We now all know that greaves have been taken out but does that mean we are reduced to one piece of armor plus extremities that I assume come in pairs? That saddens me a little, on a side note: Can mods somehow change this?

WHAT? FUCK.

It's obvious why greaves were taken out.
 
Real vikings don't wear any sort of pants.

Probably not, since they are designing the armor to be as one piece then by attempting to mix and match chest and leg combinations would require someone to both split the armor itself and split the Armor slot into a Chest and Leg slot. Even then you probably wouldn't want to have it seeing as the armor was made a certain way, and may result in clipping when trying to mix it with something it wasn't made for. Then again, modders did crazy things back in Oblivion as well that I could have never expected were possible.

One less piece of armor really doesn't seem like a big deal to me.  There will be plenty of other crap to clutter up our inventories, I'm sure.

I remember the days of Morrowind with shoulder plates to.  Saddens me a little..

Elder Scrolls 6 will be streamlined further. You will just have 1 piece: armor.

I remember the days of Morrowind with shoulder plates to.  Saddens me a little..

This was the same way i felt about Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age 2, Skyrim oddly doesn't worry me because it looks awesome. And hey, if you don't like something, just mod it. 

@TheDudeOfGaming said:

This was the same way i felt about Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age 2, Skyrim oddly doesn't worry me because it looks awesome. And hey, if you don't like something, just mod it.

Pretty much the only reason this doesn't bother me. TES has an absolutely fantastic mod community, so they'll make the game everything it should have been.

Elder Scrolls 6 will be streamlined further. You will just have 1 piece: armor.

Real vikings fight nude, anyway.

naked with not historically accurate horned viking helm, fuck greaves

Its nice to see this is the one thing people are upset about. If this is the ONE thing that upsets you this game is more or less a sure win for GOTY. 

@Tennmuerti said:

Elder Scrolls 6 will be streamlined further. You will just have 1 piece: armor.

There won't be any armor. You are the armor.

Its nice to see this is the one thing people are upset about. If this is the ONE thing that upsets you this game is more or less a sure win for GOTY. 

This is a troll thread that has been made more then once on Giant Bomb. The target seems to be anyone who is upset with the mass simplification of stats proposed in Skyrim.
 
Count me among those who don't like my games dumbed down.

I remember the days of Morrowind with shoulder plates to.  Saddens me a little..

@Ragdrazi: Please explain, in detail, how combining two pieces of armour counts as "dumbing down."

Who cares about grieves? Why can't I have interchangeable cod pieces?

I for one am OUTRAGED!

My favourite part of the Elder Scrolls series was the ability to meticulously choose whatever pants I wanted.

you could say they have a...greave-ance

heh heh...sigh

If you don't like it, don't play it, stop complaining, and let the rest of us enjoy it

I think you're overly paranoid. The OP was looking for clarification on an issue that hadn't been widely discussed outside of the fan interview.

Screw armor, go monk.

But yes whatever happens, there'll always be a mod that'll make things more interesting.

So the chestplate and greaves will be combined in one? I'm not too bothered by that as long as there's enough variety. Also, it will be inexcusable if there's any sort of clipping between the two items, considering they're being designed as single pieces. 

@Xolare said:

@Tennmuerti said:

Elder Scrolls 6 will be streamlined further. You will just have 1 piece: armor.

There won't be any armor. You are the armor.

The Elder Scrolls VI: Modern Warfare

I think you're overly paranoid. The OP was looking for clarification on an issue that hadn't been widely discussed outside of the fan interview.

Elder Scrolls 6 will be streamlined further. You will just have 1 piece: armor.

I think you're overly paranoid. The OP was looking for clarification on an issue that hadn't been widely discussed outside of the fan interview.

@Ragdrazi: This isn't a troll thread dude so please stop trying to turn it in to one. I was looking for confirmation of the removal of an armor piece, and also wondering if that could be fixed through mods, since--to me-- that sounds pretty hard to do

@Aishan said:

I think you're overly paranoid. The OP was looking for clarification on an issue that hadn't been widely discussed outside of the fan interview.

I'll say it again, because apparently you missed it. Two or three days ago an thread on this exact same  "I'm upset about greaves" topic was created by a person who eventually admitted they were trolling. It's not at all paranoid to assume that a thread that about the exact same thing is after the exactsame reaction.

Please explain, in detail, how combining two pieces of armour counts as "dumbing down."

They will introduce new armour plates... like ass plates...

I don't see a problem, you're going to be playing in first-person anyway.

Well, the idea is that armor should be about more then just looks.

I like the idea, now I won't have to worry about if my combined outfit makes my but look big...clearly it doesn't.  
 
    Even in Morrowinds' time the armor looked like crap and in Oblivion is was okay. I'm glad Bethesda is taking steps to really make the armor suits feel like they belong and look great.