Improving bookshelves?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:05 pm
This is something that has been on my mind since I got access to the library in the Mages Guild, and after a visit to the Daggerfall Lyceum, I figured I might as well write about it (this is not really a feature request, just ideas to see how people feel about it here):
It is incredibly difficult to read long series with the libraries as they are, because the shelves are randomized, with a lot of duplicates. And even if you get a good set one time, reloading after a break means praying to RNG again.
I know this is Classic behavior, but I do not think the current state of things is that meaningful from a gameplay perspective. And I imagine an optional enhancement, to make shelves have all the books sorted in alphabetical order, would be good QoL.
As a caveat, maybe improving the odds of reading a series in one go, by collecting books on the side and cross-referencing with the libraries as they are, is kind of realistic and has its own charm from a roleplay perspective... Hence thinking about such a feature as an optional enhancement (or a mod idea?).
A compromise could be to keep the random shelves, but have a seed fixed for the day/when you enter the interior?
Meanwhile, accessing the Imperial Library is a good meta-workaround. But my character is a bookworm, so instead I am collecting books in dungeons until I am really rich and can afford the missing entries
.
It is incredibly difficult to read long series with the libraries as they are, because the shelves are randomized, with a lot of duplicates. And even if you get a good set one time, reloading after a break means praying to RNG again.
I know this is Classic behavior, but I do not think the current state of things is that meaningful from a gameplay perspective. And I imagine an optional enhancement, to make shelves have all the books sorted in alphabetical order, would be good QoL.
As a caveat, maybe improving the odds of reading a series in one go, by collecting books on the side and cross-referencing with the libraries as they are, is kind of realistic and has its own charm from a roleplay perspective... Hence thinking about such a feature as an optional enhancement (or a mod idea?).
A compromise could be to keep the random shelves, but have a seed fixed for the day/when you enter the interior?
Meanwhile, accessing the Imperial Library is a good meta-workaround. But my character is a bookworm, so instead I am collecting books in dungeons until I am really rich and can afford the missing entries
.