Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.61.178.23-20130722105712/@comment-202.156.8.15-20131125123323

I dunno if anyone said this earlier, but it yes, then a reiteration...

I think maybe the Daedric princes should not just talk to you from the shrine, but physically manifest and talk to you at the shrines. As in, they are like normal NPCs, just that they are essential (the only essential NPCs actually). Also, if you run into them, they will tell you to be careful, if you try to desecrate their shrine they will tell you to stop, if you assault them, they will fight back etc.

Rather than just issuing commands, the DPs can be given personalities and character traits, for example, Mehrunes Dagon will smash stuff when he's angry, Namira will express delight in decaying stuff, Hircine will complement you if you transform in front of him, Meridia expressing disapproval if the player is a Vampire, Molag licking his lips at female players/NPCs while talking about Daughters of Coldharbor etc. It makes it more worthwhile to actually talk to the DPs and do quests for them like that as they now have some measure of personality

This can make them seem more amiable and actually make the player feel like they are helping someone and doing quests worth doing(mainly cause the Daedric Artifacts in the games are vanity items, so the quests are actually time wasting, to an extent). This makes doing daedric quests less of a "I am doing this for the sake of it" kind of thing and more of a "Hey, I helped someone" type of thing.

Also, there should be repeatable quests for all the DPs to gain favour, but they give little reward (like the favour gained is little, not much). Here are some examples:

Blow something up for Mehrunes Dagon.

Beat someone up for Molag Bal and dominate them

Infect someone for Peryite

Kill some undead for Meridia

Steal stuff for Nocturnal

Make a couple divorce for Mephala

Hunt some very difficult prey for Hircine

I won't say they are great ideas for repeatable quests (they are just examples), but then, keep the ideas flowing, everyone!