The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel is probably still a couple years away, and we don't know much about Bethesda's next big MMO. However, the game director for Skyrim has come out with a couple of specific requests for the game.

Former Bethesda design director Bruce Nesmith sat down on The Examined Game podcast to talk about his time at the company. But, about 40 minutes into the interview, the YouTuber asked Nesmith about what he'd like to see from The Elder Scrolls VI, and there are two things, better mounts and better ladders. And that latter one is how you can tell that he's a game director.

Wanting better mounts in Elder Scrolls is almost universal for fans, as Skyrim doesn't exactly have a great mount system. As Nesmith describes the problem, "you can ride a horse, but that's all you can do in Skyrim. Thats it. You just ride the horse. Well, I should be able to do other things with the horse, too, like maybe fight on the horse, or have it fight with me, or you know, stuff like that."

To be clear, Nesmith now spends his days writing novels, and doesn't have anything to do with Sentinel, but it would be cool to be able to have some kind of mounted combat system in The Elder Scrolls VI. For instance, I've been getting back into Monster Hunter Wilds ahead of the expansion, and the way you can use your Seikret to dodge out of boss mechanics and manage your inventory while avoiding attacks is huge, and would be great in other RPGs.

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