Black Orchid
Death Incarnate
Let me just start by saying that I love this game. But I'm starting to have a real problem with the A.I. for dragons.
I realize that they get sidetracked on occasion, but this had me quite frustrated (it's no joke either, although I wish it was at the time):
My mage was running around looking for critters to fry up for soul gem food the other day. After about an hour I hear an all too familiar roaring sound and flapping of wings. I don't know about you guys, but I still get excited and fearful at the same time when I hear a dragon coming at me.
Anyway, I'm drinking potions, casting various protection spells, and getting my character's most bad-ass, dual-cast Destruction magic ready. Looking up into the sky, I wait. No dragon shows up.
I run like hell, drinking a stamina potion in the meantime. I travel alone, except for my Atronach Thralls when I need them. I finally catch up to where the dragon is swooping down, attacking a couple of bandits with frost breath. I blast the dragon a couple of times with electricity, hurt the dragon a little bit, and then it finally wastes both of the bandits.
It proceeds to fly off in another direction (with my character chasing after it once again) and begins attacking something else; this time it's a group of Mudcrabs. It kills the Mudcrabs in one fell swoop using its frost breath (poor Mudcrabs didn't stand a chance, muhahahaha!! Yes, I despise Mudcrabs).
Before I can fire off a single attack, the dragon flies off again. I get over the next small hill to find it attacking a Giant this time (no Mammoths). Cool, now I can kill it with the Giant's help. So I blast away at the dragon until it's only got about a quarter of it's life left, but decide I want to fry the dragon with my own bare hands (yes, I must always be the one to kill the dragon). I finally destroy the Giant with the dragon's help. One more shot and the dragon will be toast. Crap, out of Magicka, and Magicka potions. Dragon suddenly flies off just out of range of my Thunderbolt once it's finally ready.
At this point, I'm jumping up and down, pleading for the dragon to PLEEEAAAZE COME BAAAACK!!! and fight me. No. It finds a lone Hunter walking besides his horse. The Hunter shoots a few arrows at it before the dragon finally is too weak to fly and lands on the ground beside him. It breaths frost and damages the Hunter. I'm out of Stamina potions and Stamina from trying to keep up with the dragon (my max Stamina is still at 100). Dragon chomps down on the Hunter, finally killing him just as I get close enough to blast it with a single Thunderbolt. The dragon still has a sliver of life left after my spell slams into his side.
Then the unthinkable happens:
the Hunter's horse, forgotten about in all of the commotion, rears up and pummels the dragon with its hooves, finishing it off (first time I've ever seen a common horse kill a dragon).
I didn't scream; I didn't snap my keyboard in half. I just quietly sat there at my computer desk for a moment and then began laughing maniacally. The damn horse killed my dragon, and then trots off casually as if it was just another day in the happy lands of Skyrim.
Please, someone tell me there's a mod or something to make dragons smarter. Considering they're a main theme in the game, they seem to be the dumbest creatures in all of Tamriel.
I realize that they get sidetracked on occasion, but this had me quite frustrated (it's no joke either, although I wish it was at the time):
My mage was running around looking for critters to fry up for soul gem food the other day. After about an hour I hear an all too familiar roaring sound and flapping of wings. I don't know about you guys, but I still get excited and fearful at the same time when I hear a dragon coming at me.
Anyway, I'm drinking potions, casting various protection spells, and getting my character's most bad-ass, dual-cast Destruction magic ready. Looking up into the sky, I wait. No dragon shows up.
I run like hell, drinking a stamina potion in the meantime. I travel alone, except for my Atronach Thralls when I need them. I finally catch up to where the dragon is swooping down, attacking a couple of bandits with frost breath. I blast the dragon a couple of times with electricity, hurt the dragon a little bit, and then it finally wastes both of the bandits.
It proceeds to fly off in another direction (with my character chasing after it once again) and begins attacking something else; this time it's a group of Mudcrabs. It kills the Mudcrabs in one fell swoop using its frost breath (poor Mudcrabs didn't stand a chance, muhahahaha!! Yes, I despise Mudcrabs).
Before I can fire off a single attack, the dragon flies off again. I get over the next small hill to find it attacking a Giant this time (no Mammoths). Cool, now I can kill it with the Giant's help. So I blast away at the dragon until it's only got about a quarter of it's life left, but decide I want to fry the dragon with my own bare hands (yes, I must always be the one to kill the dragon). I finally destroy the Giant with the dragon's help. One more shot and the dragon will be toast. Crap, out of Magicka, and Magicka potions. Dragon suddenly flies off just out of range of my Thunderbolt once it's finally ready.
At this point, I'm jumping up and down, pleading for the dragon to PLEEEAAAZE COME BAAAACK!!! and fight me. No. It finds a lone Hunter walking besides his horse. The Hunter shoots a few arrows at it before the dragon finally is too weak to fly and lands on the ground beside him. It breaths frost and damages the Hunter. I'm out of Stamina potions and Stamina from trying to keep up with the dragon (my max Stamina is still at 100). Dragon chomps down on the Hunter, finally killing him just as I get close enough to blast it with a single Thunderbolt. The dragon still has a sliver of life left after my spell slams into his side.
Then the unthinkable happens:
the Hunter's horse, forgotten about in all of the commotion, rears up and pummels the dragon with its hooves, finishing it off (first time I've ever seen a common horse kill a dragon).
I didn't scream; I didn't snap my keyboard in half. I just quietly sat there at my computer desk for a moment and then began laughing maniacally. The damn horse killed my dragon, and then trots off casually as if it was just another day in the happy lands of Skyrim.
Please, someone tell me there's a mod or something to make dragons smarter. Considering they're a main theme in the game, they seem to be the dumbest creatures in all of Tamriel.