User blog comment:Draevan13/Why the Elder Scrolls ISN'T being dumbed down...much./@comment-5469467-20130407015416/@comment-5469467-20130408062741

I can understand that they wanted players to not be restricted by classes and having a skill system that levels what the layer uses, but I don't see why they couldn't use attributes as well. I doubt I'd call it "casualisation", but it's certainly suspicious enough to classify as "dumbing down". It's been something on an RPG staple to have attributes, and there's a certain joy to levelling them. I'd hope that they'll bring them back in a future game, but I somehow I don't see that happening.