User blog comment:NukaQuantum/IGN Article: Five Changes from Oblivion to Skyrim/@comment-1915112-20110426234336

um... so if the strength attribute is out, how does the game differentiate who is stronger than who? some attributes that they have decided to remove actually have a point! how are they going to differentiate between a Nord and an Argonian statwise (one has high strength in the old games, the other has extremely high endurance) if strength and endurance are rolled up together into stamina?

skills and perks could dictate damage, so strength modifiers could carry over into skills, but how are they going to dictate things like carry weight, with perks? it doesn't make sense for a Nord and a Bosmer to be able to carry the same amount of crap, for example.

hmmmm, I REALLY hope they know what they are doing