Concerns about Lore SPOILERS

Valmond

Meat Mandate is old fashioned now? (according to the new Silvenar).
Since when did that get repealed or become optional?

One bosmer gets killed for picking up a flower, another is threatened with physical punishment for eating a potato (no evidence, he walks), Salad Eater is an insult.

Yet i have found a book detailing a wood elf recipe, that involves chopped onions.
And now i am faced with a bunch of Bosmer, official military no less, who are planning to burn down a whole village of trees.

Just how tightly is the lore of the quests vetted before they get put in the game?
Now, i am not a huge lore buff, and my fandom of the genre is largely based on Morrowind (got bored with Oblivion, bought Skyrim just recently and get sidetracked with exploring so never finished main quest).
And i understand that, as it is property of Bethesda, they are free to change lore whenever they want.

But i still keep wondering if the lore has been changed by choice, if the quest writers themselves are not all that familiar with lore, or if i have somehow misunderstood the lore that exists.

Also, Bosmer having been shapeshifters before green pact, is that new thing or had i just missed it?

Censorious

Look, it's a made up story. It's just something to hang the game on. Nobody gives a tinker's curse about whether it makes any sense or has any continuity.

Of course - we might pretend it matters - if it allows us to sell you a plastic statue and a tin box for $40. In fact we're planning a convention next year wanna come? (only $150 entrance fee and you get a free T-shirt)

Valmond

Censorious wrote: »

Look, it's a made up story. It's just something to hang the game on. Nobody gives a tinker's curse about whether it makes any sense or has any continuity.

I care.
If i did not, i would not have made this post.

fougerec99b16_ESO

Censorious wrote: »

Look, it's a made up story. It's just something to hang the game on. Nobody gives a tinker's curse about whether it makes any sense or has any continuity.

If you're just here to play the newest MMO then no, it's not a big deal. To the multitude of Elder Scrolls fans who came to the game because of the name, the Lore does matter quite a bit. When many fantasy settings are the same, it's the Lore that differentiates them and that's what fans enjoy.

kijima

Censorious wrote: »

Look, it's a made up story. It's just something to hang the game on. Nobody gives a tinker's curse about whether it makes any sense or has any continuity.

The correct phrase is 'Tinkers Cuss' so, yes you are right no one does give a Tinkers Curse.

However, as to lore, there are plenty of people here that do care for it. Perhaps you might want to curb your blanket statements as your thoughts are not shared by everyone else.

The story, is very important to me. It might pay to have some respect for other forum users and players of the game.

Censorious

kijima wrote: »

The correct phrase is 'Tinkers Cuss' so, yes you are right no one does give a Tinkers Curse.

It's 'Tinkers Curse'. It has been since Chaucer. The fact that Americans like to 'simplify' English spellings doesn't give them the right to claim ownership of the language.

Rosveen

Valmond wrote: »

Also, Bosmer having been shapeshifters before green pact, is that new thing or had i just missed it?

Not a new thing. Read the Khajiit creation myth, Words of Clan Mother Ahnissi.

I haven't advanced that far in AD, so I don't have an opinion about it. However, the Bosmer lore I've seen so far has been quite good, so I believe there might be an explanation for this situation. I'll have to see for myself. At this point everything's possible, I mean there are alit running around Khenarti's Roost and the guy who chased a flower-eating Khajiit said the Green Pact was made with Hircine...

nicholaspingasb16_ESO

Censorious wrote: »

Look, it's a made up story. It's just something to hang the game on. Nobody gives a tinker's curse about whether it makes any sense or has any continuity.

Of course - we might pretend it matters - if it allows us to sell you a plastic statue and a tin box for $40. In fact we're planning a convention next year wanna come? (only $150 entrance fee and you get a free T-shirt)

Errrrrm, actually, quite a few people care.