Taken as normal in ESO...Would be weird in real life.

carljokl · September 2016

What aspects of ESO that are taken for granted as being normal, would actually be really weird in real life?

anitajoneb17_ESO · September 2016

Well, lots of things, I'm not sure what you're referring to exactly.

Not sleeping, washing, going to the toilet, never feel hot or warm... but that's just "unrealistic", not "weird"...

carljokl · September 2016

I had thought about everyday clothing having levels.

Imagining shopping for clothes. "Why don't you try on that dress? It looks very stylish."

"Oh, unfortunately it is made of silk and I am not high enough level to wear silk apparel."

"Ok, I guess we are stuck with linen and cotton options."

Luigi_Vampa · September 2016

My legendary enchanted gear is broken, I should take it to the grocer to have it fixed.

Asardes · September 2016

Coming back to life seconds after you were stomped by a huge monster or you were even turned to a pile of ash/snow/goo, by some elemental/poison attack, after receiving the soul of another creature which was stored inside a shard of glass

carljokl · September 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Well, lots of things, I'm not sure what you're referring to exactly.

Not sleeping, washing, going to the toilet, never feel hot or warm... but that's just "unrealistic", not "weird"...

I did think of those kinds of things. They feature in other games like "The Sims" but I see there would be a danger that it would get tedious having to take time out to look after those things. It might still be acceptable for characters to be tired or hungry.

Sleeping worked in single player games because the time of the world only had to take into account one player. It could still be possible to have characters retire to sleep at a player house or inn when logging off to get a refreshed buff when they awake. It might even encourage players to take healthy breaks.

Going to the toilet has not featured in Elder Scrolls games that I know of. I have never even seen any outhouses or other facilities associated with it. I think I might have come across a bed pan as a lootable item though.

carljokl · September 2016

Typhoios wrote: »

My legendary enchanted gear is broken, I should take it to the grocer to have it fixed.

I have mixed feelings on this. On one side I think it would be a lot more realistic to only allow trained specialists to repair gear. At the same time I have a banker companion because it is really convenient.

This seems the common tradeoff: Realism vs Convenience.

FLL200C · September 2016

I always found it odd that I can break into a person's house, kill 1 of the 2 people in there, rob the place, the proceed to make myself a nice meat pie or cup of tea on the fire; and the only thing ever said to me is that I shouldn't be there

carljokl · September 2016

FLL200C wrote: »

I always found it odd that I can break into a person's house, kill 1 of the 2 people in there, rob the place, the proceed to make myself a nice meat pie or cup of tea on the fire; and the only thing ever said to me is that I shouldn't be there

Probably no more strange than the number of times I see an NPC happily going about their business while their own dead body from a previous version of themselves is lying lifeless on the ground. Shouldn't the body disappear when they respawn? Not that respawning happens in real life.

I also thought of how people run off then just disappear into thin air.

Nestor · September 2016

1. Standing around idle for hours or days at at time while logged out
2. Being attacked by mobs just about everywhere you go
3. Being attacked by most every animal in the world but the small cute ones
4. Drinking a potion and recovering all Health and attributes in seconds
5. Wearing nothing but armor all the time
6. Being able to carry tons of stuff
7. Cooking and Brewing with just a fire and no pots or pans or kettles or stills anywhere in sight
8. Deadra dropping from the sky
9. Pulling ore or wood out of the ground with just a couple of swings of an axe or pick that we never equip
10. Using Magic.
11. Being attacked with Magic
12. Interacting with Dreams
13. Rewriting History
14. Tussling with Gods
15. Something reappearing just moments after you kill them
16. Being killed and clearing your bounty like it's Groundhog Day
17. Swimming in Ice filled water and not getting a chill
18. Being able to hop around on Lava and not die, immediately

carljokl · September 2016

Potions are totally realistic:

Thelon · September 2016

Pulling a two-storey, 400 pound trebuchet out of my ass

Sigtric · September 2016

Getting my groceries by way of looting barrels and crates inside of tombs/crypts/dungeons/barrows/etc

ZOS_DaryaK · September 2016

Riding a giant panther. Could you imagine a cat putting up with that? A wolf or bear is nearly as unrealistic.

WhiteCoatSyndrome · September 2016

Paying money to have someone bite you.

Alucardo · September 2016

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

Paying money to have someone bite you.

Thanks for calling me weird

Alucardo · September 2016

Someone asks you a question, you stand there idle for 5 minutes before replying because of lag

carljokl · September 2016

Food found in abandoned places isn't spoiled and the torches and candles never burn out.

Alucardo · September 2016

Massacring whole villagers for their blood so you can make that new armor you always wanted.

Mojmir · September 2016

opening a door but there's a load in screen, not being able to jump or climb over a damn fence/wall shorter than your character. A fall from 4-5 feet instantly kills you because the game decided your not supposed to go that way.

Alucardo · September 2016

You walk into a coffee shop and go to talk to the person behind the counter, but your targeting is slightly off and you accidentally steal a granola bar sitting next to him. The police run in and kill you, then take the granola bar off you as you run around as a ghost for 10 seconds.

carljokl · September 2016

If you hang around long enough the person you defeated re-appears so you can fight them again.

ZOS_CoriJ · September 2016

Alucardo wrote: »

You walk into a coffee shop and go to talk to the person behind the counter, but your targeting is slightly off and you accidentally steal a granola bar sitting next to him. The police run in and kill you, then take the granola bar off you as you run around as a ghost for 10 seconds.

When you come to the store again the shop keep greets you with the same friendly response as if you weren't brutally murdered and stealing just before. Maybe even minutes before.

Whatever. Clean record now.

WhiteCoatSyndrome · September 2016

carljokl wrote: »

Food found in abandoned places isn't spoiled and the torches and candles never burn out.

I still wonder why all those Daedra seem to have so many Acai berries in crates. Do they have a use in some dark ritual? Maybe the Xivkyn are extremely health-conscious?

RAGUNAnoOne · September 2016

ZOS_DaryaK wrote: »

Riding a giant panther. Could you imagine a cat putting up with that? A wolf or bear is nearly as unrealistic.

@ZOS_DaryaK What about the Zombie horse?

NordSwordnBoard · September 2016

Everybody is right-handed

RAGUNAnoOne · September 2016

NordSwordnBoard wrote: »

Everybody is right-handed

I guess I don't belong in the ESO universe then...

SturgeHammer · September 2016

A race of Lizard People control the universe, just like real life. What's weird about that?

Zaldan · September 2016

Thelon wrote: »

Pulling a two-storey, 400 pound trebuchet out of my ass

repeatably

leetacakesb16_ESO · September 2016

Eating a five course (purple) meal in the middle of battle that you have pulled out from your behind.

Ilsabet · September 2016

This.