Who is constructing our houses? Many flaws that need corrected.

katanagirl1

The problem isn’t that there are imperfections added to the game for realism for the time period, it’s just that the imperfections are often so grossly exaggerated to the point of ugliness. The walls in the Elsweyr houses just look disgusting. You have to find ways to cover them up. Sure, some very unfortunate people probably lived in conditions like that in a medieval time period but it looks unhealthy to us and is a real turn-off.

Even some base game areas look like this too. I do my daily crafting run around Riften every day, I start at the crafting hall, pick up the equipment writs first, ride through the center of town and pick up the consumables writs, then back to the crafting hall. As I head back to the crafting hall I can see that the sections of stone paving have corners that don’t meet for the center circular section in more than one place, and some sections are buckled up at an angle. I guess that is supposed to be realistic but it is immersion-breaking for me. I agree there would be imperfections but they should not be so obvious when riding on your mount. They didn’t have micrometers and calipers back then but any good craftsman would have more attention to detail at least on a superficial level.

Soarora

katanagirl1 wrote: »

They didn’t have micrometers and calipers back then but any good craftsman would have more attention to detail at least on a superficial level.

Actually, on this note, I want to also mention that technology in elder scrolls is actually moving backwards. Construction in our current era and older would probably have better tools than construction in third era and beyond. Dwemer probably did have micrometers and calipers, maybe the Ayleids as well. Again, not all construction teams would be able to have such tools if they’re rare but more (in-lore) expensive & older buildings might’ve had more well-equipped construction teams.

Elvenheart

Soarora wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

They didn’t have micrometers and calipers back then but any good craftsman would have more attention to detail at least on a superficial level.

Actually, on this note, I want to also mention that technology in elder scrolls is actually moving backwards. Construction in our current era and older would probably have better tools than construction in third era and beyond. Dwemer probably did have micrometers and calipers, maybe the Ayleids as well. Again, not all construction teams would be able to have such tools if they’re rare but more (in-lore) expensive & older buildings might’ve had more well-equipped construction teams.

This inspired me to say…

Welcome to the next expansion (content pass) - The Age of the Dwemer! In the first half of the year, you uncover a mysterious Dwemer plan with many parts that have to be collected in all of the older zones. Assembling the mysterious machine is a community effort that takes six months and reveals a marvelous, mechanical portal device that when activated with enough vitrified oil opens a portal to the past when the Dwemer were at the height of their scientific and mechanical marvels. And this part of the expansion will come with a new class that everyone, err, @tomofhyrule and others I’m sure wants, the Artificer! And once we go back in time, it is revealed that a knowledgeable Dwemer created this device and set it to purposely bring heroes from the future back to the past in their greatest time of need, a war, right before the Dwemer vanished from the face of Nirn. Wait, isn’t this similar to what happened in the most recent Indiana Jones movie?

BardokRedSnow

The only thing that really bothers me is the doorknob thing i guess but yea overall its a small issue, honestly I think the houses for the most part are stellar, my issue has always been item space available, it doesnt seem like enough for how much the houses cost.