Skyrim: Disappointed in the Dragons

[Davatehi]

When I met an random dragon a hunter and her horse got in the way of its frostbreath. The horse ended up tanking the dragon while I rained fire on it. Quite a hilarious moment. I stole that horse from the hunter afterward. Clearly it was a dragonborn horse.

 

[Rednog]

I have yet to see a damn dragon besides the first one in the intro, granted this might be because I haven't done anything in terms of the main story. If this is true what a stupid mechanic, so I've been wandering around and I've explored like half the map and I'm almost level 17 and yet I haven't seen a single dragon because I haven't reached a certain point of the main quest? Pft, see if I care about hunting dragons when they actually appear.

 

[Scorched_Cascade]

I have yet to see a damn dragon besides the first one in the intro, granted this might be because I haven't done anything in terms of the main story. If this is true what a stupid mechanic, so I've been wandering around and I've explored like half the map and I'm almost level 17 and yet I haven't seen a single dragon because I haven't reached a certain point of the main quest? Pft, see if I care about hunting dragons when they actually appear.

It's the same as the gates in Oblivion. The further you get in the main quest the more appear about the place.

If you don't do the first (second?) story mission you'll never see any.

 

[robotam]

One of the most hilarious moments in the game has been watching a dragon try to take on 2 giants. Those guys beat the complete poo out of it, and I was able to sneak over and steel its soul. So yeah, they ain't so tough, but they are also fracking cool.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

why the hell are the dragons flying off and attacking mud-crabs, or deciding that my horse is far tastier then my delicious self

When I'm being attacked by 7 Draugrs and 1 Draugr Deathlord I attack the weaker ones first. Alone they're no threat, together they're going to kill me in a matter of seconds. Dragons don't want to kill the Dragonborn and be left to clean up the mudcrabs that weren't killed, they want a one on one.

 

[Blandman]

I seem to have the opposite problem. Far from ignoring me, it feels as if every dragon in Skyrim has singled me out. Like they all had a big meeting with my face on a massive poster and said "This guy is a fuggin' dick. Kill his arse."

I've literally been in situations where there were no less than ten other people attacking a dragon, I haven't even shot it or made rude gestures at it, yet it'll bound over all the others and pounce at me.

 

[Aethren]

I plan on making a mod that multiplies the dragon population by about 10. I'll name it "Skyrim's Cliffracers."

 

[afroebob]

I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about, I haven't even FOUGHT a dragon! There was the mandatory fight in the begining but not a single fight after that for me. I saw one flying around and I tried to get to to come fight me by shooting some arrows and strutting my tasty tushy around but nope, my juicy hams aren't quite juicy enough for them.

 

[I.N.producer]

The only time I've had the dragons act really stupid was when one thought a mammoth looked tasty. Somehow, it lifted the mammoth through the air and put it at the top of a tree far, far away from me. Then the giant came out of nowhere and squished me.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

As the title states, I'm currently loving skyrim like so many others, but there is one particular thing thats annoying the crap out of me. Namely a certain bunch of fire-breathing scaly angels that happen to have ADD.

I mean sure, I can understand that the dragons might want to spread around the frost breath love, especially against my cheerfully immune to frost Nord, but that doesn't change the fact that they seemingly have ADD. I mean, I'M THE DRAGON BORN, I've gutted a dozen of his brothers, eat their souls with mead and honey before looking for more to blast with foul language.

I'm basically the biggest threat in the entire world for them... so why the hell are the dragons flying off and attacking mud-crabs, or deciding that my horse is far tastier then my delicious self. Must I remove all my armour and cover myself in tomato sauce to get their attention?

Oh good, so it's not just me... I was picking up the treasure from the Talos Shrine out of winterhold when a dragon spawned while i was scaling a very craggy glacier.

I had to chase the damn lizard from one end of the ridge to the other, because it was too busy blasting horkers to notice the twenty arrows in its hide. I had to jump IN THE OCEAN to retrieve my dragon parts

Although that's not nearly as impressive as the dragon that got chased off by a bear

 

[Belgariontheking1]

Idk I do like how the dragons I fought so far all act a little differently. Though so far I've only seen 5. Two from the story, two guarding a mystical wall and one that decided to jump me while I was fighting a necromancer and some wolves. Each was a little different since I wasn't playing a nord so I couldnt run through the ice breath and had to run around and fight by dodging around trees and stone pillers, shouting then running up and hacking the crap out of the dragon and running away. Though this may be because my shield so little to help.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

I like the dragons, but how the hell do you get them down to fight them? I was running around in the wild and one started circling overhead. I'm a two-handed specialist so I had no way to hit it from afar. I even shouted at it a few times, but it didn't even notice me. Just kept on going about its merry way, before finally flying off towards the Throat of the World.

I was left feeling so... disappointed. THESE are the great threat to Skyrim? The thing doesn't even go out of its way to roast a lone wanderer. I was threatened more by a mudcrab that kept snipping at my ankles while I ran around shouting harsh language at this stupid dragon. It was less anti-climactic if the thing took a mid-air dump on my head, and that dump had a half-digested helmet.

And a hilarious musical queue. Dah-dah-dun-da-dun-dun... BOING.

 

[Robert Ewing]

I guess it's all about aggro. And it's pretty lulzy that a mudcrab generated more aggro than you.

 

[Randomperson9999999]

i fought a dragon then the dragon flew away to attack a giant and the giant killed the dragon in about 3 hits

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

There are different leveld dragons, and i love fighting them, so epic.

 

[captaincabbage]

I think it's a case of the dragon's not outright knowing that you're dragonborn just by seeing a little steel-clad speck hundred of metres below them.
just like how you have to tell every fucking person that you're the dragonborn, have them gawk at you and go about your day.

 

[Burst6]

Really? Dragons don't attack you? I'm having trouble getting away from them. I remember trying to get to the atronach stone (awesome buff for fighting against mages btw). I was just going along minding my own business when a dragon comes out of nowhere and roasts me alive.

I got to the stone, but the dragon followed me all the way there and burned me before i could activate it.

 

[Excilion]

simple no matter what anyone says, a dragon is still a beast, in a game do you gun for the strongest being that has walked the earth or laugh as you rip an old ladies face off because why the fuck not... besides i havent experianced your problem i have dragons falling out of the sky like rain trying to eat me and only me

 

[Mordwyl]

You just had to mention the language, thus it reminded me of this:

 

[hyzaku]

You just had to mention the language, thus it reminded me of this:

Wow, if I ever met a dragon that was that much into grammar I think he'd be my new best friend.