Really that sucks.. this was a named dragon i think, found it near windhelm....
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New Patch Should be going live soon, hopefully that fixes some of these nagging issues.
I think you need to get close to the corpse to get the process started, when it looks like it's disintegrating. After that then you can move away. I remember during the weekend that I had to chase a dragon's corpse down the side of a mountain to get the soul. Or it might be that the process doesn't start until the corpse has stopped moving.
As for the not absorbing part, I think that bug was fixed in the 1.2 patch. Haven't had any recently.
Anybody else take hours trying to find stairs to the Throat of the World?? Apparently you have to go via the small town on the right (cant remember the name).
I did go the whole way around the mountain the first time. Second time I took the cart to Riften and travelled from there. My brother found a shortcut. From the Ritual stone you can head south. There is a path there that leads up through a pass in the mountain. Once through you get to a road, although it's quicker to skip the road and head up the river that should be to your right. You'll know you're on the right path when you find a small cave with a normal troll, a nirnroot and two dead stormcloaks. Right after the cave you can go to your left and you should enter Ivarstead.
Seems like Skyrim has hit the Idon'twanttoplayyounomore barrier.
It is def my fav game of 2011 and it is a huge amount of fun, but after spending well over 100 hours on it I feel its time for me to put it down... :(