Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-11344160-20130802031609/@comment-11444045-20140121001826

So because destruction only has fire, ice, shocking as the only elements that means that class needs to be removed? LOL ok.

Restoration isn't really holy magick, there's no spell called "holy magick" as an element that attacks enemies like destruction OUTSIDE of dawnguard that added magick to combat vampires or similar undead.

Alteration school is not supposed to be offensive, that's the POINT. Read the quote on what alteration is. It's the manipulation of the physical world and natural propertise. It's why things like open locks, walking on water and water breathing makes sense. Because it's maniplating what you can do in the physical sense.

Mysticisim was not a vague school, Psijic Order were the first ones to create that school of magic before tamriel or mages even gave it a name. It's been around for so many years in TES it has lore. The point of Mysticism by definition which I said a few lines ago was  " The school of Mysticism can unravel the mysteries of the universe if properly applied. It can also tell you what is around the next corner, lying in wait for a hapless adventurer to wander by. Mysticism is one of the Schools of Magic. Mysticism was first developed by the Psijic Order, long before there was a name for it "

It wasn't confusing at all it made ALOT of sense of why Detect Life, Dispell, spell absorption, telekinesis, soul trap and reflect life was in that class. Any TES fans would agree with me on this. It was a terrible idea for Beth to remove the class. All it did was limit the magick school more the same thing you're telling us by removing Restoration/destruction school, change destruction to elementalism and place both into Alteration despite the fact it has 0 reason to be placed there. You can make a case for maybe Telekinesis and Soul Trap where they were put but detect life does not really belong in alteration cause it's not altering anything.

As far as why beth "dumbed it down" this i'm going to say was because they couldn't properly get it working in skyrim and they focused too much of there time with dragon shouts and dragons they ended up having the magick school suffer.

I'm talking in terms of what makes sense in the world of TES not real life world of synergy, while you may have some points i'll agree with that, it's just not suited for the The Elder Scrolls series as everything makes sense dating back to arena and before that in lore.