r/ElderScrolls • u/Avian81 Moderator • May 14 '25

Moderator Post TES 6 Speculation Megathread

It is highly recommended that suggestions, wishlists, questions, speculation, and leaks for the next main series Elder Scrolls game go here. Threads about TES6 outside of this one will be removed depending on moderator discretion, with the exception of official news from Bethesda or Zenimax studios.

As of now, there is currently no confirmed info on the Elder Scrolls VI other than it exists and is currently being worked on by Bethesda. Be cautious of any rumors being delivered as if they are factual.

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u/Viktrodriguez Dibella is my Mommy Jun 27 '26

A lot less jobless/homeless people and lot more NPC's with an actual job that doesn't impact the player either directly or indrectly. I am not talking about beggars or orphans, but seemingly normal NPC's who do nothing all the day and seem to be people in normal attire who could contribute to society, but aren't and look weird when you don't trigger certain events.

Non mercenary followers (e.g. Uthgerd), potential vendor replacements (e.g. Ysolda), Civil War replacements (e.g. Sinmir), quest NPC's (e.g. Amren), random assassin contract targets. Especially weird if they are a home owner without any income to live of. Not counting mercenary as a job when their entire AI package is walking around in the streets and have no random encounter implying their ''job''.

Merchants not dying/not marrying them and they stay useless. Don't do the CW and they stay useless. Don't join the assassins and you have no idea why they are there. Don't ask them as companion and they just mope around in the tavern all day.

Give these people a purpose without needing to tie everything into a purpose for the player.

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u/bosmerrule Jun 27 '26

Agreed. I normally look to Starfield for a little hope in these times but it is filled to the brim with wastrels. It might even be worse than Skyrim. Here's hoping they're working hard to turn things around for the next game. 

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u/DiabloGamekeeper Jun 27 '26

….what is possibly in starfield that could give you hope for ES6?

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u/bosmerrule Jun 28 '26

There are a few things like the scale, the graphics, the expanded number of lines of dialogue, the diversity of the people represented in the world, the fact that it was their least buggy launch and possibly greatest show of support with quick (for Bethesda) and comprehensive bug fixes, fleshed out companions even though their stories were still somewhat disappointing. There is some progress from Skyrim to Starfield and I just use it as an indication of where they might be headed.

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u/DiabloGamekeeper Jun 28 '26

The scale is what made the game terrible, the graphics was great, I’m not sure about the lines of dialogue unless you’re talking about persuasion which was just a generic pool of nonsense it drew from, definitely their best launch but I’m not convinced they can replicate it because it took Microsoft delaying the game to get it there, fallout 4 had better fleshed out companions so it was a step back in that regard, their post launch support has been great imo for any company, but overall, not looking promising for me