After Fallout 76, this image is relevant

I was amused by this. Mainly the Trixie comment.

@Katamariguy  
Hey, with the way the more rabid fans act, you never know.

@Mayojar77  
It was a parody, you see.

@Katamariguy  
That comment was so stupid, I actually got a headache.

You ruined Fallout, fuckers! It took Obsidian to bring quality back to the series!

@Niggoslav_Krawczyk  
Despite how much it ruins the fun, a little pragmatism is always nice ;).  
I was gonna make a reindeer joke but then I had an image of two generals with antler helmets locking horns in the middle of a battlefield and lost my train of thought.

@Thegug  
We find your taste in helmets….Lacking.  

@Thegug  
The poetic misassociation is probably still true, and a quick Wiki walk indicates Vikings probably didn’t have them at all. XD

@TheAbridgenator  
Huh, and here I thought the helmet was just an invention by poets who came after vikings(CPGrey ftw), Didn’t think there was actual thought in using them.

@Thegug  
The reasoning I heard was that the horns are supposed to deflect the sword/mace/spear from directly impacting the helmet, sparing the bulk of the head from damage. Granted, all of the military technicians I’ve heard of tend to emphasize that putting handles on armor is very rarely an applicable design, so I’d wager it’s more of a ceremonial helmet that we’re thinking of. And considering the only thing archaelogists like more than garbage piles (no, seriously!) are burial sites, those helmets would be among the first they’d find.

@TheAbridgenator  
Speaking as someone who enjoys the odd spar, what good is giving your opponent ample leverage to knock your helmet off or bring you down to the ground?  
Intimidation? Whatever you say DEER-y, just try not to get stuck in between doors.

@Thegug  
You’d be amazed how many people don’t know about that, lol.

How dare Bethesda abuse spike so. Do they hate him?
 
Also, I enjoyed the inaccurate viking helmet tag.

@Whatevs  
Like Deadly Dragons?

@Niggoslav_Krawczyk  
The bugs and shit story lines are unacceptable, I agree.
 
However, there are mods to make dragons a complete pain in the ass and increase difficulty.

@Juggernaut470  
Yeah, it’s tough, and awesome, but not exactly there yet. It…actually feels more like Freedom’s AI than Tri’s. Still beats generic Skyrim dragons by MILES though.

@Niggoslav_Krawczyk  
I know the MH mod you are talking about… I had it for a while, it was actually difficult at times.

Hi ahzid zem?

@Whatevs  
I think the point is more that Bethesda basically shits out a framework these days and lets the players finish the game for them. It feels that way with how easy every enemy gets by halfway through a game. It feels that way how only user mods are capable of fixing/discovering/preventing some bugs. It feels that way when they release a BARREN AND TEXTURELESS BARREL and you need a mod just to get rid of a retardedly annoying glitch in one of your homes. That have gotten so lazy it’s unbelievable. They may as well hire a group of fans to do everything after they write the story and setup quest triggers. (and even then some quests become uncompletable for no sane reason out of the blue, or because the quest giver launched himself into a pit so he died on revival.)
 
Basically the least they could do at this point is make some of the dragons actually challenging, say Dogma/Monster Hunter level, but ya don’t even get that, despite how ‘prominent’ an enemy the game design makes them out to be. And prior to Skyrim they tried to solve this with ‘scaling’ as a crutch, which usually winds up annoying as piss when a tiny rat crits you for 130 damage.
 
 
Speaking of mods though, there ARE currently efforts to bring MH critters over, but the AI just isn’t there yet.

God, I wish I had a thousand dollar computer that could run current games at good settings.

God, I wish there were play made modifications that one could use to make the game catered to their tastes.

@Juggernaut470  
I know just what you mean. When your reaction to a dragon is “Sigh. Another one?” instead of “Oh shit! Run!” something has gone awry. Dragons ought to be intimidating monsters you only consider taking on when you are well prepared.
 
It would improve the experience greatly if dragons in Skyrim fought intelligently. Dragons are supposed to be smart. They shouldn’t land and expose themselves to melee. Dragons should circle strafe you with breath attacks and use their claws in fly-by attacks.

@Science  
Thaaaat raises a whole OTHER list of issues. Or do I need to remind you of the poor sods who go mod crazy. XD

@Science  
Says the rat kept by a baguette made of bubblegum.