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Worst case Mojang changes the name of an unreleased game (that I hadn't heard about until now). Bethseda on the other hand looks to be trying to beat up on the

by parfe 15y ago

Worst case Mojang changes the name of an unreleased game (that I hadn't heard about until now). Bethseda on the other hand looks to be trying to beat up on the little guy. After Oblivian's "Too bad you leveled wrong. No stat points for you." character system, the next elder scrolls already lacked appeal. This case certainly won't help.

dkersten 15y ago
"Too bad you leveled wrong. No stat points for you." Meh, leveling was pointless anyway because when you leveled up, so did the enemy. I hear the next game is keeping this mechanic, so its lost its appeal to me too. Regarding this case: I have never ever heard of the elder scrolls games referred to as scrolls. Its either The Elder Scrolls or its Oblivion or Morrowind or whatever.
- parfe 15y ago
  >Meh, leveling was pointless anyway because when you leveled up, so did the enemy. Yes, but if you didn't also increase other skills you would only get +2 or +3s for your stats rather than the max of +5s to three stat groups. So the enemy hits lvl 20 just like you do, but you are much weaker as you've inefficiency leveled.
  - eavc 15y ago
    Which meant that unless you optimized your progress, leveling was counter-productive. Enter the difficulty slider. Both mechanics made the game silly to me in later stages, and I never finished.
TheCapn 15y ago
"Worst case Mojang changes the name of an unreleased game (that I hadn't heard about until now)." I disagree. Worst case is both companies are out $X because legal departments collect their fees post-court for a no good reason. Mojang is essentially playing a game of chicken at this point. They're calling Bethseda's bluff that they're not serious about pursuing the case but the longer it goes like this the more they risk losing in lawyer fees. I see Mojang backing down last minute because after-all, your statement really is true in the sense that they might have to alter an unreleased game's name... s/scrolls/$something_else/g

by parfe 15y ago

dkersten 15y ago

"Too bad you leveled wrong. No stat points for you." Meh, leveling was pointless anyway because when you leveled up, so did the enemy. I hear the next game is keeping this mechanic, so its lost its appeal to me too. Regarding this case: I have never ever heard of the elder scrolls games referred to as scrolls. Its either The Elder Scrolls or its Oblivion or Morrowind or whatever.

parfe 15y ago
>Meh, leveling was pointless anyway because when you leveled up, so did the enemy. Yes, but if you didn't also increase other skills you would only get +2 or +3s for your stats rather than the max of +5s to three stat groups. So the enemy hits lvl 20 just like you do, but you are much weaker as you've inefficiency leveled.
- eavc 15y ago
  Which meant that unless you optimized your progress, leveling was counter-productive. Enter the difficulty slider. Both mechanics made the game silly to me in later stages, and I never finished.

TheCapn 15y ago

"Worst case Mojang changes the name of an unreleased game (that I hadn't heard about until now)." I disagree. Worst case is both companies are out $X because legal departments collect their fees post-court for a no good reason. Mojang is essentially playing a game of chicken at this point. They're calling Bethseda's bluff that they're not serious about pursuing the case but the longer it goes like this the more they risk losing in lawyer fees. I see Mojang backing down last minute because after-all, your statement really is true in the sense that they might have to alter an unreleased game's name... s/scrolls/$something_else/g