Zoidberg666
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I think that Lydia is the hottest npc in the game. Runner ups would be Aela, Serana and Ysolda. Who do you think is the most attractive npc?
Hroki or Serana or Muiri.
You like your girls burly, strong and dangerous, eh? That's why I married Ysolda - not a warrior her!Best looking, these 3 exactly. Total package, Mjoll and Aela
I think that Lydia is the hottest npc in the game. Runner ups would be Aela, Serana and Ysolda. Who do you think is the most attractive npc?
Whoa! I don't think I have ever seen anyone but myself give it to Adrianne. She's super hot and probably my favorite NPC in the game. I have a rule that I allow NPCs to die in vampire attacks, dragon attacks, and now that initial cultist attack (Alvor got it most recently because of this)... but Adrianne is the exception. I'll reload as far back and as many times as it takes to make sure she's still alive.Adrianne Avenicci without a doubt for me. I know she's married and I like her husband, but, without a doubt Adrianne.
I LOATH! LOATH! LOATH! Lydia. She's ugly.....
Maybe you're game is broken?....and the worst fighter i have ever seen....
Absolutely. I have saved her twice now. I just love her and love that she always says "You're someone who can get things done, I like that..." whenever she sees me. I hope so. Apparently, nobody else gets anything done or didn't until I came along. All the groups seem to have quite a backload of unfinished business or are failing miserably. Not Adrianne though. She seems to be thriving.Whoa! I don't think I have ever seen anyone but myself give it to Adrianne. She's super hot and probably my favorite NPC in the game. I have a rule that I allow NPCs to die in vampire attacks, dragon attacks, and now that initial cultist attack (Alvor got it most recently because of this)... but Adrianne is the exception. I'll reload as far back and as many times as it takes to make sure she's still alive.
Nope. While her looks are fine, her personality makes her ugly to me. All she ever does is complain, cannot sneak worth a damn and she's only in the way in every combat situation. Just my opinion. I know a lot of folks love her, but, for me, she can just stay at Breezehome and eat bread in my bedroom. I'll stick with almost anyone else.
Maybe you're game is broken?
I find it amusing how players lose all objectivity about her due to one sarcastic line in her dialogue. Her AI is no different than any other Housecarl when it comes to combat and sneaking which in turn is no different than most melee NPC followers, but because players find her sarcasm about carrying their burdens annoying they imbue all sorts of other non-existent unique negative qualities about her as a follower....cannot sneak worth a damn and she's only in the way in every combat situation....
I find it amusing how players lose all objectivity about her due to one sarcastic line in her dialogue. Her AI is no different than any other Housecarl when it comes to combat and sneaking which in turn is no different than most melee NPC followers, but because players find her sarcasm about carrying their burdens annoying they imbue all sorts of other non-existent unique negative qualities about her as a follower.
The fact of the matter is that, like all Housecarls, she is one of the best melee combat/archery followers in the game. She's also the easiest to obtain and she's centrally located at Whiterun which is why I use her all the time. She sneaks no worse or better than any other Housecarl, and she gets in the line of fire in melee combat because that's what all melee combat followers do. I simply move and/or aim around her. It's really not that big of a deal for me and for those who have problems working with that kind of melee combat follower AI they're better off using spellcasters as followers or followers that favor Archery. There's no emotional investment in this assessment. These are simply matters of undeniable fact regarding all Housecarls.
I think Lydia is situated to make the player aware of the follower feature early in the game. Without her it's conceivable that a player could largely be clueless about their existence if they don't do side quests in general and favor quests in particular and overlooked the dialogue for hirelings. Lydia is part of the main storyline so she makes the follower feature conspicuous to those that didn't do any or much research about the game features before buying and playing it and decide to stick with the main storyline in their first play-through.
On that note, the follower feature was implemented due to player feedback from Oblivion to expand the feature. The vanilla version of Oblivion only had quest followers and Mazoga the Orc (and the Adoring Fan ). A Housecarl is a personal bodyguard of a Jarl or Thane in Skyrim.