User blog comment:JediSpectre117/Two more Skyrim DLCs to come./@comment-5046408-20121214132604/@comment-5046408-20121215160956

@Joker: Well, I don't know...sounds like post-main-quest Fable III to me XD

But yeah, I'm not too hot on the idea of the player character becoming the High King. In addition to potentially being the leader of the Thieves Guild and/or Listener of the Dark Brotherhood and/or basically selling their souls to all 16 Daedric Princes and/or being a total jerk bag in general, I doubt Bethesda could pull the resources to pull of a system of personally governing ALL aspects of Skyrim without breaking the already-massive game (especially with Dawnguard and Dragonborn installed) and with more control and story/game-impacting actions beyond speaking to your advisor and choosing between...


 * Collect Tax (once a day 1,000-10,000 gold)


 * Send Forces Against Legion(and/or Thalmor)/Stormcloaks (depending on Civil War Questline outcome; follow a squadron of your team as they attack opposing forces at a radiant location)


 * Call For a Bard/Dancer

Which is almost exactly what Shivering Isles was like. In other words: we're not going to be able to pass laws like "all townspeople should wear green on Morndas!" or "the 17th of Last Seed is now Stab-a-Thalmor day!" and no, we definitely won't be able to cede from the Empire so Talos Worship is allowed or order the execution of all Thalmor or a specific individual or ESPECIALLY forge alliances/declare wars with the other provinces, as those last three effect half the story of the game and plenty of quests/sidequests which will ultimately cause a myriad of potentially game-breaking glitches.

And most likely we wouldn't be able to place bounties on specific people and deal with crime rings or protect ourselves from Assassination attempts. All that to say, even if we WERE able to be High King in a DLC, odds are it wouldn't be interesting at all aside from free gold every day. No game-changing events would occur and radiant quests would be as generic as they have been, let alone the plot conflicts if your character has even the slightest hint of evil disposition.

I'd be fine with just playing a part in electing the next High King and see how THEIR scripted actions effect the land.