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[Neonivek]

I recently went into a small dungeon with water everywhere, and I was extremely dissapointed that I couldn't use the shock spell to electrocute all of the necromancers running around.

I kind of wish there was more interaction between the environment and the spells you cast.

Hey is there a water dungeon? so far the water breathing is extremely useless. Even Oblivion had a few (very few) underwater sections but Skyrim seems to have none.

[nenjin]

There's a few dungeons where it might have been useful...

But any good TES player is quick with the F5 and it basically removes the need for them. On that note, where's the slaughterfish? I find their remains and stuff everywhere, but I've gone the whole game without seeing them and there's a few places where their inclusion would have been both awesome and appropriate.

[Neonivek]

There's a few dungeons where it might have been useful...

But any good TES player is quick with the F5 and it basically removes the need for them. On that note, where's the slaughterfish? I find their remains and stuff everywhere, but I've gone the whole game without seeing them and there's a few places where their inclusion would have been both awesome and appropriate.

The way the game is set up makes it impossible for there to be Slaughterfish.

[nenjin]

That's an awfully generic reason. I've noticed there's no swimming creatures except for fish you can collect....I'm assuming it has something to do with that? (Even though the avatar can swim....)

[Neonivek]

That's an awfully generic reason. I've noticed there's no swimming creatures except for fish you can collect....I'm assuming it has something to do with that? (Even though the avatar can swim....)

It is because nothing can attack while submerged.

[Greiger]

Big lakes and rivers have a handful of them.  They aren't actually threatening though.  Though they do consistently cause your followers to become completely focused on them wasting countless arrows trying to shoot them and causing them to fall behind when you don't care about killing it.

So basically they are an annoyance more because of the AI than because they are an actual threat.  As much as I like slaughterfish being something to make water not entirely safe, they are very bad in this game.  Once you get out of the water you should be able to ignore them.  But you can't without ditching your follower, and I think it would be much better if they just didn't exist in skyrim.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

There's a few dungeons where it might have been useful...

But any good TES player is quick with the F5 and it basically removes the need for them. On that note, where's the slaughterfish? I find their remains and stuff everywhere, but I've gone the whole game without seeing them and there's a few places where their inclusion would have been both awesome and appropriate.

I met some outside the first place you encounter the Dark Brotherhood, little bastards stopped me from fast traveling.

[Neonivek]

Big lakes and rivers have a handful of them.  They aren't actually threatening though.  Though they do consistently cause your followers to become completely focused on them wasting countless arrows trying to shoot them and causing them to fall behind when you don't care about killing it.

So basically they are an annoyance more because of the AI than because they are an actual threat.  As much as I like slaughterfish being something to make water not entirely safe, they are very bad in this game.  Once you get out of the water you should be able to ignore them.  But you can't without ditching your follower, and I think it would be much better if they just didn't exist in skyrim.

I am mistaken then.

[nenjin]

You are kinda right though. Underwater combat is pretty much non-existent. I remember you couldn't get into any medium size pond in Oblivion without worrying about Slaughterfish going after your dangly bits.

And it just doesn't seem right that in Skyrim, which is like the Texas of Tamriel, that the Slaughterfish are more of an annoyance, rather than monstrous predators "what that ate Gnorrgi Icebeard when he went down to the river to pee."

[Sensei]

I'm surprised there's no mod out yet that allows combat underwater.

[Neonivek]

My solution is I NEVER have companions come with.

Mostly because I don't want them to die.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

I like having companions, even if it's just to carry a torch, although ever since I found out that you can set people on fire with them, that's been devalued

[Rhodan]

They probably had good reasons to not include underwater combat. "We don't like the players" is most likely not one of them.
There's animations, combat/magic/stealth to balance, aquatic enemies to design, dungeons to design, ... Time, money and other resources were probably better spent elsewhere, and we don't know how many resources they had to begin with.

A shame, of course. I personally love underwater adventures and locations.  Hopefully there will be mods to add some aquatic content, even without combat people could add some creative things down there.

Actual mods will have to wait for the Construction Kit to be released. (Not sure if it's released yet or not, but if it has it hasn't been for long)  Adding actual underwater combat is likely not something that could be added easily even with the CS.

[Bdthemag]

Nope, no Construction Kit yet and there's no release date in sight. Although there was a rumor of a new patch coming out a week after thanksgiving, so I suspect that's when they'll release the Construction Kit.

[nenjin]

There's animations, combat/magic/stealth to balance, aquatic enemies to design, dungeons to design, ... Time, money and other resources were probably better spent elsewhere, and we don't know how many resources they had to begin with.

In other words, work? Sorry, but that's just so apologetic I couldn't let it pass. Somehow I don't think it would have taken a miracle to put more fish in Skyrim and let us hit the swing weapon button underwater, forget fancy underwatered theme'd dungeons. (Of which Oblivion had at least two, not so fancy ones.)

It was just considered expendable. Which seems like a dumb decision, considering I can't open a cabinet or a barrel without finding slaughter fish scales, slaughter fish eggs, grilled slaughterfish, fried slaughterfish, slaughterfish tempura or slaughterfish ala mode.