The Elder Scrolls XVI: Sworn to Carry Your Burdens

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Other nice mobility options: Blink. It's such a fun mod already, but having it be in vanilla would be awesome.

I haven't used that mod, what does it do?

Re: other options, the old Might and Magic games had a 'Jump' spell, and now that I look it seems Morrowind did too. Might be useful to cross wide gaps, since I doubt we'll have Whirlwind Sprint in Elder Scrolls 6 without mods.

[Triaxx]

Psijic Teleport Spells. The Oldrim Version works better, with it's Power: Blink. It didn't make the transition to the new one.

[Vinyadan]

There's a Skyrim mod that adds a spell where you aim at a point and you teleport there. It's very cool.

[Jlerpy]

There's a Skyrim mod that adds a spell where you aim at a point and you teleport there. It's very cool.

Wow, I remember that being a thing back in the Quake mod days. Nice to see some traditions live on.

[Triaxx]

Yup that's what Blink does. You can do some fancy things with it. Jump off a high place and look at the ground then instantly be there without falling to your death. Jump up to some of the backdoors in dungeons. Wanted in the hold? Blip to the rooftops.

In combat it'll even turn you 180 when used so you can be instantly behind an enemy.

[Jlerpy]

That's slick.

[Triaxx]

Yup also includes a version powered by stamina for the Warrior Types, and it's ultimate spell is a mana costing teleport that let's you jump between cities via an in game map. But it's so expensive you might have to make multiple jumps.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Yup that's what Blink does. You can do some fancy things with it. Jump off a high place and look at the ground then instantly be there without falling to your death. Jump up to some of the backdoors in dungeons. Wanted in the hold? Blip to the rooftops.

In combat it'll even turn you 180 when used so you can be instantly behind an enemy.

Okay I'm going to second wanting a spell like that, that sounds awesome.

Yup also includes a version powered by stamina for the Warrior Types, and it's ultimate spell is a mana costing teleport that let's you jump between cities via an in game map. But it's so expensive you might have to make multiple jumps.

The old M&M games had Town Portal that was similar: when you first got the spell it would take you to the nearest town whose central fountain you'd visited, and with more skill in that magic type you could pick any central fountain you'd been to before.

That reminds me; I wouldn't mind if they brought back the Divine Intervention spells too. I'd prefer Mark and Recall if I had to choose between the two, but anything that makes the slow tedious trudge back to town a little faster would be a plus.

[Caelestion]

Of course, the Athletics skill was also dropped for a reason.

Yes, but if you're going to make an actual game feature which involves scaling the architecture, then bringing back at least one of the mobility skills only stands to reason.

[LibraryOgre]

I'm gonna be starting Oblivion, maybe soonish, and I know that I am going to miss the FUN of navigating by fast-travel systems. Sure, point-based fast travel is EASIER, but "I have to get to Maar Gan by teleporting to Sadrith Mora, then to Molag Mar, then taking a silt strider to Suran, then to Balmora, then to Maar Gan"... it felt like travel that took time.

[Keltest]

I'm gonna be starting Oblivion, maybe soonish, and I know that I am going to miss the FUN of navigating by fast-travel systems. Sure, point-based fast travel is EASIER, but "I have to get to Maar Gan by teleporting to Sadrith Mora, then to Molag Mar, then taking a silt strider to Suran, then to Balmora, then to Maar Gan"... it felt like travel that took time.

I'm like 97% sure there's a mod for that

[Triaxx]

I'll recommend my mod. Rabbit Holes. Basically a network of Aylied Columns in various parts of Cyrodiil. Can get from Leyawiin to Anvil in four minutes if you know the path. Spent a weekend on it and came away with new respect both for modders and Bethesda Devs.

[Caelestion]

I'm gonna be starting Oblivion, maybe soonish, and I know that I am going to miss the FUN of navigating by fast-travel systems. Sure, point-based fast travel is EASIER, but "I have to get to Maar Gan by teleporting to Sadrith Mora, then to Molag Mar, then taking a silt strider to Suran, then to Balmora, then to Maar Gan"... it felt like travel that took time.

I'll recommend Arthmoor's classic mod, Cyrodiil Travel Services, which includes Mages Guild guides, travel agents at the city stables and even Mark & Recall.

[Jlerpy]

I do still like the idea of Divine and Almsivi Intervention, although I do remember always being in the dark as to where I would actually GO when I cast them.

Perhaps a compromise between that and full fast travel might be to allow you to cast one of those spells and fast travel, but only to an appropriate shrine for the spell you cast.

[factotum]

I do still like the idea of Divine and Almsivi Intervention, although I do remember always being in the dark as to where I would actually GO when I cast them.

Well, in principle it was pretty easy--Divine would take you to the nearest Imperial temple, while Almsivi would do the same but for the nearest Tribunal temple. The difficult bit was generally in figuring out which of those would be closest, although I suppose the game developers probably actually intended those as last resort "I'm about to die, get me out of this dungeon to somewhere I can heal" spells rather than as part of a fast travel system.

[Triaxx]

Or when the game decides you are 1.5 pixels closer to that temple halfway across the island than the one ten feet up the road you just left.

[Balmas]

Well, in principle it was pretty easy--Divine would take you to the nearest Imperial temple, while Almsivi would do the same but for the nearest Tribunal temple. The difficult bit was generally in figuring out which of those would be closest, although I suppose the game developers probably actually intended those as last resort "I'm about to die, get me out of this dungeon to somewhere I can heal" spells rather than as part of a fast travel system.

It also doesn't help that the spell is based on which area of the map you're in, rather than on proximity.

Spoiler: EG, Almsivi Intervention map:

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[veti]

So, there's a mod I really, really want for Skyrim. Having thought of it, it seems such an obvious idea that I can't believe nobody's thought of it before - but I can't find it. Does anyone know if it exists?

What it does: presents an MCM menu that allows you to toggle base game quests off. For instance, you could toggle off 'A Daedra's Best Friend', and the guard and the blacksmith at Falkreath would never talk about that damn' dog, and the quest would just never start. Or if you toggle off 'Break of Dawn', that blasted beacon would never spawn. Or with 'Blood on the Ice', could simply delete the killer from the game and we could assume someone else caught him. Or - oh, you get the picture.

Most especially, I want to be able to remove (basically) all the daedric quests. There's not a one of them that's worth the time, yet they thrust themselves on my notice in ways that are hard to ignore without shattering immersion.

I know 'Timing is Everything' allows you to do some of this, kinda - but not completely, you can only delay quests, not remove them entirely, and only a small selection at that. Is there anything else?

[Kareeah_Indaga]

So, there's a mod I really, really want for Skyrim. Having thought of it, it seems such an obvious idea that I can't believe nobody's thought of it before - but I can't find it. Does anyone know if it exists?

What it does: presents an MCM menu that allows you to toggle base game quests off. For instance, you could toggle off 'A Daedra's Best Friend', and the guard and the blacksmith at Falkreath would never talk about that damn' dog, and the quest would just never start. Or if you toggle off 'Break of Dawn', that blasted beacon would never spawn. Or with 'Blood on the Ice', could simply delete the killer from the game and we could assume someone else caught him. Or - oh, you get the picture.

Most especially, I want to be able to remove (basically) all the daedric quests. There's not a one of them that's worth the time, yet they thrust themselves on my notice in ways that are hard to ignore without shattering immersion.

I know 'Timing is Everything' allows you to do some of this, kinda - but not completely, you can only delay quests, not remove them entirely, and only a small selection at that. Is there anything else?

My first thought was to just use the console to set the stage for the unwanted quests to complete/post-completion stages. That wouldn’t have the nice simple UI you want though.

[veti]

My first thought was to just use the console to set the stage for the unwanted quests to complete/post-completion stages. That wouldn’t have the nice simple UI you want though.

Yeah, I've been doing that - but it's a drag, you have to look up the stages for each quest, and think about any other variables (e.g. characters who should be alive/dead).

I'd be happy to write the mod myself, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to make an MCM in Special Edition - the only relevant code/tutorials I can find are for Oldrim, which is quite different in this respect.

[LibraryOgre]

Took a walk today. Had to resist the urge to pick flowers in case they had alchemical properties. I may be playing too much Morrowind.

[Fyraltari]

Took a walk today. Had to resist the urge to pick flowers in case they had alchemical properties. I may be playing too much Morrowind.

Why walk when you can ride?

[veti]

Took a walk today. Had to resist the urge to pick flowers in case they had alchemical properties. I may be playing too much Morrowind.

Did you get the urge to shoot every bird you saw?

[LibraryOgre]

Why walk when you can ride?

Excellent response. I walk because I am fatter than the game will let you be.

[Vinyadan]

Did you get the urge to shoot every bird you saw?

More importantly, did the birds feel the urge to attack you?

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Excellent response. I walk because I am fatter than the game will let you be.

I recommend one of those under-the-desk bike things. They let you exercise and browse the internet at the same time, and they don’t take as much space as the standing kind. They’re also useful when the weather is too cold/wet/otherwise unpleasant to go outside.

[LibraryOgre]

I recommend one of those under-the-desk bike things. They let you exercise and browse the internet at the same time, and they don’t take as much space as the standing kind. They’re also useful when the weather is too cold/wet/otherwise unpleasant to go outside.

A few years ago, we bought a cheap, stationary, recumbent bike. All the electronics are gone, and the seat's a bit wonky, but the pedals go spinny, and so it's my fallback exercise for "Today has been long and I am sick of its ****."

[veti]

My new conspiracy theory /headcanon: Vigilant Tyranus is, in fact, Molag Bal. He forces the Dragonborn to kill him so that the DB is already morally compromised before picking up the mace.

Evidence - mainly, the way he accosts the DB, and tries to manipulate her, of all people, into accompanying him in his "investigation". Real Vigilants, we know, travel with at least one partner, so they don't have to beg help from random civilians.

Clue: his name. What better pseudonym could Bal pick than "tyrant"?

[Lord Raziere]

I've recently got a utility that can ESL-flag mods that can be easily, which has allowed me ESL-flag like 50 mods in a few clicks so I can get more. a great addition to my tools to mod Skyrim SE, as I didn't want to do the hard work myself.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

My new conspiracy theory /headcanon: Vigilant Tyranus is, in fact, Molag Bal. He forces the Dragonborn to kill him so that the DB is already morally compromised before picking up the mace.

Evidence - mainly, the way he accosts the DB, and tries to manipulate her, of all people, into accompanying him in his "investigation". Real Vigilants, we know, travel with at least one partner, so they don't have to beg help from random civilians.

Clue: his name. What better pseudonym could Bal pick than "tyrant"?

I like this theory!