User blog comment:Volknur/If you could make a TES game, what features would be in it?/@comment-5280592-20120718024755

After going back to Skyrim from some other games I was a bit disapointed with combat. One mainthing I'd add is wrestling like in Dwarf Fort. If you have a free hand you can do more than punch with it. Grab an arm or see if you can disarms them, or for theives just grab their coinpurse and rip it off. If you're lucky you can even grab their throat can choke them to death. For non-lethal combat you can kick them in the kneecaps so they can't chase you down,break an arm so they can't hurt you, or hit them in the stomach so they can't fight right.

Next would be the armor changes. With high enough smithing you can make a piece of volcanic glass better than an entire set of iron armor. And if a crab pinces you in the leg it's reduced the same as a trained nordic soldier no matter where he hits. After that would be attack types. slashing at the head of a civilian farmer should most likely kill him. Slashing through waves of Imperial soldiers with a giant axe shouldn't make them look like they slipped on something, some of they smould atleast block it. I don't know how this would work yet but i kind of want throwing weapons. Specific weapons for throwing as well as ordinary weapons. All weapons shouldn't alwasys land pointy end in, there should be soem kind of variation. A thrown knife could stab, slash, or just hit with the hilt.

For archery I'd kind of want a more in depth target. A shot from a wooden longbow with an iron arrow to someone wearing iron armor should be inneffective againts someone compared to a shot from a dragonbone bow with dragonbone arrows on the same target. I'm also thinking about using the arrows that stick out of people for something to grip and get more hits in. Then if the arrow is still intact use it as a makeshift knife to cut up the next guy. I also want crossbow's to be a more effective melee weapon. An enhanced dwarven crossbow weighs more than a daedric mace. It has a preety good potential to break someone's bones if they get close. It should also be able to disarm people.

Then for close range battle's there should be some kind of option to charge through the guy and take on the next few guys in the group if you get surrounded. Also enemies should be able to stop you if they get behind you.