User blog comment:Draevan13/Why the Elder Scrolls ISN'T being dumbed down...much./@comment-173.189.226.12-20130407044132/@comment-149.150.237.236-20130408184305

@Draevan13

I feel like the removal of spellmaking contributes to the whole "anti-magic" feel of Skyrim though. It treats magic as a lost art, as if a lot of the knowledge that mages had were dissolved with the Mage's Guild. Let's also not forget that the College has been disassociated from the Arcane University, so they may have never had it, nor would they have many people who knew how to make spells because not may people migrate to Skyrim because of the Great War, Civil War, Dragons, cold weather, etc.

While I liked creating spells, I feel as if the removal of spell making makes it feel like a lost art, and compatible with established lore. It would be cool if they added something where you could go a little past the border of Skyrim to find Frostcrag Spire and rediscover the lost  knowledge. Maybe as a quest for the College, so they could get their own altar of spellmaking