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like the game so far, but certain aspects of the thieves guild and dark brotherhood storylines require a great deal of suspension of disbelief.
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So Mercer stole from the vault. There are three keys to the vault. It requires two keys to open. This means that two people have to be present whenever it is opened. Now, what is the purpose of a vault? Not to hoard money, but to keep it safe. So that it can be spent. So that fellow thieves can be paid. So that people can be bribed, and the dark brotherhood can be contracted. In other words, operational expenses, and if the guild is far-sighted, a buffer for guild members to fall back on during hard times. Now, if vault money is being used for operational expenses, then the vault needs to be accessed pretty regularly. So how the hell did nobody ever notice Mercer emptied the whole damn thing?
Also, what was the point of bringing you along to confront Karliah, and then killing you? Betrayal for the sake of betrayal?
And then we have the dark brotherhood, which is even more ridiculous. We go through all these preparations, assassinate several key figures, and then all of a sudden "Oh wait we don't really want to assassinate the emperor, here, take him and we'll call it even." Really? Really? Really? Not to mention the whole plan of how to lure the emperor out was a bit dubious to begin with.
Also, if the emperor gave the gourmet a writ, he must therefore know who the gourmet is (and presumably, so does his elite squad of bodyguards.) Thus, when I showed up instead, with his writ, I should've been immediately arrested.
And don't get me started on how anticlimactic actually killing the emperor of fricking Cydoril was. I mean, compared with getting to impersonate gourmet, which was really cool, in spite of not being well thought out, it just wasn't very inspired at all.
Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed with the Dark Brotherhood. I'd love for it to take a turn for the better but I suspect I'm actually near the end of the storyline sooo... Yeah.
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
So Mercer stole from the vault. There are three keys to the vault. It requires two keys to open. This means that two people have to be present whenever it is opened. Now, what is the purpose of a vault? Not to hoard money, but to keep it safe. So that it can be spent. So that fellow thieves can be paid. So that people can be bribed, and the dark brotherhood can be contracted. In other words, operational expenses, and if the guild is far-sighted, a buffer for guild members to fall back on during hard times. Now, if vault money is being used for operational expenses, then the vault needs to be accessed pretty regularly. So how the hell did nobody ever notice Mercer emptied the whole damn thing?
Also, what was the point of bringing you along to confront Karliah, and then killing you? Betrayal for the sake of betrayal?
And then we have the dark brotherhood, which is even more ridiculous. We go through all these preparations, assassinate several key figures, and then all of a sudden "Oh wait we don't really want to assassinate the emperor, here, take him and we'll call it even." Really? Really? Really? Not to mention the whole plan of how to lure the emperor out was a bit dubious to begin with.
Also, if the emperor gave the gourmet a writ, he must therefore know who the gourmet is (and presumably, so does his elite squad of bodyguards.) Thus, when I showed up instead, with his writ, I should've been immediately arrested.
And don't get me started on how anticlimactic actually killing the emperor of fricking Cydoril was. I mean, compared with getting to impersonate gourmet, which was really cool, in spite of not being well thought out, it just wasn't very inspired at all.
Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed with the Dark Brotherhood. I'd love for it to take a turn for the better but I suspect I'm actually near the end of the storyline sooo... Yeah.
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