the difference was night and day. Played through the game, just kinda meandered around and let the ADHD take me wherever, then around level 20 I decided to finish the main quest. After beating it, I decided “hey, why not see what the DLC is about before moving on to oblivion?” And frankly, I’m kind of bored with the game. It feels full and rich, but at the same time super empty. Doing quests is so boring and exploring is great but it feels like it lacks a purpose.

This is not to say I disliked Morrowind, I loved it. The story, the context, and the setting is awesome. Obviously there’s some stuff that Skyrim takes and makes much easier, but I really enjoyed what the game had to offer and can see why so many people love it.

I just kinda want to hear the community’s thoughts on this, I was like 6-7 when Skyrim came out, it’s my favorite game and I don’t know if I overhyped morrowind or if I genuinely just wasn’t as interested. I did enjoy the lore behind it and I loved the setting but the game felt… off. Can’t really figure out why.

For real, I been following this shit since they joked about the idea in 2011,now they're saying 2025 it might be reality. I'm hoping.

i stopped playing the game for a while due to an abusive relationship, but i had a lesbian crush on her when i was younger. i just started playing again because I'm in a safe space but i was reminded of this tonight

I’m new to Skyrim, and I love it, but I hear that it’s like, the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls universe. What are the others? Is it worth it for me to buy them and give them a go so late on? I’m eager to play more games like Skyrim. Is there one that is about the other surrounding countries like Morrowind or Elsewhere? (idr how to spell it) Thanks :)

For my upcoming birthday. Best present in my life I think

Am I wrong? But isn’t the way the Dunmer look the way they do is because of Azura’s curse? Then why is Azura depicted so often as looking like a Dunmer, it makes no sense but I see it so much that it makes me wonder if I’m missing something, granted I’m talking about mostly fan art, so it not like its coming from a canon source, because I can’t think of an instance we’re she isn’t just depicted as a statue in the games, but I haven’t played all of them so I can’t be sure. I know sense she is a Dedric prince so she can probably look however she wants so it would make no sense for her to look a way that she considers a curse, especially given that her sphere is literally all about beauty, and she is know for being proud.

I think Microsoft/Bethesda is going bankrupt! (Sarcastic)

Every new event is more poor than the last one.

Before playing it myself I had heard everyone talking about how it was the best DLC in the series. After playing it, I don’t really understand why that is.

I did enjoy it but I didn’t think it was the best compared to the other DLC I’ve tried, so I’m curious what the is reasoning behind everyone loving it.

I'm genuinely curious to see what people have to say

Assuming you are playing the default or higher difficulty, have above-average general skill and game knowledge and do not use cheats, or absurd exploits. -- Which of these games is the most difficult to beat, or maybe the easiest game to beat?

"To beat" wouldn't really make sense in this genre of games, but let's just say the main quest along with a guild questline (like the Morag Tong) or even 100%ing it.

Feel free to stop reading here. Here's my opinion:

Skyrim is the most difficult game. That might sound stupid as shit as it seems horribly dumbed down compared to the older TES games, but it's more modernized action oriented gameplay makes playing it on Expert/Master/Legendary a shithole where I have longer and clunkier swing times, killcams that are instantly activated when I reach a health threshold, Mages casting Ice Spears/Fireballs flying 20 mph as they drain my stamina or magicka, I can't dodge or evade in real time, dragons can instantly slam their wings or tail if you try to fight from the side or front. There is no skill based counter to this besides walking away. This is completely unlike Oblivion, Morrowind, and Daggerfall which have different combat mechanics and magic. It's also another reason why the game does not have good gameplay in the whole series imo.

Morrowind is the easiest game. Due to the unleveled world that people claim is what makes it harder, it is extremely easy to collect weapons that are overpowered for no reason. The journal system is not hard either. You simply become a "God" and tear through the entire game. For example as someone who plays stealth assassins, I can just find myself with an amulet of shadows, a black hand dagger from the Morag Tong, and destroy everything I want with no challenge. I have killed Vivec probably twice on camera while waiting for my bans to finish on other games. This broken progression system makes Morrowind a piece of cake than when compoared to Oblivion or Skyrim.

First of all, English is not my native language. I Started gaming when I was a kid at 14 years old in 1997 on PC and always has been on PC

Morrowind was something special, I think the first time I played it I was 17. I also played oblivion and of course preordered and played skyrim. I finished them all a couple of times except skyrim I also have ESO, a big endless world.

I don't know why I never finished the Skyrim main quest and DLC (I put in endless houres), same for Fallout 4. Maybe distracted with just wandering around.

Now I am 41 years old, tried to get back into skyrim with and without nolvus but was not feeling it, loading in my Old save and also started fresh. I just reinstalled Morrowind with a small texture and combatmod package to try my old favourite, but it make me think... why try to relive that old memory... is that part of my age? You can't re explore it for the first time no matter what, that expierence was once, and it was beautifull. If I close my eyes and look inside my memory I can almost exactly tell and visualize the morrowind story including both DLC . Same for skyrim. Oblivion is a bit more vague though. But yes If I do me best I remember big chunks of it. Same for other classics like FNV and F3, the old Stalker games etcetera.

So I am in a bit of dubiety between just retry the old, with again the risk of not getting the feeling back or the satisfaction. Or.... just try ESO again (which I allready started up a couple of time, as I have a CP1400 character)

In ESO last week I have done some overland stuff, in 1st person. Planning on doing the story guest one zone at a time. And yes, it feels good. 1st person makes it feeling more like an Elder Scrolls. Wandering around the map. As I have to say, the areas are simply stunning. As someone once said, ESO is about the journey, not the destination. I also removed some skill points to make my mount speed slower. Just transforming it more to a big open world RPG in the Elder Scrolls Universe, while stowing aside the MMORPG grind

What are your thoughts in this matter? Both the "why try to relive the old experience " and the Attempt to play ESO differently?

Hello there, so I have been losing my mind all night because I can't for the life of me find a specific image. I really need some help finding it.

So basically, I have been doing research on elder scrolls lore for a project I am working on, and I have been deep diving into the parts specifically about the Dragonguard, first Akaviri invasion, Tsaesci, and anything else relating to that. While researching, I was watching some YouTube videos on this stuff. I swear, I think it was a video on the First Akaviri Invasion that I saw this. The video flashed an image for a quick moment. I remember thinking it was cool at the time, but I kept watching. This was a few days ago, but now I am trying to find the image the video showed. I can't find the video that showed it either.

Basically, if I remember right, the image was of a human soldier looking up in fear, with the shadow of a Tsaesci being casted on the wall behind him. The Tsaesci was depicted a little different from other Tsaesci fan art too, as the neck was crazy long and slender, almost reminding me of the snake people from dark souls 1. The image didn't show the Tsaesci itself, just its shadow. The soldier was obviously looking up at the snake person in fear. There is another part of the image but I am much more unsure about this one, so take it for a grain of salt. For some reason, I remember it being a card from Elder Scrolls Legends. Like, the card was depicting the Akaviri invasion or something. This could be a piece of fan art for all I remember, and not an actual card, but I more or less remember it being a card from that game.

I feel like I am going insane though as I can't find this image anywhere. I have searched through a large chunk of the Elder Scrolls Legends cards, a bunch of fan art on google images, and multiple videos. I know I for sure saw it in a video, and the subjects I have been researching are all regarding the formation of the Dragonguard and the Akaviri invasion. There is the possibility it was in a different video, but this is what I have been doing recently.

Something I really fear is that the video was depicting a piece of art that wasn't even meant to be elder scrolls are depicting a Tsaesci. The shadow more or less only showed the long neck and the head, and maybe the shoulders. The neck was crazy long, especially since I don't see almost anyone draw the Tsaesci with necks that length. I for some reason wanna say the image depicted the vampiric part of the snake person as well, but take that with a massive grain of salt.

At this point, I feel like I need to just draw a sketch of the image, cause that might help me better explain what I saw. I would really appreciate it if anyone knew what I was talking about regarding this damn image lol.

TLDR: I can't find a really specific piece of art depicting the shadow of a Tsaesci and I need help looking for it

After seeing Starfield, I was convinced they reused the old engine for Skyrim just with updated textures until I read they used the brand new Creation 2.

Facial animations, lighting, Movement are still stuck in 2011 for 2023 Starfield. Which makes me question what TES6 will be.

Seems Bethesda is planning on milking modders at this point to avoid paying the cost to implement the same quality in a game.

To conclude, I will still fork over my dollars like a hypocrite

Between Skyrim's Heathfire DLC, Fallout 4's settlement system, Fallout 76's camp system & Starfield's outpost system, BGS have been more and more comfortable with allowing players freedom to create within the worlds they play in.

I don't think Elder Scrolls is the kind of game where you should be able to create settlements wherever you'd like (akin to Fallout 76 and Starfield), but a system similar to Skyrim where you build rapport with the area's ruler and are allowed to purchase property & build at select locations would be best.

Regardless of your thoughts of Starfield as a game, one of the highlights to come out of it was in ship building, piloting and customisation which is relatively new to the series.

If the game is indeed set in Hammerfell, having the option to purchase coastline dock locations where you can build a dock & fort, create ships and send followers to man these locations (hirelings/mercenaries could possibly be sent here for an in-game weekly fee) would offer insane immersion value as well as offer a fast-travel point between coastal locations.

The availability of these locations may depend on quest progression, relationship with rulers or just money, giving you a money sink (because let's be real, we've all become filthy rich in Skyrim with nothing to spend it on) and a genuine sense of progression in the game.

Ships when out in the water could run the risk of attack from corsairs, Dominion infiltrators (or other enemy factions) and sea battles w/ your ships cannons would be a possibility.

All of these things could make up just a portion of what Elder Scrolls VI could offer. I think an opening mission where you start as a prisoner on a massive ship, become under attack and need to fight your way from below deck to commandeering the ship & fight off others before becoming shipwrecked on the coastline (and gaining amnesia as per the norm with RPG's - also offering you a last min chance of respec upon waking up) would be an awesome introduction to those new mechanics and the game.

What do you all think?

No offense to my boy Martin or Tiber Septim... but most Septims really were not great Emperors... I felt like the Medes get hated on a lot and how ''great rulers the Septims were''... but really, were they? I say no.

-3E 64 to 3E 82: The Empire is plagued with blights, plagues, and insurrections under the rule of Uriel Septim II.

-3E 98 to 3E 119: Under the rule of Emperor Antiochus Septim, the Empire is rife with civil wars and a foreign Invasion by the Maormer of Pyandonea nearly took Summerset away from the Empire, only failing to do so in part because of the Psijic Order.

-3E 120 to 3E 137: Under the reigns of several Emperors, Tamriel saw itself involved in a continental civil war known as the War of the Red Diamond, with Skyrim, northern Morrowind and High Rock openly defying the Empire to place their own candidate on the throne. The remaining provinces, barring Cyrodiil, were divided in their loyalty. The rule of Emperor Cephorus was marked by nothing but war.

-3E 247 to 3E 258: A civil war between the forces loyal to Andorak Septim fought against the forces of Cephorus Septim II, another succession crisis directly related to the Elder Council.

-3E 249 to 3E 267: The Camoran Usurper takes power in Valenwood, cutting a bloody swath through the Empire under the reign of Cephorus Septim II. The Usurper was able to march all the way to High Rock, taking over countless regions in his wake, being in charge of Hammerfell and Valenwood both. His defeat at the hands of the armies of High Rock fiefdoms increased hostility towards the Empire due to their ineffective responses against the Usurper. The internal strife of the aftermath was only somewhat healed because Uriel V invaded Akavir and brought about a common enemy, but his invasion failed in two years time, bringing about the deaths of countless Legionnaires.

-3E 317 to 3E 339: Empress Morihatha took over. The Empire's reach beyond Cyrodiil had started to disintegrate, open revolutions and civil wars had raged in the provinces since the days of Cephorus Septim II (3E 247). Morihatha slowly dealt with the uprisings. While successful her slow pace annoyed the Elder Council, resulting in her assassination in 3E 339, supposedly at the call of an Argonian councilor who considered her pace too slow for troubled Black Marsh.

-3E 339 to 3E 368: Pelagius Septim VII continued where his predecessor left off, slowly taking back the revolutionary regions of the Empire. While not as successful as his predecessor, a result of Pelagius placing an Imperial presence on kingdoms which had long been on their own, Pelagius brought about stability which had not been seen since the days of Uriel Septim I (3E 48 to 3E 64).

-3E 389 to 3E 399: Under the rule of Uriel Septim VII, Jagar Tharn takes control of the Empire, puting a halt to the Imperial reconquests that Uriel had enacted before being trapped. The Imperial Simulacrum saw strife and war aplenty. The Imperial Battlespire, testing ground for the Shadow Legion, was taken over by Daedra before its destruction, Skyrim invaded High Rock and Hammerfell during the War of Bend'r Mahk, Black Marsh and Morrowind were involved in a war known as the Arnesian War which saw Morrowind take over parts of northern Black Marsh. When King Helseth of Morrowind later outlawed slavery at the wishes of the Empire he too faced a bloody Civil war when House Indoril was involved in a House War with the Hlaalu and Dres.

And that's ignoring the immediate aftermath of the Oblivion Crisis; Ocato already stated that the provinces were restive before the crisis had broken out, but that they were now speaking of declaring independence, which we know happened during the Fourth Era.

At its core, for a dynasty that ruled all of Tamriel for 433 years, it suffered from internal strife for 187 of those years, or roughly 43% of their rule, which imo is a pretty poor percentage. If we remove the years during which Tiber Septim ruled as Emperor (and thus the Empire would be most stable) that percentage increases to roughly 47%. The Empire has only managed to really be stable between the rule Magnus Septim and Uriel Septim IV - a period of 110 years which saw 5 Emperors rule (though of those 110 years, the Elder Council held most of the power for 94 years). The rest all have wars in relatively short timeframes of one another.

Technically, since under the Elder Council the Emperors only held the power of veto, that percentage gets worse, since the Septims can hardly be credited for a time period where they, de facto, had no say in the government... If we remove those 94 years, the percentage increases even more, to Septim rule being marked by civil war and revolutions for 83% of their reign.

In contrast, the Medes have ruled the Empire for 179 years (or less, depends on when exactly Titus I took the throne), and in that time have only seen a fraction of the civil war or revolutions. And most of those that they did see were either still an aftermath of Septim rule (Valenwood) or external powers (Elsweyr and Skyrim). Really only the Reachmen were a revolt which can be fairly attributed to the Medes... but they already got squashed before the Empire had a chance to deal with it.

• TES 1: Arena
• TES 2: Daggerfall (My favourite)
• TES: Battlespire
• TES: Redguard
• TES 3: Morrowind
• TES: Shadowkey
• TES 4: Oblivion
• TES 5: Skyrim
• TES: Others (Comment if I missed your favourite)

City of vivec, man this one is so pretty. That nighttime skybox in morrowind is unmatched. Honestly it’s been a while since I’ve played Morrowind, I did this as a custom piece- how did I do?