Forum Overview :: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim :: "Carrot and stick" vs. "carrot on a stick"

[quote name="Jerry Whorebach"][quote name="Craig Lafferty, Lead Producer, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim"]We've gotten better at sort of guiding the player along – almost like the carrot on the stick – guiding them towards how to finish the main quest.[/quote] "Carrot and stick" refers to a system of reward and punishment used to teach you how to play a game. If you learn to dodge his punch, then counter-punch, you get the carrot (a new challenger); if you don't, you get the stick (sent back to Glass Joe). "Carrot on a stick" refers to the empty promise of reward hanging perpetually just out of reach, used to keep you doing the same thing over and over again until you either wise up or die of exhaustion. I don't think Bethesda is unaware of the difference.[/quote]