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Daxus Inferno wrote: Alright.

You can't fail

think this is massive evidence of dumbing down. Opinions? Imagine if Delphine dies on your way to Skyhaven Temple. Now you can't complete the main quest. Radiant A.I. makes it much harder to make sure everyone stays alive so you can progress forward if they could die. If Delphine, Serana, or any major character dies, you fail a quest because their A.I. got them killed, even if it's not your fault.

Little to no impact: Would you know exactly who everyone was in a time where cameras don't exist? Or where portraits and statues aren't made of you as soon as someone gains recognition? "He's a Nord, has scars and is blind in one eye" isn't very descriptive in Skyrim. There are many characters of each race within Skyrim and Oblivion. So how would you expect everyone to know who you are? You don't have a badge. People within the faction know who you are though. Dark Brotherhood members will always refer to you as the Listener, Companions will call you Harbringer (and some citizens of Whiterun), Imperial officers involved in the main quest will call you Legate. Why doesn't everybody know your name? Because your main role in that quest is a frontline soldier and you don't command any large force. A legate who is in charge of one of the Legions will be famous, but as you have no Legion to command, you won't be as famous among any soldiers. If you talk to some of the guards they even say "I've heard dark things about you" if you complete the Dark Brotherhood quest line. So you do seem to have an impact to some degree.

Yes, you still swear to Emporer Titus Mead III if you join the Legion after killing him, but until a new Emporer is crowned he is still considered th Emporer. Yes there is still some immersion break, but that doesn't mean it's dumber. It just means that the developers either forgot to script such an event, or they wouldn't expect a person playing as an assassin to join the Legion at all. You wouldn't build a frontline soldier character for the assasin line, so why would you use your assassin for frontline combat?