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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: mizzl on November 10, 2011, 01:20:57 PM
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Tomorrow, Skyrim(a.k.a ASDJASKLDJLKASJDLKAS) is coming out. Excite, anyone? I for one am, seeing as I pre-ordered the game. Oblivion fanboy, guilty as charged :biggrin:
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8 1/2 hours left :caffeine:
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I played Oblivion last weekend to psyche me up or this. I can't wait. I'm going to see if Walmart will have it available at midnight.
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Midnight for me as well. :hefdaddy
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I'm at a gig tomorrow so I can't play :(
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Midnight for me as well. :hefdaddy
I want to midnight it, but I have to work at 6:30AM. Unless I midnight it and play all night and have a shitty 8 hours of work tomorrow! :P
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4 hour livestream right here: https://www.ign.com/videos/2011/11/10/ign-live-presents-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim
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I will most likely be picking it up tmrw :metal
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I'm at a gig tomorrow so I can't play :(
Screw that. Skyrim>social life
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I'm at a gig tomorrow so I can't play :(
Screw that. Skyrim>social life
I tried to switch with the person closing tonight but they want to Skyrim tomorrow too :(
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I sooooooooooooo wish I could play this but I have not the console or the memory space on my computer. :(
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I sooooooooooooo wish I could play this but I have not the console or the memory space on my computer. :(
Start deleting porn!
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I sooooooooooooo wish I could play this but I have not the console or the memory space on my computer. :(
Start deleting porn!
One of the few instances where I condone this action.
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What is the deal with these casuals wanting to use followers?
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(https://i.imgur.com/46C5b.png)
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(https://i.imgur.com/46C5b.png)
:rollin :rollin
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I sooooooooooooo wish I could play this but I have not the console or the memory space on my computer. :(
get a used 360 on craigslist. You can probably get them pretty cheap. Just make sure it works!
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Also, my friend already has it on PS3.
The jelly...........
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(https://i.imgur.com/46C5b.png)
:rollin :rollin
Love that place
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PLAYED IT ALL DAY LOL.
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NEED NOW OMG WORK IS GONNA SUCK TODAY BEFORE THE MIDNIGHT RELEASE OIENFPEQJPOHGJOPREHNPOIRG
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NEED NOW AS WELL
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I almost don't want to play a Breton. I usually did because of the Magicka bonus. I mean, that would still be nice but it isn't nearly as necessary now. Like, my major skills would reflect each of the main attributes and I would level them when I wanted to level etc. But now, I don't need to do that.
So, I have to decide which race. Fuck it, I'll stick with the Breton. It gets a little boost in each school of Magick except for Destruction. I love Destructioning shit. Who gives a damn if I do more?
I'll be definitely Smithing/Enchanting for leet as fuck Dragon Light Armor. From there, I need to decide wtf to do.
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I can't wait to explode my pants to this game.
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I can't wait to explode my pants to this game.
You haven't yet just merely at the announcement of it?
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Midnight launch tonight! I'm trying to decide what character I want. I'm only several hours familiar with Oblivion so this is almost all new to me. This are what I'm thinking so far:
Stealth
Lockpicking
Mage
Archery
It's definitely unique, lol.
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(https://images.uesp.net/e/eb/SR-perktree-Smithing.jpg)
Does this mean I'll have to unlock ALL of the smithing things to unlock Dragon Armor, or just one side or the other?
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(https://images.uesp.net/e/eb/SR-perktree-Smithing.jpg)
Does this mean I'll have to unlock ALL of the smithing things to unlock Dragon Armor, or just one side or the other?
From what I understood watching the IGN livestream, it's all of it.
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Well, I also read that if a skill as 2 pre-reqs, you only need to get one. Here's to finding out.
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OH FUCK FIVE HOURS SDKFASJKLFADKFJASJK
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Midnight launch tonight! I'm trying to decide what character I want. I'm only several hours familiar with Oblivion so this is almost all new to me. This are what I'm thinking so far:
Stealth
Lockpicking
Mage
Archery
It's definitely unique, lol.
This is kind of what I was thinking. I want to make a magic-using archer. I have no idea how that will work yet, though... If I do anything other than that, it will be a good ole battlemage (melee + magic).
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I told my buddy (who is going to be my best man) that if he can talk me into going tonight, I'll go get it and let work suck tomorrow.
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Perahps I shall buy this game tonight.
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I remember hearing so many people get excited about this game. Then I finally saw a commercial for it, and it looked pretty neat.
...And then I saw it was Elder Scrolls. And the disappointment set in.
I hadn't really followed it at all. I don't follow video games nearly as closely as I used to. I really didn't know what the game was going to be. But I was thoroughly disappointed when I found out it was just going to be another pointless wRPG.
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Pointless? :P
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Okay, so if I want the game at midnight, I need to drive to one GameStop location and pay for it in full in the next hour. Then I can drive 5 miles to wait 3 hours to pick it up at another location at midnight.
Wait till tomorrow, or do all that driving tonight? If I just went in tomorrow to the first location (where I preordered it) I wouldn't need to drive to the other one.
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Pointless? :P
I'll take a linear, plot driven RPG over a standard wRPG anyway. Aside from things bioware touches, most wRPGs tend to be pretty pointless. Just generic fetch quests that don't advance any real plot. All they really do is get you gold and experience.
I only played a bit of Oblivion. The gameplay wasn't even fun. And from what I understand, it's rather poorly designed for a sandbox game, too. Become the head of the guild? Watch no one treat you differently. Slaughter a town? Watch no one treat you differently. Assassinate an important political figure? Watch no one treat you differently.
I just don't see the appeal. And what's worse is now any linear, story driven RPGs that come out are condemned for not being big open world Oblivion clones.
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Morrowind is my favourite game ever. I've played thousands of hours on that game. I got to around 500 on Oblivion and I've completed more then double what I have on Morrowind heh. Oblivion is still great though. So excited but I'm not gonna play until after exams which is the 21st :(
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@Madgician: I agree with a few of those points actually, but I'm still looking forward to this game. I pretty much see it as a different genre from more linear story RPGs.
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@Madgician: I agree with a few of those points actually, but I'm still looking forward to this game. I pretty much see it as a different genre from more linear story RPGs.
Yepper.
Currently playing a linear, story-driven RPG...will be picking one up around the same time as Skyrim and playing it at the same time. :biggrin:
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@Madgician: I agree with a few of those points actually, but I'm still looking forward to this game. I pretty much see it as a different genre from more linear story RPGs.
Well, such games are generally just lumped under "western RPGs." However, the problem with that is games like Dragon Age, KoToR, etc would go under that. Being western RPGs. But they're pretty different.
Also, the thing I don't understand about The Elder Scrolls game is this. It's always presented as, and people are always raving about how it's like an MMORPG, but single player. Which, I mean, they basically are. But I don't get it. Why not just play an MMORPG? You'd get basically the same game experience, but with the addition of getting to hang out with people. I mean, sure. There's those few that don't have a stable enough internet connection, or don't want to pay a monthly fee. But I imagine that'd be a pretty niche group.
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@Madgician: I agree with a few of those points actually, but I'm still looking forward to this game. I pretty much see it as a different genre from more linear story RPGs.
Well, such games are generally just lumped under "western RPGs." However, the problem with that is games like Dragon Age, KoToR, etc would go under that. Being western RPGs. But they're pretty different.
Also, the thing I don't understand about The Elder Scrolls game is this. It's always presented as, and people are always raving about how it's like an MMORPG, but single player. Which, I mean, they basically are. But I don't get it. Why not just play an MMORPG? You'd get basically the same game experience, but with the addition of getting to hang out with people. I mean, sure. There's those few that don't have a stable enough internet connection, or don't want to pay a monthly fee. But I imagine that'd be a pretty niche group.
I don't know about other TES fans but I'd never say such a nasty, untrue thing about a TES game :lol
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I remember that was one of the bigger ways of describing Morrowind. The description didn't carry to Oblivion as much. But either way, it basically is. Do a bunch of fetch quests for gold and experience to level up and put skill points in place and get better gear.
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You're completely missing the point.
Like, completely.
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Enlighten me?
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Well for one, TES games actually...end, instead of being chore-like.
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Just pre-purchased it today, got it all preloaded. Just a few more hours!
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The fetch quests felt pretty chore-like to me, personally. And I mean, there's not a real end to Oblivion, from what I've heard. You become the arch-mage or whatever. And then you can keep playing and your status as arch-mage has no effect on anything. You can just keep going until you complete all the side quests and hit the level cap.
So, honestly, I'm not seeing the difference.
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The fetch quests felt pretty chore-like to me, personally. And I mean, there's not a real end to Oblivion, from what I've heard. You become the arch-mage or whatever. And then you can keep playing and your status as arch-mage has no effect on anything. You can just keep going until you complete all the side quests and hit the level cap.
So, honestly, I'm not seeing the difference.
Well, using the Arch-mage as an example, it does have effects. You get a free house with unique stuff in it and people of that faction will treat you differently. Obviously the blacksmith doesn't give a shit that you're the archmage, so he treats you the same way.
Besides that...there are actually very few fetch quests in TES...especially not of the "Slaughter common monsters all day until they drop 20 of some item" kind. At worst you get "Go kill Steve and bring me his sword". Most of the quests are more interesting though, like you have to investigate stuff and talk to people...
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How is TES anything like an MMORPG? You act like it's just all about doing fetch quests and killing x amount of x monster. It is almost never like that.
The fetch quests felt pretty chore-like to me, personally. And I mean, there's not a real end to Oblivion, from what I've heard. You become the arch-mage or whatever. And then you can keep playing and your status as arch-mage has no effect on anything. You can just keep going until you complete all the side quests and hit the level cap.
So, honestly, I'm not seeing the difference.
Parts of Oblivion were chore-like, but it was a really cool game. Not as well-done in the "your actions have a point" department as Fallout, but still much better than an MMORPG would have been, where the big boss you killed respawns for the next guy 2 minutes later
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I played more of Morrowind than I did Oblivion, so maybe Oblivion actually was a bit better. But honestly, both were completely boring to me. It basically felt like I was playing an MMOPRG, more or less. I really don't see what the huge draw is.
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What makes The Elder Scrolls games great is that there is no set goal, and there's absolutely no set path. You don't want to do one of the 'fetch quests'? (which, by the way, is a ridiculous statement. There's a ton of really interesting quests in all the games) Then don't - just go explore. There are dozens if not hundreds of stories, both written and emergent, just waiting to be found. Christ, on one of my first characters in Morrowind, I accidentally entered a vampire den while searching for the dungeon on one of those 'fetch quests', caught vampirism before getting out, became a vampire, and then spent hours trying to track down the rare book I needed that described the cure, then carrying out the cure from the book. All while trying to stay alive, (read: drinking blood) and getting no help from anyone, as every NPC would either refuse to talk to me or try to kill me, even my own guild.
I mean, I've never had an experience even close to that in an MMO.
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Saw Sigz ninja'd me, read his post, and then deleted my own.
That sums it up perfectly, Sigz. The games are fucking awesome. In Oblivion, I became a thief. Those thieve's guild quests were AWESOME, especially higher up ones. I mean, breaking into a castle, stealing rare things from a princess's bedroom, and then darting out hoping no guards would spot me was awesome. I have never experienced anything like that in an MMORPG.
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I agree with Sigz. But thats a major reason why I preferred Morrowind, because everything wasn't level scaled so you could go into a cave and get slaughtered at a low level as opposed to Oblivion where you could go into any cave at any level and know you could take whatever was in there.
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I agree with Sigz. But thats a major reason why I preferred Morrowind, because everything wasn't level scaled so you could go into a cave and get slaughtered at a low level as opposed to Oblivion where you could go into any cave at any level and know you could take whatever was in there.
Agreed, though Oscuro's Oblivion Overhall really helped that.
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Pointless? :P
I'll take a linear, plot driven RPG over a standard wRPG anyway. Aside from things bioware touches, most wRPGs tend to be pretty pointless. Just generic fetch quests that don't advance any real plot. All they really do is get you gold and experience.
I only played a bit of Oblivion. The gameplay wasn't even fun. And from what I understand, it's rather poorly designed for a sandbox game, too. Become the head of the guild? Watch no one treat you differently. Slaughter a town? Watch no one treat you differently. Assassinate an important political figure? Watch no one treat you differently.
I just don't see the appeal. And what's worse is now any linear, story driven RPGs that come out are condemned for not being big open world Oblivion clones.
So games are supposed to be 100% realistic then? :P
Also:
Become the head of the guild? Watch no one treat you differently.
wat
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The only similarities between TES/Fallout and a typical MMO besides the obvious RPG characteristics are the open-ended, open world gameplay styles. It ends there. Playing a TES game is nothing like playing an MMO. The quests are totally different, the playstyle is totally different (at least mine is). The way I play a game like Skyrim is I become totally immersed in my character and the world. I use my imagination to spice things up. I'm not just playing a game and doing quests to level my character up and get cool new stuff, I am living another life in another world. You have control over everything.
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Yeah, you got it summers.
When I'm playing an MMORPG, my interest virtually ends as soon as I stop being able to find people to play with because after that it's just like doing chores. With Bethesda games, I'm actually role-playing while I'm role-playing... just having fun. That's kinda the point of a sand-box type game.
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What makes The Elder Scrolls games great is that there is no set goal, and there's absolutely no set path. You don't want to do one of the 'fetch quests'? (which, by the way, is a ridiculous statement. There's a ton of really interesting quests in all the games) Then don't - just go explore. There are dozens if not hundreds of stories, both written and emergent, just waiting to be found. Christ, on one of my first characters in Morrowind, I accidentally entered a vampire den while searching for the dungeon on one of those 'fetch quests', caught vampirism before getting out, became a vampire, and then spent hours trying to track down the rare book I needed that described the cure, then carrying out the cure from the book. All while trying to stay alive, (read: drinking blood) and getting no help from anyone, as every NPC would either refuse to talk to me or try to kill me, even my own guild.
I mean, I've never had an experience even close to that in an MMO.
Honestly, I like having a set goal and path. I like starting at A and knowing I have to get to B so I can get to C so I can get to D. Sure, I"m going to explore around B before I head to C. But I'm going to go there. Like I said, I prefer linear, story driven RPGs.
So games are supposed to be 100% realistic then? :P
Not exactly sure where you got that. That's pretty much the opposite of my taste in video games, over all. Halo over CoD, for me.
The only similarities between TES/Fallout and a typical MMO besides the obvious RPG characteristics are the open-ended, open world gameplay styles. It ends there. Playing a TES game is nothing like playing an MMO. The quests are totally different, the playstyle is totally different (at least mine is). The way I play a game like Skyrim is I become totally immersed in my character and the world. I use my imagination to spice things up. I'm not just playing a game and doing quests to level my character up and get cool new stuff, I am living another life in another world. You have control over everything.
I never really felt like TES was very immersive. I just feel like I"m wondering around aimlessly without much of a real story going on.
Yeah, you got it summers.
When I'm playing an MMORPG, my interest virtually ends as soon as I stop being able to find people to play with because after that it's just like doing chores. With Bethesda games, I'm actually role-playing while I'm role-playing... just having fun. That's kinda the point of a sand-box type game.
Personally, I'd much rather be railroaded with a fantastic story than given freedom to wonder about without much of a story.
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I'm gonna go see Immortals tonight at midnight and am REAAAALLY tempted to just go to walmart or something and pick up Skyrim while im out.
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I REALLY want to play this but I am poor and have no money and will have to wait until this is discounted/I get a job.
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I agree with Sigz. But thats a major reason why I preferred Morrowind, because everything wasn't level scaled so you could go into a cave and get slaughtered at a low level as opposed to Oblivion where you could go into any cave at any level and know you could take whatever was in there.
Agreed, though Oscuro's Oblivion Overhall really helped that.
Yeah true but IMO it shows that Morrowind was the better game when I ended up with game-changing mods like OOO on OB but on Morrowind I either played with a graphics enhancer or just the vanilla game. Either way I'm sure Skyrim will be modded to death so it should be awesome nontheless :)
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I think with Skyrim I'm going to play a setup that I had a lot of fun with in Oblivion, that is a Wood Elf specializing in stealth skills, along with archery and alchemy. It was so much fun to be able to clear out a dungoen full of bandits or whatever without them ever realizing I was there :metal
Another really fun thing I did was a Warrior/Mage type guy.
Both of these characters were really fun due to the roleplaying thing people mentioned before. I created a personality for these guys and acted based on it. The Wood Elf was a serial killer and the Mage was a former criminal trying to straighten himself out but kept falling into his own ways.
A great way to get a lot of fun out of it is to just never use fast travel. You discover so much stuff that way.
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Personally, I'd much rather be railroaded with a fantastic story than given freedom to wonder about without much of a story.
That's on you, then. Personally, I have no idea why you're comparing turn-based RPGs with first person RPGs and acting like they're supposed to be the same some how. You wouldn't go into the CoD thread and talk about how much you prefer Metal Gear Solid 4, would you? Or post in Starcraft 2's thread that you think Civ is so much better? They're totally different styles, so why are you coming into a thread about one and belaboring the point that you like something else so much better?
That's awesome, Gen. I've never imagined a Elf serial killer before but I do like that combo. I might try it myself!
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A great way to get a lot of fun out of it is to just never use fast travel. You discover so much stuff that way.
Yeah, I usually start up one character that just does every skill first and when I've pretty much completed most of the quests and stuff I'll start up other characters that specialize in certain things. Skyrim seems like its gonna be like infinite quests though which should be awesome! And I never fast travel haha. Well occasionally if I'm really lazy :p So much more rewarding to run.
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I decided to just wait until tomorrow and pick the game up at BestBuy and take my quadrupile points with my Premiere Silver membership.
Since people have been talking about their player templates, I've always been a big proponent of having The Atronach as a birthsign. The no magica regeneration is a great trade off for absorbing 50% of magic thrown against you. It actually works really well in a thief/mage combo toon, and is a beast in a heavy armor/weapon/restore template.
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Personally, I'd much rather be railroaded with a fantastic story than given freedom to wonder about without much of a story.
That's on you, then. Personally, I have no idea why you're comparing turn-based RPGs with first person RPGs and acting like they're supposed to be the same some how. You wouldn't go into the CoD thread and talk about how much you prefer Metal Gear Solid 4, would you? Or post in Starcraft 2's thread that you think Civ is so much better? They're totally different styles, so why are you coming into a thread about one and belaboring the point that you like something else so much better?
That's awesome, Gen. I've never imagined a Elf serial killer before but I do like that combo. I might try it myself!
I simply came in and mentioned that I hadn't, at first, realized it was a TES game. It turned into a friendly debate, which I'm fine with. I enjoy a good friendly debate now and again. It didn't really get heated. I don't think anyone got upset, agitated, or offended. If they did, I apologize.
That said, I'd like to point out that not all linear RPGs are turn based. Action RPGs are pretty great. Such as the ./hack series. Which, ironically, actually IS a single player MMORPG. Also, Kingdom Hearts. Also, I thought TES had the option to do third person? I seem to remember doing that.
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It does but it's awful. Like zooming into first person in an MMO.
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I decided to just wait until tomorrow and pick the game up at BestBuy and take my quadrupile points with my Premiere Silver membership.
Since people have been talking about their player templates, I've always been a big proponent of having The Atronach as a birthsign. The no magica regeneration is a great trade off for absorbing 50% of magic thrown against you. It actually works really well in a thief/mage combo toon, and is a beast in a heavy armor/weapon/restore template.
They got rid of birthsigns in Skyrim.
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The Atronach was awesome in Morrowind! Not so much in Oblivion but was fun for a change.
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/.hack is also one of the worst series ever :biggrin:
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wat
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For one the level designs are awful. And don't try to defend it by saying that they're randomly generated, because the dungeons in Persona are random as well and they look great :biggrin:
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Oh sorry my instinct made me think of the show and I was too lazy to read back. :lol
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I mean, I grew up with those story-driven JRPGs. I love them, and I miss them a lot. The truth is, though, that there aren't many good ones around anymore. Sure, there's been a handful over the last two years or so, but it looks like most of that generation's developers have moved on and this generation is into different things. I don't necessarily think one is better or worse; just different.
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HOLY SHIT ITS TIME
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For one the level designs are awful. And don't try to defend it by saying that they're randomly generated, because the dungeons in Persona are random as well and they look great :biggrin:
I didn't even know Persona dungeons were random. Then again I've only played the Innocent Sin for my PSP (love it to death :heart).
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I mean, I grew up with those story-driven JRPGs. I love them, and I miss them a lot. The truth is, though, that there aren't many good ones around anymore. Sure, there's been a handful over the last two years or so, but it looks like most of that generation's developers have moved on and this generation is into different things. I don't necessarily think one is better or worse; just different.
I'll agree to that. There's very few that come out anymore, and a lot of the ones that do kinda suck. Thing is, it's not that there's less of a demand for those games. There's still that same niche market. Though it's actually a fairly sizable niche market. However, since the gaming market as a whole has expanded, that same niche market is now smaller by comparison. So then, the sales are much lower compared to bigger mainstream titles. And with the increasing cost to develop games, it's harder for companies to make their money back.
THAT SAID. New "Tales Of" game coming out. Tales of Graces. Haven't had a chance to pick up any of the earlier titles, though I've heard so many great things. Definitely picking up ToG. Also, Disgaea 4.
As for ./Hack. Man, those games were fun. I'll admit, the level design was pretty lackluster. But I loved the way the leveling system was set up. So much fun. And the Story was pretty cool. At least, I seem to remember it being cool. I admittedly was about 15 when I played it. I also never got a chance to finish the whole series.
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For one the level designs are awful. And don't try to defend it by saying that they're randomly generated, because the dungeons in Persona are random as well and they look great :biggrin:
I didn't even know Persona dungeons were random. Then again I've only played the Innocent Sin for my PSP (love it to death :heart).
I meant P3 and P4, 1 and both Tsumi and Batsu are designed dungeons.
Still haven't started playing Tsumi because I haven't beaten P1 yet (because it suuuuucks)
THAT SAID. New "Tales Of" game coming out. Tales of Graces. Haven't had a chance to pick up any of the earlier titles, though I've heard so many great things. Definitely picking up ToG. Also, Disgaea 4.
Hopefully we'll get Tales of Xillia relatively soon, too *crosses fingers*
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HOLY SHIT ITS TIME
So in California, they can sell games when it hits midnight EST, or are you downloading the PC version of the game?
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Just got back from midnight release at Gamestop, that was fun. Installing now!
The map that came with it is really cool too
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Goodbye DTF. Hello Skyrim!!!! :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal
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Holy crap, the CE is huge. I wasn't expecting a huge box like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcQFc5La_KM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcQFc5La_KM)
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Buys Skyrim on PC so he wouldn't have to download it (as in, I have the disc).
Steam downloads anyway?
WHAT THE FUCK?
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Mine installed right off the disc ???
All it had to download was the little patch which took like 5 minutes.
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I mean, I grew up with those story-driven JRPGs. I love them, and I miss them a lot. The truth is, though, that there aren't many good ones around anymore. Sure, there's been a handful over the last two years or so, but it looks like most of that generation's developers have moved on and this generation is into different things. I don't necessarily think one is better or worse; just different.
Is Zelda lumped into that category? 'Cause I think it's been fairly consistent in terms of quality.
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Zelda's an action-RPG, right? There's been plenty of good action-RPGs in both from Japan and the US lately.
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OH god oh god! Two hours of chemistry and then I get to play Skyrim. I might just die.
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JAMPSIDJNASOINCEIOUBIUDASYDIUBSAYDIASUDYAS
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Still 10 days until my last exam... fuckkkkkkkkkkk I've got good marks this semester and I should be able to pass with minimal study but I know its not worth it :( :(
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Almost done installing the patch!!!
Just got back from midnight release at Gamestop, that was fun. Installing now!
The map that came with it is really cool too
It's definitely awesome, and while I understand why it was packaged as it was, I was hoping for a rolled up map instead of all these creases. :-\ I also was expecting it to be more "cloth" instead of parchment.
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Man, the first dragon is kicking my ass :lol
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Holy fucking balls this game is good.
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INSTALLING NOW :caffeine::caffeine::caffeine::caffeine::caffeine::caffeine::caffeine::caffeine:
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Stealing in Skyrim:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5aUdijAN8&feature=player_embedded
:lol
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:lol Brilliant.
WHY WON'T THIS FUCKER INSTALL FASTER I NEED TO PLAY NOW
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Oh my god :rollin
Edit: God damn, putting a bucket on someone's head is harder than it looks!
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There's also another video where he puts a bucket over the guy's head, kills the woman and he doesn't even notice once the bucket is off his head :lol
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I've been standing in a house now trying for 10 minutes to awkwardly slide a bucket onto a guy's head. This is the best game ever.
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I'm thinking about buying the Collector's Edition once I get off work today. :metal
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Skyward Sword is way awesomer
*runs really really fast*
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Skyward Sword is way awesomer
*runs really really fast*
RAAAAAWR
no u
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More like...Skyward BORED
HAHAHAHAHAHA...haha...ha...
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I was going to make a female character but then it hit me..This game has actual beards that don't turn your body purple!
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Skyward Sword is way awesomer
*runs really really fast*
Let's wait to judge until SS is actually out in the public, not just the official game reviewers. :orly:
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Skyward Sword is way awesomer
*runs really really fast*
Let's wait to judge until SS is actually out in the public, not just the official game reviewers. :orly:
Maybe I'm just sad that my computer can't come close to handling Skyrim :(.
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Neither can mine, hence Xboxage. :P
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Does Skyrim has sky high requirements for a computer?
I don't have the strongest gaming-computer, but I'm a bit interested in the game. :P
I suck at system requirements / "what I have VS what I can run" and all that, but to simplify, here are some of my speccs, and maybe you guys could tell me if it's good enough or not. :P
Intel Core i3-2105 3.10 GHz (dualcore)
4 GB RAM
MSI GeForce GTX 460 1024MB
Got Windows 7 as well
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Holy fuck. I go out, buy the game, pop it into the PC, and I have to download STEAM and wait for steam to decide it's out in my area before I can install it? That's so fucking stupid. What if I didn't have internet access?
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Holy fuck. I go out, buy the game, pop it into the PC, and I have to download STEAM and wait for steam to decide it's out in my area before I can install it? That's so fucking stupid. What if I didn't have internet access?
Then you'd be SOL. The box says internet connection and a Steam account is required to activate.
In other news, this game is AWESOME. I'm doing an even mix of main story and side quests and just defeated my first dragon. :D
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How are you guys already playing it? It keeps telling me that I need to wait for it to be released. Did it not come out on the 11th?
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How are you guys already playing it? It keeps telling me that I need to wait for it to be released. Did it not come out on the 11th?
Ya it did.
STILL WAITING FOR MY COPY AAAAARGH
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So, why is it downloading the game from Steam. Can I not install it from the disc?
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So, why is it downloading the game from Steam. Can I not install it from the disc?
What's the release date out in China?
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It installed through Steam for me, but said it was reading off the disk, so it only took about 10 minutes to install. It downloaded a 177MB patch after that. Not sure why it's not activating for you, it's the 11th almost everywhere now.
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So, why is it downloading the game from Steam. Can I not install it from the disc?
What's the release date out in China?
I *think* it's the 11th, but according to many actual stores here it's the 12... so, I dunno. The guy sold it to me, but it was at 8pm today (on the 11th) and the game was not on shelves yet... I saw it in a box and asked him for it.
You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find "official" release date info in HK... lol.
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This site lists the release date as November 12th. https://www.hmv.com.hk/product/games.asp?sku=238991
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Yeah, that's what it says in the Steam store, too. Damn.
Oh well. I guess I just waste an hour on showing and playing LOTR online then.
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I'm still pondering if I should just run through the main quest first and then do whatever it pleases me or mixed it up.
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I scrapped my Nord Barbarian idea pretty much instantly when I saw some spells in action. Now I'm a Breton wizard. :hat
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going to be complete honest and say that I've never played an Elder Scrolls game. What's all the hype about/what actually happens within the game and should I be buying it? :D
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Check online videos, but they won't do it justice. Buy the game and bask in its awesomeness.
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Just bought it with the money Tahlia owed me for buying her Dream Theater ticket :D
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So I was a Breton Mage, but now I'm also a werewolf. Bizzare.
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So I was a Breton Mage, but now I'm also a werewolf. Bizzare.
I haven't bumped into any werewolves yet. How does the transformation work? Once a day, every night or what?
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So here I was walking on the plains on my way to Rorikstead when some bandits are attacking a Giant. Giant hits the bandit with the hammer and the bandit, LITERALLY, went flying to space! :lol :lol
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Does Skyrim has sky high requirements for a computer?
I don't have the strongest gaming-computer, but I'm a bit interested in the game. :P
I suck at system requirements / "what I have VS what I can run" and all that, but to simplify, here are some of my speccs, and maybe you guys could tell me if it's good enough or not. :P
Intel Core i3-2105 3.10 GHz (dualcore)
4 GB RAM
MSI GeForce GTX 460 1024MB
Got Windows 7 as well
yes, easily.
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Just popped the disc in, and am ready to play :metal
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Cool stuff. Might buy it tomorrow, haven't decided.
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Skyrim, Y u no let me have social life?!
Such an awesome game :metal
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Draugr Scourge are the bane of my existence!!
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Ended up playing it for 16+ hours at my bubby's house directly after the midnight release. Then I decided to take a break and come home.
And now I'm playing it once again. God damn.
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I don't have it yet, but my brother does, so I was at his place playing it for a while. Got to level 4. I encountered a giant, and based on the gameplay videos I saw it seemed like giants wouldn't mess with you if you don't mess with their mammoths, so I walked past him. He promptly stepped on me and sent me flying like 400 feet into the air :rollin
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Haha, I've only been pummeled into the ground. I'm doing pretty well as a sneaking archer, and am able to kill the average enemy with 1 or 2 hits. I'm trying to get access to more powerful spells though so I can be more effective against larger groups. I have a lot of spells but they're all novice, and none work better than dual casting fire.
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So generally speaking, are we all finding melee not fun or are people just not choosing melee-based classes?
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A little of both, but I wouldn't say that melee isn't fun, only that it's more visually stimulating to see magic whirling around and the feeling of satisfaction after nailing a guy with an arrow from 100m out. I did conjure a sword once and it had a nice "finishing move" which I expect is more common if you're a melee character.
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In Oblivion, I was a pretty boring roleplayer: always chose Imperial male, and almost always stuck with melee as my primary while honing some magic on the side. It was only recently I decided to attempt making a more generally well-rounded character. I may experiment a little more with Skyrim but there's a chance I'll just go Nord. I might toy with class a bit though.
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I only played a few hours of Oblivion but that was my character exactly! I did try archery in Oblivion though and it was pretty clunky. It's MUCH better in Skyrim.
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The thing about the melee combat, so far I noticed, is that this time around you need to be more careful with how you attack. Sometimes it just comes down to hack and slash, but often times (while playing on the Adept difficulty) I found myself dying to one fuckin' boss/mini boss character who beats the shit out of me harder.
It's not necessarily the best combat system in the world, but I think that's part of the point. Plus, once you get the hang of using a short sword and shield combo, the melee combat kicks so much ass.
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Picked it up on the X-Box today after work. I'm playing a Dunmer that is focused on sneaking around and stabbing things with his two swords and he's pretty damn good at it so far. I'm REALLY liking the changes to progression and combat so far. Switching between swords to a dual-fire spell to roast enemies is too much fun.
I can already see that I won't be getting much done this weekend...
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It's not necessarily the best combat system in the world, but I think that's part of the point.
Skyrim: Shitty melee combat, on purpose.
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It's not necessarily the best combat system in the world, but I think that's part of the point.
Understatement to say the least.
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Seems like killing dragons would be nearly impossible if your character was all about the melee. I have a hard enough time already trying to get them down with my decent archery skills.
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Seems like killing dragons would be nearly impossible if your character was all about the melee. I have a hard enough time already trying to get them down with my decent archery skills.
Not if you have companions with you.
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Played this game almost every waking minute today. I'll barely be able to play it tomorrow. I'm really sad. :'(
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It's not necessarily the best combat system in the world, but I think that's part of the point.
Skyrim: Shitty melee combat, on purpose.
Because of the dragons?
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So generally speaking, are we all finding melee not fun or are people just not choosing melee-based classes?
Did I miss something, or are there no classes?
Game seems more like Fallout in that regard. You choose which traits you want to build-up, but you are by no means forced to stay that way.
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Keep in mind that I still do not have the game, and will not until Christmastime. :P
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So generally speaking, are we all finding melee not fun or are people just not choosing melee-based classes?
Did I miss something, or are there no classes?
Game seems more like Fallout in that regard. You choose which traits you want to build-up, but you are by no means forced to stay that way.
No classes anymore. I kept waiting for the inevitable 'choose your skills' dialogue box to pop, but it never did. I am not at all disappointed that it didn't.
Also, I am not minding the melee combat at all. I'm finding it better than Oblivion and Morrowind, which had shit combat in general.
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Those new "finishing moves" make the melee look better, but it's still as floaty as it was in Oblivion. IMO.
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It's not necessarily the best combat system in the world, but I think that's part of the point.
Skyrim: Shitty melee combat, on purpose.
Because of the dragons?
No it's just, like Dimitrius said, really floaty.
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Those new "finishing moves" make the melee look better, but it's still as floaty as it was in Oblivion. IMO.
Yeah, but Skyrim has the dual wielding system, which instantly makes it much more interesting. :)
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I forgot my changed Steam password, and I forgot the answer to my secret question.
I hate my life. :censored
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I just found out it someone catches you steling something, they hire thugs to kill you. I got attacked randomly in Dawnstar after i stole from some guy in Morthar
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BATTLEMAGE BITCHES. I'll fuck you up with magic AND swords. Come at me, bro.
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I went with Khajiit as usual.
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My computer somehow manages to run this well on ultra settings. Feels so fucking good man.
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(https://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/dimitrius21/a07517f4.jpg)
...the fuck?
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:huh: It's just a ghost.
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I know that, but it just stood there with that talk icon that never worked until a Frost Troll came and murdered me. :(
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I'm going to get every ''class'' to a reasonable level to decide which one I want to play, now I got my breton wizard at level 11 and my nord warrior at level 12.
But now the question is: What race should I make the archer/stealthy character?
I guess the most obvious answer is Wood Elf, but ever since my first time playing Morrowind I've had a hatred towards that race for some reason.
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I went with Wood Elf as an archer/stealth character. Working really well.
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Floaty describes the melee well but I still like it, the finishing moves really add to the charm.
Also probably the most satisfying moment for me in the game yet, was when I was fighting a dragon 1on1 as a melee only character and after a whole lot of potions and random food my character climbs on the dragon, jumps up and jams the axe into the dragons skull and then the Skyrim theme starts playing really loud.
Me Gusta face isn't enough to describe the feeling.
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Finishing moves on dragons are fucking awesome. That's how I killed the first one, and I was like "FUCK YEAH!!! THAT WAS AMAZING!!!!"
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I am Nord, levelin 1-hand wep (for dual weild), heavy armor, locksmithing, and restoration.
I chose melee since there really doesn't exist any guides on efficient leveling or great Perk combinations. Just getting use to the game, which is amazing!
And I am able to play this on High resolution; which is so freaking weird.
Right now im doing the jobs for the Companions.
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I love how much content is in this game. I've played 12 hours now and have only barely started the main quest (haven't picked up the horn yet). I decided to head north to the College of Winterhold but there's so much to do on the way there! The best part is that it's legitimate exploring, not being told by someone to go somewhere (some do, but not a lot).
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I liked that one dungeon in the beginning that had some Indiana Jones-esque traps.
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There's a lot of dungeons like that.
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Good!
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Good!
Just watch out for the Draugr Scourge and Restless Draugr. Those are some pesky motherfuckers!
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They're easy to kill with the dual wielding destruction magic thing.
So awesome.
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I've played 11 hours today, now it's 2am and I just fell down from some tower to my death while I was trying to loot chests. I think it's time for a small break.
also, has anyone else witnessed a dragon escaping? one of them attacked Riverwood and about half way the fight it just took off.
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The Busch light is for shotgunning.
(https://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/AsIAmDesign/IMG_0010.jpg)
There is half and half for the Vodka/Kalhua and the blue bottles is mofucking mead.
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What do you know, you start as a prisoner again. Oh well, the rest of the game is freaking awesome.
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This game is so insanely good, I can't even begin to describe it. It blows Oblivion out of the water, and could quite possibly usurp Morrowind.
What do you know, you start as a prisoner again. Oh well, the rest of the game is freaking awesome.
That's pretty much series tradition at this point. Every non-spinoff game in the series has it, including Arena and Daggerfall.
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I went with Wood Elf as an archer/stealth character. Working really well.
Same. This playthrough is more or less a stealth wood-elf who steals EVERYTHING and doesn't give a fuck about one faction for too long.
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So I'm hearing so much praise for this game and its predecesors, if I was going to start playing this series what game should I start with?
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Just start with Skyrim, the stories are self-contained and everything.
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Man...I am shit at killing dragons :lol
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Man...I am shit at killing dragons :lol
Found one in the mountains and took me between 30-45 minutes to kill, haha
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Man...I am shit at killing dragons :lol
Found one in the mountains and took me between 30-45 minutes to kill, haha
I've killed three so far, none of them took 30 minutes, but one fight was like 15.
Are some dragons more powerful than others?
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I've killed two dragons during quests, and one dragon randomly out in the world.
And I've also run like a little bitch from one dragon.
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I die multiple times because I have no armor (robes only). I'm considering buying the hardcover strategy guide tomorrow. There's just SOOO much content and while I love the exploration, I'd really like having a reference, especially since it's too early for a comprehensive wiki.
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I die multiple times because I have no armor (robes only). I'm considering buying the hardcover strategy guide tomorrow. There's just SOOO much content and while I love the exploration, I'd really like having a reference, especially since it's too early for a comprehensive wiki.
IGN has a wiki guide up, that is not remotely close to being comprehensive or complete, but still gives you a guide for the main quest and some of the other bigger questlines (Companions, Thieve's Guilds, Dark Brotherhood, College of Winterhold, etc).
And as for the dragons, I've killed 4-5 of them. Two being from the main quest line and one that was given to me as a Miscellaneous quest (who is at Skyborn Altar protecting a Word Wall).
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I like having a book so I don't have to alt-tab out of the game all the time. Plus, I can get the collector's guide for $30 instead of $40.
I've killed 2 dragons, only 1 from the main quest. It was a lot harder the second time around.
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Steam has an in-game web browser, just hit shit+tab.
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The Dark Brotherhood quest line is pretty interesting this time around.
Also, I've been playing the game with 1st person when in combat and in towns and 3rd person while exploring
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Steam has an in-game web browser, just hit shit+tab.
I don't know why, but I literally lol'd. I like the feel of a real book though, especially one as well put together as this one.
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Four dragons plus the one in the quest and counting. It requires a shitload of potions if you're running solo as a warrior type, but when you have a companion: Just wait until the dragon turns to him/her and smash it's side.
R.I.P Lydia
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R.I.P Lydia
Lydia can suck my dick. She won't ever leave my house in Whiterun when I don't have her following me around. Which is never. Because I am a loner and hate when people tag along and jump in front of my Frost Breathe shout and get all "WTF WHY U HURT ME DRAGONBORN I H8 U NOW" and I'm like "BITCH DON'T JUMP IN FRONT OF MY STUFF K?"
In other news, I love this game so fucking hard.
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Also, I've been playing the game with 1st person when in combat and in towns and 3rd person while exploring
I actually spend most of my time in third person. I only switch to first if I'm in a confined area like a cave or house.
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Lydia
Mmmm Lydia. Dat pixelated ass. Only follower I've had so far and I'm a little disappointed with the total lack of depth she has. Would be nice to have some character related quests or at least in depth conversation options and more random lines in world like New Vegas. Hopefully this is the case with other followers!
Also, does anyone else use the physical map that came with the game? I've been using it more than the in game map, it's actually a lot of fun :hat
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Lydia
Mmmm Lydia. Dat pixelated ass. Only follower I've had so far and I'm a little disappointed with the total lack of depth she has. Would be nice to have some character related quests or at least in depth conversation options and more random lines in world like New Vegas. Hopefully this is the case with other followers!
Also, does anyone else use the physical map that came with the game? I've been using it more than the in game map, it's actually a lot of fun :hat
Speaking of which, do you have to get any sort of special collector's edition for that or does it come with retail? Because apparently my little brother back at home bought the game without my knowing. :lol
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It comes with all normal copies of the game :tup
I put mine up on the wall and I occasionally glance at it when playing when I don't feel like messing around with the 3D map ingame.
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I was just traveling to Winterhold and saw this:
(https://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb243/Edan1266/ScreenShot2.jpg)
(https://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb243/Edan1266/ScreenShot3.jpg)
The best part is how the legs are carelessly flapping around in the wind, but I don't feel like recording that. Regardless, wut? :lol
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...is that a horse? :lol
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Started the game last night and did The Golden Claw. What an amazing game.
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...is that a horse? :lol
Yes, yes it is. A dead one apparently, since I could loot it (it wasn't carrying anything, this was a poor horse).
Started the game last night and did The Golden Claw. What an amazing game.
I literally lol'd at how after finishing that quest, my view was positioned so that as soon as I was done talking to the guy and returning the claw, I was immediately given the option to Press E to Steal Golden Claw.
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What are the conversations like this time around? Did they keep the stupid pie game?
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What are the conversations like this time around? Did they keep the stupid pie game?
As far as I can see there isn't any persuasion game at all.
...is that a horse? :lol
Yes, yes it is. A dead one apparently, since I could loot it (it wasn't carrying anything, this was a poor horse).
I'll see your twitchy dead horse and raise you:
(https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Genowyn/ScreenShot2.jpg)
(https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Genowyn/ScreenShot0.jpg)
(https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Genowyn/ScreenShot1.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/OHQhc.jpg)
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:clap:
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Lookie who I found:
(https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Genowyn/ScreenShot4.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/OHQhc.jpg)
:rollin
:friday:
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Lookie who I found:
(https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Genowyn/ScreenShot4.jpg)
Dear Lord, how old is that guy now? :lol
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Just curious: What are the top three classes for magic?
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My girlfriend getting called to work 5 minutes before I left for her place yesterday was the best thing that happened to me...I thought I played Skyrim for 5 hours, turned out it was 10 hours. I played until 5 am and then played more in my dreams.
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Just curious: What are the top three classes for magic?
Classes? You mean races?
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It probably doesn't even matter a heck of a lot, but Brenton for healing, Dark Elf for destruction, and High-Elf for the other stuff.
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Lookie who I found:
(https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Genowyn/ScreenShot4.jpg)
Dear Lord, how old is that guy now? :lol
He actually answers that for you.
He has a line that says: "M'aiq's father was also called M'aiq. As was M'aiq's father's father. At least, thats what he said."
:lol
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I just managed to get this game for the 360. Let the fun begin (and the social life to end).
EDIT: I also haven't played Oblivion or any Elder games before, so how easy is it to get into the game and become familiar with it?
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Just curious: What are the top three classes for magic?
Classes? You mean races?
Yea. My bad. I meant races.
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So. I really want this game. But of course, my PC is too old, and I don't have a 360 OR a PS3 (FML!). I do, however, have a macbook pro that can run it no problem, but I need a copy of Windows to install using bootcamp. Any good ways to get a copy of Windows for cheap?
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I just managed to get this game for the 360. Let the fun begin (and the social life to end).
EDIT: I also haven't played Oblivion or any Elder games before, so how easy is it to get into the game and become familiar with it?
I'm not much of an RPG guy, but it didn't take me long at all to have fun in ES.
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What's everyone's dragon kill count? I just killed number eleven. :P
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I love the music in this game. The score is above Oblivion's.
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What's everyone's dragon kill count? I just killed number eleven. :P
Speaking of which, is there an unlimited number of dragons or does the main quest end when you've killed them all or what?
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I love the music in this game. The score is above Oblivion's.
I can't wait to hear that. I loved the score of Oblivion to death.
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(https://i.imgur.com/OHQhc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TdWRf.jpg)
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What's everyone's dragon kill count? I just killed number eleven. :P
Speaking of which, is there an unlimited number of dragons or does the main quest end when you've killed them all or what?
Unlimited.
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So, i have the amulet of Mara which allows charcters to ask to marry you, and a guy called Beron asked my character, also a guy, to marry him.
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Harry :lol
My dragon kill count is 1. My killed-by-dragon count is, like, 6.
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I've only killed 2, one by quest and one by running into it.
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I've killed 5 dragons. 3 for quests.
The dungeon where you have to try and find out where the staff of magnus is takes FOREVER.
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Man the shit you can get into is whacky. Ran into some asshole at his cottage and then a dragon showed up and they were fighting each other instead of me, with the mage repeatedly going after my horse, all the while a sabre tooth tiger is chasing me around.
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Oh lawd these dwarven ruins are amazing, very steampunk-ish.
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I just managed to get this game for the 360. Let the fun begin (and the social life to end).
EDIT: I also haven't played Oblivion or any Elder games before, so how easy is it to get into the game and become familiar with it?
I'm not much of an RPG guy, but it didn't take me long at all to have fun in ES.
I can't wait to give it a shot later today.
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(https://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/dimitrius21/820f79dc.jpg)
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Just curious: What are the top three classes for magic?
Classes? You mean races?
Yea. My bad. I meant races.
Breton and High Elf get the most 'magical bonusi' I believe. At least they used to, I'm not sure how much changed since Oblivion, but they were the best then.
Oh lawd these dwarven ruins are amazing, very steampunk-ish.
The Dwarven Ruins were one of my favorite parts of Morrowind. I'm glad they brought them back.
So far, the dungeons I've been in have shown a lot more diversity than Oblivion's so far but there seem to be far less of them. Which is okay, but it seemed like I was running into random locations all the time in Oblivion. Just an observation so far.
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Oh lawd these dwarven ruins are amazing, very steampunk-ish.
The Dwarven Ruins were one of my favorite parts of Morrowind. I'm glad they brought them back.
So far, the dungeons I've been in have shown a lot more diversity than Oblivion's so far but there seem to be far less of them. Which is okay, but it seemed like I was running into random locations all the time in Oblivion. Just an observation so far.
I'm actually glad there's less dungeons/they're more spread out than Oblivion, it always felt really cramped.
And totally agreed about the Dwemer ruins, they were always my favorite part of Morrowind as well.
Also, I'm absolutely loving the changes to the magic system. They actually gave mages a reason to wear robes, and all the spells are great. The ward spells especially work so well - dual wielding ward and blocking a dragon's flame with it = total badassery. My only real complaint is that they got rid of the open lock spell :(
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTgUm8VEWiU
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:rollin
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Haven't read the thread but I just got this on PC and wow, what a waste of money, runs like complete horseshit on my more than capable PC, whether settings are maxed out or at minimum I can't get past 20FPS, my laptop however for no apparent reason runs it a lot better (I get all of 28 FPS).
I've messed with the ini, I've changed drivers countless times, I've even went as far as switching out video cards, nothing.
Why release a port that barely runs and is broken, Bethesda can eat my ass.
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Huh? It runs on ultra perfectly on my only decent setup.
Also, if you haven't already, check the 'disable xbox 360 controller' option, apparently it's a massive FPS drain for whatever stupid reason.
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Running it on high settings smoothly with my mediocre computer.
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Such a good game, but I must admit that every couple hours of gameplay, I simply have to put the thing down and either leave it for a while or put in FIFA. :lol
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Really? I find myself unable to put it down! Last night I came home at 2 am and thought "Let me finish the white phial quest and go to sleep"... I went to sleep at 6.
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:lol
I'm considering making a new character, just to try out more of the non-magic stuff. But I've already become so invested in my current one I don't want to :lol
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Figured I'd check Can You Run It to see what it says about Skyrim....
Recommended: DirectX 9 compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1 GB of RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon HD 4890 or higher)
You Have: ATI Radeon HD 5570
Features: Recommended attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Video RAM 1 GB 3.7 GB
Pixel Shader version 3.0 5.0
Vertex Shader version 3.0 5.0
Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your Video Card does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations.
I just don't understand.
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lolwat
I have an HD4870 and it runs great :lol
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>Traveling by horse
>See Dragon circling sky
>TIME FOR COMBAT
>Fire arrow at Dragon, he notices me.
>Giant appear from campsite to help defeat Dragon
>Epic fight going on for 10 minutes
>Suddenly Giant gets sick of my shit and smacks me DEAD
ಠ_ಠ
EDIT: Okay, so this time not only did the Giant assist me in killing the Dragon, he fuckin' stopped a group of bandits dressed as Imperial Soldiers from mugging me. Giant bro or Giant asshole?
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I think I'll get this as a self Christmas present. Hopefully City of Heroes loosens its grip on me by then.
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EDIT: Okay, so this time not only did the Giant assist me in killing the Dragon, he fuckin' stopped a group of bandits dressed as Imperial Soldiers from mugging me. Giant bro or Giant asshole?
He just doesn't give a FUCK
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTgUm8VEWiU
:lol
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:rollin
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I know it's not Skyrim, but if you liked that video check out this video by the same guys. You just have to watch it...when it happens, you'll know it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZQhZbJevM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZQhZbJevM)
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You guys think Skyrim will run OK with a AMD Radeon HD 6490M? My computer meets all other requirements, I just need to find a copy of windows to install on it (yes, it's a Mac).
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So someone hired a group of thugs to come kill me, and when I saw the contract it had the person's name on it. I look them up and it's Dorthe the child. WTF you little shit
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I hate how you can't kill the children. They're all the most annoying characters in the game, and they're the only ones who are invincible. It's bullshit.
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I know it's not Skyrim, but if you liked that video check out this video by the same guys. You just have to watch it...when it happens, you'll know it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZQhZbJevM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZQhZbJevM)
Yeah, Giant Bomb is my go to video game website.
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I hate how you can't kill the children. They're all the most annoying characters in the game, and they're the only ones who are invincible. It's bullshit.
Too bad we don't have an adoring fan to kick around either.
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So has anyone tried bow & arrow type crap? How does it compare to the aggravating ranged combat of Oblivion?
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Seems kind of the same as Oblivion, but I never had a problem with it so I don't know how to address your question.
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So has anyone tried bow & arrow type crap? How does it compare to the aggravating ranged combat of Oblivion?
It's my primary weapon as a sneak, so I'm mainly shooting still enemies and I have no problem with it.
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I haven't purchased a game/used my PS3 for anything other than Netflix in over 7 months...l have heard "Skyrim" about a thousand times over the last 3 days.... Probably and going to buy it now.
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Love getting attacked by 3 spiders and 2 wolves all at once :|
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Seems kind of the same as Oblivion, but I never had a problem with it so I don't know how to address your question.
I feel it is much less sluggish than it was in Oblivion. It's way easier to aim, in the least.
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Plus, I imagine that the perks make it much more manageable as well.
So, who else here agrees that Frost Trolls can go fuck themselves? Seriously, why are they one of the hardest fucking things to kill ever?
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So, who else here agrees that Frost Trolls can go fuck themselves? Seriously, why are they one of the hardest fucking things to kill ever?
THIS!! I was talking last night with some friend about the game and I literally told them "if you see a Frost Troll, RUN THE OTHER WAY!"
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Or FIRE BREAHTE SHOUT FIREBOLT FLAMES LATHER RINSE REPEAT UNTIL THAT FUCKER DIES FOREVER
Assuming he doesn't run up to you and fist the shit out of your chest.
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Psh, frost trolls aint got shit against my dual fire bolt awesomesauce. Oakenflesh your shit, fire rune on the ground, then burn that fucker to a crisp.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZIiDS_RYVY
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZIiDS_RYVY
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
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urgh I want to play so bad, oh well I'll try this game again once December hits and my trading stops for the year.
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Or FIRE BREAHTE SHOUT FIREBOLT FLAMES LATHER RINSE REPEAT UNTIL THAT FUCKER DIES FOREVER
Assuming he doesn't run up to you and fist the shit out of your chest.
WHERE DO YOU GET THE FIRE BREATHE SHOUT?!?!
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Seriously, what is it with this Skyrim physics engine? Things are flying all over the fucking place from all the links I've seen on FB today.
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Or FIRE BREAHTE SHOUT FIREBOLT FLAMES LATHER RINSE REPEAT UNTIL THAT FUCKER DIES FOREVER
Assuming he doesn't run up to you and fist the shit out of your chest.
WHERE DO YOU GET THE FIRE BREATHE SHOUT?!?!
*SPOILER*
Dustman's Cairn, I believe. You end up going there on a quest a little bit after you join the Companions.
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Or FIRE BREAHTE SHOUT FIREBOLT FLAMES LATHER RINSE REPEAT UNTIL THAT FUCKER DIES FOREVER
Assuming he doesn't run up to you and fist the shit out of your chest.
WHERE DO YOU GET THE FIRE BREATHE SHOUT?!?!
*SPOILER*
Dustman's Cairn, I believe. You end up going there on a quest a little bit after you join the Companions.
Ah, then I shall continue that questline. I've got the Trouble in Skyrim quest but haven't done it yet.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZIiDS_RYVY
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Wait, does it survive, and then come back to kill him?
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Seriously, what is it with this Skyrim physics engine? Things are flying all over the fucking place from all the links I've seen on FB today.
It's really not that bad, I think I've seen it happen once or twice in like 17 hours of playtime.
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I think you guys have gotten me wrapped up in the hype. As much as I complain about western RPGs and TES in general, I'm oddly tempted to pick this up. Or, more likely, rent it and give it a shot.
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Yeah, if you didn't like the others ones I'd say rent it first, though it's definitely the most accessible game of the series thus far.
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Yeah, some time this week I'm planning to hit up Blockbuster. Though I've never had a Blockbuster account, so I don't know how much of a hassle this is going to be.
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Do you have to get a certain amount of dragon souls for certain shouts or something?
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Do you have to get a certain amount of dragon souls for certain shouts or something?
Well, you need 3 souls to get the full shout and you need to find the 3 words for each shouts. Each one is on a different word wall scattered throughout Skyrim.
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My brother got me the strategy guide for my birthday! IT'S HUGE!
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:omg:
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My brother got me the strategy guide for my birthday! IT'S HUGE!
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Jesus
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What did that brick cost?
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My brother got me the strategy guide for my birthday! IT'S HUGE!
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I feel so insignificant knowing I will never discover every bit of information locked away in that monster sized book on my own.
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Really? I find myself unable to put it down! Last night I came home at 2 am and thought "Let me finish the white phial quest and go to sleep"... I went to sleep at 6.
Yeah what. I believe I started playing tonight at about 8pm and it's now 3am. Woops.
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Joined the Dark Brotherhood. That was awesome :D
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So, my Companion's questline is glitched.
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Just put in Skyrim for the first time. Here we go.
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Just put in Skyrim for the first time. Here we go.
See ya in a week bro.
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Okay so I got the game, and I'll play it once my uncle and mom are done with it tomorrow. :lol
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Joined the Dark Brotherhood. That was awesome :D
The entire quest line is awesome. However, it felt shorter to me compared to Oblivion
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Skyrim! I have 2 tests in 7 hours, y u no let me leave?!?!
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So, my Companion's questline is glitched.
It's glitched for me too. Heimskr (or whatever his name is) is supposed to be in a certain cave, the market is pointing to a giant camp, and he isn't at either place. I guess I'll just have to wait for a patch or something.
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So, my Companion's questline is glitched.
It's glitched for me too. Heimskr (or whatever his name is) is supposed to be in a certain cave, the market is pointing to a giant camp, and he isn't at either place. I guess I'll just have to wait for a patch or something.
For console or PC? Because I've heard Bethesda has a tendency to not glitch test their PS3 versions of things. And then not patch and just fix it with the GotY edition. Something about some beef with Sony or something. I dunno, might have just been some hearsay.
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So, my Companion's questline is glitched.
It's glitched for me too. Heimskr (or whatever his name is) is supposed to be in a certain cave, the market is pointing to a giant camp, and he isn't at either place. I guess I'll just have to wait for a patch or something.
For console or PC? Because I've heard Bethesda has a tendency to not glitch test their PS3 versions of things. And then not patch and just fix it with the GotY edition. Something about some beef with Sony or something. I dunno, might have just been some hearsay.
Really? IIRC the PS3 version is usually the least glitched. It at least didn't have that horrible Clavicus Vile glitch in Oblivion.
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I just wanted to say that the map in game is so hard to navigate.
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PC.
I was able to fix it with console commands. It sucks, because White Run is kind of messed up now. Oh well, I wanted to finish the questline. No spoilers, but to me, it wasn't worth it.
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Just put in Skyrim for the first time. Here we go.
See ya in a week bro.
I ended up turning off my xbox before I selected new game so I could get to sleep at a decent hour tonight. I only have a single class tomorrow, so my world will end then. I'm just delaying the inevitable, apparently.
However, my roommate has the game for PC and he's been on it since very early this morning. He's going on 17 hours in a row right now. Crazy. :lol
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I walked out of the tavern in Ivarstead and 3 hired thugs jumped me. Managed to kill them and found out the Blood-Bounds sent them. Guess who's getting an axe in their head my next trip to Whiterun...
Also found a NPC named Temba Wide-Arms. Now to find Darmok...
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Does anyone know where there's a lot of Daedras? I need to farm me some hearts for Daedric Armor.
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Does anyone know where there's a lot of Daedras? I need to farm me some hearts for Daedric Armor.
*Cracks open tome of infinite knowledge*
Looks like it's one of the rarest ingredients in the game. Try doing some of the Daedric quests (like The Black Star) to get access to some. There are 2 in the Nightcaller Temple, located just southeast of Dawnstar.
EDIT: The Nightcaller Temple is part of the "Waking Nightmare" quest, which has a recommended level of 18 and isn't available until level 14.
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3 words
DARK FUCKING BROTHERHOOD
:hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Oh, lookie lookie.
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:hat
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Does anyone know where there's a lot of Daedras? I need to farm me some hearts for Daedric Armor.
*Cracks open tome of infinite knowledge*
Looks like it's one of the rarest ingredients in the game. Try doing some of the Daedric quests (like The Black Star) to get access to some. There are 2 in the Nightcaller Temple, located just southeast of Dawnstar.
EDIT: The Nightcaller Temple is part of the "Waking Nightmare" quest, which has a recommended level of 18 and isn't available until level 14.
Oh, cool. I just started the Black Star.
And I'm level 28 so I think I'll be fine in the Temple. ;D
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lvl 28...?
That's unlike Fallout and Oblivion. What in the lord is the level cap?
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I'm not even level 10 yet, holy shit you guys have been playing a lot :lol
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lvl 28...?
That's unlike Fallout and Oblivion. What in the lord is the level cap?
It's not a hard number, but they say most people will max out around 50, with a "mathematical cap" in the 70s. They also say that you level faster, so it's about the same amount of time needed as in Fallout or Oblivion.
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How does that work?
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I'm not even level 10 yet, holy shit you guys have been playing a lot :lol
I'm not proud of it but I reached 24 hours played yesterday. :blush
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Owners of the collector's editions, what's on those bonus discs? And can we YouTube it yet? :D
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Got my copy on Friday as soon as the store opened, played for 17 hours straight, woke up at 8pm the next day. Then I played some more. :hat
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So, my Companion's questline is glitched.
It's glitched for me too. Heimskr (or whatever his name is) is supposed to be in a certain cave, the market is pointing to a giant camp, and he isn't at either place. I guess I'll just have to wait for a patch or something.
For console or PC? Because I've heard Bethesda has a tendency to not glitch test their PS3 versions of things. And then not patch and just fix it with the GotY edition. Something about some beef with Sony or something. I dunno, might have just been some hearsay.
Console, but I'm on Xbox, not PS3.
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Owners of the collector's editions, what's on those bonus discs? And can we YouTube it yet? :D
Well, it's a making off DVD, but I haven't looked at it yet. I imagine it will contain spoilers, so I will hold off of it for a while.
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I just learned how to craft Dragon Armor.
And of course I've sold every bone and scale I've gotten from dragons, damn.
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Been playing this for an hour or so, cool game!
I'm at the first town (Riverwood), I've sold some items and things like that, what can I buy for gold?
Will probably go to the next town soon, but I feel like I might "miss out" on things here, so I'll probably explore the town a bit more, if there are any good things to do that is. :P
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And of course I've sold every bone and scale I've gotten from dragons, damn.
I've been doing that too, since they are stupidly heavy and sell for a nice amount. Well shit.
Guess from now on I'll just make my companion carry them all! On that note, the first time I gave my buddy some stuff to hold on to, I decided I would hold on to his 500 Gold for him, and was greatly amused and surprised when he had no problem with that.
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I wish I wasn't going to be giving a Mazda dealership $1600 in about 4 hours, or else I'd be bing this game this afternoon.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7trmEmI5Js&feature=feedu
:lol
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^ :lol No Bethesda game is complete without bugs.
Am I the only one who wants to kill the shouting priest dude in Whiterun? I've tried several times but I always get caught, and somehow I have a bounty of 1000 to the town.
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I WANT TO KILL ALL THE ANNOYING LITTLE KIDS BUT IT WON'T LET ME
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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I thought Sigz said the amount of bugs is exaggerated?
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I just learned how to craft Dragon Armor.
And of course I've sold every bone and scale I've gotten from dragons, damn.
Damn! You're already level 100 on smithing?! I can't even craft elven armor. :(
I haven't sold them because I bought the house on Whiterun as soon as I got 5000 gold and have been stockpiling every bone and scale there until I can craft it.
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I thought Sigz said the amount of bugs is exaggerated?
They are, except for a few glaring ones.
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I thought Sigz said the amount of bugs is exaggerated?
It seems to vary. I haven't encountered any, but I've heard reports of so many that they break the game for people.
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^ :lol No Bethesda game is complete without bugs.
Am I the only one who wants to kill the shouting priest dude in Whiterun? I've tried several times but I always get caught, and somehow I have a bounty of 1000 to the town.
:lol Everytime I pass him I say to myself "one day these guards won't be able to stop me. One day"
Man this game is SOOO in depth. Been playing so long now and still based in Whiterun. Gah, and I have so much work to do to; its tough keeping myself away.
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^ :lol No Bethesda game is complete without bugs.
Am I the only one who wants to kill the shouting priest dude in Whiterun? I've tried several times but I always get caught, and somehow I have a bounty of 1000 to the town.
Gah, and I have so much work to do to; its tough keeping myself away.
Me too, dude. I gotta keep telling myself my future career in law is more important than my career in the Dark Brotherhood :lol
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Could anyone tell me what Magicka is?
I'm guessing that it's something related to spells?
The reason I'm asking is because I have a helm that gives X amount of magicka, but I'm playing more as a melee (warrior), so if it's only useful for casters, I won't have much use for it. :P
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Mana, basically
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Cool stuff.
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I'm level 31 with 100 Smithing. I just decided to say "fuck it, I want 100". Ground dungeons until I had enough $ to get it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7trmEmI5Js&feature=feedu
:lol
I nearly shit myself from laughter at 0:53. Holy god damn.
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edit i dont know how to do the spoiler tags
either way, 30+ hours I'm level 31, 100 smithing, and I've done jack shit as far as the main quest goes. I was able to finish the Companions and Imperial (FUCK THOSE THUNDERCUNTS (get it, not Stormcloaks :P) quest lines. The latter was far more interesting, but both rewards were equally underwhelming.
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edit i dont know how to do the spoiler tags
Just use the font size option and make the font size 1 or 2 point font.
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Anyone else shit himself when he looked up at night and saw an aurora and a giant ass moon? Thought I was playing a next gen Majora's Mask for a few seconds :lol
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Played for like 3-4 hours and still in Riverwood, but I really love the game!
Did the Golden Claw-questline and came back to the town, I have a problem with the quest where I'm supposed to talk to that chick at the windmill (Before the Storm?), I've talked to her and gone through all the different "choices", but haven't gotten my objective completed, anyone might know what it is? :P
I also enjoy casually stealing stuff, don't get me wrong, I don't if there are people that "appreciate" me in the game, but if they act rude, I take their stuff. :lol
I have around 1800 Gold or something, and I still haven't even began to explore the whole world, maybe that amount of gold is low, but I feel rich!
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I tried to not go around stealing a bunch of stuff, but I got to this one blacksmith shop in I think Solitude, and there were Ingots piled all all over the place in neat little stacks and I just could not resist. I lured the guy into another room, ran back and TOOK. EVERYTHING. Leveled up my Blacksmithing quite a lot that day I did.
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I feel a bit guilty for stealing from the blacksmith guy in Riverwood, after all he and his wife are trying to raise a daughter, in comes me and takes all their valuable stuff. :biggrin:
But the rest of the characters in the town felt sorta "hostile" towards strangers, not maybe hostile, but not so much friendly, so no guilt for stealing there.
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Like 8 hours in. Having had much time to play, but have had enough to get a solid 2-3 hours per day, so it's been good. Just killed dragon numero uno.
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edit i dont know how to do the spoiler tags
either way, 30+ hours I'm level 31, 100 smithing, and I've done jack shit as far as the main quest goes. I was able to finish the Companions and Imperial (FUCK THOSE THUNDERCUNTS (get it, not Stormcloaks :P) quest lines. The latter was far more interesting, but both rewards were equally underwhelming.
I'm pretty much at the same point, except that I joined with the Stormcloaks instead of the Empire.
Now I'm pretty much just wondering about doing repeatable quests for the Jarl of Markarth hoping to slay some dragons for my armor, found two today and got my first piece of the gear done. :hat
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How many houses can you buy in the game. I've bought one so far.
In houses, I like how you can activate the bookshelf and the game places books on it for you. It's just convenient
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I can't afford a house yet :|
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How many houses can you buy in the game. I've bought one so far.
In houses, I like how you can activate the bookshelf and the game places books on it for you. It's just convenient
One in each town that has one.
https://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Houses
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I can't afford a house yet :|
Complete the Dark brotherhood and the 20,000 gold payout from the final mission will help
Also thank God, there are more houses. Thanks snapple
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I'm gonna join the Imperial Legion, why? Because Saul motherfucking Tigh is their general!! :2metal:
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Conquering forts is pretty neat.
Also the one-hander + shield combo seemed really really poor at first but as you level up and get the hang of things it's actually fun.
I got this bad ass mace from a quest where I had to take orders from a Daedra and torture some mage in Markarth.
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Conquering forts is pretty neat.
Also the one-hander + shield combo seemed really really poor at first but as you level up and get the hang of things it's actually fun.
I got this bad ass mace from a quest where I had to take orders from a Daedra and torture some mage in Markarth.
Link may contain spoilers
https://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:The_House_of_Horrors
This quest was disgustingly awesome. I'd recommend warning for spoilers. TES lore fans might not want that ruined for them.
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The House of Horrors was so much fun. Just the way it all starts. "You there, come with me into this house"
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The House of Horrors was so much fun. Just the way it all starts. "You there, come with me into this house"
Plus, Molag Bal is just a straight up bad ass.
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Just finished the Stormcloaks missions, good stuff.
Oh and, that damn priest is dead. Whiterun is much nicer now
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Okay, so I've bought a horse now, but my question is, where do I "keep" it?
Obviously it's nice for traveling, but when I'm just chillin' in a city, is there a place to have it so it doesn't despawn or anything like that?
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Okay, so I've bought a horse now, but my question is, where do I "keep" it?
Obviously it's nice for traveling, but when I'm just chillin' in a city, is there a place to have it so it doesn't despawn or anything like that?
It stays outside of the gates and it always spawns next to you when you go outside of the city.
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Awesome. :D
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Awesome. :D
It can also die.
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I actually have a small part in the game! :omg:
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Hmm, yeah, sounds just like me. :hat
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Took some screen shots. Even with everything toned down, this game looks amazing.
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I'm at the second town now, Whiterun.
Defeated the first dragon, and bought a horse (as I mentioned earlier), not quite sure what to do now, I do have some minor quests, but not sure which ones are the main ones, I'll probably do a few tomorrow if I have time.
I'm a bit confused about one quest, it's the one where you either help the girl at the inn, or turn her over to the people looking for her, I've read a bit and will probably do the latter, but I am not quite sure where to find those people now...
A funny side note, two assassins/hired thugs tried to ambush and kill me, but I didn't have much problem fighting them off.
Found the contract-item, turns out that 'Hilde' (the npc in Riverwood) had hired them to kill me, because I stole like 6 gold from her house, I can't help but wonder how much she payed to hire the thugs. :lol
I would go back and kill her, but she seems to sit outside all of the time, and I really don't want the whole town against me just for one kill.
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I would go back and kill her, but she seems to sit outside all of the time, and I really don't want the whole town against me just for one kill.
Sneak.
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I would go back and kill her, but she seems to sit outside all of the time, and I really don't want the whole town against me just for one kill.
Sneak.
This. Helps you murder and steal better. Raise sneak by sneaking around towns. Just make sure you pop out of your croutch to talk to them. Or work on your pickpocketing. It's fun either way.
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I love sneak so much :)
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I'm at the second town now, Whiterun.
Defeated the first dragon, and bought a horse (as I mentioned earlier), not quite sure what to do now, I do have some minor quests, but not sure which ones are the main ones, I'll probably do a few tomorrow if I have time.
I'm a bit confused about one quest, it's the one where you either help the girl at the inn, or turn her over to the people looking for her, I've read a bit and will probably do the latter, but I am not quite sure where to find those people now...
Rorikstead. If you go to the quest menu and put it as active it should put two icons in your map. One is where the girl is in Whiterun and the other is Rorikstead.
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I just learned how to craft Dragon Armor.
And of course I've sold every bone and scale I've gotten from dragons, damn.
Damn! You're already level 100 on smithing?! I can't even craft elven armor. :(
I haven't sold them because I bought the house on Whiterun as soon as I got 5000 gold and have been stockpiling every bone and scale there until I can craft it.
What exactly is the benefit of buying a house? I really don't see the point.
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Generally it's a safe place to keep all of your shit, and you can decorate it to be all nice like.
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Sweet
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So I've been on edge this entire time whether or not I'd consider Skyrim to be, on almost every level, better than Oblivion. Then I discovered the western half of the map. Holy god damn is it gorgeous. Also some of the quests I've done so far involving the Forsworn (and one involving Daedra) have been so god damn cool.
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So I've been on edge this entire time whether or not I'd consider Skyrim to be, on almost every level, better than Oblivion. Then I discovered the western half of the map. Holy god damn is it gorgeous. Also some of the quests I've done so far involving the Forsworn (and one involving Daedra) have been so god damn cool.
I think Skyrim is better simply because of the leveling mechanics. I wish the race bonuses were a little more prominent, but I do like how it plays. Compared to Oblivion, which I did min-max leveling it, this plays very easy.
Essentially, efficient leveling in Oblivion meant you pick a major skill for each attribute (Strength, Int, Willpower, Endurance, Speed, Agility, Personality). Luck isn't included because it's luck. The skills you actually wanted to use you NEVER picked as a major skill. Your major skills helped you level when YOU wanted to level. The idea is that you go for a +5/+5/+5 stat gain every time you level. That means you have to completely control your level gains. For example, lets say I wanted to level up for the stat gain.
You need 10 level gains in your major skills to level your character in Oblivion.
Let's say I got 9 levels in Blade and 1 in Hand-to-hand. That's +5 to Strength on level up. Neither are major skills (Blunt is the one I choose to be a major skill most of the time. Easier to level than hand-to-hand).
Then let's say I got +7 in Restoration and +3 in Destruction. That's +5 in Willpower. Neither are major skills.
So then, let's say I had Alchemy as a major skill. I could pump out 10 levels no problem and get +5 Intelligence.
That way, when I leveled, I would get +5 Strength, +5 Willpower and +5 Intelligence.
It's a very simplified explanation and I'm leaving stuff out and what not.
What's leveling in Skyrim? BASH SHIT!!!!!!!
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What's leveling in Skyrim? BASH SHIT!!!!!!!
It's not even 'bash shit', it's just 'do shit'.
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Not only that, but monsters don't level WITH YOU anymore. Which is wonderful, because that made no god damn sense in a world such as this. It added no challenge to the game. At least now I feel immersed and know who not to fuck with (i.e. Frost Trolls).
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I had a perfect character on Oblivion. Max level, max stats. It honestly was a breeze. Even if you ticked the slider ALL the way up.
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Yeah, if I had to pick one thing that was wrong with Oblivion is that it was too easy.
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After just putting in the game, i'm up to lvl 3 after 2.5 hours of gameplay. :corn
Love the game so far! I've never played Oblivion or the other TES games before, but the Fallout series definitely helped me get a grasp on Skyrim.
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(https://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb243/Edan1266/ScreenShot4.jpg)
Mammoth just chillin' 10 stories up. I'm not sure if a Giant knocked him up there or what, but I was just walking along and saw the Mammoth rise straight up into the air as if on an invisible elevator. He hung out there for a few seconds, then slowly fell back to the ground and died :(
RIP Mammoth, you saw the world from a perspective only few Mammoths have seen.
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:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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I'm really glad most of the bugs we're seeing so far are hilarious and not game breaking or anything. :lol
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Agh I want to play but I have a paper to write COME ON IAN FOCUS
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I'm really glad most of the bugs we're seeing so far are hilarious and not game breaking or anything. :lol
Agreed! Nothing like the cowboy hat from New Vegas!
But I hope Bethesda doesn't take out the whole Giant hits you and sends you to space, it's hilarious every time!
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Tasting Tamriel (https://www.gamespot.com/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/videos/tasting-tamriel-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-6345475?tag=updates%3Beditor%3Ball%3Btitle%3B6)
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(https://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb243/Edan1266/ScreenShot4.jpg)
*flying mammoth*
RIP Mammoth, you saw the world from a perspective only few Mammoths have seen.
:rollin
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So I was talking to one of my friends who has very similar tastes of games as I do. Tends to pretty much hate Bethesda and TES. He's loving the shit out of Skyrim.
Chances are I'm just gonna grab it while I"m out tomorrow. Stumbled upon some store credit slips to the local game shop. And they sell their new games at 10-20% below average price. Love that place.
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I. Love. Skyrim. Time to go play for a couple more hours. LET'S GO!!!!!!
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Just spent about 25 minutes fighting/running from a Frost Troll close to Ivarstead. I managed to lure him out of the way after all that time to get to the Greybeards. I'm sitting at lvl 5 and those Frost Trolls were just fucking me up with ease. Jesus. :lol
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I have a companion now, which the Jarl gave me. Can she be permanently killed?
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I have a companion now, which the Jarl gave me. Can she be permanently killed?
I don't think so. My companion got fucked up by a Frost Troll, but when I got to where I needed to go, she showed up again. So, I'm guessing they can't. :lol
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I actually lured a Frost Troll to the Graybeards place by mistake, I was just trying to get the hell away from the thing and didn't know it would follow me inside. Once inside though, they thoroughly destroyed the thing with like a synchronized 3 way shout, it was awesome :lol
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Not only that, but monsters don't level WITH YOU anymore. Which is wonderful, because that made no god damn sense in a world such as this. It added no challenge to the game. At least now I feel immersed and know who not to fuck with (i.e. Frost Trolls).
I'm not gonna play until my exams are over, and this gives me so much pleasure to read! I just know its gonna be amazing :)
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So I was exploring some Dwarven Ruins just doing my thing, when my goddamn Xbox decides to freeze on me. FUCK THAT. At least I saved after I leveled up in that bitch, I would be REALLY pissed. Although this is probably for the better, because that place was fucking gigantic, and I would have no reason to stop playing, and would just keep going for the rest of the night. Plus there's always tomorrow.
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So I was exploring some Dwarven Ruins just doing my thing, when my goddamn Xbox decides to freeze on me. FUCK THAT. At least I saved after I leveled up in that bitch, I would be REALLY pissed. Although this is probably for the better, because that place was fucking gigantic, and I would have no reason to stop playing, and would just keep going for the rest of the night. Plus there's always tomorrow.
Mine freezed on me twice when i was playing tonight. I was also fortunate to have saved recently. I save very often now. lol.
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I have a companion now, which the Jarl gave me. Can she be permanently killed?
I don't think so. My companion got fucked up by a Frost Troll, but when I got to where I needed to go, she showed up again. So, I'm guessing they can't. :lol
Idk...Mine got lost in the mountains and I've never seen her since.
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So I was exploring some Dwarven Ruins just doing my thing, when my goddamn Xbox decides to freeze on me. FUCK THAT. At least I saved after I leveled up in that bitch, I would be REALLY pissed. Although this is probably for the better, because that place was fucking gigantic, and I would have no reason to stop playing, and would just keep going for the rest of the night. Plus there's always tomorrow.
Mine freezed on me twice when i was playing tonight. I was also fortunate to have saved recently. I save very often now. lol.
Saving often is the best course of action. You literally never know what is going to happen.
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I have a companion now, which the Jarl gave me. Can she be permanently killed?
Mine died. In other news, I stumbled upon the first Daedric quest by accident; that was awesome.
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Just saw this on twitter. It's priceless.
(https://i.imgur.com/IkRKx.jpg)
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:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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I have a companion now, which the Jarl gave me. Can she be permanently killed?
I think Lydia can die permanently, and other sort of random characters who you get as companions. But there's companions in The Companions Guild (lol) who give you quests so they just sort of feint and stand back up after a few seconds when they get knocked out.
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The archer dude from Riverwood is my companion for now, and he's "died" lots of times and just gotten back up.
Though, I suppose he's a quest giver too.
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I have a companion now, which the Jarl gave me. Can she be permanently killed?
Mine died. In other news, I stumbled upon the first Daedric quest by accident; that was awesome.
Which one? Was it the one in Markarth with the abandoned house? Because that one ruled so many asses.
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I'm at the second town now, Whiterun.
Defeated the first dragon, and bought a horse (as I mentioned earlier), not quite sure what to do now, I do have some minor quests, but not sure which ones are the main ones, I'll probably do a few tomorrow if I have time.
I'm a bit confused about one quest, it's the one where you either help the girl at the inn, or turn her over to the people looking for her, I've read a bit and will probably do the latter, but I am not quite sure where to find those people now...
Rorikstead. If you go to the quest menu and put it as active it should put two icons in your map. One is where the girl is in Whiterun and the other is Rorikstead.
Awesome, thanks! :D
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I have a companion now, which the Jarl gave me. Can she be permanently killed?
I think Lydia can die permanently, and other sort of random characters who you get as companions. But there's companions in The Companions Guild (lol) who give you quests so they just sort of feint and stand back up after a few seconds when they get knocked out.
Yes, she can die. She has been my companion since I met the Jarl. I did SOO much with her already that it pains me if she dies. I always try to keep her safe (ie, tell her to wait somewhere if I see too many enemies or dwarven traps) and if she does die I restart from save.
I :heart Lydia
Anyone went up the mountain to meet those Greybeards for the Dragon Shout quest line? That was one LOOONG climb my god. But the scenery of the entire world was stunning. This game continues and continues to impress me.
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That's no way to play the game man. Lydia hasn't died for me yet, but when she does I am sure it will have made my legacy all the more epic.
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I just climbed up the highest mountain ever to learn more about shouts, cool stuff.
Oh yeah, I'm level 8 now btw.
For some reason my horse disappeared (wasn't killed, I traveled back to the city on my horse, and then it just won't spawn when I leave a city, oh well... 1000 gold to hell), anyhow... awesome game.
Been doing a lot of "small" things, cleared out some mini places with enemies, found a treasure map, and well... good times. :hat
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I think the next chance I get to play Skyrim, I am going to take Lydia to the top of the Throat of the World and lead her to a ledge. Then I shall unleash my full powered Unrelenting Force and watch her fall to her cold, long fall of death.
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My dargon armor is almost done, just missing the boots now. It's so easy to kill them with the Slow Time shout. :hat
edit: I'm not correcting that.
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I just climbed up the highest mountain ever to learn more about shouts, cool stuff.
Oh yeah, I'm level 8 now btw.
For some reason my horse disappeared (wasn't killed, I traveled back to the city on my horse, and then it just won't spawn when I leave a city, oh well... 1000 gold to hell), anyhow... awesome game.
Been doing a lot of "small" things, cleared out some mini places with enemies, found a treasure map, and well... good times. :hat
Check the stables. Thats where it goes when you fast travel.
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Some skank killed my horse a few gameplay hours ago :(
(it's fine actually, fuck horses in this game. I prefer moving along at a slower pace and taking everything in. If you could ride a horse in first person maybe)
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I hate it when people tell me I would make a fine rug :(
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I have a companion now, which the Jarl gave me. Can she be permanently killed?
Mine died. In other news, I stumbled upon the first Daedric quest by accident; that was awesome.
Which one? Was it the one in Markarth with the abandoned house? Because that one ruled so many asses.
Yeah. Man I really fucked up a lot of shit in that town. Did you do the murder investigation questline?
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Why are you some of you grinding smithing? I am level 20 and my smithing is like 47 now. I would like to grind it to Dragon Armor, but I fear that unlocking that high smithing (without raising my combat skills) will result in world enemies much stronger than I can handle (since enemy levels scale with Perk levels)
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If you could ride a horse in first person maybe
It baffles me endlessly why this is not possible.
Another minor annoyance: why can't I see what my CURRENT bounty is? I don't necessarily care about my highest bounty or all time bounty.
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Why are you some of you grinding smithing? I am level 20 and my smithing is like 47 now. I would like to grind it to Dragon Armor, but I fear that unlocking that high smithing (without raising my combat skills) will result in world enemies much stronger than I can handle (since enemy levels scale with Perk levels)
I managed it quite well, but then again I didn't go from like 20 to 100, I did like 10-15 skill ups at a time then went and got my combat stuff up to scale.
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Installing game data. >:C
I want to play, dammit. only have an hour and a half before I need to get ready for work.
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Installing game data. >:C
I want to play, dammit. only have an hour and a half before I need to get ready for work.
Don't, unless you want to miss work and deal with the consequences of missing work.
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Things took a rather grim turn today.
I finally decided to buy a house because I'm loaded, yo. So I happily skip to my house and what do I find in my bedroom?
Lydia's dead corpse in her underwear. She died while I was fighting a dragon somewhere very far from Whiterun, where the house is.
:|
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You lucky, lucky Dragonborn.
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It's Peanut-butter & Necro time!
Peanut-butter & Necro
Peanut-butter & Necro
Peanut-butter & Necrophilia with a baseball bat!
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Things took a rather grim turn today.
I finally decided to buy a house because I'm loaded, yo. So I happily skip to my house and what do I find in my bedroom?
Lydia's dead corpse in her underwear. She died while I was fighting a dragon somewhere very far from Whiterun, where the house is.
:|
That's fucked up. :lol
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Quick, someone write up a fanfiction about Lydia to coincide with this. Please.
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As much as I want to hate the game on principal, I'm having a lot of fun. Time flies pretty god damn fast when you're playing. I don't want to go to work :(
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I'm trying so hard not to play before my Physics exam tonight. Only 2.5 more hours. :sadpanda:
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I promised a dude from work I'd hang out with him today. How sad is it that I am contemplating faking a migraine to play Skyrim?
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I promised a dude from work I'd hang out with him today. How sad is it that I am contemplating faking a migraine to play Skyrim?
I don't think that's sad at all, because it's fucking SKYRIM.
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Go hang out with your friend :lol
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I told Joe that I couldn't ever speak to him again because I was too busy playing Skyrim.
I think you're fine.
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Go hang out with your friend :lol
I wasn't being serious. :lol
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Don't worry, I will.
BUT THE SECOND I GET HOME LYDIA AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW MUCH I HATE HER.
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Don't worry, I will.
BUT THE SECOND I GET HOME LYDIA AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW MUCH I HATE HER.
You know, you could always part ways with her.
Just saiyan
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Don't worry, I will.
BUT THE SECOND I GET HOME LYDIA AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW MUCH I HATE HER.
Kill her. :justjen
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Don't worry, I will.
BUT THE SECOND I GET HOME LYDIA AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW MUCH I HATE HER.
You know, you could always part ways with her.
Just saiyan
I've fucking tried. But she keeps showing up IN MY HOUSE. She WON'T LEAVE.
Which is why:
I think the next chance I get to play Skyrim, I am going to take Lydia to the top of the Throat of the World and lead her to a ledge. Then I shall unleash my full powered Unrelenting Force and watch her fall to her cold, long fall of death.
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I promised a dude from work I'd hang out with him today. How sad is it that I am contemplating faking a migraine to play Skyrim?
Don't feel bad, my g/f had to cancel on me Saturday and it was the best thing to happen to me because I just played Skyrim.
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Which is why:
I think the next chance I get to play Skyrim, I am going to take Lydia to the top of the Throat of the World and lead her to a ledge. Then I shall unleash my full powered Unrelenting Force and watch her fall to her cold, long fall of death.
Goddamn I want to get to the top of it! But I'm too busy doing side quests to continue the main one!!!
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My Dragon Armor is complete, huzzah!
Now, what shall I enchant it with?
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I think the next chance I get to play Skyrim, I am going to take Lydia to the top of the Throat of the World and lead her to a ledge. Then I shall unleash my full powered Unrelenting Force and watch her fall to her cold, long fall of death.
Video or it didn't happen. We need someone to replace Adoring Fan as the Skyrim shit-taker.
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I would get video if I wasn't playing on my xbox. Sorry.
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I think the next chance I get to play Skyrim, I am going to take Lydia to the top of the Throat of the World and lead her to a ledge. Then I shall unleash my full powered Unrelenting Force and watch her fall to her cold, long fall of death.
Video or it didn't happen. We need someone to replace Adoring Fan as the Skyrim shit-taker.
There's actually a reference to Adoring Fan in Skyrim :lol
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I'm tempted to reroll a character. I've realized that smithing isn't as cool as i thought it would have been and just thinking "damn, I went with the wrong skills to focus on". But, I've put so much goddamn time into it. I THINK I'll stick with it, for now.
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Fuck it, I have the PC version. I'll just use the console.
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I'm tempted to reroll a character. I've realized that smithing isn't as cool as i thought it would have been and just thinking "damn, I went with the wrong skills to focus on". But, I've put so much goddamn time into it. I THINK I'll stick with it, for now.
I had the opposite reaction, lol. I didn't start any crafting at all until about level 20, but started mining and smithing to make better bows and armor, as well as make jewelry to sell to the shops for massive bank. The only complication is that the merchants run out of gold REAL fast.
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I'm tempted to reroll a character. I've realized that smithing isn't as cool as i thought it would have been and just thinking "damn, I went with the wrong skills to focus on". But, I've put so much goddamn time into it. I THINK I'll stick with it, for now.
I had the opposite reaction, lol. I didn't start any crafting at all until about level 20, but started mining and smithing to make better bows and armor, as well as make jewelry to sell to the shops for massive bank. The only complication is that the merchants run out of gold REAL fast.
My smithing is 100. I'm looking at other skills and was like "man! I might not have enough perk points!"
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Lydia is a tard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEnSYOhMypQ
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https://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15
Great mod for having multiple characters and keeping the game saves in order. Thanks whoever made it!
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did I post this here?
(https://i.imgur.com/OhBzp.jpg)
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Caved and bought this. See you in a few months guys.
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I killed someone today and then she instantly stood up in a fist fighting type pose.
It was weird.
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Caved and bought this. See you in a few months guys.
Finish your roulette first!
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I found something missing in the strategy guide! It makes no mention of any mineable ore in Reachcliff Cave but I found iron!
:loser:
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Its kind of annoying how if you jump down some little ledge or something, your companion won't follow you on your daring journey, and instead run all the way around whatever it is you're going down.
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I did it...I finally did it. Lydia is...she's dead. I just couldn't deal with this shit any longer. Ever since I moved into the city of Whiterun, all the lass has done was laze around my house. She never cooked, she never cleaned and in all honesty she was the worst lay in all of Tamriel.
I told her we had an epic quest to complete, and that it required reaching the top of the Throat of the World. This immediately put a sparkle in her eyes. She believed me, and prepared immediately. We arrived on location no problem. Just a few bandits here and there, nothing I couldn't handle even on my own.
When we arrived, I told her to climb the rock nearest the ledge, and tell me what she saw. She looked out, so innocently. Just gazed out in the distance, clueless of what was about to happen. She looked so beautiful in her way of mindless land-gazing. As she continued to stare, I said to her "Lydia, would you please turn around for a moment. There is something I want to tell you." In a gleeful manner she responded quickly "Yes, my thane?!"
I just looked at her cute, innocent smile. Without further prolonging this terrible action, I looked into her eyes and shouted "FUS RO DAH!!!" and watched her limp body fly over the mountain, and collide with the earth. I did not go searching for her body afterward. I did not want to be apart of it anymore.
She's gone. Finally gone.
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Cicero's journal in the Dark Brotherhood: "27th of Rain's Hand, 4E 187 Completed the Arena contract. I ultimately decided to pose as a starstruck fan, and immediately got into the Grand Champion's good graces. While escorting the arrogant fool through the Great Forest, I slashed his throat and left the corpse for the bears." :O
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I did it...I finally did it. Lydia is...she's dead. I just couldn't deal with this shit any longer. Ever since I moved into the city of Whiterun, all the lass has done was laze around my house. She never cooked, she never cleaned and in all honesty she was the worst lay in all of Tamriel.
I told her we had an epic quest to complete, and that it required reaching the top of the Throat of the World. This immediately put a sparkle in her eyes. She believed me, and prepared immediately. We arrived on location no problem. Just a few bandits here and there, nothing I couldn't handle even on my own.
When we arrived, I told her to climb the rock nearest the ledge, and tell me what she saw. She looked out, so innocently. Just gazed out in the distance, clueless of what was about to happen. She looked so beautiful in her way of mindless land-gazing. As she continued to stare, I said to her "Lydia, would you please turn around for a moment. There is something I want to tell you." In a gleeful manner she responded quickly "Yes, my thane?!"
I just looked at her cute, innocent smile. Without further prolonging this terrible action, I looked into her eyes and shouted "FUS RO DAH!!!" and watched her limp body fly over the mountain, and collide with the earth. I did not go searching for her body afterward. I did not want to be apart of it anymore.
She's gone. Finally gone.
:lol I love you.
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Well, I wasn't expecting Paarthunax to be... well, that!
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Lydia is a tard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEnSYOhMypQ
:lol
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my dude
(https://i.imgur.com/XwhDj.jpg)
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I experienced the flying Mammoth deal today. Happened too quick to grab a picture since i'm playing on console.
Sitting at lvl 7 now and getting ready to do a SHITload of side quests.
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Level 32 at the moment, dragons are becoming a real breeze.
Well, until I ran into something called Elder Dragon or something like that.
ow
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Jesus you guys level fast. I'm only at 14.
I didn't kill Cicero...
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Yeah, well. I play this more than I sleep.. :lol
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I didn't kill Cicero...
What happens? I attacked him and he puts up a fight
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Yeah, well. I play this more than I sleep.. :lol
Lucky you. I get about 2 hrs of playing time every day and its usually between 11pm and 1am for me. Taking 21 credit hours at OSU and then trying to play games is difficult.
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I didn't kill Cicero...
What happens? I attacked him and he puts up a fight
Yeah, I know, he killed me so I just reloaded and didn't bother attacking him :lol I lied to whatserface about it, now I have to go kill a chef and assume his identity.
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So Cicero just disappears from the game than? I'm kinda surprised that he doesn't attack you as you try walking away.
Anyways, I killed Gourmet at the inn in the basement. I had no idea where to hide his body
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Had about 11 hours on a spellsword character, but after finally looking through the awesome bow and sneak perks, I had to reroll a thief. Startin' over.
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Instead of using chests in my house I'm stacking items inside Lydia's dead body.
I love this game.
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I hate yet to murder anyone. Apparently I haven't 'lived' yet. :lol
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I have, and I'm not even the sneaky type.
I just walk up to the person and swing my axe. :hat
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WTF people of Rorikstead?! Why do you build your town next to a dragon burial?! And why does Alduin decides to revive him when I'm on my way to Karthspire?!?!
Oh and not five minutes after that, a freaking Blood Dragon comes to fight me as well! FML
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Killed the second dragon now! :D
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I'm pret sure I want to get this game, even though I generally dislike RPGs and campaigns. However, with GTA4 my PS3 (launch model), works really hard. The fans go full blast, and the system eventually freezes. This is the only game this happens with. Killzone 2, Gran Turismo 5, CODs, and everything else work just fine. I fear I'm going to purchase Skyrim and it won't play.
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I'm pret sure I want to get this game, even though I generally dislike RPGs and campaigns. However, with GTA4 my PS3 (launch model), works really hard. The fans go full blast, and the system eventually freezes. This is the only game this happens with. Killzone 2, Gran Turismo 5, CODs, and everything else work just fine. I fear I'm going to purchase Skyrim and it won't play.
It could just as easily be that the GTA4 disc is scratched or something. Why else would it work with anything else? I think you're fine. :)
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Quick question. If I were to eventually buy this game, would I want to do so for PS3 or computer?
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I have a launch model PS3 and I've never had any problems with it, and my house is rather dusty compared to most places. I'm guessing its your GTA4 disc.
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Quick question. If I were to eventually buy this game, would I want to do so for PS3 or computer?
PC!
Really, there won't be a whole hell of a lot of difference between any versions of the game now (PC is a tad prettier if you have a nice machine, but not significantly so), but in the long run the PC version will have a greater life span with the huge modding community.
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So, I've done all the guild quests now. I am level 20.
I let Cicero live. I have more dragon souls than I know what to do with. 99% mage these days.
They seriously need to make enemies have some sort of priority on targets. I was destroying this dragon with some lightning bolt spells and then instead of attacking me, it goes after a bunch of mudcrabs.
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I think it depends on how you want to play Nick. TES computer games always have more content, which is generally more of a good thing than a bad thing, although there is a chance you could make the game unbalanced and a cake-walk. The advantage of playing on PS3 is you can play on your best screen (large screen TV) and best audio system. I'd more comfortable in my leather chair in the living room than I am at my computer chair, so I took that into account. I have Oblivion for both PS3 and PC and ended up playing the PS3 You won't get the fan made add-ons or the computer interface some prefer on the PS3, but there are other reasons to use the PS3.
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Quick question. If I were to eventually buy this game, would I want to do so for PS3 or computer?
Depends if you care about mods or not.
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This is just my opinion, but I think this game's interface is really, well, shit for PC. Using a 360 controller solves that problem, but it's something to consider. Also, the mouse movement just feels terrible -- I'm not sure if it's due to mouse acceleration or something like that but it felt like crap to me.
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Did Golden Claw last night and got up to level 5. Camilla decided not to tell me how to get up to the top of Borrows Bleak or whatever. Probably becuase I told her about Faelods lies and she told me to talk to Sven. So, I had to find my own way up. Went at it head on. Started making impossible jumps along rocks and hills. Eventually got up there. Soon as I did I noticed there was a real way up there, stairs and all. But I feel good about exploiting the game physics for my own gain.
Anyway, time to play more.
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I did that to get up the bigass mountain that the Graybeards are on. Took me like half an hour of retarded diagonal running and jump spamming to get up to where I eventually saw a nice little path that I could have just taken. :lol
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This is just my opinion, but I think this game's interface is really, well, shit for PC. Using a 360 controller solves that problem, but it's something to consider. Also, the mouse movement just feels terrible -- I'm not sure if it's due to mouse acceleration or something like that but it felt like crap to me.
Yes. It feels like a poor console port :/
Edit: Particularly the menu that opens after you press tab (magic, items etc.). You can tell that one was directly lifted from the console version.
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I did that to get up the bigass mountain that the Graybeards are on. Took me like half an hour of retarded diagonal running and jump spamming to get up to where I eventually saw a nice little path that I could have just taken. :lol
Yeah, I tried finding a route from Riverwood the first time, then noticed that the path starts in Ivarstead when I came back down. I was wondering why I wasn't seeing the same landmarks.
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This is just my opinion, but I think this game's interface is really, well, shit for PC. Using a 360 controller solves that problem, but it's something to consider. Also, the mouse movement just feels terrible -- I'm not sure if it's due to mouse acceleration or something like that but it felt like crap to me.
Yeah, there is terrible mouse lag/sluggishness. I tried turning off mouse acceleration and v-sync in the config file, but it didn't solve the problem (although it may have helped a little). Even more annoying is when the game doesn't recognize which selection your mouse is hovering over and when you click it registers something else. Then there's the star map... oh gawd. Oh well, there are already many awesome mods out, and the best is yet to come, so PC all the way.
I did that to get up the bigass mountain that the Graybeards are on. Took me like half an hour of retarded diagonal running and jump spamming to get up to where I eventually saw a nice little path that I could have just taken. :lol
That's tragic because climbing those 7,000 steps to High Hrothgar was the coolest thing I've experienced in this game so far.
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That troll on the 7,000 steps was a bitch.
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I have no idea what mods are, and have never played a game like this with any fervor, just saw the great reviews it was getting and figured I'd try at some point.
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(https://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb243/Edan1266/ScreenShot5-1.jpg)
...Ouch.
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I have no idea what mods are, and have never played a game like this with any fervor, just saw the great reviews it was getting and figured I'd try at some point.
:zombie: join us...join us...brains...:zombie:
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So I was doing the companions thing. And I accidentally hit Vilkor AFTER the spar. And now they're all chasing me. Did I fuck up, or can this be salvaged?
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Load from auto save.
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Even more annoying is when the game doesn't recognize which selection your mouse is hovering over and when you click it registers something else.
That is seriously the most annoying thing about the game.
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Even more annoying is when the game doesn't recognize which selection your mouse is hovering over and when you click it registers something else.
That is seriously the most annoying thing about the game.
Ditto.
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I have a launch model PS3 and I've never had any problems with it, and my house is rather dusty compared to most places. I'm guessing its your GTA4 disc.
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But it always happens at random times. Sometimes it will happen 30 seconds after I leave my safe house, then other times it might go for 45 minutes before the fans go crazy and freezes.
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Yeah, I figured it out. I was hoping I could just pacify the situation. When that didn't work, went into a building hoping to hide from them. Then I died, and that autosave took me back to the building, where they had followed me into. Luckily I still had the autosave from before the sparing.
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Does anyone else have a problem using Shouts sometimes? Every so often the key just... does nothing at all. And I know its not the cooldown either, I can play for hours without using a Shout, then when I need it, it seems I have to mash Z a dozen times for it to actually work.
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Nope but I do have some problems with me pressing ALT instead of Z...some how :lol
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This is just my opinion, but I think this game's interface is really, well, shit for PC. Using a 360 controller solves that problem, but it's something to consider. Also, the mouse movement just feels terrible -- I'm not sure if it's due to mouse acceleration or something like that but it felt like crap to me.
Protip: disable the Xbox 360 controller option in the settings
Protip 2: Open SkyrimPrefs.ini and set bMouseAcceleration=0
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I just downloaded Large Address Aware, which makes it so Skyrim can utilize more than 2GB of ram. I think that is the key to removing the mouse lag, because it's much smoother now, at least on my system. Also, the extremely annoying and disorienting micro-stutter I got in first-person view, despite high FPS, is mostly gone.
https://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=202
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On my way to the Silent Moons Camp, I stumbled upon the Silenced Tongues quest. the Drugar Scourge is one shotting me. Miiight just be over my head here.
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I just ran into some sort of lich wizard after killing a dragon, the damn wizard was ten times harder to kill than the dragon.
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I've been doing a lot of nature-"exploits" (or whatever you wanna call it), like.. climbing up a mountain, going down a mountain where there really is no path, pretty much just going down slowly via the mountain wall.
Anyone else doing that? :lol
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I"m trying to kill a mammoth for the hell of it. I tricked it into chasing me into this little area. And I had it like 5 shots away and it run. And then the other mammoth got me. So. Fucking. Close.
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Been exploring the majority of the western half of the world as of late. SO BEAUTIFUL. The angle of looking north towards Solitude from the high plains is stunning. Being able to look down a beautiful valley like that is so awesome. :corn
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Been exploring the majority of the western half of the world as of late. SO BEAUTIFUL. The angle of looking north towards Solitude from the high plains is stunning. Being able to look down a beautiful valley like that is so awesome. :corn
The western half of the world is my favourite, in all honesty. It's absolutely breathetaking to stare at.
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Been exploring the majority of the western half of the world as of late. SO BEAUTIFUL. The angle of looking north towards Solitude from the high plains is stunning. Being able to look down a beautiful valley like that is so awesome. :corn
The western half of the world is my favourite, in all honesty. It's absolutely breathetaking to stare at.
Yes, I agree! You just can't get any better!
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Been exploring the majority of the western half of the world as of late. SO BEAUTIFUL. The angle of looking north towards Solitude from the high plains is stunning. Being able to look down a beautiful valley like that is so awesome. :corn
The western half of the world is my favourite, in all honesty. It's absolutely breathetaking to stare at.
Yes, I agree! You just can't get any better!
Not to mention, I have found some of the most stunning cave systems throughout this side of the world. Holy god damn.
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Been exploring the majority of the western half of the world as of late. SO BEAUTIFUL. The angle of looking north towards Solitude from the high plains is stunning. Being able to look down a beautiful valley like that is so awesome. :corn
The western half of the world is my favourite, in all honesty. It's absolutely breathetaking to stare at.
Yes, I agree! You just can't get any better!
Not to mention, I have found some of the most stunning cave systems throughout this side of the world. Holy god damn.
I've only found a few cave entrances here and there but I haven't explored them at all. This is exciting!
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I found a really cool cave underneath Solitude (or the mountain where it is), hard to say exactly where, but the entrance was on the northern side of that big mountain, think the cave was called Shadow Green Cavern.
Looked really cool!
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I've been doing a lot of nature-"exploits" (or whatever you wanna call it), like.. climbing up a mountain, going down a mountain where there really is no path, pretty much just going down slowly via the mountain wall.
Anyone else doing that? :lol
yeah, that's pretty normal in Bethesda games. :laugh: I sort of wish that they had added some sort of mountain climbing system, but I guess it would just slow things down.
In other news: I still need some dragon scales to upgrade my armor into (legendary), and I'm trying to find all spell resists items so I can add those enchants to my own armor. The enchanting system in this game is pretty retarded IMO.
I found a really cool cave underneath Solitude (or the mountain where it is), hard to say exactly where, but the entrance was on the northern side of that big mountain, think the cave was called Shadow Green Cavern.
Looked really cool!
There's a quest to that cave that you get from Solitude, from some veteran dude.
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Kosmo, after you mentioned Dragon armor I got all excited and gathered up the materials to make some of my own (I have plenty of dragon scales and dragon bones). Then I found out you have to be level 100 in smithing aparently. Fuck that.
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Kosmo, after you mentioned Dragon armor I got all excited and gathered up the materials to make some of my own (I have plenty of dragon scales and dragon bones). Then I found out you have to be level 100 in smithing aparently. Fuck that.
And spend the perk points on it.
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Kosmo, after you mentioned Dragon armor I got all excited and gathered up the materials to make some of my own (I have plenty of dragon scales and dragon bones). Then I found out you have to be level 100 in smithing aparently. Fuck that.
It's easy as shit, though. You just have to craft Iron Daggers like crazy.
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Kosmo, after you mentioned Dragon armor I got all excited and gathered up the materials to make some of my own (I have plenty of dragon scales and dragon bones). Then I found out you have to be level 100 in smithing aparently. Fuck that.
It's easy as shit, though. You just have to craft Iron Daggers like crazy.
How do you get started on doing that? (This is from someone who is new to TES).
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Fast travel to Whiterun (or any city, but I prefer this one) and to your right there's a blacksmithing spot with a vendor, buy Iron Ingots and Leather Strips, then just start crafting those daggers.
That's pretty much all it takes, just ingots and strips. And you can also turn normal leather into strips on the tanning rack.
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Kosmo, after you mentioned Dragon armor I got all excited and gathered up the materials to make some of my own (I have plenty of dragon scales and dragon bones). Then I found out you have to be level 100 in smithing aparently. Fuck that.
It's easy as shit, though. You just have to craft Iron Daggers like crazy.
Yes but you see, wouldn't that ultimately screw up the pacing I have set up for leveling my warrior class character who specializes in one handed, heavey armor, blocking with some archery and destruction?
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Well yeah, I started to take smithing perks from the start so it went smoothly for me.
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Shadowmere is a badass horse. I was storming a castle and it followed me up the battlements and it starting beating the shit into everyone with its hooves.
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Shadowmere
SHADOWMERE IS BACK?!?!!?!?!
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HELL YEAH.
Invincible, aggressive horse FTW
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Fast travel to Whiterun (or any city, but I prefer this one) and to your right there's a blacksmithing spot with a vendor, buy Iron Ingots and Leather Strips, then just start crafting those daggers.
That's pretty much all it takes, just ingots and strips. And you can also turn normal leather into strips on the tanning rack.
Thanks for the tips. I'll try it out and see where that goes.
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I may have just lost some achievements because Steam's severs decided to stop working.
Sigh
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HELL YEAH.
Invincible, aggressive horse FTW
Looks like I'm doing the Dark Brotherhood questline when I get home then.
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Fast travel to Whiterun (or any city, but I prefer this one) and to your right there's a blacksmithing spot with a vendor, buy Iron Ingots and Leather Strips, then just start crafting those daggers.
That's pretty much all it takes, just ingots and strips. And you can also turn normal leather into strips on the tanning rack.
Thanks for the tips. I'll try it out and see where that goes.
And there's actually two vendors in the same spot with different stocks, so you can buy doubles. One is outside and one is inside.
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Fast travel to Whiterun (or any city, but I prefer this one) and to your right there's a blacksmithing spot with a vendor, buy Iron Ingots and Leather Strips, then just start crafting those daggers.
That's pretty much all it takes, just ingots and strips. And you can also turn normal leather into strips on the tanning rack.
Thanks for the tips. I'll try it out and see where that goes.
And there's actually two vendors in the same spot with different stocks, so you can buy doubles. One is outside and one is inside.
Buy doubles?
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Buy two sets of ingots and leather strips without having to wait for the stocks to refill.
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Fuck the Siege on the Dragon Cult quest! FUCK. THAT. QUEST.
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Buy two sets of ingots and leather strips without having to wait for the stocks to refill.
Gotcha.
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So, we invade his city and kill all his Stormcloak friends and he still thinks he's going to win the war:
(https://i.imgur.com/VbyR3.jpg)
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Smug bastard.
On another note, I'm stuck on these 3 glowing rocks in the Ustengrov Depths. Does anyone have any tips to get past this shit? :lol
Going to go complete some side quests for now...
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Do you have Whirlwind Sprint?
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Do you have Whirlwind Sprint?
Yea, never thought of that. haha
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Do you have Whirlwind Sprint?
Yea, never thought of that. haha
:tup
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Do you have Whirlwind Sprint?
Yea, never thought of that. haha
:tup
Thanks.
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I got stuck at the glowing stones for a bit as well, took me 10 minutes to realize "aha, that new shout I learned!", then it was easy. :lol
Did you find the secret cave behind the waterfall (down where you learned the power word thingie)? Some gold there. :)
I've done a lot of running around the last two hours, managed to do the quest where I had to kill an ice wraith for the Stormcloak-guys (?) and then I got invited in after doing it.
There was also this elf-guy in Windhelm that was bothering me, apparently he became upset when I broke into his store to find valuables to take, so I ended up killing him, and stashing away his corpse in the storage-space. :rollin
Now I have his key and his house, and the neat 200 gold he had hidden away in a strongbox!
Then I went up to do the Nettlebane (?)-quest at Orphans Rock (or something) with Lydia, actually the first time I took her out for a quest, but I figured that making it slightly easier was a good thing.
Some mobs up there that did shitload of damage, but managed to get it cleared.
Also found a camp/mini dungeon nearby that I cleared, some gold but not many valuables.
A few newb-questions though:
*I have the quest now where I should infiltrate some party in Solitude I believe (the one Delphine gives), and my question is.. will it affect anything that I chose Stormcloaks instead of the Empire, because I've read about people getting attacked from different cities and such, just so the guards won't be hostile or anything. :P
*About the Butcher/Serial-killer in Windhelm, the things I've heard sounds really interesting, and I've read that the whole quest-line starts in the cemetery-part, but how do I actually start it? Like, when does it become available?
I read about a guy that said that he stumbled upon a secret passage in a house, that led to the murderers secret place, anyone that knows if such a place exist, and if so, where it is? :>
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Hopefully getting the game this weekend, finally secured a copy of windows. I'll keep you all posted and I may have some newb questions.
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This is fairly hilarious - the mythical flying horse https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=awm6lNOpGq8
First the war, then dragons, NOW FLYING HORSES?
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I'm loving all these Fus Ro Dah videos/memes :lol
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Video representation of Lat's murder of Lydia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yv4BFfWoro
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Video representation of Lat's murder of Lydia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yv4BFfWoro
I like the one posted on the facebook group: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j-EyBNZozE&feature=related (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j-EyBNZozE&feature=related)
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Video representation of Lat's murder of Lydia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yv4BFfWoro
That's pretty much it, actually. Then I got a letter from a courier about her death and some inheritance on the side.
fuckyeah.jpg
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A few newb-questions though:
*I have the quest now where I should infiltrate some party in Solitude I believe (the one Delphine gives), and my question is.. will it affect anything that I chose Stormcloaks instead of the Empire, because I've read about people getting attacked from different cities and such, just so the guards won't be hostile or anything. :P
*About the Butcher/Serial-killer in Windhelm, the things I've heard sounds really interesting, and I've read that the whole quest-line starts in the cemetery-part, but how do I actually start it? Like, when does it become available?
I read about a guy that said that he stumbled upon a secret passage in a house, that led to the murderers secret place, anyone that knows if such a place exist, and if so, where it is? :>
1) Short answer, no. If you've been hostile to any of the guests who'd normally be there, they won't be there.
2) You have to enter Windhelm, then leave, go to another location, then return. Do this four times and enter back at night and you'll see a group of townsfolk and a guard.
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I no longer die from one hit from a giant!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
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I no longer die from one hit from a giant!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Slow and steady progress! :metal
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I no longer die from one hit from a giant!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Slow and steady progress! :metal
I also killed two of them, plus a mammoth. I feel like a pro right now.
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I no longer die from one hit from a giant!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Slow and steady progress! :metal
I also killed two of them, plus a mammoth. I feel like a pro right now.
What lvl are you?
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Goddamn, yesterday I saw in the start menu the number of dragons I have slain and now I can't find it today!!! Argh!!
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I no longer die from one hit from a giant!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Slow and steady progress! :metal
I also killed two of them, plus a mammoth. I feel like a pro right now.
What lvl are you?
Just hit 27 about an hour ago.
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I no longer die from one hit from a giant!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Slow and steady progress! :metal
I also killed two of them, plus a mammoth. I feel like a pro right now.
What lvl are you?
Just hit 27 about an hour ago.
I got a long way to go until then. :sadpanda:
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So what's the consensus? Best game ever?
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So what's the consensus? Best game ever?
Wouldn't go that far yet, but GOTY for sure!
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This is definitely one of the best games I've played! I'm about level 20 or so right now and just finished the main storyline, but I still can see me playing this for a really long time.
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Guys, I'm making a song based on the "FUS RO DAH!" shout :metal
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Guys, I'm making a song based on the "FUS RO DAH!" shout :metal
Would this be AitS OR ARE YOU JUST GONNA CONTINUE PAINTING?!?!?!
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Guys, I'm making a song based on the "FUS RO DAH!" shout :metal
Would this be AitS OR ARE YOU JUST GONNA CONTINUE PAINTING?!?!?!
Technically AITS, but just a quick single (and its gonna be dubstep, but the slow bassy kind I reckon :tup)
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So what's the consensus? Best game ever?
I would say the best game I've ever played would be Fallout 3 closely followed by Oblivion, but I reckon Skyrim has the potential to pip them both for me :hefdaddy we'll see how it stands the test of time!
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So what's the consensus? Best game ever?
I would say the best game I've ever played would be Fallout 3
That, but tied with ME2.
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Okay so I finally played it. The verdict:
(https://nobodyputsbabyinahorner.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/1238157980_scanners_-_head_explosion.gif?w=400&h=295)
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Ended up going on a murderous rampage in Rorikstead and got a bounty put on my head in Whiterun. Ugh. :facepalm:
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So what's the consensus? Best game ever?
I would say the best game I've ever played would be Fallout 3
That, but tied with ME2.
Yeah, Fallout 3 and both Mass Effects are among my top 5. Skyrim is much better than even a fully-modded Oblivion, though, imo.
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Should I be ashamed that I'm seriously thinking of drawing out a table where I separate every ingredient by effect?
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This is easily a top 5 for me, but I think Fallout is higher on my list just because I've always been a gun guy.
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fuck dragons, had to kill another
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Dragons are my bitch. I killed a Frost Dragon and a Blood Dragon today, plus a regular one.
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You know what, Skyrim fuckin' sucks. You wanna know why? There are no paintbrushes. You know what that means? I can't make a gratuitous staircase of floating paintbrushes to the top of the Throat of the World.
Worst Elder Scrolls game ever.
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I've done it.
I only put three hours into it so its not as great as it couldve been, but heres a little single based on the first shout.
I give you...FUS RO DAH Step!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG8LMyaRsiY
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A few newb-questions though:
*I have the quest now where I should infiltrate some party in Solitude I believe (the one Delphine gives), and my question is.. will it affect anything that I chose Stormcloaks instead of the Empire, because I've read about people getting attacked from different cities and such, just so the guards won't be hostile or anything. :P
*About the Butcher/Serial-killer in Windhelm, the things I've heard sounds really interesting, and I've read that the whole quest-line starts in the cemetery-part, but how do I actually start it? Like, when does it become available?
I read about a guy that said that he stumbled upon a secret passage in a house, that led to the murderers secret place, anyone that knows if such a place exist, and if so, where it is? :>
1) Short answer, no. If you've been hostile to any of the guests who'd normally be there, they won't be there.
2) You have to enter Windhelm, then leave, go to another location, then return. Do this four times and enter back at night and you'll see a group of townsfolk and a guard.
Cool, thanks! :angel:
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Goddamn, yesterday I saw in the start menu the number of dragons I have slain and now I can't find it today!!! Argh!!
If you haven't figured it out by now:
-Press esc
-Stats
-Magic
-Dragon Souls Collected
:tup
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I'm going to be able to get in some serious gaming time tonight. Sitting at lvl 12 now, but i've only killed two dragons so far.
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Goddamn, yesterday I saw in the start menu the number of dragons I have slain and now I can't find it today!!! Argh!!
If you haven't figured it out by now:
-Press esc
-Stats
-Magic
-Dragon Souls Collected
:tup
Yeah, about 10 minutes after I posted it I remember that. Thanks anyway.
I give you...FUS RO DAH Step!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG8LMyaRsiY
Sounds good already! I would say to try to work in the vocal melody "DOVAKHIIN DOVAKHIIN" at some point would be cool.
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So I got the "in my time of need" quest. But I can't find any Redguard woman in Whiterun. There's two of them, and it's neither. There's no guides on Gamefaqs that have information on this quest. Anyone have some ideas?
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So I got the "in my time of need" quest. But I can't find any Redguard woman in Whiterun. There's two of them, and it's neither. There's no guides on Gamefaqs that have information on this quest. Anyone have some ideas?
Go to the Bannered Mare, she is called Saadia and is a waitress there.
You should be able to find her. :P
Another newb-question for those who have gotten further in the game, I've finally arrived in Riften, and I did the quest to go down and find Esbern, now I'm supposed to escort him to Riverwood.
Is there an easy way to do it? Cause I honestly cba to run that distance, would probably take 2 hours or something. :lol
There's probably an easy option I've missed, if so.. what? :)
Also killed dragon nr3!
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Use fast travel. ;)
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Another newb-question for those who have gotten further in the game, I've finally arrived in Riften, and I did the quest to go down and find Esbern, now I'm supposed to escort him to Riverwood.
Is there an easy way to do it? Cause I honestly cba to run that distance, would probably take 2 hours or something. :lol
There's probably an easy option I've missed, if so.. what? :)
Yes, fast travel there.
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I have killed 16 dragons so far.
THEY JUST WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE
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https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-personality-flaws-skyrim-forces-you-to-deal-with_p2/
I have yet to do a single thing in Skyrim in the proper order. I'm constantly showing up to some dude's castle that I've never seen before, only to hand over a mystical item that I'd mentally scratched off as garbage hours ago, and then sit and listen to the story be retroactively explained to me:
King: Wanderer! Thank the gods you've come! The prophecy told us that a mighty warrior would arise, worthy of wielding Fjalnir, the God-axe, and slaying the evil Demon Prince Synraith. We believe you to be that warrior. What say you, traveler? Will you accept this task?
Me: Yea, verily I shall accept thine task and vanq- wait, Synraith? Fiery dude in a floating city? Cape made out of screeching souls? Ahhh, shit. I already killed that guy.
King: You ... already slew the Demon Prince, the Knife in the Dark, the Void at the Heart of All Men, whose identity you did not learn until just now?
Me: Yup. I saw that castle floating up in the sky, and I wanted to know if I could jump up the rocks to get in the back way. It took a lot of reloads, but I finally managed to hop on up in there.
King: You "hopped on up" into the Abyssal Palace?
Me: Yeeeep, yep yep yep. Just squat-jumped on in there and looted the place. Then I killed that Sydney guy-
King: Synraith, Demon Prince of the Abyss.
Me: -yeah him. I ganked that guy. Mostly just to see if I could. Plus he looked like kind of a dick.
King: Indeed, the Foulest of the Foul was "kind of a dick." But you vanquished him without the aid of sacred Fjalnir, the God-axe?
Me: Totally. It wasn't even a thing. I just hid on top of a bookshelf where he couldn't reach me and shot him with arrows. Then I waited until he forgot I was shooting him, and did it all again to get the sneak damage bonus. Took a while, but he died all the same.
King: Forsooth! Thine heroic deeds are ... well, that sounds kind of fucked up, actually. Never thought I'd feel bad for He Who Devours. So you have no need of our sacred totem weapon?
Me: What, the gold dealy, with the shiny bits? Nah, I already stole that out of the display case four hours ago, before I knew who you were. I gave it to Sven, but he Quantum Leaped out of the game with that shit.
King: Huh. So. I guess ... the bards will ... sing of your tale now?
Me: Oh yeah? Sweet, let's hear it.
Bard: The hero came with eyes aflame / his tasks already done / the land was rescued all the same / but 'tis kind of a shitty song.
Me: Word.
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I have killed 16 dragons so far.
THEY JUST WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE
14 here.
EDIT: 15.
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Use fast travel. ;)
You mean the horse carriage? But how does that work when it's an escort-q? :P
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No, pull out your map and click on Riverwood. :P
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The way I do it is open up the quest menu, hover over the quest, press "M" for show on map and then I click the location to fast travel there. TIME SAVER!
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No, pull out your map and click on Riverwood. :P
I had no idea this was even possible...
*Re-thinking all of my life in Skyrim*
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:lol I can just imagine.
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Psh, only filthy plebeians fast travel with the map.
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This saves SO much time!
I've avoided going back up the mountain to hand in the horn-item, but now I finally can without having to go the 7000 steps up!
:caffeine:
One question though, what's up with the horse carriage-ride then?
Why pay for the instant trip if I can do it for free? :P
Also, man.. Esbern is completely bugged, had to download some program so that I could extract the sound files or something.
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You can't fast travel to places you haven't found yet so using the carriage is a fast way to get into cities.
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Psh, only filthy plebeians fast travel with the map.
lol.
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How many Daedric Prince quests has everyone found/completed?
I've completed Sheogorath's quest and Malacath's quest, I have found the quests for Clavicus Vile, Molag Bal, and Meridia.
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Found and completed Meridia's one. I'm actually right next to Azura's shrine right now, but I'm on my way to Winterhold.
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The companion you get after the Azura quest is pretty bad ass.
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Finally fixed the issue on my comp with Sky Rim, going to spend all weekend playing this game.
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Finally fixed the issue on my comp with Sky Rim, going to spend all weekend playing this game.
Yeah,
say goodbye to real life.
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The companion you get after the Azura quest is pretty bad ass.
I can't wait to finish that quest. I still have yet to explore the North-Eastern part of the map (Winterhold, Dawnstar, Azura, etc.).
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I give you...FUS RO DAH Step!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG8LMyaRsiY
Sounds good already! I would say to try to work in the vocal melody "DOVAKHIIN DOVAKHIIN" at some point would be cool.
Maybe I'll do a few songs, lol. I was trying to do one with that lady who sings "The Dragonborn Comes"
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Ok so, another stupid question about the My Time of Need quest. I decided to side with the girl and not turn her in. Went to the jail cell and talked to the captive assassin. Said if I could get him out of jail, he'd help me. So, I paid his fine to the guard that was right there. But he's still in the cell. They've made no move to unlock him, I can't unlock the cell. I'm a little confused.
Sooo I said fuck it for now and now I'm on to The Throat Of The World to learn more about The Voice.
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I love how the BF3 thread is now nowhere to be seen on the front page.
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Ok so, another stupid question about the My Time of Need quest. I decided to side with the girl and not turn her in. Went to the jail cell and talked to the captive assassin. Said if I could get him out of jail, he'd help me. So, I paid his fine to the guard that was right there. But he's still in the cell. They've made no move to unlock him, I can't unlock the cell. I'm a little confused.
Sooo I said fuck it for now and now I'm on to The Throat Of The World to learn more about The Voice.
You don't need him out of the cell, you just needed information from him. Just talk to him and tell him you've paid the fine and he'll tell you where to go.
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kid in one of my lecture classes has 80 hours on this game so far. i hope none of you have that as well
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What a loser, I just have 56.
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Ok so, another stupid question about the My Time of Need quest. I decided to side with the girl and not turn her in. Went to the jail cell and talked to the captive assassin. Said if I could get him out of jail, he'd help me. So, I paid his fine to the guard that was right there. But he's still in the cell. They've made no move to unlock him, I can't unlock the cell. I'm a little confused.
Sooo I said fuck it for now and now I'm on to The Throat Of The World to learn more about The Voice.
You don't need him out of the cell, you just needed information from him. Just talk to him and tell him you've paid the fine and he'll tell you where to go.
Doesn't give me that option. He just says "get me out of here, until then I have nothing to say to you." Or something of the sort.
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This is just my opinion, but I think this game's interface is really, well, shit for PC. Using a 360 controller solves that problem, but it's something to consider. Also, the mouse movement just feels terrible -- I'm not sure if it's due to mouse acceleration or something like that but it felt like crap to me.
Protip: disable the Xbox 360 controller option in the settings
Protip 2: Open SkyrimPrefs.ini and set bMouseAcceleration=0
I just downloaded Large Address Aware, which makes it so Skyrim can utilize more than 2GB of ram. I think that is the key to removing the mouse lag, because it's much smoother now, at least on my system. Also, the extremely annoying and disorienting micro-stutter I got in first-person view, despite high FPS, is mostly gone.
https://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=202
OH SWEET MOTHER OF GOD :hefdaddy to both of you. I got 6 gigs of RAM on my PC; didn't realize that there was a limit set on Skyrim.
Followed those steps and now I play smoothly on Ultra settings! I was literally just standing next to a river amazed by the graphics of the water and the reflections on it.
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kid in one of my lecture classes has 80 hours on this game so far. i hope none of you have that as well
I have about 50. Considering I only play 3 hours on Friday and 3 hours on Monday and 0 hours the last two days (helllla busy).
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Ok so, another stupid question about the My Time of Need quest. I decided to side with the girl and not turn her in. Went to the jail cell and talked to the captive assassin. Said if I could get him out of jail, he'd help me. So, I paid his fine to the guard that was right there. But he's still in the cell. They've made no move to unlock him, I can't unlock the cell. I'm a little confused.
Sooo I said fuck it for now and now I'm on to The Throat Of The World to learn more about The Voice.
You don't need him out of the cell, you just needed information from him. Just talk to him and tell him you've paid the fine and he'll tell you where to go.
Doesn't give me that option. He just says "get me out of here, until then I have nothing to say to you." Or something of the sort.
Ah, ok, I think I figured it out. Did you get Saadia to tell you about Kematu? If not, he won't say anything. Other than that, you just needed to pay the guard and then talk to him after.
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kid in one of my lecture classes has 80 hours on this game so far. i hope none of you have that as well
Guy I know had 70 a couple of days ago. I have 40 at the moment...
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I have around 18-19 hours, but didn't start until Monday, so lost some days. ;)
Killed 4 dragons now, had some nice progress, found that weird kid in Windhelm who starts the Dark Brotherhood-chain, seems a bit interesting, and I've heard that one of their quests gives nice rewards (?) so maybe worth doing.
I must say, the quest involving The Butcher is one of the funniest and most interesting I've done, easily my favorite in the game so far, though I'm a bit stuck.
Gonna put the next part in small text, don't want to spoil it for those who haven't done it, because it's a crime mystery that you have to solve, but those who have done it, maybe give me some help? :)
Anyhow, I did everything up until the mage got thrown in prison, obviously the wrong npc.
I know who the npc is, I've even lockpicked the chest in his house, so I have that journal, I've read that there should be a second event so that I can finish the chain, but I've run around the city during nighttime a few nights in a row without anything happening, so my question, is it like the first event, that it requires me to do X amount of things before it becomes available?
The reason I'm so "into" it, is that I really really want to buy the house in Windhelm, cause I think the whole hidden room-thing is a cool thing to have in a house, but I guess I can't buy it until I finish this quest.
Any help?
I also screwed around in the console a bit (which I shouldn't have done!) but hopefully it has not affected anything, the killer is still walking around, and nothing really changed.
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I played for 4 hours last night (and that's only because I got kicked off after that). Usually I can only play a game for two hours without getting bored, so that's a good sign.
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I think my longest streak is about 11 hours... :loser:
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I'm getting ready to start an 8+ run at playing. Can't wait to get some shit done.
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I've been spending the past hour or two fine tuning and tweaking SkrimPrefs.ini for maximum awesomeness, because I am a graphics whore ;D
The way the engine handles shadows is retarded, I hope it gets modified in upcoming patches, or modders find a workaround (currently, the further your shadow draw distance, the lower resolution shadows become, so with a high draw distance, they look like utter blocky shit up close).
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Skyrim was taking over my life, I couldn't stop playing it.
I've had to get my family to change my steam password for the greater good.
I had better get good exam results for this. :(
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All I want to do is play Skyrim but I can't because I'm too busy. Might get in a couple of hours tonight, though. :D
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I ran through 40 fucking lockpicks trying to lockpick Alva's house in Morthal. Damn, that was fucking hard!
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Dwener, a race with great technological and engineering minds, yet they slept in stone beds. ???
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So I haven't encounter any bug that pissed me off until this one now!! I've learned Dragonrend, so you know who I'm fighting next, and he DOESN'T TAKE ANY DAMAGE!!!!
EDIT: Had to back out all the way to the 360 Dashboard and then start the game up again for it to take damage.
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Just fought the Battle of Whiterun. Kicked those rebels' asses. :metal
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Sweet Jesus, I'm not sure I can take out the frost troll on the way to High Hrothgar.
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I've killed so many dragons I don't even count anymore.
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Sweet Jesus, I'm not sure I can take out the frost troll on the way to High Hrothgar.
I just ended up figuring out a way to go around him. Distract and run. :lol
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I think I'm gonna get the game this weekend. I'm super excited
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Does anyone know how to cure having vampire blood? I kill a vampire and now I've become one... >:(
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I never knew you could get married
https://www.gamefront.com/skyrim-marriage-guide/ (https://www.gamefront.com/skyrim-marriage-guide/)
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Does anyone know how to cure having vampire blood? I kill a vampire and now I've become one... >:(
I guess I know what I'll be doing for the next several days. Trying to find a way to cure myself. Fuck.
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Does anyone know how to cure having vampire blood? I kill a vampire and now I've become one... >:(
I guess I know what I'll be doing for the next several days. Trying to find a way to cure myself. Fuck.
Use a Cure Disease Potion or visit a Shrine for healing. After three days, you'll be a vampire. Two ways to get rid of it after that:
1) Become a werewolf
2) Complete the Side Quest: Rising at Dawn (available by talking to a mage named Falion in Morthal)
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I've been spending the past hour or two fine tuning and tweaking SkrimPrefs.ini for maximum awesomeness, because I am a graphics whore ;D
The way the engine handles shadows is retarded, I hope it gets modified in upcoming patches, or modders find a workaround (currently, the further your shadow draw distance, the lower resolution shadows become, so with a high draw distance, they look like utter blocky shit up close).
you think you could upload that .ini?
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Does anyone know how to cure having vampire blood? I kill a vampire and now I've become one... >:(
I guess I know what I'll be doing for the next several days. Trying to find a way to cure myself. Fuck.
Use a Cure Disease Potion or visit a Shrine for healing. After three days, you'll be a vampire. Two ways to get rid of it after that:
1) Become a werewolf
2) Complete the Side Quest: Rising at Dawn (available by talking to a mage named Falion in Morthal)
Option #2 is what i'll have to do (Any more info on the pros and cons of becoming a werewolf? That sounds fucking brutal). I didn't pay much attention to the warning signs of being a Vampire, unfortunately.
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I'm gonna cure my lycanthropy I think. I don't use it, and it fucks me on sleeping bonuses.
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Option #2 is what i'll have to do (Any more info on the pros and cons of becoming a werewolf? That sounds fucking brutal). I didn't pay much attention to the warning signs of being a Vampire, unfortunately.
Most of them only affect you when you transform into "beast form" which you can do once a day for 2.5 minutes of real time. Bacong mentions the lack of rest bonus, so there's that. Other than that, you can pretty much live as a werewolf and never use it and be resistant to all diseases in either form.
Bacong, if you want to cure yourself, finish the Companions Questline and then you'll be able to complete the Radiant Quest: Purity. Once that is completed, you'll be cured of Lycanthropy and will be unable to contract it again (as opposed to Vampirism which can be contracted multiple times).
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Spoilers for dark brotherhood i guess
The end of that questline was SO GOOD. When I assassinated the decoy I hauled ass out of Solitude so damn fast :lol I'm also pumped I got my 20k Gs and a sweet ass dagger out of the deal. As for Cicero, he came back. All I had to do was pay a 300G fine to the other dude for lying about killing him :lol
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Apparently, you can find Cicero in the game before you join the Dark Brotherhood. He's in the wilderness with a broken wagon transporting the Night Mother
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I've been spending the past hour or two fine tuning and tweaking SkrimPrefs.ini for maximum awesomeness, because I am a graphics whore ;D
The way the engine handles shadows is retarded, I hope it gets modified in upcoming patches, or modders find a workaround (currently, the further your shadow draw distance, the lower resolution shadows become, so with a high draw distance, they look like utter blocky shit up close).
you think you could upload that .ini?
Sure, I'll just post it here if you wanna give it a try. The most time was spent trying to get the shadows into something I liked, what with the aforementioned trade off between distance and quality. The rest of it is mostly just cranking things up as high as I could. For reference my specs are:
i5-2500k
8 GB ram
Radeon HD 6950
And make sure to get this if you haven't https://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=202
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iMaxDesired=750Definitely not perfect, but I'm still experimenting with some things and looking around the internets for tips on improving visuals. If you have anything to suggest, go for it. I think the biggest thing bothering me now (other than the shadows) is getting things in the distance to look great. Mountains all look awesome, but the textures and trees on the ground look kinda ehhh from far enough away, or looking down from somewhere high.
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Apparently, you can find Cicero in the game before you join the Dark Brotherhood. He's in the wilderness with a broken wagon transporting the Night Mother
:O
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fuck storm wizards
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Fuck questing for the Mage College. I'm getting my ass handed to me. I haven't had to stop playing at any point because I was dying too much, but this... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
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Sweet Jesus, I'm not sure I can take out the frost troll on the way to High Hrothgar.
I didn't kill it, I just sorta attracted it's attention, ran back.. and then found a way I could take along the mountain-edge, so I sorta avoided the fight, came back out on the road a bit after the troll-place. :biggrin:
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Sweet Jesus, I'm not sure I can take out the frost troll on the way to High Hrothgar.
I died a lot but I got him eventually, I had Lydia with me though and health potions.
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Although this game is still amazing without mods, unlike Oblivion, mods can always make games more enjoyable and customizable.
Here are the mods I've got so far:
Enhanced Blood Textures
Skyrim Better Performance
No More Blocky Faces
Detailed Faces v2
Large Address Aware
HD Furniture __ hi-res texture replacer
FXAA Post Process Injector
Armor Improvement
No Dirty Bodies - Caucasian Female Races
Vurts Skyrim Flora Overhaul
HiRes Road Signs
Landscape Texture Pack WIP
Third Person - Run Forward Bow Animation Tweak
3rd Person Dual Wield Animation Fix
Glowing Ore Veins 300
Enhanced Night Skyrim
Here are mods I hope will be developed:
Fellout (for Skyrim)
Footprints (especially in the snow)
Cloaks
Improved/instant change between first and third-person views (SO annoying)
Oscuro's Skyrim Overhaul!
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Nice, checking some of these mods out now :tup
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Apparently, you can find Cicero in the game before you join the Dark Brotherhood. He's in the wilderness with a broken wagon transporting the Night Mother
:O
Oh...I did that quest and reported him to the guards. I knew he was up to no good. :lol
Well, like I was gonna do the Dark Brotherhood as a burly Nord Warrior with no sneak skill anyway, fuck that.
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I'm in Markarth now, level 14 I believe.
Not sure what to think of the city, the first thing that happens when I enter is that some random dude just stabs a woman to death in the middle of the street, pretty random. :lol
I had two quests that needed me to come here, one for the Thieves-guild and the one for Delphine where I should meet her east of the city, so I figured it was time to come here.
Really digging the Thieves and their hideout, it's a bit funny to do the quests when you play as a big Nord Warrior with full heavy armor and a 2-hander, but I've still managed the quests so far!
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My Nord is now in a gay marriage with an Argonian, and I couldn't be happier.
In other news: 100k gold achievement, bitches.
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I "only" have about 17k gold, but probably stuff worth 2k in my inventory.
It sucks to sell stuff and only get 60-70% of what the value says, is this 100% bound to how I spend points in the Speech-tree?
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I never have much money, to be honest. Most I've had is 22k.
I've spent most of that on getting loads of different kinds of spells though.
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I've crushed the rebellion!!
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I "only" have about 17k gold, but probably stuff worth 2k in my inventory.
It sucks to sell stuff and only get 60-70% of what the value says, is this 100% bound to how I spend points in the Speech-tree?
Pretty much, yeah.
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What is wrong with you people!?! Imperials?
Stormcloaks FTW (though I am 95% sure the leader has some grand alternate objective. I honestly hope to lead the rebellion and at the last moment when he turns kill his selfish ass and take over as the leader of the Stormcloaks)
edit...i just realized how ironic I was to call him "selfish" after I am clearly vying for the position myself :lol
Sweet Jesus, I'm not sure I can take out the frost troll on the way to High Hrothgar.
I used the shout that slowed down time for that fight. When it was on cooldown I just put on my light gear and ran around. Equipped heavy gear again, shouted, and got my hits in. Did that about 5 times and he was down. I had to leave Lydia behind because the troll always 1-2 shot her.
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I "only" have about 17k gold, but probably stuff worth 2k in my inventory.
It sucks to sell stuff and only get 60-70% of what the value says, is this 100% bound to how I spend points in the Speech-tree?
Pretty much, yeah.
The worst is when you accidentally sell a high price item and want to buy it back; you sold it for cheap and you have to buy it back for higher than original. That's some f'ed up bartering. Next time that happens I think I will just kill the merchant (I love how I can say that and actually do it in this game...)
EDIT --- WHOA, marriage is available?! There is only one person I would do this with, my protector and extra carrying space: Lydia. I am so doing this.
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Don't get me started on that. :lol
Really hope that I can get to the second event in Windhelm, really want to be able to buy the house there.
I also LOVE minor details in this game such as hidden doors in wardrobes, the way in to the Thieves-guild's place (if you know which one I'm talking about with the statue and the button), and things like that.
I know the house in Windhelm has the hidden room, but does any of the other purchasable houses have any hidden rooms or anything like that?
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I've been somewhat focusing on the main quest lines (the rebellion and the Dragon shouts) and I realize I am missing out on a lot. So I am not doing any of those and gonna try to finish all the quests in my "Misc" list.
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I've been somewhat focusing on the main quest lines (the rebellion and the Dragon shouts) and I realize I am missing out on a lot. So I am not doing any of those and gonna try to finish all the quests in my "Misc" list.
You shall never end! :lol
I've learned 14 of the 24 Shouts, mastered only 5 of them. It's getting pretty hard to get to a Word Wall alone now, those Blood Dragons are everywhere now!
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Man, I can run this game on medium (with some things set to low) fine, but the second I get in a fate with a bunch of mages it's over. I swear, their spells me me lag so bad that I'm starting to think that's the desired affect they're supposed to have on my character. "You think you're strong? Take this fireball of lag!"
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What is wrong with you people!?! Imperials?
Stormcloaks FTW
Yep, much more appealing faction in my opinion. But then again Nords have always been my favorite race in the series so I always root for them. :lol
I did all the Stormcloak quests too, it's great to see those little maps with all blue flags.
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MORE LIKE...THE STORMJOKES
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I don't quite get how one can feel sympathy with the Imperials, they're the bad guys. :\
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Bitch, the Imperials are lead by Saul motherfucking Tigh!! That's all I need!
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I don't quite get how one can feel sympathy with the Imperials, they're the bad guys. :\
You do get a bit of insight into their reasons with the quests and at the end of it I didn't completely hate them.
But they aren't badass Nords, so fuck 'em.
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I don't quite get how one can feel sympathy with the Imperials, they're the bad guys. :\
It's not so cut and dry, though. A good number of Stormcloacks are racist asses who think that outsiders have no business in in their land. I haven't made it too far in the game yet, but from where I stand now it does look like the Stormcloacks are the more dickish of the two factions. Most of their leaders just seem to be out for blood. I'm siding with them because that's the game I want to play with my Nord character, but they really seem less civilized than the Imperials.
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I don't quite get how one can feel sympathy with the Imperials, they're the bad guys. :\
It's not so cut and dry, though. A good number of Stormcloacks are racist asses who think that outsiders have no business in in their land.
You could say this about every citizen of Skyrim, though. Sexism and racism are rampant on the NPCs.
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What is wrong with you people!?! Imperials?
Stormcloaks FTW (though I am 95% sure the leader has some grand alternate objective. I honestly hope to lead the rebellion and at the last moment when he turns kill his selfish ass and take over as the leader of the Stormcloaks)
From what I can tell somewhat early in the game, Imperials are much more capitalistic, so it will be beneficial for me as a thief for them to succeed. Ultimately, I side only with myself!
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So because I've been jonesing so hard for Skyrim (I'm still saving up some extra scrilla to get it...and a pc that can run it well....or an xbox 360...or a ps3 :blush) I decided to dust off the 'ol xbox and roll a new toon on Morrowind. Made a Bosmer Archer/Hunter/Thief/Assasin type guy w/ a little Alteration, Illusion and Mysticism thrown in for good measure. Had to give that fool Foryn Gilnith a few arrows to the face after he called me an N'wah for calling him out on murdering Processus Vitellius or whatever. Anybody wanna talk Morrowind?
Anybody?
:crickets:
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Started playing Skyrim again (sorry Ryzee!) and decided to get going on the main mission. Killed the dragon at the watch tower and am now Greybeard bound.
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Fuck those lich wizard things, hardest monster in the game yet.
Now my companion has fully upgraded dragon armor and a fully upgraded daedric weapon, and he still doesn't look happy. :(
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So I caved and bought Skyrim today. It's installing now. I don't know what to expect, I usually never play rpg style games, except Pokemon.
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I swear to god if you name your character Jake Sully I am going to cry.
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I swear to god if you name your character Jake Sully I am going to hunt you down without mercy, hunt you down all nightmare long
Fix for me.
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Started playing Skyrim again (sorry Ryzee!) and decided to get going on the main mission. Killed the dragon at the watch tower and am now Greybeard bound.
Ha it's cool dude it was mainly just a self-depricating post. I guess the post could have just been "Hi I'm jelly of all you guys playing Skyrim as I sit playing Morrowind in a puddle of my own tears."
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I swear to god if you name your character Jake Sully I AM THE TABLE
Fix for me.
Fix'd due to current events
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(https://i.imgur.com/4NgHv.jpg)
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I swear to god if you name your character Jake Sully I am going to cry.
I made a femal wood elf and named her Vega.
Side note:
I got this for PS3, why do the graphics look like shit? I'm at the intro scene where the guy gets beheaded and it looks terrible...
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I swear to god if you name your character Jake Sully I am going to cry.
I made a femal wood elf and named her Vega.
Side note:
I got this for PS3, why do the graphics look like shit? I'm at the intro scene where the guy gets beheaded and it looks terrible...
Not everything can be directed by James Cameron, Chino.
But in all seriousness, the character models aren't the most beautiful thing ever, but oh man the landscape is. Head west first chance you get. That side of the map is one of the most beautiful areas I've seen in any video game.
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I swear to god if you name your character Jake Sully I am going to cry.
I made a femal wood elf and named her Vega.
Side note:
I got this for PS3, why do the graphics look like shit? I'm at the intro scene where the guy gets beheaded and it looks terrible...
Not everything can be directed by James Cameron, Chino.
But in all seriousness, the character models aren't the most beautiful thing ever, but oh man the landscape is. Head west first chance you get. That side of the map is one of the most beautiful areas I've seen in any video game.
No one's feet are touching the ground.. They are all hovering about 6 inches. Isn't there suppose to be some kind of install for this game? Te box said it needed 5.5 gigs, but it installed in like 30 seconds and started right up.
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Oh yeah, you are new to this whole Bethesda thing right? Yeah expect bugs. A lot of bugs.
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Hilarious bugs.
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I'm very partial to the randomly spinning in a bed glitch.
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Fuck those lich wizard things, hardest monster in the game yet.
Now my companion has fully upgraded dragon armor and a fully upgraded daedric weapon, and he still doesn't look happy. :(
I'm still trying to figure out how to upgrade armor! :lol
And I haven't run into anything daedric-related yet, is that good?
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Fuck those lich wizard things, hardest monster in the game yet.
Now my companion has fully upgraded dragon armor and a fully upgraded daedric weapon, and he still doesn't look happy. :(
I'm still trying to figure out how to upgrade armor! :lol
At workbenches. You will need the necessary ingot/leather depending on your armor (and the necessary skill level also).
EDIT: Just met Sheogorath... am I technically meeting my character from Oblivion here? I mean he was named the new Sheogorath at the end of Shivering Isles...
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Wow, I suck at this game. I can't even figure out how to talk to that blacksmith without gettig my ass destroyed.
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Dimitrius I think that it's someone else unless the character from Oblivion became immortal, the events of Skyrim take place 200 years after Oblivion.
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(https://i.imgur.com/4NgHv.jpg)
Which mod is that?
Also, if I'm not mistaken (spoiler contained)...............
Didn't Ulfric kill a CHILD king? I could be hella wrong though.
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Wow, I suck at this game. I can't even figure out how to talk to that blacksmith without gettig my ass destroyed.
On the ps3? When you walk up to him there should be an option to hit x to talk to him. So you hit x, and you talk to him. It gets a little tricky, but I believe in you.
That said, fuck Bandit Chiefs. Normal Bandits? Take on like 10 at a time, no problem. Bandit Outlaw? Tougher, but not bad. Bandit Thug? I can take them one on one. Two is a bit hard, but with some clever playing. Chief? Fuck that. I saved my level up and did that mid fight to refill my health and still almost died. So then they throw three thugs at me and a chief at once. Fuck that noise.
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Dimitrius I think that it's someone else unless the character from Oblivion became immortal, the events of Skyrim take place 200 years after Oblivion.
Yeah, I know. Or you could say Shivering Isles wasn't canon. I just thought it was a bit interesting.
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@Snapple: That is an upcoming mod. I can't wait.
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@Snapple: That is an upcoming mod. I can't wait.
Just dumped a shit load of tits on /v/ and I found that out. While guys are arguing about what is a good game, I'm posting like some gentlemen while posting tits. LOL.
It looks so much easier to navigate.
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Yeah, woah. I think I just broke the game, using enchanting and blacksmithing potions and items with +enchanting and blacksmithing I created a daedric waraxe that does a good 220 damage.
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Yeah, woah. I think I just broke the game, using enchanting and blacksmithing potions and items with +enchanting and blacksmithing I created a daedric waraxe that does a good 220 damage.
Screeen shot. If Failbox360 or PhuckingSucks3, use a celllll phone
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Failbox 360 and PhuckingSucks3? What is this, middle school?
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https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/screenshot2po.png/ (https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/screenshot2po.png/)
Here's to hoping it works, first time uploading anything to imageshack.
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Wow nice!
I am leveling both smithing and enchanting as well, hope I get something like that.
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Some noob questions before I get started (Hopefully will get the game this weekend).
1) What are the benefits of marriage?
2)What are the different organizations you can join? (i.e. dark brotherhood I know is one).
3)Any good mods I should get?
4) Do you learn spells by finding scrolls or buying them? I plan to be mostly a magic user.
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Failbox 360 and PhuckingSucks3? What is this, middle school?
:lol
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Some noob questions before I get started (Hopefully will get the game this weekend).
1) What are the benefits of marriage?
2)What are the different organizations you can join? (i.e. dark brotherhood I know is one).
3)Any good mods I should get?
4) Do you learn spells by finding scrolls or buying them? I plan to be mostly a magic user.
1) If your spouse already owns a house then you don't need to buy one.
2) The Companion's Guild, Dark Brotherhood, Thieve's Guild, College of Winterhold
3)Don't know
4) Both
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Thanks a lot.
Can you join multiple organizations?
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Yes.
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Slightly redid the song I had made earlier, and added voiceovers/sound effects from the game itself :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkvNXpN8FQA
Would appreciate likes/comments :tup
FUS RO DAH!!
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Well, the Repairing the Phial quest is glitched.
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Alright, all this hype has made me really want Skyrim. Good thing Christmas is only about a month away and all the major problems should be fixed by then.
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Alright, all this hype has made me really want Skyrim. Good thing Christmas is only about a month away and all the major problems should be fixed by then.
L
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Alright, all this hype has made me really want Skyrim. Good thing Christmas is only about a month away and all the major problems should be fixed by then.
I'm sure wherever Todd Howard is right now, he's blushing at your remark.
"No really, please, don't flatter me."
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Failbox 360 and PhuckingSucks3? What is this, middle school?
PC...more like Pretty Crap.
Mac...more like Cack...
TO THE AMERICANS: "CACK" IS LIKE A NON-OFFENSIVE WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING IS NOT VERY GOOD (I almost said "something that's rubbish" lolbritishwords)
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Alright, all this hype has made me really want Skyrim. Good thing Christmas is only about a month away and all the major problems should be fixed by then.
Dude, you played Fallout 3, you know that's so wrong!
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I can dream. :(
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Failbox 360 and PhuckingSucks3? What is this, middle school?
PC...more like Pretty Crap.
Mac...more like Cack...
TO THE AMERICANS: "CACK" IS LIKE A NON-OFFENSIVE WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING IS NOT VERY GOOD (I almost said "something that's rubbish" lolbritishwords)
Suck my not very good.
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The only quest glitch I've encountered is that I'm stuck with an item that I'm supposed to deliver to someone who I killed during another quest. Can't deliver it, can't remove it from inventory, nothing.
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I'm having a glitch with becoming the thane of Winterhold. I've retrieved the helmet of Winterhold for him, and he said he would make me a thane if I help the people. Have a misc quest saying "Help 3 citizens of Winterhold" that I am trying to do.
I am currently at 2/3. I got 1 for helping the inn collect a guy's tab, a second one for stealing a staff for a dark elf. The third quest appears to be determining what became of a local's lost love. I've determined her fate and completed that quest, yet I am still only at 2/3. There don't appear to be any other quests for Winterhold.
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I'm having a glitch with becoming the thane of Winterhold. I've retrieved the helmet of Winterhold for him, and he said he would make me a thane if I help the people. Have a misc quest saying "Help 3 citizens of Winterhold" that I am trying to do.
I am currently at 2/3. I got 1 for helping the inn collect a guy's tab, a second one for stealing a staff for a dark elf. The third quest appears to be determining what became of a local's lost love. I've determined her fate and completed that quest, yet I am still only at 2/3. There don't appear to be any other quests for Winterhold.
This is regarding Isabelle, right? Did you return the note to Ranmir? Unfortunately, those are the only three available tasks for becoming the thane.
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I just picked up the game a few hours ago. So far I'm really loving it. Much, much more then Oblivion.
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The one I'm having with Repairing the Phial is that the game doesn't recognize that I have a Briar Heart (which you need for the quest, but I had before I took the quest), I've already gotten the other 2 items that I need and even went to the Forsworn camp the quest shows to get another Briar Heart... still nothing. No option to give Quintus the other 2 items, no nothing.
In other news, I decided to go to Markarth and not 5 seconds after I arrived a dude comes and stabs a woman dead. lolwut
But the architecture here is breathtaking! Especially where Understone Keep is.
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So I never slept once prior to getting werewolf'd. What are these "bonuses" I'm missing out on?
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So I never slept once prior to getting werewolf'd. What are these "bonuses" I'm missing out on?
Rested
Any bed
All skills improve 5% faster for 8 hours
Well Rested
Any bed you own or rent
All skills improve 10% faster for 8 hours
Lover's Comfort
Sleep in the same location as your spouse
All skills improve 15% faster for 8 hours
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Hmm I see. Thanks.
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I think I'm just gonna get rid of this axe, I'm killing giants with one power attack and elder dragons with like three.
edit: I just threw the difficulty to Expert and things seem a lot more balanced again. :) Also Blackreach is a stunning area.
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Wow, I suck at this game. I can't even figure out how to talk to that blacksmith without gettig my ass destroyed.
On the ps3? When you walk up to him there should be an option to hit x to talk to him. So you hit x, and you talk to him. It gets a little tricky, but I believe in you.
I can't get close enough... Whenever I Approach the town, the music gets really dramatic and everyone starts attacking me... They yell things like "we don't take kindly to your kind" and "you'll never leave Skyrim alive"
Edit*
Found this online
"Once you arrive at the village of Riverwood, you will be directed to speak to Alvor, the local smith (if you chose to follow Hadvar during the flight from Helgen) or Gerdur (if you chose to follow Ralof). Explain your situation and he/she will recommend you seek out the Jarl of the region, Jarl Balgruuf the Greater at his palace, Dragonsreach. They will also offer you what assistance they can to get you started.
If you talk to Alvor, he will give you a mini-quest to learn smithing."
I don't have anyone traveling with me.
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When you were escaping the dragon attack, there was someone with you going through the caves and stuff. It's talking about that person.
And what the hell did you do to get the town to attack you, they don't just do that for no reason :rollin
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When you were escaping the dragon attack, there was someone with you going through the caves and stuff. It's talking about that person.
And what the hell did you do to get the town to attack you, they don't just do that for no reason :rollin
I was following Hadvar. After we escaped some tunnels he said he thought we should split up, but told me to find the blacksmith and say that he sent me. I did nothing to the town, my first time approaching I was slaughtered. Happens every time I go back
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I'm having a glitch with becoming the thane of Winterhold. I've retrieved the helmet of Winterhold for him, and he said he would make me a thane if I help the people. Have a misc quest saying "Help 3 citizens of Winterhold" that I am trying to do.
I am currently at 2/3. I got 1 for helping the inn collect a guy's tab, a second one for stealing a staff for a dark elf. The third quest appears to be determining what became of a local's lost love. I've determined her fate and completed that quest, yet I am still only at 2/3. There don't appear to be any other quests for Winterhold.
This is regarding Isabelle, right? Did you return the note to Ranmir? Unfortunately, those are the only three available tasks for becoming the thane.
Yeah, I returned to Ranmir and I just says something like "Leave me alone, I have some thinking to do."
Now, I never actually got a QUEST to find Isabelle, I just found her...
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Does anyone know if there's any more quests to Blackreach? Or is there seriously just this one quest to a place this big?
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Okay Winterhold, I killed the dragon attacking your stupid city, can I be thane now?
No?
Fuck you then.
Edit: I just went and talked to the Jarl again, now he's sent me on a quest to re-recover the Helm of Winterhold from a different dungeon. ???
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Does anyone know if there's any more quests to Blackreach? Or is there seriously just this one quest to a place this big?
Isn't it technically two? The one where you go to find an Elder Scroll and finding all 30 Crimson Nirnroot.
Also, there's a dragon down there.
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Does anyone know if there's any more quests to Blackreach? Or is there seriously just this one quest to a place this big?
Isn't it technically two? The one where you go to find an Elder Scroll and finding all 30 Crimson Nirnroot.
Also, there's a dragon down there.
:omg: I have to find it, and where do I get the crimson nirnroot quest? I've just been picking them up for no reason.
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Does anyone know if there's any more quests to Blackreach? Or is there seriously just this one quest to a place this big?
Isn't it technically two? The one where you go to find an Elder Scroll and finding all 30 Crimson Nirnroot.
Also, there's a dragon down there.
:omg: I have to find it, and where do I get the crimson nirnroot quest? I've just been picking them up for no reason.
If you came down to Blackreach from Alftand Cathedral it should be inside the building right in front of you. It's called Sinderion's Field Laboratory (or something like that) and inside you'll find Sinderion's Field Journal and the quest will begin.
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Found it, is the dragon flying ''outside'' or is it inside a building or something?
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It's not inside any building but I don't know how to direct you to it. I was pretty lost down there.
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I just took these screenshots to see the difference for myself. The first one is before post-processing effects, the second on is after; quite amazing. Here's the mod: Himmelsrand Custom Shader Suite (https://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=240)
(https://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4087/beforeza.jpg)
(https://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2182/afterxd.jpg)
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@Kosmo: Here's a video for finding the dragon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZol8dmtWHg&feature=related
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Oh neat, gonna go get me some dragon bones.
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When you were escaping the dragon attack, there was someone with you going through the caves and stuff. It's talking about that person.
And what the hell did you do to get the town to attack you, they don't just do that for no reason :rollin
I was following Hadvar. After we escaped some tunnels he said he thought we should split up, but told me to find the blacksmith and say that he sent me. I did nothing to the town, my first time approaching I was slaughtered. Happens every time I go back
I ended up just walking around the town and kept going forward. I eventually talked to some people and ended up completed the quest, lol. I just found the dragon stone. I am loving the shit out of this game, but now I have to go to work for 10 hours
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Right after I dealt with Kematu in In My Time Of Need, there was a dragon. First time, took forever to land and I died facing it. Reloaded. This time, it was an ice dragon, rather than fire. Found a mammoth first and started taking on that. So basically, the mammoth tanked for me. Those things can take a looot of damage.
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Ok so now that I've finished Mass Effect 2 I'm starting to get into this game. Haven't got too far but enjoying exploring the local area and getting to grips with how the game works. I was feeling unimaginative when I started so my character is an Imperial called Ziltoid. :lol
So on my way to the Golden Claw quest, I stumbled upon some old woman's house. She seemed sweet enough so I decided I wasn't going to steal anything, but I did have a wonder inside her place, read a book she had on alchemy but didn't take it, and went down into the cellar to find her alchemy and enchanment tables. Again I didn't steal anything.
Come back up and the bitch starts trying to kill me with magic. So I kill her and steal EVERYTHING SHE HAD. Nobody fucks with the Ziltoid.
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When you were escaping the dragon attack, there was someone with you going through the caves and stuff. It's talking about that person.
And what the hell did you do to get the town to attack you, they don't just do that for no reason :rollin
I was following Hadvar. After we escaped some tunnels he said he thought we should split up, but told me to find the blacksmith and say that he sent me. I did nothing to the town, my first time approaching I was slaughtered. Happens every time I go back
I ended up just walking around the town and kept going forward. I eventually talked to some people and ended up completed the quest, lol. I just found the dragon stone. I am loving the shit out of this game, but now I have to go to work for 10 hours
"We don't take kindly to the N'avi around here!"
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Text from my friend:
"CHRISTIAN, NUDE MOD IS OUT!"
Jesus.
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So on my way to the Golden Claw quest, I stumbled upon some old woman's house. She seemed sweet enough so I decided I wasn't going to steal anything, but I did have a wonder inside her place, read a book she had on alchemy but didn't take it, and went down into the cellar to find her alchemy and enchanment tables. Again I didn't steal anything.
I think I know which house you are talking about, I discovered it as well when I came out of the cave, went down the mountain and were going back to Riverwood.
She was quite friendly indeed, felt a bit sorry for her for not having any real valuables in her house (and for living alone), but still.. always fun to find those "hidden" places that not everyone has explored. :)
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Text from my friend:
"CHRISTIAN, NUDE MOD IS OUT!"
Jesus.
They came out 2 days after the game was release, hah. Looks terrible, though, because the creation kit has been released yet.
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So on my way to the Golden Claw quest, I stumbled upon some old woman's house. She seemed sweet enough so I decided I wasn't going to steal anything, but I did have a wonder inside her place, read a book she had on alchemy but didn't take it, and went down into the cellar to find her alchemy and enchanment tables. Again I didn't steal anything.
I think I know which house you are talking about, I discovered it as well when I came out of the cave, went down the mountain and were going back to Riverwood.
She was quite friendly indeed, felt a bit sorry for her for not having any real valuables in her house (and for living alone), but still.. always fun to find those "hidden" places that not everyone has explored. :)
If you look in her basement, you'll see there is a diary explaining that she is a witch(which I guess makes her evil?). That's why she attacks you.
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I feel lucky. I haven't run into a single bug yet. :metal
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I'm not getting the nude mod. No way.
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(https://i.imgur.com/lpy7C.jpg)
:3
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The water looks so nice in this game. I love it. :heart
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So I went into the ruins in Ivarstad with the sapphire claw to get that shout. First, found a door with a master lock. Got it in two tires (my lockpicking is about 22 or so, maybe a little less. INside, a chest at expert. Almost got it several times, ended up losing a lot of picks before i gave up. So i go the other way. the door locks behind me, key only and the door ahead of me is master. Waste all my picks on it and get no where, though I got close. So I was stuck. Had to reload autosave. Rather annoying.
So now I'm saving up gold go get a house to keep my shit. I have things I dond't want to lose and I'm running out of carry weight.
Unrelated: I don't think this was posted. It's basically the best thing ever. https://youtu.be/TN6L80hwUxA (https://youtu.be/TN6L80hwUxA)
Listening to this so much.
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Due to Skyrim, Duncan's Amazing Adventure has been put on hold. This was posted in the thread for his adventure, and I thought I'd share it with you sheep, I mean guys. :biggrin:
Enjoy.
(https://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/311775_606343750617_51602895_32725120_412885044_n.jpg)
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Nicely done :lol :lol :lol
Except for the 360. Duncan would never play Skyrim on a 360.
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Question about a problem in the main quest...
How do you get into the College of Winterhold (you know why) without trying to join? I really don't want to join with this character but so far I've found that seems the only way of actually getting in...
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You have to join but you don't have to do any quests, just start the one where the chick escorts you to the college and run up to the guy you have to speak with.
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Doh, that's a bit stupid. Oh well guess there's no way around it!
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Whiterun is now Stormcloak land.
Sucks. I liked the old Jarl. Why'd he have to send that Axe back?
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(https://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/AsIAmDesign/2011-11-19_00001.jpg)
Not a bad shot from across the room and barely being able to see the bitch.
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Hey guys, Katatonia got referenced in Skyrim.
(https://i.imgur.com/xUa3Ah.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LloMFh.jpg)
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I've also seen a book by somebody called Finn Troll :lol
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I read one called "The Lusty Argonian Maid" which was under a child's bed. Awesome read.
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The books are great. I never used to read them in Oblivion but I've read loads in Skyrim - useful for finding out more about the lore and some great stories in there too. My inventory space suffers from the library I carry around on my back. Skyrim, y u no have kindle
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Alright, I have a bit of a problem. I have a follower who I asked to wait for me while I was inside a "trespassing" area. I've completed what I needed to do and now I'm trying to leave, but all he keeps saying is "You're not supposed to be in here". He doesn't give me the option to ask him to follow me again.
Is there a console command to make him follow me or anything like that?
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You could try player.placeatme (character ID) to teleport him to a different area then see if he will follow you. Google around to find the ID code, should be around the internets.
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Hey guys, Katatonia got referenced in Skyrim.
(https://i.imgur.com/xUa3Ah.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LloMFh.jpg)
Isn't it also called "Nystrom's Journal"? And you later find something called "Ander's Note"?
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photos from my wedding to vikas <3
(https://i.imgur.com/bxMrQ.jpg)
us sitting down to a meal (db initiate stayed the night)
(https://i.imgur.com/5uJfw.jpg)
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That's marvelous.
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The pub in the first town is called "The Sleeping Giant Inn". Mastodon reference?
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The pub in the first town is called "The Sleeping Giant Inn". Mastodon reference?
Reference to a provincial park in the town I live in?
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i dunno lul
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You could try player.placeatme (character ID) to teleport him to a different area then see if he will follow you. Google around to find the ID code, should be around the internets.
What I ended up doing was just waiting until he got bored of waiting, then I went back to where I first met him and he was there.
By the way, here's my guy if anyone cares:
(https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Genowyn/ScreenShot5.jpg)
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Haven't played in a few days. I need to get on that. lol.
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Okay, so I've helped Stormcloaks to invade Whiterun now.
Where can I find the new steward? Want to buy some things for mah house.
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Just wait a bit, he usually hangs around the throne room.
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I'm surprised no one else is loving the Skyrim rap.
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I'm on my first dragon now and am getting raped time and time again... Any tips?
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Stop it
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Don't get raped.
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Don't get raped.
That advice totally worked! I can shout now!
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It's so awesome how dragons can randomly show up when you're just calmly walking in the country side. :lol
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But it's not awesome when they kill the Blacksmith and his wife in Riverwood, leaving me to throw their bodies in the river and leaving their daughter as an orphan.
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But it's not awesome when they kill the Blacksmith and his wife in Riverwood, leaving me to throw their bodies in the river and leaving their daughter as an orphan.
:omg: :'(
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I WENT MORE THAN A DAY WITHOUT PLAYING!!! MY WILLPOWER IS AMAZING!!! Time to go play for an hour or two before bed.
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But it's not awesome when they kill the Blacksmith and his wife in Riverwood, leaving me to throw their bodies in the river and leaving their daughter as an orphan.
Same thing happened to me, the blacksmith got horribly scorched.
And then the Wife died...
But instead of a dragon it was a bloodthirsty Nord with an axe who couldn't shop for blacksmithing items in Riverwood anymore.
edit: ninjafixed
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lol. I randomly killed two redguard dudes and a redguard woman. The guards were asking the woman for something, and I decided to play hero by slaughtering both of them. After that, the redguard woman got scared and ran away. At first I was fine but then I saw the "Whiterun Bounty 1030" appear in the corner. Fuck that. That redguard woman went down, hard. And so did my bounty.
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Anybody know where I can buy some good restoration spells?
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lol. I randomly killed two redguard dudes and a redguard woman. The guards were asking the woman for something, and I decided to play hero by slaughtering both of them. After that, the redguard woman got scared and ran away. At first I was fine but then I saw the "Whiterun Bounty 1030" appear in the corner. Fuck that. That redguard woman went down, hard. And so did my bounty.
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:lol :lol :lol
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:rollin :rollin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE4uzGaQDQg&feature=player_embedded
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That video is epic. :rollin
On a game-related note, I've married Ysolda and bought the house for 25k in Solitude.
Now we're gonna move in there, but first I need to buy all the decorations, and my cashflow is fairly low now, so gonna have to earn some gold.
I also got the vampire-q (I think), but not sure if I wanna do it, don't want to get turned into a vampire. :o
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:rollin :rollin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE4uzGaQDQg&feature=player_embedded
:rollin
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Fun glitch happened today. Had just finished the Mind of Madness quest when I went up to see the Jarl of Solitude. Guess what? The old, Imperial-pledged Jarl I kicked out of Whiterun was there too, with his court. They attacked me, and so did all of Solitude's guards for no reason. After that, a character randomly had me pay a 40 G bounty and I was transported back to the prison. When I went back to the Blue Palace in Solitude, the Whiterun Jarl was already gone.
Such a typical Bethesda-like bug.
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I've kinda been wanting to try a mage tank (shield + magic). Unfortunately, all the block talents that I want to use are extremely high in the tree, and I don't know if they're even any good. If shield bash damage is gimp compared to one-handers, then it's not worth the added survivability. Suppose I could use the console to try it out, but it might take a while to balance everything. Then again, I've already got 30 hours into my main save... but I keep having the urge to try new stuff.
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From my experience, the bash damage perks are really nice as well is the perk to slow down time momentarily when enemies use power attacks. That one has helped me kill giants.
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The shield sprint knockback is so fun.
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GOT DAT DRAGON ARMOR
(https://i.imgur.com/63ekc.jpg)
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I've kinda been wanting to try a mage tank (shield + magic). Unfortunately, all the block talents that I want to use are extremely high in the tree, and I don't know if they're even any good. If shield bash damage is gimp compared to one-handers, then it's not worth the added survivability. Suppose I could use the console to try it out, but it might take a while to balance everything. Then again, I've already got 30 hours into my main save... but I keep having the urge to try new stuff.
Ok, I just tried this out, and shield bash is clearly meant less as a supplement to your damage than it is a defensive maneuver. Kinda cool, though, because you can bash them and then burn them or heal yourself while they're disoriented. One-handers do way more damage than spells, though, so... yeah, still not great.
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I could have sworn someone said something about how werewolves and vampires work in Skyrim. Pretty sure I just got vampirism.
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Use a Cure Disease Potion or visit a Shrine for healing. After three days, you'll be a vampire. Two ways to get rid of it after that:
1) Become a werewolf
2) Complete the Side Quest: Rising at Dawn (available by talking to a mage named Falion in Morthal)
Most of them only affect you when you transform into "beast form" which you can do once a day for 2.5 minutes of real time. Bacong mentions the lack of rest bonus, so there's that. Other than that, you can pretty much live as a werewolf and never use it and be resistant to all diseases in either form.
If you want to cure yourself, finish the Companions Questline and then you'll be able to complete the Radiant Quest: Purity. Once that is completed, you'll be cured of Lycanthropy and will be unable to contract it again (as opposed to Vampirism which can be contracted multiple times).
Rest Bonuses lost as Werewolf.
Rested
Any bed
All skills improve 5% faster for 8 hours
Well Rested
Any bed you own or rent
All skills improve 10% faster for 8 hours
Lover's Comfort
Sleep in the same location as your spouse
All skills improve 15% faster for 8 hours
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Damn, my game almost looks real now:
(https://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2064/realisticwater.jpg)
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Yeah, turns out I just had the illness, not fullblown vampirism. I am now, however, a Werewolf. Thanks for finding those posts though, man.
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No problem. I haven't checked the online Wiki's since I have the strategy guide, so if anyone has a question regarding something not found online, feel free to ask here and I'll most likely have an answer buried within the 656 tome in front of me.
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Got my house almost completely decorated now (the one in Solitude), I really like it.
As I mentioned earlier, I married Ysolda so she's sitting around looking cute, giving me gold on a daily basis, which is never wrong. :)
I wish there was something more you could do with your partner though, it's a funny side-thing in the game, but a few more options would be cool I guess.
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:eyebrows:
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So, appearently someone named their kid Dovahkiin in real life:
https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/elder-scrolls-v/1212984p1.html (https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/elder-scrolls-v/1212984p1.html)
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So, appearently someone named their kid Dovahkiin in real life:
https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/elder-scrolls-v/1212984p1.html (https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/elder-scrolls-v/1212984p1.html)
:metal
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Anybody know where I can buy some good restoration spells?
Anybody?
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Anybody know where I can buy some good restoration spells?
Anybody?
Not sure if all sell restoration spells, but these are all the traders that sell spell tomes:
Sybille - Solitude (Blue Palace)
Falion - Morthal (Falion's House)
Madena - Dawnstar (The White Hall)
Tolfdir - College of Winterhold
Phinis - College of Winterhold
Faralda - College of Winterhold
Drevis - College of Winterhold
Colette - College of Winterhold (Specifically sells Restoration spells, go here first)
Calcelmo - Markart (Understone Keep)
Farengar - Whiterun (Dragonsreach)
Wuunferth the Unliving - Windhelm (Palace of the Kings)
Wylandriah - Riften (Mistveil Keep)
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Apparently if you put a bucket on someones head you can commit crimes without being seen. :lol
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:rollin :rollin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE4uzGaQDQg&feature=player_embedded
This is so brilliant, especially as you know what's about to happen and you're just waiting for it. :lol
Anyway I'm not really rushing with the main quest, I got to Whiterun fairly quickly but I'm just doing all sorts of side quests now, lots of fun, really starting to get into the game.
Also, on the way back from one of said side quests, I ran into a couple of vampires. Fortunately I didn't get bitten and managed to kill them, but it was a bit of a scare!
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Apparently if you put a bucket on someones head you can commit crimes without being seen. :lol
Welcome to 10 days ago. :P
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I've been going crazy over the last few days. I'm up to an overall lvl 21 and my smithing is at 84. Trying to get to 100 soon.
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My ps3's disc reader broke tonight, :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored
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I guess that's why all the cool kids call it a Phucking Sucks 3!
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Yeah, because all the cool kids play this game on PC! Woot.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDE2VQzghp4#melodeath
:metal :2metal: :metal
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDE2VQzghp4#melodeath
:metal :2metal: :metal
:2metal: All this guy's videos are incredibly epic. And the Skyrim music is some of the best video game music of all time. Except the Zelda games.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDE2VQzghp4#melodeath
:metal :2metal: :metal
:2metal: All this guy's videos are incredibly epic. And the Skyrim music is some of the best video game music of all time. Except the Zelda games.
GOD. SO MUCH FUCKING METAL.
:metal
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Downloaded the mod that lets you use more than 2GB of ram to play. Since I have 8, that mod was VERY important to me :D
I had been on low settings with some things set to medium and distances turned all the way down, but now I'm on high with everything and there's no problems (aside from my laptop getting kinda hot... but that happens anyway). Loving it!
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Anyone else think Magic needs serious work? It feels so overpowered.
Playing on Master difficulty as a conjuration mage and at 100 conjuration you can have 2 Dremora Lords or Atronachs. Before I hit 100 I could just summon one and watch it kill everything. Now I summon both and literally go explore/look at stuff/throw the occasional fireball and wait for everything to be killed.
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I have no idea. I've never, ever played as a mage. Is it fun? I only every use restoration.
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I've completed the Thieves Guild, the Dark Brotherhood, and the Stormcloaks. Don't want to do the College or the Companions at the moment, so I guess I'll be moving on to the main plot...unless the Bard's College is a decent questline? Anyone know?
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Anyone else think Magic needs serious work? It feels so overpowered.
Playing on Master difficulty as a conjuration mage and at 100 conjuration you can have 2 Dremora Lords or Atronachs. Before I hit 100 I could just summon one and watch it kill everything. Now I summon both and literally go explore/look at stuff/throw the occasional fireball and wait for everything to be killed.
Dunno about Conjuration, but from what I understand, Destruction is underpowered the higher you get.
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My friend two shots giants with I think 60 destruction. He focused damage from fire and destroys most everything. He's not even high level yet, he's basically focused completely on destruction.
Alt character, but still.
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Gave up on enchanting earlier this afternooon on my character, seeing how I only use magic as a secondary means of attack and primary restoration. Other than that, I hardly use it.
So instead I'm making nothing but iron daggers until I hit 100 smithing. Like everyone else ever.
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So I've been running around most of the game with this lovely staff that shoots arcing lightning bolts at infinite range and in a completely unrelated sidequest discovered the backstory behind it. And it wasn't until 2/3 of the way through the quest that I realized that the quest I was on and the staff I love using were related. Bravo, Bethesda.
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Remember the two-handed axe I made? The one that hits for 218, yeah well my friend made two one-handed weapons that both hit for a good 260.
I have to top that. >:(
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Remember the two-handed axe I made? The one that hits for 218, yeah well my friend made two one-handed weapons that both hit for a good 260.
I have to top that. >:(
HOW
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This shows the basic idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yryev9Fe7tU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yryev9Fe7tU)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDE2VQzghp4#melodeath
:metal :2metal: :metal
:2metal: All this guy's videos are incredibly epic. And the Skyrim music is some of the best video game music of all time. Except the Zelda games.
That's amazingly awesome. I would have thought it was a new Dragon Force song if I had just heard it randomly.
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Two storm thralls? Check. Ritual stone? Double check.
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Apparently the terrain for the rest of Tamriel is already modeled into the game: https://ppsh-41.tumblr.com/post/13145143504/entire-tamriel-landmass-built-into-skyrim
:O
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Holy shit how great would a Morrowind expansion/DLC be.
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I wouldn't be able to play it cause my computer would be clogged with smile.
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Apparently the terrain for the rest of Tamriel is already modeled into the game: https://ppsh-41.tumblr.com/post/13145143504/entire-tamriel-landmass-built-into-skyrim
:O
:caffeine: :caffeine: :caffeine:
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Apparently the terrain for the rest of Tamriel is already modeled into the game: https://ppsh-41.tumblr.com/post/13145143504/entire-tamriel-landmass-built-into-skyrim
:O
That's pretty awesome. My buddy said that he read there will be close to 100 dollars worth of DLC for this game... this might explain it.
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Apparently the terrain for the rest of Tamriel is already modeled into the game: https://ppsh-41.tumblr.com/post/13145143504/entire-tamriel-landmass-built-into-skyrim
:O
That's pretty awesome. My buddy said that he read there will be close to 100 dollars worth of DLC for this game... this might explain it.
I DOUBT it! Todd Howard said that they don't want to do the same thing they did with Fallout 3, release 5 DLCs with only 2 of them being great, they want less DLCs with better content.
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Well, poo.
Looked at a thread on the forums and apparently there's an area of the game where you can see those places in the distance. There's also a quest where you're lifted into the air or something and can see them. So it's possible they were just put in to be nice easter eggs for people who looked.
I still don't own the game yet, though, so this could be wrong.
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Apparently the terrain for the rest of Tamriel is already modeled into the game: https://ppsh-41.tumblr.com/post/13145143504/entire-tamriel-landmass-built-into-skyrim
:O
That's pretty awesome. My buddy said that he read there will be close to 100 dollars worth of DLC for this game... this might explain it.
I DOUBT it! Todd Howard said that they don't want to do the same thing they did with Fallout 3, release 5 DLCs with only 2 of them being great, they want less DLCs with better content.
I forgot to mention that he read it will only be in 2 parts. Maybe they are concentrating their efforts.
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I will smile if one expansion winds up being all of Cyrodil to explore again.
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I will smile if one expansion winds up being all of Cyrodil to explore again.
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Holy shit. They may, they just may go crazy with it.
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Holy shit. They may, they just may go crazy with it.
I really hope they open up an entire province or two for the DLCs. That would be beyond awesome (especially for someone like me whose first TES game I played is Skyrim).
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So I can take the dragon on Shearpoint like it's nothing. But then Krosis. Fuck Krosis.
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So I can take the dragon on Shearpoint like it's nothing. But then Krosis. Fuck Krosis.
That happened to me too! But I pumped him full of arrows and then took his mask.
EDIT: Anybody has done the White Phial/Repairing the White Phial quests?? I want to know if it glitched to other people! It is on mine, the game doesn't recognize that I have two briar hearts on mu inventory!
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Snow trolls are insanely hard to defeat.... After like 8 failed attempts at killing it, I eventually had to sneak around
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EDIT: Anybody has done the White Phial/Repairing the White Phial quests?? I want to know if it glitched to other people! It is on mine, the game doesn't recognize that I have two briar hearts on mu inventory!
Do you have exactly 2, or do you have some extra? I had one quest where I needed 3 amethysts, and I had 6 on me, and it didn't register as complete until I stored 3 of them away.
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EDIT: Anybody has done the White Phial/Repairing the White Phial quests?? I want to know if it glitched to other people! It is on mine, the game doesn't recognize that I have two briar hearts on mu inventory!
Do you have exactly 2, or do you have some extra? I had one quest where I needed 3 amethysts, and I had 6 on me, and it didn't register as complete until I stored 3 of them away.
Well, I had one before I took on the quest, the quest asks for one and it didn't registered that I already had it, so I just went and took another just in case it would registered then. And I can't store them because they're "quest item".
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Here's a cool camera tweak that gives you over-the-shoulder combat view (rather than centered view). It makes third-person combat much better. Just add it to your Skyrim.ini located in My Documents/My Games/Skyrim.
[Camera]
fOverShoulderCombatAddY=0.0000
fOverShoulderCombatPosZ=12.0000
fOverShoulderCombatPosX=30.2000
fOverShoulderPosZ=12.0000
fOverShoulderPosX=30.2000
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https://www.tamriel-rebuilt.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23394&sid=1898bec752fcd4d4d4c6acb6180e6357
relevant.
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Just crushed the rebellion! :corn
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Is it weird that while I was storming drangonsreach to take over with the rebellion, in my mind I was Trotsky and I yelled in my living room... For Marx!!! #AnniesMove
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Is it weird that while I was storming drangonsreach to take over with the rebellion, in my mind I was Trotsky and I yelled in my living room... For Marx!!! #AnniesMove
Talk about playing the part. :lol
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Yeah I got way into it!!!
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Just like every role-playing game I ever play, I always end up doing narrations for my character in my head as I quest, travel, etc. I almost always sit down to eat food or read books (if chairs are available), I wear specific armor for different purposes, I never wear my helmet unless in combat and the list goes on.
Hi my name is Alex and I'm still single, ladies.
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Just like every role-playing game I ever play, I always end up doing narrations for my character in my head as I quest, travel, etc. I almost always sit down to eat food or read books (if chairs are available), I wear specific armor for different purposes, I never wear my helmet unless in combat and the list goes on.
Hi my name is Alex and I'm still single, ladies.
What a queer
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Most of the books are definitely worth reading, so :tup
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I don't really like how Lycanthropy is handled. Like, it's totally badass, but the fact that it's completely under your control is pretty lame. I'd much rather see it happen somewhat occasionally and out of your control, which serious repercussions if you don't go on a murderous rampage when you do turn. Being a werewolf should be a goddamn curse, not a more graphic version of fucking Twilight.
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Lycanthropy seems kinda disappointing to me. I almost never use it. I'm gonna go ahead and cure myself of it, actually.
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I use Lycanthropy for going to places I haven't been that are sorta far from the nearest destination I've been. The werewolf's sprint is faster than a horse, so it works nicely.
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When you kill people as a wolf, do you still get a bounty placed on you?
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So I led the rebellion and helped the jarl become the new king. As soon as he is done he speech of course I had to do this to his best men and try to start a new rebellion myself!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8BP0qpMZRs&feature=youtube_gdata_player (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8BP0qpMZRs&feature=youtube_gdata_player)
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When you kill people as a wolf, do you still get a bounty placed on you?
Nope, they don't count against your normal self since they can't recognize you. However, if you are seen transforming to or from "beast mode" there's a 1000 bounty.
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So there I am, single-handedly taking down a blood dragon with my arrows, when low and behold a Winterhold guard walks right in front of me as I'm firing and gets belted in the head. 40 septim bounty and the guards start attacking me as well. I died, and when I reloaded the dragon was gone. Dumbfuck guards...
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So as part of the Daedric Quest: Boethiah's Calling, I need to trick someone into following me to the shrine and kill them. Hello Lydia... :xbones
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Just took out a blood dragon mostly on my own. Lydia got lost on the way or something. Showed up at the last minute and helped take down the last bit of health. Easily could have managed it on my own, though. It was annoying at first though. It just flew through the woods attacking random animals it found.
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Level 50 soon, I've heard people say that it's the cap but my brother has the strategy guide and it apparently says that the cap is 80.
i are confuse
Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAo1nttwmQA&feature=player_embedded# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAo1nttwmQA&feature=player_embedded#)
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Skyrim has cut my fap figures by nearly 80%.
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Level 50 soon, I've heard people say that it's the cap but my brother has the strategy guide and it apparently says that the cap is 80.
i are confuse
Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAo1nttwmQA&feature=player_embedded# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAo1nttwmQA&feature=player_embedded#)
Level 50 is considered the "soft cap". Your leveling is determined solely by upgrading your skills. Once you get to Level 50, it takes considerably more time for skills to accumulate towards the next level. Mathematically, if you increase each skill to 100, you'll be at 80-81 (like the guide says).
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This game is really starting to piss me off. Fornwhatevernreason, I am discovering new places and everyone already hates me. I just completed that quest where you have to find horn of Jurgen Windcaller. There was a note left by someone who stole it before me telling me to rent the room at the Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood. I walk into the inn for the first time , and the bitchnim suppose to talk to just stats murdering me. I know it's her because it has the indicator over her head. I can't kill her, her health just gets low as shit for a few seconds, then she gets right back up with full health. What should I do?
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Reload a save... doesn't sound right. Or try yielding.
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That or maybe run away to where you know you aren't being chased and try waiting 48 hours. Something like this happened to me with Galmar Stone Fist of the Stormcloaks, where I didn't have the option to ask for a quest when the arrow was right above him. That's all well and good, NPCs that bug out can expect an ass whoopin'. I just ended up running away after since he kept getting back up, waited for a while, went back, and dude forgot all about it.
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Before the Dragonrend shout:
(https://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg72/scaled.php?server=72&filename=skyrimragethishashappen.jpg&res=medium)
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You know what drives me crazy? I can't stand that there is no quick way out of the crouch. If I'm in a crouch and press the button for sprint, I expect to come out of the crouch and start sprinting.
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Push in the analog stick?
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Two women playing a combination of the Morrowind and Skyrim themes on piano and violin. It's amazing! :hefdaddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAnQQcIncq0&feature=player_embedded#!
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The mage in the Riften inn is by far the best companion.
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^Truth.
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Seriously, he made Krosis into his bitch.
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Really now? Looks like I'm going to Riften.
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Riften is great, you could kill the entire village and tell the guards to piss off and walk away as a free man.
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I've been using Erandur as my companion. He's currently dressed in full Dragonscale armor and dual-wielding staffs. One staff which shoots a big exploding fireball, and the other one a big electric explosion. It is so awesome to see him unleash explodey death while he shouts "YOU DARE FIGHT A DUNMER?!"
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Is there any other spell that can be easily spam for experience like Muffle?
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Is there any other spell that can be easily spam for experience like Muffle?
conjuration. I got it to 100 and it's the best thing i've done in this game. Having two permanent Potent Storm Atronachs as your body guards is pretty awesome. I usually bring them everywhere and then conjure a 120s Dramora lord for close combat. To spam conjuration just go to Dragonsreach and there are about 10 people in the main room usually. Just punch one person and they will all start chasing. Run around and cast bound sword, then put the swords away then repeat forever. It goes up REAL quick.
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Yeah, but the thing I like about Muffle is that I don't have to start something. I just use it.
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Yeah, but the thing I like about Muffle is that I don't have to start something. I just use it.
true but this is conjuration. To me the best thing to level up in magic in this game.
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Do more spells become available as you level a particular school of magic up? All I ever see available to buy are the same ones.
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I was wondering the same thing. There is no way Fast Healing and Healing are the only two restoration spells for restoring health.
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https://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Spells
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Is there any other spell that can be easily spam for experience like Muffle?
conjuration. I got it to 100 and it's the best thing i've done in this game. Having two permanent Potent Storm Atronachs as your body guards is pretty awesome. I usually bring them everywhere and then conjure a 120s Dramora lord for close combat. To spam conjuration just go to Dragonsreach and there are about 10 people in the main room usually. Just punch one person and they will all start chasing. Run around and cast bound sword, then put the swords away then repeat forever. It goes up REAL quick.
I tired this but it starts getting quite slow around 50 :-\
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Everything starts getting slow at 50.
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Particularly people.
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Is there any other spell that can be easily spam for experience like Muffle?
conjuration. I got it to 100 and it's the best thing i've done in this game. Having two permanent Potent Storm Atronachs as your body guards is pretty awesome. I usually bring them everywhere and then conjure a 120s Dramora lord for close combat. To spam conjuration just go to Dragonsreach and there are about 10 people in the main room usually. Just punch one person and they will all start chasing. Run around and cast bound sword, then put the swords away then repeat forever. It goes up REAL quick.
I tired this but it starts getting quite slow around 50 :-\
It didn't slow down for me until 90 and even though it was just a few extra conjurations per level
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Everything starts getting slow at 50.
Particularly people.
:clap:
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Balls. I have fallen victim to the PS3 save bug :(
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So this is what I'm gonna go before going to Skuldafn. Take every potion that isn't Resist Frost/Fire or Restore Health/Stamina/Magicka and selling it. Buy every potion I can and do more Resist/Restore potions with ingredients.
Yay or nay?
Also, can I use the Odahviing shout to help me when I first get there?
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Balls. I have fallen victim to the PS3 save bug :(
I haven't gotten in yet, but this sucks. Looks like I'll be having difficulties playing...
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Interesting thing about that is, not everyone is getting it.
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Interesting thing about that thing is, not everyone is getting it.
Oh that's good. I heard that people think it's because the save file gets too big, but my PS3 is a 320 gig. Maybe that will make it so I don't get it?
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Interesting thing about that thing is, not everyone is getting it.
Oh that's good. I heard that people think it's because the save file gets too big, but my PS3 is a 320 gig. Maybe that will make it so I don't get it?
Yeah, the problem seems to start when your save file goes over 6MB.
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Interesting thing about that thing is, not everyone is getting it.
Oh that's good. I heard that people think it's because the save file gets too big, but my PS3 is a 320 gig. Maybe that will make it so I don't get it?
Yeah, the problem seems to start when your save file goes over 6MB.
Mine is at about 7300 KB or so IIRC, so maybe I'm good. We'll see.
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Interesting thing about that thing is, not everyone is getting it.
Oh that's good. I heard that people think it's because the save file gets too big, but my PS3 is a 320 gig. Maybe that will make it so I don't get it?
Yeah, the problem seems to start when your save file goes over 6MB.
I've gotten this same problem on my 360. I just cleared some more space off my hard drive and kept going.
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Just finished the main quest.
That was epic.
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Two women playing a combination of the Morrowind and Skyrim themes on piano and violin. It's amazing! :hefdaddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAnQQcIncq0&feature=player_embedded#!
Beast mode engaged
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Goddammit, it's holiday weekend and I can't play any Skyrim because I'm at my parents. I've gotten so desperate I'm gonna try running it on my laptop.
Also, yesterday I had the house to myself so I hooked my PC up to our 42" LCD screen. Oh lord so many buckets were come.
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Goddammit, it's holiday weekend and I can't play any Skyrim because I'm at my parents. I've gotten so desperate I'm gonna try running it on my laptop.
OH MY GOD YES IT WORKS
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Finally back home, finally get to pop this bitch in. :hat
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Main quest = done.
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I'm so far behind everyone according to the main quest. This is cool and that means many more gaming hours to come.
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Main quest = done.
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I'm so far behind everyone according to the main quest. This is cool and that means many more gaming hours to come.
I still have yet to touch it beyond killing the first dragon ;)
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I'm so far behind everyone according to the main quest. This is cool and that means many more gaming hours to come.
I still have yet to touch it beyond killing the first dragon ;)
I've done probably 3 or 4 objectives past that.
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Did the second quest where you take on the silver hand last night. Where you go out near Riften. I was really underwhelmed. Compared to the first Silver Hand quest right after you become a werewolf? It was just one room with like 3 enemies.
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Main quest = done.
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Just finished the Storm Cloaks campaign. Gotta say, it was underwhelming. Did it even affect the world in any way? I can't tell.
This game is still awesome, but I'm starting to feel how it might not be AS awesome as some previous Bethesda titles (aside from obviously looking better).
Also, I think my save file is bugged. It crashes to my desktop all the time for no reason and with no warning message or anything.
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This game rules. I've played 18 hours and I've only just started into my second city (Riften). Some guy in the bar called me a "milk drinker" so I beheaded him. Someone then offered me a job.
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This game rules. I've played 18 hours and I've only just started into my second city (Riften). Some guy in the bar called me a "milk drinker" so I beheaded him. Someone then offered me a job.
I really am going to kill that guy who asks you if you've been to the Cloud District and then says "Of course you haven't!" next time.
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I wonder if shouting in his face would prove your point. He probably wouldn't even understand the imminent doom you had prevented earlier.
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Maybe. Kinda sick of this "story" character though. I don't feel like the character I just finished the Rebellion with is really worth getting into the "Dragonborn" stuff with. He's just a pissed off Nord who kills other races.
I kinda want to get into my thief character, and then maybe even try a mage.
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I don't even both with story character stuff. This game reminds me of a MUD (points for anyone who even know what I'm talking about) I used to play and I spent all of my time worrying about stats and leveling than being in character.
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It sucks that doing Fus ro dah in someone's face attracts the guards. :(
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Fus ro dah is so yesterday, Whirlwind Sprint rank three is where it's at. :hat :hat
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Fus ro dah is so yesterday, Whirlwind Sprint rank three is where it's at. :hat :hat
I've never used whirlwind in combat, should I?
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Meh, I don't think so. I never remember to use shouts in combat anyway. :lol
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Me either :lol
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Just finished the Storm Cloaks campaign. Gotta say, it was underwhelming. Did it even affect the world in any way? I can't tell.
I finished it with the Empire and I didn't see that it affected the game either. Not even the Jarl of Solitude, which is suppose to be the wife of the murdered High King of Skyrim, says something different after crushing the rebellion.
That was a bit disappointing.
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Just finished the Storm Cloaks campaign. Gotta say, it was underwhelming. Did it even affect the world in any way? I can't tell.
More nords.
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I don't even both with story character stuff. This game reminds me of a MUD (points for anyone who even know what I'm talking about) I used to play and I spent all of my time worrying about stats and leveling than being in character.
Really? I have a hard time playing if I don't have at least some kind of backstory for my character.
And o/ for MUDs, I used to be a hardcore player back in the day.
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Main quest = done.
How much hours did you guys put into the game before you finished the main quest?
I was around 70:12.
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About 65.
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I don't even both with story character stuff. This game reminds me of a MUD (points for anyone who even know what I'm talking about) I used to play and I spent all of my time worrying about stats and leveling than being in character.
Really? I have a hard time playing if I don't have at least some kind of backstory for my character.
And o/ for MUDs, I used to be a hardcore player back in the day.
*\o
The one I was apart of consumed my life for a few years. Easily the most well thought out, detailed game I've ever played, text or not. Skyrim reminds me of one of the worlds so I'm getting into it quicker than I thought.
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I don't make a backstory or anything like that either. I tried once and it lost out to my urge to do whatever I felt like at any given time without having to worry about how my character would act.
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Bretons WERE the master race until Skyrim. +50 Magicka was enough to get my dick hard. Now? Either Nord, Dunmer or something with a passive bonus that doesn't blow penis (Arglolians).
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I don't make a backstory or anything like that either. I tried once and it lost out to my urge to do whatever I felt like at any given time without having to worry about how my character would act.
Yeah, I don't do this either. I just do what I want, when I want. I don't want to be tied into what would be out of character or not.
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My character was supposed to be lawful and good, but that sort of fell apart with me sacrificing people on daedra altars, torturing priests and whatnot.
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I usually play Imperials for the talky/magic, Orcs for the melee, and Dunmer because Morrowind. I might go Nord for Skyrim, but I do enjoy my Imperial guys.
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nord 4 lyfe son :hat :hat
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https://kotaku.com/5862623/a-half-dozen-people-petition-white-house-to-round-up-all-copies-of-skyrim-outlaw-and-burn-them
A Tennessee man kicked off a White House petition on Thanksgiving urging the President of the United States to ban The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for "the safety of America's youths."
So far he has five backers, and only 24,994 more digital signatures to go to meet his goal.
Confused? Let me explain. The official website for the White House now includes the ability for anyone 13 or older who lives in the U.S. to start a petition about literally anything and try to garner the President's attention with it. The result has been... interesting?
While there are legitimate petitions about legitimate issues on the site, there are also plenty of out-of-left field, and downright crazy ones. Maybe even some jokes. I'm not sure where this one falls, but I'm hoping it's just a joke. Heck, maybe it's linked to the christian satire article that Luke wrote about earlier today.
Here's the full petition in all of its glory:
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Immediately Ban the Deadly Videogame Known as "SkyRim" for The Safety of America's Youths.
Whereas videogaming has proven to cause social, ethical and health problems in people of all ages,
Whereas sexual perversion and homosexuality are threatening to destroy the Christian foundations on which this nation was built,
Whereas a new video game has just been created that far exceeds any others in the psychological and spiritual damage it does to teens,
We, the American people, today ask you,
1) To enact an immediate ban on the videogame known as "SkyRim" produced by Blizzard Entertainment.
2) To seize and destroy all copies already in public hands and erase its presence on the internet.
3) To prosecute the players of "SkyRim" to the fullest extent of the law.
4) To create a national database of videogame avatars and "screen names" so that teenagers can be better monitored.
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lol
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Im gonna sign that bitch
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Man Blizzard's gonna be confused when they receive that cease and desist notice.
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Lol, "Skyrim, made by Blizzard"
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:lol
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So apparently it's possible to catch arrows out of the air.
brb bein a ninja
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Guess what my favourite spell is.
(https://i.imgur.com/wHU6L.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/i9PNr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2dCqe.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Fa676.jpg)
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Best mod ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS7CcTLdzLo&feature=share
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Amazing :lol
I installed: "STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!"
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0:38 and the one immediately after kill me.
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Can somebody please explain to me why anybody wanting to do conjuration should go the reanimation route instead of the summoner route?
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Can somebody please explain to me why anybody wanting to do conjuration should go the reanimation route instead of the summoner route?
If you're a battlemage with a lower magicka pool.
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One more month until I can post in this thread and actually understand what the fuck you guys are talking about
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I'm kinda glad Riften was the second city I went in because it made the whole drinking game with Sam for the staff and trying to recap the night mission way funnier than it should've been. As soon as I exited the temple and did a world map to see where I ended up I couldn't contain myself.
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I'm kinda glad Riften was the second city I went in because it made the whole drinking game with Sam for the staff and trying to recap the night mission way funnier than it should've been. As soon as I exited the temple and did a world map to see where I ended up I couldn't contain myself.
:clap:
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Dubya post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l52XaQKfoA0 <--- I made/uploaded that video. That is the build I'm using. Heavy Armor+Block+Restoration. I don't use other skills (though, you'll see an orcish mace on my favorites). I simply beat the shit out of things with my shield. It's friggin OP.
Description
"As I was passing through Whiterun's farm district, a guard said to me "Orcish armor? I've had that once. As ugly and strong as those who made it". As an orc, I took mighty offense to this."
The trick is having a shit load of Vegetable Stew. It restores 1 stamina errysecond for 12 minutes. Cabbage+Leek+Potato+Tomato. It allows you to bash with all your heart. Getting to level 50 Block was easy, but groups fucking ran train on me. So I had used 1 handed weapons until I unlocked Deadly Bash, which amplifies your shield damage by 5.
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So by and large, are people choosing Stormcloaks or the Empire?
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Stormcloaks are the best them.
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Ulfric Stormcloak is a bastard
Also, do I have to do the main quest for Fus Ro Dah?
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Ulfric Stormcloak is a bastard
Also, do I have to do the main quest for Fus Ro Dah?
Yeah, up until the point where you return the horn to the Greybeards.
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I found Ulfric inside the mists of Sovngarde. I thought that was pretty cool.
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I chose the Empire, crushed the rebellion, and murdered Ulfric. :corn
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I just figured out the easy to to master smithing. Dragonscale armor here I come.
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I just figured out the easy to to master smithing. Dragonscale armor here I come.
Making iron daggers, like a boss!
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Dragonscale is a little underwhelming.
Fun fact - with perks + enchanting it's easy to get max AR (506 I want to say, but it's 5x6 I'm sure) with even Iron/Leather armor. So, in reality, you can go for looks.
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Here are mods I hope will be developed:
Fellout (for Skyrim)
Footprints (especially in the snow)
Cloaks
Improved/instant change between first and third-person views (SO annoying)
Oscuro's Skyrim Overhaul!
Woot! Instant Camera POV switching (https://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1661)
By the way, this is the greatest Skryim video ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJ2TqvYKcc
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If I activate a shrine, does my mage stone blessing get lost? I'm wondering, because I activated a couple and it said blessings and diseases removed.
And also, is the best way to get a ton of sidequests to talk to everyone? I'm guessing that it is.
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If I activate a shrine, does my mage stone blessing get lost? I'm wondering, because I activated a couple and it said blessings and diseases removed.
Nope. Stones are actually different than shrines. If you find a stone out in the wilderness, however, that will overwite the mage stone.
And also, is the best way to get a ton of sidequests to talk to everyone? I'm guessing that it is.
Yep.
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If I activate a shrine, does my mage stone blessing get lost? I'm wondering, because I activated a couple and it said blessings and diseases removed.
Nope. Stones are actually different than shrines. If you find a stone out in the wilderness, however, that will overwite the mage stone.
And also, is the best way to get a ton of sidequests to talk to everyone? I'm guessing that it is.
Yep.
Thanks
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Wait, is Daedric armour better than Dragonplate?
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Wait, is Daedric armour better than Dragonplate?
Haven't checked myself, but apparently it is.
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Wait, is Daedric armour better than Dragonplate?
Yes.
But, again..
Fun fact - with perks + enchanting it's easy to get max AR (506 I want to say, but it's 5x6 I'm sure) with even Iron/Leather armor. So, in reality, you can go for looks.
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By the way, this is the greatest Skryim video ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJ2TqvYKcc
Oh my god :rollin
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Here is a video of me clearing a small bandit dungeon with my build. It shows how ridiculous it is. Yeah, I don't murder things CRAZY fast, but you see most monsters barely get a shot at hitting me, unless I'm ganged up on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DlmOC-3WPw&feature=channel_video_title
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So, after the "proving honor" quest for the companions, Eorlund said he was going to make me a weapon of my choosing. Every time I go talk to him, there is no mention of my sword. :(
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lolpwn!
I got myself a Skyforge Steel Greatsword out of that, my most used weapon. :P
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At what point do you get it from him?
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After that same quest, where he told me he would make me a weapon of my choosing.
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Dayum, I took the road leaving Winterhold hold and got ambushed and one-shot by a snow sabre before I could even react.
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Snow anything just pisses me off.
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Then you don't hate Frost Trolls. :neverusethis:
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Then you don't hate Frost Trolls. :neverusethis:
Little bastards. Took me at least 10 tries to kill the one before High Hrothgar.
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By about level 18, frost trolls ceased being an issue. Heavy armor and lots swr0rdz
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tSHLOlCOjQ
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(https://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z223/moonman9j9/SKYRIMGONNAHATE.jpg)
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Full Legendary Daedric Armor. Be jealous.
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Full Legendary Daedric Armor. Be jealous.
Jealous.
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Is it normal that everyone keeps telling me all the time that I look tired and/or sick?
Also, is it normal that if I sleep in the bed in my own house, no matter how long it's for I get no notification of awaking "well rested" or anything like that - it's only when I pay to sleep in an inn that I seem to actually get any rest. Not that it's expensive or anything, just seems pointless having your own bed if that's the case!
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Is it normal that everyone keeps telling me all the time that I look tired and/or sick?
It means you're diseased. Look at your active effects (under magic).
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Ah ok, I probably should have thought of doing that earlier, but I went into third person view to look at myself and I was still the hot stud I always was, so I assumed people was just crazy. :lol
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I just killed everyone who ever told me that.
Problem solved.
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Ah ok, I probably should have thought of doing that earlier, but I went into third person view to look at myself and I was still the hot stud I always was, so I assumed people was just crazy. :lol
Surely you aren't as sexy as me.
(https://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4416/charactera.jpg)
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Full Legendary Daedric Armor. Be jealous.
Sure is no full legendary Dragon Plate armor.
:D
Seriously though, Daedric armor should be more valuable/with higher stats because of the rarity of daedra hearts.
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but dragons
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but dragons
DRAGONS
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Ah ok, I probably should have thought of doing that earlier, but I went into third person view to look at myself and I was still the hot stud I always was, so I assumed people was just crazy. :lol
Surely you aren't as sexy as me.
(https://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4416/charactera.jpg)
Wood Elf Devin Townsend?
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SO
I'm planning to get Skyrim for X360 these days, mainly because everybody is saying it's awesome and stuff. The thing is, I've never, ever played an Elder Scrolls game before. Should I get it anyways?
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Yes. Every game is self contained, like the Zelda series. Also it's awesome as tits.
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Ah ok, I probably should have thought of doing that earlier, but I went into third person view to look at myself and I was still the hot stud I always was, so I assumed people was just crazy. :lol
Surely you aren't as sexy as me.
Wood Elf Devin Townsend?
Hah. I had this guy in mind, actually, who, well, definitely does look like DT.
(https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5183880049_dbdbdcb0d5.jpg)
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SO
I'm planning to get Skyrim for X360 these days, mainly because everybody is saying it's awesome and stuff. The thing is, I've never, ever played an Elder Scrolls game before. Should I get it anyways?
I've never played a TES game before, but I played Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, which helped me to go out and buy Skyrim. I really wouldn't know what to tell you unless you've played the Fallout games.
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REally recommend playing Oblivion anyway, that was an AWESOME game. Especially with the GOTY addition. ONe of my all time favorite games.
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REally recommend playing Oblivion anyway, that was an AWESOME game. Especially with the GOTY addition. ONe of my all time favorite games.
I'm thinking about going out and getting this.
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Don't. Skyrim is everything Oblivion was, and so much more.
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Full Legendary Daedric Armor. Be jealous.
Sure is no full legendary Dragon Plate armor.
:D
Seriously though, Daedric armor should be more valuable/with higher stats because of the rarity of daedra hearts.
Daedric is the best heavy armor, the only thing is that it weighs a whole bunch.
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Has any of you discovered any cool "hidden" places or npcs in the game so far?
I really wanna find more odd stuff. :P
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There is a manager at my work that games quite a bit. He told me that he won't buy Skyrim because the graphics aren't good enough. :facepalm:
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There is a manager at my work that games quite a bit. He told me that he won't buy Skyrim because the graphics aren't good enough. :facepalm:
(https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Genowyn/castle.gif)
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:|
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Don't. Skyrim is everything Oblivion was, and so much more.
Including price. Oblivion is very good, its just that most of us played it already. If someone has never played a TES game, dropping $15 for a used Game of the Year edition Oblivion isn't a bad idea. They can always turn around and get a used Skyrim later and save money there too.
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Don't. Skyrim is everything Oblivion was, and so much more.
While I love sky rim so far there are things that I wish it had that oblivion did. For the money Oblivion is a hell of a game and the playing time of the GOTY edition is massive.
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Yeah, I actually miss some of what Oblivion had to offer. I really think a lot of Skyrim's environments are bland, too. But I do love the game so I won't complain anymore.
Still, given the choice between this year's two bethesda games (NV and Skyrim), I think I've got no choice but to go with the former.
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Do you know what I don't miss about Oblivion? Watching the grass render 5 feet in front of me.
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:hefdaddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doBGglOUOiE
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I can't say there's much from Oblivion that I miss. The actual terrain in Skyrim can get kinda bland, but the dungeon design is the best in the series so far, both from a technical and visual perspective.
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Oblivion is far more bland than Skyrim.
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I think the quests in Oblivion are really fun.
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Still, given the choice between this year's two bethesda games (NV and Skyrim), I think I've got no choice but to go with the former.
Except, NV wasn't released this year and wasn't developed by Bethesda.
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wasn't release
wasn't develop
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Skyrim is the first game in a while that gets my heart pumping. I find myself jumping in my chair quite often. When I am hiking and hear a saber tooth but can't find it, I feel my heart rate increasing. I find myself creeping around the ruins and under ground structures in suspense, just like I would while watching a scary movie.
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I read earlier at patches for all systems were released this morning. Why didn't I get an update prompt on my PS3?
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Anyone else spending way too much time doing miscellaneous quests, side quests, and pretty much everything else aside from the main story quests?
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Anyone else spending way too much time doing miscellaneous quests, side quests, and pretty much everything else aside from the main story quests?
Yep, it took me 70 hours to finish the main quest because of this! :lol
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Anyone else spending way too much time doing miscellaneous quests, side quests, and pretty much everything else aside from the main story quests?
Yep, it took me 70 hours to finish the main quest because of this! :lol
I still haven't finished the main que- Ooh! I've discovered another cave!! :caffeine:
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A-yep. Oh and:
https://kotaku.com/5863096/a-peek-inside-the-home-of-skyrims-first-serial-killer?autoplay
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Is there any benefit of increasing stamina other than increased running distance and powerful sword, mace, etc attacks?
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:rollin
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A-yep. Oh and:
https://kotaku.com/5863096/a-peek-inside-the-home-of-skyrims-first-serial-killer?autoplay
That is really creepy.
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Is there any benefit of increasing stamina other than increased running distance and powerful sword, mace, etc attacks?
Blocking. So much more effective blocking can be done in combat when you have a high stamina.
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I read earlier at patches for all systems were released this morning. Why didn't I get an update prompt on my PS3?
The patch might have been submitted to Sony, but generally patches aren't sent out until Thursdays unless there is a major problem to be fixed.
Is there any benefit of increasing stamina other than increased running distance and powerful sword, mace, etc attacks?
Also increases your carry weight.
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You can also give/take more attacks and freezing without having to worry about being knocked down/instakilled, as low stamina is the controlling factor in that.
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Well, a friend of mine already downloaded that PS3 patch and Bethesda posted on their blog that the PS3 one was live.
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(https://i.imgur.com/qmqQu.jpg)
:lol :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol
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:lol :rollin :lol :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
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:rollin :rollin :rollin :lol :lol :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :lol :lol :lol :rollin :rollin :rollin :biggrin: :biggrin: :rollin :rollin :lol :rollin :rollin
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Oh my fuck
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Is there any benefit of increasing stamina other than increased running distance and powerful sword, mace, etc attacks?
Blocking. So much more effective blocking can be done in combat when you have a high stamina.
I don't use a shield, do I still block things?
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Even if you use one or two handed weapons, parrying increases your Block Skill. The right side of the Block constellation has bash and power bash perks that work for both shields and weapon blocks. However, if you have a second weapon or spell in your left hand, you won't be able to block at all.
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This may be a total noob mistake, but I use either a bow or double flames.
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This may be a total noob mistake, but I use either a bow or double flames.
Using a bow for bashing can actually be quite effective. It can sometimes stagger the enemy and give you a chance for another strike before they hit you.
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This may be a total noob mistake, but I use either a bow or double flames.
Using a bow for bashing can actually be quite effective. It can sometimes stagger the enemy and give you a chance for another strike before they hit you.
That usually my tactic. I bash them, shout at them, fire a shot off, then run in with dual flames.
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Nice one lat :lol
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*SNIP*
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
:lol :lol :lol :lol
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
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(https://i.imgur.com/8L6C9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/C9qfT.jpg)
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...And one of my managers said this game looks like shit to a costumer so they wouldn't buy it.
Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffft, what a jackass he is anyway.
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I talked to him myself, he told me Michaelangelo was a hack.
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...And one of my managers said this game looks like shit to a costumer so they wouldn't buy it.
Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffft, what a jackass he is anyway.
Let me guess, COD is more up to his speed.
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I spent so much time downloading and tweaking mods and .ini files last night that by the time I was done, it was time for me to go to bed. :'(
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Zero Punctuation finally got to Skyrim: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5020-The-Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyrim
And he liked it :metal
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I played this game 30 years ago.
It was called Dungeons & Dragons.
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:tick:
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I love D&D, but it's such a pain in the ass to find a good group of players (not to mention only being able to play when everyone else can).
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Just downloaded the up date... My game runs so smoothly now :biggrin:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCrhDamN82k
lol
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Just downloaded the up date... My game runs so smoothly now :biggrin:
I heard there are a lot of problems with the patch.
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/11/30/skyrim-patch-may-have-broken-things-more.aspx
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I didn't know it was possible for a video game to look this goddamn pretty.
I haven't really done much at all besides exploring. I just can't get over how spectacular everything looks.
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I didn't know it was possible for a video game to look this goddamn pretty.
I haven't really done much at all besides exploring. I just can't get over how spectacular everything looks.
And it looks significantly better after modding.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCrhDamN82k
lol
:lol
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(https://chzmemebase.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/internet-memes-y-u-no-knee-armor.jpg)
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I was going to get better armor, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
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Anyone else spending way too much time doing miscellaneous quests, side quests, and pretty much everything else aside from the main story quests?
Yep, it took me 70 hours to finish the main quest because of this! :lol
I still haven't finished the main que- Ooh! I've discovered another cave!! :caffeine:
I'm at the point now where I don't even know what is part of the main quest and what isn't. I like to walk the map instead of fast travel, it helps build up my stats. However, I find that a trip across the map ends up taking like 3 days because I find so much cool shit along the way. Oh look, a new town, let me try and kill everyone.
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apologies if posted before guys....
Skyrim - with Battlefield influences (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-lymiQDbfo)
Dragonborn Comes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9TdDCWN7g)
I used to be a great guitarist like you then I took an arrow in the knee... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyCFuP3rM2w)
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apologies if posted before guys....
Dragonborn Comes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9TdDCWN7g)
:hefdaddy :heart
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it really is awesome.... :)
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Holy crap, this is the sexiest armor retexture I've seen yet: Nightingale Prime. (https://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1896)
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apologies if posted before guys....
Dragonborn Comes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9TdDCWN7g)
:hefdaddy :heart
Ain't nothing that can't be made better with copious amounts of reverb. :tup
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apologies if posted before guys....
Dragonborn Comes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9TdDCWN7g)
:hefdaddy :heart
Ain't nothing that can't be made better with copious amounts of reverb. :tup
:tup :)
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I've spent 5 minutes inside of Windhelm and I want to decapitate every single person in this city. Fuck Stormcloaks.
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I've spent 5 minutes inside of Windhelm and I want to decapitate every single person in this city. Fuck Stormcloaks.
You sire, are one of the smartest and most common-sensical people I know.
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Windhelm is a crappy looking city.
Not graphically speaking, of course.
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Daedra related quests in this game are all really, really cool. God damn it's good to be a bad fuckin' dude.
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Windhelm is a crappy looking city.
Not graphically speaking, of course.
I find all of the cities except for Solitude to be crappy looking. That took awhile to get used to in Skyrim.
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I've only been to 5 or so but Markarth is pretty cool looking despite the confusing layout.
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Yeah, Markarth is actually pretty nice, with the waterfalls and all. But yes, very confusing at first
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Windhelm to me has a very confusing layout. I end up looking at the local map everytime I turn a corner.
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(https://i.imgur.com/VUp6O.jpg)
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That is so fucking cool.
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As long as I can find my way to a blacksmith area in a town it's fine. Took fucking forever in Markarth though since they threw quests at me from left and right the first time.
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As much as I like Skyrim, I have a few issues: Foremost, compared to New Vegas the game just isn't as "smart." For example, as you played New Vegas and fought alongside the NCR or the Legion (or otherwise) you actually felt like you were impacting the world as you recruited various factions to your cause and saw various bases cleared out of members of the opposing faction and replaced with your guys. If you wanted to rush into the opposing faction's camp and clear out the leader you could do that too-- even if it didn't have a HUGE impact on the game, it still was better than in Skyrim where you can beat Ulfrid within an inch of his life but are never permitted to actually go ahead and just kill him (before the final quest in the Civil War line).
The other thing is, I just haven't been able to settle on a character I like yet. I have one Nord guy, who's a Stormcloack, but after being disappointed with the Civil War quest I moved to a Mage-thief combo... which is just kinda a sucky combo, because Mage robes suck and people kill me pretty damn quickly.
Sigh. Guess it's time to try another build out!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVQmYF35w74&feature=g-user
:rollin :rollin :rollin I love Harry Partridge so much.
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oh my goodness :lol
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As much as I like Skyrim, I have a few issues: Foremost, compared to New Vegas the game just isn't as "smart." For example, as you played New Vegas and fought alongside the NCR or the Legion (or otherwise) you actually felt like you were impacting the world as you recruited various factions to your cause and saw various bases cleared out of members of the opposing faction and replaced with your guys. If you wanted to rush into the opposing faction's camp and clear out the leader you could do that too-- even if it didn't have a HUGE impact on the game, it still was better than in Skyrim where you can beat Ulfrid within an inch of his life but are never permitted to actually go ahead and just kill him (before the final quest in the Civil War line).
The other thing is, I just haven't been able to settle on a character I like yet. I have one Nord guy, who's a Stormcloack, but after being disappointed with the Civil War quest I moved to a Mage-thief combo... which is just kinda a sucky combo, because Mage robes suck and people kill me pretty damn quickly.
Sigh. Guess it's time to try another build out!
Disagree really. I went into the Legion camp and killed all their dudes there, and then all of the dudes including Caesar at the other place, and NCR guys didn't even mention it when I talked to them.
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Didn't see this mentioned earlier:
https://www.bethblog.com/2011/12/01/skyrim-what-were-working-on/
Creation Kit — Beginning in January, PC players will be able to download for free the same development tools we used at Bethesda Game Studios to create Skyrim. In tandem with the Creation Kit’s release, we will roll out a new Wiki and videos to help you get started. It also features something we think you’re going to love…
Steam Workshop – We’re excited to share news that we’ve been working closely with Valve to integrate Steam Workshop into the Creation Kit. Using the Workshop, you’ll have free user content with the push of a button. The Creation Kit will bundle your mod and upload it to the Workshop, where everyone can browse, rate, and flag mods for download. You’ll be able to do this from any web device, including your smartphone. Like a live Netflix queue, when you fire up Skyrim, mods you flagged will be automatically downloaded and installed. Everyone here is really excited about the opportunities and possibilities this opens up for our entire community.
Prefer to use existing modding sites? Not a problem. You’ll still be able to upload/share/access Skyrim mods on fan-created mod sites.
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Didn't see this mentioned earlier:
https://www.bethblog.com/2011/12/01/skyrim-what-were-working-on/
Creation Kit — Beginning in January, PC players will be able to download for free the same development tools we used at Bethesda Game Studios to create Skyrim. In tandem with the Creation Kit’s release, we will roll out a new Wiki and videos to help you get started. It also features something we think you’re going to love…
Steam Workshop – We’re excited to share news that we’ve been working closely with Valve to integrate Steam Workshop into the Creation Kit. Using the Workshop, you’ll have free user content with the push of a button. The Creation Kit will bundle your mod and upload it to the Workshop, where everyone can browse, rate, and flag mods for download. You’ll be able to do this from any web device, including your smartphone. Like a live Netflix queue, when you fire up Skyrim, mods you flagged will be automatically downloaded and installed. Everyone here is really excited about the opportunities and possibilities this opens up for our entire community.
Prefer to use existing modding sites? Not a problem. You’ll still be able to upload/share/access Skyrim mods on fan-created mod sites.
It's awesome that they encourage that!
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Some mods that are really cool: Realistic Snowflakes, Enhanced night sky.
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Enhanced Night Sky rules. Can't really tell the difference with Realistic Snowflakes unless it's a screenshot.
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I left my desktop unplugged all week so I would focus on studying, but it's Saturday night so it's time to Skyrim it up. :metal
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I left my desktop unplugged all week so I would focus on studying, but it's Saturday night so it's time to Skyrim it up. :metal
:tup :tup :tup
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I left my desktop unplugged all week so I would focus on studying, but it's Saturday night so it's time to Skyrim it up. :metal
I haven't played for almost a week for the same reason, but I've still got mad work to do. I gave it to my dad for safe keeping until after Monday so I could keep focus, and get all this shit done, and so far it's worked really well. After Monday though, all bets are off, and its Skyrim all day baby.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpFVDqax5ys
Goddammit. Having to settle with the console version is murdering me.
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Why anyone would even bother with the console version of this type of game is beyond me.
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Because my PC crashes when I try to run Champions Online?
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Why anyone would even bother with the console version of this type of game is beyond me.
Because I like playing games on a console more.
The game is much more stable on my Xbox than it would be on my PC, Modding doesn't really interest me, and the graphics are good enough, so it really doesn't make any difference to me.
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Why anyone would even bother with the console version of this type of game is beyond me.
This is the first time I've played a game like this on PC and, honestly, I haven't used any mods yet. Perhaps that will change, but perhaps it won't. I do miss sitting on a sofa, though.
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Why anyone would even bother with the console version of this type of game is beyond me.
This is the first time I've played a game like this on PC and, honestly, I haven't used any mods yet. Perhaps that will change, but perhaps it won't. I do miss sitting on a sofa, though.
To be fair, there aren't really many mods out - the construction tools haven't been released yet.
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Why anyone would even bother with the console version of this type of game is beyond me.
Because I like playing games on a console more.
Yep
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Umm...here. Skyrim Nexus (https://www.skyrimnexus.com)
Be sure to download Nexus Mod Manager, as it makes installation of most mods as simple as a couple clicks (no digging through folders).
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I've hardly been checking this thread because I'm really busy................................
Playing Skyrim.
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I've hardly been checking this thread because I'm really busy................................
Playing Skyrim.
I see what you did there.
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Why anyone would even bother with the console version of this type of game is beyond me.
Not all of us are rolling in money baths.
Yeah, I'd love to be using the PC version and be able to mod to my heart's content, but there's no way this thing is running on my shitty computer. I think the console version is better than nothing, at least!
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Why anyone would even bother with the console version of this type of game is beyond me.
Not all of us are rolling in money baths.
Yeah, I'd love to be using the PC version and be able to mod to my heart's content, but there's no way this thing is running on my shitty computer. I think the console version is better than nothing, at least!
Exactly. The console version is all I can afford. It's too expensive for me to buy an entire new computer with top-notch specs for gaming. I just can't afford something like that.
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I'm running windows on my early 2011 macbook pro. This game runs like a charm.
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My 4 year old desktop runs it on ultra. It's really not necessary to have some absurd gaming rig to play PC games.
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What does "Modding" and "Mods" mean?
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Mods are files or programs that make modifications to the game. In other words, exceptionally awesome.
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I used to play games on PC, now I prefer my 360. Largely because: 55-inch HD screen, hifi system, lazyboy couch on wheels and I can pick up and play (bar system updates). Didn't we have this discussion, or something similar, in the games thread not long ago?
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Oh! :tup
I think I'll get Assassin's Creed soon!
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My PS3 just freezes when I try downloading the Skyrim patch
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Oh! :tup
I think I'll get Assassin's Creed soon!
:lol I thought it was the video games thread!
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Why anyone would even bother with the console version of this type of game is beyond me.
My computer ran Oblivion like shit so I don't imagine that this would run any better.
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You still have the same computer you did when Oblivion came out?
Unless you've just tried it recently :p
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You still have the same computer you did when Oblivion came out?
Unless you've just tried it recently :p
Well... both actually. :lol
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I can't see how people can be so indifferent to modding. T_T
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Repairing the White Phial sidequest still glitched after the 1.2 patch... :\
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I haven't played in over a week, and looks like I won't be touching it for at least a few more days. I hate the last weeks of the semester.
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I've got my enchanting up to 100 and now I can enchant an item twice. Just one problem, I have no more money to buy the gems to enchant the items lol
The game looks beautiful on my rig; I7 quadcore, 6 gigs RAM and 2x EVGA GTX 460. /drool.
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Desktops are used for more than just gaming...
You can get a great gaming desktop for under 1,000. Easily.
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Finding the Eldor scroll was so much fun. That underground world was breath taking.
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That place was great, but I found that quest to be a chore! It just didn't wanna end!!!
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That place was great, but I found that quest to be a chore! It just didn't wanna end!!!
Yeah, every time I thought I was getting close, it would just keep going. I found the Dwarven to be very interesting. I ended up reading a lot of the books out of interest/enjoyment more than any other part of the game thus far.
This is probably the main reason why I loved it so much :chino:
(https://skyrimgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/undergroundcave-1024x576.jpg)
(https://www.avatar-film.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Pandora-paysage.jpg)
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Why anyone would even bother with the console version of this type of game is beyond me.
My computer ran Oblivion like shit so I don't imagine that this would run any better.
You should have got the Oldblivion mod. It lets your run it on older systems and it actually looks better than turning the graphics all the way down.
Oh! :tup
I think I'll get Assassin's Creed soon!
YAY!
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Does anyone's game randomly crash to the desktop with no warning? Mine does pretty often. Since this is a pretty common Bethesda problem, I was thinking others may have some experience with it.
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I have had it happen about 5 times and I've played 59 hours so far.
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Does anyone's game randomly crash to the desktop with no warning? Mine does pretty often. Since this is a pretty common Bethesda problem, I was thinking others may have some experience with it.
I think it has happened to me twice, luckily without much damage since it occurred shortly after me saving both times.
No idea why it happened, but it was a while ago now, so haven't had any recent problems with it.
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I noticed it happens when you fast travel a lot.
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THIS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YOxVjbGvUpI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YOxVjbGvUpI)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcpbAmq1Ogo
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Desktops are used for more than just gaming...
You can get a great gaming desktop for under 1,000. Easily.
My gaming desktop cost 475 and I have a quad core, 8 GB of ram, and a 5770.
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Desktops are used for more than just gaming...
You can get a great gaming desktop for under 1,000. Easily.
My gaming desktop cost 475 and I have a quad core, 8 GB of ram, and a 5770.
Send me the specs?
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THIS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YOxVjbGvUpI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YOxVjbGvUpI)
:rollin :rollin :rollin
Anybody know if the "making of" is already on Youtube?
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That place was great, but I found that quest to be a chore! It just didn't wanna end!!!
Yeah, every time I thought I was getting close, it would just keep going. I found the Dwarven to be very interesting. I ended up reading a lot of the books out of interest/enjoyment more than any other part of the game thus far.
This is probably the main reason why I loved it so much :chino:
(https://skyrimgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/undergroundcave-1024x576.jpg)
(https://www.avatar-film.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Pandora-paysage.jpg)
Wow that looks beautiful. Where is that?
No spoilers if possible though, pretty please :angel:
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I haven't done anything main quest-related in ages, mostly done quests for Thieves guild and the Dark Brotherhood, mostly the latter.
At the quest to kill Cicero now, went into the sanctum but saved it for tomorrow or something.
Main Q-wise I'm at the part where I'm supposed to go back to the greybeards and talk to them, CBA... :lol
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Wow that looks beautiful. Where is that?
No spoilers if possible though, pretty please :angel:
I hope you mean the top pic is from Blackreach. If you play the main quest you will be send there.
The bottom one from a shitty movie.
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Classic Chino to pull that crapfest of a movie into a conversation about something else. :lol
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Classic Chino to pull that crapfest of a movie into a conversation about something else. :lol
At least it was valid.
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Classic Chino to pull that crapfest of a movie into a conversation about something else. :lol
At least it was valid.
I'll give him this. They are similar by appearance.
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(https://i.imgur.com/yApUP.jpg)
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Desktops are used for more than just gaming...
You can get a great gaming desktop for under 1,000. Easily.
My gaming desktop cost 475 and I have a quad core, 8 GB of ram, and a 5770.
Send me the specs?
AMD Athlon II x4 3.0 GhZ
8GB DDR3 1600 MhZ
WD Black 640 GB 7400 RPM
Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128 bit GDDR5
W7 Ultimate
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Skyrim no!!! I can't get back to playing you countless hours!! I need to finish a project for Wednesday!!
Skyrim noooooooo I ca- *goes to play Skyrim*
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The Forsworn Conspiracy is such a fun quest and a long one at that
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A Night To Remember > all quests :D
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This spawned from a conversation with my friends.
(https://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/390557_10150460811389441_785864440_8290606_993411700_n.jpg)
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:lol
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>See Imperial in Steel Plate armor walk by
>I've been stationed in Solitude for 10 years now
>Imperial looks new to the area
>I elect to tell him about the Great Dwarven War
>A bunch of my guard buddies all over Skyrim were in the war
>The dwarves were known to shoot eye level with their arrows
>Their eye level was our knee level
>"I used to be an adventurer like you once. Then I took an arrow to the knee."
>Asshole walks by.
>Asshole.
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Does anyone else just rofl at the Swedish voice-actors in the game?
Generally, I either get the lolSwedish guards with the typical Swenglish-accent, or the ones that talk like Arnold Schwarzenegger. :lol
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Does anyone else just rofl at the Swedish voice-actors in the game?
Generally, I either get the lolSwedish guards with the typical Swenglish-accent, or the ones that talk like Arnold Schwarzenegger. :lol
Yup :lol
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A Night To Remember > all quests :D
Really? I thought the quest started out pretty cool than ended really god damn abruptly.
Also I want to find more Daedra quests. I've done a few here and there and I really, really like doing anything involving Daedra.
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How do you get a night to remember?
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You accept some guy's drinking contest in an inn. I think it's in Whiterun.
I could be wrong though.
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You accept some guy's drinking contest in an inn. I think it's in Whiterun.
I could be wrong though.
This, except it's in Ivarstead.
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I think he appears randomly at any inn.
The reason I believe so is because I was asked to join a drinking-game in Riften, but I ran away from it that time, but if I spot him again, I will obviously do it. :D
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Yep. It's random:
https://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Sam_Guevenne
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Yep. It's random:
I see. I considered that too because I was in Ivarstead before and never saw him, and I haven't seen him on any of my other characters.
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I have 134 hours of gameplay in Skyrim. Yesterday I noticed I hadn't done the main quest beyond unlocking all of Unrelenting Force. I opted to finish it. After that, I've decided to officially give this game the snapple review.
The Snapple Review - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
I have never anticipated a game's release as much as I did Skyrim. When the official teaser came out, I literally got chills up and down my spine. It's hard for me to go back and relive that moment. So much has happened in my life since then that it has been hard to rank my emotions about Skyrim over the things in my life (you know, planning a wedding, being told to quit helping with said wedding plans and such). Even so, my expectations about were amazingly high. So, I'll just get down to the gritty. I'll start with what jumped out at me to begin with. I won't talk about the environments, just the game play.
1.) The Leveling and Attribute (or lack-thereof)
I was incredibly please that they got rid of the leveling systems from Morrowind and Oblivion. Oblivion's was worse because of the asinine scaling system. Skyrim's leveling comes incredibly fluid and feels much more rewarding compared to the previous games. You don't have to sleep to level up anymore, and you got the rewards instantly. I guess it's hard to revel over it, it comes as much more standard compared to other games. But it is missing something. The attribute system could have been fixed instead of removed. This is a role playing game. I expect to have Strength, Intelligence and Stamina (which IS technically in the game) in the game, at least. I always thought the Elder Scroll games had it right with the different attributes and how they governed skills. To save this review from becoming an essay, here is a link that explains the attribute system in Oblivion and why it was so absurd (https://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Leveling). There were modifications (mods) for the PC version that allowed players to "beat" the system. I used them because it made the game feel less, annoying? I never understood why ALL bandits had glass armor when I was level 50. Why? They're bandits! Remember the words I used to describe this? Absurd and asinine.
Now, like I said I used modifications to fix this. There was one, which it's name escapes me, that basically allowed you to get the max attribute points as long as you leveled a skill that was related to it. In Oblivion, you could only pick 3 attributes to increase on a level up, so the mod wasn't incredibly broken. But you could tell that it made the game different. I don't mean that in a good or bad way. The game just felt abused at that point. Like, why can't I play this game correctly? Then I would go back and try and remember why I installed the mod in the first place.
What could Skyrim have done? Well, I'm not a game designer. I'm a gamer. I don't see anything wrong with just picking the attributes you want to level. You know, like every other RPG does. Get a level, get 10 or so attribute points and spend them wisely. Skyrim essentially lets you do that now (Magicka, Health and Stamina). But attributes in Oblivion affected gameplay more. Strength increased the damage you did. What does Skyrim introduce to fix that?
Perks. You are given a perk point at every level up. You choose a perk you want to level up in one of your skills to make it become more powerful. While I think the system is cool, it has some glaring flaws. First of all there are more than 250 perks available and you only get 80 maximum perk points per character. What the crap? Oblivion's crappy system aside, if I wanted to be an omnipotent harbinger of doom and destruction, I could be. In Skyrim, I'm limited by my perk points. It makes some skills ultimately useless or impossible to use without the use of perks. Just look at the perk trees in any of the schools of magic. If you see "spells of this level cost 50% less magicka to cast" you'll see my point.
2.) Feeling "part" of the world and quests.
I feel that Skyrim really nails this point. There are essentially two points that are missed. For spoiler purposes, I'll just say there is no drastic change after the Dark Brotherhood and the Imperial/Stormcloak quest-lines. But, you feel like the world lives and breathes around you. People know you're the Dovahkiin. But some people don't care, some people don't buy into that stuff. It's like the world is today. The NPCs around the world have their own problems. There is a civil war going on, who the crap cares about the Dovahkiin when they can't put food on the table? I also love the blatant racism in the game. Nords hate anything that isn't a Nord. It's great.
I've read numerous complaints about quests being easy or quest-lines being too fast. Well, yeah sort of yes to both. But did you listen to the NPCs? Did you read the texts given to you? Did you allow yourself to be immersed in the lore? I didn't do that all the time, but it's there for you. If you actually pay attention to the story, you'll realize how much life there is in the world.
Either way, I feel part of the world and I cannot complain.
3.) Dragons OMGOSH WTHECK! (20 levels later) Ughhh dragons, OMGOSH WTHECK DRAUGR DEATHLORD
This part is small. Dragons are awesome. But I want them to be annoying and strong no matter what. Why are bears at low levels more of a threat than Dragons?
4.) Anything I've missed...
Smithing+Enchanting+Sneak really need to be fixed. Smithing shouldn't be able to be leveled to 100 on just iron daggers. Enchanting shouldn't be the best money maker. And sneak is just insanely good at level 100.
Destruction needs a serious boost. It is essentially useless at higher levels.
Bugs happen in all games. In a game as huge as this? Just save often. Get a bug? Load an older save. It isn't hard, sheesh.
Well, I have to say that this game is amazing and is miles beyond Oblivion in most aspects. In a few parts, that I highlighted, it falls short. In January when the Creation Kit is released, I expect many of these things to be fixed with mods. But, I do feel that sense of "I'm not playing the game the way it was made" with mods.
For me, 10/10, 100/100. The flaws are vastly outshined by the amazingness of the rest of the game.
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OK, so you can only go to level fifty, but you get 80 perk points? Don't get that. I usually just get one point per level, so how does that work?
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You can level until all of your skills reach 100, which is level 81.
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Still don't have this game, but I've been watching the PS3 patch fiasco. Seems the one released yesterday hasn't helped most players either.
So my question is, does the bug affect all models of the PD3, or only certain ones? And since I have no prior game save, would the patch take care of the issues right off the bat?
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Companions and summons can be so annoying sometimes, blocking you from retreating so you have to tank with a robe, or lagging far behind and not participating in combat at all.
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In Oblivion, I just set all the skills I actually used in the minor skill section and all the ones I didn't use in the major skill section.
Made the game so easy.
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In Oblivion, I just set all the skills I actually used in the minor skill section and all the ones I didn't use in the major skill section.
Made the game so easy.
But isn't that beyond retarded?
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Just saw this:
During the quest Darkness Returns, you can recover Nystrom's Journal, detailing a plot by two individuals to try and infiltrate the dungeon and its priests. The two are Nystrom and Anders, a reference to Anders Nystrom, guitarist and songwriter from Swedish death metal band Katatonia.
The terms in the last paragraph: "He also mumbled some nonsensical phrases like 'night is the new day' and how he was the 'ghost of the sun.' I have no idea what these cryptic sentiments mean, but hopefully during tomorrow's ritual, Anders and I will put everything we've learned to the test." are references to multiple Katatonia albums and songs- the most obvious being the album Night is the New Day and the song "Ghost of the Sun" from the album Viva Emptiness.
When completing this quest, the player jumps into a hole. In the hole is a skeleton containing "Ander's Note".
That's awesome. :metal
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In Oblivion, I just set all the skills I actually used in the minor skill section and all the ones I didn't use in the major skill section.
Made the game so easy.
But isn't that beyond retarded?
It's pretty stupid that you have to "cheat" the system but I wasn't that bothered about it.
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A Night to Remember is so fucked up when you are married to Ysolda, the whole dialogue is lol. :lol
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A Night to Remember is so fucked up when you are married to Ysolda, the whole dialogue is lol. :lol
You mean Moira, right? Yeah that's my favourite part of the game. :rollin
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Nah Ysolda, in the quest I had to talk to her.. and she's like "what did you do to your fiancee?" (quest-related), and I'm like "bitch, you ARE my wife". :lol
Then she proceeded to have a long dialogue about my "wedding" when I'm actually married to her.
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Skyrim froze on me, so I restarted the PS3. And when I started it up again, it says the file system has to be checked because it may be corrupt. WTF! If Skyrim can actually corrupt the hard drive on the PS3, it will seriously fuck up my opinion of the game I've spent more than 20 hours into.
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Skyrim froze on me, so I restarted the PS3. And when I started it up again, it says the file system has to be checked because it may be corrupt. WTF! If Skyrim can actually corrupt the hard drive on the PS3, it will seriously fuck up my opinion of the game I've spent more than 20 hours into.
I heard there is an issue regarding the save files. Apparently the save file keep growing until your hard drive is at capacity. BALLS
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That is why you play it on PC. :)
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Skyrim froze on me, so I restarted the PS3. And when I started it up again, it says the file system has to be checked because it may be corrupt. WTF! If Skyrim can actually corrupt the hard drive on the PS3, it will seriously fuck up my opinion of the game I've spent more than 20 hours into.
This issue is not BECAUSE of Skyrim, it can happen if the PS3 freezes playing any game. It happened to me while playing BF3 last week. It happened to a friend of mine while playing AC: Revelations last night.
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That is why you play it on PC. :)
Because there are never any problems on a PC.
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Never
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Ever
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Skyrim froze on me, so I restarted the PS3. And when I started it up again, it says the file system has to be checked because it may be corrupt. WTF! If Skyrim can actually corrupt the hard drive on the PS3, it will seriously fuck up my opinion of the game I've spent more than 20 hours into.
This issue is not BECAUSE of Skyrim, it can happen if the PS3 freezes playing any game. It happened to me while playing BF3 last week. It happened to a friend of mine while playing AC: Revelations last night.
Ah, I see. Fortunally, everything seems all right with the PS3.
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What could Skyrim have done? Well, I'm not a game designer. I'm a gamer. I don't see anything wrong with just picking the attributes you want to level. You know, like every other RPG does. Get a level, get 10 or so attribute points and spend them wisely. Skyrim essentially lets you do that now (Magicka, Health and Stamina). But attributes in Oblivion affected gameplay more. Strength increased the damage you did. What does Skyrim introduce to fix that?
I'm sure some would call it 'dumbing it down', but getting rid of attributes made total sense to me. All of the attributes were pretty damned redundant alongside their associated skills, and some of them were virtually useless, not to mention nigh-impossible to level (luck and personality, I'm looking at you).
From a design perspective, attributes are really just a relic from pen and paper RPGs, where they're basically required in some form. The games are far more open ended, and the GM needs the tools in place to solve an unpredictable breadth of problems. However, in Skyrim they're rather pointless. You already have skills that control damage and such, why have attributes that affect it as well? Furthermore, they just cloud up the consequences of a player's leveling choices. The perk and health/magicka/stamina choices all have clear benefits and future possibilities - you get +10 points to X, and you get Y% more damage, or defense, or can craft Z, or whatever.
Agreed about the perk cap though. It's not a huge deal to me cause I was never really into the whole demigod character thing, but I still don't see why it's there.
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Like Sigz pointed out, they were redundant. You really don't need two separate stats that increase weapon damage (strength and your weapon skill). Attributes and skills did nearly the exact same thing, and skills did it in a far more interesting way. Makes sense to me why attributes would be axed.
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What could Skyrim have done? Well, I'm not a game designer. I'm a gamer. I don't see anything wrong with just picking the attributes you want to level. You know, like every other RPG does. Get a level, get 10 or so attribute points and spend them wisely. Skyrim essentially lets you do that now (Magicka, Health and Stamina). But attributes in Oblivion affected gameplay more. Strength increased the damage you did. What does Skyrim introduce to fix that?
I'm sure some would call it 'dumbing it down', but getting rid of attributes made total sense to me. All of the attributes were pretty damned redundant alongside their associated skills, and some of them were virtually useless, not to mention nigh-impossible to level (luck and personality, I'm looking at you).
From a design perspective, attributes are really just a relic from pen and paper RPGs, where they're basically required in some form. The games are far more open ended, and the GM needs the tools in place to solve an unpredictable breadth of problems. However, in Skyrim they're rather pointless. You already have skills that control damage and such, why have attributes that affect it as well? Furthermore, they just cloud up the consequences of a player's leveling choices. The perk and health/magicka/stamina choices all have clear benefits and future possibilities - you get +10 points to X, and you get Y% more damage, or defense, or can craft Z, or whatever.
Agreed about the perk cap though. It's not a huge deal to me cause I was never really into the whole demigod character thing, but I still don't see why it's there.
Completely valid point.
I'm tempted to get a mod that allows Dragon Souls to be converted to perk points. But again, it just feels dirty to me. Like, it wasn't supposed to be that way. I suppose I should get to 81 on a character and see if I feel like needing more perk points.
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I see the perk cap as a way of Bethesda saying "build another character!"
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Nah Ysolda, in the quest I had to talk to her.. and she's like "what did you do to your fiancee?" (quest-related), and I'm like "bitch, you ARE my wife". :lol
Then she proceeded to have a long dialogue about my "wedding" when I'm actually married to her.
Oh I never got that! :lol I still love the Moira dialogue though. First time I'm doing the quest:
*hagraven pops out*
"DARRRLIIIING!"
Me: LOLWUT
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Man, Markath is all screwed up. I just did the Forsworn conspiracy quest and, combined with another one I did, I'm pretty sure half of the NPCs have been cleared out of that city. What a den of corruption.
Too bad the Foresworn Conspiracy quest is broken-- now the guards try and arrest me all the time on "conspiracy" charges. Good thing they can't hurt me much through my daedric armor, though.
Gonna have to move out of Markath. I liked it at first, but me and the lady just find Whiterun to be cozier.
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I was just viewing the wall posts on the Mythbusters Facebook page ... :rollin :rollin
(https://img580.imageshack.us/img580/6271/imagewtt.jpg)
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Yeah, it's funny until you go to YouTube and see hundreds of those jokes in the comments section.
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I have never anticipated a game's release as much as I did Skyrim. When the official teaser came out, I literally got chills up and down my spine.
You weren't excited before you saw the teaser? I remember hearing about Skyrim at least a year before the trailer came out
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Played for the first time in almost two weeks today. Feels great to finally be slaying dragons again.
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Fuck dragon armor:
(https://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff421/perpetualjoe/Internets/2011-12-10_00002.jpg)
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Daedric is where it's at.
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Just completed the main quest. Level 33 and didn't find it that challenging. Oh well, I have more than enough quests to complete now!
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I'm up to about 135 hours played and I'm starting to burn out. Now I need to hurry up and finish all the major stuff before I'm put the game down a while. :lol
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Man, Markath is all screwed up. I just did the Forsworn conspiracy quest and, combined with another one I did, I'm pretty sure half of the NPCs have been cleared out of that city. What a den of corruption.
Too bad the Foresworn Conspiracy quest is broken-- now the guards try and arrest me all the time on "conspiracy" charges. Good thing they can't hurt me much through my daedric armor, though.
Gonna have to move out of Markath. I liked it at first, but me and the lady just find Whiterun to be cozier.
Yeah, I was drawn to it at first because it looked nice and it was out West, where I prefer to be, but there are serious issues going on there, and the guards say "wait a second, I know you, you're a wanted man" every 5 minutes. I can talk them out of it, but it's still kind of annoying.
Also, I don't know if you're at this point, but to get through the whole Forsworn Conspiracy you have to be arrested by the guards at some point so you can go to jail. So it might not be "broken," so to speak. Try letting them take you.
Also, FUCK. I'm lonely, and I've been wearing the amulet hoping for a lady friend, and right now I am getting so much interest from drunken men, but absolute zero from the white women department.
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Riften: Sketchiest city EVER.
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Riften: Sketchiest city EVER.
You've obviously haven't gone to Markath.
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Riften: Sketchiest city EVER.
You've obviously haven't gone to Markath.
I have. I really like it there. Riften is WAY sketchier.
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Anyone have a fugitive run up to you and give you something? I couldn't figure out what they gave me, if anything at all. Anyone have info on this?
I'm the opposite of Firey Winds, I'm level 34 and I just turned in the horn, and only because I wanted the pack space. I wanted to get a lot of the side quests out of the way that way if I feel myself tiring of the game I can then beat it relatively quickly.
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Yeah, I was drawn to it at first because it looked nice and it was out West, where I prefer to be, but there are serious issues going on there, and the guards say "wait a second, I know you, you're a wanted man" every 5 minutes. I can talk them out of it, but it's still kind of annoying.
Also, I don't know if you're at this point, but to get through the whole Forsworn Conspiracy you have to be arrested by the guards at some point so you can go to jail. So it might not be "broken," so to speak. Try letting them take you.
Yeah, finished it. The guards still say that, but when I tell them to "take me to jail" the dialog just resets back to the options you have when you first get arrested again.
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Finally bought this game today... hoping it will be patched for the PS3 by the time I get to play it
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Yeah, I was drawn to it at first because it looked nice and it was out West, where I prefer to be, but there are serious issues going on there, and the guards say "wait a second, I know you, you're a wanted man" every 5 minutes. I can talk them out of it, but it's still kind of annoying.
Also, I don't know if you're at this point, but to get through the whole Forsworn Conspiracy you have to be arrested by the guards at some point so you can go to jail. So it might not be "broken," so to speak. Try letting them take you.
Yeah, finished it. The guards still say that, but when I tell them to "take me to jail" the dialog just resets back to the options you have when you first get arrested again.
I still haven't finished The Forsworn Conspiracy for that reason.
Riften: Sketchiest city EVER.
Clearly you haven't been to Windhelm.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=736itRWkExk&feature=youtube_gdata
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Guys! I fucked up really bad.
Side note - my PS3 sits above my DVR. I tend to take disks out and leave them out if I know I will be using them again soon.
The other night, my girlfriend and I rented a movie called Premonition. The DVD itself was very dark and did not have much detail on it. I took out Skyrim, placed it on the front right cover of the DVR, and put the movie we rented in. After we were done, we decided to watch a movie from my personal collection. I took the movie we rented out of the PS3 and placed it on the front left corner of my DVR. After. Watched that, I drove her home. On the way to her house I realized I didn't grab the movie, (she usually returns it the next morning as the Blockbuster is right next to her house) which meant that I'd have to return it on my way home from school. So I woke up, put the movie in the case, went to school, returned it, got home, and then went to play Skyrim.
I'm sure you can guess what happened next.
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:o :o :o
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Oh, man, I feel for ya. I did that once with Mass Effect.
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Ok, cool. I found out how to fix the Forsworn Conspiracy glitch. Basically, when the guard charges you for conspiracy after already completing the quest, open up the console tap (Using "`"), click on the guard, and type paygoldcrime (or something like that, google it if you're not sure) and hit enter. You'll be translated to a random place in Markath, and then it'll be over.
Make sure you have a couple thousand gold. The guard took like 2,500 from me, I think...
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Skyrim + Bacon (https://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/12/skyrim-bacon-baconborn/)
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This is pretty cool! Play Skyrim as Arnold, Spartacus, Ned Stark, Leonidas.
https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/elder-scrolls-v/1214447p1.html
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This is pretty cool! Play Skyrim as Arnold, Spartacus, Ned Stark, Leonidas.
https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/elder-scrolls-v/1214447p1.html
I want to see a Lebowski mod complete with bath robe.
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Guys! I fucked up really bad.
Side note - my PS3 sits above my DVR. I tend to take disks out and leave them out if I know I will be using them again soon.
The other night, my girlfriend and I rented a movie called Premonition. The DVD itself was very dark and did not have much detail on it. I took out Skyrim, placed it on the front right cover of the DVR, and put the movie we rented in. After we were done, we decided to watch a movie from my personal collection. I took the movie we rented out of the PS3 and placed it on the front left corner of my DVR. After. Watched that, I drove her home. On the way to her house I realized I didn't grab the movie, (she usually returns it the next morning as the Blockbuster is right next to her house) which meant that I'd have to return it on my way home from school. So I woke up, put the movie in the case, went to school, returned it, got home, and then went to play Skyrim.
I'm sure you can guess what happened next.
Can you get it back? That sucks, man.
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Guys! I fucked up really bad.
Side note - my PS3 sits above my DVR. I tend to take disks out and leave them out if I know I will be using them again soon.
The other night, my girlfriend and I rented a movie called Premonition. The DVD itself was very dark and did not have much detail on it. I took out Skyrim, placed it on the front right cover of the DVR, and put the movie we rented in. After we were done, we decided to watch a movie from my personal collection. I took the movie we rented out of the PS3 and placed it on the front left corner of my DVR. After. Watched that, I drove her home. On the way to her house I realized I didn't grab the movie, (she usually returns it the next morning as the Blockbuster is right next to her house) which meant that I'd have to return it on my way home from school. So I woke up, put the movie in the case, went to school, returned it, got home, and then went to play Skyrim.
I'm sure you can guess what happened next.
Can you get it back? That sucks, man.
Yeah, I called them immediately. I got charged a late fee, but I was happy I got it back.
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lol @ not putting discs back into their cases
this is your fault for being lazy. lesson learned.
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Seriously. My little brother used to get hell for doing that to my games :D.
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I used to be that little brother. :lol But I've learned my lesson as I got a bit older.
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Ugh. My old flat mate was TERRIBLE for not putting my games/films back in their cases when she took them out of my PS3.
Seriously, I really hate it when people just leave my discs lying around.
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Finally got Smithing to 100 and crafted my Dragonplate armor. The Daedric one looks better, but bitch, I'm a dragonborn!
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So I currently have a bad ass mage with all magic at 100 and perks up. All master and expert spells as well. Loving it but I want to create two other characters because this one is really evil.
Gonna create Tim Tebow and get my shield up so i can bash and fight without magic. Also going to only try good quests and no DB, TG, etc. Should be interesting.
Then I was thinking about a stealth girl character. Not sure who it should be though yet...
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I'm taking a break for an undetermined amount of time. SW:TOR is going to be keeping me VERY busy. :laugh:
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I never had a chance to play this game, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
I've been playing it in the hospital ever since.
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So I currently have a bad ass mage with all magic at 100 and perks up. All master and expert spells as well. Loving it but I want to create two other characters because this one is really evil.
Gonna create Tim Tebow and get my shield up so i can bash and fight without magic. Also going to only try good quests and no DB, TG, etc. Should be interesting.
Then I was thinking about a stealth girl character. Not sure who it should be though yet...
My character is Tim Tebow, noob.
(https://i.imgur.com/qz2Fs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/iulYA.jpg)
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Would Tim Tebow conjure evil creatures?
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Do dragon armor and daedric armor have the same armor rating?
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Do dragon armor and daedric armor have the same armor rating?
Daedric is better. However, it doesn't matter with perks.
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Dragon armor is very slightly weaker. Though if you know how to work the system when you're improving your armor it doesn't really matter because you can reach the maximum armor rating with pretty much everything.
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Someone made a multiplayer mod. Looks terrible (armor and weapons don't load so other players look naked. They also don't show any animations, so they just glide around), but it's a start I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkKQYRRfAoA&feature=related
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I'm sure I'm not the first to raise this concern, but I think the amount of immortal NPCs in this game is really irritating. Of course, it would suck to accidentally kill the wrong guy and ruin an important quest, but there are immortals everywhere, and it's really annoying to have to deal with them when you're trying to break the law and you can't kill all of your witnesses because some of them are incapable of dying. I think that either making it arbitrarily difficult to kill an essential character (but still possibly) so that you know that what you're doing is going to ruin a quest and still continue to do it, or just having it so that when you've wounded them they are too "scared" to report you and are eliminated as witnesses would do a lot of good for the game.
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Screw that, just let them die.
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Like how awesome would it be to just waltz into Windhelm and decapitate Ulfric 5 hours into the game instead of having to wade through 5-6 boring fort captures?
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Those boring fort captures become fucking awesome fort captures if you have the summon dragon shout.
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I still think they kinda flubbed that part. I mean you can see enemies spawn right in front of you. How low budget is that shit?
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I'm sure I'm not the first to raise this concern, but I think the amount of immortal NPCs in this game is really irritating. Of course, it would suck to accidentally kill the wrong guy and ruin an important quest, but there are immortals everywhere, and it's really annoying to have to deal with them when you're trying to break the law and you can't kill all of your witnesses because some of them are incapable of dying. I think that either making it arbitrarily difficult to kill an essential character (but still possibly) so that you know that what you're doing is going to ruin a quest and still continue to do it, or just having it so that when you've wounded them they are too "scared" to report you and are eliminated as witnesses would do a lot of good for the game.
Quick save before you do anything illegal.
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Where do you get the Summon Dragon shout?
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From the main quest line, I think.
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Where do you get the Summon Dragon shout?
Main Quest. Not as fun of a shout as one would think.
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I'm getting this game for Christmas. After seeing a few Let's Play videos and seeing how it looks like they've fixed so much from what I hated about Oblivion, I'm super excited to play it. Can't freaking wait.
I'm either going to make a Khajit thiefy character or Hugar Hellingstone of Thundersword. Maybe I'll do both, maining one and playing the other if I get bored at all.
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Hugar Hellingstone of Thundersword.
You NEED to do this! Like now!!!
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Christmas. He's gonna be a Nord with a two-handed greatsword enchanted with thunderthings.
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Christmas. He's gonna be a Nord with a two-handed greatsword enchanted with thunderthings.
You mean the spark enchantment? :lol
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I'm either going to make a Khajit thiefy character or Hugar Hellingstone of Thundersword. Maybe I'll do both, maining one and playing the other if I get bored at all.
I made Hugar as soon as I got the game. :lol
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I read that as thunderthighs. I was disappointed to realize that was not what you said :(
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I'm sure I'm not the first to raise this concern, but I think the amount of immortal NPCs in this game is really irritating. Of course, it would suck to accidentally kill the wrong guy and ruin an important quest, but there are immortals everywhere, and it's really annoying to have to deal with them when you're trying to break the law and you can't kill all of your witnesses because some of them are incapable of dying. I think that either making it arbitrarily difficult to kill an essential character (but still possibly) so that you know that what you're doing is going to ruin a quest and still continue to do it, or just having it so that when you've wounded them they are too "scared" to report you and are eliminated as witnesses would do a lot of good for the game.
I agree. Completely broke the immersion when I tried to kill the entire thieves' guild before knowing what or who they were :lol
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Fuck, I'd love to work against the Thieves' Guild in the way you can for the Dark Brotherhood. Maven Black-Briar is such a piece of shit.
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I'm either going to make a Khajit thiefy character or Hugar Hellingstone of Thundersword. Maybe I'll do both, maining one and playing the other if I get bored at all.
I made Hugar as soon as I got the game. :lol
Screenshots?
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Fuck, I'd love to work against the Thieves' Guild in the way you can for the Dark Brotherhood. Maven Black-Briar is such a piece of shit.
You can work against the Dark Brotherhood?
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Yes
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how?
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how?
Attack the chick when she brings you out into the cabin, it'll start the "Destroy the Dark Brotherhood" quest.
I'm either going to make a Khajit thiefy character or Hugar Hellingstone of Thundersword. Maybe I'll do both, maining one and playing the other if I get bored at all.
I made Hugar as soon as I got the game. :lol
Screenshots?
Naw, I'm using the 360 version and I'm lazy. He's really just a regular Nord, though. You could probably do him justice better than I did.
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(https://cache.kotaku.com/assets/images/9/2011/12/85ef1f9366d906289565091b66972bf8.jpg)
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how?
Attack the chick when she brings you out into the cabin, it'll start the "Destroy the Dark Brotherhood" quest.
I'm either going to make a Khajit thiefy character or Hugar Hellingstone of Thundersword. Maybe I'll do both, maining one and playing the other if I get bored at all.
I made Hugar as soon as I got the game. :lol
Screenshots?
Naw, I'm using the 360 version and I'm lazy. He's really just a regular Nord, though. You could probably do him justice better than I did.
thank you.
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Guys, guys! They've made a second version of the game!
(https://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/1029337_700b.jpg)
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That's really cool that you can do that killing the Dark Brotherhood thing. Gotta try that.
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Skyrim theme with Christmas lights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-XcjDJ4rbw&feature=youtu.be
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https://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114910-Skyrim-Fans-Uncover-Insectoid-Conspiracy
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim may be full of bugs, but according to dedicated fans of the game, there's an ominous reason for that.
Wait, did you think I was referring to coding bugs? Granted, Skyrim has its share of those too, but today we're talking about the creepy crawly kind.
Throughout the frozen wasteland that plays host to the game there are a number of bugs trapped inside various jars. If you've played the game for an extended period of time, you've likely found one of these imprisoned creatures only to assume that it serves no purpose beyond adding a bit of flavor to the detailed fantasy world. A group of Reddit users with far too much time and an abundance of creative reasoning skills however, has discerned a far more sinister purpose behind the glass prisons.
Specifically, these bug jars seem to be a primer on how to summon the apocalypse.
See, the lid of each jar is emblazoned with a rune that when translated from the language of the dragons into English offers a vague description of a location within Skyrim. Weird, right? Man, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
Take this proposed theory, for instance:
Someone noticed the connection between the five cities Morthal, Whiterun, Winterhold, Dawnstar, and Windhelm, and realized they formed a Pentagon. He also noticed three dragon "sanctuaries" or whatever you may call them, Mzinchaleft, and the Tower Stone formed a smaller pentagon within it, making a transmutation circle. In the general area of the middle of the circle, there is a shrine to Talos with a circle of stones around it. His theory was that if you placed the bugs on their respective cities (see post for relation between bugs and cities), committed genocide in those ctities, kill the dragons at the dragon areas and the one that Mzinchaleft leads to, activate the tower stone, and wait for the "Promised Day".
Too morbid for you? Try this one then:
The second one expands upon the Weynon stones. The guy figured out that the Thalmor are trying to erase mankind from existence, and the things that are stopping them are the eight towers:
Crystal Tower
Red Tower
Tree-sap
Orchalc
Khajiit
all of which were destroyed or deactivated. The most significant and only remaining one are the Brass Tower and Snow-Throat, or the Throat of the World. The Brass Tower was cast out of time. The tower may have a spiritual connection with Numidium, the brass god, and the disappearance of the tower and therefore Numidium may tie in with the disappearance of the Dwemer. Snow Throat is the only active one. Each of these towers have stones which bind them to Nirn, and the theorist concluded that the Weynon Stones bound Snow Throat. This is why the Thalmor have been waging war on Skyrim; so they can destroy Snow Throat or the Weynon Stones, either way destroying the last tower and wiping mankind from existence.
And those are just the two most fleshed-out explanations for these jars. The whole thread is full of grassy-knoll-level conspiracy theories. Even if Bethesda didn't intend for the game to have an undercurrent of shady menace foretelling the coming of Armageddon, the thread makes an entertaining read for those who have spent a hundred hours murdering Skeevers and shrugging off casual racism against the noble Khajiit.
Oh, and for the record, Skyrim's developers remain mum on the exact purpose of the jars. We asked, and they aren't saying a thing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/nklj2/you_know_those_runes_on_the_lids_of_the_bug_jars/?sort=top
In other news, I got Skyrim today. It's downloading now.
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Skyrim is way too shallow :( I thought it was gonna be better than Oblivion when it first came out, but the only major thing they have improved on is combat. The towns are just rediculously shit, at least the landscape is awesome, even though its still not very inventive. The whole thing just gets boring way too fast for an Elder Scrolls game. No where near enough hidden content and stuff you have to actually work for. It just shows that since Skyrim has come out, I've spent more time playing Morrowind than skyrim :p That game was god damn perfect.
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I feel the same way, I just didn't want to let myself admit it because I have so much love for Oblivion and I've been so pumped for this game.
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Morrowind is a game that I appreciate from a distance. It's chock full of interesting little places, the world is so goddamn weird (ash storms, dwemer ruins!), it has flight (!), and the single player story is actually not completely terrible. But man, actually playing the game at times is like having someone hit you in the balls with a hammer and if you're playing a magic user, then that hammer also shoots gun-toting scorpions at you.
I'm kinda getting tired of Skyrim, but I've made it way further than I ever have in Morrowind or Oblivion.
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Alright, so I have way more money than I expected, and I'm debating on what to spend it on. Not like there's any new information anybody will be able to tell me about it or anything, but should I get this?
Edit: Keep in mind, my computer sucks horse shit, so I'll have to get the PS3 version.
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Skyrim is way too shallow :( I thought it was gonna be better than Oblivion when it first came out, but the only major thing they have improved on is combat. The towns are just rediculously shit, at least the landscape is awesome, even though its still not very inventive. The whole thing just gets boring way too fast for an Elder Scrolls game. No where near enough hidden content and stuff you have to actually work for. It just shows that since Skyrim has come out, I've spent more time playing Morrowind than skyrim :p That game was god damn perfect.
I really didn't like Oblivion. Skyrim is one of the few cases where improved graphics actually improved my enjoyment of the game. While conversations in Oblivion were annoying with the way you HAD to focus right at their face and do that silly conversation minigame, Skyrim seems a bit more realistic. I think the landscape is much better than Oblivion, which seemed to mostly be a forest, while this alternates between Tundra and snowy mountains, but at least its all pretty. :lol And I'm having a ton of fun finding little camps or ruins everywhere. Plus, there's a superfun of dragonslaying. I'm actually having fun with an Elder Scrolls game rather than groaning to myself.
As for the towns, its an RPG, how much complexity are you really expecting?
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should I get this?
Yes.
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should I get this?
Yes.
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Even with the nasty PS3 lag?
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Not everyone is getting it and there are some workarounds to help with it. For example: https://www.ign.com/wikis/the-elder-scrolls-5-skyrim/PlayStation_3_Issues
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Hm, alright. Good job DTF, your number of Skyrim players shall increase by one (1) tomorrow.
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Even with the nasty PS3 lag?
You should be fine as long as you're a reasonably stingy saver. From what I've read, the problems mainly occur when your save file gets too large.
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Am I the only one who thinks Skyrim is the least nice looking of the 3 big Elder Scrolls games? The landscape I find is kinda bland.
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Am I the only one who thinks Skyrim is the least nice looking of the 3 big Elder Scrolls games? The landscape I find is kinda bland.
Yes
Oblivion was much blander looking.
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The landscape is kinda bladn (though still way better than Oblivion), but the awesome dungeons more than make up for it.
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Really? I thought Oblivion was quite nice.
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Got this game for Christmas. So far I went in a cave and killed some people. Zook, the badass killer dark elf I am.
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The landscape is kinda bladn (though still way better than Oblivion), but the awesome dungeons more than make up for it.
Yeah, the dungeons are nice. I think they might be a bit too linear, but the advantage to that is that you don't get lost or confused while you're inside them. Also, I love how they almost always give you a quick passage out after you've finished... great design on most of them.
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The only ones I actively try to avoid are the Dwemer ones. The set-pieces are kind of cool but they are waaaaaaay too large.
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SKYRIM GET
Time to drive home and do the hours of installs.
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Dunno if anyone else is experiencing this. But I'm getting some weird shit on the PS3. I hadn't played for awhile. Booted up yesterday and it's kind fucked. It keeps kinda like, freezing, and causing some big screen flickers. At the worst it gone off screen completely, and then comes back and the TV acts like it just recieved a source. Last night it went off completely and I couldn't get anything. Is my PS3 almost the deads? This seems to only happen when I'm running skyrim.
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Dunno if anyone else is experiencing this. But I'm getting some weird shit on the PS3. I hadn't played for awhile. Booted up yesterday and it's kind fucked. It keeps kinda like, freezing, and causing some big screen flickers. At the worst it gone off screen completely, and then comes back and the TV acts like it just recieved a source. Last night it went off completely and I couldn't get anything. Is my PS3 almost the deads? This seems to only happen when I'm running skyrim.
I think your Skyrim copy is almost the deads, your PS3 is almost the deads, or your PS3 is dying from the awesome. That's all that I can think of.
In all serious though, you might want to ask the Gamestop people about it. They are always really helpful.
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So I found this dungeon that I thought I could use the bear claw key with, so I went back to Riverwood and stole it back, but come to find out, it's a different ivory dragon claw, so now the people of Riverwood hate me again.
In other news, I had an epic battle with a giant, and by epic, I mean I shot him with arrows whilst running away frantically for my life. When I was finally about to kill it, some douche came out of nowhere and shot it with a fireball for the last shot!!!!
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Dunno if anyone else is experiencing this. But I'm getting some weird shit on the PS3. I hadn't played for awhile. Booted up yesterday and it's kind fucked. It keeps kinda like, freezing, and causing some big screen flickers. At the worst it gone off screen completely, and then comes back and the TV acts like it just recieved a source. Last night it went off completely and I couldn't get anything. Is my PS3 almost the deads? This seems to only happen when I'm running skyrim.
How large is your saved folder? It seems that most of the PS3 problems have occurred when it exceeds 6mb.
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My main save is 6MB. My second save is 3. I only get glitches on my second save. Apparently having autosaves on can cause glitches, so next time I'm on the new save, I'll have to try that.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_-yTs4sDo
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Hours: 13
Level: 14
Dragons Killed: 4
Fucks given: 0
Still having fun with the game, though sometimes it can be tedious trying to find a quest location that's seventy bajillion miles away. Also Dragon fights can be really cheap if the dragon never decides to land, taking potshots at you from the air and you're, say, Hugar Hellingstone, lead vocalist of the thundercore band Thundersword, and you don't fight with anything but your trusty enchanted Dwarven Greatsword that you forged with your own bare hands.
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Girlfriend got this for Christmas, btw. Pretty sure she's got the addiction. Feels good.
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(https://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/649875346773360560/ECEB84E160D2DBF96C8C2BE68B625E4FF5B5791B/)
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Bloody hell Bacong. :lol
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wtf
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Had a good time robbing the ever living fuck out of Solitude.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkpbZzs7a94
:lol
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So I have this damn bounty, right...
But it won't say from which hold so I have no way of paying it off. And when I kill the bride in the black brotherhood quest and I escape far from Solitude, I can't fast travel or rest as it states that guards are "after me" yet they are nowhere in sight.
Any suggestions, pretty please? :(
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_-yTs4sDo
What was the console command you used for the Stormcloak soldiers?
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So I have this damn bounty, right...
But it won't say from which hold so I have no way of paying it off. And when I kill the bride in the black brotherhood quest and I escape far from Solitude, I can't fast travel or rest as it states that guards are "after me" yet they are nowhere in sight.
Any suggestions, pretty please? :(
https://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Bound_Until_Death#Bugs
One of the last bullets.
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So I have this damn bounty, right...
But it won't say from which hold so I have no way of paying it off. And when I kill the bride in the black brotherhood quest and I escape far from Solitude, I can't fast travel or rest as it states that guards are "after me" yet they are nowhere in sight.
Any suggestions, pretty please? :(
https://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Bound_Until_Death#Bugs
One of the last bullets.
Grazie :tup
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This isn't about Skyrim specifically, but I figure it's more relevant here than the general video games thread.
Been enjoying Skyrim, but I was thinking of going back and playing the games through in order (well, from Morrowind and up anyway) just to get a better grasp of the lore's progression. I was thinking about what race I wanted to go with my guy in Morrowind. I think for this run through I'm going to stick with "traditional" races for each game; so a Dumner Nerevarine for Morrowind, an Imperial for Oblivion, and a Nord for Skyrim. But after thinking about it a bit, wouldn't it technically make more "sense" for the Nerevarine to be an Altmer rather than Dumner? From what I remember the "Dumner" didn't actually exist until after Nerevar's death (and their existence was actually a result of his death), before that they were just a sect of the Altmer that moved to Morrowind. So I'm thinking that it'd be more fitting for Nerevar to come back as a "pre-curse" elf. Of course, then I'd have to deal with all of those vulnerabilities.
What do you guys think?
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Yeah, Indoril Nerevar was an Altmer so it'd make sense that the Nerevarine would be Altmer (though the Dunmer themselves don't subscribe to this, but it's probably along the same lines as the white Jesus image).
Of course, you're going to get your shit kicked in by anything magical, so if you go that route definitely I'd say take The Atronach birthsign, regardless of what class you choose.
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Yeah, I don't plan on using much magic (because, really, screw spell failure), so there's really no reason for me to not pick Atronach if I don't want things to get stupidly frustrating. :P
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Just go dual war axes and decap bitches every other turn.
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https://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Bound_Until_Death#Bugs
One of the last bullets.
"Astrid sometimes doesn't give you bonus even if you killed the target while she was on the balcony" - I had that one >_>
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I use magic a lot and even if you don't usually use magic or don't plan on using magic, you should use some sort of fire spell on Draugr. It's REALLY effective. Dual wield flames or firebolt and you can kill them really easily.
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He's talking about not using magic in Morrowind, not Skyrim.
Speaking of Morrowind is it just me or is Tribunal a lot tougher than the main quest? Even the Goblins make Ash Vampires seem weak...
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I never actually got around to doing the expansions, but as far as I know they're meant for characters that have already finished the main quest. So it wouldn't surprise me if the enemies are a lot stronger.
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He's talking about not using magic in Morrowind, not Skyrim.
Speaking of Morrowind is it just me or is Tribunal a lot tougher than the main quest? Even the Goblins make Ash Vampires seem weak...
It's not just you, both of the expansions are considerably harder than Morrowind. IIRC Solstheim is a bit easier than Tribunal.
Also, not sure if you want some Tribunal (not main quest related) spoilers, but a protip if you want it: There's a poor wood elf named Gaenor in the Temple Courtyard. WHATEVER YOU DO DO NOT TALK TO HIM SRSLY YOU WILL REGRET IT FOREVER
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There's a poor wood elf named Gaenor in the Temple Courtyard. WHATEVER YOU DO DO NOT TALK TO HIM SRSLY YOU WILL REGRET IT FOREVER
Worst advice ever. I didn't regret it. :P
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Why not? While kinda funny, it's probably the most annoying thing in that game second only to cliff racers.
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Why not? While kinda funny, it's probably the most annoying thing in that game second only to cliff racers.
I refuse to believe that there's something more annoying than cliff racers in Morrowind. It's unpossible.
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Why not? While kinda funny, it's probably the most annoying thing in that game second only to cliff racers.
I refuse to believe that there's something more annoying than cliff racers in Morrowind. It's unpossible.
qft.
Because by the time you can dump so much money into that faggot, you generally can school him. Plus, I always keep some broken ass potions in case something like that happens.
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You don't have to dump any money into him, no matter how much or little you give him, if you talk to him he'll attack you later. And if geno's having trouble with goblins, I doubt he's gonna be much good against him. Remember, you can get to Mournhold at level 6.
And yeah, fuck cliff racers.
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You don't have to dump any money into him, no matter how much or little you give him, if you talk to him he'll attack you later. And if geno's having trouble with goblins, I doubt he's gonna be much good against him. Remember, you can get to Mournhold at level 6.
And yeah, fuck cliff racers.
I'm level 31 :lol
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I'm serious though, this guy can fuck shit up.
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I'm serious though, this guy can fuck shit up.
Full ebony is absurd.
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5 minutes into the game and I already ran into an annoying bug in Morrowind that, apparently, hasn't been fixed from the fan patches. Not sure if it's specific to just male Altmer or if anyone else gets it too, but some NPCs refer to me as a female in their voice greetings. Hopefully it doesn't cause any problems beyond that.
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I'm serious though, this guy can fuck shit up.
Full ebony is absurd.
Not to mention the guy's 700+ luck attribute.
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So this guy...definitely tougher than Dagoth Ur? 'cause Dagoth Ur was fuckin' TOUGH.
Also, anyone else feel like we should just go ahead and call this the Elder Scrolls thread?
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So this guy...definitely tougher than Dagoth Ur? 'cause Dagoth Ur was fuckin' TOUGH.
Also, anyone else feel like we should just go ahead and call this the Elder Scrolls thread?
Eh, the whole game is easy if you use the alchemy loop. There is a spell that makes it fairly easy to kill the guy. I can't remember which (maybe sanctuary? or is that what he has?). The thing is, the alchemy loop isn't a bug, it's the way the game was made. I generally only use the broken ass potions on guys like that.
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My guy is a straight up barbarian, 100 strength and endurance. His intelligence is currently 4 because I don't know where the imperial cult shrine in Mournhold is, but it's really not effecting my playing at all :rollin
So basically I am not making any potions
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My guy is a straight up barbarian, 100 strength and endurance. His intelligence is currently 4 because I don't know where the imperial cult shrine in Mournhold is, but it's really not effecting my playing at all :rollin
So basically I am not making any potions
You have no idea how easy it is, do you? :lol
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Nope, but from an RP perspective my character would not be dabbling in that stuff. If I reroll a wizard or rogue type character, sure.
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Nope, but from an RP perspective my character would not be dabbling in that stuff. If I reroll a wizard or rogue type character, sure.
Well, when you finish up the rest of the game and decide to say "fuck it" to RP, look it up. It's really easy. You can honestly do it right after you get off the boat in the beginning.
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Might as well just use the console to set your stats as high as you want at that point, imo. Accomplishes the same thing with much less time wasted. Alchemy abuse was fun to do the first time just to go 'lol, look at how high my strength is," but other than that it removes any remote chance of the game being challenging in any way. Heck, I don't even like abusing normal items like Sujamma by drinking 5 all at one go and blowing away whatever I'm fighting.
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Yeah, Alchemy Looping is just an exploit in my book. Yeah, it's entirely within the game system, but it's really just exploiting the fact that the game mechanics don't have any negative side effects for what in the end amounts to drug abuse :lol
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There are a ton of ways that you can cheat the game like that and make things. Like casting a short duration drain skill spell on yourself, which makes training super cheap, then casting a short duration fortify skill on the trainer of your choice who trains in the skill you want. You can make anyone into a "master" trainer that way if you can bump their level in that skill to 100.
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Finally got Morrowind since it seems to be all the rage here right now. :D Skyrim is so 2011, anyway.
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Heh, I'm actually getting annoyed with Morrowind already. Have to run and jump everywhere to boost those skills, and there's a bug where after jumping I'll glide across the floor before I actually start running again. While doing this it's not uncommon for me to fall through the ground. It use to happen to be before, but never to this extent. Maybe it's a problem with tall characters? Never played an Altmer before.
Also, Speechcraft/disposition is already getting tedious. Definitely prefer how it's done in Skyrim, and even then it's kind of annoying. I REALLY don't like having random chance in conversation options.
But if you can get over the dated mechanics, it's still a fun game.
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I need to get morrowind. It sounds great.
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I still think the world itself is the richest of the three games, but yeah, it's really starting to show its age mechanics wise.
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Meh. I never liked Morrowind all that much.
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Meh. I never liked Morrowind all that much.
Neither did I really. Loved the world and it is the only Elder Scrolls game with a decent/good main story, but the mechanics suck and they've always sucked.
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Meh. I never liked Morrowind all that much.
Neither did I really. Loved the world and it is the only Elder Scrolls game with a decent/good main story, but the mechanics suck and they've always sucked.
Agreed. It took forever for my friends to convince me to play Oblivion because of that. Then I did and I got hooked.
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One thing I really wish they would have done more with Skyrim is integrate the civil war and the main quest line. The civil war really did just feel like a side quest.
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I don't know about you guys but both the Civil War and Dragonborn story lines were side quests compared to my "make myself as badass as possible" main quest.
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One thing I really wish they would have done more with Skyrim is integrate the civil war and the main quest line. The civil war really did just feel like a side quest.
Agreed :)
Asides from the Jarl refusing to use Dragonsreach to capture the dragon if the Civil War is still going on and having to organise the peace treaty, it does seem a world away. Even having Delphine and Esbern making passive comments about the war and their allegiance would have made it a little more real :/
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Had a good time robbing the ever living fuck out of Solitude.
I just got here today. I accidentally shouted at some guy in the bar... Now I have literally 15 people raping me every time I set foot in the city.... Including the guy I am suppose to convince to partake in a truce.
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I don't know about you guys but both the Civil War and Dragonborn story lines were side quests compared to my "make myself as badass as possible" main quest.
Yeah I'm still pretty much ignoring the main quests. :lol
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I've actually been focusing on the main quest, which is a first for me. I've also got a side quest to collect every book I can get. I don't even take any loot or money, I just sneak into each house and take all of their books.
Soon I'll be able to afford a house to keep it all in.
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SMALL SPOILERZ AHEAD:
Is anyone else's "Discerning the Transmundane" quest glitched? In mine, I went to Septimus's outpost and delivered the blood to him, the door opened and he went inside. There was a book sitting on a stand. I tried to take it, but no matter how many times I press "E," it never lets me take the book.
Meanwhile, Septimus is just walking around by the book stand with the quest marker still over his head and when I try to talk to him, it says he is busy.
So I was like fuck this, I go and do a ton of other shit and come back and the chamber is sealed shut. Septimus is still inside the chamber with the book and the quest marker is in there also.
WTF?
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Dr. Zoidberg mudcrab mod:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAf8-3HjN6Q
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:rollin
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SMALL SPOILERZ AHEAD:
Is anyone else's "Discerning the Transmundane" quest glitched? In mine, I went to Septimus's outpost and delivered the blood to him, the door opened and he went inside. There was a book sitting on a stand. I tried to take it, but no matter how many times I press "E," it never lets me take the book.
Meanwhile, Septimus is just walking around by the book stand with the quest marker still over his head and when I try to talk to him, it says he is busy.
So I was like fuck this, I go and do a ton of other shit and come back and the chamber is sealed shut. Septimus is still inside the chamber with the book and the quest marker is in there also.
WTF?
Kill Septimus, pick up the book.
EDIT: That was you were suppose to do, don't know what you can do now.
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weird, the transmundane quest worked perfectly fine for me
coincidentally, I completed that one today as well!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE4uzGaQDQg&feature=player_embedded
:rollin
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SMALL SPOILERZ AHEAD:
Is anyone else's "Discerning the Transmundane" quest glitched? In mine, I went to Septimus's outpost and delivered the blood to him, the door opened and he went inside. There was a book sitting on a stand. I tried to take it, but no matter how many times I press "E," it never lets me take the book.
Meanwhile, Septimus is just walking around by the book stand with the quest marker still over his head and when I try to talk to him, it says he is busy.
So I was like fuck this, I go and do a ton of other shit and come back and the chamber is sealed shut. Septimus is still inside the chamber with the book and the quest marker is in there also.
WTF?
Kill Septimus, pick up the book.
EDIT: That was you were suppose to do, don't know what you can do now.
I found out on TES wiki that i can't complete the quest because there is no way to get the chamber open again. :'(
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If you're on PC you can use the console to advance the quest stage and give yourself the reward.
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so i just got this game for a birthday present, and holy fuck is it amazing :hefdaddy
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I always enjoy reading about developers' experience while making games, and really enjoyed this post from one of the writers from Daggerfall and Morrowind about his experience working at Bethesda (he doesn't work there anymore, although he still posts on the forums every now and then). Fired I'd post it here for anyone else who's interested in this sort of thing.
Hello,
I was 22 when I joined Bethesda Softworks. I was hired by Mark Jones after sending in a floppy (!) disk containing some images I had created using Deluxe Painter II (!), which I lied and said I created in Photoshop. Oh, right, and I sent the above via the post office (!), promptly after seeing that the company was hiring via a print magazine (!) known as Next Generation.
At the time, I lived in Huntsville, Alabama, and had a few illustration pieces published in various pen-and-paper products for Chaosium Inc. and Atlas Games, after a set of circumstances that mainly involved being pimped by Brom to his contacts (which nets an earnest "!")...as he, too, grew up in Alabama, was kind and patient and shared a kindred love for The Pixies, and smiled fondly at my drawings from my Dark Sun home campaign, which unabashedly were loveletters to the contours of his lines, his love for bugs and dust, and his inability to render perspective. Okay, so the last wasn't a loveletter, it was a common hurdle, but whatever. Now you know why Morrowind was full of Giant Bugs.
And in the spirit of Modelo-swilled digression...my actual pitch for the aesthetic of Morrowind was "Mad Max crossed with The Dark Crystal crossed with Star Wars. Cuz everything should be crossed with Star Wars."
Fuck, I'm getting ahead of myself. Back up. 22 years-old, Mark calls, he's British, and I'm from Alabama so immediately that makes this a moment of Gravitas an' shit. I mean, British? That's all Grand Moff Tarkin an' stuff, right? I'm thinkin', "Holy Sequel to AIDS, this is awesome!" (See Star Wars, above.)
He liked my "Photoshop" images on the floppy and wanted to know if I would-- "YES!", which is what I said before I heard him actually ask, "Create some menus for our Terminator game's multiplayer add-on" which just garnered more dumbfuck yellin' of yes's until I was on a plane for an on-site interview and blah, pack the truck, drive to the state border, stop to piss on it with the hard gold stream of foolheaded post-collegiate-know-it-none, and boom: I'm pushing around a ramp of 256 colors (!) to the front end menu for SkyNET. And I meet the rest of That Earliest Gang (Todd Someone, John Pearson, Ted Someone, Julian LeFay, et al) with whisperings that some dummy named Ken Rolston might get hired and, being a Paranoia fan it was all "Holy Sequel to AIDS, this is awesome!"
Again.
TES: Daggerfall was, at the time, some Big Deal that was also going on that I knew nothing about, but it looked kinda dumb and generic fantasy and I absolutely had no idea what the hell it meant or how important it would be. (See foolheaded post-collegiate-know-it-none, above.) Also, because I found out it was based on someone's homebrew Dungeons Ampersand Dragons campaign, I was all surly, serial contrarian and full of embarrassment-fueled hypocrisy and "Boring and therefore wrong" was born in the worst and most egotistical of ways. (Surprise.)
I would come to know how important that game would be, though. One, everyone at the office was freakin' out because it was late (whatever that meant) and two, evidently, everyone that played the first TES (what first TES?) were gettin mad that it was late.
After really getting along with Todd on SkyNET (mainly because of the manual's backstory and then an artist quit and Todd asked if I wanted to learn 3DS Max and I yelled "SURE DO!" like a retard and then proceeded to want to know every little thing about what it takes to make narrative in games, especially in regard to 32x32 textures), and John Pearson (an artist that I told, "Naw, dude, I ain't never drawin' no dragons" because I wanted to be cool and I was cool but not cool enough to know that I wasn't being really cool), and then meeting this other dummy Kurt Kulhmann, who got hired on for the TES: Daggerfall "bonus missions" that were only available at, like, J.C. Penney's (no shit) and spying in him a love for Weird Fantasy (Clarke Ashton Smith, Gene Wolfe, Paul Park, the best of Moorcock, and...oh wait, let me take this time out to say FUCK YOU to China Meiville, you turgid, coat-tailing, self-indulgent avante-oh-my-good-God-gay dust-jacket-posing dick-sore)...well, then it all...
...what the fuck was I saying? (Modelo, 6-pack, 7 bucks, twenty-four minutes.) Oh, right, so I'm saying to Kurt at our first off-site lunch, "Sometimes I feel like being a self-aware vacuum cleaner in the land of the robots illegally listening to jazz" and even though he didn't know what I meant and laughed politely I knew that he knew what I meant and that we'd do this dance until one of us were dead.
Um.
My first job on TES: Daggerfall (they needed emergency help) was to tweak all these real-world paintings they scanned in and, like, hide the fact that they weren't real-world paintings so, like, no one would get sued. So I, like, took whatever 64x128 scans they had, like The One That Movie With British Dude and Scarlett Jo-I-Can't-Spell-It-Son Was In... Portrait of Somethin' Girl, and turned the chick into, like, a lizard bitch because lizard people were in this dummy Elder Scrolls world along with cat people and all the other colors of Benetton and no one wanted to get sued and I didn't want to draw dragons and oh snap here's my opportunity to actually draw clothes on all these scanned-in Penthouse pictures (which I wasn't supposed to do; I was just supposed to not get us sued and "fantasy them up" which I think only wasn't funny and retarded to Julian) because, like, that part of it was embarrassing and just, like, reinforced the Dumb.
So I wasn't having anything to do with this dummy Elder Scrolls world. Until Kurt got promoted. And Ken got hired. And then Julian left and Todd frowned and went, hmm, "Hey Kurt and Michael, what was this pirate game you guys were talking about again?"
Kurt and I were all, "It's set on a gas planet named like UR for Jupiter but it's way in the future so everyone's forgotten that name plus we both love ancient cultures so we can play with the Etruscans and the Medes and BABYLONIAN BULL-PEOPLE, and TOTALLY with air-whales for ships, right, and metal is so scarce that each cannonball has its own name and people eat bone-meal, right, because meat is totally, totally scarce and therefore cannibalism is totally normal and--" and he's all, "Wait, back up the train. That sounds weird. What if we set it in Tamriel?"
And then Ken's all, "Hello, my butthurt children, do not fear or dismiss the generic fantasy, if you regard it as a canvas. Have you ever heard of Glorantha? You may yet find your Jupiter and its evidently-important gas."
I was 23 and trying to remember the name of the guy, of that Persian King, that made nice nice with the Jews and, like, let them take asylum or some other weird yet rad ancient world shit. And maybe, just maybe, if Tamriel was the United Colors of Benetton... I could make the pirate hero a black guy.
And that's why Obama got elected.
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PS. Discuss amongst yourselves. I'll get back to this. Burp.
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So after leveling up my enchanting to 75, I don't really know what I want to do with it. My two-handed, heavy armor, one-handed, and sneak are all either 100 or pretty close to it. I already enchanted my war axes with Fire damage, but am unimpressed with that. Was thinking of putting Fortify Health on my armor but I can only seem to add 3 points to health with that, even though I spent 5 perk points in making new enchantments 100% better. What's the deal with that? Do I have to find a better Fortify Health enchantment or something?
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What kind of soul are you using for the enchantment? Did you take the Corpus Enchanter perk?
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So I started a Khajiit thief a while ago...and he's since become my main, pretty much. Level 17, already a member of the dark brotherhood and thieves guild. Specializing in sneak/pickpocket/lockpick/daggers/illusion. Only killed three dragons so far (they just haven't been showing up! If there's one thing i can't stand its a lack of dragons!) and haven't even gone to High Hrothgar yet. :-[ On the bright side I can steal fucking everything and fence it. I now own a majority share of all Tamriel and having a blast.
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My next guy is going to be a Khajiit thief for sure I think. That was always my favorite type of character in Morrowind, but during my last Morrowind playthrough I was really enjoying a Breton war-wizard guy (or battlemage, spellsword, whatever- I think war wizard sounds coolest) so that's what I've been going with in Skyrim so far. Been playing since the day after Christmas, my guy's like level 22 I think and focusing on heavy armor, one-handed, smithing, conjuration, descruction and restoration.
My main combat routine has been summoning a flame atronach and a bound sword, and fucking shit up with some flames/firebolts thrown in and healing when necessary. Been working out pret-tay, pret-tay good so far. Dragons have mostly been no problem. There was one blood dragon I was fighting at Ancient's Ascent or something like that, and we arrived at kind of a stalemate. He couldn't really kill me because I kept healing, but I couldn't really put a dent in his health bar either. But then there was another blood dragon who attacked Winterhold the other night who I killed no problem. Maybe it was because I had the guards helping too, I don't know. Whatevs.
Oh by the way- this game is awesome!!
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So I'm trying to install the Morroblivion mod into Oblivion, but it requires the Script Extender. Of course, I use the Direct2Drive version of Oblivion, so it's not compatible with the script extender...so I borrowed hard copies from my Dad, and am now on my second complete reinstall. I swear if I see that "File not found but a file with the same name was found" shit ONE MORE TIME
I will be really sad and go return the disc to my dad and probably buy the steam version or something because it's supposed to be compatible...
edit: yeah it didn't work :sadpanda:
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Since this has kind of turned into the Elder Scrolls thread I'll just ask here. Playing Skyrim made me want to play Morrowind again so I downloaded it and am just starting out. Are there any good mods for the game I should know about?
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Whelp, on my way to High Hrothgar now. I'm level 18, and there's a frost troll in my way that I can't beat. This wasn't here last time. Either that or I'm too used to being able to one-shot everything as Hugar so I didn't remember it. :(
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That Frost Troll is always there when you're going to High Hrothgar the first time. And it's a bitch!
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Whelp, on my way to High Hrothgar now. I'm level 18, and there's a frost troll in my way that I can't beat. This wasn't here last time. Either that or I'm too used to being able to one-shot everything as Hugar so I didn't remember it. :(
Kill it with fire my friend, kill it with fire.
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Since this has kind of turned into the Elder Scrolls thread I'll just ask here. Playing Skyrim made me want to play Morrowind again so I downloaded it and am just starting out. Are there any good mods for the game I should know about?
https://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=8987
Complete graphical overhaul as well as fixes for many of the game's bugs.
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Since this has kind of turned into the Elder Scrolls thread I'll just ask here. Playing Skyrim made me want to play Morrowind again so I downloaded it and am just starting out. Are there any good mods for the game I should know about?
A more direct link to the one Geonwyn posted:
https://morrowindoverhaul.rpgitalia.net/news/its-release-time-morrowind-overhaul-sounds-graphics-2-0
and some screens from my version of it:
(https://i.imgur.com/wsnIB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gZNCH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vt7nd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ox008.jpg)
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Also when you're finally done installing, start a new game. Depending on how far you are that might suck, but you have to. Also, make sure to do EVERYTHING by the book according to those instructions. Install directx9 even if you think you have it, etc.
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triple post time, what kind of PC do you have? you're gonna want to be careful when selecting graphical options if you don't have a gaming pc. I have a quad core with 8 GB ram and a 5770 and I pretty much maxed it all out, and I get around 30 FPS in most areas.
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This is not a very good gaming PC.
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specifics, if you know them?
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Holy hell, those Morrowind/Oblivion shots look awesome!
*runs off to reinstall Morrowind*
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A dragon ambushed me and then two trolls ambushed me at the same time. After I cried for an hour I made it out on top. WOO!
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I just realized that I've had Rockjaw for the past 9 hours or so played. And I was still killing stuff super fast. :lol
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Can morrowind be installed on Windows 7?
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Yep.
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I'm still downloading, but are the environments the only thing that have been updated? What about the character models?
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Sorry to rewind the thread, but I'm having major issues killing the very first Frost Troll on High Hrothgir afdsfdshjfhdskjsghfkdjg >:(
Any helpful hints would be GREATLY appreciated (besides the fact that I need to use fire).
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A buddy of mine did this: he ran all the way to High Hrothgar and entered it, the Frost Troll entered behind him and got destroyed by the Greybeards.
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I'm still downloading, but are the environments the only thing that have been updated? What about the character models?
They got rid of the balloon faces and clothes look a lot better.
(https://www.dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/elder_scrolls_V_skyrim_facial_comparisons.jpg)
Animations are super nice now, too.
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Sorry to rewind the thread, but I'm having major issues killing the very first Frost Troll on High Hrothgir afdsfdshjfhdskjsghfkdjg >:(
Any helpful hints would be GREATLY appreciated (besides the fact that I need to use fire).
Send your follower to go attack first, and then attack it from afar. Trolls are pretty slow, so if you can keep your distance and cast spells you should be fine
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Am I the only one who really didn't have much of a problem with trolls?
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I went up to High Hrothgir around level 9 with basic steal armor and 2 orcish axes. Took me a few loads, but I was able to eventually wear the frost troll down. They (and most other things I've fought so far) usually won't be able to hit you while you're running backwards, so keep that in mind if you ever need to back up and give yourself time to heal.
Would have been a lot easier if I hadn't used Battlecry earlier that day, but oh well.
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The only time I had a problem with the trolls was when I was in labyrinth and got bombarded by like 3 of them at once. :lol But following the strategy I just posted, they usually aren't a big deal if its just one.
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Oh god! I remember the first time I entered into Labyrinthian and had that happened to me! Thankfully I was able to pick them off one by one after they gangraped me.
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A buddy of mine did this: he ran all the way to High Hrothgar and entered it, the Frost Troll entered behind him and got destroyed by the Greybeards.
Makes sense. Would a potion of brief invisibility help to hide me, or no? The potion's duration is only 20 seconds.
Send your follower to go attack first, and then attack it from afar. Trolls are pretty slow, so if you can keep your distance and cast spells you should be fine
Ah, ok. I'd tried to do this the first time and the troll ended up whomping me a pretty good one. :( I'll try to do it more stealth-like and stuff.
I went up to High Hrothgir around level 9 with basic steal armor and 2 orcish axes. Took me a few loads, but I was able to eventually wear the frost troll down. They (and most other things I've fought so far) usually won't be able to hit you while you're running backwards, so keep that in mind if you ever need to back up and give yourself time to heal.
I'm currently Level 5, so maybe I'm doing this too early? :lol I have steel armor too, but my favorite weapon is the two-handed Nord Greatsword so... maybe I should rethink that. :lol
Did NOT know about the backwards thing though, thanks for pointing that out.
The only time I had a problem with the trolls was when I was in labyrinth and got bombarded by like 3 of them at once. :lol But following the strategy I just posted, they usually aren't a big deal if its just one.
THREE?! Jeebz, I'm having a rough time with ONE LOL :lol
Oh god! I remember the first time I entered into Labyrinthian and had that happened to me! Thankfully I was able to pick them off one by one after they gangraped me.
Um... TMI dude. Jes sayin. :lol
Thanks for the help, lads! :tup
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omg dimitrius that is GROSS lol
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Imagine all that troll fat going in and out of my characters
mouth orifices!
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There's enough heat going on in here to keep me warm through these brutal Nord winters. :eyebrows:
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So today I became a God. Went to a dragon's lair, snuck around it, then backstabbed the shit out of it for 30x damage with a firey superior elven dagger. Died in one hit. I am so glad I went the assassin route. :D
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So today I became a God. Went to a dragon's lair, snuck around it, then backstabbed the shit out of it for 30x damage with a firey superior elven dagger. Died in one hit. I am so glad I went the assassin route. :D
That settles it. I'm making an assassin character.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0cyWTihEC8
I love this guy's videos so much :rollin
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His guide to being an unarmed badass is awesome. :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBiNx749Zw&feature=relmfu
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That's the first one I saw :lol
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https://www.youtube.com/user/Robbaz#p/u/18/PK0G_fPxOWI
Yngol Barrow discovered
Christopher Columbus can suck my dick!
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https://www.youtube.com/user/Robbaz#p/u/18/PK0G_fPxOWI
Yngol Barrow discovered
Christopher Columbus can suck my dick!
Really? Took him forever to figured out the claw puzzle... there's like a million of those in the game!!
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https://www.youtube.com/user/Robbaz#p/u/18/PK0G_fPxOWI
Yngol Barrow discovered
Christopher Columbus can suck my dick!
What a viking. :yarr
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0cyWTihEC8
I love this guy's videos so much :rollin
https://www.youtube.com/user/Robbaz#p/u/1/vkVbVEPWx7I
I can't breathe.
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Yeah, I posted that in the DTF Facebook chat last night :P
I was just like "wut" the entire time.
I like the Battlefield 3 one he made with his sniper shotgun :lol
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I can't breathe.
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That guy is awesome :rollin
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https://www.youtube.com/user/Robbaz#p/u/18/PK0G_fPxOWI
Yngol Barrow discovered
Christopher Columbus can suck my dick!
Haha. "Never fear, Sweden is here!"
To funny!
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Swedes have an amazing accent, we Finns just sound silly.
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Malukah's back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Dv4Hmf_O8
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https://puu.sh/d1Lk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kYyIFvg_gbk
GENIUS
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Saw my first Werewolf today. Granted it was caged, but still pretty cool. I killed it along with everyone else in the refugee camp. Pretty cool seeing a bunch of werewolf heads on sticks.
I also pick pocketed a ghost and stole its clothes...
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(https://img703.imageshack.us/img703/403/tookaswordtrudachest.jpg)
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Lol yeah, I laughed when I met that guy.
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I'm getting really frustrated with the game now. I've finished the main quest and am trying to finish the side ones. There are so many people attacking me at I can't kill. The second I set foot into white run I have 4 guys on my dick. I can get them to the ground for a few seconds, but they always catch back up with me,.
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I'm getting really frustrated with the game now. I've finished the main quest and am trying to finish the side ones. There are so many people attacking me at I can't kill. The second I set foot into white run I have 4 guys on my dick. I can get them to the ground for a few seconds, but they always catch back up with me,.
What are their names? whats your crime rate? etc. etc.
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I'm getting really frustrated with the game now. I've finished the main quest and am trying to finish the side ones. There are so many people attacking me at I can't kill. The second I set foot into white run I have 4 guys on my dick. I can get them to the ground for a few seconds, but they always catch back up with me,.
What are their names? whats your crime rate? etc. etc.
One was Commander Caious , or something like that. I am unsure of the others. I have a $19,646 bounty in Whiterun.
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Did you go around killing people or stealing a bunch of shit in Whiterun?
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Did you go around killing people or stealing a bunch of shit in Whiterun?
You know it.
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So that's why they're after you! :lol
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So that's why they're after you! :lol
How do I get them to stop? There are no more guards when I got there.
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So that's why they're after you! :lol
How do I get them to stop? There are no more guards when I got there.
Either pay the 19,000 gold or let them arrest you, well... if their are any guards left to arrest you.
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I'd like to see what you think is law, Chino.
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So that's why they're after you! :lol
How do I get them to stop? There are no more guards when I got there.
Either pay the 19,000 gold or let them arrest you, well... if their are any guards left to arrest you.
Well that's shitty
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You could always escape, kill the guards and get your stuff back. Just be sure you can sneak out of there. I was spotted pretty quickly in Solitude, but did manage to sneak out after a bit of running and getting shot in the knee and stuff.
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Doesn't it reach a point where you can't be fined or jailed though? I know a couple times I have gone on killing sprees in towns and killed everyone I could and then there was no option for me to pay my bounty or surrender... I just didn't actually save it. :lol
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I think when I reach level 100, I going to go stealth commando and kill everyone in Riverwood. I love using my bow.
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I think when I reach level 100, I going to go stealth commando and kill everyone in Riverwood. I love using my bow.
I got bored with my main character and made an archer/thief character. It's awesome. I'll probably complete the main quest with my first character sometime...
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that's precisely what I'm doing right now
except instead of being a fair player, I'm going power level to the max and chuck all my skill points into something fun, like
archer/stealth/pickpocket/speech
and another one where I'll be pure mage, and actually put points into Alteration, to get that lovely spell resist + absorb.
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I think when I reach level 100, I going to go stealth commando and kill everyone in Riverwood. I love using my bow.
when you reach 100, be sure to tell someone and Todd Howard will prolly come to your house, because 80/81 is the highest you can get.
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I think when I reach level 100, I going to go stealth commando and kill everyone in Riverwood. I love using my bow.
when you reach 100, be sure to tell someone and Todd Howard will prolly come to your house, because 80/81 is the highest you can get.
Well aint that a kick in the keister.
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Skyrim was the first type of this game that I gave played. I wish I understood it more from the beginning. For the first 12 levels I only upgraded magika and destruction spells... And I never use them. I'm a pretty nasty archer. I have a pretty solid bow that ive only seen the one time I picked it up, a helmet that increases archer skills by 15%, those wrist guards that increase it by 12%, boots that increase it by 15%, and a ring that increases it by 20%. Had I focussed on archery from the very beginning, I'd be disgusting.
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Skyrim was the first type of this game that I gave played. I wish I understood it more from the beginning. For the first 12 levels I only upgraded magika and destruction spells... And I never use them. I'm a pretty nasty archer. I have a pretty solid bow that ive only seen the one time I picked it up, a helmet that increases archer skills by 15%, those wrist guards that increase it by 12%, boots that increase it by 15%, and a ring that increases it by 20%. Had I focussed on archery from the very beginning, I'd be disgusting.
Oh god, that's not new slang is it?
"Check it out, I'm level 100 with the bow and have several enchantments for it. I can kill a mammoth with one shot!"
"Dude, you're disgusting!"
:D
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haha yeah, next thing you know when something is gross people will be saying "ew that is zook!"
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Quiet fool!
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just wait until all your apparel has +40% archery damage (or one-handed, etc)
it's pretty fun running around with a 128 damage bow
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My thief character is seriously awesome though. I was completely failing at my old character (mage/warrior) and with the new one I'm actually concentrating on specific areas and have a plan. I am loving this game like never before, and i have almost 90 hours played on it.
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Can anyone tell me how my girlfriend managed to rack up 14mb of saved data? She's only a level 15 or so and isn't that much farther in the story than me. Meanwhile I'm level 36, have cleared several caves and only have 7000 something kb. Her game glitches a shit ton.
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Are you playing on PS3? There has been a lot of issues with game saves, and when they get too big the game starts to lag/crash. I'm at about 65 hours and a 9 MB file and thankfully I have only experienced 2 crashes and it only lags when I go to Riften, but it isn't gamebreaking yet.
They are saying the next patch will address the issue, but on the forums no one has seemed to pinpoint what causes some people's game saves to become so large and start lagging.
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Yeah it's on PS3. I hope the patch does fix that issue and the freezing issue. I made it a habit to save constantly even with the autosave on.
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Yeah it's on PS3. I hope the patch does fix that issue and the freezing issue. I made it a habit to save constantly even with the autosave on.
I save every time I encounter an expert or master level lock.
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I don't understand how the save files get that big! I'm 100+ hours in, finished the main quest and the Companions, College of Winterhold, Thieve's Guild quests and my save file is only 11mb.
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I haven't played Skyrim in almost a month. I think it's time to get back on this shit. Any new problems I should know about?
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man I sure love playing this game in my monitor's native resolution, with HD textures, an improved minimap, controlling it with my mouse and keyboard.
Plus mods.
:p
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My girlfriend's game is all fucked up... Pretty shitty.
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Honestly, I would suggest not playing it anymore, atleast until the patch comes out. A lot of people have actually been reporting their PS3s BREAK from the constant lag/crashes. Some are saying that it isn't the game's fault, but there have been a lot of reports of this in the past 2 weeks or so. At any rate, it certainly isn't good for your PS3 and will probably reduce its life span, especially if it is one of the older models.
Hopefully they release a patch that will fix it, but I guess Bethisda (is that even the name? idk) has a pretty lousy track record with things like this, as Fallout New Vegas had similar problems. And people are saying the company KNEW about this, because they only sent PC/360 versions to game sites to review. Pretty shady if you ask me. At the very least, if the knew about the problem they should have delayed the PS3 release to fix any bugs, and if they couldn't, not release it at all.
Thankfully, I'm still going strong. I feel like I have gotten a lot of gameplay out of it, so even if it breaks I won't be TOO bummed, although it will suck to not be able to completely experience the game.
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Bethesda didn't develop New Vegas, they just published it, Obsidian Entertainment is to blame for the problems and lack of constant updating.
But didn't Bethesda come out and say that the next patch, who should be release by the end of the month, fixes that?
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Bethesda didn't develop New Vegas, they just published it, Obsidian Entertainment is to blame for the problems and lack of constant updating.
But didn't Bethesda come out and say that the next patch, who should be release by the end of the month, fixes that?
Ah, alright. They are saying it will "address the issue", which could be a cure or the same thing as the last patch which just kind of delayed the lag until you racked up more hours. I guess it's possible that it is something that CAN'T be fixed with a patch. And I feel like if they knew what exactly was wrong with it, they would probably say what exactly is causing the problem so people would calm down... it's a madhouse over on their forums. :lol The best guess at the problem I've read had to do with things in the world reseting, which seems like it would be fixable if it IS that, but it's all purely speculation at this point. :-\
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simple fix; don't play on a PS3 :P
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PS3's have the best controllers. 360's are awkward, and I don't like playing games with a keyboard unless it's Worms: Armageddon.
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.. did he just say that the Xbox Controller is awkward..........?
:lol
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.. did he just say that the Xbox Controller is awkward..........?
:lol
.. no you read that wrong..........
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PS3's have the best controllers. 360's are awkward
...the fuck?
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Yeah, they're all wide and the analog sticks are up here and over there, and they aren't PS3 controllers that I'm used to. So they suck. I like the Playstation controller set up. Come at me, bro.
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name a time, and a place. bro.
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name a time, and a place. bro.
5:27pm @ Anclote Elementary School, New Port Richey, Fla.
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dude.
you know I can't bring a gun to a school. jeez
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yeah dude. wtf.
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Don't be a pussy. This be a sword fight, BEOTCH!
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alright, well I still don't think that bringing my Daedric sword of Fire + Lightning damage will go over too well with the school management
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Yeah, they're all wide and the analog sticks are up here and over there, and they aren't PS3 controllers that I'm used to. So they suck. I like the Playstation controller set up. Come at me, bro.
I've owned a 360 for barely shorter than a PS3. I play both frequently, and I agree the 360 controllers are horrible.
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Looks like they announced the 1.4 patch yesterday!
https://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1300559-skyrim-what-were-working-on/ (last post)
Really hope it does fix the ps3 lagging issue, and it's nice to see they're correcting some of the broken quests as well.
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Yeaaaaah!! They'll fixed the White Phial quest!!
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Between Whiterun and Riften I have over 48,000 in bounty :rollin
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Build up your speech and maybe you can talk your way out of it lol
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Black-Briar Meadery counter dude^
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alright, well I still don't think that bringing my Daedric sword of Fire + Lightning damage will go over too well with the school management
It was discussed at the latest PTA meeting. Swords are now allowed. Trust me.
How did you get both fire and lightning? Must be a higher skill level thing right? I haven't been building up my enchanting. Been focusing on sneak (which is at 100) and archery mostly.
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Yeah, Enchating 100 gives you the extra effect perk.
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Looks like they announced the 1.4 patch yesterday!
https://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1300559-skyrim-what-were-working-on/ (https://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1300559-skyrim-what-were-working-on/) (last post)
Really hope it does fix the ps3 lagging issue, and it's nice to see they're correcting some of the broken quests as well.
That's good news. Even though my save files are nowhere near where the problem is, it does get laggy loading landscape in the distance more often the more leveling up I do.
Also wanted to post that I FINALLY defeated the Frost Troll before High Hrothgar--found a convenient ledge above where the troll was appearing, and he'd gotten stuck just underneath it but I had enough room to pelt him with arrow after arrow and fire roasted his ass once I'd gotten him down to near nothing HP-wise. YES!!!
I'm now at Level 9, and I'm in Dawnstar trying to attempt the Waking Nightmare quest. The three Frostbite Spiders in wait at the tower entrance are kicking my ass & the dude who I accepted the quest from. I accidentally killed my follower from Riverwood while in the Shroud Hearth Barrow, so I may need to go back to Windhelm or Whiterun to find Lydia (puke).
I can only play on the weekends thanks to work, but I'm loving how combat is getting so much easier.
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Yeah, they're all wide and the analog sticks are up here and over there, and they aren't PS3 controllers that I'm used to. So they suck. I like the Playstation controller set up. Come at me, bro.
I've owned a 360 for barely shorter than a PS3. I play both frequently, and I agree the 360 controllers are horrible.
360 > PS3
I've hated the PS controller since the PS2 and my opinion has not changed since.
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alright, well I still don't think that bringing my Daedric sword of Fire + Lightning damage will go over too well with the school management
How did you get both fire and lightning? Must be a higher skill level thing right?
Yeah, Enchating 100 gives you the extra effect perk.
^what he said
also, small correction. It's a sword of Fire + Ice damage
FREEZERBURN
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Did you name it Icy Hot?
Icy to dull the pain, hot to burn it away. :neverusethis:
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I must not have been the only person who noticed Nazir is Three-Dog (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW)
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:lol :lol :lol
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Ok guys, I think I'm going to buy Skyrim today. But here is the big question.
I know people generally prefer to play on the PC BUT, is it worth the mods considering the following:
On my PC I have a 15" monitor and crappy speakers.
To my PS3 I have a 40" TV and excellent surround sound.
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obviously on the console
I'd never get it on the PC, solely due to distraction factor when I'm at school or w/e
buuuuuuuuuuuut if you REALLY want mods, then go with the PC. although I've never seen the need to make mods for Oblivion or Skyrim, since they both have numerous ways to cheat/break the game
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obviously on the console
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Ok guys, I think I'm going to buy Skyrim today. But here is the big question.
I know people generally prefer to play on the PC BUT, is it worth the mods considering the following:
On my PC I have a 15" monitor and crappy speakers.
To my PS3 I have a 40" TV and excellent surround sound.
the only thing to consider is if your pc can play it well. if yes, get it for pc. a 40 inch tv running skyrim at 1280x720 isn't going to look as good as your 15 inch monitor running it at native res.
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Low settings on PC still look just as good as console graphics on a big-screen TV.
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I ended up getting it for PS3 and am currently in Whiterun as an Imperial.
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You would
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:p
I did it because I like the combo of warrior and mage, and only Imperials and Redguards seemed to have that particular combo. And the former had better perks from what I was reading.
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console AND imperial? oh man
(https://i.imgur.com/BTVcr.gif)
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:p
I did it because I like the combo of warrior and mage, and only Imperials and Redguards seemed to have that particular combo. And the former had better perks from what I was reading.
... only Imperials and Redguards?
You can play any playstyle with any race. starting levels are really unimportant
I was a warrior turned warrior/mage turned warrior/archer turned mage turned warrior/mage with a Nord, and I'm fairly certain they don't start off with good magic/archery levels
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You would
This was in reference to you getting it on the PS3.
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:p
I did it because I like the combo of warrior and mage, and only Imperials and Redguards seemed to have that particular combo. And the former had better perks from what I was reading.
My first character was a combo of warrior and mage, and I guess I didn't know how to work it, because I ended up starting a new character in frustration. :lol
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I wanted to become a thief from the start, but then I started using the bow and really liking it so I guess I'm a thief/archer combo guy thing.
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why would archery get in the way of thieving
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Beat Alduin the other day. That was really cool. Now I'm gonna go through the Dark Brotherhood quests and kill Ulfric Stormcloak (since he's kinda a douche to non-Nords from what I hear. My Khajiit doesn't take kindly to that).
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why would archery get in the way of thieving
It doesn't. My new character is an archer/thief and is seriously badass.
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Heck, stealth/archery is the one combination where I actually enjoy the combat somewhat.
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why would archery get in the way of thieving
I never said it did. It's a kick ass combo, especially when infiltrating dungeons and caves.
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Seriously badass combination.
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Am I the only one who HATES the bards songs? I love the orchestral score for Skyrim, but the songs that are played by the characters are so horrible.
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Am I the only one who HATES the bards songs? I love the orchestral score for Skyrim, but the songs that are played by the characters are so horrible.
I think they're meant to be bad. A little humor amidst the slaughtering.
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Heck, stealth/archery is the one combination where I actually enjoy the combat somewhat.
Indeed--the sneak attack bonus is pretty awesome too.
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Heck, stealth/archery is the one combination where I actually enjoy the combat somewhat.
Indeed--the sneak attack bonus is pretty awesome too.
3.0x damage bow sneak attack perk. mmmmmmmm.....
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Heck, stealth/archery is the one combination where I actually enjoy the combat somewhat.
Indeed--the sneak attack bonus is pretty awesome too.
3.0x damage bow sneak attack perk. mmmmmmmm.....
I remember it used to take me like 12 arrows to bring down a troll, now all I need is one well placed sneak shot with a critical hit and they just drop. I feel so badass.
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I helped slay my first dragon and shall be heading to visit some greybeards after the Niners game. I have to say, the immensity of the game is everything I would have hoped for, and I've barely started.
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Trust me, you haven't even scratched the surface.
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Anyone having trouble with the PS3 version... try this (https://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1335565-how-i-fixed-my-lag-and-freezing-issues-011912/) until the patch is released. Not a permanent fix but it has seemed to help quite a few people with their lag.
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Am I the only one who HATES the bards songs? I love the orchestral score for Skyrim, but the songs that are played by the characters are so horrible.
They can be oh so amazing if done right.
Case in point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9TdDCWN7g
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Am I the only one who HATES the bards songs? I love the orchestral score for Skyrim, but the songs that are played by the characters are so horrible.
They can be oh so amazing if done right.
Case in point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9TdDCWN7g
Oh yes, Malukah... :hefdaddy :heart
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Trust me, you haven't even scratched the surface.
I have well over a hundred hours on the game, and I've only traveled to maybe 70% of the map.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEMD28MMtNg&feature
:tup
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I have tomorrow off, so I'm looking forward to a night/whole day of lots of Skyrim. I've visited the greybeards and now will be going to retrieve a horn or some such thing. I've just bought a ton of new spells to try out and have been smithing and using alchemy with regularity and am moving up quickly in those categories as well as the combat related ones.
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THE HORN OF JURGEN WINDCALLER
FATHER OF THE VOICE
NORD HERO
that one>?
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Yeah.
Less than 4 hours now till Skyrim...
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THE HORN OF JURGEN WINDCALLER
FATHER OF THE VOICE
NORD HERO
that one>?
I read that in the style of The Wolf is Loose by Mastodon. :metal
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I have tomorrow off, so I'm looking forward to a night/whole day of lots of Skyrim. I've visited the greybeards and now will be going to retrieve a horn or some such thing. I've just bought a ton of new spells to try out and have been smithing and using alchemy with regularity and am moving up quickly in those categories as well as the combat related ones.
I think alchemy's kinda useless and hard for me, but enchanting rocks, make SURE you get that skill to 100.
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I find that alchemy is really lame in Skyrim. It was much more effective/useful in Oblivion, imo.
You can make fortify enchantments, which are permanent, negating the need for fortifying potions.
Restoration magic is much, much more effective and improved over Oblivion, making health potions much less of a necessity.
The only really nice thing about alchemy is that if you spend enough time at it, you can make fortify enchantment potions, and create armour that fortifies alchemy. Wearing this armour, make more fortify enchantment potions, and repeat. This allows for some truly insane enchantments, but is really more of an end-game/for fun application of alchemy.
and the best way to train enchanting is to train your smithing by making iron daggers, then enchanting and selling them all.
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[quote author=Aramatheis link=topic=29420.msg1199733#msg1199733 date=1327447283
and the best way to train enchanting is to train your smithing by making iron daggers, then enchanting and selling them all.
[/quote]
Truth. Make sure you do it with petty soul gems only, because any other can get a bit expensive.
EDIT: lolquotefail
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Alchemy IS pretty lame. I never use potions in game, aside from health potions when I'm getting bombarded by a lot of enemies at once.
My character's One Hand/Heavy Armor is getting pretty high up there (80s) and I've spammed iron daggers to level 91 so I've finally got the Daedric armor. I've been trying to boost my sneak too, which is a lot more fun than I thought it would be (but not very challenging). My original choice was one handed/destruction, but I find that destruction isn't really that beneficial. The recharge on the spells are annoying, and even though I have a few destruction enchanted items, I can only cast about 5 or 6 fireballs before my magicka is depleted. I've been using it mostly for enemies that are shooting bows at me from far away, because using it near any close enemies usually kills Lydia (who I've pretty much ditched at this point, its more fun to play the game with no help).
I think I'll finally finish up the main quest tonight, I was putting off the last two parts or so until I got the daedric armor.
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A few tries later I've managed to put down my first blood dragon. That thing was an asshole, constantly eating me and shit.
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Dragons have been known to eat people, yes.
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Did not see the early twist coming on the top of the mountain. Having never played any of the Elder Scrolls games before the big chunks of info and history given at the top of the mountain really help to explain some things.
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edit your comment, nick
those are major spoilers. honestly thought you would know better...
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Generally in a thread without no spoilers in the title it's assumed spoilers will be discussed. How can you talk about Skyrim without talking about Skyrim?
For now I'll edit though.
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edit your comment, nick
those are major spoilers. honestly thought you would know better...
It's not that big of a deal. I was watching my girlfriend play and when she got to that part, I was like "eh ok". let's just say the main story of Skyrim is the least of my interests.
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ok, i was a bit harsh. my apologies
I realize you can't go without some spoilers... but that is one of only TWO major spoilers in the game, imo. I'll mention what the other one is, don't read it if you haven't completed the main quest, unless you don't care.
SPOILERS
the other one being that Alduin can travel to Sovngarde and consume the souls of the dead to prevent himself from dying
End Spoilers
anyways, I just figured that was one of the few things that should/could be considered a spoiler. My apologies again; I'll send a pm next time, and be more polite as well.
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Well shit, now I know there is only one other major surprise. :p
In any case I did make a mistake of assuming everyone who cared about the series had bought this and played well ahead of me well before this. If the thread has kept it so the story isn't discussed in detail then let me know and I'll add no spoilers to the thread title.
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Well shit, now I know there is only one other major surprise. :p
well, there are little things. but I think there's only two large pieces of info (maybe three; has to do with the elder scroll) that really qualify as being "spoilers"
In any case I did make a mistake of assuming everyone who cared about the series had bought this and played well ahead of me well before this. If the thread has kept it so the story isn't discussed in detail then let me know and I'll add no spoilers to the thread title.
we'll see what the others think.
I don't normally mind reading spoilers myself, but I tend to take a WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS?! mentality
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I think most of the people posting on here have already completed the MQ. It'd be good to put something along the lines of "spoiler alert" in the thread title though.
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I'm in Riften tying to hand over this gold sailboat, even with the indicator I can't for the life of me figure out where to go.
*nevermind*
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Holy shit, by blind chance I decided to talk to a random Stormcloak chick and it was none other than the arrow in the knee lady. :lol
Edit: Dammit, it's a regular repeated line, but I did just hear it for the first time.
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Holy shit, by blind chance I decided to talk to a random Stormcloak chick and it was none other than the arrow in the knee lady. :lol
Edit: Dammit, it's a regular repeated line, but I did just hear it for the first time.
I went weeks before hearing it, now I hear it like once every 15 minutes. I'm waiting to hear a kid say it.
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Tonight's lesson: Apparently it's not okay to go on someone's farm and slaughter their livestock for souls.
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Holy shit, by blind chance I decided to talk to a random Stormcloak chick and it was none other than the arrow in the knee lady. :lol
Edit: Dammit, it's a regular repeated line, but I did just hear it for the first time.
:lol
Tonight's lesson: Apparently it's not okay to go on someone's farm and slaughter their livestock for souls.
yeah, that's a no-no
however, it is perfeclyt alright to power level your illusion skill by casting calm on farm animals
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whenever i'm hungry for souls and have somewhere far away to go that i can't fast travel too, I take the souls of every wolf and fox and rabbit that I find on the way :lol
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I feel retrded saying this, but with over a hundred hours on the game, I still don't know how souls work or what they are for.
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Souls fill soul gems which are used for enchanting.
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Dude, I want to find a good character to stick with and play through all the quest lines and what not, but I just can't control my urges to re-roll a new guy. Highest level I've gotten to is like 31 or so.
Hi, my name's Ryzee, and I'm an altoholic.
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Don't worry man, I've had scores of characters through all three of ES games, and only gotten a few past 20 or 30 for me. Making interesting characters is one of the big draws of the series for me.
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So.... Is it safe to play this game if I only have 7000+ kb of save data? I decided to take a break from the game and wait for the patch, but I'm having withdrawals.
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whenever i'm hungry for souls and have somewhere far away to go that i can't fast travel too, I take the souls of every wolf and fox and rabbit that I find on the way :lol
took me a while to notice it, but I finally saw that the game keeps track of how many rabbits you kill in-game, under the "Bunnies Slaughtered" heading :rollin
needless to say I began to kill as many as I could find
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:lol It's really great they have a separate section for that
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Is it bad that at this point my highest rating is in Smithing? I've got my first piece of Dwarfen armor made and am looking forward to completing a full set at some point hopefully soon.
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No, just bang out iron daggers like it's your job and you'll level up in no time. Plus being able to craft Dragon and Daedric armor is amazing.
Also has anyone seen this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjDcSrTrfFA
First 12 seconds are the best but the whole thing is great.
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Holy shit. :lol
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So I just finished the Dark Brotherhood questline. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Just got the game...good bye life.
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Pretty much ^ :lol
I really have to limit my play on work nights or I'll be up to all hours, so I usually play only on the weekends. Your mileage may vary, though.
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I will take a break from it now, I've done pretty much everything I really wanted to do and now I'll wait until Bethesda announces DLC and I'll get so :caffeine: that I'll start playing it again.
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I've been playing this game for quite a while now. I'm now busy playing my 3rd character, an Argonian 2h/heavy armor/restoration/alteration guy. He's really fun. My first 2 characters were a Wood Elf sneak archer (played him til lvl 45) and a Dark Elf destruction/conjuration/illusion mage (lvl39), which is broken because I leveled my enchanting to 100 and he has armor that reduces destruction spell costs to a mere 5%.... :P
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Pretty much ^ :lol
I really have to limit my play on work nights or I'll be up to all hours, so I usually play only on the weekends. Your mileage may vary, though.
I think I'm actually doing a pretty good job limiting my time on school nights. I get my work done and then skyrim until 9. It's working out for me so far.
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Skyrim was literally the only thing i did during my winter break. I usually only play for an hour or two at a time anyways, I have a hard time playing a video game longer than that.
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*Goes into Skyrim hoping to remain non violent...even starts as a High Elf because of magic powers, not warrior ones*
...first 5 minutes of game.
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Skyrim was literally the only thing i did during my winter break.
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Pretty much ^ :lol
I really have to limit my play on work nights or I'll be up to all hours, so I usually play only on the weekends. Your mileage may vary, though.
I think I'm actually doing a pretty good job limiting my time on school nights. I get my work done and then skyrim until 9. It's working out for me so far.
That's cool. My system of play is working out for me as well, I would just rather be playing instead of being "responsible adult person". :lol
So I'm up to Level 13 and finally bought the house in Whiterun. Having a safe place to store my collected stuff rocks.
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I still haven't bought a house, and I'm at level 22, so I think I'll likely do that soon.
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Do it--the house in Whiterun is 5000 gold unfurnished, and about... 7000 gold fully furnished. Quite the bargain IMO. It's just collecting all of the gold needed to get it.... :lol
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I think I'm close to having what I need, and if I don't I'll explore a cave or two, as I'm currently just leveling up in before an eventually meeting with Alduin.
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I keep getting sidetracked by all of the side quests and clearing dungeons--I'm about to finish up the Diplomatic Immunity quest. Just need to get a frickin Frost Troll out of the way of the dang exit GAH. :mehlin
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Frost trolls are such assclowns. Best one I ever faced was in a bit of a canyon surrounded by rock walls 90% of the way around. It was awesome, I'd hit him with two arrows, he'd run, I'd follow along the top and fire again. Repeat about 4 times and dead.
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Do I need to be at a certain point in the story to buy a house?
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Just become a thane of the city and most will have a house you can buy.
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Oh cool, I think I'm a thane already.
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Fuck fuck balls ass shit fuck cock... Yellow light of death.
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Got myself a fully furnished house and had a hefty battle with a dragon on top of a mountain.
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The home in whiteun is so useful, I store all of my treasures there and i'm too lazy to sell it to merchants because they run out of cash so fast. :-\ I have so much in one of the chests that the game takes about 8 seconds to withdraw and deposit things from it.
Fuck fuck balls ass shit fuck cock... Yellow light of death.
Did you get it while playing skyrim? lag? How many hours in? It seems a lot of people on the Skyrim forums have had the game brick their PS3s.
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Got myself a fully furnished house and had a hefty battle with a dragon on top of a mountain.
It's not fully furnished until it contains a wife to feed you and give you money.
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The new patch is supposed to fix the PS3 to brick problem right? And at what point am I at risk of my PS3 becoming a brick?
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Fuck fuck balls ass shit fuck cock... Yellow light of death.
Did you get it while playing skyrim? lag? How many hours in? It seems a lot of people on the Skyrim forums have had the game brick their PS3s.
120 hours or so. I always had lag issues. I paused Skyrim to go take a poo, I come back and my tv displays 'no signal'. I knew this day was coming though, it has been overheating for at least a year now. RDR would crank the fan speeds up to full within minutes, and GTA IV would do the same thing, as well as freeze the game.
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for those worried about buying the houses...
they're all free
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Got myself a fully furnished house and had a hefty battle with a dragon on top of a mountain.
It's not fully furnished until it contains a wife to feed you and give you money.
Like I can worry about a wife and settling down yet. There are still dragons everywhere, and a bulk of the world left to explore. Hell, I'm only now exploring my 2nd set of Dwarven ruins. Bitches gonna drag me down, but not yet.
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Got myself a fully furnished house and had a hefty battle with a dragon on top of a mountain.
It's not fully furnished until it contains a wife to feed you and give you money.
Like I can worry about a wife and settling down yet. There are still dragons everywhere, and a bulk of the world left to explore. Hell, I'm only now exploring my 2nd set of Dwarven ruins. Bitches gonna drag me down, but not yet.
You want a wife. I'm srs. Bitches love adventurers.
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Got myself a fully furnished house and had a hefty battle with a dragon on top of a mountain.
It's not fully furnished until it contains a wife to feed you and give you money.
Like I can worry about a wife and settling down yet. There are still dragons everywhere, and a bulk of the world left to explore. Hell, I'm only now exploring my 2nd set of Dwarven ruins. Bitches gonna drag me down, but not yet.
You want a wife. I'm srs. Bitches love adventurers.
Should I try and find a cave inside the ruins so I can adventure while I adventure?
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That's how I feel about some of the Falmer caves. Like, 1 and 1/2 levels of Falmer, then BLAMO! Dwemer ruins.
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pffffft. Houses.
Bitches I got my own assassin's hideout to pimp out.
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Fuck fuck balls ass shit fuck cock... Yellow light of death.
Did you get it while playing skyrim? lag? How many hours in? It seems a lot of people on the Skyrim forums have had the game brick their PS3s.
120 hours or so. I always had lag issues. I paused Skyrim to go take a poo, I come back and my tv displays 'no signal'. I knew this day was coming though, it has been overheating for at least a year now. RDR would crank the fan speeds up to full within minutes, and GTA IV would do the same thing, as well as freeze the game.
I am contemplating trying to repair the system myself. I have watched several YouTube videos, and I am confident I can do it. Only problem is that it is one of the original 40 gig models, and I have been constantly having to delete stuff to make room for new.
My options...
Buy a new system with a bigger hard drive and lose everything.
Repairs my system, install a bigger hard drive, risk the problem happening again, and lose everything.
Repair my system, risk the problem happening again, and still be limited to 40 gigs.
The thing that frustrates me the most is the threat of losing all my Skyrim progress. :lol I'm 120+ hours in, and still haven't seen the whole map. As fun as the game is, I don't want to have to redo everything. I have never started a game a second time, no matter how much fun I had with it.
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Found a mine full of ebony ore south-east of Windhelm, it's in one of those orc strongholds.
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Save the data to a flash drive or something.
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Found a mine full of ebony ore south-east of Windhelm, it's in one of those orc strongholds.
that would be gloombound mine, correct?
It's the largest source of replenishing ebony ore. It's a beautiful place :heart
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Made iron daggers yesterday. That was fun.
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Right before my system bricked, I went into the orphan children's home in Riften. I snuck in and listened to the two women in charge say to the kids how unloved they were and that were basically pieces of shit. I put an arrow through each of their heads, and the children rejoiced in cheer.
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Over the weekend, I put about 8 hours into the game. Still kind of iffy with the whole system. I love it and it is incredibly addicted, but I feel as though it is going to take me a long time to get right. I'm a High Elf, now level 9. My highest power is my destruction which is at 30. My second would be archery (thanks to me taking a half hour to kill two mammoths) and restoration. My goal for the game is to become a beast at magic, then move on to potions, then archery.
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Be warned. It's almost impossible to become a jack-of-all trades in this game. Choose your perks wisely.
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I know. I've been told. Basically, I want to just be awesome at magic. A friend of mine said he has gotten to the point where he is able to sneak up on giants and kill them with one blow. I'm shocked because for me, it's like: "The magic! It does nothing!"
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My friend is a warrior by the way, not a magic dude.
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If you get destruction to 100 you can kill anything, but that's the same with warrior skills. But, if you know how to do it, magic is the coolest thing in the game. Going full blown mage after i get bored with my thief character btdubs.
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Few questions for magic people:
When do I get to stop having to kill things with shots of fire? I mean, 8 health points a second blows. I also have the 25 damage ones but I miss a lot with those. Do I ever get a more powerful steady stream, better aim, new spells?
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There are other spells you can use.
Also, perks.
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Right now I think I'll be focusing on the following skill perks to higher levels, and consequently working on their constellations.
Smithing, Heavy Armor, One-Handed, Destruction, and Conjuration.
With a secondary focus on Enchanting and Alchemy.
My general approach has me going around with a sword in one hand and spell casting with the other, occasionally switching to a shield or dual-wielding magic. And of course I always have a bow.
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I've been skimming the thread, and every once in a while, someone mentions how beautiful the landscape is, and I figured I'd say something that has been said a lot...
Has anyone ever looked up at the sky at night on the northern half of the map and seen the northern lights...fucking magnificent. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, and I just put my controller down and admired it for a bit...and then I proceeded to get attacked by a wolf...fucker got flamed.
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Also, I'm interested...did you guys just do the main quest in the beginning or did you deliberately avoid it? I haven't touched the main quest, but I feel like I'll know more if I do at least a little, but then again, I fear I'm not good enough to do it. I'm a n00b.
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I have generally been doing a bit of the main quest, and then I'll go off and do side quests for a bit while upgrading armor and weapons and such, and then I return to the main quest. Right now I'm pretty deep into the College of Winterhold end of things.
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That's where I started. Currently at the retrieving books part of the thing.
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Another question...
When training with mages, if you only get to train with them 5 times, does that mean its incredibly stupid to train with an expert mage when you have a REALLY low skill level? Like, should you only train with one of them when you have a skill level of 90+. If so, I fucked up big.
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Another question...
When training with mages, if you only get to train with them 5 times, does that mean its incredibly stupid to train with an expert mage when you have a REALLY low skill level? Like, should you only train with one of them when you have a skill level of 90+. If so, I fucked up big.
You only get to train 5 times per level, so as long as you're not at or near level cap, you're fine.
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Be warned. It's almost impossible to become a jack-of-all trades in this game. Choose your perks wisely.
Uh, what? I think it's far too easy to become a jack of all trades.
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Be warned. It's almost impossible to become a jack-of-all trades in this game. Choose your perks wisely.
Uh, what? I think it's far too easy to become a jack of all trades.
Yep. It is.
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I have a huge hatred for people who pay to use training in TES :p Just completely defeats the purpose of the game IMO.
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The only time you should use training is if you're a thief. Then you can (sometimes) steal your gold back. :D I've done it with Devin Mallory at the Thieves Guild quite a few times.
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Right before my system bricked, I went into the orphan children's home in Riften. I snuck in and listened to the two women in charge say to the kids how unloved they were and that were basically pieces of shit. I put an arrow through each of their heads, and the children rejoiced in cheer.
Well, you may have screwed your chances of getting into the Dark Brotherhood, then.
Be warned. It's almost impossible to become a jack-of-all trades in this game. Choose your perks wisely.
Uh, what? I think it's far too easy to become a jack of all trades.
The only time you should use training is if you're a thief. Then you can (sometimes) steal your gold back. :D I've done it with Devin Mallory at the Thieves Guild quite a few times.
You can't always steal training gold back. There are some trainers from which you can (Delvin Mallory, the Light Armor Trainer in Riften), but I've never been able to steal my money back from any of the Master level magic Trainers (maybe it's because they're Master level??)
And that was with lvl. 100 pickpocketing, with half the skill-tree full.
Although if your Trainer can be a Follower, have them follow you, train, then ask for your money back. ;D
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Right before my system bricked, I went into the orphan children's home in Riften. I snuck in and listened to the two women in charge say to the kids how unloved they were and that were basically pieces of shit. I put an arrow through each of their heads, and the children rejoiced in cheer.
Well, you may have screwed your chances of getting into the Dark Brotherhood, then.
why?
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Found a mine full of ebony ore south-east of Windhelm, it's in one of those orc strongholds.
that would be gloombound mine, correct?
It's the largest source of replenishing ebony ore. It's a beautiful place :heart
Indeed!
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I've used training for pickpocketing, alchemy and archery. For archery, I've taken my money back both times. Alchemy I sell back potions and get all the money back. Pickpocketing was the only one I didn't get my money back for because pickpocketing is hard as shit until you level it up more and the gold was too much for my level.
Everything else I've done by hand. Conjuration spells are the worst though, I never use those and it takes forever to level up with one like candlelight.
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I've used training for pickpocketing, alchemy and archery. For archery, I've taken my money back both times. Alchemy I sell back potions and get all the money back. Pickpocketing was the only one I didn't get my money back for because pickpocketing is hard as shit until you level it up more and the gold was too much for my level.
Everything else I've done by hand. Conjuration spells are the worst though, I never use those and it takes forever to level up with one like candlelight.
I use the training whenever I can, as long as it applies to my character. It can be expensive, but gold was never an issue for me. I regularly have at least 40,000+. I killed some random lady, and found a journal that she carrying. It said something about a stump that her husband hid gold in, and a vague description of where it was. When I finally found it, there was 2,500 gold in it, I was really happy.
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I've used training for pickpocketing, alchemy and archery. For archery, I've taken my money back both times. Alchemy I sell back potions and get all the money back. Pickpocketing was the only one I didn't get my money back for because pickpocketing is hard as shit until you level it up more and the gold was too much for my level.
Everything else I've done by hand. Conjuration spells are the worst though, I never use those and it takes forever to level up with one like candlelight.
I use the training whenever I can, as long as it applies to my character. It can be expensive, but gold was never an issue for me. I regularly have at least 40,000+. I killed some random lady, and found a journal that she carrying. It said something about a stump that her husband hid gold in, and a vague description of where it was. When I finally found it, there was 2,500 gold in it, I was really happy.
I've collected a bunch of journals but can barely read them cause I don't have an HD TV. Skyrim is going to make me blind...
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Right before my system bricked, I went into the orphan children's home in Riften. I snuck in and listened to the two women in charge say to the kids how unloved they were and that were basically pieces of shit. I put an arrow through each of their heads, and the children rejoiced in cheer.
Well, you may have screwed your chances of getting into the Dark Brotherhood, then.
why?
Because the initiation quest for the Dark Brotherhood involves killing one of the orphanage ladies. If she's dead, I doubt you'll be able to complete it.
Everything else I've done by hand. Conjuration spells are the worst though, I never use those and it takes forever to level up with one like candlelight.
Candlelight is an Illusion spell
and the fastest way of training Conjuration would be to cast Soul Trap on a corpse
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Be warned. It's almost impossible to become a jack-of-all trades in this game. Choose your perks wisely.
Uh, what? I think it's far too easy to become a jack of all trades.
Hm, didn't work out for me. Maybe I was playing wrong?
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Just don't waste perks and its really easy. Way too much stuff in this game is rediculously broken. I mean 30x sneak damage, wtf.
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I was a newb and just picked perks at random for awhile. it didn't work.
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Okay, but now that you do know what to pick it would be pretty easy to be good at everything.
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imo it's more "knowing which perks to not put points in" than "knowing which ones you should be"
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man, I haven't played Skyrim since Sunday night because of a huge workload. ...withdrawal is starting to set in...
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Right before my system bricked, I went into the orphan children's home in Riften. I snuck in and listened to the two women in charge say to the kids how unloved they were and that were basically pieces of shit. I put an arrow through each of their heads, and the children rejoiced in cheer.
Well, you may have screwed your chances of getting into the Dark Brotherhood, then.
why?
Because the initiation quest for the Dark Brotherhood involves killing one of the orphanage ladies. If she's dead, I doubt you'll be able to complete it.
Everything else I've done by hand. Conjuration spells are the worst though, I never use those and it takes forever to level up with one like candlelight.
Candlelight is an Illusion spell
and the fastest way of training Conjuration would be to cast Soul Trap on a corpse
Well, that explains that. :lol Either way, the candlelight spell is shit and doesn't help at all.
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wat
I use candlelight constantly (Or was it magelight? the one that follows you.)
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wat
I use candlelight constantly (Or was it magelight? the one that follows you.)
I meant in terms of leveling up
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I've used training for pickpocketing, alchemy and archery. For archery, I've taken my money back both times. Alchemy I sell back potions and get all the money back. Pickpocketing was the only one I didn't get my money back for because pickpocketing is hard as shit until you level it up more and the gold was too much for my level.
Everything else I've done by hand. Conjuration spells are the worst though, I never use those and it takes forever to level up with one like candlelight.
From early on I went into most battles by sending in a Flame Atronoch first, so Conjuration has been quite natural for me.
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wat
I use candlelight constantly (Or was it magelight? the one that follows you.)
honestly if you set your brightness up, you'll never need to use a magelight/candlelight spell
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Yeah, I don't need it on my TV upstairs but as soon as I went to play downstairs I couldn't see anything unless I use that or a torch. :lol
I guess candelight is actually an alteration spell though, not conjuration. I've been using stoneflesh now and then to boost the level up, but it takes up 95% of my magic for just one cast so I don't get to use it much. Haven't even touched conjuration except for a few soul trap spells. I'll keep the atronoch in mind when I run across one of the spell tomes.
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If you're into one-handed, or just need to level conjuration, use a bound sword.
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I'm pissed. I'm in the middle of the College of Winterhold quest, and I really really really really really want to be the arch mage but there is no way I can finish it with my current skill level. :(
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Undownload the game back to the Steam servers.
Just like you did with Skype.
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I'm pissed. I'm in the middle of the College of Winterhold quest, and I really really really really really want to be the arch mage but there is no way I can finish it with my current skill level. :(
There's nothing for it I'm afraid. There are areas of Skyrim that are just too dangerous for anyone under level 25 or so (can you say Kvenel the Tongue). You'll just have to go do some minor quests for a while. I suggest doing little jobs for various Jarls if you don't want to join other factions or do the main quest.
Good luck and have fun!
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That's what I do when I can't complete a quest like that.
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I'm pissed. I'm in the middle of the College of Winterhold quest, and I really really really really really want to be the arch mage but there is no way I can finish it with my current skill level. :(
I actually just became Arch-Mage last night myself. :D
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Alright all you crazy Thanes so I made a guy over this last weekend that I think I'm going to stick with for the long haul. I modeled him after the paladin class from games like WoW, so we're talking a Nord with heavy armor, 2h, 1h, smithing and restoration as the skills I've been focusing on. Been working out beautifully so far, up to lvl 28 already after a few days of limited play time. I think I've died like twice.
My main weapon as been 2h warhammers and I've got the perk that gives you a chance to decapitate, so with most enemies I encounter now it's usually one swing and I get the finishing move animation where I knock the guys head off. Feels good man :hat
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My first character was Hugar Hellingstone (you know him) who used a greatsword. I just think that heavy armor + greatswords make the game really really easy. One power attack = dead everything. That's why I enjoy my assassin. Yeah, he can kill things in one hit too, but you have to sneak and be careful in order to land that sneak attack, and if you can't sneak, its a lot more difficult to fight your way out of a situation. Plus you take more damage because of light armor.
I also made a new character to play if I don't feel like doing stuff with my assassin. Her name is Riven and I modeled her off the champion from League of Legends (one-handed, heavy armor, block, enchanting/smithing). I love running with character concepts like that. I think my next one will be a mage of some type...maybe a Necromancer. That would be cool.
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Oh yeah dude don't get me wrong, I've got assassin and mage guys too. I like to mix it up. I just don't have a lot of time to play and wanted to progress through the main quests and experience more of the game's content, and I got sick of dying all the time with my more flimsy (but very fun) characters so I made this guy with the heavy armor/resto combo to be as invincible as possible so I can just kick ass when I don't feel like fucking around. My other characters are a wood elf thief w/ dual-wield daggers and a dark elf mage/assassin who rocks the bound bow (which has to be one of if not the most kick-ass weapon in the game).
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Did you ever posted a pic of Hugar, SDN?
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Ended the game last night after traveling through a portal on my way to a 2nd battle with a certain dragon. Looking forward to hopefully ending him soon.
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So before shutting down last night I decided to smack the shit out of the Jarl of Whiterun with my warhammer just to see what would happen, and you know what did happen? Nothing! None of the guards flinched, and he just got back up and was like "Yes? You have my attention" and I was like "hmm." So to continue my experiment I smacked the shit out of Irileth, and the entire room went nuts! Like even Proventus Whatshisnamus was trying to fist fight me! Like that bald fuck can phase me. Anyway, what's that all about? Guess we know who's really calling the shots in Dragonsreach!
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The only thing I took out of that post: I imagine you looking like your avatar and making that face every time you slap a bitch.
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That's pretty much what I was going for.
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The only thing I took out of that post: I imagine you looking like your avatar and making that face every time you slap a bitch.
Sig'd. Too great.
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I made myself a full set of glass armor today. It looks amazing.
loldoublepostlol
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I love the way the glass armor looks.
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Yeah me too. It's cooler than dragonscale, which is why I'm not going to make dragonscale and just keep my glass armor.
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I got some friends who have dedicated themselves to basically one-upping each other when upgrading armors. :lol
They've done some 500 and 600 rated Daedric armors and they haven't stopped!
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except it isn't light armor
EDIT: now this makes no sense, lolwut.
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psssh light
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If you want to level up conjuration, just cast soul trap on your horse. You could get it to 100 in one day if you honestly tried.
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... you can get it to lvl. 100 in like, 2 hours
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Bitches don't know about my Dragonscale Armor! :D :D :D
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Dragonplate right here son :hat
So I think I may have met my match. I'm doing the Hangover Nightmare to Remember or whatever quest where I'm retracing my steps after getting drunk and freaky all night and I'm trying to find Sam Whatshisface and his staff. I'm at that dungeon with a grip of mages in it, and there's this guy called a master elemancer or something like that that's fucking me up big time with these insane lightning bolts. What do? Probably just stock up on resist shock pots and give it another go or what?
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basically that
pull out the big guns, stock up on pots, get a follower, etc
save then just go for it until it's dead
I had one pyromancer do that to me when I was playing. That bastard would kill me in 2 shots, and when I did manage to kill him, he had already killed my follower -.-
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Try doing sneak attacks with your (assuming you have one) bow. Kill them all one at a time Xena style.
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Sneak bow attacks are the shizniz but I'm not really going that route with this character. He's more of a charge in with 2h warhammer and smash in faces kind of guy, and I'm the sort of dork who likes to rp and stick to character concepts and what not. I've never used a follower before, maybe I'll go that route. Or maybe I'll just stop being a little bitch and do less whining and more face smashing.
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Yeah I really don't care about the RP factor of it. Sure, I'm a sneaky bastard thief, but I'll charge when need be.
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I know some people who don't play this game like i think it should be played. They pretty much just go into cities and kill everyone. That's a part of the game, but there is so much more. I guess I'm more of an RP guy, want the full experience.
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I only go on rampages when I'm finished with all the quests (or the majority)
Then I'll take my sweet time and murder the shit out of everything
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That makes sense.
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That's the beauty of Elder Scrolls games, there's so many different ways to approach the game so you should just do whatever's fun to you.
I usually do my murdering/rampaging right before shutting down after doing my last save of the night (see my post on the last page regarding my adventures in attempting to kill the Jarl of Whiterun and Irileth) :laugh:
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1.4 is out on the PS3 for those with lag problems. Try it out and see if it helps at all.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRhxrbjcFKI&feature=youtube_gdata
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Holy poop on a stick!
Todd Howard, Skyrim's Game Director, gave the keynote speech at the 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit and had a video in-hand showing off what Bethesda called the "Skyrim Game Jam." Yes, it sounds like a early 1990s (note: no apostrophe) hip hop something or other, but it was actually just the powers-that-be giving the developers a chance to do whatever the hell they wanted to the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eOUCDIP9uV0
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OMG I'VE ALWAYS WANTED KILL CAMS FOR MAGIC AND RANGED ATTACKS
Is there a mod?!
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STRAIGHT OUTTA HELGEN
CRAZY MOTHERFUCKER NAMED DOVAHKIIN
FROM THE GANG CALLED SAVIOURS OF SKYRIM
WHEN I'M BANDED, I GOT TWO-HANDED
CHARGE ATTACK AND CRITICAL HITS LANDED
YOU TOO, JARL, IF YOU FUCK WITH ME
IMPERIALS ARE GONNA HAVE TO COME AND GET ME
FUS RO DAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA SHOUT
FOR THE FORSWORN BANDITS THAT WANTS A BOUT
DRAGONS CAUSING TROUBLE, THEY WANNA RUMBLE
KILL EM AND ABSORB THEIR SOUL ON THE DOUBLE
GOING OFF ON A FIREBREATHER LIKE THAT
WITH SOUL TRAP THAT'S POINTED AT YO ASS
SO GIVE UP YOUR BONES
OVERENCUMBERED SO I GUESS I'M WALKING HOME
HERE'S A BARD SONG TO KEEP YO QUESTING
RENT A ROOM AT THE INN AND IM RESTING
FLAME ATRONACH IS THE TOOL
DON'T MAKE ME DEPLETE MY MANA POOL
ME AND YOU CAN HAVE A BAR BRAWL, NO MAYBE
WARRIORS IN TAVERNS OUT-BOXED, DAILY
DAEDRIC ITEMS THEY DROP SO RARELY
SMITHING SKILL TURNS THEM LEGENDARY
AND I'VE GOT A HUNDRED SKILL LEVEL IN SNEAK
GUARDS YOU CAN'T DETECT ME
MEMBER OF THE DARK BROTHERHOOD, YOU BETTER DUCK
COS THIS THANE IS CRAZY AS FUCK
DESTINY TO TAKE OUT ALDUIN
FULFILLING BLADE PROPHECIES, I'M STRAIGHT OUTTA HELGEN
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Todd Howard, Skyrim's Game Director, gave the keynote speech at the 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit and had a video in-hand showing off what Bethesda called the "Skyrim Game Jam." Yes, it sounds like a early 1990s (note: no apostrophe) hip hop something or other, but it was actually just the powers-that-be giving the developers a chance to do whatever the hell they wanted to the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eOUCDIP9uV0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eOUCDIP9uV0)
:caffeine: :caffeine: :caffeine:
Oh, and if could "like" Bombardana's post, I definitely would. :metal
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STRAIGHT OUTTA HELGEN
CRAZY MOTHERFUCKER NAMED DOVAHKIIN
FROM THE GANG CALLED SAVIOURS OF SKYRIM
WHEN I'M BANDED, I GOT TWO-HANDED
CHARGE ATTACK AND CRITICAL HITS LANDED
YOU TOO, JARL, IF YOU FUCK WITH ME
IMPERIALS ARE GONNA HAVE TO COME AND GET ME
FUS RO DAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA SHOUT
FOR THE FORSWORN BANDITS THAT WANTS A BOUT
DRAGONS CAUSING TROUBLE, THEY WANNA RUMBLE
KILL EM AND ABSORB THEIR SOUL ON THE DOUBLE
GOING OFF ON A FIREBREATHER LIKE THAT
WITH SOUL TRAP THAT'S POINTED AT YO ASS
SO GIVE UP YOUR BONES
OVERENCUMBERED SO I GUESS I'M WALKING HOME
HERE'S A BARD SONG TO KEEP YO QUESTING
RENT A ROOM AT THE INN AND IM RESTING
FLAME ATRONACH IS THE TOOL
DON'T MAKE ME DEPLETE MY MANA POOL
ME AND YOU CAN HAVE A BAR BRAWL, NO MAYBE
WARRIORS IN TAVERNS OUT-BOXED, DAILY
DAEDRIC ITEMS THEY DROP SO RARELY
SMITHING SKILL TURNS THEM LEGENDARY
AND I'VE GOT A HUNDRED SKILL LEVEL IN SNEAK
GUARDS YOU CAN'T DETECT ME
MEMBER OF THE DARK BROTHERHOOD, YOU BETTER DUCK
COS THIS THANE IS CRAZY AS FUCK
DESTINY TO TAKE OUT ALDUIN
FULFILLING BLADE PROPHECIES, I'M STRAIGHT OUTTA HELGEN
:hefdaddy :hefdaddy Amazing. video link? or is is original? :D
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I don't know any of the politics in this game and I think it is fucking with me...
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I haven't played Skyrim in ages now, and I don't really miss it either. :/
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Dragonball Z mod:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTR7uyVUR7c
Shame about the music covering up all the sound effects.
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Started a Conjuration Archer the other day and I'm loving it. When your bound weapons have soul trap on them you never have to worry about buying expensive soul gems ever again. :D
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I'm not gonna use smithing so I have to find all my daedric and dragon armours through clearing dungeons, found my first one yesterday (unenchanted Dragonplate cuirass) so I am very happy :) Still on my first character about 100 hours, this game is going to last me for ages. Even better than Oblivion so far (though its no Morrowind).
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I'm 100 hours into the game and I'm amazed that I haven't gotten bored of this game yet. Well, I've gotten bored with a few things, such as my two-handed specialist Hugar Hellingstone, but with my assassin and conjuration archer characters they game really screams "amazing" to me. My sword-and-board character is fun as well, but not nearly as much.
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Adam Adamowicz, the main man behind Skyrim's world and item design passed away five days ago. He was also the brains behind Fallout 3's world. :( He has my respect.
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I'm 100 hours into the game and I'm amazed that I haven't gotten bored of this game yet. Well, I've gotten bored with a few things, such as my two-handed specialist Hugar Hellingstone, but with my assassin and conjuration archer characters they game really screams "amazing" to me. My sword-and-board character is fun as well, but not nearly as much.
It took me 179 hours before I had to put it down. Now, with all these mods. bwahahahhaha!
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Started a Conjuration Archer the other day and I'm loving it. When your bound weapons have soul trap on them you never have to worry about buying expensive soul gems ever again. :D
... wouldn't you have to buy even more soul gems if the bow has soul trap on it?? Since you'd be running out of gems
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Yeah but the petty gems are like 30g when they're empty as opposed to 120g. Besides, you find so many empty soul gems in your travels that I haven't had to worry yet.
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hm
I never bought filled soul gems anyways. Huge waste of cash
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I've only bought petty filled gems to level up my enchanting.
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Guys.
What mods you using?
>Crowded Cities
>Many More NPCs
>Kill Them Generals (allows you to kill Generals/Legates etc. that aren't part of quests)
>Dungeon Awareness (lets you know if a dungeon has quest implications
>Glowing Books (unread books glow)
>Better Books (lets you know if it's a skill book (which is awesome because it's not like "oh, ENCHANTING?")
>Legendary Creatures
>Enhanced Blood Textures
>Makeup for dem ladies
>Valuable Hunting (makes pelts worth more and shit)
>Midas Magic
>SkyUI
>The Reserve (house)
>Non-levelled rewards (basically, you get the best quality of an item like daedric artifacts. To me, makes it feel more rewarding)
>NPCs use Ammo (self explanatory)
>Breezehome Mines
>Sounds of Skyrim - The Dungeons (better music in Skyrim, I guess)
>Ligher ingredients
>5k Dbones/scales
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Now that I have a better grasp on the game I'm contemplating starting a new character tonight. There is so much more to do with the old character yet, but I think it would be nice to start a game from scratch knowing what I'm doing.
The big thing is to not play through the main quest so quickly. It was such a struggle with a relatively weak character, and aside from the College quest which I did right afterward, everything else seems to come so easy. I want to just explore and do side quests while slowly completing the main quest.
Advice? Is it really worth it to start over?
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Arch-Mage bitches.
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Always. Its always fun to make a new character.
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Well, I'm getting a fuck ton of CTD problems. time to strip down the mods and see what the problem is :(
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Oh, making a character is fun, and I know the race/name I'd go with, but I'd be redoing so much...
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Well, I'm getting a fuck ton of CTD problems. time to strip down the mods and see what the problem is :(
that's predictable. you have too many bro
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Heh, it seems I completely overlooked the difficulty thing. Do you think it would be best to take a current game and crank the difficulty, or should I just start over with a nice high difficulty?
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There's a difficulty setting?
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Well, I'm getting a fuck ton of CTD problems. time to strip down the mods and see what the problem is :(
that's predictable. you have too many bro
I know, but this game was made for mods. They all need to work together >:(
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~Pines of Whiterun (super cool trees in whiterun)
~Glass armor retexture
~Realistic water textures (AMAZING)
~Arrowsmith
~SkyUI
~Midas Magic
~Magic Arrows
~Various other retextures, leaves, snowflakes, etc.
There might be a couple more I can't think of, but I don't really want to switch to my windows partition right now.
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There's a difficulty setting?
If it's anything like Oblivion's then all that changed is the amount of health enemies have.
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My difficulty is on normal. I've made the game harder on myself by switching to light armor and weaker weapons. When I use heavy armor I am pretty much unstoppable.
Plus the Nightingale armor is sickkkk
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My difficulty is on normal. I've made the game harder on myself by switching to light armor and weaker weapons. When I use heavy armor I am pretty much unstoppable.
Plus the Nightingale armor is sickkkk
I eventually stopped wearing armor of any kind, with the exception of any piece that boosted archery. I didn't see the need to weigh myself down.
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I started over and maxed out the difficulty.
One of my favorite Flyers is Kimmo Timonen, so I made a High Elf named Kimmo Dragonen.
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My difficulty is on normal. I've made the game harder on myself by switching to light armor and weaker weapons. When I use heavy armor I am pretty much unstoppable.
Plus the Nightingale armor is sickkkk
I eventually stopped wearing armor of any kind, with the exception of any piece that boosted archery. I didn't see the need to weigh myself down.
This is something that's always bothered me about Elderscrolls games. They are way too easy even on a higher difficulty setting.
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I suck at video games so being easy is all good for me! I like being dominant. In Morrowind the only cat around who could hang with my guy at like lvl 54 or so was Vivec. Felt good man.
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Ran into one hell of a glitch. Snuck up on a dragon and it just took my abuse. Then when I left it followed me and just flew around in circles. After a while the game started lagging like a mother fucker. Fuckin' dragon. Now I have to load it from before I "killed it". I got some experience from that bitch too.
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I never bought filled soul gems anyways. Huge waste of cash
I've found all of the filled soul gems I have in dungeons and stuff, haven't had to buy one yet. Course, I'm still only Level 15 so...
Haven't changed the difficulty from Normal--I'm more of a casual gamer, but it's not THAT hard either. Just reminds me of my D&D days, is all.
Hope to play some more, as I have a nice long weekend. :caffeine:
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I got the game guide for a birthday present. Data overload. It's amazing. everything you can imagine about the game is in there. Plus I could probably use it to kill a dragon...
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(https://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/AsIAmDesign/ScreenShot3.jpg)
(https://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/AsIAmDesign/ScreenShot4.jpg)
(https://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/AsIAmDesign/ScreenShot5.jpg)
I love how fucking dark it is. Sneaking is easier, but it's still hard as fuck to see. I actually USE torches and that spell that lights up.
You mad console users? PC master race reporting in.
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You mad console users? PC master race reporting in.
(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_4529_1329595960.gif)
But seriously, love the avatar. :lol
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(https://i.imgur.com/mdBPU.jpg)
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I've decided a new character I'll make will be a Thalmor spy. High elf, trained in Illusion mostly, with a good amount of destruction and sneak thrown in, and a tiny bit of one-handed in case magicka is getting low. He'll join the Stormcloaks just to weaken the empire. He'll also sneak around, silently casting frenzy spells and use destruction to clean up the mess. Sounds like a fun idea, what do you guys think?
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What's the best ways to use things like Frenzy and Fear? Just hit guys with them when you're getting weak? Or do you sneak up and use them on people so they attack their allies? Never really touched them much.
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What's the best ways to use things like Frenzy and Fear? Just hit guys with them when you're getting weak? Or do you sneak up and use them on people so they attack their allies? Never really touched them much.
I dunno, but the second option sounds more fun.
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I started a full-blown mage character. Gonna be rockin'
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What's the best ways to use things like Frenzy and Fear? Just hit guys with them when you're getting weak? Or do you sneak up and use them on people so they attack their allies? Never really touched them much.
That last one, yeah. Just make sure to get the perks in the illusion tree that make your spells work on higher level opponents, and you can clear whole bandit camps just by using illusion.
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I tried it out last night. I was on the (apparently) Daedric quest of drunken retrace which I'm referring to as the Hangover quest, and when I got inside the temple with a shit ton of mages I picked them off one at a time and watched the others hack into them.
And having a staff to summon Daedra at an early point in the game is fucking ace.
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Like the Sanguine Rose. Favorite Daedric artifact right there. That or the Wabbajack. That's so fun to say too. Wabbajack.
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I'm on my way to becoming the most powerful Sith Lord in Skyrim. I'm only an apprentice right now, but once I finally get my magicka saber and sith robes... muahaha.
(https://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8162/screenshot10457.png)
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I'm on my way to becoming the most powerful Sith Lord in Skyrim. I'm only an apprentice right now, but once I finally get my magicka saber and sith robes... muahaha.
(https://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8162/screenshot10457.png)
Is that a mod? Because I wanna be a mohawked Darth Maul now D:
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I'm on my way to becoming the most powerful Sith Lord in Skyrim. I'm only an apprentice right now, but once I finally get my magicka saber and sith robes... muahaha.
Is that a mod? Because I wanna be a mohawked Darth Maul now D:
Darth Maul warpaint (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=7536)
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Extended Slider Colors (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=6923)
:metal
There's also Magicka Sabers. (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=3174)
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I'm on my way to becoming the most powerful Sith Lord in Skyrim. I'm only an apprentice right now, but once I finally get my magicka saber and sith robes... muahaha.
Is that a mod? Because I wanna be a mohawked Darth Maul now D:
Darth Maul warpaint (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=7536)
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Extended Slider Colors (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=6923)
:metal
There's also Magicka Sabers. (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=3174)
Unfortunately in this case, I'm a 360 guy D:
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So choosing between Stormcloaks and Imperials is pretty much the first time I actually had to stop and think about a choice I was making in an RPG. This game is awesome.
Which did you guys mostly choose?
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So choosing between Stormcloaks and Imperials is pretty much the first time I actually had to stop and think about a choice I was making in an RPG. This game is awesome.
Which did you guys mostly choose?
I went with the Imperials because General Tullius is voiced by Michael Hogan.
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I'm going to go with the Stormcloaks with my current High Elf (even though that makes little sense given the Thalmor are high elves), because if I go back to my other character who is an Imperial I'll side with the Imperials with him.
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I'm going to go with the Stormcloaks with my current High Elf (even though that makes little sense given the Thalmor are high elves), because if I go back to my other character who is an Imperial I'll side with the Imperials with him.
If you wanted you could role-play it as your high elf being a double agent. You're helping the Stormcloaks so that once the Thalmor decide to start kicking everyone's ass Skyrim isn't united under a single banner (the Empire) and has less of a chance of fighting them off.
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I'm going to go with the Stormcloaks with my current High Elf (even though that makes little sense given the Thalmor are high elves), because if I go back to my other character who is an Imperial I'll side with the Imperials with him.
That's what I'm doing with my high elf. I'm RPing him as a Thalmor spy so anything that weakens the Empire is good by him. :biggrin:
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So choosing between Stormcloaks and Imperials is pretty much the first time I actually had to stop and think about a choice I was making in an RPG. This game is awesome.
Which did you guys mostly choose?
I chose mostly based on my character's race. My current character is a High Elf, so I sided with the Imperials. With my nord character, I sided with the Stormcloaks.
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Never join the Stormcunts. They're awful people. They're like teenagers who think they've unlocked the secrets to the universe but, are completely unable to understand that there is more going on around them.
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Never join the Stormcunts. They're awful people. They're like teenagers who think they've unlocked the secrets to the universe but, are completely unable to understand that there is more going on around them.
Pretty much.
My first character was an assassin and thief, so getting rid of the Stormcloaks to make the Empire a bit lazier (like the thief says in the beginning of the game) was my overall goal. But really, my choice was made when I walked into Windhelm and noticed what xenophobic douchebags the Stormcloaks could be, despite all their heroic freedom-fighting posturing.
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The xenophobia doesn't bother me. It's the whole package of everything they stand for. The positives of their side are completely over-shadowed by the fact they're malfunctioning douchebags.
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They're all douchebags. Especially Ulfric. Can't stand that guy.
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Is there a different voice actor for Ulfric during the intro than in the rest of the game? I had only ever heard him during the intro w/ my first few characters and he sounded like a regular dude ("legends don't burn down villages"), but once I finally went to Windhelm w/ my latest guy and talked to him for awhile he sounded all deep-voiced and mushmouthed like Sly Stallone or Sloth from the Goonies or something. ???
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I don't think so. I thought he sounded basically the same.
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I've decided to say "screw morals" and go with the Stormcloaks, because in a way it's like it's "historically accurate" for a Nord to do so. I'm in this course right now on late antiquity/early medieval Europe, and a lot of Germanic peoples joined the Roman armies as anything from troops to generals. They really put the heat on the Empire a lot to be instated into the army because they needed federati to settle on (basically self-governing reservations) and the wheat that was rationed to soldiers. Lacking such an option in Skyrim, I've decided to be a tribal Goth (or Nord, I guess), one of those guys that Rome was hiring other Germanic peoples to fight against.
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Stormcloaks have better uniforms anyways.
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Stormcloaks have better uniforms anyways.
The Imperials look like Romans though, and the Romans were pretty badass.
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>2012
>not modding the fuck out of aesthetics in Skryim
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I'm at about 100 or more mods now. Somebody stop me. T_T
My game is starting to stutter and take forever to load. WTB more VRAM.
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I'm at about 100 or more mods now. Somebody stop me. T_T
My game is starting to stutter and take forever to load. WTB more VRAM.
My 6950 has 2GB of RAM. :biggrin: I upgraded my drivers from 11.9 to 12.1 and it's MUCH smoother now.
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You people and your good gaming PCs... I play skyrim on a macbook pro running bootcamp.
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I think it starts to become pretty ridiculous when you start spending more time hunting down mods, installing them, and getting them to work with other mods than you do playing the game.
I say this as someone who did this very thing with Oblivion ALL THE TIME.
"Huh, I really wanna play some Oblivion... oh it's not installed? Damn."
*hunts down mods and patches, installs, 3 hours pass*
"Okay, everything is installed... WTF? Where's my textures? Why is everything a barrel? Goddamnit."
*1 hour of fixing, reinstalling, uninstalling*
"Okay, time to play..."
*Get through intro and start wandering around, takes about 45 minutes*
"Eh, I'll get back to this tomorrow..."
*Never gets back to it*
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I know that feel bro, sadly that's already starting to happen with Skyrim for me.
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My mods so far:
Space Core
The One Ring
Dragonbone Weapons (1 and 2)
Mammoth Chickens
Posh Mudcrabs
Auto Unequip Arrows
Backwards perk selection (i.e. 100 Smithing but you went down the light armor tree so you can't get Daedric smithing? Now you can!)
Labeled skill books
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Good thing I don't give a shit about mods, and good thing I don't give a shit about whether it's on a PC. I'm happy with my PS3 and I enjoy just leveling up and becoming a bad mother fucker, exploring dungeons, caves, and kicking ass. I couldn't care less about the main story of this game. As far as I'm concerned, the main story is just one of the billion miscellaneous quests available.
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You say that without having a space core to keep you company or monocle-wearing Mudcrabs to attack you.
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I have a hair mod, no helmet mod, HD texture mod and some lore friendly armies and weapons. Other than that, just game tweaks. Faster arrows, smithing/enchanting/speech/lock picking/alchemy don't advance your char level and some others.
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You say that without having a space core to keep you company or monocle-wearing Mudcrabs to attack you.
Space core as in Portal 2's space core?! Because that would be fucking awesome!
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That's right. Only people on PC get that mod (made by bethesda and valve).
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Doing a clean install.
I wish I could upgrade my laptop's cpu =(
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Me and my sorcerer apprentice:
(https://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7614/lordandapprentice.png)
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:metal :metal :metal
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Defenders of Tamriel!
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This game is much better in 1080p lol
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Me and my sorcerer apprentice:
(https://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7614/lordandapprentice.png)
That is so incredibly badass, even if you don't have the double saber Darth Maul used in SW I. :metal
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Me and my sorcerer apprentice:
That is so incredibly badass, even if you don't have the double saber Darth Maul used in SW I. :metal
;D
Double-bladed lightsaber would be awesome, but none of the combat animations could support such a weapon!
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Ugh. I have the Faster Arrows mod but, it doesn't work with bound arrows. Plus I'm a fucking narb and have no idea how to make it so it would change it.
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Double-bladed lightsaber would be awesome, but none of the combat animations could support such a weapon!
That, my good sir, is what is called a crying shame. :(
But still really badass nonetheless.
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Ugh. I have the Faster Arrows mod but, it doesn't work with bound arrows. Plus I'm a fucking narb and have no idea how to make it so it would change it.
Quite the coincidence, but I ran across this mod earlier today: Arrow Tweaks (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=11941).
I was using FordPerfect's mod Faster Arrows for a while, but since he allowed permission to modify and/or improve his mod, I decided to finally add support for Bound Arrows and Practice Arrows, which is something that was bothering me for a long time.
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Getting pretty pissed off, I started a new file and am making an archer, but on the steps to High Hrothgar is a snow sabre tooth that kills me in two swipes and I CANNOT get past it no matter what I do.
EDIT: LOL, just found out it had a partner. I guess I'll be training. This is quite weird as my last character made it all the way up and he was only level 5 or 6, and my new character is 11, fully decked in elven armer and weaponary equipment.
EDIT2: Housecarls are the best.
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Getting pretty pissed off, I started a new file and am making an archer, but on the steps to High Hrothgar is a snow sabre tooth that kills me in two swipes and I CANNOT get past it no matter what I do.
EDIT: LOL, just found out it had a partner. I guess I'll be training. This is quite weird as my last character made it all the way up and he was only level 5 or 6, and my new character is 11, fully decked in elven armer and weaponary equipment.
EDIT2: Housecarls are the best.
I stashed my housecarl in Solitude as soon as I could. I'd rather "work" alone. Now she just annoys me when I stop by the house in Whiterun.
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Maybe it's because I'm on the highest difficulty now, but having a companion is a MUST. After any sneak attacks are complete I let them engage and take the brute of any battle. Enemies just take you down insanely quickly otherwise.
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I'm having too much fun being the sneaky bastard I am. I don't want it ruined by upping the difficulty and then getting my ass handed to me. I think I have it set on normal right now. That's good enough.
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Putting it on the highest difficulty is silly, it doesn't make the game harder, it just gives enemies more HP.
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I'm contemplating finishing the dark brotherhood questline and then putting the game down for awhile. I'm level 57 and have done all of the other main quests and have unlocked most of the trophies. Haven't decided if I wanna spam my character's other skills to get to level 81, because some of them I will never use like alteration/archery for this character build.
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Putting it on the highest difficulty is silly, it doesn't make the game harder, it just gives enemies more HP.
It definitely does make the game harder. Relative to Adept, you deal half as much damage (no increase in enemy HP) and receive twice as much damage.
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So I'm a cannibal now. I'm not sure what to think about that...
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You can unequip that ring if you don't want to eat people.
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Currently Level 21 and LOVING the Thieves Guild quests. I think I'm about halfway through that quest line and have no desire to go back to the main quest since Elder Knowledge was a pretty long part of that questline. It's also nice to be able to take down enemies with one shot while in sneak mode. :metal
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The 15x dagger attacks are quite awesome. Especially since you can hit particularly tough enemies twice before they catch on.
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If I'm going to get up close and personal like that, I'd rather they eat my greatsword. :xbones
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If you have the dagger perk it won't do as much damage though. Does the greatsword have a sneak cut scene? With the dagger you get some slit-throat animation which is cool.
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Not really, unless you have the perk where you can decapitate peoples. :metal
There's really not a good sneak cut scene for the bow attacks either.
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And if you sneak attack with the bow and shoot them in the knee they should live through the experience but confess they used to be a fighter like you, but not anymore.
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*snerk* :rollin
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Or, any bow, any arrow... take a hunting bow and some iron arrows, shoot anyone in the knee and hear them just go "Well, fuck this shit, I have to go see a doctor", and then they stop fighting and walk off.
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LAWL! Nice, I may have to try that. :tup
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I would not suggest it. :lol
I was saying what SHOULD happen, not what will. :lol
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Platinum trophy, bitches. Nick can confirm.
Also, Nick sucks for beating the main campaign and having almost no other trophies. Obviously he isn't playing the game right.
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I did that with my first character. I've been playing a more free-style game with Kimmo Dragonen.
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So I think I stored the Volsung Mask in one of the thieves guild chests in their training room, but they locked themselves back up, and my stuff isn't in there anymore. I'm pretty sure I didn't sell it, and I can't remember where else it could be. I check in my Breezehome, but nothing. Is there a way to re-obtain this?
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So I think I stored the Volsung Mask in one of the thieves guild chests in their training room, but they locked themselves back up, and my stuff isn't in there anymore. I'm pretty sure I didn't sell it, and I can't remember where else it could be. I check in my Breezehome, but nothing. Is there a way to re-obtain this?
If you play on PC, you can open the console and type "player.additem 00061CAB 1".
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Nope, Chuck Testa.
PS3 here.
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Putting it on the highest difficulty is silly, it doesn't make the game harder, it just gives enemies more HP.
It definitely does make the game harder. Relative to Adept, you deal half as much damage (no increase in enemy HP) and receive twice as much damage.
And the game still isn't hard even then.
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So I think I stored the Volsung Mask in one of the thieves guild chests in their training room, but they locked themselves back up, and my stuff isn't in there anymore. I'm pretty sure I didn't sell it, and I can't remember where else it could be. I check in my Breezehome, but nothing. Is there a way to re-obtain this?
Well...its kinda in the name, isn't it. :P
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Putting it on the highest difficulty is silly, it doesn't make the game harder, it just gives enemies more HP.
It definitely does make the game harder. Relative to Adept, you deal half as much damage (no increase in enemy HP) and receive twice as much damage.
And the game still isn't hard even then.
Depends entirely on what kind of character you play, who you're fighting, and what level you are... Go take on a vampire den at lvl 10 as a melee character on master difficulty and tell me it isn't hard.
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Well, on master you just need to think about what you're doing more-so than on adept. I prefer adept, for now, until I find the perfect balance/amount of mods that make the game seem *right* to me. Then, I'll do master difficulty again.
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Can't wait to start again!
(https://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4159/imagepcj.jpg)
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:tup :tup :tup
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The original looks so much nicer.
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I know :/ idk why they had to do away with the chrome trim and flatten the black.
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The original looks so much nicer.
it's pretty garish looking to me. I like the slim a lot better.
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(https://i48.tinypic.com/n1fkom.jpg)
Coming this summer.
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HOLY SHIT.
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my ballssssssssss
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Can't wait lol
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Still playing this game here and there. I'm getting a Microsoft wireless receiver for the Xbox 360 controller so I can play this on my PC with a gamepad. Since keyboard + mouse isn't that necessary in this game unless you play a mage, I figure it would be nice to relax on the couch. Plus, my TV is an undemanding resolution (720p), so I can max out the graphics mods and still keep a constant 60+ FPS.
Went back to play a little bit of Oblivion too. I wish Skyrim's melee combat was as good, and I prefer Cyrodil over Skyrim, but everything else is superior in Skyrim.
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(https://i48.tinypic.com/n1fkom.jpg)
Coming this summer.
Coming this summer to Xbox 360. More details at E3.
Wait, what?
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360 has a month exclusivity for all DLC, or something like that. It will come out on all platforms.
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360 has a month exclusivity for all DLC, or something like that. It will come out on all platforms.
That. I would have liked to see a bit more info than just this picture with glowing eyes though. Maybe the story has something to do with the Vigilants of Stendarr or Dawnbreaker?
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Someone did a scan of the latest update, and found files related to the DLC
They include things such as Snow Elves, Crossbows, new vampire feeding animations.
Hopefully snow elves as a new playable race? Excited for crossbows, also.
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Anyone else have random dragons drop dead in front of you when you load up Skyrim after a long break?
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Dawnguard trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PjBSicSVqI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PjBSicSVqI)
Welp, guess I'm starting Skyrim again once that comes.
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That looks to awesome for words
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Dawnguard trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PjBSicSVqI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PjBSicSVqI)
Welp, guess I'm starting Skyrim again once that comes.
Oh sweet baby Jesus
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Between that and the LEGO LOTR trilogy trailer, I'm a happy camper. :caffeine:
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For those of us with a 360... Apply for the Dawnguard Beta!!!! (https://www.bethblog.com/2012/06/01/e3-apply-for-the-dawnguard-beta-on-xbox-360/)
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lolps3
lolpc
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:sadpanda:
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lolps3
lolpc
lolpeoplelolingatotherpeopleforhavingdifferentgamingequipment
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boo 360 is for kids and it's horrible and so forth
I'm so jealous.
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Dawnguard leaks:
https://imgur.com/a/LaIcX#0
What I don't understand is why Microsoft would pay a developer for a timed exclusive release on the 360 and not get PC in on that as well. They're screwing over their own customers, aren't they?
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I guess they're thinking more about Steam than Games for Windows.
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Just when Diablo III breaks me of my Skyrim addiction more DLC news is coming out and I'm itching to play Skyrim again :lol
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Dawnguard leaks:
https://imgur.com/a/LaIcX#0
What I don't understand is why Microsoft would pay a developer for a timed exclusive release on the 360 and not get PC in on that as well. They're screwing over their own customers, aren't they?
Yes, but Microsoft doesn't see a penny for games sold for PC.
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Do you think MP is the future for TES?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_TYV2rUyS0&feature=plcp
I would be bummed if they stoped making SP and only went for MP because it´s so popular!
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TES online has been in development for years. Bethesda says they intend to keep making SP games along with TES online.
Awesome trailer btw.
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Any news on what the storyline's gonna be? I know its set like 3000 years before the events of Skyrim, but from the trailer it looked like Nords vs Elves. Don't know about the woodland guys though. Not sure if those are wood elves or DB members or what.
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I made the mistake of playing Skyrim at my friends house this week.
I want it
So bad
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Get it. Best $60 I've ever spent.
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Awesome trailer btw.
Are you kidding? That trailer didn't get me excited at all, it just shows you a couple stationary figures. :lol
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Anything related to any TES game gets me pretty excited. :lol
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So apparently Dawnguard adds 15-20 hours of gameplay along with new locations, shouts, enemies and I want it now!!!
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:O
I can't wait for this to come out. Stupid PC making me wait till August...
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Fucking PC mang. Why doesn't microsoft support their own OS as well as their console?
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what's the price tag on it?
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1600 MSP = $20
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wow. going to have to earn 20 on the DL so the mrs. doesnt find out so I can buy it on pc
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:O
I can't wait for this to come out. Stupid PC making me wait till August...
I'll bet the PS3 version has the same release date as PC. FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU >:(
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TIME TO GO GET DAWNGUARD!! XBOX 360 FTW!!! :metal
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:censored
:(
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I actually have to wait a little bit because there's nowhere in town that sells MS Points, and I don't want to give my card number to Microsoft so they can fuck me over.
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U jelly PC/PS3 gamers?
(https://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/dimitrius21/IMAG0175.jpg)
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No, I'm peanut butter.
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u mad bro
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Eh, hopefully it'll be far less buggy by the time the PS3 version is ready.
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>Bethesda game on PS3
>Less buggy
:lol
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Surprisingly I've never run across many bugs in Skyrim. Once or twice I've randomly teleported inside a dungeon to a different part of the dungeon, and sometimes my arms will mostly disappear except for the armor and gloves, but that's it. /shrug
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I've never seen much bugs, though I once saw a mammoth just walk to heaven (hilarious), but no game-breaking bugs.
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U jelly PC/PS3 gamers?
(https://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/dimitrius21/IMAG0175.jpg)
MAD jelly. :'(
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u mad bro
Yes. Steaming. I might frown even.
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I actually have to wait a little bit because there's nowhere in town that sells MS Points, and I don't want to give my card number to Microsoft so they can fuck me over.
You probably don't have to wait a month though. FUCK. My friend has an xbox, and he's rubbing it in that he can get it before I can. :censored
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>Bethesda game
>Less buggy
:lol
FIFY
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True. But there's something about the PS3 architecture that makes them that much buggier.
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Oh shit! Now you can smith weapons made from dragon bones! And they're stronger (without spells) than any of the other weapons I have (with spells!)!!
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HOLY SHIT.
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Oh shit! Now you can smith weapons made from dragon bones! And they're stronger (without spells) than any of the other weapons I have (with spells!)!!
:caffeine:
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Oh shit! Now you can smith weapons made from dragon bones! And they're stronger (without spells) than any of the other weapons I have (with spells!)!!
:caffeine:
Going to download after work, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.
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OK, for those who've been following the series for a long time, there's some quest that give cool little insights into dwarves and snow elfs.
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I joined the Stormcloaks and slaughtered a bunch of Nazi Imperials. It was glorious.
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OK, for those who've been following the series for a long time, there's some quest that give cool little insights into dwarves and snow elfs.
Cool! Too bad I have to frickin wait though... :(
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I joined the Stormcloaks and slaughtered a bunch of Nazi Imperials. It was glorious.
You chose poorly. But hey, at least you get to worship Talos until the Thalmor waltz in and wipe you all out!
Oh shit! Now you can smith weapons made from dragon bones! And they're stronger (without spells) than any of the other weapons I have (with spells!)!!
There was already a mod for that, but the weapons were less powerful than Daedric (apparently the lore says nothing is stronger than Daedric)
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Oh shit! Now you can smith weapons made from dragon bones! And they're stronger (without spells) than any of the other weapons I have (with spells!)!!
There was already a mod for that, but the weapons were less powerful than Daedric (apparently the lore says nothing is stronger than Daedric)
Well screw that then. Daedric or nothing I guess...
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I joined the Stormcloaks and slaughtered a bunch of Nazi Imperials. It was glorious.
You chose poorly. But hey, at least you get to worship Talos until the Thalmor waltz in and wipe you all out!
Eh no worries. I'll choose the imperials with my next character whenever I make a new one. But does that actually happen in the game?
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Not in the game, no. But it would be coming soon. I just can't stand the Stormcloaks at all.
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Not in the game, no. But it would be coming soon. I just can't stand the Stormcloaks at all.
Well I'm not religious, so my motivations to join them came from the fact that the imperials are basically book burning nazis. It was fun taking over Whiterun and Solitude too. I guess if I joined the imperials, I'd be taking over Markarth and of course Windhelm? Lots of soldiers in Markarth Muhahahahahahaha
I don't know if you noticed but I don't really play Skyrim for the story.
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Oh shit! Now you can smith weapons made from dragon bones! And they're stronger (without spells) than any of the other weapons I have (with spells!)!!
There was already a mod for that, but the weapons were less powerful than Daedric (apparently the lore says nothing is stronger than Daedric)
Well, not anymore.
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:omg:
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So hopefully we (PC/PS3) will get Dawnguard next week? Seems like the 1.7 patch is on Steam already.
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imperial legion FTW
Gonna wipe out those stormcloak barbarians
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So hopefully we (PC/PS3) will get Dawnguard next week? Seems like the 1.7 patch is on Steam already.
Awesome, and I just picked up the PC version not too long ago in the summer sale! :caffeine:
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The wiki said that it'll come 30 days after the xbox release. so.... tomorrow?
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That'd be nice.
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The wiki said that it'll come 30 days after the xbox release. so.... tomorrow?
Doubt it, at least on PS3.
Wouldn't be surprise if it is on Steam, though.
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There's an opt-in option for beta on steam atm
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It's just a performance update.
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Go ahead, call me a wuss if it makes you feel better: I think Shroud Hearth Barrow is creepy as shit.
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WUSS! :laugh:
Skuldafn and Labyrinthian are WAY creepier than Shroud Hearth Barrow.
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Oh boy...can't wait. :|
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Well... creepier in a cool way. :metal
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I guess it doesn't help that I went in at nearly midnight IRL time in a house with all lights completely off, after homework had fried my brain. :laugh:
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That would explain it, yeah. :D
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WHERE IS MY DAWNGUARD PC DLC BETHESDA OBLIVION IS PROVING TO BE A POOR SUBSTITUTE
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https://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/726393/skyrims-dawnguard-dlc-still-unconfirmed-for-ps3pc/
Not sure if more :sadpanda: or >:(
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I've been enjoying it soooo much ;D
Hopefully you guys get it soon though, it adds an amazing amount of content!
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IF BETHESDA DOESN'T RELEASE THIS WITHIN THE NEXT 15 DAYS I WILL...
do something bad...
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If you sneak kill using a bow & arrow, does it not count as archery? I've been killing every single dude in Lost Key Cave with bow & arrow while sneaking, but I haven't gained an archery level yet.
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It would count towards sneak and archery. What I think the problem is is that archery is probably calculated by each hit you make. So if you're sneaking and using 1 arrow you'll probably grow a lot more slowly than just putting 6 arrows into everybody.
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True 'nuff. I was 1-shotting pretty much everyone in there. :lol
So here's another q for all you seasoned players: do Dwarven or Glass armor sets ever go on sale at any point, like for higher level players? If so, which one is the best them? Or let me rephrase that: are either of those sets worth leveling the shit out of smithing?
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You want to level the shit out of smithing anyway because A, it's easy, B, it will help bring up your overall level, and C, because it's the only way you can craft and enhance Daedric and Dragon stuff. And let me tell you son, dat shit is da bomb. No, seriously, Ebonics aside, Dragon and Daedric stuff will fuck shit up.
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Does converting ore to ingots count?
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No.
What counts:
Crafting an item at a Forge. Skill gain is dependant on the value of the item being crafted.
Improving a weapon at a Grindstone. Larger skill gains based on the strength of the improvement made.
Improving an armor or shield at a Workbench. Larger skill gains based on the strength of the improvement made.
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Damn. Alright, a-huntin' for leather I go.
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do Dwarven or Glass armor sets ever go on sale at any point, like for higher level players?
The only thing that has an effect on prices is your speech skill and speech perks. Higher players have higher speech, but by that time, you have enough gold to swim in a sea of dwarven and glass armor.
If so, which one is the best them?
They're different armor types; Dwarven is heavy armor and Glass is light armor. They're about equal for their respective armor types.
Or let me rephrase that: are either of those sets worth leveling the shit out of smithing?
It's not worth it to level smithing specifically for those two armors because there are much better armors you can smith: Daedric, specifically. Another perk of smithing is that you can hugely increase the damage of your weapon and armor rating of your armor.
Does converting ore to ingots count?
No.
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Actually, ebony and glass are equal, not Dwarven and glass.
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Just make a shit load of iron daggers. 100 smithing in no time.
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Actually, ebony and glass are equal, not Dwarven and glass.
Living together in perfect harmony?
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Except for the fact that ebony is heavy and glass is light, I'm pretty sure their ratings are pretty much equal, so yes. Almost perfect harmony.
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Just make a shit load of iron daggers. 100 smithing in no time.
This. Weapon/armor improvements will help, but yeah - iron daggers.
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Just make a shit load of iron daggers. 100 smithing in no time.
This. Weapon/armor improvements will help, but yeah - iron daggers.
Yup. Buy Iron Ore whenever you can, it's dirt cheap and you'll have smithing up in no time.
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So, being used to MMO's where I am a melee character, I opted to play mostly with two handed axes. As a result, my two handed skill is up a fair bit, but magicks/one handers are still like nothing. Should I be switching up my gameplay? Or does it not matter?
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I've found that crafting armor increases smithing faster than iron daggers. So hunt every animal and make leather bracers.
So, being used to MMO's where I am a melee character, I opted to play mostly with two handed axes. As a result, my two handed skill is up a fair bit, but magicks/one handers are still like nothing. Should I be switching up my gameplay? Or does it not matter?
The only thing that matters is how you want to play it. You don't have to have magic if you don't want to, or one-handed. Just use what you enjoy. Actually, trying to be really well-rounded in everything like that is probably more detrimental.
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So, being used to MMO's where I am a melee character, I opted to play mostly with two handed axes. As a result, my two handed skill is up a fair bit, but magicks/one handers are still like nothing. Should I be switching up my gameplay? Or does it not matter?
You can adjust the difficulty to allow you to play however you want. If you're wanting to play at higher difficulties, then you should definitely level your magic skills, though.
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Dawnguard is out on Steam!!!
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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
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Dawnguard is out on Steam!!!
:omg: :omg: :omg:
HOLY SHIT, YES!!!!! :caffeine: :metal
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i want it...time to ask mrs.
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At only 20 clams it's a slamdunk IMO
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I have to donate plasma again
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Just bought it. Waiting on the install. :caffeine:
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I purchased skyrim today on steam for 50% off. I've never played it so I'm looking forward to it.
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I got the PC version for 50% off myself during the Steam summer sale. We already have the PS3 version though.
If your computer can support it, download the HD texture pack - it makes a world of difference. Oh, and see you in about a month! :lol
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I got the PC version for 50% off myself during the Steam summer sale. We already have the PS3 version though.
If your computer can support it, download the HD texture pack - it makes a world of difference. Oh, and see you in about a month! :lol
What's this HD texture pack? I have a gtx 460.
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This is what I'm referring to. (https://store.steampowered.com/app/202485/)
Although... you would have had to have purchased the game through Steam to be able to use the texture pack.
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Oh cool yea I got it through steam and must have missed this. I'll have to download it before I play.
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I highly recommend it - it's free, and it greatly improves the scenery. :tup
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I NEED A MDO THAT MAKES CROSSBOWS NOT SHIT
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I NEED A MDO THAT MAKES CROSSBOWS NOT SHIT
https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/21666
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I'm really enjoying this game so far. Is it better to use skill points to Max out one power? I'm level 20 and I've spread my love but use the most on restoration destruction and two handed.
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I'm really enjoying this game so far. Is it better to use skill points to Max out one power? I'm level 20 and I've spread my love but use the most on restoration destruction and two handed.
I have two characters (one on the PS3, the other on PC) and I still haven't figured that out. My character on the PS3 has a mish mash of skills, while my one on the PC is heavy on Sneak, Lockpicking and Archery.
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I'm really enjoying this game so far. Is it better to use skill points to Max out one power? I'm level 20 and I've spread my love but use the most on restoration destruction and two handed.
Skills don't level fast enough to allow you to spend all of your skill points on one skill tree. Just distribute your points between all the trees that you use.
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I'm really enjoying this game so far. Is it better to use skill points to Max out one power? I'm level 20 and I've spread my love but use the most on restoration destruction and two handed.
Skills don't level fast enough to allow you to spend all of your skill points on one skill tree. Just distribute your points between all the trees that you use.
That's true, but they do say you can save your skill points for later use. I just don't find it effective to save points because I figure it puts you at a disadvantage when your level goes up, but your skills don't.
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I've never saved my perk points for later, as I usually have enough built up in one of my skill trees to make it worth my while. But... I'm glad the game has that option.
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If you were playing a harder difficulty, you would try to spend points on the two skills you use most.
>meet old orc
>asks for honorable death
>epic duel with orc (killed him in two hits)
>decide the death wasn't honorable enough
>drag him for 10 minutes to nearest body of water
>send him down stream
>manly tears
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I haven't done anything quest-related in ages. I mostly run around and explore, finding new and cool dungeons that I run through. I'm currently level 25 on my Archer, I really should be doing more quest-stuff, but I haven't quite gotten around to it.
From what I understand there are 8 dungeons with Dragon Priest-bosses that should be pretty rad, but they are level 50 or something? Which means I have to double my amount of levels before I can get close to bringing one down.
The reason why I'm curious about them is that I've found one of the dungeons where one is located. I haven't checked it out yet though, will probably get owned.
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Level 50s at Level 25 aren't really too hard... I play on master and never use potions and it's definitely doable. Just have to be smart about fighting. Ice form is amazing! :p
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From what I understand there are 8 dungeons with Dragon Priest-bosses that should be pretty rad, but they are level 50 or something? Which means I have to double my amount of levels before I can get close to bringing one down.
The reason why I'm curious about them is that I've found one of the dungeons where one is located. I haven't checked it out yet though, will probably get owned.
I know where one of them is - I think I was levelled in the high 20s when I met up with him and kicked his ass with stealth arrows so it IS possible.
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Sounds cool. The one I've found is called Volskygge. Not sure if it's hard, but I'll see if I can try it. :P I have a companion but he's kinda useless.
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Hm - that's not the one I was aware of, thanks for the info! :tup
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It's pretty much in the north western part of Skyrim, it's pretty hard to miss, west of Solitude and not too far west from a cave that has vampires I believe.
Anyhow, I did the dungeon, found the word wall and actually managed to beat the Dragon Priest. Wasn't that hard, I just ran around shooting arrows and he missed pretty much all his ice attacks. So now I have his mask! :D His name was "Volsung" or something similar.
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there is a great mod for the dragon priest masks. makes them hella colorful
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I also read something that if you collect all 8 of them you can open a "portal" to a secret room in one of the dungeons? Or wait, that was possibly another unique mask on it's own. In what dungeon is that secret room? (and where is the mask?)
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Yeah something spiffy happens if you collect them all, but unfortunately I wont know unless I start a new game, because I stored one of the masks in a chest in the thieves guild training room, not knowing my items wouldn't stay there. Of course, I have a PS3 and can't enter a code to get it back.
PS3 SUCKS PC IS BETTER BLAH BLAH BLAH
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So I totally burned down whiterun. I did it fairly early in the game. I didn't realize when I started the quest that such a huge battle would happen. That was awesome. I just hope I didn't screw up something else by doing that.
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As I was told, you chose the wrong faction. I guess the Imperials are the better choice.
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So I totally burned down whiterun. I did it fairly early in the game. I didn't realize when I started the quest that such a huge battle would happen. That was awesome. I just hope I didn't screw up something else by doing that.
They did a pretty good job of limiting the damage done by doing those quests early. You can google it pretty easy.
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As I was told, you chose the wrong faction. I guess the Imperials are the better choice.
Oh well. It was a really fun quest.
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So I totally burned down whiterun. I did it fairly early in the game. I didn't realize when I started the quest that such a huge battle would happen. That was awesome. I just hope I didn't screw up something else by doing that.
Possibly The Companions quest line. Which faction were you with? Cause, from what I remember, joining the Stormcloaks didn't cause Whiterun to burn - maybe it's because I got to the Jarl pretty quickly...
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I joined the stormcloaks. Its not like whiterun is gone, the jarl survived, but that was an epic battle.
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I really need to start playing this more. I haven't played more than 5 minutes since last year when SWTOR came out and I put over 100 hours into that. Other than a gift subscription into that, I haven't continued, but it's not a horrible game if you look at it as a single player game with the option of playing with others.
I've been in Boston for 2 weeks and have a very demanding job, so it's hard to dedicate time when it's easier to just kick back on the couch after a long day. With Dawnguard finally out for PC, I may start up again...
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One of the things I love about Skyrim is the randomness and the amount of details put into everything.
I was out exploring earlier with my fellow Khajit companion, out of the blue I'm attacked by three Thalmor dudes, I manage to pick the first two off, but my companion is killed by some awesome-looking lightning attack from the third (which looks like Star Wars or something), later when I loot the corpses I find someone has sent them to kill me, and the letter also said "Beware, this guy is dangerous", which made me giggle. :lol
Oh yeah, after that I found a cool place north of Markarth, one of those ruins.. and I killed off my second Dragon Priest to get another mask. There was also a word wall, so great stuff. :)
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I joined the stormcloaks. Its not like whiterun is gone, the jarl survived, but that was an epic battle.
I completed the Civil War quests on the PS3 and YES it was indeed epic.
Oh yeah, after that I found a cool place north of Markarth, one of those ruins.. and I killed off my second Dragon Priest to get another mask. There was also a word wall, so great stuff. :)
Nice! I'll have to keep that in mind - the only one I knew about was Labyrinthian, but I also remembered that Skuldafn has one too.
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https://bethsoft.com/en-us/games/hearthfire
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Dear god that sounds dumb...I'll probably get it.
I want an armory all for myself :'(
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I need a better thing than that "Hearthfire" for Skyrim. I hope they make a mod/expansion sometime that enables the destruction of certain buildings/structures/whatever. It'd be cool to just blast everything apart using shouts and magic.
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SKYRIM: ZOMBIES
:neverusethis:
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Skyrim: Thug Life
Cruise around Santa Windhelm in your tricked out ride taking down the establishment one bullet at a time.
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SKYRIM: ZOMBIES
:neverusethis:
Well, I could use a Left 4 Dead alike quest in Skyrim :D
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You mean because clearing out dungeons full of Draugs wasn't enough?
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https://bethsoft.com/en-us/games/hearthfire
When they said "add-on" I thought they meant like a patch almost, the way mounted combat was. If this is paid DLC I'll probably hold off for a while. I'm not so eager to play The Sims: Dragonborn yet.
Also I'd like more options of children, not just Nords.
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You mean because clearing out dungeons full of Draugs wasn't enough?
Never enough.
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I'm not too keen on the whole "sims" aspect, not at all, but I like the customization aspect of the houses. Gonna build me a city.
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That addon doesn't interest me at all.
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You mean because clearing out dungeons full of Draugs wasn't enough?
Never enough.
Not really, I need swarms of them. And they should explode or something when you kill them.
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You mean because clearing out dungeons full of Draugs wasn't enough?
Never enough.
Not really, I need swarms of them. And they should explode or something when you kill them.
Who knew Michael Bay was a Skyrim fan.
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:marriageanalogy:
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That's a rather graphic emote you've got there. :xbones
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You mean because clearing out dungeons full of Draugs wasn't enough?
Never enough.
Not really, I need swarms of them. And they should explode or something when you kill them.
Who knew Michael Bay was a Skyrim fan.
Not quite; if that was true, then the Draugr also would have to be able to transform into giant robots. Or whatever.
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https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/31/skyrim-dlc-on-playstation-3-may-never-happen
uh-oh
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Yeah, I remember I heard that bethesda said that they "don't really have a working version of Dawnguard for the playstation"
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https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/31/skyrim-dlc-on-playstation-3-may-never-happen (https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/31/skyrim-dlc-on-playstation-3-may-never-happen)
uh-oh
Not fussed, as I now have the PC version in addition to the PS3 version. Suck it, Bethesda! :lol :P
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Oh well. There's still so much I have left to do in the game anyway, although I'm afraid I may have discovered every cave... :(
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This is shit. I never buy games when they come out. I paid full price for this game under the assumption I was going to get DLC eventually. Not only may I not get DLC, but I got an incredibly buggy game with poor support from the creators from the get go. This is the last Bethesda game I buy.
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360 :metal
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lolPS3users
*laughs from his PC gaming high horse*
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I'm just glad I never buy Bethesda games for my PS3.
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I think I just learned that lesson today.
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I think I just learned that lesson today.
I've learned that for the next gen consoles, I'm going to go with x-box.... I can't believe unjust said that. Other than Little Big Planet and Gran Turismo 5, the PS3 has really failed to deliver.
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With all the very public problems the PS3 has had with New Vegas and now Skyrim I very much doubt the architecture for the PS4 will split the RAM as the PS3 does.
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I think I just learned that lesson today.
I've learned that for the next gen consoles, I'm going to go with x-box.... I can't believe unjust said that. Other than Little Big Planet and Gran Turismo 5, the PS3 has really failed to deliver.
As a gaming system, I completely agree. As a BluRay player... I'm sure we could've gotten something a bit less spendy but it's worked quite well for as long as we've had it.
So, my PC character is currently Level 25 - Archery in the high 60s, Lockpicking in the mid 60s, and Sneak in the mid 80s. :metal
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im going to buy hearthfire...not because I actually want it. But because I need to have things complete :sad:
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Hopefully it will be a free add-on or at least cost somewhere in the $5 range.
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Hopefully it will be a free add-on or at least cost somewhere in the $5 range.
looks like it's going to be $5. I'm really only getting it because of what modders are going to be able to do with it
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I've been playing the game hardcore for the last few weeks. In level 31 and only half way through the main story and I feel like the game is getting pretty repetitive. I'm still enjoying it but not as much as I used to. I wish I had more skills points.
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Next DLC announced: https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/05/bethesda-confirms-skyrim-dragonborn-dlc
Bethesda has officially unveiled the next expansion pack for Skyrim called Dragonborn.
Available on Xbox Live from December 4 for 1600 Microsoft Points, details are pretty scant as to what the expansion will actually offer.
The trailer appears to out the DLC's antagonist; the first Dragonborn from ages past who ruled over the island of Solstheim, which lies to the North East of Skyrim. It looks like that's where the DLC will be set, marking the second time the island has appeared in an Elder Scrolls game (the first being the Morrowind expansion, Bloodmoon).
Other that that information about the expansion is scarce. What's got us most excited though, following on from last month's report, is that it looks pretty much guaranteed that we'll be taking to the skies on dragonback for at least part of our time in Solstheim; whether this will be on-rails or not remains unclear.
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Awaits pretentious, condescending PC users and their stupid comments.
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In after pretentious, condescending forum poster and his stupid comment.
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CONSOLES SUCK
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CONSOLES SUCK
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I bought Skyrim on PC the day it came out, and then I received it as a Christmas gift on XBOX like less than a month later. While I liked the idea of mods, I just didn't go there often, and honestly I've probably played Skyrim more on 360. I'd rather sit on a sofa with a controller in my hand than sit at a desk in front of a computer, which is where I'm always at anyway.
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I should probably finish Dawnguard at some point...
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In after pretentious, condescending forum poster and his stupid comment.
That might make sense if I was being pretentious and/or condescending.
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I should probably get Dawnguard at some point...
fixt for me
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In after pretentious, condescending forum poster and his stupid comment.
That might make sense if I was being pretentious and/or condescending.
Ignoring the obvious backtracking, at least you didn't deny that you were being stupid.
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OH SNAP!!
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I really though Dawnguard was a great add-on. Considering it was $20, I would have wished it was a little bit longer, but still, it was like adding another big questline into the game (in additional to the four guilds, the dragonborn, and the Civil War). And I think, story-wise, it was easily the best out of those.
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In after pretentious, condescending forum poster and his stupid comment.
That might make sense if I was being pretentious and/or condescending.
Ignoring the obvious backtracking, at least you didn't deny that you were being stupid.
What backtracking? You're just mad that I acknowledged the idiocy of mocking console users before you got a chance to do so.
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Hey guys about that expansion.
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It looks great, and it'll probably be fun riding dragons, but I'll never be able to play it cuz I gotz a lol PS3 nanny nanny boo boo PCs are better lulz.
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In after pretentious, condescending forum poster and his stupid comment.
That might make sense if I was being pretentious and/or condescending.
Ignoring the obvious backtracking, at least you didn't deny that you were being stupid.
What backtracking? You're just mad that I acknowledged the idiocy of mocking console users before you got a chance to do so.
The backtracking where you act like you aren't being pretentious or condescending. And feel free to point out where I've ever mocked console users, because right now it just seems like you have too much invested in how other people view your preferred way to play video games if you need to pre-defend yourself from nobody in particular.
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It looks great, and it'll probably be fun riding dragons, but I'll never be able to play it cuz I gotz a lol PS3 nanny nanny boo boo PCs are better lulz.
In this case a "360 is better" also applies.
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I feel like the 360 is a pretty good way to enjoy Skyrim. PC was obviously better for Oblivion, but that's because Oblivion's official release was a broken, unfinished mess with tons of awkward problems even when the game was working exactly the way it was supposed too.
Skryim has its bugs, but ultimately it's a much more complete package than Oblivion. Vanilla Skyrim is a good, playable game that leaves little to be desired. And the 360 has done a pretty great job of getting some of those must-have mods (arrow-crafting, mounted combat) to the XBOX users.
And, to be completely honest, when Skryim already offers me hundreds of hours of gameplay as is, I'll take the comfort of my living room console over the freedom the PC gives me to install all sorts of other unnecessary mods.
But yeah, PS3 Skyrim is just an unfortunate, disappointing mess. Actually, almost everything about the PS3 is. And I was a Sony fanboy up until the current generation.
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>he doesn't understand that the mods fix all of the bugs and they make the game better
laughinggirlseatingsalad.mkv
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>PC users don't understand that not everyone has a super gaming computer
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>PC users don't understand that not everyone has a super gaming computer
it's not like you can't get a decent gaming computer for about ~500. And don't tell me "well if that's just for gaming its going to be bla blah blah more than blah". You will use the PC for more than gaming and you can always upgrade the parts.
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>he doesn't understand that the mods fix all of the bugs and they make the game better
laughinggirlseatingsalad.mkv
So do official patches, which are often done randomly and silently or else released with DLC. Which consoles get too, sometimes even faster than PC users, who have to fix things on their own.
So what are you getting at?
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I encourage you to look up some mods.
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I bought Skyrim on PC the day it came out, and then I received it as a Christmas gift on XBOX like less than a month later. While I liked the idea of mods, I just didn't go there often, and honestly I've probably played Skyrim more on 360. I'd rather sit on a sofa with a controller in my hand than sit at a desk in front of a computer, which is where I'm always at anyway.
Honestly, there are very few mods I've played with Skyrim that actually make the game better AND haven't been incorporated in the 360 release. In Oblivion or Morrowind's case? No. But, thankfully, Bethesda have gotten better about this.
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goddammit snapple
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I bought Skyrim on PC the day it came out, and then I received it as a Christmas gift on XBOX like less than a month later. While I liked the idea of mods, I just didn't go there often, and honestly I've probably played Skyrim more on 360. I'd rather sit on a sofa with a controller in my hand than sit at a desk in front of a computer, which is where I'm always at anyway.
Honestly, there are very few mods I've played with Skyrim that actually make the game better AND haven't been incorporated in the 360 release. In Oblivion or Morrowind's case? No. But, thankfully, Bethesda have gotten better about this.
There are literally THOUSANDS of mods that enhance gameplay. WARZONES is a great mod. New weapons, new armors (balanced or unbalanced, YOUR pick), player homes that don't suck, new spells, arrow flight speed/trajectory, new enemies. The list is HUGE.
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Do I have to reiterate, for the third or fourth time, that I've played Skyrim with mods?
Yeah, PC mods on Skyrim allow you to do a lot of cool stuff. But, guess what? Not everyone's into modding their games. And, since Skyrim is so complete of a game already and it's console counterpart actually incorporates many of its better mods, there's really no reason why people playing the 360 version should feel slighted in any way. Unless you just love modding (which I don't really, btw), there's no reason why you should feel obliged to play Skyrim on PC. It's already a really great complete game as is.
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Yeah, PC mods on Skyrim allow you to do a lot of cool stuff. But, guess what? Not everyone's into modding their games. And, since Skyrim is so complete of a game already and it's console counterpart actually incorporates many of its better mods, there's really no reason why people playing the 360 version should feel slighted in any way. Unless you just love modding (which I don't really, btw), there's no reason why you should feel obliged to play Skyrim on PC. It's already a really great complete game as is.
The bolded is factually incorrect. That's what I'm saying.
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Not for me. I downloaded tons of mods on Skyrim, and the only ones I ever stuck with for long were mounted combat and arrow smithing. Other than that, and barring some new awesome innovation, I thought Skyrim was pretty much fine as is.
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factually incorrect.
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Depends what you consider "better". I think Warzones was stupid. I guess we're at a standstill.
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Depends what you consider "better". I think Warzones was stupid. I guess we're at a standstill.
you used opinion. I was stating fact.
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Can you respond to one post here without sounding like a complete douche?
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Depends what you consider "better". I think Warzones was stupid. I guess we're at a standstill.
you used opinion. I was stating fact.
Well, if we're only stating "facts" about the game, then why did you post your opinion to begin with? I mean, if this is all about "facts", let's just copypasta the Wikipedia article and be done with the thread.
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Can you respond to one post here without sounding like a complete douche?
No. It isn't in my capacity. I'm only asking people actually try to read what I posted. It was in response to what had been posted, not random shouting of information.
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I did read what you posted, snapple. I'm not trying to demean your opinion. I get why people like playing games on the PC. I get people like mods.
I'm just don't get why you keep insisting that, if I don't think Skyrim's mods were all that, I obviously don't know anything about them. I do. I've logged 60 +/- hrs on PC Skyrim, and, since I've come home, have done the same on my gifted xbox copy with a new character and Dawnguard. I'm having more fun on the Xbox, for a variety of reasons. One is that the xbox version has incorporated most of the mods I really liked and wanted. The other is that I find console playing way more comfortable. And the final is that, while lots of Skyrim's mods were cool and added to the game in many ways, few of them, in my opinion, really made the game any better. More =/= better, imo. And the fact that I could go from playing modded PC Skyrim to the console version without feeling like I was getting any less of a good gameplay experience added to me coming to that opinion.
That's the big difference. Oblivion really needed mods to be a good game. Skryim does not. Same goes for Fallout 3, and New Vegas (well...).
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I bought Skyrim on PC the day it came out, and then I received it as a Christmas gift on XBOX like less than a month later. While I liked the idea of mods, I just didn't go there often, and honestly I've probably played Skyrim more on 360. I'd rather sit on a sofa with a controller in my hand than sit at a desk in front of a computer, which is where I'm always at anyway.
Wow, I'm the exact opposite - we got Skyrim for the PS3 and that's when I first started playing. But then the Steam summer sale happened and I got it for my PC. Gotta say that I dig the PC version MUCH more, even though the only mod I have is the high definition texture pack.
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Well, the PC version runs much better than the PS3 version...
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True, but I also didn't have to mod the fuck out of it either.
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And you could buy the DLC.
Basically, if you own Skyrim on PS3, lolu
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Shut it! :angry: :lol
I can buy any DLC I want, yeah. Not that I will, but I can. :)
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And you could buy the DLC.
Basically, if you own Skyrim on PS3, lolu
Yeah, basically this.
I'm saying that the XBOX 360 version of Skyrim is the real deal, and a great, complete game developed even without modding. While there are lots of advantages to having the PC version, the comfort of the console version levels the playing field for me.
The PS3 version of Skyrim, though... :P
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Maybe you guys can pull loads of money out of your asses, but I can't, and I owned a PS3 before Skyrim came out. And like PC was saying, Skyrim is fun the way it is.
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I couldn't imagine playing Skyrim without mods, particularly without the visual mods; environmental, texture, and lighting mods increase the immersion soooo much.
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This new DLC looks awesome. Can't wait to explore Solstheim.
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Who wins? Look at it from the LORE ONLY standpoint!!!
The Agent, Nerevarine, Champion of Cyrodiil SPOILER:(Sheogorath) or the Dragonborn?
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Hero of Kvatch is more like.
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Maybe you guys can pull loads of money out of your asses, but I can't, and I owned a PS3 before Skyrim came out.
This. The PS3 is also our BluRay player.
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Who wins? Look at it from the LORE ONLY standpoint!!!
The Agent, Nerevarine, Champion of Cyrodiil SPOILER:(Sheogorath) or the Dragonborn?
One of these is an actual Daedric prince, the others are not.
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Im going with the Dragonborn
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Going with Dovahkin since when you meet Sheogorath on Skyrim he talks about everything BUT being the Hero of Kvatch.
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The Nerevarine for being in a storyline that wasn't complete shit.
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Going with Dovahkin since when you meet Sheogorath on Skyrim he talks about everything BUT being the Hero of Kvatch.
...yes he does.
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Well then I don't remember when he did.
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Dovahkin
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Well Dovahkiin's weapons do a lot more damage :lol
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I've been playing this A LOT lately.
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What Skyrim looks like when using about 100 mods:
https://www.asot.es/2012/11/fraps-vol214-skyrim.html
I think i have about 10 mods or something but this is ridicoulus, that grass looks amazing!
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Holy fuck. Those dragons look breath taking.
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What Skyrim looks like when using about 100 mods:
https://www.asot.es/2012/11/fraps-vol214-skyrim.html
I think i have about 10 mods or something but this is ridicoulus, that grass looks amazing!
Once I get my new graphics card...this will be my Skyrim!
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What Skyrim looks like when using about 100 mods:
https://www.asot.es/2012/11/fraps-vol214-skyrim.html
I think i have about 10 mods or something but this is ridicoulus, that grass looks amazing!
Wow. I need to test out my new 680M graphics card with this. Right now I am playing EVERY game on max setting.
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What Skyrim looks like when using about 100 mods:
https://www.asot.es/2012/11/fraps-vol214-skyrim.html
I think i have about 10 mods or something but this is ridicoulus, that grass looks amazing!
Wow. I need to test out my new 680M graphics card with this. Right now I am playing EVERY game on max setting.
Is there any diffrence between GTX680M compared to the standard GTX 680? Or are they the same cards, only 680M being for mobile platform?
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The landscapes were awesome, but the rest was pretty meh.
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What Skyrim looks like when using about 100 mods:
https://www.asot.es/2012/11/fraps-vol214-skyrim.html
I think i have about 10 mods or something but this is ridicoulus, that grass looks amazing!
Wow. I need to test out my new 680M graphics card with this. Right now I am playing EVERY game on max setting.
Is there any diffrence between GTX680M compared to the standard GTX 680? Or are they the same cards, only 680M being for mobile platform?
I don't think they are "the same cards", I mean by model yes, but by performance no.
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What Skyrim looks like when using about 100 mods:
https://www.asot.es/2012/11/fraps-vol214-skyrim.html
I think i have about 10 mods or something but this is ridicoulus, that grass looks amazing!
:hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
I'll have to test that out on my new laptop with a GTX 660M when it comes. I can't wait.
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Wow. I need to test out my new 680M graphics card with this. Right now I am playing EVERY game on max setting.
Is there any diffrence between GTX680M compared to the standard GTX 680? Or are they the same cards, only 680M being for mobile platform?
I don't think they are "the same cards", I mean by model yes, but by performance no.
That's what i thought but it's a powerful card nonetheless.
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Wow. I need to test out my new 680M graphics card with this. Right now I am playing EVERY game on max setting.
Is there any diffrence between GTX680M compared to the standard GTX 680? Or are they the same cards, only 680M being for mobile platform?
I don't think they are "the same cards", I mean by model yes, but by performance no.
That's what i thought but it's a powerful card nonetheless.
Yea, the desktop version is always better; however the 680M ranks among the top; even among desktop GPUs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html
I have yet to play a game I couldn't max out; and that's saying a lot for a laptop.
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Nice ass shot in there :hat
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Yea, the desktop version is always better; however the 680M ranks among the top; even among desktop GPUs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html
I have yet to play a game I couldn't max out; and that's saying a lot for a laptop.
It seems like you have the top card amongst laptop cards at the moment! :tup
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The landscapes were awesome, but the rest was pretty meh.
I agree.
The scenic shots are beyond beautiful and the nightsky shots are wow.
The character models though look like they belong in a completely different game.
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Just got the game. My life is gone.
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Just got the game. My life is gone.
I almost lost my life to Skyrim, but luckily my PS3 got the YLOD 130 hours in.
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I got an HD Radeon 5770 for about 50 (60 with shipping). I can max out skyrim with about 50 mods (no texture mods, mostly because I don't mind the defaults) and never lag. I even use WARZONES and don't lag.
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Just got the game. My life is gone.
I almost lost my life to Skyrim, but luckily my PS3 got the YLOD 130 hours in.
PC player here.
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Goodbye forever.
In a related matter, I've recently started playing Oblivion for the first time, pretty nice game. Not got the same graphics as Skyrim of course, but not bad for 6 years old!
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Goodbye forever.
In a related matter, I've recently started playing Oblivion for the first time, pretty nice game. Not got the same graphics as Skyrim of course, but not bad for 6 years old!
Yeah, unfortunately I just can't get into it after Skyrim.
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Same. Funny how that works.
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Goodbye forever.
In a related matter, I've recently started playing Oblivion for the first time, pretty nice game. Not got the same graphics as Skyrim of course, but not bad for 6 years old!
Yeah, unfortunately I just can't get into it after Fallout 3.
Fix'd for me.
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Compared to Skyrim, Oblivion feels lifeless, and I feel the main culprit is the combat. In Skyrim you feel the impact of your hits and vice versa, where as Oblivion it felt like my character lurched and randomly swung after I'd hit the combat button.
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Don't try Morrowind then. Combat is awful in that game. :lol
With each Elder Scrolls game (since Morrowind, never played any before that) they've only gotten better at doing combat. I know people complained about/didn't like Skyrim's combat, but I really have no problems with it, but maybe that's just my perception being colored by the other ES games. I know I sound like a broken record when I say that.
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Oh yeah, Fallout was so much tighter and more complete than Oblivion. But Skyrim just blew Oblivion away. After playing Skyrim for some time, I did get a little bit nostalgic about Cyrodil's King Arthur vibe. But a few hours in and I just had to turn it off.
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I preferred Oblivion for the Roman feel of the whole world.
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Compared to Skyrim, Oblivion feels lifeless, and I feel the main culprit is the combat. In Skyrim you feel the impact of your hits and vice versa, where as Oblivion it felt like my character lurched and randomly swung after I'd hit the combat button.
Weird, I think Oblivion's melee combat is actually much more visceral than Skyrim's, while Skyrim has waaaay better ranged combat. I also far prefer Cyrodil to Skyrim. But aside from melee combat and setting, I think Skyrim blows Oblivion out of the water.
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[Spoilers]
Level 11, finished the Companions storyline. I've killed three dragons so far. The first one that gets you the Thane title in Whiterun, a random encounter, and one dragon that was revived by another dragon.
I'm a redguard going with heavy armor and two-handed weapons. I have a nice set of steel armor (chestplace has 78 armor!!!) and a decent axe that does 48 damage. I've put all my perks into heavy and two-handed, but I've decided to throw some into smithing.
In the past I would blaze through games and try to finish the storyline, doing all the side stuff on a second playthrough. Now I'm taking my time and doing as much side stuff first as possible. I like having the extra levels and perks going into the fight.
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(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/60560_466826623383415_1774149011_n.png)
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So true :rollin
Although I'm more of old navy for pants.
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So true :rollin
Although I'm more of old navy for pants.
Yep, I probably buy all my jeans there.
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So true :rollin
Although I'm more of old navy for pants.
Yep, I probably buy all my jeans there.
I'm more of a Bob's guy. They carry Wrangler for cheap. They hold up well to my abuse.
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That image would probably be funnier to me if I knew any girl gamers. I get that it's mirroring interests, but the fact still stands.
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My friend Jess plays video games on the reg.
(https://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8898/jessskyrim.jpg)
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Chino, I'm glad we're not facebook friends. You seem to love putting your friends full names on blast everywhere :P
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When you join Facebook you willingly put yourself at that risk. If you're awesome, people should know. If you're pathetic, people should know.
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That's usually why Failbook shoops out the names...
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When you join Facebook you willingly put yourself at that risk. If you're awesome, people should know. If you're pathetic, people should know.
That's awfully insensitive.
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Thus is the internet.
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When you join Facebook you willingly put yourself at that risk. If you're awesome, people should know. If you're pathetic, people should know.
That's awfully insensitive.
I think you're forgetting that this is coming from a guy who thought that someone wishing their dead granddad a happy birthday was pathetic facebook status thread worthy.
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Seriously? Damn!
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(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/60560_466826623383415_1774149011_n.png)
I'm an aberration, then - I'm like a dude both at the mall and in Skyrim. :lol
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When you join Facebook you willingly put yourself at that risk. If you're awesome, people should know. If you're pathetic, people should know.
That's awfully insensitive.
I think you're forgetting that this is coming from a guy who thought that someone wishing their dead granddad a happy birthday was pathetic facebook status thread worthy.
I just don't see what purpose that serves other than getting a shitload of attention.
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I guess maybe it's just that no-one's really interested in seeing how stupid you think some of your friends are.
Also, don't you have like 123102982031 hours of school per day anyway?
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I guess maybe it's just that no-one's really interested in seeing how stupid you think some of your friends are.
Also, don't you have like 123102982031 hours of school per day anyway?
The 76,000+ views of the pathetic Facebook status thread says otherwise.... And no. I only spend 10-13 hours a say at school.
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When you join Facebook you willingly put yourself at that risk. If you're awesome, people should know. If you're pathetic, people should know.
That's awfully insensitive.
I think you're forgetting that this is coming from a guy who thought that someone wishing their dead granddad a happy birthday was pathetic facebook status thread worthy.
I just don't see what purpose that serves other than getting a shitload of attention.
Why else does anyone post anything on Facebook?
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And furthermore, the fuck are ya'll fighting about? I really don't see why any bickering over this really had to be had here, let's drop it please and get back to some good ol' Skyrim.
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And furthermore, the fuck are ya'll fighting about? I really don't see why any bickering over this really had to be had here, let's drop it please and get back to some good ol' Skyrim.
OK.
You guys jelly I'll be playing Dragonborn next week and most of you won't?! BUAHAHAHAHAHA
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And furthermore, the fuck are ya'll fighting about? I really don't see why any bickering over this really had to be had here, let's drop it please and get back to some good ol' Skyrim.
OK.
You guys jelly I'll be playing Dragonborn next week and most of you won't?! BUAHAHAHAHAHA
>he plays on xbox
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And furthermore, the fuck are ya'll fighting about? I really don't see why any bickering over this really had to be had here, let's drop it please and get back to some good ol' Skyrim.
OK.
You guys jelly I'll be playing Dragonborn next week and most of you won't?! BUAHAHAHAHAHA
>he plays on xbox
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>Skyrim still looks pretty fanfrickingtastic on xbox
>We get DLC first
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Don't mind him, his puny mind can't comprehend that some people don't care for mods.
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I play on PC and I don't even care about mods.
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>they're not part of the glorious pc master race that can let Beth use 360 plebs as beta testers to fix all the bugs for PC users
I guess I should say thanks
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>they're not part of the glorious pc master race that can let Beth use 360 plebs as beta testers to fix all the bugs for PC users
I guess I should say thanks
You know all the updates/patches go live for PC first, right?
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not for DLCs
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Your aware Bethesda ran a private beta about a month ago just like they did with Dawnguard, right?
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Your aware Bethesda ran a private beta about a month ago just like they did with Dawnguard, right?
*fingers in ears* blah blah...
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I play on PC and I don't even care about mods.
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I don't plan to go mod crazy. The only one I have is the "Unofficial Skyrim Patch" that fixes a ton of bugs the devs missed.
However, if there's a mod to quick switch between an axe and a bow, I might look into that.
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I play on PC and I don't even care about mods.
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I don't plan to go mod crazy. The only one I have is the "Unofficial Skyrim Patch" that fixes a ton of bugs the devs missed.
However, if there's a mod to quick switch between an axe and a bow, I might look into that.
What do you mean by quick switch? You can assign a hotkey to your axe and your bow and it switches between them instantly.
edit: Oh, I read up further and you said you just got the game. Since you probably don't know, you can go to your inventory, hover over any item that you want to hotkey, and press F, which puts that item in your favorites. Exit the inventory and press Q, which brings up your favorites menu, then hover over the item you want to hotkey and press any key 1 - 0 that you want the item to be bound to.
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My PS3 comes with a nice comfy bed and 42" TV so I don't need no stinkin' hotkeys.
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My PS3 comes with a nice comfy bed and 42" TV so I don't need no stinkin' hotkeys.
Well, I can hook my PC up to my HDTV and use a Xbox 360 controller to play on the couch, so yeah! If I didn't suck so much with gamepads (because the last console I played was PS2 back in 2005) I probably would do that regularly.
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OH YEAH WELL
I finally got bored of Skyrim and haven't been playing any games besides Solitaire on my phone...
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Family just got a new computer with a GTX 660M. Can't wait to run this game on some high settings!
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I don't plan to go mod crazy. The only one I have is the "Unofficial Skyrim Patch" that fixes a ton of bugs the devs missed.
However, if there's a mod to quick switch between an axe and a bow, I might look into that.
What do you mean by quick switch? You can assign a hotkey to your axe and your bow and it switches between them instantly.
edit: Oh, I read up further and you said you just got the game. Since you probably don't know, you can go to your inventory, hover over any item that you want to hotkey, and press F, which puts that item in your favorites. Exit the inventory and press Q, which brings up your favorites menu, then hover over the item you want to hotkey and press any key 1 - 0 that you want the item to be bound to.
Holy shit. Thank you so much for this.
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Started a glorious Argonian character. I have an auto-perk mod. I hate the fact that I can't get all perks. In Oblivion/Morrowind, you could still max everything. Albeit, it was a tad tedious. But still, whatever, I do what I want. The auto perks just add perks when you get the appropriate level.
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I thought that was a brilliant way to make people want to play different builds because they couldn't max everything out on one character.
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I thought that was a brilliant way to make people want to play different builds because they couldn't max everything out on one character.
Oh, that part is fine. I should have said that I plan to just get all the acheievments on one character. The only time it bothers me is when I WANT to have a uber-zomg character (which could be done in Oblivion/Morrowind) or smithing/enchanting. I hate that they take precious perk points.
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Started a glorious Argonian character. I have an auto-perk mod. I hate the fact that I can't get all perks. In Oblivion/Morrowind, you could still max everything. Albeit, it was a tad tedious. But still, whatever, I do what I want. The auto perks just add perks when you get the appropriate level.
Skyrim -Community- Uncapper (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1175)
There's also this that allows for a balanced way to get more perks: Spend Dragon Souls For Perks (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11623)
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Meh, the one I have is easier.
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The fact that argonians and a couple other races just kinda pose no solid advantages is one of my least favorite design choices about Skyrim. I've played Skyrim for hundreds of hours, and I have never once gotten to a section where waterbreathing would have helped me in a significant way. I sell most of my waterbreathing potions because they're basically useless, too.
My favorite race is the Breton, because of the Magic Resistance. Aside from maybe one of the Elves, Breton is the only race where you can play without worrying about a lightening bolt or ice spike wielding mage enemy suddenly killing you, no matter how weak other physical attack enemies in the area may be. I was always so annoyed when I'd deck my Nord out with Daedric only to have him waylaid by a well-placed sparks spell.
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I thought that was a brilliant way to make people want to play different builds because they couldn't max everything out on one character.
I get this, but I think while that worked in New Vegas, it failed in Skyrim. This is why:
With New Vegas, you CAN'T do everything with one character. Different builds play the game different ways, and your factional alliances are different each time, too. The game is set up so you play it for 20-30 hours each with 3-4 different characters (some of which probably won't even reach level cap) before you can say you've completed most of it.
Skryim is not the same way. Skyrim is designed so that you can do everything with one character. Different builds are fun, but ultimately, most people are going to just do all the guilds and quests with 1 or 2 characters. Plus, the fact that loot and monsters level based on the player's level means that by roleplaying like you'd do in NV, you'd be missing out on lots of late-game content.
Whereas in NV, you can access all of the games content by playing several builds for 20-30 hours, Skyrim locks you out of lots of content until you've played like 60 hours with one of your characters.
Sorry if this is convoluted and unclear but I'm sure there are people in this thread who will get what I mean.
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I got you. That's one of the things I like about Skyrim, why it's so awesome. If I don't want to play a different character to do different stuff, I don't have to!
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My character is an argonian but my choice was made cause I wanted to be a reptile.
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Sup
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Howwwwwww, all I can do is watch the trailer :sadpanda:
At least I have Aftermath on BF3 to tide me over.
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Howwwwwww, all I can do is watch the trailer :sadpanda:
Sign in on xbox.com, search for it, buy it, and then go to Active Downloads on your 360. Your welcome.
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...how is it? Dimi, send me spoilers in PM plz
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...how is it? Dimi, send me spoilers in PM plz
Who needs it when you can just play WARZONES1!!!11
lol, jk, luv u snapple
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Downloading Dragonborn now.
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I already downloaded it earlier today and got a few minutes to start the quest and got to Solstheim but that is about it. Can't wait to play I might be able to get some time tomorrow hopefully. Enjoy all who got to play today!!!!!
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Ugh. My internet is soooo slow. I probably won't get any playtime in tonight... guess it'll have to wait until tomorrow after work :(
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Hopefully I will get it jan 4 when it comes out on PC.
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Finally got my computer working again properly and started playing this again, with mods. Grabbed all the 'must have' mods on here: https://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2012/05/24/the-perfect-skyrim/1 along with a some others in the later pages.
The two real game-changers though have been Frostfall and Skyrim Redone, which are both goddamned brilliant. Frostfall adds an exposure element, so in the colder regions you actually have to worry about staying warm and such - it allows you to craft tents and build fires to help with that. It really makes the environment an enemy in the harsher regions- I actually almost froze to death trekking up to High Hrothgar, which was fantastic.
Skyrim Redone completely reworks the skill trees, perks, racial bonuses, and more, and it's all excellent. It's modular, so you can pick and choose which changes you want as well.
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Hopefully I will get it jan 4 when it comes out on PC.
And just as hopefully Dawnguard will be price reduced in the Steam holiday/end of year sale.
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The Hanar have invaded Solstheim!
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I thought they were AT-ATs at first. :jets:
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Netches y'all. Netches.
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I just came across the headless horseman.
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Oh man, maybe Cliff Racers will be back too! :neverusethis:
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Considering I'm new to anything Elder Scrolls ever, I have no idea what you're talking about.
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I finished the main quest of the DLC yesterday, but there's still a lot of side quests and locations to investigate in Solstheim so I'd say that it adds some 25-30 hours worth of new content.
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Considering I'm new to anything Elder Scrolls ever, I have no idea what you're talking about.
The cliff racer is a flying creature indigenous to the province of Morrowind, known for either bugging the shit out of you or scaring the shit out of you (or both), depending on the nature of your encounter.
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Considering I'm new to anything Elder Scrolls ever, I have no idea what you're talking about.
The cliff racer is a flying creature indigenous to the province of Morrowind, known for either bugging the shit out of you or scaring the shit out of you (or both), depending on the nature of your encounter.
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So can players ride dragons?
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Affirmative.
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Just saw a video. Sucks you can't move the dragon, but that's still pretty awesome. I'm sure PS3 will finally make it available when no one cares about Skyrim anymore.
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Zook, I won’t stop caring about Skyrim until either Fallout IV or Elder Scrolls VI comes out, so I’d say you’re safe… for now.
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Zook, I won’t stop caring about Skyrim until either Fallout IV or Elder Scrolls VI comes out, so I’d say you’re safe… for now.
I've initially lost interest, but I think that's just because I'm not into gaming right now, but it took 4 years for Skyrim, so there's still a long wait.
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If you count ES Online, that's coming in 2013, but I'm not sure that will fill the void, so here's to hoping for Fallout IV by late 2014.
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I hope (but extremely doubt) that Bethesda followed the same cycle as they did for Oblivion/Fallout 3 and release Fallout 4 fall 2013... but they haven't even announced it yet. :(
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Finally tweaked my Catalyst settings to get absolute smooth settings on Ultra, and tweaked the .ini to get rid of that damn annoying texture pop-in where trees would magically change shape once I got within 20 yards of them. So nice playing without something breaking the immersion.
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Finally tweaked my Catalyst settings to get absolute smooth settings on Ultra, and tweaked the .ini to get rid of that damn annoying texture pop-in where trees would magically change shape once I got within 20 yards of them. So nice playing without something breaking the immersion.
>tfw you look down at your feet when playing Skyrim and it breaks immersion
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...OK??
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...OK??
I just realize I only posted the picture. That is how every /vg/ elder scroll thread turns out.
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Got Skyrim a few days ago with Dawnguard.
I have to say, the Dawnguard must be Nirn's worst vampire hunters.
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Got Skyrim a few days ago with Dawnguard.
I have to say, the Dawnguard must be Nirn's worst vampire hunters.
I bought Dawnguard some time ago, but I've only started playing Skyrim again this week. Slowly starting the Dawnguard questline; I'm going to join the vampires with my super evil rogue character :xbones
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I WANT DRAGONBORN
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Got Skyrim a few days ago with Dawnguard.
I have to say, the Dawnguard must be Nirn's worst vampire hunters.
I bought Dawnguard some time ago, but I've only started playing Skyrim again this week. Slowly starting the Dawnguard questline; I'm going to join the vampires with my super evil rogue character :xbones
I purchased Dawnguard awhile ago when it was on sale, but havent gotten around to playing it.
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I WANT DRAGONBORN
It better come out on steam this week. Shit, I'm so excited.
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I want an expansion :'( ANYTHING AT ALL FUCKING PS3 :censored
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I WANT DRAGONBORN
It's sooooo good!!
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Got Skyrim a few days ago with Dawnguard.
I have to say, the Dawnguard must be Nirn's worst vampire hunters.
I bought Dawnguard some time ago, but I've only started playing Skyrim again this week. Slowly starting the Dawnguard questline; I'm going to join the vampires with my super evil rogue character :xbones
I purchased Dawnguard awhile ago when it was on sale, but havent gotten around to playing it.
It ended up being cheaper for me to buy it on Amazon, it took a whole DVD case with proper cover art and everything to keep a slip card with a Steam code safe :P
I can't wait for Dragonborn either, but I still have so much to do with the DLC-free game, I only got it a few days ago and school started back up :(
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The stand alone game can keep you very busy. I really need to start playing again, but its hard to get enough time and I've been addicted to BO2 because I can play a quick game or two and get my video game fix for the day.
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fucking finally
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:tup Time to dust of my character, he's been inactive for months now but he can take it he's a bloody Nord dammit! :metal
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fucking finally
^that
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fucking finally
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WOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Super excited for Dragonborn. Glad to see it get a real release date.
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Awesome!
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Is it just me who love all the books in Skyrim? I don't read all but i just love to see and find books i haven't seen before. I mean the amount of detail in just the books from Bethesda is just awesome.
I read that there is 820 books (Skill/Spell/Quest books, journals, letters and recipes) in Skyrim.
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I read them occasionally. Some are good, some are not, but I definitely appreciate all of them.
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I've never been interested enough to look, but my friend claims there is a website with all of the books on it.
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Considering I'm new to anything Elder Scrolls ever, I have no idea what you're talking about.
Flyyyyyying, flying in the skyyyyyyy, cliff racer fliiiiiiiiies, so hiiiiiiiiigh, flyyyyyying!
Boom Shackalack: The only reason I'm buying more than one house in Skyrim is to get as many bookshelves as humanly possible. So no, you're not the only one!
Chino: Elder Scrolls wiki or UESP have them all on :)
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I just started playing after being absence for almost half a year and it just struck me that i'm two DLCs behind. Both Dawnguard and Heathfire and i haven't even finished Skyrim....damn i better start working!!
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I've never been interested enough to look, but my friend claims there is a website with all of the books on it.
https://www.imperial-library.info/
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So PS3 Skyrim players, here's the DLC release dates: https://twitter.com/DCDeacon/statuses/297361606151634944
Dragonborn and Dawnguard $20, Hearthfire $5, all will be 50% off in their first week.
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can't wait for Dragonborn on Tues!
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Same. It really can't come fast enough.
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So PS3 Skyrim players, here's the DLC release dates: https://twitter.com/DCDeacon/statuses/297361606151634944 (https://twitter.com/DCDeacon/statuses/297361606151634944)
Dragonborn and Dawnguard $20, Hearthfire $5, all will be 50% off in their first week.
Cool, even though I'm more apt to add them through Steam on my PC version of Skyrim.
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Dragonborn and Dawnguard together for $20 or $20 each?
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I just slayed Alduin's ass so hard and daymn do i feel proud but.....nobody gives a shit apparently! As i walk around nobody seems to acknowledge that i just saved all their sorry asses in Skyrim from that douche. *Sigh...people these days! >:(
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I just slayed Alduin's ass so hard and daymn do i feel proud but.....nobody gives a shit apparently! As i walk around nobody seems to acknowledge that i just saved all their sorry asses in Skyrim from that douche. *Sigh...people these days! >:(
People don't care if you joined the Empire of the Stormcloaks either.
That's one thing I didn't like about Skyrim, there's no real impact to what I do!
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I just slayed Alduin's ass so hard and daymn do i feel proud but.....nobody gives a shit apparently! As i walk around nobody seems to acknowledge that i just saved all their sorry asses in Skyrim from that douche. *Sigh...people these days! >:(
People don't care if you joined the Empire of the Stormcloaks either.
That's one thing I didn't like about Skyrim, there's no real impact to what I do!
Naw it's no biggie for me, it's funny though! :lol
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I just slayed Alduin's ass so hard and daymn do i feel proud but.....nobody gives a shit apparently! As i walk around nobody seems to acknowledge that i just saved all their sorry asses in Skyrim from that douche. *Sigh...people these days! >:(
People don't care if you joined the Empire of the Stormcloaks either.
That's one thing I didn't like about Skyrim, there's no real impact to what I do!
Naw it's no biggie for me, it's funny though! :lol
Try playing Oblivion. You can't walk outside the house without hearing some guard say "All hail the champion of Cyrodiil!" or something like that :lol
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I just slayed Alduin's ass so hard and daymn do i feel proud but.....nobody gives a shit apparently! As i walk around nobody seems to acknowledge that i just saved all their sorry asses in Skyrim from that douche. *Sigh...people these days! >:(
The city guards acknowledge it sometimes, but yeah - after how hard it is to kill Alduin in the first place...
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I just slayed Alduin's ass so hard and daymn do i feel proud but.....nobody gives a shit apparently! As i walk around nobody seems to acknowledge that i just saved all their sorry asses in Skyrim from that douche. *Sigh...people these days! >:(
The city guards acknowledge it sometimes, but yeah - after how hard it is to kill Alduin in the first place...
Yea that's true i noticed some guards do acknowledge it, so that's cool. Anyway i'm about to start the Dawnguard DLC soon! :)
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What's this now? Do I actually have to break Skyrim back out... sweet.
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Just preordered Dragonborn!!!
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I just slayed Alduin's ass so hard and daymn do i feel proud but.....nobody gives a shit apparently! As i walk around nobody seems to acknowledge that i just saved all their sorry asses in Skyrim from that douche. *Sigh...people these days! >:(
The city guards acknowledge it sometimes, but yeah - after how hard it is to kill Alduin in the first place...
They keep on calling me crazy for letting Odahviing go, failing to acknowledge that I killed Alduin twice and have a pet dragon at my beck and call (well, two pet dragons technically)
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for letting Odahviing go
Ohh i did that too but i'm offended by the lack of reactions, being nice and all and yet nothing not even a *Sigh. :| I also spared Paarthurnax life! I felt sorry for the dude, can't be easy being a big giant lizard with wings.
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Parrthurnax is COOL - there was no way in hell that I even thought about killing him.
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Parrthurnax is COOL - there was no way in hell that I even thought about killing him.
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That was just a dick move on the Blades part!
'We're sworn to protect the Dragonborn!'
and then...
'Lol you're not being our errand boy/girl/thing we're not going to help you any more.'
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Yea that's what i thought to, i do not kill nice peoples.......maybe.
--WARNING SPOILER--
Anyway i just found a funny but annoying glitch in the Dawnguard DLC: I was rescuing the moth priest with Serena and something happend because he started attacking us after we rescued him and he kept on doing that even in Dawnguard when we met up with Isran he started attacking him. So you had to fight with him until he gave up but that led to you not able to complete the quest because he would not read the freakin Scroll bow downed. >:(
So i found a solution:
https://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Prophet_(Hunter)
and i had no other choice then to use the console command to finish the quest.
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That was just a dick move on the Blades part!
'We're sworn to protect the Dragonborn!'
and then...
'Lol you're not being our errand boy/girl/thing we're not going to help you any more.'
There is a pc mod that allows you to finish the quest without having to pick sidesz
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That was just a dick move on the Blades part!
'We're sworn to protect the Dragonborn!'
and then...
'Lol you're not being our errand boy/girl/thing we're not going to help you any more.'
There is a pc mod that allows you to finish the quest without having to pick sidesz
I saw, it fixes what is essentially a pretty nonsensical part of the game, there is very little logic to it, I think it was meant to force people to make a difficult decision but...Yeah, not that difficult.
Ploughing through all of my school work to make sure I have plenty of time for Dragonborn!
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It wasn't that difficult. My character is all over the road as far as decision making goes, so I just killed him. Fuck dem dragons!
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First time I played Skyrim I went 1-hand, shield, heavy armor as my main combat.
I restarted a few months ago using archery and destruction as main combat and, my lord, the game is SO MUCH more fun. Melee combat feels so heavy and cumbersome but ranged, especially archery, is so smooth. I have the +bow damage on all my gear and I one shot almost everything (with enchanting and smithing upgrades) I love when i am getting swarmed then I switch the destro and burn/electrocute like a mad man.
This game is freaken endless. Already two xpacs are here and I haven't finished the original content yet. Luckily the game is designed so new content can be added without messing with old content. I am doing all the old quests with that vampire chick as my companion.
Definitely one of the best games I ever played. If only I could get the graphic add-ons to work properly. I have a powerful computer but the vid card driver doesn't seem to sit well with the graphical addons.
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I restarted a few months ago using archery and destruction as main combat and, my lord, the game is SO MUCH more fun. Melee combat feels so heavy and cumbersome but ranged, especially archery, is so smooth. I have the +bow damage on all my gear and I one shot almost everything (with enchanting and smithing upgrades) I love when i am getting swarmed then I switch the destro and burn/electrocute like a mad man.
Agreed. Bows are really fun in Skyrim. Melee combat isn't that great. Plus, brute characters are still just as prone to being slain by random lightning bolts and anyone else, which kinda always leaves you vulnerable. I play as what's probably considered a battlemage: I wear heavy, enchanted armor, but usually conjure beings and weapons for fighting, as well as using destruction spells.
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I didn't really like bows in Skyrim because I played it on a console, and I think it doesn't work nearly as well. I'm playing Oblivion at the moment on PC and absolutely loving being a marksman, and I agree it's much more fun than melee combat.
I'm thinking of getting Skyrim on PC in the next Steam sale, think I'll enjoy it more.
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I didn't really like bows in Skyrim because I played it on a console, and I think it doesn't work nearly as well. I'm playing Oblivion at the moment on PC and absolutely loving being a marksman, and I agree it's much more fun than melee combat.
I'm thinking of getting Skyrim on PC in the next Steam sale, think I'll enjoy it more.
its very smooth and rewarding on PC
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This game is freaken endless. Already two xpacs are here and I haven't finished the original content yet. Luckily the game is designed so new content can be added without messing with old content. I am doing all the old quests with that vampire chick as my companion.
Definitely one of the best games I ever played. If only I could get the graphic add-ons to work properly. I have a powerful computer but the vid card driver doesn't seem to sit well with the graphical addons.
There is really no end to all the side missions in Skyrim, i panic sometimes when realizing all the side quests i haven't done yet and i'm also the type of player that have to check every freakin treasure chest and passageway not to miss some hidden areas. So it's pretty time consuming to say the least. :lol
Btw I just finished Touching The Sky and that is one long and epic quest!
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This game is freaken endless. Already two xpacs are here and I haven't finished the original content yet. Luckily the game is designed so new content can be added without messing with old content. I am doing all the old quests with that vampire chick as my companion.
Definitely one of the best games I ever played. If only I could get the graphic add-ons to work properly. I have a powerful computer but the vid card driver doesn't seem to sit well with the graphical addons.
There is really no end to all the side missions in Skyrim, i panic sometimes when realizing all the side quests i haven't done yet and i'm also the type of player that have to check every freakin treasure chest and passageway not to miss some hidden areas. So it's pretty time consuming to say the least. :lol
Btw I just finished Touching The Sky and that is one long and epic quest!
It's really time consuming. I've started on my, what, 5th character? yesterday. I'm also really trying to get all the achievements, but lvl 75 to encounter a legendary dragon, that's a long way...
And yes, Touching The Sky is an epic quest.
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Touching the Sky was incredible, and I think I have a virtual girl crush on Serana.
Schools having a snow day, I thought 'Oh god couldn't be better timing, Dragonborn is released today'. I get home and check my pre order on Steam, and it says it's not being unlocked for another 9 hours or something :(
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Touching the Sky was incredible, and I think I have a virtual girl crush on Serana.
Schools having a snow day, I thought 'Oh god couldn't be better timing, Dragonborn is released today'. I get home and check my pre order on Steam, and it says it's not being unlocked for another 9 hours or something :(
Nooooooo she's mine dammit! She even said "I don't wanna be in this cave, i'm glad i'm here with you"! So....take that! :yarr
I've never felt more nerdy! :blush
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I think dragonborn unlocks at 1300 EST which is when steam usually updates their store.
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Touching the Sky was incredible, and I think I have a virtual girl crush on Serana.
Schools having a snow day, I thought 'Oh god couldn't be better timing, Dragonborn is released today'. I get home and check my pre order on Steam, and it says it's not being unlocked for another 9 hours or something :(
Snow day and Skyrim? Damn you are lucky even if you have to wait 9 hours.
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4 HOURS :caffeine:
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Touching the Sky was incredible, and I think I have a virtual girl crush on Serana.
Schools having a snow day, I thought 'Oh god couldn't be better timing, Dragonborn is released today'. I get home and check my pre order on Steam, and it says it's not being unlocked for another 9 hours or something :(
Snow day and Skyrim? Damn you are lucky even if you have to wait 9 hours.
Just press T, set it for 9 hours and it's a matter of seconds.
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Touching the Sky was incredible, and I think I have a virtual girl crush on Serana.
Schools having a snow day, I thought 'Oh god couldn't be better timing, Dragonborn is released today'. I get home and check my pre order on Steam, and it says it's not being unlocked for another 9 hours or something :(
Snow day and Skyrim? Damn you are lucky even if you have to wait 9 hours.
Just press T, set it for 9 hours and it's a matter of seconds.
:rollin
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:lol :lol
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I have a question: I did not ever choose to become a vampire but for some reason when i finished the game everybody treats me like a Vampire, when i walk walk outside it says that my blood boils from the sun and i have red eyes even though i never choose to become one, i even have the option from Serena to become a Vampire??? When i entered Soul Cairn i choose to trap my soul so i don't understand? Anyone?
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I have a question: I did not ever choose to become a vampire but for some reason when i finished the game everybody treats me like a Vampire, when i walk walk outside it says that my blood boils from the sun and i have red eyes even though i never choose to become one, i even have the option from Serena to become a Vampire??? When i entered Soul Cairn i choose to trap my soul so i don't understand? Anyone?
Now, whenever you contract the disease (i forget what it's called, but you can even get it from random vampire enemies) you will start becoming a Vampire if you don't heal yourself with a potion or at a temple after a few days. In the original game this just made people dislike you, but now with Dawnguard it adds a bunch of additional problems too.
Once your vampirism reaches an advanced stage, like where your blood boils and you can transform, you'll need more than just a potion to heal yourself. There's a whole ritual that needs to be performed as part of a quest. You gotta talk to someone (a dark elf "mage" looking character) in Dawnstar, I think.
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You may have contracted Sanguinare Vampiris while fighting vampires and it may have progressed to full vampirism. Sanguinare Vampiris can be cured with a cure disease potion, but once you turn into a vampire, you have to go through a quest involving black soul gems to cure it. The option to become a vampire from Harkon (and I assume Serena) is to become a Vampire Lord.
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Oh i had no idea! Yes i remember i fought Sanguinare Vampiris and that something like "you have contracted Sanguinare Vampiris" turned up but i never cared to check out what that meant. Stupid me! :lol
Anyway thanks! :tup
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Yeah a long time ago I went in a cave full of Vampires and wasn't aware I contracted the disease, and then NPCs started telling me I looked sick, and the screen kept flashing when I went outside. I was like WTF is going on, and before I know it I'm being attacked by guards.
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Touching the Sky was incredible, and I think I have a virtual girl crush on Serana.
Schools having a snow day, I thought 'Oh god couldn't be better timing, Dragonborn is released today'. I get home and check my pre order on Steam, and it says it's not being unlocked for another 9 hours or something :(
Nooooooo she's mine dammit! She even said "I don't wanna be in this cave, i'm glad i'm here with you"! So....take that! :yarr
I've never felt more nerdy! :blush
Yeah well she knows that I miss her, that cheeky minx!
Cram: I've spent the day going around, finding as many words of power as possible and going through the thieves guild questline!
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COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
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Yeah a long time ago I went in a cave full of Vampires and wasn't aware I contracted the disease, and then NPCs started telling me I looked sick, and the screen kept flashing when I went outside. I was like WTF is going on, and before I know it I'm being attacked by guards.
Yea that's exactly what has happend and apparently it's a bit harder than i thought to cure me because i'm in the later stage which means i have to feed on others to lessen the effect of the vampirism and when that's done i have to talk to an innkeeper which will send me to Morthal and talk to a man named Falion.
Man this game is awesome!! :metal
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Downloading.....
Apparently i was not but i am now.... ;D
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Guys how on earth do I work Steam? I have no idea how I'm meant to download this :(
EDIT: It's k. Just had to reboot!
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I AM LITERALLY SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS DLC!
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I wont be able to get properly into it until tomorrow :(
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I've already played about a half hour. It's really good.
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I wont be able to get properly into it until tomorrow :(
I'll probably get it tomorrow. Really looking forward to it.
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Solstheim is really cool so far. I haven't gotten too far outside Raven Rock but I can understand why people love Morrowind so much.
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MQ done, all of the Raven Rock quests, done. Doing a bunch of other side quests.
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I still can't get a house in Solsteim. Wondering if they fixed that issue yet...
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I still can't get a house in Solsteim. Wondering if they fixed that issue yet...
That's not an "issue", it's part of a series of quests...
Unless you mean you already did the quests and didn't get the house.
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I still can't get a house in Solsteim. Wondering if they fixed that issue yet...
That's not an "issue", it's part of a series of quests...
Unless you mean you already did the quests and didn't get the house.
I know, but I think I've done all the necessary quest, and I haven't gotten any indication that I can buy a house...
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Haven't even figured out where I'm supposed to go for the MQ. Been talking to people about the shrine they're building so I figure I'll just keep doing that until something happens. Or I'll just go explore the island.
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I still can't get a house in Solsteim. Wondering if they fixed that issue yet...
That's not an "issue", it's part of a series of quests...
Unless you mean you already did the quests and didn't get the house.
I know, but I think I've done all the necessary quest, and I haven't gotten any indication that I can buy a house...
Have you been asked to spy on some people suspected in a coup?
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So I think I'm going to create a new character and jump back in on this in a few days, and download the expansions as they become available... can't wait!
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I still can't get a house in Solsteim. Wondering if they fixed that issue yet...
That's not an "issue", it's part of a series of quests...
Unless you mean you already did the quests and didn't get the house.
I know, but I think I've done all the necessary quest, and I haven't gotten any indication that I can buy a house...
Have you been asked to spy on some people suspected in a coup?
Actually... no.
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That's the quest the house is the reward for, I think you get it after doing the Ash Spawn quest the captain gives you and the quest with the mine. You might need to use Bend Will on the stone outside of Raven Rock, too.
On the subject of Serana I was very disappointed that I couldn't marry her.
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That's the quest the house is the reward for, I think you get it after doing the Ash Spawn quest the captain gives you and the quest with the mine. You might need to use Bend Will on the stone outside of Raven Rock, too.
On the subject of Serana I was very disappointed that I couldn't marry her.
Oh OK. I never did the mine. I thought I just needed the Ash Spawn question. Sucks. I kinda was hoping for the house to be a base to work out of while I did a bunch of sidequests, but it looks like I'm not gonna be getting the hose until I'm done with everything anyway :P
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You just need to finish the Raven Rock quests and you will be given the house. There still will be a lot of quests left around Solstheim.
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On the subject of Serana I was very disappointed that I couldn't marry her.
Agreed, same with Brynjolf. I have a thing for beards and accents... There will probably be a marry Serana mod out there.
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Weird things happen in Solstheim! The first thing i did when i arrived was to take a 7 hour nap at a inn but when i woke up i was suddenly at a green pillar half across the island hammering at a stone thing! ....the hell? ???
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Though I did buy Dragonborn this morning, I haven't begun on the quests yet. I'm always playing on Master difficulty, and I just feel that my lvl 20 battlemage will have a hard time killing all those enemies (cave bears only need about 3 hits to kill me :lol). I'll try to hit about 90 or so on conjuration and one-handed before I'll do that questline.
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Weird things happen in Solstheim! The first thing i did when i arrived was to take 7 hour nap at a inn but when i woke up i was suddenly at a green pillar half across the island hammering at a stone thing! ....the hell? ???
I'm super intrigued by the story so far, I've only entered one dungeon so far and I was assaulted by tentacles...
...If you know what I mean.
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No but i probably will soon! :lol
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Made me chuckle.
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/metalmike7159/d818dabc888016e8410e49888fe961c6_zps501026d5.jpg)
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Not only the mead and ale, but the skooma will probably help a lot too :lol
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Weird things happen in Solstheim! The first thing i did when i arrived was to take 7 hour nap at a inn but when i woke up i was suddenly at a green pillar half across the island hammering at a stone thing! ....the hell? ???
I'm super intrigued by the story so far, I've only entered one dungeon so far and I was assaulted by tentacles...
...If you know what I mean.
I <3 tentacle po...oh wait
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Imagine a TES game taking place in the whole Tamriel continent! Daggerfall still holds the record for the biggest gaming map ever and it's only taking place in High Rock and Hammerfell buuuuut yea it's size and content is not rational to the other games because it's apparently twice the size of Great Britain! :lol I wonder though if we'll ever see a game taking place in the whole continent of Tamriel, i mean it's probably possible in a few years but the big question: Will it be too big and overwhelming? The size of Skyrim is pretty perfect to me but i can't help fantasize being able to travel outside of Skyrim if i wanted to, that would be pretty awesome!
(https://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121111164447/elderscrolls/images/b/be/TamrielWorldMap.jpg)
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You can probably level up 20 times on your way from Black Marsh to High Rock.
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Made me chuckle.
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/metalmike7159/d818dabc888016e8410e49888fe961c6_zps501026d5.jpg)
So what would that make the drunk characters? Super drunk?
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Imagine a TES game taking place in the whole Tamriel continent! Daggerfall still holds the record for the biggest gaming map ever and it's only taking place in High Rock and Hammerfell buuuuut yea it's size and content is not rational to the other games because it's apparently twice the size of Great Britain! :lol I wonder though if we'll ever see a game taking place in the whole continent of Tamriel, i mean it's probably possible in a few years but the big question: Will it be too big and overwhelming? The size of Skyrim is pretty perfect to me but i can't help fantasize being able to travel outside of Skyrim if i wanted to, that would be pretty awesome!
(https://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121111164447/elderscrolls/images/b/be/TamrielWorldMap.jpg)
Bethesda is pretty set on each game having it's own province. They don't want to short change other provinces by saying "well, fuck Black Marsh! Let's just do THE ELDER SCROLLS: TAMRIEL"
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Well what i meant was IF they would ever do a TES: Tamriel in the future every province would be equally important of course and with out a doubt a BIG-ASS game! :lol It's highly unlikely it would ever happen of course but it's a tempting thought. So my question was even if the size would be possible, would player's want that size or would it be to overwhelming? I mean when i started Skyrim i felt pretty overwhelmed by all the locations, areas and quests you could to the point that i almost didn't know where to begin so i could only imagine a map size like Tamriel would be a bit to much but still i can't help wondering.....
For Bethesda i think the format they're doing now is perfect because now as you say they can focus on every province and make it as detailed as they want but still in reach with today's hardware. There's a reason they have gazillion load points in Skyrim, if they didn't the game would not be possible to make with today's hardware. I have no problem with that though as long as the game is fun and immersive it's enough for me.
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I thought TES Online was going to cover the whole of Tamriel?
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That is true, i had no idea but that's awesome! :metal
(https://i.imgur.com/QAg9u.jpg)
Although i don't think TES: Online will be as detailed as Skyrim and will not have all the caves and stuff. It sounds awesome though!
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It's being made by Zenimax.
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I must admit this MMO has made me quite excited. I just watched this video were someone explains a little more indepth about why we all should be excited for TES: Online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8luBc0X3vIg
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Imagine a TES game taking place in the whole Tamriel continent! Daggerfall still holds the record for the biggest gaming map ever and it's only taking place in High Rock and Hammerfell buuuuut yea it's size and content is not rational to the other games because it's apparently twice the size of Great Britain! :lol I wonder though if we'll ever see a game taking place in the whole continent of Tamriel, i mean it's probably possible in a few years but the big question: Will it be too big and overwhelming? The size of Skyrim is pretty perfect to me but i can't help fantasize being able to travel outside of Skyrim if i wanted to, that would be pretty awesome!
(https://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121111164447/elderscrolls/images/b/be/TamrielWorldMap.jpg)
The Elder Scrolls Online does indeed contain the whole of Tamriel. Also, the team of modders at Dark Creations (Beyond Skyrim) are creating all of Tamriel. Looks good so far
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Look up Skywind.
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Shit I can't wait to play skywind.
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I must admit this MMO has made me quite excited. I just watched this video were someone explains a little more indepth about why we all should be excited for TES: Online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8luBc0X3vIg
This sounds beyond awesome.
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Ok it's the 12th, where's our DLC?
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You have to wait until the PSN Store is updated, so it will be up at night since Sony takes 500 years to update the store.
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(https://abstrusegoose.com/strips/just_like_when_i_am_AFK.png)
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So I rushed and downloaded and installed Dragonborn before installing the latest patch, so the game doesn't make it past the main screen before freezing? Any tips?
EDIT: Nevermind, the update finally popped up.
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So i've been playing Hearthfire the last couple of days and have buildt myself a nice looking house at Falkreath Hold. It's all jolly good except for one thing:
(https://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8056/2013022000001.jpg)
This fucker got slayed outside my house (he was intruding my building plans so i had to take legal actions...OK!!!!) and now he's there, blocking my beautiful front view all the fukin time!!! :|
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:lol :lol
That shit happened to me too!
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That's actually a good lawn ornament for telling others not to fuck with you (if only).
Can't you just shout the skeleton out of the way?
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Hit it with a firebolt spell. It will go flying.
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Oooh i will try that! :tup
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That's actually a good lawn ornament for telling others not to fuck with you (if only).
Yea it felt like instant karma! :lol
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he was intruding my building plans so i had to take legal actions...OK!!!!
I don't have the Hearthfire DLC so this may be a stupid question but... how do you take legal action against a dragon?! :lol
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he was intruding my building plans so i had to take legal actions...OK!!!!
I don't have the Hearthfire DLC so this may be a stupid question but... how do you take legal action against a dragon?! :lol
I kind of missed the important "into my own hands" part! :lol and btw that fucker should know better than to mess with someone's property, no matter what earthform you have! :millahhhh
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Ah, that would explain it. :lol :tup
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Just started playing this thing last night, with no experience whatsoever with any of the ES games. As a person who likes to be good at everything, I'm not liking the need to be so specialized in this. Seems like if you wanted to focus on both combat and magic, you'd wind up being merely half-assed at both. That about the gist of it, or is it possible to be particularly well rounded?
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My character is ridiculously good with Archery, Single Handed, Blocking, Stealth, and way to many other things, if you want to be godly, just keep leveling everything up. It's something I honestly don't like that much, it eliminates any need for me to make separate characters since one can be a god pretty much.
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Just started playing this thing last night, with no experience whatsoever with any of the ES games. As a person who likes to be good at everything, I'm not liking the need to be so specialized in this. Seems like if you wanted to focus on both combat and magic, you'd wind up being merely half-assed at both. That about the gist of it, or is it possible to be particularly well rounded?
I focused all my efforts into archery and run shit.
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My character is ridiculously good with Archery, Single Handed, Blocking, Stealth, and way to many other things, if you want to be godly, just keep leveling everything up. It's something I honestly don't like that much, it eliminates any need for me to make separate characters since one can be a god pretty much.
can you make separate characters while continuing previous ones? i was under the impression if you started a new character it'd overwrite everything ???
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My character is ridiculously good with Archery, Single Handed, Blocking, Stealth, and way to many other things, if you want to be godly, just keep leveling everything up. It's something I honestly don't like that much, it eliminates any need for me to make separate characters since one can be a god pretty much.
can you make separate characters while continuing previous ones? i was under the impression if you started a new character it'd overwrite everything ???
Yeah, just keep track of your saves :tup
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Just started playing this thing last night, with no experience whatsoever with any of the ES games. As a person who likes to be good at everything, I'm not liking the need to be so specialized in this. Seems like if you wanted to focus on both combat and magic, you'd wind up being merely half-assed at both. That about the gist of it, or is it possible to be particularly well rounded?
It is possible, as your skill in each area increases the more you use it. The effectiveness of a skill can be improved with skill points, which are limited and prevent you from gaining every skill. If you're on PC, there are mods to remove that cap and become GOD. But even if you don't spend a skill point, the effectiveness does increase slightly with each level.
The game encourages branching out, as this is the first in the series to allow you to equip to each hand separately, like a sword in one hand and a magic spell in the other.
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Just started playing this thing last night, with no experience whatsoever with any of the ES games. As a person who likes to be good at everything, I'm not liking the need to be so specialized in this. Seems like if you wanted to focus on both combat and magic, you'd wind up being merely half-assed at both. That about the gist of it, or is it possible to be particularly well rounded?
It is possible, as your skill in each area increases the more you use it. The effectiveness of a skill can be improved with skill points, which are limited and prevent you from gaining every skill. If you're on PC, there are mods to remove that cap and become GOD. But even if you don't spend a skill point, the effectiveness does increase slightly with each level.
The game encourages branching out, as this is the first in the series to allow you to equip to each hand separately, like a sword in one hand and a magic spell in the other.
Yeah, that makes sense. I was looking at it from the standpoint of perks, which seem to steer you towards a specialization.
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In a way, yes, but it was also designed to be very open to various play styles. Rather than picking specializations during character creation, you can decide what you want to do as you go along. That was really convenient for me, as I wanted to be a mage early on, but decided I enjoyed sneak and archery more. Rather than have to start a new character, I just played how I wanted to play.
When it comes to perks, yeah, unless you use a mod, you're not going to be able to do everything. But you won't be penalized for spreading things around either. Having versatility in combat can be beneficial.
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In a way, yes, but it was also designed to be very open to various play styles. Rather than picking specializations during character creation, you can decide what you want to do as you go along.
Wait.... so if I picked wood elf because they are good at archery, that doesn't by default increase all my archery gains as I level up?
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So i fixed my problem:
(https://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6581/2013022000005.jpg)
I placed the fucker at a good location, atleast now he won't bother anyone.... :lol
Btw the firebolt is awesome, everything in the patch of the fireball will blow away. I blew the dragon away with one ball followed by a bear and a deer that was caught by the force and they fukin flew! :lol
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In a way, yes, but it was also designed to be very open to various play styles. Rather than picking specializations during character creation, you can decide what you want to do as you go along.
Wait.... so if I picked wood elf because they are good at archery, that doesn't by default increase all my archery gains as I level up?
Picking your race gives you special race abilities, and starts your skill points at different levels. So you start your Archery level at 25 instead of 15. But that doesn't lock you in to anything.
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So here are my two biggest issues. For one thing, if you're using an Xbox controller it disables the keyboard and mouse. That's uncool. Since I grew up on 1PS's, all of this mucking around with menus to change weapons, spells, use health, etc. really screws up the flow of he game, IMO. You need to be able to favorite all of them 1-0 for quick, 1 button access. Same with quicksave (which I haven't even been able to locate anywhere).
The other problem is that out in the real world, I have no idea if anybody's good or bad until they take a shot at me. I kind of assume that you're not supposed to just fireball everybody on sight. If you're close enough they're red on your radar-thingy, but by then you're close enough for them to get in a few nasty shots. Am I missing something here?
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Well basically if you're in ruins/caves/most marked non-city areas on maps 99% of what's inside is your enemy. On the other hand everything in cities is usually friendly.
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So here are my two biggest issues. For one thing, if you're using an Xbox controller it disables the keyboard and mouse. That's uncool. Since I grew up on 1PS's, all of this mucking around with menus to change weapons, spells, use health, etc. really screws up the flow of he game, IMO. You need to be able to favorite all of them 1-0 for quick, 1 button access. Same with quicksave (which I haven't even been able to locate anywhere).
You can hotkey items, I think by hitting "f" when you hover over them in your inventory. Then you can pull up a favorites menu somehow (I forget), which is a lot less cumbersome than going through those main menus every time.
The other problem is that out in the real world, I have no idea if anybody's good or bad until they take a shot at me. I kind of assume that you're not supposed to just fireball everybody on sight. If you're close enough they're red on your radar-thingy, but by then you're close enough for them to get in a few nasty shots. Am I missing something here?
Red blips signify that someone is attacking you. If you see a guy, and they're not a red blip, they aren't currently acting hostile toward you. Usually people in cities won't turn red on you until you steal their crap or accidentally fireball 'em.
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I've got about 8 things favorited, and scrolling through them is certainly less cumbersome than going through the menu, but it's still nowhere near the same as just being able to hit 1 for fire, 2 for sword, 3 for shield, etc. I might consider just switching back to the mouse/key controls, but when I started with that the game was incredibly choppy (although that's often the case anyway; not the best optimization in the world).
That's another thing that's been annoying me. When my character is moving forward, sometimes it's smooth and fluid, but it's often times jumpy as hell and I don't know if it's by design or a FPS issue. My computer more than meets the requirements for ultra settings, and even scaled way down it still does it. Only moving forward. If I spin around it's smooth as can be. Is there some kind of game mechanic that causes him to move awkwardly if he's tired or walking on uneven ground, or burdened with 19 different iron swords?
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I've got about 8 things favorited, and scrolling through them is certainly less cumbersome than going through the menu, but it's still nowhere near the same as just being able to hit 1 for fire, 2 for sword, 3 for shield, etc. I might consider just switching back to the mouse/key controls, but when I started with that the game was incredibly choppy (although that's often the case anyway; not the best optimization in the world).
Yeah, I know what you mean. If you go back to the mouse and keyboard, turn the controller setting off in the menu, too. That’s supposed to help.
That's another thing that's been annoying me. When my character is moving forward, sometimes it's smooth and fluid, but it's often times jumpy as hell and I don't know if it's by design or a FPS issue. My computer more than meets the requirements for ultra settings, and even scaled way down it still does it. Only moving forward. If I spin around it's smooth as can be. Is there some kind of game mechanic that causes him to move awkwardly if he's tired or walking on uneven ground, or burdened with 19 different iron swords?
Well, you have a weight limit you can carry, but if you go over that, you just slow down.
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Two things have improved the game immeasurably for me. There's a mod that activates hotkeys while the 360 controller is in use. Easy access to 8 items streamlines the game greatly. The other thing was that I have a tendency to mash the L/R sticks when things get hectic, so in battle I'm constantly ducking/standing and moving in and out of 3rd person POV. I remapped those to the bumpers and my combat improved dramatically. That toggle POV thing was driving me to give up the game entirely. Between those two things, I'm able to fight in a much more fluid manner and it's tons less frustrating.
Still having a bitch of a time discerning good guys and bad guys. I started assuming that anybody I came across in small forts outside of towns were bad guys and ambushed a group of guards with tragic results. Those guys don't fuck around. :lol
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"You have committed crimes against Skyrim and its people!"
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With some of those guys in the forts, they don't turn hostile unless you hang around outside long enough. Same with some guards, and Thalmor (Imperial Elves who walk around like they own the place). If you listen closely, you can hear some of them warning you to back off before they come at you.
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With some of those guys in the forts, they don't turn hostile unless you hang around outside long enough. Same with some guards, and Thalmor (Imperial Elves who walk around like they own the place). If you listen closely, you can hear some of them warning you to back off before they come at you.
It seems a steel arrow to the face invalidates that theory. :lol
And yeah, I just came across some of those Thalmor guys and they do seem like dicks.
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Found this last night! :coolio
(https://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6428/2013022300001t.jpg)
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With some of those guys in the forts, they don't turn hostile unless you hang around outside long enough. Same with some guards, and Thalmor (Imperial Elves who walk around like they own the place). If you listen closely, you can hear some of them warning you to back off before they come at you.
It seems a steel arrow to the face invalidates that theory. :lol
And yeah, I just came across some of those Thalmor guys and they do seem like dicks.
Are you paying attention to the Lore? If not, I don't blame you: its overwhelming in scope. The Thalmor are the race-purist Nazi's of Skyrim. I make it a point to kill them whenever I see them not in Town; those racist bastards.
Do you use Archery by the way? One issue I have the game is how much more fluid and fun the game is with Archery as main combat. Melee is bulky and slow, and a magic school is not strong enough on its own to kill from afar requiring you to double spec in two, such as destruction and alteration.
Archery and sneaking allows for 75% of your combat, rarely needing to switch. Coupling it with a magic or melee helps for close up battles to finish off a wounded opponent; but you find yourself not needing it often. I one shot almost everything. Even giants and the dwarven centurions, I get down in 2-3 shots.
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With some of those guys in the forts, they don't turn hostile unless you hang around outside long enough. Same with some guards, and Thalmor (Imperial Elves who walk around like they own the place). If you listen closely, you can hear some of them warning you to back off before they come at you.
It seems a steel arrow to the face invalidates that theory. :lol
And yeah, I just came across some of those Thalmor guys and they do seem like dicks.
Actually, those guys should be validating the theory. Every once in awhile you'll see them walking around with some random dude in tow, and they'll tell you to go away. If you don't, they'll start attacking you.
I'm not sure about the forts, but I could have sworn I circled around a few and got away without fighting after taking the "that's close enough" cue.
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Hearthfire is really fun once you get going.
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With some of those guys in the forts, they don't turn hostile unless you hang around outside long enough. Same with some guards, and Thalmor (Imperial Elves who walk around like they own the place). If you listen closely, you can hear some of them warning you to back off before they come at you.
It seems a steel arrow to the face invalidates that theory. :lol
And yeah, I just came across some of those Thalmor guys and they do seem like dicks.
Are you paying attention to the Lore? If not, I don't blame you: its overwhelming in scope. The Thalmor are the race-purist Nazi's of Skyrim. I make it a point to kill them whenever I see them not in Town; those racist bastards.
Do you use Archery by the way? One issue I have the game is how much more fluid and fun the game is with Archery as main combat. Melee is bulky and slow, and a magic school is not strong enough on its own to kill from afar requiring you to double spec in two, such as destruction and alteration.
Archery and sneaking allows for 75% of your combat, rarely needing to switch. Coupling it with a magic or melee helps for close up battles to finish off a wounded opponent; but you find yourself not needing it often. I one shot almost everything. Even giants and the dwarven centurions, I get down in 2-3 shots.
Since I have no prior experience with Elder Scrolls, the lore is gibberish to me. Honestly, it kind of makes some of the missions a PITA to keep track of. I've mostly been keeping a pretty simple policy of don't start none/won't be none.
And yeah, I've been using a fair amount of archery. For some reason, my archer skill turned red and dropped to 15. Not sure why. It should be pretty close to 30 now.
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Welcome to the first of the fucking terrible bugs that Bethesda get away with populating their games with every single time.
There's probably stuff about console commands you can look up, which I don't know much about. Try going to bed or waiting with your character. If that doesn't work, try going to a guy that can help you level your archery, or else just see if it goes away when you level up next time.
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I would say that maybe you have a disease... but from what I remember none of them affect archery directly.
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No Dimi, it's a well documented bug.
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Well i have a annoying bug though. So after completing Dawnguard i had Serena as a follower but after x amount of days i asked her to cure her vamapirism, i can't remember the exact discussion but she left because she had something to do. I finished the other DLC Dragonborn and after a couple of days i decided to search for her and eventually found her at Castle Dawnguard. She told me she was human and had cured her vamapirism......and that's it, i can't do anything...she won't open a dialogue or response to me other than Yes. Apparently it's a bug that at the moment has no fix. :'(
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Well i have a annoying bug though. So after completing Dawnguard i had Serena as a follower but after x amount of days i asked her to cure her vamapirism, i can't remember the exact discussion but she left because she had something to do. I finished the other DLC Dragonborn and after a couple of days i decided to search for her and eventually found her at Castle Dawnguard. She told me she was human and had cured her vamapirism......and that's it, i can't do anything...she won't open a dialogue or response to me other than Yes. Apparently it's a bug that at the moment has no fix. :'(
I had no idea she could cure. Maybe she can, but it was too buggy so they took it out? And you're just getting the remnants?
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Well i have a annoying bug though. So after completing Dawnguard i had Serena as a follower but after x amount of days i asked her to cure her vamapirism, i can't remember the exact discussion but she left because she had something to do. I finished the other DLC Dragonborn and after a couple of days i decided to search for her and eventually found her at Castle Dawnguard. She told me she was human and had cured her vamapirism......and that's it, i can't do anything...she won't open a dialogue or response to me other than Yes. Apparently it's a bug that at the moment has no fix. :'(
I had no idea she could cure. Maybe she can, but it was too buggy so they took it out? And you're just getting the remnants?
Sorry didn't mean to spoil but yea she can. She told me she had cured her self and she now was human but i have no idea what triggered the bug in making her not interact with me anymore other than that little dialogue we had.
When you convince Serana to get cured of her vampirism and meet you back at Fort Dawnguard, after the short talk about being cured, she may only reply to dialogue options with "What do you need?" and "Yes?", making it impossible to take her as a follower again.
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No Dimi, it's a well documented bug.
Once I leveled archery I was back to normal.
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No Dimi, it's a well documented bug.
Once I leveled archery I was back to normal.
Yeah, waiting/sleeping/leveling is the best "natural" bug cure I know of, without getting into console commands.
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I got this game today, enjoying it a lot so far (not saying much, played 1.5 hours).
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It seems a steel arrow to the face invalidates that theory. :lol
Yep, that usually does the trick. :lol
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So are guards unkillable? I got into a tussle with one for poaching a chicken and put him down like five times, but he kept getting back up fully healthy.
Is there any way to remove arrows from you? I walked around with one sticking out of my hand for a few hours yesterday, then found it replaced by one in my shoulder. The one in the hand was pretty damned distracting.
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So are guards unkillable? I got into a tussle with one for poaching a chicken and put him down like five times, but he kept getting back up fully healthy.
Is there any way to remove arrows from you? I walked around with one sticking out of my hand for a few hours yesterday, then found it replaced by one in my shoulder. The one in the hand was pretty damned distracting.
Guards are not unkillable.
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So are guards unkillable? I got into a tussle with one for poaching a chicken and put him down like five times, but he kept getting back up fully healthy.
Is there any way to remove arrows from you? I walked around with one sticking out of my hand for a few hours yesterday, then found it replaced by one in my shoulder. The one in the hand was pretty damned distracting.
Normal guards are killable, but you've probably encountered a named guard (such as Commander Caius in Whiterun) and some of those may be essential and thus unkillable.
I don't really know how to remove arrows, but maybe waiting for a few hours helps?
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I used to not wonder about that but then i took an arrow in the knee.
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So are guards unkillable? I got into a tussle with one for poaching a chicken and put him down like five times, but he kept getting back up fully healthy.
Is there any way to remove arrows from you? I walked around with one sticking out of my hand for a few hours yesterday, then found it replaced by one in my shoulder. The one in the hand was pretty damned distracting.
Normal guards are killable, but you've probably encountered a named guard (such as Commander Caius in Whiterun) and some of those may be essential and thus unkillable.
He was walking a beat on the road North of Whiterun. Right by that fruity Jester and his dead mother.
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So are guards unkillable? I got into a tussle with one for poaching a chicken and put him down like five times, but he kept getting back up fully healthy.
Is there any way to remove arrows from you? I walked around with one sticking out of my hand for a few hours yesterday, then found it replaced by one in my shoulder. The one in the hand was pretty damned distracting.
Normal guards are killable, but you've probably encountered a named guard (such as Commander Caius in Whiterun) and some of those may be essential and thus unkillable.
He was walking a beat on the road North of Whiterun. Right by that fruity Jester and his dead mother.
I think I know who you're talking about, and IIRC, killing him is an objective of a quest at some point, so he's probably unkillable unless that quest is activated.
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Then he shouldn't have gotten involved when I offed that chicken. :lol
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If you find those moments of obvious railroading annoying, I'd recommend Fallout: New Vegas. Whereas Skyrim is built around having a huge world where you can do almost everything with one character, New Vegas is a smaller world that takes at least 4-5 characters to cover the general gamut of quests. In New Vegas, you can off pretty much character you come by, and the minute you do, a number of quests start closing for you (while, sometimes, other opportunities arise). Of course, everyone once in awhile the game DOES throw someone behind a screen so you can't touch 'em or something like that, and blasting the leader of the opposing army doesn't do as much as you'd like to change things (you just meet a previously unknown lackey in the final fight instead), but it definitely all does *feel* much more free.
Except F:NV is an even buggier mess than Skyrim. I can't even get it to start on my PC anymore :biggrin:
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Pretty lol worthy article and something i thought about:
https://www.pcgamer.com/2013/02/23/skyrim-dragonborn-diary-following-the-follower-2/?ns_campaign=article-feed&ns_mchannel=ref&ns_source=steam&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0
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If you find those moments of obvious railroading annoying, I'd recommend Fallout: New Vegas. Whereas Skyrim is built around having a huge world where you can do almost everything with one character, New Vegas is a smaller world that takes at least 4-5 characters to cover the general gamut of quests. In New Vegas, you can off pretty much character you come by, and the minute you do, a number of quests start closing for you (while, sometimes, other opportunities arise). Of course, everyone once in awhile the game DOES throw someone behind a screen so you can't touch 'em or something like that, and blasting the leader of the opposing army doesn't do as much as you'd like to change things (you just meet a previously unknown lackey in the final fight instead), but it definitely all does *feel* much more free.
Except F:NV is an even buggier mess than Skyrim. I can't even get it to start on my PC anymore :biggrin:
I played a bit of Fallout 3 and didn't much care for it. By and large I've been enjoying Skyrim quite a bit.
A couple more questions. Are the various careers mutually exclusive in the same game? In other words, can the same character side up with the thieves for a while. Then decide to got to magic school. Maybe join the Empire later on. Or do you have to start anew to follow different paths.
Also, I'm having a hard time keeping track of who's who. I gather there's a civil war brewing, and one side is the empire. I know that those asshole elves are involved in the other side, but I'm not sure what the faction is. I haven't decided who to align myself just yet, and it'd help to know who's on what side since some of them are good people and some are dicks.
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I played a bit of Fallout 3 and didn't much care for it. By and large I've been enjoying Skyrim quite a bit.
A couple more questions. Are the various careers mutually exclusive in the same game? In other words, can the same character side up with the thieves for a while. Then decide to got to magic school. Maybe join the Empire later on. Or do you have to start anew to follow different paths.
Also, I'm having a hard time keeping track of who's who. I gather there's a civil war brewing, and one side is the empire. I know that those asshole elves are involved in the other side, but I'm not sure what the faction is. I haven't decided who to align myself just yet, and it'd help to know who's on what side since some of them are good people and some are dicks.
You have to chose between the imperial legion and the stormcloak rebellion. Otherwise, you can become the big boss of all the other guilds and little societies throughout the game, even all at once.
As far as who’s on what side, there are basically three factions, two of whom you can side with. There are the Thalmor elves, the Imperial Legion, and the Stormcloaks. The Imperials are basically the rulers of Skyrim, as well as a bunch of other provinces, but they just got done losing a war with the Elves that forced them to ban the Talos worship, which is Skyrim’s main religion. Because of the loss the Thalmor also now have lots of access to Skyrim, including an embassy which you’ll discover later if you haven’t already. You’ll often see the Thalmor around outside, rounding up people suspected of worshiping Talos.
Due to pressure from the Thalmor, the Empire had to go and start cracking down on Talos worshipers in Skyrim, which pissed off Skyrim locals and led to a rebellion. The Empire doesn’t really like the Thalmor any better than the Nords do, but their hands are tied and they see outlawing Talos Worship as the price they have to pay to keep the Thalmor from finishing them off.
The Thalmor are generally dicks, and you can’t side with them. As far as choosing between the Stormcloaks or Empire, there are good guys and bad guys on both sides. The Stormcloaks have good reason to feel betrayed by the Empire for selling them out to the Thalmor at the negotiations table, but their ranks are also rife with racial purists who just hate the cosmopolitan nature of the Empire and are too shortsighted to realize that the Thalmor are just gonna come in and wipe Skryim’s local leadership away once they’re on their own without any help from the Empire. Likewise, the Empire is full of “too big to fail” types, but their over-reach, imperialism, and historic racism is probably a big part of the reason why the Elves are pissed and finally uniting under their own banner.
Also, if the Talos Worship thing sounds weird to you, remember that Skryim’s a magical place where the gods (called Divines) take an active role in world affairs. At certain times throughout the game, one divine or another will call on your for aid. Ceasing to worship Talos probably has pretty direct and unfavorable consequences for Nords in Skyrim.
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Talos was a man worshipped as a god and that's the main reason the Empire outlawed worship. You'll meet people who refer to the divines as the 8 (imperial belief) and people who refer to them as the 9 (original belief in skyrim).
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Yeah, but the Empire was founded by Talos. It's the Imperial Belief that Talos ascended into Heaven and become one of the Divines. Most of the Empire is no longer Nord, but the Thalmor forcing Talos out of the mythos pretty much disconnects the empire with its creation story.
If you play Oblivion, the Empire still refers to them as "The Nine".
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That helps. I picked up most of that visiting that creepy-ass city in the Rocks to the NW. So I gather that Stormcloaks are just run-of-the mill citizens that worship Talos? That would include some of the Jarls, as well. They all look the same, but they're all picking sides right now.
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That helps. I picked up most of that visiting that creepy-ass city in the Rocks to the NW. So I gather that Stormcloaks are just run-of-the mill citizens that worship Talos? That would include some of the Jarls, as well. They all look the same, but they're all picking sides right now.
More like separatists that want Skyrim to be a sovereign nation and not part of the Empire.
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That helps. I picked up most of that visiting that creepy-ass city in the Rocks to the NW. So I gather that Stormcloaks are just run-of-the mill citizens that worship Talos? That would include some of the Jarls, as well. They all look the same, but they're all picking sides right now.
More like separatists that want Skyrim to be a sovereign nation and not part of the Empire.
Yup. That includes Nordic citizens, too, but keep in mind that even Nords in go away and fight for the legion, or their children do, so it's not so black and white even among Nords. Plus, Skyrim is home to lots of other people; not every "human" you see is a Nord. There are Imperials, Bretons, and Redguard too. All of these races can be confused with Nords, but there are slight differences, and those guys are almost always aligned with the Empire. Plus, there are tons of non-human races, mainly Dark Elves who've come because the lizard dudes are taking their country over. They basically get tred on by everyone, and don't align with Storm Cloaks.
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Plus, Skyrim is home to lots of other people; not every "human" you see is a Nord. There are Imperials, Bretons, and Redguard too. All of these races can be confused with Nords, but there are slight differences, and those guys are almost always aligned with the Empire.
And that's what's problematic for someone like me who never played any of the other ES games. The impending civil war is pretty straightforward, but all of the sects and factions get confusing. And then there's trying to keep track of specific people. I've got probably 10 different missions working right now and I have no idea who I'm working for. Fortunately, those have a way of solving themselves, but still, it'd be nice to understand at least a bit of the details.
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Don't worry about that stuff, as it'll unfold as you become immersed. And remember, your dude is just that: some dude. The average commoner in Skyrim doesn't know or even care about Skyrim's history, and honestly there's no reason why your guy would be any differently, except for you wind up getting wrapped up in important issues.
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Question about the addons: do they just add content inline, or do they act as a whole separate game? I'd like to have some of the Hearthfire functionality, but I'm not starting over. If I install it, will it alter anything I have accomplished, or will it only add the functionality?
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You won't lose anything you've done, they won't alter anything you've done, they just add more stuff to do.
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Are you playing on PC? If so, you got railroaded into using Steam, which isn't such a bad thing actually, because it puts the Elder Scrolls modding community at your fingertips, and installing mods is now basically a point and click process, like buying a record on iTunes.
Anyway, most of the things added with Hearthfire were added in certain mods already. Not sure if steam left those up or not, after the DLC was release.
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Have no interest in dealing with Steam, so perhaps I'll make another plan.
All I really want is a way to store a shit-ton of weapons and armor. Is that possible in the base version? There's stuff I'd like to have access to, but I'm carrying way too much stuff around. As it is, I've just got them strewn about Breezehome. Somewhat inelegant.
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Have no interest in dealing with Steam, so perhaps I'll make another plan.
All I really want is a way to store a shit-ton of weapons and armor. Is that possible in the base version? There's stuff I'd like to have access to, but I'm carrying way too much stuff around. As it is, I've just got them strewn about Breezehome. Somewhat inelegant.
Well, you can just throw unlimited amounts of shit into random containers in your home. The best homes in the game, in Windhelm and Solitude, have lots more space and various armor and weapon racks to put stuff on. The modding community has really created the best homes, though, which are generally heavy on the armor rack stuff.
In the base version I prefer the Solitude or Riften homes. Windhelm is nice too, but it's buggy as hell. Solitude is bigger than Riften, but Riften is way convenient because the all the shops and the blacksmith are literally next door, like with the Breezehome. You don't really get that with Winhelm or Solitude.
I got a really nice home from the mod community which was basically a flying airship on top of a lake, but I felt like it was a bit buggy inside, and I didn't like the phoney method of traveling into it ("click the bright sparkly thing underneath!")
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Finished the main quest line in dragonborn, good god riding dragons is awful.
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Yeah.
I never, ever though it'd be good though.
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Have no interest in dealing with Steam, so perhaps I'll make another plan.
All I really want is a way to store a shit-ton of weapons and armor. Is that possible in the base version? There's stuff I'd like to have access to, but I'm carrying way too much stuff around. As it is, I've just got them strewn about Breezehome. Somewhat inelegant.
Well, you can just throw unlimited amounts of shit into random containers in your home. The best homes in the game, in Windhelm and Solitude, have lots more space and various armor and weapon racks to put stuff on. The modding community has really created the best homes, though, which are generally heavy on the armor rack stuff.
In the base version I prefer the Solitude or Riften homes. Windhelm is nice too, but it's buggy as hell. Solitude is bigger than Riften, but Riften is way convenient because the all the shops and the blacksmith are literally next door, like with the Breezehome. You don't really get that with Winhelm or Solitude.
I got a really nice home from the mod community which was basically a flying airship on top of a lake, but I felt like it was a bit buggy inside, and I didn't like the phoney method of traveling into it ("click the bright sparkly thing underneath!")
Just starting out, it took me forever just to save the scratch to buy Breezehome. Cheap bastards only give me like 180 for a turn undead dagger right now. I'd like to have weapons and armor racks, but I suppose I can make do with containers. Where do you score containers that'll hold armor and weapons?
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Have no interest in dealing with Steam, so perhaps I'll make another plan.
All I really want is a way to store a shit-ton of weapons and armor. Is that possible in the base version? There's stuff I'd like to have access to, but I'm carrying way too much stuff around. As it is, I've just got them strewn about Breezehome. Somewhat inelegant.
Well, you can just throw unlimited amounts of shit into random containers in your home. The best homes in the game, in Windhelm and Solitude, have lots more space and various armor and weapon racks to put stuff on. The modding community has really created the best homes, though, which are generally heavy on the armor rack stuff.
In the base version I prefer the Solitude or Riften homes. Windhelm is nice too, but it's buggy as hell. Solitude is bigger than Riften, but Riften is way convenient because the all the shops and the blacksmith are literally next door, like with the Breezehome. You don't really get that with Winhelm or Solitude.
I got a really nice home from the mod community which was basically a flying airship on top of a lake, but I felt like it was a bit buggy inside, and I didn't like the phoney method of traveling into it ("click the bright sparkly thing underneath!")
Just starting out, it took me forever just to save the scratch to buy Breezehome. Cheap bastards only give me like 180 for a turn undead dagger right now. I'd like to have weapons and armor racks, but I suppose I can make do with containers. Where do you score containers that'll hold armor and weapons?
You can buy your house from the steward of the city, and you can also upgrade your house with all of those containers and more by talking to the steward.
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What ONNO said. If you don't have any drawers or chests in your house, you gotta talk to the steward. But I wouldn't waste anymore coin on the Breezehome, cause even fully updated it leaves a lot to be desired. Go over to Riften, join the Thieves Guild, and start doing some of their moneymaking missions for them. Get in good with the Jarl, and buy the house at Riften. Also, if you really want to be a rich guy, you gotta spend some perks on speech, just to increase how much gold merchants have, and how much you'll be able to get from them for your items.
Also look toward the Dark Brotherhood. Completing their final mission alone gets you 10,000 gold.
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What ONNO said. If you don't have any drawers or chests in your house, you gotta talk to the steward. But I wouldn't waste anymore coin on the Breezehome, cause even fully updated it leaves a lot to be desired. Go over to Riften, join the Thieves Guild, and start doing some of their moneymaking missions for them. Get in good with the Jarl, and buy the house at Riften. Also, if you really want to be a rich guy, you gotta spend some perks on speech, just to increase how much gold merchants have, and how much you'll be able to get from them for your items.
Also look toward the Dark Brotherhood. Completing their final mission alone gets you 10,000 gold.
Don't write my name in full caps :lol The thieves guild is indeed very good for gaining lots of money. What helps too is just doing lots of quests and selling all loot you don't need and all weapons/armor you don't use anymore.
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The thieves guild radiant quests are easy and net you 400 gold per completion.
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Playing Bthardamz for the first time I have to say, if I open one more fucking door to find that I have to go through yet another door I'm going to summon something just so I can fucking slap a bitch.
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This bit of information:
https://sv.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/19d99t/sothe_new_dlcs_have_been_expanding_the_corners_of/
along with this:
https://www.ibtimes.com/skyrim-dlc-release-after-dragonborn-could-be-redguard-zenimax-files-patent-downloadable-computer
made me all moist. We may be taking a trip to Hammerfell in the next DLC!
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Are you sure the patent isn't about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_Adventures:_Redguard
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Are you sure the patent isn't about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_Adventures:_Redguard
Have no idea and of course Redguard could also be their working title so who knows but my fingers are crossed though.
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I want hammerfell so bad.
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You like modding? Then you better damn watch this:
Skyrim - RealVision ENB - Climates of Tamriel Edition (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3TvV1nQdQzI#!)
Next gen.....pffhh you know were the door is! :millahhhh
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^ :lol
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Just finished building my first house in Hearthfire. Holy shit I hate the fact that I'm such a completionist, I'm going to have to go through that ridiculous rigmarole of going around, mining stone, buying logs, finding iron and steel ingots, two more times!
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Just finished building my first house in Hearthfire. Holy shit I hate the fact that I'm such a completionist, I'm going to have to go through that ridiculous rigmarole of going around, mining stone, buying logs, finding iron and steel ingots, two more times!
That's the exact thing i felt and have done for the last couple of days and i'm still not finished. :angry:
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I just have to build my shrines and then I can get rid of all the work tables- I haven't even started moving my stuff in :(
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It's funny, I started playing Skyrim again at the beginning of February (and already have a lv 50 character...) because I was excited for the expansions, and so far I've done next to nothing in them yet. All things in time though...
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Added a pair of mods today. One completely activates the keyboard alongside the 360 controller. The other gives upwards of 72 extra hotkeys. The latter is awesome, as it gives you all of the F-keys, as well as all modifiers on the left and right side of the keyboard. It also keeps track of default left/right handedness, which is a plus to me. In my case it'll always start with defensive stuff in the left and and weapons/offensive spells in the right.
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I just have to build my shrines and then I can get rid of all the work tables- I haven't even started moving my stuff in :(
I have filled my library! :coolio
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It's funny, I started playing Skyrim again at the beginning of February (and already have a lv 50 character...) because I was excited for the expansions, and so far I've done next to nothing in them yet. All things in time though...
See I played the game for around 3 - 4 months last year and only ever got to a level 35 character :/
Mind you, I'm a questing person, so I generally don't level that often
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I just have to build my shrines and then I can get rid of all the work tables- I haven't even started moving my stuff in :(
I have filled my library! :coolio
I have to transport all of my books from Markarth and Whiterun before I can fill my library :(
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Well then, suppose I should actually start collecting books.
I did purchase land in Falkreath and have started building up my home.
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Is there any point to collecting the books, other than being a completionist?
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I just have to build my shrines and then I can get rid of all the work tables- I haven't even started moving my stuff in :(
I have filled my library! :coolio
I have to transport all of my books from Markarth and Whiterun before I can fill my library :(
:loser:
On one of the Black book quests you can choose a power were you can spawn in a carrier for you, can't remember the name. That could be handy.
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My mind = blown
I just killed a forsworn briarheart by pickpocketing his heart from him.
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That's fucking awesome.
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My mind = blown
I just killed a forsworn briarheart by pickpocketing his heart from him.
Wow, that's great man. I didn't know you could do that :lol
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:rollin :rollin
That's amazing!!
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I just have to build my shrines and then I can get rid of all the work tables- I haven't even started moving my stuff in :(
I have filled my library! :coolio
I have to transport all of my books from Markarth and Whiterun before I can fill my library :(
:loser:
On one of the Black book quests you can choose a power were you can spawn in a carrier for you, can't remember the name. That could be handy.
Who needs a magical carrier? That's what husbands are for!
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Sorry for the double post, but has anyone elses child seemed to have vanished? I adopted Sofie and I like to think I've been a good mother to her, but I ploughed through the Civil War quest line and now she's vanished. No ransom note (because I know that happens), my Steward, Thane, Bard, and Husband are all perfectly in tact, it just seems that's she's vanished.
I've tried using console commands to get her back to me, specifically 'moveto player' and 'player.moveto' but it doesn't seem to work, because I can't figure out how to input the id correctly- player.placeatme worked, but it didn't let me talk to her.
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Talos stole mah baybay.
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Sorry for the double post, but has anyone elses child seemed to have vanished? I adopted Sofie and I like to think I've been a good mother to her, but I ploughed through the Civil War quest line and now she's vanished. No ransom note (because I know that happens), my Steward, Thane, Bard, and Husband are all perfectly in tact, it just seems that's she's vanished.
I've tried using console commands to get her back to me, specifically 'moveto player' and 'player.moveto' but it doesn't seem to work, because I can't figure out how to input the id correctly- player.placeatme worked, but it didn't let me talk to her.
Your child never existed. You're like Julianne Moore in The Forgotten.
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Mind=blown
So who did I give 500g pocket money to?
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Sorry for the double post, but has anyone elses child seemed to have vanished? I adopted Sofie and I like to think I've been a good mother to her, but I ploughed through the Civil War quest line and now she's vanished. No ransom note (because I know that happens), my Steward, Thane, Bard, and Husband are all perfectly in tact, it just seems that's she's vanished.
I've tried using console commands to get her back to me, specifically 'moveto player' and 'player.moveto' but it doesn't seem to work, because I can't figure out how to input the id correctly- player.placeatme worked, but it didn't let me talk to her.
If you have a savegame from a point where the kiddo was still around, load that to ascertain her object ID. Then reload back to your current point and player.moveto [object ID] should work.
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The next DLC is according to this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAE48m5crYg&feature=youtu.be) Redguard and we even have a release date.
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:caffeine:
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:caffeine:
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That guys voice is REALLY annoying.
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I still get goosebumps from the first gameplay trailer of Skyrim:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSRtYpNRoN0
and I find myself still amazed by the scope of this game because i still find new quests and stuff to explore everytime i play.
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Wow, this mod looks insane. Tropical Skyrim -- A Climate Overhaul (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/33017/)
I want to try it, but I haven't played for a couple months.
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The next DLC is according to this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAE48m5crYg&feature=youtu.be) Redguard and we even have a release date.
Video's been jerked. What's the release date on that?
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I think it was June or July.
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:tup
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Hey guys, check out this mod my bro just dl'd:
https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/33017
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Check Post #2264 ;)
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The next DLC is according to this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAE48m5crYg&feature=youtu.be) Redguard and we even have a release date.
Video's been jerked. What's the release date on that?
Ohh apparently it caused a mighty shitstorm and here some info if your interested (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ultciX_P5n8) and probably false info.
Anyway i think it was June 9 according to the original video.
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I found my kid. Little cow ran off to Windhelm, I turn up there to start buying a house, she runs up to me, 'Mama, mama, you're back! Can I have some pocket money?'
Moral of the story- Don't have kids.
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Check Post #2264 ;)
Damn. Well, cool to know it's catching on quickly.
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Anyway i think it was June 9 according to the original video.
Ah, cool. :tup
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Man, this really is one buggy-ass game. Given the scope of the whole thing, I'm willing to cut them some slack that things don't always work as planned, but a couple of them are just damned annoying. For one thing, I don't think my wife and kids have ever even met each other, since there's no way to get them both in the same house at the same time. Also, I'd love to have a bad-ass mage chick as a follower since higher level necromancers tend to kick Lydia's ass, but the Illia bug makes that fairly difficult. I thought I'd wrapped that up by making her the steward at Lakeview, which means that if you cut her loose she returns their, but now the follow me option seems to have vanished altogether.
I've got one last strategy to resolve the family thing. I figure if I divorce the old lady, I can then tell the kids to move to Solitude. Then I can remarry her and have her move there, as well. If that doesn't work, then I'm taking the lot of them out to the woods to Kaiser Soze their silly asses.
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Man, this really is one buggy-ass game.
At least you weren't playing at the time when dragons would go invisible and still continue to attack you...
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Yeah, that is the big criticism about Bethesda. Most game companies release a game, and then have to succeed or fail by its success. Bethesda get away with releasing unfinished garbage, but since their games are so one of a kind, people continue to put up with it.
Vanilla Skyrim works pretty well now, but DLC introductions have chopped away at it a bit. Fallout 3 is pretty damn solid now but that took tons of patching I think.
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Yeah, that is the big criticism about Bethesda. Most game companies release a game, and then have to succeed or fail by its success. Bethesda get away with releasing unfinished garbage, but since their games are so one of a kind, people continue to put up with it.
Vanilla Skyrim works pretty well now, but DLC introductions have chopped away at it a bit. Fallout 3 is pretty damn solid now but that took tons of patching I think.
BUZZWORDS!
It's a sandbox game. Go find me a sandbox game that isn't filled with bugs.
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Well, given the insane number of possible interactions, I'm not sure it'd be possible to create a game that wasn't at least somewhat buggy. Still, seems like they could be a bit better about releasing fixes as the problems crop up. I think both of my glitches were supposed to have been resolved, but they're still problematic.
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Well, given the insane number of possible interactions, I'm not sure it'd be possible to create a game that wasn't at least somewhat buggy. Still, seems like they could be a bit better about releasing fixes as the problems crop up. I think both of my glitches were supposed to have been resolved, but they're still problematic.
Download the unofficial Skyrim patch.
https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19
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Yeah, that is the big criticism about Bethesda. Most game companies release a game, and then have to succeed or fail by its success. Bethesda get away with releasing unfinished garbage, but since their games are so one of a kind, people continue to put up with it.
Vanilla Skyrim works pretty well now, but DLC introductions have chopped away at it a bit. Fallout 3 is pretty damn solid now but that took tons of patching I think.
BUZZWORDS!
It's a sandbox game. Go find me a sandbox game that isn't filled with bugs.
Grand Theft Auto IV had very few bugs.
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Yeah, that is the big criticism about Bethesda. Most game companies release a game, and then have to succeed or fail by its success. Bethesda get away with releasing unfinished garbage, but since their games are so one of a kind, people continue to put up with it.
Vanilla Skyrim works pretty well now, but DLC introductions have chopped away at it a bit. Fallout 3 is pretty damn solid now but that took tons of patching I think.
BUZZWORDS!
It's a sandbox game. Go find me a sandbox game that isn't filled with bugs.
I don't think you can even call it that anymore. It's a large, open-world First Person RPG. It is barely a "sandbox" game in the truest sense of the word. If it is, then every other open world game is too. And pretty much all of those are less buggy than skyrim.
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Well, given the insane number of possible interactions, I'm not sure it'd be possible to create a game that wasn't at least somewhat buggy. Still, seems like they could be a bit better about releasing fixes as the problems crop up. I think both of my glitches were supposed to have been resolved, but they're still problematic.
Download the unofficial Skyrim patch.
https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19
That appears to resolve the Illia issue, so I'll do that. Neither that nor the unofficial Hearthfire patch address the Laveview/marriage problem. There's an official bugfix for it, but like I said, it doesn't seem to work.
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Yeah, that is the big criticism about Bethesda. Most game companies release a game, and then have to succeed or fail by its success. Bethesda get away with releasing unfinished garbage, but since their games are so one of a kind, people continue to put up with it.
Vanilla Skyrim works pretty well now, but DLC introductions have chopped away at it a bit. Fallout 3 is pretty damn solid now but that took tons of patching I think.
BUZZWORDS!
It's a sandbox game. Go find me a sandbox game that isn't filled with bugs.
I don't think you can even call it that anymore. It's a large, open-world First Person RPG. It is barely a "sandbox" game in the truest sense of the word. If it is, then every other open world game is too. And pretty much all of those are less buggy than skyrim.
It's a sandbox RPG.
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Then the term "sandbox" refers to any open-world game is completely irrelevant.
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Yeah, that is the big criticism about Bethesda. Most game companies release a game, and then have to succeed or fail by its success. Bethesda get away with releasing unfinished garbage, but since their games are so one of a kind, people continue to put up with it.
Vanilla Skyrim works pretty well now, but DLC introductions have chopped away at it a bit. Fallout 3 is pretty damn solid now but that took tons of patching I think.
BUZZWORDS!
It's a sandbox game. Go find me a sandbox game that isn't filled with bugs.
Grand Theft Auto IV had very few bugs.
Skyrim is a profoundly more complex game than GTA4 if your really think about it. Besides the PC version of GTA4 was one giant bug upon release. I :heart GTA4 and Skyrim FYI.
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This isn't a bug really, but I find it annoying as shit when I come to the temple with Esbern (name escaping me), a dragon attacks, and the Forsworn attack me instead of the damned dragon! Priorities people!
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Yeah, that is the big criticism about Bethesda. Most game companies release a game, and then have to succeed or fail by its success. Bethesda get away with releasing unfinished garbage, but since their games are so one of a kind, people continue to put up with it.
Vanilla Skyrim works pretty well now, but DLC introductions have chopped away at it a bit. Fallout 3 is pretty damn solid now but that took tons of patching I think.
BUZZWORDS!
It's a sandbox game. Go find me a sandbox game that isn't filled with bugs.
Grand Theft Auto IV had very few bugs.
Skyrim is a profoundly more complex game than GTA4 if your really think about it. Besides the PC version of GTA4 was one giant bug upon release. I :heart GTA4 and Skyrim FYI.
I never said anything about comparable complexity. I'm just pointing out that as a sandbox game, it didn't have that many bugs. It amazes me that a game with a scope the size of Skyrim's could ever make it to production :lol Outside of the giant bugs that I bitched about for weeks, I don't expect Bethesda to catch/see it worth wasting their money on the little things that pop up now and then.
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GTAIV is one of the most poorly made PC (ports?) games ever released. Even on high end computers, it runs like shit.
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Not only that, you have to install like 5 programs to get it to run. I couldn't get it off of my PC fast enough. I also remember that when I installed it, it "analyzed" my machine and selected optimum settings and the draw distance was about 3 ft. You couldn't even get out of your car and walk over to the passenger side because it'd disappear before you got there. Driving was completely out of the question. Not sure how anybody could have possibly thought that was playable.
A couple of the bugs really annoy me, but all in all, Skyrim is surprisingly good given the scale of what they were trying to do.
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This isn't a bug really, but I find it annoying as shit when I come to the temple with Esbern (name escaping me), a dragon attacks, and the Forsworn attack me instead of the damned dragon! Priorities people!
Wow, this exact scenario has happened to me a lot of times throughout my different playthroughs.
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This isn't a bug really, but I find it annoying as shit when I come to the temple with Esbern (name escaping me), a dragon attacks, and the Forsworn attack me instead of the damned dragon! Priorities people!
You know, that only happens to me on that quest. Whenever bandits attack me, and a Dragon shows up, they go for the lizard.
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This isn't a bug really, but I find it annoying as shit when I come to the temple with Esbern (name escaping me), a dragon attacks, and the Forsworn attack me instead of the damned dragon! Priorities people!
Wow, this exact scenario has happened to me a lot of times throughout my different playthroughs.
They way it always works with me is that I'll see some harmless travelers, walk up to them to say howdy, one of them yells DIE MOTHER FUCKER! and I smash him with my shield before he can get off a shot. Then while I'm fighting off all 3 of his companions the dragon they were actually shouting at roasts me from behind.
There have been quite a few tragic misunderstandings during my travels. Yesterday it was some guy on a horse that was particularly hateful towards a deer behind me. :lol
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Here is a screenshot of that Tropical Tamriel. I'm going to uninstall it, because I don't quite like it. But, it looked fancy
(https://i.imgur.com/OrVhhlv.jpg)
wow, saving as a jpeg really fucked the quality of the screenshot.
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Looks fine to me, but I'm not a visiophile.
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Looks fine to me, but I'm not a visiophile.
That screenshot was taken on ultra settings with everything maxed out. It looks like high settings.
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Here is a screenshot of that Tropical Tamriel. I'm going to uninstall it, because I don't quite like it. But, it looked fancy
Yeah, I reinstalled just to try it out. It looked great in the screenshots, but it didn't look very good in-game due to very lo-res textures and bright grass, and I am not a fan of the lighting. It needs some serious texture work (with the help of the rest of the modding community), and it needs to be compatible with other outdoor lighting mods.
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Here is a screenshot of that Tropical Tamriel. I'm going to uninstall it, because I don't quite like it. But, it looked fancy
Yeah, I reinstalled just to try it out. It looked great in the screenshots, but it didn't look very good in-game due to very lo-res textures and bright grass, and I am not a fan of the lighting. It needs some serious texture work (with the help of the rest of the modding community), and it needs to be compatible with other outdoor lighting mods.
You having issues with it since uninstalling?
(https://i.imgur.com/I2XtsCv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3BYGYcD.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/Gct9yWN.jpg)
Got it all working
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(https://i.imgur.com/DsgRk92.jpg)
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Must say, I've never gone on a rampage for the fun of it, BUT
There is the occasion where there is a fight with an enemy and near the end I accidentally hit a guard or something and they start coming after me. It ends with many dead guards, me pissed off and re-loading from my last save point.
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Senseless rampages are the best way to test out new spells and shouts. Most fun I've had yet was using a frenzy spell on that old woman in Whiterun and watching the chaos ensue. I discovered that Lydia and I could kill every damn person in Whiterun, if not for the immortality of a couple of NPCs (if you can't kill Farengar early, it's a tough road).
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Heh, I've always been a big fan of frenzy. Especially since I power it up with dual casting and other perks to hit higher level targets. Just hit someone, hide, listen to chaos ensue, and repeat until 1 usually heavily injured opponent remains.
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Heh, I've always been a big fan of frenzy. Especially since I power it up with dual casting and other perks to hit higher level targets. Just hit someone, hide, listen to chaos ensue, and repeat until 1 usually heavily injured opponent remains.
Huh. Hadn't thought of building it up. I've always considered it somewhat useless (aside from mayhem, that is). What's the highest level bad guy it'll work on?
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I don't know for sure, but as long as I'm not using it on master something or deathlords it usually works.
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I've mostly ignored the illusions school since it tends to only work on low-level bad guys of the sort I never come across anymore. Since my Illusion rank is improved thanks to the Muffle thing, perhaps I'll revisit that. There are a couple of them I wouldn't mind having access to.
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Just finished all the Daedric quests to the letter, and I have all the right artefacts needed for the Oblivion Walker Achievement- So why hasn't it granted :(
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Just finished all the Daedric quests to the letter, and I have all the right artefacts needed for the Oblivion Walker Achievement- So why hasn't it granted :(
Did you take the Black Soul or anything like that?
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Nope, normal Azura's star, Masque of Clavicus Vile, Mehrune's Razor, Staff of Corruption, Saviour's Hide, which I think are the only one's you can miss. I was very careful about following the quest lines.
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Nope, normal Azura's star, Masque of Clavicus Vile, Mehrune's Razor, Staff of Corruption, Saviour's Hide, which I think are the only one's you can miss. I was very careful about following the quest lines.
Saviour's Hide is the wrong one I think. I think you need the Ring of Hircine. Also, it doesn't matter if you take the Azura's Star or the Black Star, they both count.
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I checked the Elder Scrolls wiki and apparently either of them count. Saviour's Hide and Hircine's ring are still Daedric artefacts, whereas alternative rewards such as the Rueful Axe aren't, they're just heavily enchanted.
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If you don't kill Erandur for the Skull of Corruption during Waking Nightmare (the Vaermina Daedric quest in Dawnstar), you have to get Hircine's Ring AND the Saviour's Hide for the Oblivion Walker achievement.
But... Erandur is a BAD ASS follower. :metal
Edit: Oops... just noticed that you HAVE the Skull/Staff of Corruption. :facepalm:
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Did you get every artifact as a reward of their respective quests (you didn't use console commands etc)?
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Yeah, I've read about a glitch you can perform that lets you get both artefacts in case you miss one of them.
Nope, no console commands, finished the quests to a T.
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That's just plain weird. Maybe it's a bug. Do you still have a save where you only have 14 artifacts and still have to get the last one? Maybe trying again works, or just holding on to that save till you can figure out what went wrong.
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I think I should, yeah :) I'll have to go reload that one then!
Edit: Tried reloading and doing the last quest (The Cursed Tribe) again, to no avail. Guess I'll just have to wait until my next play through!
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............................ I have a pet troll.
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............................ I have a pet troll.
...Is this in Dawnguard?
w/e I have a pet bunny rabbit.
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Yeah. The most hilariously awesome thing in the game fo sho.
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Yeah. The most hilariously awesome thing in the game fo sho.
And all I get is a dog covered in shadowy stuff :(
Can you take him into cities with you?
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Yeah. The most hilariously awesome thing in the game fo sho.
And all I get is a dog covered in shadowy stuff :(
Can you take him into cities with you?
I haven't tried yet.
EDIT: Yes you can. It's like it's not even there.
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............................ I have a pet troll.
:rollin :clap:
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Here's a little treat i had no idea about:
The voice behind Paarthurnax in Skyrim is infact Charles Martinet the voice behind Mario since 1995.
:omg:
Btw i think his website (https://www.charlesmartinet.com/) is still trapped in 95! :lol
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I was gonna say that it wasn't as bad as GRRM's site... but that one was finally updated.
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He did such a FANTASTIC job voicing Parrthurnax. Um, but dude... your page is in dire need of an update or thirty. :lol
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I just wanna say one thing: I love Skyrim! :heart
The music, the lore, the landscape, the freedom, the quests, the cities, the forests, the mountains, the people, the fauna, the caves, the exploration and pure epicness is what makes Skyrim such an awesome game and i love that there are game studios that make games like this, i really really do.
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I wholeheartedly agree, Boom - do you have the soundtrack? If not, you should get it post haste. It's as awesome as the game, cause it's the music FROM the game. :metal
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Yea i have for a while wanted to get the OST but i'm a bit hesitant because i don't want to over listen to the songs when i'm not in the game. I'm a bit afraid of losing the "magic" in the game you know. Yea i know....i'm a bit nerdy about things like that. (https://www.testmy.net/ipb/public/style_emoticons/default/nerd_smiley.gif)
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I can see where that would be a concern, but honestly? I haven't tired of it at all - it's deepened my appreciation, if that makes sense.
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Yea true, i might get it anyway and strain myself from not ravish the hell out of the album, like i do with other albums i like. :biggrin:
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:lol
Go for it, I say.
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I don't own the OST, since I can't seem to find it, but I do from time to time pop this sucker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Yr_Y53n5g
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Seriously considering buying the soundtrack. The whole thing is available on youtube. All 3 hours.
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Any PC gamers:
Do you guys use Mods on this game? If so, which ones?
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Any PC gamers:
Do you guys use Mods on this game? If so, which ones?
A handful. I try not to get far away from lore and the original intent. The only thing I couldn't live without are the mods that enable the keyboard and add 30 or so extra hotkeys--invaluable. Others are all convenience type stuff: better item sorting, better map, quest awareness (denotes if an unexplored location is associated with a quest so you don't explore it prematurely), unread books glow and a tent/bed roll for camping.
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I only use steam mods without the Skyrim Script Extender, i'm a bit n00b and lazy to install that.
From those i have i highly recommend:
Water and Terrain Enc.
Lush Trees and Grass
and especially Vibrant Auroras
the others are more for fun.
Me like curvy things!
(https://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8624/skyrimmods1.jpg) (https://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1629/skyrimmods2.jpg) (https://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3172/skyrimmods3.jpg)
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Nice one, I tend to use the HD set from Bethesda and the Lush Grass and trees one (although, there isn't that much of a difference. I think I'll use the stones of Barenziah quest markers though! :D
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Nice one, I tend to use the HD set from Bethesda and the Lush Grass and trees one (although, there isn't that much of a difference. I think I'll use the stones of Barenziah quest markers though! :D
Yea, i usually avoid cheats but i have a desperate thing for finishing quests so i tried my best with that one but man that is a BIG one and yea.......
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I don't own the OST, since I can't seem to find it, but I do from time to time pop this sucker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Yr_Y53n5g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Yr_Y53n5g)
That's a beautiful version of it. :heart
Seriously considering buying the soundtrack. The whole thing is available on youtube. All 3 hours.
True dat, but it's worth it to buy it IMO.
I think I'll use the stones of Barenziah quest markers though! :D
There's a cheat for that?! I only have two more to get though - the Elder Scrolls wiki has all of the locations, so I'm trying to remember which ones I've been to. :lolpalm:
I'm only rolling with the HD texture pack at present.
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I don't own the OST, since I can't seem to find it, but I do from time to time pop this sucker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Yr_Y53n5g
:heart Amazing version by the LPO.
There's a cheat for that?! I only have two more to get though - the Elder Scrolls wiki has all of the locations, so I'm trying to remember which ones I've been to. :lolpalm:
(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/Smileys/default/clap.gif)
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I have a lot of mods from both the Nexus and Steam
From Steam
-Ash Pile Expiration
-Better Dynamic Snow
-Enchant Freedom Lite
-Bloodier Combat
-HD Texture Pack
From Nexus
-RCM Pure dynamic lighting
-Alcohol Drunk Effect
-Better Vampires
-Ethereal Elven Overhaul
-Extended Color Sliders
-Female Press Out The Wrinkles and Forehead
-Gender and Race Heights
-Iridum Eyes
-Lore Based Loading Screens
-Nuska Real Skin For Women
-SkyUI
Basically, mods that make the world seem a little richer, a little more in depth, or make my characters look a little more naturally beautiful. I haven't downloaded any extreme body mods because I wont inflict a huge chest on my characters. I'm pretty sure that there's no such thing as sports bras in Skyrim and the pain of jogging- let alone fighting- without a sports bra and a large chest is something that I do not want to inflict on my characters.
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-SkyUI
That is one mod i want.
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-SkyUI
That is one mod i want.
It works fine without Skyrim Script Extender, you just have a message stuck at the top of your screen when you go into your inventory
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Oh i had no idea, that's awesome! :tup
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I looked into SKYUI and decided against it. I like the expanding method the stock UI uses over the simple list/filter scheme of SKYUI. Especially using a 360 controller. Seems like SKYUI is really only better for a mouse/KB player. The problem is that the stock UI doesn't sort thing worth a damn, which the better sorting mod takes care of. All it does is rename items so that they'll group properly. Ebony arrows and steel arrows become arrows, ebony and arrows, steel. Same with potions, soul gems, ingots, or anything else that should sort alphabetically but won't. Huge improvement.
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SkyUI did not work properly without the SSE so i uninstalled it. I might try the SSE later.
This mod is really nice:
Vurt Flora Overhaul (Redux)
(https://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/864963706246207590/9E823B488079F3C44D66D4D6D2D6173F86D2A2DC/)
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SkyUI did not work properly without the SSE so i uninstalled it. I might try the SSE later.
It's really easy to use. You just unpack the contents of SKSE into the Skyrim folder and open the game with SKSE.exe instead of Skyrim.exe.
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It would appear that horse mechanics are Beth's biggest blunder. Seems so obvious that you should be able to park your horse somewhere and leave it, yet as soon as you fast travel it shows up next to you. The only reason I even have one is because I picked up Frost, and now there doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of it other than killing him.
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SkyUI did not work properly without the SSE so i uninstalled it. I might try the SSE later.
It's really easy to use. You just unpack the contents of SKSE into the Skyrim folder and open the game with SKSE.exe instead of Skyrim.exe.
But don't you need to seperate .dll, .psc and .pex files into diffrent folders? And it seems to be a bunch of files too which means that if you wanna uninstall SKSE you'll have to search for the correct files to delete. I'm not saying that's difficult though.
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SkyUI did not work properly without the SSE so i uninstalled it. I might try the SSE later.
It's really easy to use. You just unpack the contents of SKSE into the Skyrim folder and open the game with SKSE.exe instead of Skyrim.exe.
But don't you need to seperate .dll, .psc and .pex files into diffrent folders? And it seems to be a bunch of files too which means that if you wanna uninstall SKSE you'll have to search for the correct files to delete. I'm not saying that's difficult though.
Nope, all that stuff goes directly into the Skyrim folder. As far as uninstallation, I usually keep a copy of the original packed folder so I can reference which files it came with, but I really doubt you'd have any reason to uninstall it.
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SkyUI did not work properly without the SSE so i uninstalled it. I might try the SSE later.
It's really easy to use. You just unpack the contents of SKSE into the Skyrim folder and open the game with SKSE.exe instead of Skyrim.exe.
But don't you need to seperate .dll, .psc and .pex files into diffrent folders? And it seems to be a bunch of files too which means that if you wanna uninstall SKSE you'll have to search for the correct files to delete. I'm not saying that's difficult though.
Nope, all that stuff goes directly into the Skyrim folder. As far as uninstallation, I usually keep a copy of the original packed folder so I can reference which files it came with, but I really doubt you'd have any reason to uninstall it.
OK, nice i'll try it out. :)
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It would appear that horse mechanics are Beth's biggest blunder. Seems so obvious that you should be able to park your horse somewhere and leave it, yet as soon as you fast travel it shows up next to you.
Hence why I stick with my conjurable horse.
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It would appear that horse mechanics are Beth's biggest blunder. Seems so obvious that you should be able to park your horse somewhere and leave it, yet as soon as you fast travel it shows up next to you. The only reason I even have one is because I picked up Frost, and now there doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of it other than killing him.
I like that, but that's because I have Shadowmere and she doesn't afraid of anything.
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It would appear that horse mechanics are Beth's biggest blunder. Seems so obvious that you should be able to park your horse somewhere and leave it, yet as soon as you fast travel it shows up next to you.
Hence why I stick with my conjurable horse.
So do I, albeit in a different sort of way. I created a batch file that blinks Frost in or out of existence. I park him in the stable at Lakeview, say adios and console his ass into oblivion. I can recall him at any point, exactly where he was when I nuked him. Still, it'd be nice to have a real, working horse that hangs out at your stable when you're not using him. Considering how much thought they put into all aspects of this game, it amazes me that they made horse ownership so stupid and worthless.
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I'd always thought that they do that so you don't go "oh fuck I left my horse, now I have to fast travel back!"
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I'd always thought that they do that so you don't go "oh fuck I left my horse, now I have to fast travel back!"
I have to do that with Lydia's silly ass, so why not my horse?
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Placing an unread Oghma Infinium on a bookshelf in the player’s house no longer allows the book to be reused again
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUck
Good thing I did that already.
Of all the things they fixed with the latest update, none of it was with Hearthfire, the glitchiest thing in Skyrim.
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Is Hearthfire really worth it anyway?
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I think so. I didn't think much of it at first, but once you get going, it's pretty fun. Plus, having a custom house is pretty cool.
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There's a cheat for that?! I only have two more to get though - the Elder Scrolls wiki has all of the locations, so I'm trying to remember which ones I've been to. :lolpalm:
(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/Smileys/default/clap.gif)
So... I downloaded the quest marker thing for the last two stones and I'm currently in the place where the crown is.
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I really enjoy Hearthfire, despite my kid thinking it's funny to run off every now and again. I mean, sure, building your house is pretty tiring, but oh well.
Edit: 53 levels in, multiple minor appearance adjustment mods and God knows how many trips to the face resculptor, and I'm finally happy with the structure of my character's face. Noble and graceful, but also intimidating and cold. All I need now is a lore friendly hair mod to complete her- Any suggestions? (And no, Apachii hair is beautiful, but not lore friendly.
(https://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq269/alirocker08/2013-04-06_00002_zps19d2daec.jpg)
FML photobucket, stop being a bitch (right click-view image to see it without it looking fucktarded)
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IMO, too much makeup for the gritty world that is Tamriel. That's just me, though.
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Is Hearthfire really worth it anyway?
I like it, but it's certainly not without it's flaws. You'll have to stop and run to the store 20 times building your house, and you're worthless-ass steward is, well, worthless. You're stuck with the rooms you build because they didn't incorporate any method for remodeling. Unless you're the type to turn away poor, fixing to freeze to death little kids, go ahead and build a kids bedroom, cuz you'll get saddled with a couple of them and there's no way to build one after the fact. I don't care for the armory at all. Should have twice as many mannequins and weapon racks. At the very least, have enough mannequins to display the unique armors you'll be awarded.
As for the plus sides, the Lakeview house is pretty nifty and nicely located. Having a greenhouse and garden is awesome. You'll never want for potions and poisons again. If you build the house with the hatchery, you'll have easy access to particularly potent poisons, as well.
It would appear that horse mechanics are Beth's biggest blunder. Seems so obvious that you should be able to park your horse somewhere and leave it, yet as soon as you fast travel it shows up next to you.
Hence why I stick with my conjurable horse.
Damn, that thing's awesome. I might never fast-travel again. I just wish it'd stick around 30 seconds after you dismount, so you can hop off for something and not have to conjure up another one. Also, NPCs don't seem to react to you when you're riding one. Don't know if that's with horses in general or just the ethereal ones. I had to dismount to give a highwayman the opportunity to threaten to gut me so I could kill him lawfully. Then conjure up a different horse to continue with.
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Yeah, NPCs show shockingly little regard for astral horses and weapons. Then again, Skyrim is a land of magic, so maybe it's not a big deal. There's that dude who always wants you to conjure him up a warm bed, lol.
I don't like Hearthfire. You don't get enough control over how your house looks, imo.
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I really hate the fact you can't remodel houses. I built the extra bedroom for some kids and realised you get one as standard. Yes, the beds you get as standard make the kids look like they're in a hole but it's fine. Also getting the steward to buy decorations for your house is a pain too, especially since sometimes they don't turn up until you reload the game. Otherwise it's pretty cool, if you have the PC there is a Hearthfire type mod that you can get, whether it's still up or not who knows.
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I'd just like to have one place where everything is consolidated. I currently have 3 homes, and have to hit them all up for various purposes. My armory is in Markarth. My family is in Solitude. The Lakeview house has all of my crafting stuff. Then I occasionally have to hit up the hatchery for poison fishes. Just a little bit of customization would allow me to rectify that, but unfortunately it's not yet possible.
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The steward is damn slow. By the time he finally got done furnishing my house, I'd already said "screw it", saved and bought the Windhelm house with all its additions and furnishings.
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IMO, too much makeup for the gritty world that is Tamriel. That's just me, though.
Scarily, that's just what you can do with the vanilla make up! It suits her background though, you have to keep up appearances when ripping through the Forsworn :P
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Fair enough. :lol
I'll have to edit this post with a screencap of my character - also got a really funny screencap of Shadowmere and another random horse giving me WTF looks at the same time. :lol
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Daww, those derpy horses!
I'm looking for an article about Skyrim. This guy went mad on the Steam workshop and installed everything, and wrote a series of articles about his adventures. Any idea where I can find it? I can't remember the author or anything.
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Daww, those derpy horses!
I'm looking for an article about Skyrim. This guy went mad on the Steam workshop and installed everything, and wrote a series of articles about his adventures. Any idea where I can find it? I can't remember the author or anything.
https://www.pcgamer.com/2012/09/10/skyrim-week-of-madness-day-1-the-world-according-to-sheogorath/
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:rollin That was epic.
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Daww, those derpy horses!
I'm looking for an article about Skyrim. This guy went mad on the Steam workshop and installed everything, and wrote a series of articles about his adventures. Any idea where I can find it? I can't remember the author or anything.
https://www.pcgamer.com/2012/09/10/skyrim-week-of-madness-day-1-the-world-according-to-sheogorath/
Thank you!
180 hours in and I'm still finding tonnes of unique quests. Holy shit.
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https://www.pcgamer.com/2012/09/10/skyrim-week-of-madness-day-1-the-world-according-to-sheogorath/
I lost it at this:
(https://media.pcgamer.com/files/2012/08/skyrim_11.jpg)
:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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For those asking, yes, today's thanks/farewell Skyrim post does mean there is no more DLC coming.
:'(
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It's Ok, I have mods to keep me going.
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For those asking, yes, today's thanks/farewell Skyrim post does mean there is no more DLC coming.
:'(
:( :'(
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Got royally fucked over by a Skyrim glitch today. On a mission where 2 Deathlords each have half a dragon claw. One of the DeathLords I killed ended up disappearing under the floor. I can detect him with detect dead, but can't loot him or reanimate him. And of course until I finally figured out WTF happened I had saved enough times that I don't have an old enough save point. FML.
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Yea i hate glitches like that! Is it the Amethyst Claws?
If it is, try these command lines:
Right Claw:
player.additem xx01CAC1 1
Left Claw:
player.additem xx01CAC0 1
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Yea i hate glitches like that! Is it the Amethyst Claws?
If it is, try these command lines:
Right Claw:
player.additem xx01CAC1 1
Left Claw:
player.additem xx01CAC0 1
Yes it is, and I'm on PS3.
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Oh! :lol
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"ah I hate those, try this"
"I'm on a PS3"
"HAHA fucking loser"
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So I've been pondering my character level and the cap. By my estimate, I'll probably max out about 65, since I have no interest in a couple of the skills, and a couple more I use quite sparingly. Given the way the XP requirements increase exponentially, I'm already getting close to the wall. Anybody here get to 81? Which leads to the next question, anybody here taking advantage of the legendary skill function? I'm curious what the highest level somebody here has gotten to in here.
Also, I stumbled across it by accident, but at this point in the game any Dwarven armor I make far exceeds every other armor in the game. This includes Daedric, which in my case is heavier and weaker. Not sure why this is. I suppose it might be related to ancient knowledge, but I thought that was bugged to apply to all armor types. Even if they fixed that bug, it's also supposed to apply to a full set, not individual pieces. It doesn't really matter much since the armor cap is pretty easy to hit, but still interesting.
As for me, I'm fixing to legendary my heavy armor skill, even though I only have a couple of perks there. For one thing, the game's gotten too easy. Another is to push back my effective level cap. Without that HA skill, I'll be needing the sturdiest armor I can craft, which appears to be Dwarven.
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I'm at 58, trying to get up to level 75 at the very least to encounter the legendary dragon in the name of achievevements. I would like to hit the absolute level cap however, and then I'll abuse legendary for the non- combat/passive skills like enchanting, smithing, sneak, and alchemy.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DnlUfPlLjKs#!
:angry:
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Um... :|
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I remember when he used to shop at our store when he went to the U of M as a grad student. Nice guy
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Dovah Chicken!
(https://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/5186429-1345224337.jpg)
https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/Images/125714/?
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I'm up to level 83, but I'm pretty much played out. Only thing I haven't finished is the werewolf missions. Explored everything. Done everything. Millions of gold and a salary of 20k/day. Only play it now for goofing around. The plan is to fire it up again during my recovery and play the whole thing through as the exact opposite of my current character. Figure I'll play through as the most morally reprehensible and degenerate character I can possibly be. Also going to install some of the realism mods. Basic needs and Frostfall both seem like they'd add a needed element to the base game.
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I'm up to level 83, but I'm pretty much played out. Only thing I haven't finished is the werewolf missions. Explored everything. Done everything. Millions of gold and a salary of 20k/day. Only play it now for goofing around. The plan is to fire it up again during my recovery and play the whole thing through as the exact opposite of my current character. Figure I'll play through as the most morally reprehensible and degenerate character I can possibly be. Also going to install some of the realism mods. Basic needs and Frostfall both seem like they'd add a needed element to the base game.
What about the Falskaar mod?
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I've actually re-installed Skyrim simply to play that mod.
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I'm up to level 83, but I'm pretty much played out. Only thing I haven't finished is the werewolf missions. Explored everything. Done everything. Millions of gold and a salary of 20k/day. Only play it now for goofing around. The plan is to fire it up again during my recovery and play the whole thing through as the exact opposite of my current character. Figure I'll play through as the most morally reprehensible and degenerate character I can possibly be. Also going to install some of the realism mods. Basic needs and Frostfall both seem like they'd add a needed element to the base game.
What about the Falskaar mod?
First I've heard of it before now. I'll check that out. And once you mentioned, I remembered that I never got around to activating Dawnguard or Dragonborn, so I guess I'm far from played out.
At the same time, I think I'll wait and fire up all the DLC's on a new game to add unknown content. Part of the reason I feel played out right now is because Jesus (my current character) pretty much just needs to look sternly at someone to kill them. There's really no challenge left anymore.
There's also that big-ass underground Dwemer city. Only went through there once as part of some mission. I find the Dwemer stuf rather dull, but I suppose I should explore that, as well.
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I think installing DLC and/or mods and then starting from scratch is a cool idea. The only downside is having to play through some of the less interesting missions again, but it's a really fun game still.
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I've been playing Falskaar a lot lately. It's absolutely incredible. Plus with an enb, it looks totally amazing.
(https://i.imgur.com/gDrcCHq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kJ37clx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8hrexdr.jpg)
This one is by far my favorite.
(https://i.imgur.com/QhIFJjp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7c5o896.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rMGeyT8.jpg)
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which enb is that?
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SkyRealism ENB Evolved. I believe the preset is "vibrant." I am also using climates of tamriel and the 2k textures packs, and some other mods including grass on steroids (I think). I'm planning on adding some of the other Skyrealism mods because I know they have some other stuff.
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I hadn't heard about Falskaar but it looks pretty amazing!
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SkyRealism ENB Evolved. I believe the preset is "vibrant." I am also using climates of tamriel and the 2k textures packs, and some other mods including grass on steroids (I think). I'm planning on adding some of the other Skyrealism mods because I know they have some other stuff.
That looks great, but despite the game being mostly CPU limited, my graphics card struggles to maintain acceptable FPS with the vanilla version. I figure 2k textures would be a back-breaker.
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SkyRealism ENB Evolved. I believe the preset is "vibrant." I am also using climates of tamriel and the 2k textures packs, and some other mods including grass on steroids (I think). I'm planning on adding some of the other Skyrealism mods because I know they have some other stuff.
That looks great, but despite the game being mostly CPU limited, my graphics card struggles to maintain acceptable FPS with the vanilla version. I figure 2k textures would be a back-breaker.
I have an i3 and a 7850 1gb. I get 50-60 fps. What's your setup?
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SkyRealism ENB Evolved. I believe the preset is "vibrant." I am also using climates of tamriel and the 2k textures packs, and some other mods including grass on steroids (I think). I'm planning on adding some of the other Skyrealism mods because I know they have some other stuff.
That looks great, but despite the game being mostly CPU limited, my graphics card struggles to maintain acceptable FPS with the vanilla version. I figure 2k textures would be a back-breaker.
I have an i3 and a 7850 1gb. I get 50-60 fps. What's your setup?
An i5, which is more than adequate, but I think the VGA is like a 5600 series. Something old and mid-level. Skyrim is definitely CPU driven for the most part, but there is a point where graphics cards become a bottleneck. In my case, I've got everything set up the way I like it with 3 monitors on two cards, and I really don't want to go monkeying around with it. Add to that, I need component out for my TV, and none of the newer cards offer anything but HDMI.
A secondary cause is likely that I'm running XP and have no desire to upgrade. Without a 64bit platform and it's added memory availability, that's probably costing me some performance, as well. Regardless, I've had to lower the texture detail to keep it above 20fps at 1080x1920.
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I bet you can probably find a cheap HDMI-to-component if you wanted a new card, but you seem perfectly content with your setup so :tup
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Hey guys, come September you should all go and download this (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8429/?) mod because it'll be out of beta and I'll be in it and it'll be magical.
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Wow, can't wait. That looks really awesome.
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Awesome fan film:
Skyrim: Into the Void [Fan Film] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy5LizCEGF8)
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I just can't keep interest in the game. I'm only level 27, but I've beat the story. I can't build enough incentive to keep doing side missions.
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I just can't keep interest in the game. I'm only level 27, but I've beat the story. I can't build enough incentive to keep doing side missions.
I found the DLC storylines to be MUCH better than the actual story.
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I just can't keep interest in the game. I'm only level 27, but I've beat the story. I can't build enough incentive to keep doing side missions.
I found the DLC storylines to be MUCH better than the actual story.
I haven't even played the DLC, but in general I found side quest stories more interesting than the main stories. Kinda like a TV show where the episode stories are great even if the overall story arc is weak.
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I just can't keep interest in the game. I'm only level 27, but I've beat the story. I can't build enough incentive to keep doing side missions.
Yea I know but give it some time and hopefully you will feel for it again. Haven't played for 5 months myself but i'm starting to get a urge to play again actually.
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Just heard some sections of the bard songs for that mod, I am so excite. I can't wait to talk to myself.
Edit: Look ma I'm in a video game! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHF0GRrciaU)
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I apologise for the double post but the mod has been released! https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8429/? (https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8429/?)
Also, here's a little sample of the bards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqAkfQrw8JQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqAkfQrw8JQ)
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That looks awesome! Now I just need to actually get Skyrim on PC and I'll download that. :biggrin:
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The Elder Scrolls Online - The Arrival Cinematic Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIlFMSyIOk0)
Looks amazing.
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The Elder Scrolls Online - The Arrival Cinematic Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIlFMSyIOk0)
Looks amazing.
The video's a nice piece of CGI. The game itself looks a cut below Skyrim. Personally, I hate cinematic trailers for games that don't reflect what the actual content will be.
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Yea it's just for promotion. There are gameplay trailers of the game anyway. Here's one for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFxE4AESn4
I have no problem enjoying cinematic or gameplay trailers as long as they include that in the description. I guess the reason the gameplay may look the same or a step below than Skyrim is that it's a multiplayer game which on it's own is a more hardware intensive thing than singleplayer. Then if you also take in the fact that the game is played in the whole continent of Tamriel compared to only Skyrim you may be a bit more forgiving for the graphics. It's a pretty damn big project.
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Oh, I don't have a problem with the real game; I watched some gamplay videos before posting. If that's what people want, more power to them (I love Skyrim, but have zero interest in this). I'm only criticizing a promo that makes it look like a Peter Jackson movie when it's really a 2012 era computer game.
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Ok yea they could have skipped the Gimli, Tauriel and I guess Aragorn look-a-likes! :lol
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Played the beta for TESO.
:tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn
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Played the beta for TESO.
:tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn :tdwn
Wow really? Feel free to eleborate...
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Doesn't feel like the elder scrolls at all. just an mmo with an elderscrolls skin
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Doesn't feel like the elder scrolls at all. just an mmo with an elderscrolls skin
That dosen't sound to promising, how long did you play? What is the beta exactly, the full game or just a limited version?
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That sounds about like what I was expecting. Watching some gameplay videos everything seemed sped up to focus more on action than immersion.
As for me, I'm still playing vanilla Skyrim and enjoying it. Someday I'll install DB and Dawnguard and start anew. Personally, I just enjoy the building of a character over the long haul more than running around killing anything that moves.
BTW, has anybody ever actually maxed out restoration or alteration? I guess if you're playing a straight up unarmored magic user that might be useful, but it never really appealed to me.
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BTW, has anybody ever actually maxed out restoration or alteration? I guess if you're playing a straight up unarmored magic user that might be useful, but it never really appealed to me.
It's quite nice when low on potions to use something like Close Wounds or Fast Healing.
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As for me, I'm still playing vanilla Skyrim and enjoying it. Someday I'll install DB and Dawnguard and start anew. Personally, I just enjoy the building of a character over the long haul more than running around killing anything that moves.
You should try Hearthfire, sounds like your cup of tea. It's pretty addictive.
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I'm just now jumping on this train and loving every second. It truly is a beautiful game and now that I've got my powerhouse gaming Schwarzenegger PC I can run this puppy completely maxed out without a single hitch, bump or screen tear. I really love the music, especially; it's an immersive experience and it's really got a way of getting under your skin in a very good way. I was never all that into the series before, and had only played an hour or two of Morrowind back in the day. But this seems to be a whole new experience altogether. It feels much more refined and purposeful and while there's still glitches galore, I almost like that aspect of games (unless it breaks the game...) and it's fun to play around with certain glitches; not to mention it is quite literally impossible to get every single edge refined and smoothed out with a game of this size and with how much shit is going on all at once.
As for TESO, I threw that idea out the window the moment I heard 'subscription'. I've done it in the past with WOW, I've done it more recently with FFXIV, and while I loved both of those games, XIV much more so, I still don't play enough to justify that kind of money. I mean if you play constantly and you use every minute you can, then sure, it's really not a lot of money. But for as much as I game these days, it's not justifiable and I'd rather pay for a game once and then play it at my leisure without worrying about my bank account. It's a shame, but I also kind of expected this thing to go to shit if someone expects a fully fleshed out ES experience, except online. I don't think that's possible considering how much depth and ingenuity goes into these games. It sounded awesome on paper but with the subscription, plus the fact that it's more than likely going to be a shallow version of an ES game with tons of twats running about....eh, I'll pass. MMOs simply aren't for me, I'm learning. Which is fine. But hey, I'd love to be wrong and it be a completely immersive, utterly amazing experience that you can have with others. MMOs usually don't turn out that way though.
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Cool to hear man. I remember when everything clicked for me in Skyrim. The music, landscape, story, scenery, characters when everything just molded into one immersive experience. I get goosebumps thinking back at all these great moments I had in this game. It's no wonder it's called one of the greatest games of all time.
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As for me, I'm still playing vanilla Skyrim and enjoying it. Someday I'll install DB and Dawnguard and start anew. Personally, I just enjoy the building of a character over the long haul more than running around killing anything that moves.
You should try Hearthfire, sounds like your cup of tea. It's pretty addictive.
BTW, has anybody ever actually maxed out restoration or alteration? I guess if you're playing a straight up unarmored magic user that might be useful, but it never really appealed to me.
It's quite nice when low on potions to use something like Close Wounds or Fast Healing.
I use the healing spells on myself and any allies. Still, with a character at L79, my restoration skill is still about 40something.
And Hearthfire was installed nearly from the beginning. Sucks having no steady place to call home. That said, the mechanics of building a damn house are dreadful.
:Tio, I was a late arrival too. Enjoy it while your character is still young. There will come a point where you become essentially invincible and it's no longer the same game. It's still immersive and all, but without much of a challenge.
Also, be sure and let us know how your PC is doing once you have 80 mods installed and you're working off of a 28mb savegame. :lol
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Bart, you know you can buy houses in the cities, right? None of them are as convenient as the Hearthfire homes, though.
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Bart, you know you can buy houses in the cities, right? None of them are as convenient as the Hearthfire homes, though.
Sure, but at that point I only had access (and funding) for Breezehome, which kind of sucks. As I recall, it was lots more storage options that I really wanted. Oh, and the garden/greenhouse make amassing a fortune pretty simple.
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That sounds about like what I was expecting. Watching some gameplay videos everything seemed sped up to focus more on action than immersion.
As for me, I'm still playing vanilla Skyrim and enjoying it. Someday I'll install DB and Dawnguard and start anew. Personally, I just enjoy the building of a character over the long haul more than running around killing anything that moves.
BTW, has anybody ever actually maxed out restoration or alteration? I guess if you're playing a straight up unarmored magic user that might be useful, but it never really appealed to me.
I've maxed them both out. There were some easy methods to get them maxed out.
Vanilla as in no mods or anything? I modded the game instantly. Took away all the bugs people complained about, so I have hardly ever come across bugs to speak of. There are incredibly many mods that are almost a must.
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My brother got this game for Xbox and I get to play it every other weekend. I made a character named J.P., who is a medium-build Nord with long black hair and a short beard. (J.P. is my default create-a-character in pretty much every video game ;).)
I've never played a game like this. I am not far at all. Haven't even gone to Bleak Falls Barrow...got sidetracked with the Companions. (J.P. is now a werewolf, which is fitting.)
J.P. is getting good at two-handed swordplay, archery, and light armor to start. Going for a "heroic" build. I sort of have Aragorn from LOTR in mind as a template. But stop me now if the gameplay is going to get boring. Even on Adept, I haven't died once. There was one part where I accidentally stumbled into a bandit fort near Whiterun and the 2-hander made short work of five guys attacking at once. So I'm considering shield and sword as it seems like it would spice up the combat.
But honestly I have no idea what's out there and want to keep it that way. The mystery really adds to the experience. Just let me know if my character will get stale.
Anyway, the game is, like, the best game I've ever played and I'm only a few hours in. :lol
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As for me, I'm still playing vanilla Skyrim and enjoying it. Someday I'll install DB and Dawnguard and start anew. Personally, I just enjoy the building of a character over the long haul more than running around killing anything that moves.
Careful with Dawnguard. The stupidest part is that when you start the quest the game starts randomly spawning master vampires in cities who can kill off merchants, blacksmiths, and similar NPCs you might use/encounter all the time. There are console codes to resurrect the NPCs if their body is there but sometimes if you spawn at say Dragonreach and then fly off somewhere else the game will dump a master vampire somewhere in Whiterun without your knowledge and you'll have to take guess why poor Belathor isn't in his shop anymore. One of the most unacceptable game designs ever, especially since Adrianne can bite it with one axe swing but fucking Nazeem is unkillable.
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Vanilla as in no mods or anything? I modded the game instantly. Took away all the bugs people complained about, so I have hardly ever come across bugs to speak of. There are incredibly many mods that are almost a must.
No, I just meant only the Skyrim story part. No other quest packages or anything. Mine is pretty heavily modded, and I've got HF installed.
Ħ: no knowing WTF to do is one of the great parts of the game. By the time I really got rolling in story missions I had probably 15 major quests and 25 misc quests stacked up in my queue. I'm sure I've had 50 open at one time before.
Orcus: The one time I did activate Dawnguard, I showed up in Solitude to discover a huge stack of dead bodies in the middle of the town, like out of some horror movie. It included some people I interacted with so I deactivated it and went back a few saves. I'll wait and fire DG up after I've done all the regular Skyrim stuf I want to do.
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I've literally been walking around as Wolverine the entirety of my game... :lol (and on occasion, Goku, but that doesn't look as good...Iron Man is also an option but I'm a bigger Wolverine fan)
I fucking love mods. :metal
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Careful with Dawnguard. The stupidest part is that when you start the quest the game starts randomly spawning master vampires in cities who can kill off merchants, blacksmiths, and similar NPCs you might use/encounter all the time. There are console codes to resurrect the NPCs if their body is there but sometimes if you spawn at say Dragonreach and then fly off somewhere else the game will dump a master vampire somewhere in Whiterun without your knowledge and you'll have to take guess why poor Belathor isn't in his shop anymore. One of the most unacceptable game designs ever, especially since Adrianne can bite it with one axe swing but fucking Nazeem is unkillable.
You'd want this mod, which makes people run inside during vampire attacks: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/28235/?
You'll end up with almost no people in the towns after a while without it.
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I have Skyrim on PS3 and while the vampires were a pain in the ass, I had a bigger problem with dragon attacks, specifically in Riverwood. I had to reload my game cause the blacksmith (over 200 hours and I still don't know his name) was killed. I got an inheritance and was like FUCK. So then after the reload a dragon attacked again and killed his wife. I hid her body under the stairs.
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I have Skyrim on PS3 and while the vampires were a pain in the ass, I had a bigger problem with dragon attacks, specifically in Riverwood. I had to reload my game cause the blacksmith (over 200 hours and I still don't know his name) was killed. I got an inheritance and was like FUCK. So then after the reload a dragon attacked again and killed his wife. I hid her body under the stairs.
I think that might have been Lod. He died in my game, too. Nice fellow. In both of my games that archer dude got killed by dragons, also. Just to make them less of a nuisance I installed a mod to knock the random dragon attacks down to 10%, which is still fairly frequent; no idea how people put up with 10 a day. The bigger problem I have with Riverwood is that everybody and their dog (literally) wants to fight the dragons, so invariably some of them catch blowback from a stray incinerate spell and the next thing you now the entire town turns on you. Every damn time I walk through there that little girl tells me she hates me now because she thinks I killed her old man. :lol
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Even though I have Skyrim, I'm not really a serious gamer. I mostly just wander around doing stupid crap.
Case in point, I bought a Rage spell in Whiterun. Naturally, I wanted to test it to see how it worked. I cast it on the crazy preacher man out in below the Jarl's palace. What happened then was the preacher started to go insane, but somehow the Whiterun guards swarmed him and exterminated him in a matter of seconds, then went about their business as normal.
Now, every time I go to Whiterun, I see the empty spot where he used to stand.
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You're lucky they didn't come after you first. If they see you rage him they'll bag you as the instigator. :lol
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Yeah, I don't know how I didn't get caught for that one. I did find out, though, once you have the allegiance of the mercenary group in Whiterun (can't remember their name), they'll attack Whiterun guards for you. I know this because I was once beating up an obnoxious kid in Whiterun, and as the guards came to slaughter me, my mercenary allies rushed to the rescue. :lol
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I've been playing Elder Scrolls for a few months now. Love it! I've heard about mods, but don't really understand them. Where do you find and download them?? I hear there's a bunch, what are the best ones?
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I assume you play on a PC? You can always use the Steam workshop which is very straight forward or you can go to:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/?
Which has no limit on what kinds of mods you want. Mods are made and used to enhance the game in every way thinkable.
Here's a handy list on what kind of changes mods can do to a game:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/categories/?
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I was under the impression that Skyrim *must* be played on Steam, even if you have the disc.
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I was under the impression that Skyrim *must* be played on Steam, even if you have the disc.
Well, not exactly. :lol Mine's not Steam, although I'm pretty sure I own a legal Steam copy. Frankly, Steam causes far more problems than it's worth. Better to DL a cracked copy and skip that whole thing altogether. I learned my lesson after the 13th freaking time LFD2 updated itself and screwed everything to hell. After the umpteenth time of having to reDL the thing I said fuck it and just started using my cracked version. No problems since. An update you didn't ask for with Skryim would be far more problematic due to all of the mods.
I've been playing Elder Scrolls for a few months now. Love it! I've heard about mods, but don't really understand them. Where do you find and download them?? I hear there's a bunch, what are the best ones?
Nexusmods has an easy installer that'll take care of downloading and installing mods for you. Makes the whole thing pretty simple. Doing it manually isn't that hard, although they get hard to keep track of. One thing I'll suggest is to not go crazy installing mods just to check them out. When you decide you don't like one and uninstall it, it still leaves fragments in your savegame, so after installing and uninstalling hundreds of addons, your savegame file will start to get pretty wonky. Also, always be sure to save (manually) before installing anything. If you hate it, uninstalling and reverting back a save or two will save you a shit-ton of headaches.
As for which ones, check out https://www.skyrimgems.com/ . It's pretty much a best of the best kind of deal. All of these will be bug free, they're neatly categorized and they're all pretty good. Personally, I'm a big fan of the realism mods. Freezing or starving to death should be real factors, which Bethesda overlooked.
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You play any of the Fallout games, Barto?
On the highest level of difficulty for New Vegas, I'm pretty sure you have to eat and monitor radition levels, etc.
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Played one for a bit a few years ago and couldn't get into it.
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Barto...you're doing it wrong. :laugh: You can configure Steam not to update certain games, but if your mods are being 'overruled' by the updates, something isn't right with the mods you're using. I don't know about LFD2, but even so...an update should never screw with the mods unless it's an update to specifically change the core of the game and/or rid mods (which would be ridiculous). Either way, Steam has never been a burden to me and it's been the most streamlined, easy hub for all my games I've ever used; this coming from someone who up until about 2008 hadn't ever even thought of gaming on a PC.
As for cracked copies...in the past I had been a torrent whore but quite frankly, if an illegal rip of a game is running better than the actual disc/digital game, something is very wrong. :lol Not to mention the fact that after a while of downloading cracked games, you will get caught and big brother is cracking down big time on illegal versions of games (not to mention that any cracked game going online is a complete hassle and/or at times neigh impossible..though it doesn't matter with Skyrim). Well, at least in my area they are... A friend of mine who still torrents like a motherfuck just got a cease and desist letter straight from Valve...not his ISP...from Valve, saying that if he doesn't get rid of and show proof that his illegal copies are destroyed, they'll sue. I was pretty floored by that but it's become so common these days (despite the fact that it's lessening...a little) that it's not seen as stealing anymore.
I digress. Anyway, I always like to support the games I enjoy and the companies that make them now, especially considering how easy Steam has made it and the prices that come with it. To each his own though...I suppose if you can't get the official game to work then you're left with no choice... :huh:
I myself haven't been able to get into the Fallout series either. It's always felt so bland and everything seems to look the same. I'm all for an apocalyptic world, but this one felt a bit too lifeless. I don't mean there wasn't anything to do and such, but even when there were a bunch of crazy enemies around me or people to talk to, it all felt like of...empty. I suppose it's just not for me; but I did get New Vegas and am trying to get into that. I like it a bit more than F3 but I have a feeling I'll end up teetering off and moving onto something else.
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I gotta admit, with things like the Steam sales basically giving games away, I find it really hard to imagine how people still go through the hassle of torrenting.
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I have to agree that since installing all my games through Steam it's been one smooth ride. Before that I always spent hours downloading the right drivers, figuring out why my game keeps crashing, why is this not compatible with that, spending times on forums searching for solutions on how to work around certain glitches in the matrix and all kinds of shit. Trying to even get GTA 4 to start was no short of a miracle. Since Steam I rarely have to do anything anymore. It's pretty much one click and your good to go.
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Barto...you're doing it wrong. :laugh: You can configure Steam not to update certain games, but if your mods are being 'overruled' by the updates, something isn't right with the mods you're using. I don't know about LFD2, but even so...an update should never screw with the mods unless it's an update to specifically change the core of the game and/or rid mods (which would be ridiculous). Either way, Steam has never been a burden to me and it's been the most streamlined, easy hub for all my games I've ever used; this coming from someone who up until about 2008 hadn't ever even thought of gaming on a PC.
As for cracked copies...in the past I had been a torrent whore but quite frankly, if an illegal rip of a game is running better than the actual disc/digital game, something is very wrong. :lol Not to mention the fact that after a while of downloading cracked games, you will get caught and big brother is cracking down big time on illegal versions of games (not to mention that any cracked game going online is a complete hassle and/or at times neigh impossible..though it doesn't matter with Skyrim). Well, at least in my area they are... A friend of mine who still torrents like a motherfuck just got a cease and desist letter straight from Valve...not his ISP...from Valve, saying that if he doesn't get rid of and show proof that his illegal copies are destroyed, they'll sue. I was pretty floored by that but it's become so common these days (despite the fact that it's lessening...a little) that it's not seen as stealing anymore.
I digress. Anyway, I always like to support the games I enjoy and the companies that make them now, especially considering how easy Steam has made it and the prices that come with it. To each his own though...I suppose if you can't get the official game to work then you're left with no choice... :huh:
I myself haven't been able to get into the Fallout series either. It's always felt so bland and everything seems to look the same. I'm all for an apocalyptic world, but this one felt a bit too lifeless. I don't mean there wasn't anything to do and such, but even when there were a bunch of crazy enemies around me or people to talk to, it all felt like of...empty. I suppose it's just not for me; but I did get New Vegas and am trying to get into that. I like it a bit more than F3 but I have a feeling I'll end up teetering off and moving onto something else.
Yeah, the Summer Sale was a golden opportunity to legalize stuff. That said, I've almost always found that good, reputable cracks run better than the real deal. Having to be connected to Steam anytime you want to play annoys me. Updates being applied annoys me (and I have disabled them in the past, but the games tend to get hosed anyway). Having to keep disks around for every game you play annoys me. The one good thing about Steam is that it seems to do away with the most intrusive DRM (since it's essentially DRM itself), but non-Steam games have that as a reason to DL them, as well.
Here's the other thing. A lot of games suck. A lot of them are very good but just don't wind up clicking (Fallout). Just DLing cracks allows me to decide what's worth keeping and what's not. If I'd payed $40 for Fallout, I'd be plenty annoyed. Skyrim is worth every bit of that money. As was L4D, HL2 (which somebody up here graciously gifted me, and sorry I never remember who it was), and plenty of others. Steam makes it easy to come back later and cough up their well deserved dough. However, by that point the game is already installed and cruising right along, not to mention heavily modded. Why switch versions then?
As for Skyrim mods, they do apply to specific versions of the game. Bethesda seems to be through with the major updates, but I recall that the update to 1.9 screwed up a helluva lot of people. Then you have to update your unofficial patches, and SKSE to specific versions, as well. Then mods won't work because they're designed for specific version of SKSE or SD.
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Off to work. Thanks for all the mod help guys! Can't wait to try some. How about a list of your favs? Thanks again.
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I just have some workshop mods at the moment, nothing to exiting but one day I will follow this guide:
https://wiki.step-project.com/STEP:2.2.8
Created by TheCompiler, STEP is a collaborative project with input from the modding community, technical volunteers, and project administrators. The goal is to provide tested and validated methods for establishing and maintaining an enhanced modded Skyrim. Thus, the Guide provides detailed, well-tested build instructions for a solid modding template. New modders can follow STEP explicitly, or more experienced modders may use it as general guide.
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Hotkeys++ (indispensable)
Ethereal horses (because real horses suck)
acquisitive soul gems (keeps petty souls from filling grand sould gems, etc.)
Realism mods:
Drink eat sleep bathe
mcCamping light
hypothermia
wic cloaks
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So, the steam workshop ones I can seam to get into game. The nexus mods say they need to be manually downloaded. How do you do that (keep in mind I'm a total noob) :lol
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Hotkeys++ (indispensable)
Ethereal horses (because real horses suck)
acquisitive soul gems (keeps petty souls from filling grand sould gems, etc.)
Realism mods:
Drink eat sleep bathe
mcCamping light
hypothermia
wic cloaks
These sound amazing. I might have to play Skyrim again.
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Off to work. Thanks for all the mod help guys! Can't wait to try some. How about a list of your favs? Thanks again.
Interesting NPCs. Then you can put up with my multitude of Northern accents and my single Southern accent. /shamelessselfpromotion
The website has a decent installation guide, but it is an absolutely humongous file. Because, you know, tonnes of dialogue.
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Interesting NPCs. Then you can put up with my multitude of Northern accents and my single Southern accent. /shamelessselfpromotion
The website has a decent installation guide, but it is an absolutely humongous file. Because, you know, tonnes of dialogue.
Which website has it? I think I got carried away, I've loaded like 55 mods so far. Now everytime I try to fast travel to lakeview manor, the game shuts down. I'm trying to troubleshoot and find out if it's a particular mod, or just to many active. Seems odd that it's just the manor.
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It's not too many mods. Some mods require a separate patch for HF or DG content. Sounds to me like you installed something that doesn't like HF or requires a patch for it. Be sure and look at the dependencies when you DL stuff. If you used Nexus's mod installer it's pretty easy to deactivate half of them to narrow down what the offender is (particularly since yours is a repeatable problem). Also, try not to add more than 2 or 3 at a time, and hopefully you made a manual save before you went and got all apeshit. :lol
As for Ali's mod, I went the opposite route and installed uninetersting NPCs a couple of months ago. :lol
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OK...just went through them all 5 at a time. Finally found it, a mod called "Places-Oakwood" from the steam workshop page. There must be some conflict with that mod and lakeview, even if I tried walking to the manor, when I got close enough the game crashed, or if I tried to fast travel in. So yeah, deff a conflict there somewhere.
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Interesting NPCs. Then you can put up with my multitude of Northern accents and my single Southern accent. /shamelessselfpromotion
The website has a decent installation guide, but it is an absolutely humongous file. Because, you know, tonnes of dialogue.
Which website has it? I think I got carried away, I've loaded like 55 mods so far. Now everytime I try to fast travel to lakeview manor, the game shuts down. I'm trying to troubleshoot and find out if it's a particular mod, or just to many active. Seems odd that it's just the manor.
That's pretty funny man. :lol Yea it easily gets out of hand once you find how awesome mods can be.
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I have no desire to ever install a mod.
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That's how I felt until I actually tried one and started getting into modding myself and toying with certain aspects of games, mainly open-world ones and/or games built around/for the modding community. It's a really cool facet of PC games that exists only in that realm, so it's a big plus; especially since I have virtually no consoles anymore nor will I for a long while, if ever. Shit, I don't even own a TV anymore. :lol
You like what you like though.
I've been toying around with restarting characters and making some anime-based characters. I've got a guy now that's got Piccolo's body (Dragonball Z) and they eyes of Kakashi (Naruto) with his Mangekyou Sharingan activated, with the Super Saiyan aura... :metal :rollin It's fucking ridiculous. I absolutely love it.
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The for fun mods are great, but I likely wouldn't bother as I'd find it too much of a hassle. I loved the way the game looks and plays. I say loved, because I'm trying not to play less I get my soul sucked back in. That said, if I gamed on PC I would totally go for some of the functionality mods. Someone mentioned a mod keeping crap souls from grand soul gems. Stuff like that I would use in a heartbeat.
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I dunno... there are some super cool mods, so far my favs are
Enhanced cities - great makeover for the towns
Enhanced sounds - really good in dungeons...can actually scare the piss outta me...LOL
3 sisters - I have 3 hawt nord sisters as my lil army :biggrin:
Wyrmstooth - awesome major quest, very well done.
Bartos - ethereal horse :biggrin:
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I've been toying around with restarting characters and making some anime-based characters. I've got a guy now that's got Piccolo's body (Dragonball Z) and they eyes of Kakashi (Naruto) with his Mangekyou Sharingan activated, with the Super Saiyan aura... :metal :rollin It's fucking ridiculous. I absolutely love it.
That sounds awesome! :lol
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A video beta impression of Elder Scrolls Online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upE802rZl7Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upE802rZl7Q)
I think it has potential. I'd buy it in a heartbeat if it weren't for the whole monthly cost thing. 15 dollars a month is a lot of money. I hope they lower it substantiality or even better, do away with it altoghether before release. Then I'd might even preorder the deluxe edition like last time. :)
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I have no desire to ever install a mod.
Yeah, I think some of the PC gamers vastly overstate how much of an improvement the mods make, as well as downplay how good the vanilla game is.
Now, Oblivion on the other hand...
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I have no desire to ever install a mod.
Yeah, I think some of the PC gamers vastly overstate how much of an improvement the mods make, as well as downplay how good the vanilla game is.
Now, Oblivion on the other hand...
That depends on what you want mods to do with the game. If you want a graphical improvment there's mods that make the game look ridicously amazing. If you want new weapons, armour, gadgets or whatever there's tons of mods for that and a million other things. Mods can improve your game immensely but if you don't like the core vanilla game no mods will ever help you.
Mods can make a huge diffrent to enhance the immersion but I think without the backbone of vanilla Skyrim it wouldn't be the same thing. Vanilla Skyrim is an amazing game that works alteast as good without a single mod as it do with mods. But if you have an issue with the game like certain bugs or just annoying small things there's most likely mods that fix whatever bug you have.
Take SkyUI for example, that's a mod that only changes the inventory menu and makes it alot more accessible which is only for the better. It's not like the game is not playable without it but it takes away some frustration on organizing all your loot.
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If I played PC games, my Skyrim would be swimming in mods. :lol
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Which website has it?
https://3dnpc.com/ (https://3dnpc.com/)
Also, there should be a Hearthfire compatible version of Places- Oakwood up on the Steam Workshop, I have it myself
I enjoy Uninteresting (or is it Inconsequential?) NPCS. You can sleep with Flower Girls and Skooma addict, makes me feel like a complete bitch :')
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Also, there should be a Hearthfire compatible version of Places- Oakwood up on the Steam Workshop, I have it myself
Another thing that can screw with HF mods is other HF mods that alter the homesteads. I've got a few Lakeview Manor improvements (roads, lighting, a hatchery, some furnishings, etc) that can screw with other HF mods. So it might be the Places thing not liking HF, or it could be Places not liking some other mod. Makes these sort of things tricky to shake down.
And yeah, it's inconsequential NPCs. Uninteresting just sounds better in relation to your Interesting NPCs mod. Myself, until I wrap up all of the original stuff I don't add much that really changes content.
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Just applied a mod that makes the moon into the Majora's Mask moon (Final Day). It's AWESSSSSOOOMMMMMMMME!
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I had the Death Star once! :hat
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Nice! I tried one, but it looked ridiculous and didn't fit with the world. Did yours mold well with the Skyrim landcape? I tried about three different MMMoon mods (MMMM?) before I got one that looked like it was actually made for the Skyrim world. It's tough finding ones that don't look out of place. I've tried making my own but my skills aren't up to snuff yet; I'm getting better by the day though. I don't think I'll be able to create anything as awesome as I've already downloaded though.
I've also recently applied a 'realistic starry sky' mod that makes the sky look so much more amazing. Both in daytime and night, the sky looks like I'm watching it from Alaska (if not better...like those ridiculously HDR pictures you see).
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No man, it looked ridiculous but of course I had to try. :lol
I only tried one though.
Awesome, have to try that sky mod!
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Thanks Ali! Like I mentioned earlier, haven't figured out how to download manually. On Steam, I can just subscribe and the mod goes into the files. The "Places" mod that screwed up my Lakeview manor was the exact one from steam you mentioned. :(
As far as the realistic stars one, I have one from steam called something like realistic milky way... it looks bad ass!!
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Huh. I think Bethesda did such a fine job on the sky that's the one thing I won't mod (except I added meteors and infrequent meteor showers). I love the vanilla moons and the randomness of the aurora.
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I agree it looked good vanilla... but even looks better with the mod ;D
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I've often wanted to replace the real night sky with the Skyim vanilla night sky. Not gonna lie!
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I've finally got all my mod-ducks in a row and have dedicated myself to starting my quest over for good. I've done it about a hundred times now with different mods and playing around, seeing which ones stick and which ones that look ridiculous or not (or ridiculously awesome). I've got the minimal amount right now with (more) realistic weather effects, night-sky, but wanted something more fantastical to look at....I found the right one that didn't look so out of place but still insane:
(https://s22.postimg.org/be7zzj43z/Screen_Shot7.png)
(https://s22.postimg.org/ytpx4vnv3/Screen_Shot8.png)
(https://s10.postimg.org/5j1zz6ffr/Screen_Shot4.png)
I love it! As others have said, this is an amazing game running it vanilla; but with the mods, this is one of the most jaw-droppingly expansive, interactive, immersive games I've played in my life. It brings it to a whole new level. I've also got a ton of wonderful sound effect additions to weather, birds, wildlife in general; on top of all the visual aspects that bring the world to life even more (rain, wind, fog, snow, blizzards, monsoons, clouds, etc.), but those are come and go (though still at a rate much higher than vanilla). Woooot! I've just started my final adventure but I'm already so enthralled. It really does feel like a new game. I've opted to go with a mostly normal character though, I didn't want my full run-through of the game to be with a modded character (and you can't tell because the screens for some reason came out a bit darker than in actuality but my characters eyes are modded to be from Naruto in his Sage/Kyuubi form for the otaku that know what that is, and then when I use certain shouts or powers I also have some modded 'aura' as well). Such an amazing thing we've done with mods and personal experiences with games; individual experiences. :heart :heart :metal :smiley: :tup
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I like the vanilla moons better, but the aurora is good and vivid and I particularly like the galaxy behind it.
Did you add any realism mods; eat, sleep, drink, bathe, that sort of thing? That plus Hypothermia (not Frostfall) make the game a bit more compelling.
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I did add a few realism mods like eat, sleep, and drink; but that's it. I didn't want to go too mod crazy after all the shit I've downloaded and applied over the last few months. I'll definitely play around more, but I originally played Skyrim on the 360 and got up to the very last quest and stopped, so I wanted this experience to be upgraded, but a good balance of mods that merely make the experience more modded, not the gameplay. But yeah those realism aspects bring the experience to life (and up the difficulty) in a whole different way. Other than those, there's no gameplay mods, it's all visual/auditory mods that accentuate the atmosphere. I've tried the Hypothermia one and would love to play with that once I've fully completed the game but thus far I'd rather focus on the story.
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I always thought that all of these people running around in blinding snowstorms with no ill effect detracted from the game quite a bit. Since I already had a good camping mod (McCamping Lite), it just fit together nicely. Having to carry around 20 pounds worth of camping gear is kind of a drag, but that's what Lydia's for.
Don't know if you used the same eat/sleep/drink mod I did, but if it includes bathing you'll want to add a mod that allows you to craft charcoal; a remnant of your forge. Troll fat and salt are easy enough to come by, but you'll start to view that charcoal as gold.
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I just finished my first session with ESO beta and i'm pretty excited. Pretty cool when your doing a quest and facing a tough enemy, other people can join in the fight and help you. The graphics were alot better than I thought. Some people felt that it didn't feel like an Elders Scroll game, if you ask me I don't really agree although I have only played for a short time. Time will tell if the real magic will happen. So far I enjoyed it though!
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Interesting video with some hidden facts about Skyrim:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZTtN5f6jR0
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Might have to reinstall Skyrim after seeing this:
Enderal (https://youtu.be/cQog9lkyH8k)
A total conversion mod for Skyrim.
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Wow. That looks really amazing, holy shit. Can't wait till it comes out.
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I wish I could see it at work.
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After put 75+ hours into Fallout 4, I needed a little change of pace and picked up skyrim again. Man I forgot how much I love this game and how deep it is.
I really hope we hear something about elder scrolls 6 at this year's E3 coming up.
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After put 75+ hours into Fallout 4, I needed a little change of pace and picked up skyrim again. Man I forgot how much I love this game and how deep it is.
I really hope we hear something about elder scrolls 6 at this year's E3 coming up.
I really hope whatever it is, it has built in Playstation VR support.
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So Skyrim Remastered including all the DLCs is something that's rumored to be revealed at E3.
Thoughts?
I sincerely hope it's not just a port for PS4 and Xbox One but a proper face lift for the PC.
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I hated that the vampire DLC caused NPCs to be killed for good. I lost some good shopkeepers that way before I realized I could bring them back with commands.
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I heard rumors that the development teams focus on this skyrim remaster caused Elder scrolls 6 to be pushed back a little. If that's the case, then I would much rather have elder scrolls 6.
Skyrim is awesome, no doubt, but I am ready to move on.
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I agree with you Phoenix. However I think I'll still reinstall Skyrim, I haven't played in a while and I want to try some mods out.
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I heard rumors that the development teams focus on this skyrim remaster caused Elder scrolls 6 to be pushed back a little. If that's the case, then I would much rather have elder scrolls 6.
Skyrim is awesome, no doubt, but I am ready to move on.
Yea I pretty much agree, it's been 5 years since release and there's now tons of enhancement mods and tools out to make the game look better than anything Bethesda can do to the game. Skyrim is one of those games that caught so much hype before and after release I mean think about all those memes, music covers, funny YT videos and everything that were created because of that game, pretty crazy. That feels to be in the past though and I think most people are ready to move on. Releasing a remaster feels like them just milking the last few drops and stalling because they aren't ready to reveal TES 6 yet.
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The remaster is officially set for Oct. 28th on PC, XB1 and PS4.
Footage starts at 3:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF2Qw9BI6Rg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF2Qw9BI6Rg)
Definitely looking forward to this but at the same time I'm not nearly as excited as I was for the original.
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I love Skyrim but I honestly do not give a single shit about this at all.
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I love Skyrim and I give plenty of shit to this. :metal (Wait, what?)
This is a good oppoturnity to get back into the game with a brand new character and try out all the DLC I didn't try the last time around. :tup
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Count me in for a repurchase!
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Count me in for a repurchase!
Yup, one of the few games that is a no brainer repurchase for me.
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Count me in for a repurchase!
Yup, one of the few games that is a no brainer repurchase for me.
Especially seeing as no longer have my PS3. This should hold me over until the next Red Dead Release. I was away camping all weekend and can't access anything gaming at work. Has there been any mention of that franchise thus far?
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If you own #Skyrim and all its add-ons or own Legendary Edition on Steam, you'll get a free upgrade to Skyrim Special Edition on Oct 28
:metal
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I'll be getting this. Love the idea of starting a new character type.
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If you own #Skyrim and all its add-ons or own Legendary Edition on Steam, you'll get a free upgrade to Skyrim Special Edition on Oct 28
:metal
Oh well, I guess I won't have to rebuy it.
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If you own #Skyrim and all its add-ons or own Legendary Edition on Steam, you'll get a free upgrade to Skyrim Special Edition on Oct 28
:metal
sweet!
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"[Elder Scrolls 6 is] kind of like the elephant in the room, always, when we talk about anything," Howard explained, "and you know, I think it's good in these moments to tell our fans yes, of course we are [working on it] - it's something we love - but it is... you know, I have to be careful what I say, it's a very long way off.
"I could sit here and explain the game to you, and you would say, 'That sounds like you don't even have the technology. How long is that going to take?' So it is something that's going to take a lot of time, what he have in mind for that game, and we actually have two other large projects we're also doing that are bigger than everything we've done. People will probably hear about those even before Elder Scrolls 6. That'll make sense many years from now.
Sounds like we won't see TES 6 in atleast 3-4 years if even that, but i'm not surprised, they have so many projects rolling currently and also to live up to the Behemoth in success that Skyrim became, it's inevitable that you take your time with it. Cool to hear it's atleast in development.
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Mods that do all of those things have been available for ages. Realistic snow and water? Really? The only reason I could see rebuying the game (console users, excluded) is for it all to be streamlined and trouble free. But this is Bethesda we're talking about! They never even fixed the bugs in the first version. :lol
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I love Skyrim but I honestly do not give a single shit about this at all.
Yea, I'm not sure what the point is besides xbox1 and ps4 users who want to play the game. Especcially with Fallout 4 actively getting DLC (I know they are different games, but still very similar enough) then I don't see the point in repurchasing this game. Although I'd have to check, I think I bought all but maybe one of the DLC. I wonder if I just purchase that last one if I'd get the new game free. Regardless, I don't even think I'll do that.
Cool for everyone who will enjoy this though.
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Well there are so many games I want to play that I should not buy this and replay it, I honestly can't see myself resisting. HYPE.
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The more I think of it, even though Skyrim made boo koo bucks and it makes sense to choose it to remaster, I honestly would have loved to have seen a remaster of Morrowind instead. I feel like I just played Skyrim, even though it was a couple years ago. Morrowind on the other hand is a game I loved beyond words and would love to play through once again. Sure there's mods out there, but I really only play games on my PS4. Oh well.
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The more I think of it, even though Skyrim made boo koo bucks and it makes sense to choose it to remaster, I honestly would have loved to have seen a remaster of Morrowind instead. I feel like I just played Skyrim, even though it was a couple years ago. Morrowind on the other hand is a game I loved beyond words and would love to play through once again. Sure there's mods out there, but I really only play games on my PS4. Oh well.
Gaming people of Reddit said that Morrowind was too old to be remastered easily. I don't know anything about game developing, but I guess Skyrim was designed for systems more similar to the PS4 and XB1 than Morrowind was. Morrowind could have been possible, but the effort required to do so wouldn't have made sense financially. They would have basically had to remake the game from scratch. At least that's what I've read.
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The more I think of it, even though Skyrim made boo koo bucks and it makes sense to choose it to remaster, I honestly would have loved to have seen a remaster of Morrowind instead. I feel like I just played Skyrim, even though it was a couple years ago. Morrowind on the other hand is a game I loved beyond words and would love to play through once again. Sure there's mods out there, but I really only play games on my PS4. Oh well.
You missing out on PC man :)
https://tesrenewal.com/welcome-0
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Enderal - Launch Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hrmSD6DZt4)
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Enderal - Launch Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hrmSD6DZt4)
Looks pretty sweet!
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Enderal - Skyrim Total Conversion Review and Gameplay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YilZX4ZzSjs)
Once I find time I will try to get this, looks cool!
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The more I think of it, even though Skyrim made boo koo bucks and it makes sense to choose it to remaster, I honestly would have loved to have seen a remaster of Morrowind instead. I feel like I just played Skyrim, even though it was a couple years ago. Morrowind on the other hand is a game I loved beyond words and would love to play through once again. Sure there's mods out there, but I really only play games on my PS4. Oh well.
Gaming people of Reddit said that Morrowind was too old to be remastered easily. I don't know anything about game developing, but I guess Skyrim was designed for systems more similar to the PS4 and XB1 than Morrowind was. Morrowind could have been possible, but the effort required to do so wouldn't have made sense financially. They would have basically had to remake the game from scratch. At least that's what I've read.
I'd love to play a remaster of morrowind. I never played more than an hour when it was released because my computer couldn't run it at the time. I recently tried to play it but I had some serious crashes so I moved onto Oblivion. I'll probably try to play Morrowind again soon.
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God yes, if any TES game gets a modern remake, it needs to be Morrowind.
It probably won't happen though, as they did away with levitation, and I would guess older games would be harder to port.
I still maintain that Morrowind was the best of the series.
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I really enjoy that there aren't any quest markers for Morrowind, the game feels way more immersive.
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I really enjoy that there aren't any quest markers for Morrowind, the game feels way more immersive.
I've only played Skyrim, but yeah, having quest markers for lost items always seemed silly. But I have to wonder, was Morrowind nearly as big as Skryim? Or did they at least give you clues? When you get tasked with finding Hroki's lost vibrator or something, it could be anywhere within 25 miles, and there are a lot of caves in Skyrim. If you don't have any point of reference, it'll just be one of dozens of radiants that don't get resolved until you've explored every inch of Skyrim.
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I made a ninja. Black clothing and stealth kills all up in this bitch. Also she has a secret identity.
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Pre-ordered the remaster last night. I didn't realize that as an Amazon Prime member you get 20% off a game if you pre-order. Score!
My girlfriend's latest semester for her masters degree started this week and she's completely swamped between work and schoolwork. I feel bad for her, but at the same time, I'm going to have a ton of free time to play :hat
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I'm going to pick this up in about 6 months. Sure I'll get it for $30-$40 by then.
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I'm going to pick this up in about 6 months. Sure I'll get it for $30-$40 by then.
You can get it for $47 on Friday if you're an Amazon Prime member.
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I'm going to pick this up in about 6 months. Sure I'll get it for $30-$40 by then.
You can get it for $47 on Friday if you're an Amazon Prime member.
I know and I thought about it but I won't be able to play it until at least June. Games drop is price so fast now that it's worth waiting unless you're playing on release day.
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It is so fucking amazing that it's a free upgrade to the remaster if you already have all the expansions. I've had them for so long and haven't played the game in ages. Then I randomly hear about this and...boop, it's in my games and pre-loaded. That is just the tits right there, good on them for having that extra boost in love for the fan base. Can't wait to delve back into this addiction tomorrow at midnight (I hope, either way I'll be up late enough to play it when it unlocks).
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It's cool that I have it for free, but considering all the mods I have already, I'm not sure how worthwhile it's going to be to play.
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I thought that at first too, but the core makes a difference; mods merely build on what's already there and while there is a massive amount of leeway to that truth, there's always a limit without remaking the game. Therein lies my excitement, because there's going to be mods (probably sooner than later) built off of the remaster, and then...ohhh then it's going to be a party. But even so, I'm the kind of gamer that will always prefer the vanilla game when it comes to mere graphics. Add-ons to gameplay or just fun zany shit, sure, bring 'em on; but graphical mods always left me feeling a bit icky for some reason. Mostly that the majority of them are wonky at the very best (course, exceptions here and there).
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I'd be more concerned about the long list of bugs that will no doubt pop up. I'm kind of new to this, but has Bethesda ever released a game that actually worked out of the box? There are game crippling bugs that they never did fix for vanilla Skyrim and it's been six years. On my most recent playthrough I couldn't finish the companions quest line or the vampire path of Dawnguard because missions wouldn't work. The only reason I could finish DB was because of the unofficial patch fixing what B wouldn't. I guess I just wouldn't be in a hurry to start the thing anew with a rewrite that will introduce all new bugs.
As for the graphical improvements, between CoT and the various weather mods and realistic water two, it's plenty good enough for me. I suppose if they increased the draw limit to something insane it'd be cool, but that's about it.
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Hrm..I can't say in the thousands of hours I've ever encountered a game crippling glitch. At least not one that was quest related. I mean, if I've got tens of mods on and am flying through mountains, yeah the game will crash now and then but nothing in the vanilla version. I remember hearing about some when the game first came out but I didn't know they were still around.
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Hrm..I can't say in the thousands of hours I've ever encountered a game crippling glitch.
For the most part I agree, even on release I had no issues with any Bethesda game that would be game crippling. I did however see some errors that would cause issues occasionally on these games, but not widespread enough to cause alarm (and it was mostly on Fallout 3 and Fallout NV that I experienced these, not on Skyrim or Fallout 4).
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IN my case it's the Forever Mourning Glitch with the Companions and the Moth Priest Glitch in Dawnguard. None of the recommended fixes would work. I might try again someday with the werewolf thing, but I've already blown off the vampire line altogether. Being a werewolf is loads of fun. Being a vampire sucks wood elf cock. Besides, from my run-through with the Dawngaurd I found the various quests pretty boring.
To be fair, I've played a ton of Skyrim and these were the only quest-killing glitches I've encountered, and I've completed the Companions line before with no problems. Still, I don't think anybody can deny that Bethesda releases games with tons of bugs in them that take a while to get resolved (if ever).
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Sadly, it seems to be the norm now. I personally can't single out Bethesda when I see it from every company and usually worse than my experiences with Bethesda.
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It's definitely a problem. Not unique to Bethesda, but it's been very consistent with them, even back to Morrowind, which is one of my favorite games of all-time, but certainly has its issues. Fallout has definitely seemed worse in that regard than The Elder Scrolls for me, though.
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There are a few mods up from those that had access to the beta, but make sure the creator has actually confirmed compatibility with the game. The most essential mod is up (Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/266/?)), which contains most of the bugfixes unaddressed by Bethesda (though not all, as EB can attest).
Looks like the main selling point for the PC version is a higher base level to build mods on. You're moving from 32-bit DX9 to 64-bit DX11 which removes a lot of constraints. The mod content will grow with time, and with compatible save files it's really just a matter of whether Skyrim.exe or SkryimSE.exe gives you what you're looking for.
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My remaster just unlocked. Time to replay this masterpiece
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Wow, the Special Edition has just appeared in my Steam library ready for installing. They really couldn't have made it easier to upgrade, that's damn cool.
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Yea I also just noticed the SE in my steam library. Since I only played one character in Skyrim, it might be time to switch to something new and start a new chapter.
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Wow, the Special Edition has just appeared in my Steam library ready for installing. They really couldn't have made it easier to upgrade, that's damn cool.
Yea it's awesome, you really notice when you get past the prologue.
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This wait is killing me. Skyrim Remaster has been sitting alone and neglected all day in my mailbox. It's cold outside. Poor thing. :'(
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Yea I also just noticed the SE in my steam library. Since I only played one character in Skyrim, it might be time to switch to something new and start a new chapter.
I think everybody creates the same character. Half sword and board and half mage. Magic is too underpowered to work alone and thief only works with good archery/one-handed skill. I did play through strictly as a mage, and it's really only good with some mods to normalize destruction spells and add sneak bonuses to them. That said, a 120 point fireball with sneak attack bonus damage is an awful lot of fun to throw into a crowd.
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Yea that's true. My long haired and bearded Viking from the North mostly ignored magic and talked with his sword instead. He's usually the blueprint for all the characters I create in fantasy games. :lol
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Yea I also just noticed the SE in my steam library. Since I only played one character in Skyrim, it might be time to switch to something new and start a new chapter.
I think everybody creates the same character. Half sword and board and half mage. Magic is too underpowered to work alone and thief only works with good archery/one-handed skill. I did play through strictly as a mage, and it's really only good with some mods to normalize destruction spells and add sneak bonuses to them. That said, a 120 point fireball with sneak attack bonus damage is an awful lot of fun to throw into a crowd.
Not me. I play stealth archer chick with no armor unless it further enhances my archery abilities.
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Yea I also just noticed the SE in my steam library. Since I only played one character in Skyrim, it might be time to switch to something new and start a new chapter.
I think everybody creates the same character. Half sword and board and half mage. Magic is too underpowered to work alone and thief only works with good archery/one-handed skill. I did play through strictly as a mage, and it's really only good with some mods to normalize destruction spells and add sneak bonuses to them. That said, a 120 point fireball with sneak attack bonus damage is an awful lot of fun to throw into a crowd.
This was essentially my character as well (minus the mods). I felt the magic was too weak to base a character 100% on although it would have been cool, plus I like killing this with swords and whatnot.
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My character is first and foremost an absolute tank (though I maxed out light armor first), but he also has good sneak ability since I always enjoy doing the Thieves Guild and assassination quest lines in these games. Plus just enough restoration to be useful. I've only been messing around with more magic as a way to actually level up my character at this point.
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Started my new life as a female Imperial, feels good to be back in Skyrim. Haven't played the game in ages it feels like and remembering everything I did with my last character, I have a long long road ahead. After playing Witcher 3, the game does feel a bit dated which isn't a surprise since it pretty much felt like that when it released also, however the upgrade is noticable even though I haven't played in a long time.
I got reminded pretty quickly how important the soundtrack was in creating that special magic and adventure feel, it brought back some nostalgic moments.
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I love Skyrim, but I can't believe this money grab actually worked. If you got it free, awesome. But it's not like the game is that old. I could see redoing one the the first three (Morrowind would be insta-buy for me), and Oblivion since that is now 10 years old.
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I love Skyrim, but I can't believe this money grab actually worked. If you got it free, awesome. But it's not like the game is that old. I could see redoing one the the first three (Morrowind would be insta-buy for me), and Oblivion since that is now 10 years old.
Agreed. I'm glad I have it for free, because down the line, it will probably improve the replay experience. But it's not anything exciting to me. Morrowind would have me giddy.
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The remaster was worth every cent to me. I'll argue that Madden and COD are more of a cash grab than this remaster.
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For console players who haven't had access to the countless mods PC players have, it probably is worth it. But I've already been rolling with higher resolution, improved lighting, a far better UI, and other random little touches like improved book covers for some time. And if no one creates the SkyUI mod for the special edition (I'm sure someone will eventually), I'm never going to play it.
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My thing is that I sold off my PS3 way back when as I didn't play it much. Skyrim and Red Dead Redemption were my two biggest losses in that deal. I'm thrilled to have this again. With the enhanced graphics, faster loading times, included DLC, and mod support, I think it was well worth the $47 I paid.
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I'm with Chino, love having the special edition.
Yes, there is nothing spectacularly new, but we knew that going in. It's not like anyone was tricked into buying this. And they gave a very good reason for WHY Skyrim got the remaster. Basically, it was easier to do, and the work it would have taken to do this with an older game was equal or greater than just making a new Elder Scrolls game, and if they were going to put that work in, it's going to be for a new game.
Base improvements are cool, with better graphics and WAY better load times. That makes zooming around the world a lot easier, and everything just seems to flow quicker and with less hiccups. Mods for the PS4 are unfortunately limited, but that doesn't mean that there aren't already lots of cool mods, some of which I've loaded and used, and others that I haven't really experienced yet. I'm trying to keep the game as realistic or more so, keeping away from mods that make the game easier. I love just generally useful mods like putting more/better street signs on the roads, taking clouds off the overview map, and adding lore to the loading screens.
So yeah, enjoying and definitely worth it.
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I'm with Chino, love having the special edition.
Yes, there is nothing spectacularly new, but we knew that going in. It's not like anyone was tricked into buying this. And they gave a very good reason for WHY Skyrim got the remaster. Basically, it was easier to do, and the work it would have taken to do this with an older game was equal or greater than just making a new Elder Scrolls game, and if they were going to put that work in, it's going to be for a new game.
I've also read that Bethesda built a lot of stuff on top of the original Skyrim in order to proof next (current) gen for Fallout 4. By modding Skyrim for the new consoles, it made developing Fallout 4 a significantly easier effort. It'd make sense for them as a company to not want to just throw that work away if people would be happily willing to buy it.
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I'm with Chino, love having the special edition.
Yes, there is nothing spectacularly new, but we knew that going in. It's not like anyone was tricked into buying this. And they gave a very good reason for WHY Skyrim got the remaster. Basically, it was easier to do, and the work it would have taken to do this with an older game was equal or greater than just making a new Elder Scrolls game, and if they were going to put that work in, it's going to be for a new game.
I've also read that Bethesda built a lot of stuff on top of the original Skyrim in order to proof next (current) gen for Fallout 4. By modding Skyrim for the new consoles, it made developing Fallout 4 a significantly easier effort. It'd make sense for them as a company to not want to just throw that work away if people would be happily willing to buy it.
If that is true, then maybe that is why Fallout 4 felt so "previous generation" with it's graphics. They were good, but not good enough for AAA new game.
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Anyone experiencing frequent crashes? I've had my game crash at least a dozen times yesterday and finally just gave up trying to get any further. I'm trying to help the three people in Winterhold, and the first guy needs me to take out an ice dragon on top of the mountain (forgot the name). No matter how I approach the quest, the second one of my arrows hits the dragon, the game crashes and I have to restart.
Same thing was happening the other day when I'd trigger one of the Dwarven traps. Eventually it just worked, but it's still incredibly frustrating.
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I'd be more concerned about the long list of bugs that will no doubt pop up.
Sucks man, must be ridiculously frustrating.
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That sucks man and I know the frustration. Haven't happened in Skyrim but I had a similar problem in Fallout 4, for some reason the game just kept on crashing during one quest at the point I had to cheat to get past that part in the quest. Never figured out what it was. I did get stuck in a quest in Skyrim but it never crashed, I just couldn't continue the quest. :-\
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Eh, just use the console to kill the bloody thing. See if that crashes the game. If so, kill whoever asked you to do it and then move on to the next asshole's bloody favor.
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:rollin
that's why these games are so great
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For the most part helping the citizens of Skyrim out doesn't bug me. Which is odd because that's exactly what ruined GTA for me. I guess defending a town from marauding vampires is just more spiritually satisfying than driving your asshole cousin the bowling alley.
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For the most part helping the citizens of Skyrim out doesn't bug me. Which is odd because that's exactly what ruined GTA for me. I guess defending a town from marauding vampires is just more spiritually satisfying than driving your asshole cousin the bowling alley.
The first time I played Skyrim I focused primarily on main quest, even though I didn't finish it. This time around, I want that to be the last thing I do. I'm doing every side thing I can find.
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For the most part helping the citizens of Skyrim out doesn't bug me. Which is odd because that's exactly what ruined GTA for me. I guess defending a town from marauding vampires is just more spiritually satisfying than driving your asshole cousin the bowling alley.
The first time I played Skyrim I focused primarily on main quest, even though I didn't finish it. This time around, I want that to be the last thing I do. I'm doing every side thing I can find.
Typically when I play these and other open world games I try to balance the main quests with the side quests so I finish doing both around the same time. I'm such a sucker for completing any and all quests possible. It's funny cause I often go into these games telling myself I am going to be a douche and I always end up being the nice guy.
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For the most part helping the citizens of Skyrim out doesn't bug me. Which is odd because that's exactly what ruined GTA for me. I guess defending a town from marauding vampires is just more spiritually satisfying than driving your asshole cousin the bowling alley.
The first time I played Skyrim I focused primarily on main quest, even though I didn't finish it. This time around, I want that to be the last thing I do. I'm doing every side thing I can find.
Typically when I play these and other open world games I try to balance the main quests with the side quests so I finish doing both around the same time. I'm such a sucker for completing any and all quests possible. It's funny cause I often go into these games telling myself I am going to be a douche and I always end up being the nice guy.
I generally try to behave, however, this time around, I'm stealth killing everything that moves. :lol
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Anyone experiencing frequent crashes? I've had my game crash at least a dozen times yesterday and finally just gave up trying to get any further. I'm trying to help the three people in Winterhold, and the first guy needs me to take out an ice dragon on top of the mountain (forgot the name). No matter how I approach the quest, the second one of my arrows hits the dragon, the game crashes and I have to restart.
Same thing was happening the other day when I'd trigger one of the Dwarven traps. Eventually it just worked, but it's still incredibly frustrating.
What are you using to manage your mods and load order? I'm using LOOT (https://loot.github.io/) (alongside Nexus Mod Manager) and have 53 mods running smoothly without any crashes. It could also be due to one or more conflicting mods.
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Anyone experiencing frequent crashes? I've had my game crash at least a dozen times yesterday and finally just gave up trying to get any further. I'm trying to help the three people in Winterhold, and the first guy needs me to take out an ice dragon on top of the mountain (forgot the name). No matter how I approach the quest, the second one of my arrows hits the dragon, the game crashes and I have to restart.
Same thing was happening the other day when I'd trigger one of the Dwarven traps. Eventually it just worked, but it's still incredibly frustrating.
What are you using to manage your mods and load order? I'm using LOOT (https://loot.github.io/) (alongside Nexus Mod Manager) and have 53 mods running smoothly without any crashes. It could also be due to one or more conflicting mods.
No mods on PS4
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Anyone experiencing frequent crashes? I've had my game crash at least a dozen times yesterday and finally just gave up trying to get any further. I'm trying to help the three people in Winterhold, and the first guy needs me to take out an ice dragon on top of the mountain (forgot the name). No matter how I approach the quest, the second one of my arrows hits the dragon, the game crashes and I have to restart.
Same thing was happening the other day when I'd trigger one of the Dwarven traps. Eventually it just worked, but it's still incredibly frustrating.
What are you using to manage your mods and load order? I'm using LOOT (https://loot.github.io/) (alongside Nexus Mod Manager) and have 53 mods running smoothly without any crashes. It could also be due to one or more conflicting mods.
No mods on PS4
Ah, they just released a 1.1 patch for all platforms yesterday that fixes a lot of issues, hopefully it addresses yours!
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On one hand, I hope so, on the other, it's Bethesda... so it'll likely change something minor somewhere, make his issue slightly different, and create a new issue somewhere. :lol
I've been having crashing issues as well, maybe once an evening or so.
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So funny seeing TV ads for a game I played 2-3 years ago... :biggrin:
Guess it's standing the test of time.
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I played for about 10 hours between Thursday afternoon and last night and didn't have a single crash. Looks like Bethesda might have fixed that properly. :tup
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I've only had one crash so far in my time playing which is about the same as the original release. I just wish I could use SkyUI.
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I've only had one crash so far in my time playing which is about the same as the original release. I just wish I could use SkyUI.
Yeah, that's what I'm waiting for. It would be a big deal in the earlier stages of the game when you actually feel the need to pick a lot of items up.
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Having now caught up on the Dragon Age games, I thought I'd play a bit of the Skyrim SE for a while rather than play a whole new game. Really does look lovely - I never had any mods for Skyrim so this is a big step up.
The automatic graphics settings suggested I should use Medium settings (presumably based on my CPU - my graphics card is pretty decent), but I set it to Ultra anyway and just reduce the fade distances, and it's running absolutely fine so far.
After getting out of Helgen I did a bit of exploring around the Guardian stones before heading to Riverwood, and I was treated to a stunning dusk view over the river. Definitely a great introduction to the remaster!
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Having now caught up on the Dragon Age games, I thought I'd play a bit of the Skyrim SE for a while rather than play a whole new game. Really does look lovely - I never had any mods for Skyrim so this is a big step up.
The automatic graphics settings suggested I should use Medium settings (presumably based on my CPU - my graphics card is pretty decent), but I set it to Ultra anyway and just reduce the fade distances, and it's running absolutely fine so far.
After getting out of Helgen I did a bit of exploring around the Guardian stones before heading to Riverwood, and I was treated to a stunning dusk view over the river. Definitely a great introduction to the remaster!
Man, we have the same taste in video game it seems. :lol I bought the special edition myself yesterday and it felt like coming back to that special place. :heart This time, I'm a bad ass magic user! :hat
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I got the free upgrade on Steam as I had the Legendary edition already (which I only ever played a few hours of - my original playthrough had been on PS3).
I'm a wood elf archer this time. Having played on PS3 before, archery sucked (always does with a gamepad) so I had been a warrior/mage combo. Now I'm properly specialising on stealth and archery. It definitely slows my playthrough down sneaking around all the time though. :lol
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Where can I buy a house without a mod?
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Where can I buy a house without a mod?
A lot of places, if I'm understanding your question correctly. Talk to the jarls and their stewards in the cities you visit.
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Breezehome in Whiterun is usually the first one available. Riften, Solitude and Markarth are the other towns with available houses. There are just conditions for buying any of them. Whiterun's conditions are easily met just by dealing with the dragons.
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Breezehome in Whiterun is usually the first one available. Riften, Solitude and Markarth are the other towns with available houses. There are just conditions for buying any of them. Whiterun's conditions are easily met just by dealing with the dragons.
Riften is my favorite place to be and I've been running shit for the Thieves Guild. I'll poke around there.
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Breezehome in Whiterun is usually the first one available. Riften, Solitude and Markarth are the other towns with available houses. There are just conditions for buying any of them. Whiterun's conditions are easily met just by dealing with the dragons.
Riften is my favorite place to be and I've been running shit for the Thieves Guild. I'll poke around there.
Just do whatever the jarl wants to become thane. Once you get there, buying the house is a prequisite for becoming a thane. I think in Riften it's investigating and then snuffing some skooma dealers. She'll also want you to help out the townsfolk, but that's pretty easy. Normally by the time I get to that point I've already helped several of them anyway.
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It's a little obscure in Riften, you have to find an Argonian and give her a health potion to start the quest. She usually hangs out in the Fishery.
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I've got all the houses/land except for Falkreath as the option to buy the land never comes up, no matter how many missions I do for the Jarl. There's only 3-4 trophies I haven't got and I won't be able to get the one for buying all the land because of this. I've read that it's due to completing a Dark Brotherhood quest earlier in the game, before I even loaded the add on content >:(
I love this game.
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And I'm playing on PS3 so loads of crashes, mainly due to the large save file I think. No mods for me :(
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Picked this up for Xbox One for $25 new! Though I'm just scratching the surface on Dragon Age Inquisition and then Mass Effect will be out soon. Could be June until I play it.
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I've got all the houses/land except for Falkreath as the option to buy the land never comes up, no matter how many missions I do for the Jarl. There's only 3-4 trophies I haven't got and I won't be able to get the one for buying all the land because of this. I've read that it's due to completing a Dark Brotherhood quest earlier in the game, before I even loaded the add on content >:(
I love this game.
If you haven't completed the civil war quest yet, you can change the jarl of Falkreath by ceding his hold to whichever side he doesn't already belong to. The new jarl might present that option again. If you have completed the civil war and did change out the jarl, you can find the old one at Winterhold/Solitude (depending on whose side he fled to) and hit him up. Maybe he'll offer it up. No idea if any of this will make any difference, but I recall that the changing of jarls did effect some quests.
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Archery: Lvl82
Light Armor: Lvl65
Smithing: Lvl84
Haven't spoken to the grey birds yet :lol
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I learned something interesting about leveling on my most recent game. There always comes a point around level 50 or so where your armour and weapons are so hot that the game becomes child's paly. You can change the difficulty settings but I always thought that was just a cheat for the bad guys. What I figured out is that if you use the console to make yourself level 250 or so, and you don't have to increase your stats or use the perks beyond what they already are, you'll come across some level 250 opponents that can actually whip your ass. Now that orc waiting around hoping for an honourable death puts up a monumental fight and really earns his place in Sovengard. That Ebony Warrior dude and I duked it out for what seemed like forever, with each of us nearly dying numerous times. Good times.
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I learned something interesting about leveling on my most recent game. There always comes a point around level 50 or so where your armour and weapons are so hot that the game becomes child's paly. You can change the difficulty settings but I always thought that was just a cheat for the bad guys. What I figured out is that if you use the console to make yourself level 250 or so, and you don't have to increase your stats or use the perks beyond what they already are, you'll come across some level 250 opponents that can actually whip your ass. Now that orc waiting around hoping for an honourable death puts up a monumental fight and really earns his place in Sovengard. That Ebony Warrior dude and I duked it out for what seemed like forever, with each of us nearly dying numerous times. Good times.
I'm actually hoping for a cake walk. The first time I play Skyrim, there was so much going on between discovering the world, entering every single cave I came across, miscellaneous quests being done alongside main quests, etc.. It made it really difficult to follow what was going on, at least for me. This time around, I want to have the map cleared and most of the side stuff out of the way before starting the main objectives. This time through, I want to just basically walk through the game like a movie.
I was sick last week and haven't been to work in 7 days now (came back today :'( ). I did so much hunting. I spent a solid two days just wandering the map and shooting anything with a pelt. When my carrying capacity was at max, I'd go smith a ton of hide armor and then head back out. I'm at 92 smithing now, and I really really want dragon weapons and armor. That's pretty much priority #1 at this point. With a legendary glass bow, glass arrows, and a 3.0x damage bonus when sneaking, I can take down anything pretty easily. I can one shot sabre cats, and I can lay out a giant in two shots if one happens to be a critical hit as well.
Side note... Maybe I just don't remember them, but were vampires in the original release? I got a crossbow yesterday from some guy, which I also don't remember getting the first time I played. Pretty bummed that I can seem to make bolts for it.
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The Vampires were a DLC.
Also, I like to play these games on easy as well for the reasons you stated. There's enough in the game as is that making it challenging just takes away from time doing the things to me, are more fun. Although, there is that point where things just get too easy. Historically that is when I stopped playing (assuming I also completed all the quests).
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I've got all the houses/land except for Falkreath as the option to buy the land never comes up, no matter how many missions I do for the Jarl. There's only 3-4 trophies I haven't got and I won't be able to get the one for buying all the land because of this. I've read that it's due to completing a Dark Brotherhood quest earlier in the game, before I even loaded the add on content >:(
I love this game.
If you haven't completed the civil war quest yet, you can change the jarl of Falkreath by ceding his hold to whichever side he doesn't already belong to. The new jarl might present that option again. If you have completed the civil war and did change out the jarl, you can find the old one at Winterhold/Solitude (depending on whose side he fled to) and hit him up. Maybe he'll offer it up. No idea if any of this will make any difference, but I recall that the changing of jarls did effect some quests.
Thanks for the advice. I did the civil war quest for the Stormcloaks and replaced the Jarl. Will see if the other dude is in Solitude and see if it helps. I was there recently and found the room with all the refugees n it :biggrin: spoke to a load of people but not sure if the old Jarl was one of them.
It's just annoying that they broke a quest line which leads to a trophy. Got a couple of others to get (werewolf and vampire perks - not delved into that yet, I found being a vampire a pain when it happened by accident when I was low level.
I was off sick for three months last year and did little else but live in Skyrim :biggrin:
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Morrowind was 2002
4 year wait for Oblivion in 2006
5 year wait for Skyrim in 2011
6 years have past. I am not holding my breath, but I am certainly crossing my fingers that we hear some Elder scrolls 6 info at E3
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Morrowind was 2002
4 year wait for Oblivion in 2006
5 year wait for Skyrim in 2011
6 years have past. I am not holding my breath, but I am certainly crossing my fingers that we hear some Elder scrolls 6 info at E3
I'm waiting too but I have a hunch that ESO have pushed THE6 further into the future, i'm aware that it's being devoloped by a diffrent studio but I think because there's been a new Elder Scrolls game in existence during the Fallout 4 timeline Bethesda might not see the 6 year wait the same as we do. I'm just speculating so hopefully i'm entirely wrong and there's something brewing for E3.
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Funny this came back up. I'm sick to death of Skyrim, and I'm nearly to that point with State of Decay, so I'm looking to move onto something else and have been knocking around giving Fallout another shot. I didn't much care for it (F3) way back when, but I'm more interested in these sorts of games now than I was then. Just not sure which incarnation to go for.
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Funny this came back up. I'm sick to death of Skyrim, and I'm nearly to that point with State of Decay, so I'm looking to move onto something else and have been knocking around giving Fallout another shot. I didn't much care for it (F3) way back when, but I'm more interested in these sorts of games now than I was then. Just not sure which incarnation to go for.
I'm actually trying to finish OBLIVION (I've tried twice now, and gotten stymied with the both times; that was on PS3, now I'm trying on Xbox. Fingers crossed.) I'm looking for something new too; I have the Far Cry games, and may start there. Either that or catch up on some of the Assassin's Creed, or Call of Duty games (the last one I finished there was Modern Warfare 2).
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Fallout 4 was good, seems like a logical choice if you like these types of games. I found that one had the least replayability though and the first of these games where I didn't care for playing the DLC (even though I bought it ???).
If you like Call of Duty games, I would recommend Titanfall 2. Good single player and feels CoD like (it was made by the people who made the original CoDs)
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My understanding is that Fallout 4 has pretty much zero RPG and is almost entirely scripted. New Vegas sounds like it'd be much closer to Skyrim, in that you develop your character as you wish and make decisions that impact the future of the game. That would be more to my liking.
I'd consider giving Oblivion a shot, but as a rule I hate going backwards. I've seen enough Skyrim that I think Oblivion would just look crappy and dated.
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Yea I personally avoid going backwards as well for those reasons. Honestly, I didn't notice any huge difference between my choices having an impact between 3/NV/4. They all seemed very similar although 4 did seem to be a little less in terms of dialogue, but there are different endings. 3 was my favorite mostly due to environment and feel of that game. NV was the exact same game just different location/story. 4 was a noticeable upgrade, but story wasn't as interesting and Boston was my least favorite of the locations. I put 100 hours in all three, but not much more. As well as Skyrim. Usually the 100 hour mark is when I lose interest in these types of games. I know others have played much more and maybe can give more info to the differences than I can. I also havent touched 4 in a year and the others in much longer.
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As I recall it was the tone and the environment that I didn't like about 3.
Honestly, I didn't notice any huge difference between my choices having an impact between 3/NV/4.
What about developing your character? That's a component I usually like quite a bit in these sorts of games. It's part of the appeal of Skyrim, though with all of your choices you still always wind up the exact same battle-mage. :lol
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The system is a bit different in 4 than 3/NV but in the end, it all feels very much the same.
And yea, if you didn't like the environment and tone of 3 but also dont think you'd like less character/storyline development in 4, than NV may be just right for you.
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I personally thought the story and character aspects were very strong in 4. In particular, the fact that you have proper companions with personalities and stories of their own, rather than Skyrim where your companions just exist to carry stuff for you. And I think the choices you make in the main story in terms of which faction to support are pretty huge, and there's enough in the way of smaller choices along the way to make it very enjoyable. I thought it was a fantatic game.
I loved New Vegas as well.
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I'm more a story guy. Bioshock (all three) were just about nirvana for me. I fell in love with the "Infinite" game, and even got to feel rather protective of Elizabeth. Assassin's Creed is like that for me too. I started Fallout NV and it seemed a lot of niggling work to me. Maybe I should give it another shot.
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I'm more a story guy. Bioshock (all three) were just about nirvana for me. I fell in love with the "Infinite" game, and even got to feel rather protective of Elizabeth. Assassin's Creed is like that for me too. I started Fallout NV and it seemed a lot of niggling work to me. Maybe I should give it another shot.
Might be that sandbox open world games like Elder Scrolls and Fallout might not be for you. Games like Assassins Creed and Bioshock are a lot more linear narratively. RPGs are often a lot more expansive and involve a lot more tinkering and exploration. There are some that are more concise and focused (Bioware's for example, for the most part) but Bethesda are not that.
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I'm more a story guy. Bioshock (all three) were just about nirvana for me. I fell in love with the "Infinite" game, and even got to feel rather protective of Elizabeth. Assassin's Creed is like that for me too. I started Fallout NV and it seemed a lot of niggling work to me. Maybe I should give it another shot.
I have to recommend Prey if you wan't a game in the same vein as Bioshock mixed with Half Life and Dead Space.
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I'm more a story guy. Bioshock (all three) were just about nirvana for me. I fell in love with the "Infinite" game, and even got to feel rather protective of Elizabeth. Assassin's Creed is like that for me too. I started Fallout NV and it seemed a lot of niggling work to me. Maybe I should give it another shot.
Might be that sandbox open world games like Elder Scrolls and Fallout might not be for you. Games like Assassins Creed and Bioshock are a lot more linear narratively. RPGs are often a lot more expansive and involve a lot more tinkering and exploration. There are some that are more concise and focused (Bioware's for example, for the most part) but Bethesda are not that.
This is a good observation, but I think I'm probably somewhere in the middle, with a nod toward the linearity. Oblivion seems to be pretty close, just a hair on the "too out of control" side. I like the open world; it just seemed like - in the eight minutes I played Fallout NV that I had to pack my own bullets or some shit (I don't quite remember) and it just seemed, I don't know, so random so soon.
I should say, I'm a completist of sorts; I printed out all the quests for Oblivion and am checking them off as I complete them (as well as a list of all the caves, mines, and ruins). I'm also the guy that has made sure I got all the trophies (even on the "Jeopardy!" game I played; ask hef about that one), to 100% (sometimes more) on all the LEGO games I've played. So it's a little bit of a mix.
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I LOVED Far Cry 4. It's the only Far Cry game I've played and I can't wait for the Far Cry 5 announcement tomorrow. I think you'd like that game Stads.
In regards to Skyrim, now that I've finished Andromeda I'm ready to jump back in. Installed the remastered edition and can't wait to check out the mods.
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I'm more a story guy. Bioshock (all three) were just about nirvana for me. I fell in love with the "Infinite" game, and even got to feel rather protective of Elizabeth. Assassin's Creed is like that for me too. I started Fallout NV and it seemed a lot of niggling work to me. Maybe I should give it another shot.
Might be that sandbox open world games like Elder Scrolls and Fallout might not be for you. Games like Assassins Creed and Bioshock are a lot more linear narratively. RPGs are often a lot more expansive and involve a lot more tinkering and exploration. There are some that are more concise and focused (Bioware's for example, for the most part) but Bethesda are not that.
This is a good observation, but I think I'm probably somewhere in the middle, with a nod toward the linearity. Oblivion seems to be pretty close, just a hair on the "too out of control" side. I like the open world; it just seemed like - in the eight minutes I played Fallout NV that I had to pack my own bullets or some shit (I don't quite remember) and it just seemed, I don't know, so random so soon.
I should say, I'm a completist of sorts; I printed out all the quests for Oblivion and am checking them off as I complete them (as well as a list of all the caves, mines, and ruins). I'm also the guy that has made sure I got all the trophies (even on the "Jeopardy!" game I played; ask hef about that one), to 100% (sometimes more) on all the LEGO games I've played. So it's a little bit of a mix.
I'm absolutely not a completionist. If I do side quests it's to get a specific reward. In GTA they used to give you perks for completing those things. Now it's nothing but bragging rights. Skyrim certainly had a bit of grinding to do, leveling your smithing and alchemy ratings, for example, but that never bothered me. It was profitable as fuck and served numerous purposes. So if you're saying NV had you doing pointless shit for the sake of "realism" then I'm right there with you.
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I'm more a story guy. Bioshock (all three) were just about nirvana for me. I fell in love with the "Infinite" game, and even got to feel rather protective of Elizabeth. Assassin's Creed is like that for me too. I started Fallout NV and it seemed a lot of niggling work to me. Maybe I should give it another shot.
Might be that sandbox open world games like Elder Scrolls and Fallout might not be for you. Games like Assassins Creed and Bioshock are a lot more linear narratively. RPGs are often a lot more expansive and involve a lot more tinkering and exploration. There are some that are more concise and focused (Bioware's for example, for the most part) but Bethesda are not that.
This is a good observation, but I think I'm probably somewhere in the middle, with a nod toward the linearity. Oblivion seems to be pretty close, just a hair on the "too out of control" side. I like the open world; it just seemed like - in the eight minutes I played Fallout NV that I had to pack my own bullets or some shit (I don't quite remember) and it just seemed, I don't know, so random so soon.
I should say, I'm a completist of sorts; I printed out all the quests for Oblivion and am checking them off as I complete them (as well as a list of all the caves, mines, and ruins). I'm also the guy that has made sure I got all the trophies (even on the "Jeopardy!" game I played; ask hef about that one), to 100% (sometimes more) on all the LEGO games I've played. So it's a little bit of a mix.
Good luck trying to be a completionist in Elder Scrolls (especially Skyrim). There are SO MANY SIDE QUESTS.
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I LOVED Far Cry 4. It's the only Far Cry game I've played and I can't wait for the Far Cry 5 announcement tomorrow. I think you'd like that game Stads.
In regards to Skyrim, now that I've finished Andromeda I'm ready to jump back in. Installed the remastered edition and can't wait to check out the mods.
Go play the other Far Cry's, they are are really great games. I can't vouch for Primal though, I haven't played that .
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I'm more a story guy. Bioshock (all three) were just about nirvana for me. I fell in love with the "Infinite" game, and even got to feel rather protective of Elizabeth. Assassin's Creed is like that for me too. I started Fallout NV and it seemed a lot of niggling work to me. Maybe I should give it another shot.
Might be that sandbox open world games like Elder Scrolls and Fallout might not be for you. Games like Assassins Creed and Bioshock are a lot more linear narratively. RPGs are often a lot more expansive and involve a lot more tinkering and exploration. There are some that are more concise and focused (Bioware's for example, for the most part) but Bethesda are not that.
This is a good observation, but I think I'm probably somewhere in the middle, with a nod toward the linearity. Oblivion seems to be pretty close, just a hair on the "too out of control" side. I like the open world; it just seemed like - in the eight minutes I played Fallout NV that I had to pack my own bullets or some shit (I don't quite remember) and it just seemed, I don't know, so random so soon.
I should say, I'm a completist of sorts; I printed out all the quests for Oblivion and am checking them off as I complete them (as well as a list of all the caves, mines, and ruins). I'm also the guy that has made sure I got all the trophies (even on the "Jeopardy!" game I played; ask hef about that one), to 100% (sometimes more) on all the LEGO games I've played. So it's a little bit of a mix.
Good luck trying to be a completionist in Elder Scrolls (especially Skyrim). There are SO MANY SIDE QUESTS.
Side quests are fine. I do every one of those I can find. At least with Skyrim you're not constantly trying to collect 100 magic horseshoes, win 12 different archery contests, catch one of every fish, or find 50 hidden runes just to get trophy points. Collecting the stones of whatever just happens while completing other quests and gets you a massive buff in return.
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So after figuring out quite quickly with FONV that I just hate the whole damn franchise I moved onto Oblivion. I really dig the leveling system. In Skyrim I always seemed to become the exact same player because you master all of the same things. Warrior with a mastery of archery, destruction magic, sneak, enchanting, alchemy, and smithing. They're all required skills and you improve them with practice. Oblivion's system expects you to specialize. You'll only really excel in your class by concentrating on it. Moreover, that excellence is required since you can't craft legendary weapons and armor and enchant them to make spells dirt cheap.
I think this is a nifty concept and I'd like to play creating specific classes of characters. Unfortunately, I find the rest of the game so extraordinarily boring I just can't muster much effort. I'm going along doing various work for the guilds, but outside of the cities the world is just awful. The landscapes are designed so that you really can't go off road. It's nothing but ridges and cliffs. If I can see a point on the map it shouldn't take me 30 minutes to find it because it's surrounded by impassable hills with only one entrance along an unmarked road that approaches from nowhere.
Worse still are the caves. They're indistinguishable from one another, just like the dungeons. There's nothing interesting about them at all. Worse still, they all lead to nowhere. In Skyrim ruins, caves, and dungeons were all circuitous. Here you invariably come across 20 forks and they all lead to dead ends. I suppose that it's certaily more lifelike, but I want to be a gamer, not a spelunker. I've been trying to avoid missions that involve caves as I find them quite insufferable at this point.
I actually enjoyed the arena fighting. Just completed my first contract and I like the folks in the Dark Brotherhood, so I'll probably work on that for a bit. The fighter's and Mage's guilds haven't offered up much fun, though. I'm trying to play enough to see if having a badass character makes it more entertaining. Not sure if I'll get that far, though.
Also, I can't pick a lock to save my life. Maybe you need young person hearing for that or something. The only reason I made it through the first day is because I cheated and gave myself 1000 lockpicks. I'm already down to about 500. No idea how people are supposed to get started in that. I've blown through 75 on a single lock before.
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Funny. I found everything underground/indoors in Skyrim to be massively boring and repetitive.
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So after figuring out quite quickly with FONV that I just hate the whole damn franchise I moved onto Oblivion. I really dig the leveling system. In Skyrim I always seemed to become the exact same player because you master all of the same things. Warrior with a mastery of archery, destruction magic, sneak, enchanting, alchemy, and smithing. They're all required skills and you improve them with practice. Oblivion's system expects you to specialize. You'll only really excel in your class by concentrating on it. Moreover, that excellence is required since you can't craft legendary weapons and armor and enchant them to make spells dirt cheap.
I think this is a nifty concept and I'd like to play creating specific classes of characters. Unfortunately, I find the rest of the game so extraordinarily boring I just can't muster much effort. I'm going along doing various work for the guilds, but outside of the cities the world is just awful. The landscapes are designed so that you really can't go off road. It's nothing but ridges and cliffs. If I can see a point on the map it shouldn't take me 30 minutes to find it because it's surrounded by impassable hills with only one entrance along an unmarked road that approaches from nowhere.
Worse still are the caves. They're indistinguishable from one another, just like the dungeons. There's nothing interesting about them at all. Worse still, they all lead to nowhere. In Skyrim ruins, caves, and dungeons were all circuitous. Here you invariably come across 20 forks and they all lead to dead ends. I suppose that it's certaily more lifelike, but I want to be a gamer, not a spelunker. I've been trying to avoid missions that involve caves as I find them quite insufferable at this point.
I actually enjoyed the arena fighting. Just completed my first contract and I like the folks in the Dark Brotherhood, so I'll probably work on that for a bit. The fighter's and Mage's guilds haven't offered up much fun, though. I'm trying to play enough to see if having a badass character makes it more entertaining. Not sure if I'll get that far, though.
Also, I can't pick a lock to save my life. Maybe you need young person hearing for that or something. The only reason I made it through the first day is because I cheated and gave myself 1000 lockpicks. I'm already down to about 500. No idea how people are supposed to get started in that. I've blown through 75 on a single lock before.
Complete the Shrine Quest that gets you the Skeleton Key. (Nocturnal, I think).
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I never felt like my character in Skyrim was skilled in everything. I always play archer, and archery, stealth, and smithing were the only attributes I ever leveled up. Any kind of magic and fighting attributes got none of my attention.
I'd like to talk about Skyrim VR for a second. Even though it will likely be watered down graphically, I'd love to try it.I don't even care that I'd have to buy it for a third time, I just don't want to invest all that time again. I'm really hoping they figure out a way to let you pick up in VR where you left off on the remaster.
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Oh God, I forgot about Skyrim VR. That's gonna be AMAZING! I don't even care if the graphics are downgraded or that I have to buy a THIRD version of the damn game. :lol :metal
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XR6dsy7ATE
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I FINISHED OBLIVION! On the fourth try! No "freeze", no "atomic death bomb" or whatever... I did all but two of the quests (one - Museum of Oddities - I just don't have the patience to randomly search for items on, and the other - Taxonomy of Obsession - I think is glitched (the game freezes every time I go in the house of the person I have to talk to to complete the quest). So I can quell my OCD for now. But I got all the Achievements, and I'm DONE with the main quest and the Shivering Isles add on pack!
Now to finish the Zombies trophies for CoD:WaW.
Any suggestions after that? I have Assassin's Creed: Revelations, CoD: Black Ops, a Tom Clancy Rainbow Six game (can't remember which one, but not Vegas or Vegas 2), Deux Ex, or Far Cry 2 and 3 on deck.
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Play the far cry games, they are a blast
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Play the far cry games, they are a blast
Far Cry 3 was one of my favorite games ever. I can't wait for the latest release. I wish the developers could figure out how to get Far Cry's FPV into a GTA game. It's damn near perfect.
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It gets a good bit of hate but I am just now playing and loving the hell out of Far Cry Primal. It's new aspect of melee and more visceral weaponry is really a breath of fresh air after the now very monotonous and extremely cardboard cutout format of gun-touting, modern day exploration format. In my eyes by FC4 (and probably with FC5), there was such a similarity that the characters didn't really matter (and in my opinion were never even great to begin with, along with the story, with FC3 being the exception). So unless you thought the FC series was a massive storyline and character delving experience, I think you'll enjoy the pretty huge deviation of Primal. I'm liking it waaay more than I thought I would.
On topic, I'm replaying vanilla Skyrim after screwing around with way too many mods. :lol Gotta say it's nice and nostalgic. It's really great just having the simplicity of exploring again. I also never technically finished the main story so that's a thing. :laugh: I am however taking full advantage of the terrain jumping glitches to get to places faster. :metal
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I didn't know far cry primal got a lot of hate, most of the complaints that I heard where that it wasn't different enough from far cry, not that it was bad.
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Any suggestions after that? I have Assassin's Creed: Revelations, CoD: Black Ops, a Tom Clancy Rainbow Six game (can't remember which one, but not Vegas or Vegas 2), Deux Ex, or Far Cry 2 and 3 on deck.
I vote Deux Ex out of that bunch, but I haven't played the Far Cry games.
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Here goes skyrim on switch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu1lZzzVHW0
I'll most likely get it
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Here goes skyrim on switch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu1lZzzVHW0
I'll most likely get it
I'll definitely get it. I will have bought this game 3 separate times. I don't even care.
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Ok, I'll have to eat my own words. TES VI was further along than I thought.
The Elder Scrolls VI E3 Trailer (https://youtu.be/OkFdqqyI8y4)
:metal
Edit: Well actually, after watching it it's pretty clear they have a few years left too go still.
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I say Starfield next year, Elder Scrolls 2020
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I was gonna be super pissed if there was NO mention of Scrolls 6, so I'm glad they showed the title at the very least.
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My money's on 4 years off, minimum. I bet they'll announce it for a release in 2021 and then it'll get delayed to late 2022. 11 years after Skyrim. :lol
It's kind of startling me how long some of these games are in development for these days, and how much one's life can change between titles. Kingdom Hearts 2 to 3 for example, or the entirety of the FF13 saga. And now Skyrim, which feels like forever ago, and we're still so far away from the next installment.
I was really happy to hear about Fallout and ES stuff coming to Switch, I think, so I'll be checking that stuff out.
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I'm just happy there's something happening in that front. I really hate Fallout, so the last few years have been wasted, AFAIC.
If that is indeed Hammerfell, as the speculation is leaning, that suggests a Redguard dominated story. Wouldn't be my first choice, but it's better than Black Marsh or Elsweyr.
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Releasing the next ES game toward the end of this console generation is a smart business move. Then they can cash in on the inevitable remaster 3-4 years later on next gen.
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Releasing the next ES game toward the end of this console generation is a smart business move. Then they can cash in on the inevitable remaster 3-4 years later on next gen.
Yeah, but they already confirmed it's in the works for the next gen..
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Releasing the next ES game toward the end of this console generation is a smart business move. Then they can cash in on the inevitable remaster 3-4 years later on next gen.
Yeah, but they already confirmed it's in the works for the next gen..
Next gen exclusive? I've been able to find very little info since my work's network blocks any website that covers video games in any capacity.
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Releasing the next ES game toward the end of this console generation is a smart business move. Then they can cash in on the inevitable remaster 3-4 years later on next gen.
Yeah, but they already confirmed it's in the works for the next gen..
Next gen exclusive? I've been able to find very little info since my work's network blocks any website that covers video games in any capacity.
They didn't say exclusive, but they did preface it as something 'far in the future' and 'next gen' and since Sony's president said the PS5 is at least 3 years off, and with everything on Bethesda's plate and how big the next ES game will be, I can't imagine 6 possibly coming out for this console generation; by the time they near end of development the life cycle will be over. At the very least I imagine a basic release coming, but the primary focus will be on the next gen to get the absolute most out of the next title (with DLC, mod support etc.) instead of shoehorning it in at the end of this one and being held back by the limitations of this gen.
I also admit I could be totally wrong, but that's my hunch!
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Releasing the next ES game toward the end of this console generation is a smart business move. Then they can cash in on the inevitable remaster 3-4 years later on next gen.
Yeah, but they already confirmed it's in the works for the next gen..
Next gen exclusive? I've been able to find very little info since my work's network blocks any website that covers video games in any capacity.
They didn't say exclusive, but they did preface it as something 'far in the future' and 'next gen' and since Sony's president said the PS5 is at least 3 years off, and with everything on Bethesda's plate and how big the next ES game will be, I can't imagine 6 possibly coming out for this console generation; by the time they near end of development the life cycle will be over. At the very least I imagine a basic release coming, but the primary focus will be on the next gen to get the absolute most out of the next title (with DLC, mod support etc.) instead of shoehorning it in at the end of this one and being held back by the limitations of this gen.
I also admit I could be totally wrong, but that's my hunch!
That'd be great. I just find that surprising. It's already been in development a few years I'd imagine. Does this mean that Bethesda has already had dev kits for the PS5 all this time?
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There was a rumor going around that PS5 dev kits had gone out earlier this year, but I'm not sure if that was confirmed or squashed or what. I was hoping this gen would go on longer, at least. The last one went on for a long time and I think we got the most out of it especially with the 360. The technical leaps don't seem that huge anymore (the graphics jumps already aren't as impressive, although there is a noticeable different), and since games take so long to make and support these days it just doesn't seem like the PS4 and Xbox have had enough time to shine and get the most out of their hardware.
Again though anything is possible and the devs would obviously be the ones most privy to that info. To be a fly on the wall in those meetings! I so envy the people whose jobs are just to create these worlds and the lore (not necessarily the programmers, though, haha).
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They could just mean they are planning to make it for next gen but it will also be available on the current gen like lots of new games that are released around the same time as new consoles.
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My money's on 4 years off, minimum. I bet they'll announce it for a release in 2021 and then it'll get delayed to late 2022. 11 years after Skyrim. :lol
It's kind of startling me how long some of these games are in development for these days, and how much one's life can change between titles. Kingdom Hearts 2 to 3 for example, or the entirety of the FF13 saga. And now Skyrim, which feels like forever ago, and we're still so far away from the next installment.
I was really happy to hear about Fallout and ES stuff coming to Switch, I think, so I'll be checking that stuff out.
You also have to remember as technology progress the scope of the game just gets larger, exponentially so.
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Saltatio Mortis feat. Lara Loft - The Dragonborn Comes (From "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim") (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iO2sdC-IV8&ab_channel=SaltatioMortis)
Pretty cool tribute!