User blog comment:Draevan13/Why the Elder Scrolls ISN'T being dumbed down...much./@comment-173.189.226.12-20130407044132/@comment-1600847-20130408021234

That's an... odd... argument. If you don't like spellmaking because it's too "spreadsheet", just don't use it. Nothing forces you to use spellmaking. But instead people who actually want to use it have no choice because it's gone. I hope they bring it back in a DLC or the next TES. As it is, the Mage classes are severely restricted.

I'm sure Bethesda's going to remove enchanting next, since it's almost exactly like spellmaking was in Oblivion. And that's gonna suck.