User blog comment:The Milkman/ElderScrollsOnline.com has Launched!/@comment-4113369-20121026134012/@comment-4113369-20121026155208

It's just pessimism, honestly. Turning TES into a (seemingly) typical MMO with skill bars and such, that doesn't bode well. There's also a good chance that a lot of pre-established lore will be retconned, and to a lore freak like me, that's almost never a good thing.