I try and listen to as much as I can. The writing is great overall, and I enjoy the lore, and the humour.

There are times I miss or skip listening to dialogue due to "external" reasons, or am forced to skip.

I'll even return to some of the more static NPCs and interact with them just for the humour, etc.

I voted "all", but there's one I'll happily never hear again: Clan Mother Tadali of Southern Elsweyr. <shudders>

All of it the first time.

For NPCs like merchants and daily quest givers, I'll listen the first time for each unique dialogue and then I usually skip on subsequent visits. But not always.

On a new quest I listen to all of it more or less, on a repeating quest I usually skip, unless it's an NPC/dialogue that I like. For eg., I've heard Jester Queen Ayrenn's dialogue a lot of times without skipping because I really enjoy the voice acting.

That depends a lot on the NPC. Ayrenn, Emeric, Jorunn, Abnur Tharn and others with more famous voice actors usually get all my attention. It's nice to feel as if, say, Alfred Molina himself were chatting with me.

Edit: Just to clarify, the above paragraph refers only to listening to NPCs. I tend to read everything they say, except when it's from repeated dialogue.

In terms of overland I listen to every word so that is what I voted. In terms of group content, I skim it and half listen to what they're saying outside of direct conversation.

All of it, at least once, generally most of the time. I sometimes skip on daily quests or when buying materials but if I have time I love the voice acting.

I listen to Crows, Alfiq, Dragons, Stibbo(s) and Ardanir. 👀

Syldras wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

Normally it had been 100%, but since High Isle, I sometimes just skimmed the text and then clicked to continue because all the flirting annoyed and bored me, to be honest.

This pretty much. Though not specifically the flirting, more that I can barely stand the writing and dialogue any more.

Well, it's a mixture of both, I'd say. An excess of meaningless flirty chatter combined with the lack of interesting information. Plus all the repetitions. I really miss the writing of Morrowind, CWC and Summerset.

Whaaat, @Syldras , are you telling me you don't enjoy doing quests where many can be summarised to:

• Go talk to Steve.
• Steve tells you about a Thingy that might stop Plot. You should go to Someweyr and look.
• You arrive at Someweyr and meet Steve. You talk to steve. You both talk like parrots about the Thingy to stop Plot which is supposed to be found there at Someweyr.
• Oh no, Thingy was not there! Better talk to Steve again about Thingy to stop Plot which was not at Someweyr, it must be found elswhere! Good thing is, Steve just happened to find out where Thingy to stop Plot might be, the few seconds it took you to magically transport your Vestige self across the landscape in a blink. Thingy to stop Plot is in the possesion of Villainius in Thereville!
• Steve tells you now to go to Thereville and find Villainius to get the Thingy to stop Plot!
• Thereville, such mundane place, ah and there is Steve. He greets you all chummy and tells you to go look for Villainius and the Thingy to stop Plot. After a short event of talking with other people about Villainius, Thingy and the Plot, you discover that oh no Villainius is a bad guy and he has the Thingy! Who could've guessed! Steve is so shocked, you both gawk at eachother.
• After a little hmm and headtilting Steve knows what you shall do. You need to find clues about Villainius and how he plan to use Thingy-of-totally-obvious-use-by-now for obvious-Plot! Yes, you tell him you will find clues about Villainius and how he plan to use Thingy for Plot.
• At Villainius home you find the clues, which is a journal of his evil plans to do Bad-thing and a letter to his Henchman about using Thingy to do so. Which are lying neatly on his desk and nightstand.
• Steve arrives!
• Steve asks you if you have found out what Villainius is up to with the Thingy and Plot.
• You tell him about Villainius, the Thingy, the Plot which is to do Bad-thing, and that Henchman is going to use Thingy to do Bad-thing.
• Steve says you two need to stop Villainius and his Henchman from using Thingy to do Plot of Bad-thing! You agree that you need to stop Villainius and Henchman from using Thingy to do Bad-thing. Off you go.
• Shockinly to no one you stop Villainius' Henchman, but Villainius escaped!
• Steve thanks you and says you did a good job in stopping Villainius and his Henchman from using Thingy in their Plot to do Bad-thing, but that it's bad Villainius got away. But nevermind him! You shall now enjoy your hero party and see everyone from all the side quests you did.

Then dlc comes and you get a message from someone that tells you Steve wants to meet. Because it's time for Plot 2:Electric Boogaloo! Villainius was nowhere to be found until now and is up to a new Plot! Which is a total mystery and is obviously not a second go to do Bad-thing.

Insert npcs who does suggesting innuendos at your leisure. Also assign one dimensional trait to Steve. Can be flirty, quirky, bland or something else. But only one thing!

The first time I do the quest I listen to the dialogue.

After that on other characters I just either read through the text, faster than the quest giver is speaking or just keep skipping and follow the quest markers.

If I like the sound of the voice though I will be more likely to listen again.

Sorry, am part of the minority playing sound off.

I'm a lifelong lover of reading. I actually enjoy reading the dialogue.

But most of the VAs are kinda meh to me. The original main story voice cast is good, but after Orsinium I tend to just listen to music and mute the game audio.

Darkstorne wrote: »

All of it. I use an addon that reveals their text at pretty much the same speed they talk, to stop myself reading ahead

What addon is that, please ?