Don't judge a book by its cover, unless it has bacon on the cover, then it is a good book.
-Me
Posted by: TrussingDoor
It was better than Dawnguard from a content standpoint, but it really fails to match the "epic" feel of the DG main quest. That journey through the forgotten vale and Falmer place was beautiful. There's more to do, I guess, but it's not as exciting, and it's still not ENOUGH. There are what, like three or four new armor types? And five or six new clothing items, a few of which you have to murder for.
And the unique armors are just sone of the new materials with special effects. Not even a recolor or reskin, just a rename and enchantment. The Blackguard armor isn't even new, it's just Linwe's armor with the bugs fixed, something Bethesda should have done anyway in a patch.
The mainquest was freaking disappointing. It took me through like four dungeons and I didn't even get to kill Miraak myself. He got stabbed with a tentacle. That is the most anticlimactic ending possible.
This DLC is also biased in favor of HA users. Light Stalhrim looks horrible, Chitin is meh, and there is no Netch Leather armor. WHY WOULD YOU MAKE NETCH LEATHER AN ITEM BUT NOT INCLUDE NETCH LEATHER ARMOR.
And HEAVY chitin? Wtf? If you wanted to make an armor with light and heavy variants, you should have done as with Stalhrim and chosen a Medium armor. Light and Heavy Bonemold is much more logical. The whole theme of Bonemold is it's a balance of protection and mobility. YOU EVEN BROUGHT BACK THE BOOK ABOUT BONEMOLD, EXPLAINING ITS ORIGIN AS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN LIGHT AND HEAVY.
Don't even get me started about the lies. No, Bethesda never promised Spears or any level of fun in Dragon-Riding. But that didn't stop them from strategically placing them in the trailer, and never publicly stating that the player could not have spears. The trolls even made them an item you could take off dead reiklings, only for you they are arrows that shoot ten feet and do Steel-level damage.
-blam!- you Todd Howard. -blam!- you in your sleazy PR-manipulating ass.
I will admit the no spears thing was disappointing