Author Topic: SKYRIM!!! (Read 267487 times)

WindMaster · « **Reply #1645 on:** February 23, 2012, 02:45:57 PM »

Quote from: Super Dude on February 23, 2012, 08:07:06 AM

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.

snapple · « **Reply #1646 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:59:45 PM »

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.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #1647 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:12:56 PM »

Quote from: snapple on February 23, 2012, 03:59:45 PM

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.

snapple · « **Reply #1648 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:18:00 PM »

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.

WindMaster · « **Reply #1649 on:** February 23, 2012, 05:41:47 PM »

They're all douchebags. Especially Ulfric. Can't stand that guy.

Ryzee · « **Reply #1650 on:** February 23, 2012, 05:57:10 PM »

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.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #1651 on:** February 23, 2012, 05:57:47 PM »

I don't think so. I thought he sounded basically the same.

Super Dude · « **Reply #1652 on:** February 24, 2012, 12:06:21 AM »

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.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #1653 on:** February 24, 2012, 06:00:18 AM »

Stormcloaks have better uniforms anyways.

WindMaster · « **Reply #1654 on:** February 24, 2012, 02:02:13 PM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on February 24, 2012, 06:00:18 AM

Stormcloaks have better uniforms anyways.

The Imperials look like Romans though, and the Romans were pretty badass.

snapple · « **Reply #1655 on:** February 24, 2012, 02:11:09 PM »

>2012
>not modding the fuck out of aesthetics in Skryim

HarlequinForest · « **Reply #1656 on:** February 26, 2012, 01:55:51 AM »

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.

Fiery Winds · « **Reply #1657 on:** February 26, 2012, 02:25:06 AM »

Quote from: HarlequinForest on February 26, 2012, 01:55:51 AM

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.

I upgraded my drivers from 11.9 to 12.1 and it's MUCH smoother now.

WindMaster · « **Reply #1658 on:** February 26, 2012, 10:43:40 AM »

You people and your good gaming PCs... I play skyrim on a macbook pro running bootcamp.

The King in Crimson · « **Reply #1659 on:** February 26, 2012, 12:09:15 PM »

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*

Kosmo · « **Reply #1660 on:** February 26, 2012, 12:14:29 PM »

I know that feel bro, sadly that's already starting to happen with Skyrim for me.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #1661 on:** February 26, 2012, 12:26:14 PM »

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

Zook · « **Reply #1662 on:** February 26, 2012, 12:30:29 PM »

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.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #1663 on:** February 27, 2012, 06:44:22 AM »

You say that without having a space core to keep you company or monocle-wearing Mudcrabs to attack you.

snapple · « **Reply #1664 on:** February 27, 2012, 06:57:49 AM »

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.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #1665 on:** February 27, 2012, 09:26:07 AM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on February 27, 2012, 06:44:22 AM

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!

WindMaster · « **Reply #1666 on:** February 27, 2012, 03:31:20 PM »

That's right. Only people on PC get that mod (made by bethesda and valve).

snapple · « **Reply #1667 on:** February 27, 2012, 04:16:22 PM »

Doing a clean install.

I wish I could upgrade my laptop's cpu =(

HarlequinForest · « **Reply #1668 on:** February 27, 2012, 06:40:45 PM »

Me and my sorcerer apprentice:

skydivingninja · « **Reply #1669 on:** February 28, 2012, 05:13:14 PM »

WindMaster · « **Reply #1670 on:** February 28, 2012, 06:39:03 PM »

Defenders of Tamriel!

Bacong · « **Reply #1671 on:** March 01, 2012, 11:28:30 AM »

This game is much better in 1080p lol

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #1672 on:** March 01, 2012, 12:07:23 PM »

Quote from: HarlequinForest on February 27, 2012, 06:40:45 PM

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.

HarlequinForest · « **Reply #1673 on:** March 02, 2012, 06:43:29 AM »

Quote from: DebraKadabra on March 01, 2012, 12:07:23 PM

Quote from: HarlequinForest on February 27, 2012, 06:40:45 PM
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.

Double-bladed lightsaber would be awesome, but none of the combat animations could support such a weapon!

snapple · « **Reply #1674 on:** March 02, 2012, 05:14:46 PM »

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.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #1675 on:** March 02, 2012, 06:11:04 PM »

Quote from: HarlequinForest on March 02, 2012, 06:43:29 AM

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.

HarlequinForest · « **Reply #1676 on:** March 03, 2012, 03:43:21 AM »

Quote from: snapple on March 02, 2012, 05:14:46 PM

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.

Quote

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.

Dark Castle · « **Reply #1677 on:** March 05, 2012, 01:04:54 PM »

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.

Zook · « **Reply #1678 on:** March 05, 2012, 02:00:18 PM »

Quote from: Dark Castle on March 05, 2012, 01:04:54 PM

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.

Nick · « **Reply #1679 on:** March 05, 2012, 02:20:33 PM »

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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Author Topic: SKYRIM!!! (Read 267487 times)

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