Is it me or is the main quest of skyrim not really relevant to dragons, you don't even save a village from dragons or anything. All you do is go to a dwemer ruin and kill a dragon ONCE.
What do you think, do you agree?
How could they improve the story to make it more dragon-y?
I dunno you do save whiterun west tower from a dragon. The leader of the greybeards is a dragon. You have to capture a dragon and ride it to get to the final battle and kill dragons all along the way. I know what mean as there isnt any specific quests that task you to go protect x village and defeat an attacking dragon but the story itself is very dragon heavy.
It has been a long while since I last played through the main quest, but if memory serves me right, isn't there a mission in which you save Rorikstead from a dragon? Even so, they could have added in a bit more destruction on the Dragons behalf... Im thinking burning houses and more innocent villagers being swung through the air from the jaws of a dragon.
They just needed to show more evidence of the destruction that the dragons could have reaped upon Nord villages and also how much of an advantage they had over those people who were unable to harness the power of the Thu'um. I don't know if it was just me, or the fact that there was a civil war going on, but it just seemed as though a lot of the holds were remarkably well prepared for dragon attacks considering the fact that until Helgen was destroyed, most tales involving dragons had dissolved into myth and legend.
Kynsgrove happens first while you are proving your worth to Delphine. later on though If you choose to accompany Esbern and Delphine to Sky Haven temple you will witness another dragon resurrection outside Rorikstead. That's the attack I mean, and even then your right in saying that all that occurs is a few townsfolk run about.
Wait, hang on, are you talking about the Dragonborn DLC main quest or the Skyrim main quest... Because if you're talking about the Skyrim main quest you have a major counting problem, there are several dragons that you fight and they randomly show up throughout the entire game. This is one of the most dragon-y games I've ever played, to say it's not dragon-y enough is craziness to me. If anything there are too many dragons! I have the experience of walking through town, trying to get stuff done when a dragon shows up and keeps me busy for 15 minutes flying around
You describe a Dwemer ruin and a single dragon fight, that sounds more like the Dragonborn DLC storyline to me, not the Skyrim storyline. If that's what you're saying then we still have a counting problem because there are 3 dragons present at the final battle... I guess I just don't see your point no matter how I look at it.
I don't feel like it is The Main Quest. You do have to kill dragons and the dragon shouts are very handy things to have. You can actually avoid doing the Dragonborn Quests by not helping at the Whiterun West Tower. I think that actually seeing a village destroyed and people dying would make the quest seem more important. I don't even find the antagonist that interesting.
In fact you do not have to kill dragons or even participate in the fight. If there are guards and even other NPCs around they can kill the dragon without your help and all you have to do is walk up to it in order to take the soul. I play being the Dragonborn as a joke "What who me? forget it."