User blog comment:The Milkman/To Build a Guild/@comment-3202167-20120904070115/@comment-3492791-20120905080431

I do miss [Fire damage on Self]. How I long for the Hood of incereration. I loved being halfway across Cyrodiil and seeing "[blank] in unconsisous" or walking into a room and seeing everyone having idle conversation with the man on fire.

Come to think of it. There was a massive drop in spell varity from Oblivion to Skyrim. There is basicly only 1-2 spells in each catagory (novice-master) for every school. It became horribly noticable when I took to conjuration. In Oblivion there were so many kinds of daerea you could summon, various ghosts, skeletons, etc. Skyrim only has 5 real conjuration spells. Flame, Frost, Shock, Dremora, and Dead. Oblivion let you conjure entire sets or armor and weapons. Skyrim gives you a sword, and battleaxe, and a bow. I also miss the "pure magic" from destruction of just damage health. Not being an elemental. And god do I miss spellsmithing. I loved my 1 fire damage in 100 feet spell. It launched dead bodies onto the next plane.

I don't remember Morriowind well enough to comment on the jump in spells to Oblivion, but come on. Fucking levitation!

This subject alone also seems blog worthy. Too bad I can't remember Oblivion well enough to make a detailed comparison.