The insanely steep Bridges of Tamriel

ArchMikem

Was the Khajiit that designed this bridge trained?



Because this thing must be the owner of many an elder Khahiiti's broken bones, and I'd love to see someone pull a cart over that thing. I get the aesthetic and architectural purpose behind these arched bridges that you find all over Tamriel, but just why to such an extreme extent? It's horribly impractical. The ends of these bridges need to be much more gradually sloped to enable easy crossing.

Radinyn

Khajiits are stronger than you, week hooman.

Lysette

Just google "step bridge" on google image and have a look at some of the insanely steep bridges in the real world, you will be surprised.

Dottzgaming

Gotta strengthen those quads and hip flexors :^)

Jolipinator

She would land firmly on her feet.

Sharee

ArchMikem wrote: »

Was the Khajiit that designed this bridge trained?

Yep, in Japan:

geonsocal

Sharee wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

Was the Khajiit that designed this bridge trained?

Yep, in Japan:

holy cow, that looks scary as hell...wtf?!?

raj72616a

idk

Worry no more. The bridge and all of Tamriel do not exist in the real world therefore no one, man, mer, or beast, has broken any bones or or tried to pull an actual cart over that bridge.

Glad I could help.

WreckfulAbandon

In Ancient Rome the highways were designed to go to the destination as directly as possible, which often meant some very steep inclines. And as someone else said, there are plenty of steep bridges in the modern world. It's a good workout for your Khajiit.

xan4silkb14_ESO

Sharee wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

Was the Khajiit that designed this bridge trained?

Yep, in Japan:

The perspective is skewed. It's still pretty steep, but not as steep as portrayed in this image.

swippy

didn't the Khajiit mommy god (i can't remember the name) say that Khajiit were made to be the best climbers? (along with being the cleverest and most beautiful)

SlippyCheeze

Radinyn wrote: »

Khajiits are stronger than you, week hooman.

I'm just entertained that someone is concerned about a kitty falling.

Recremen

Physics in Tamriel don't work the same as irl, nothing to worry about. This is an interesting observation, but honestly I've been on bridges even steeper at the base, even seen some elderly walk around them.

Sordidfairytale

Sharee wrote: »

raj72616a wrote: »

The approach embankment of both of these bridges is far more gradual than the example from the OP.

yurimodin

its so the boats can go underneath.....

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

Is it a bridge or a ladder? Both?

Oreyn_Bearclaw

Not worried about the Khajiits as they are graceful creatures, but I could see many drunk Nords in the ER because of this.

Krayl

ESO plus subscribers get properly graded bridges. Maybe you should stop being so stingy, and subscribe?

Ackwalan

The funny part is, my horse can run across that bridge without a problem, but still get stuck on a blade of grass.

asuitandtyb14_ESO

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

Is it a bridge or a ladder? Both?

That there be in the Tea Garden, in San Francisco. I visit every weekend.

ArchMikem

Krayl wrote: »

ESO plus subscribers get properly graded bridges. Maybe you should stop being so stingy, and subscribe?

ZOS has been thoroughly in my wallet for a while now and my characters are still doing insane cardio just to cross rivers.

yurimodin

Krayl wrote: »

ESO plus subscribers get properly graded bridges. Maybe you should stop being so stingy, and subscribe?

Emathides

That bridge in Japan is terrifying...what if that gets backed up and you are stuck in stop/start traffic on it? No, just no.

Waffennacht

Sharee wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

Was the Khajiit that designed this bridge trained?

Yep, in Japan:

Look at how level the white car coming at us is.

That's how you know it's not that steep.

It's insanely long though.

And bring up there would still cause me to #$&+ a brick

Taleof2Cities

This one has never noticed the steepness of the bridges in Reaper’s March and Elsweyr.

Khajiit only notices the jingling of traveler’s pockets crossing the bridges ...

Lysette

Waffennacht wrote: »

Sharee wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

Was the Khajiit that designed this bridge trained?

Yep, in Japan:

Look at how level the white car coming at us is.

That's how you know it's not that steep.

It's insanely long though.

And bring up there would still cause me to #$&+ a brick

Yeah, it is not really that steep, but taken with a tele-objective, which distorts the perspective - still, it is a steep bridge. This tele-objective distortion can as well often be seen in videos, where the insane approach to certain airports in cross winds is shown, like to Kai Tak in Hongkong or Santiago in Chile - depending on the perspective the runway appears more or less steep, even it is nearly totally leveled.

Sordidfairytale

When viewed from a different angle the bridge is no longer as dangerous as one might think.

dtsharples

The stairs in Cyrodiil are equally as dumb.
If you run down them mounted, you just kinda miss most of the stairs and land in a heap at the bottom missing half of your HP.

Lysette

dtsharples wrote: »

The stairs in Cyrodiil are equally as dumb.
If you run down them mounted, you just kinda miss most of the stairs and land in a heap at the bottom missing half of your HP.

Just do it slowly - if you run down with your horse in overdrive, you shouldn't wonder when you and your mount get hurt.

ArchMikem

Lysette wrote: »

dtsharples wrote: »

The stairs in Cyrodiil are equally as dumb.
If you run down them mounted, you just kinda miss most of the stairs and land in a heap at the bottom missing half of your HP.

Just do it slowly - if you run down with your horse in overdrive, you shouldn't wonder if you and your mount get hurt.

Momentum and the Laws of Motion at work.