I need to reinstall the VR version and do a run like that.

Makes sense. Thanks!

While Skyrim probably has the same issues you ran into with Fallout/other TES games, it’s quite viable to roleplay the game without doing the main quest without the game feeling empty.

I did one “playthrough” as an Orc blacksmith, with the goal being maxing out the smithing skill and crafting a dragonbone armour to present to a chieftan of one of the orc strongholds in order to join. I started out hunting deer and making leather stuff to gen enough money for food and board, working my way up, eventually venturing into dwemer ruins to gather metal. I did a handful of quests if they felt doable for a non-heroic regular dude and ran if I got into too much danger.

Strict pacifism wasn’t my goal, I was just playing as a non-heroic normal person, but I’m sure you could do something similar. You just need to abandon the main quest and set your own goal.

You don’t need a reason for existential crisis but it helps!

Can you please uncensor the two words in your comment? I can’t tell what they’re supposed to be.

People don’t have problems with SKG. They have problems with reading and/or comprehending its goals.

In my experience about half the posts about it (since the start) have some dummy saying it’s unreasonable for devs to support games forever.

I wouldn’t call it safe. The required margin is unknown and the initiative could still dip under 1 mil.

Additional signatures could still help. If you know somebody who can and hasn’t signed yet, ask them to.