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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT| Het Kos Dovahhe
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Good times so far. When I got out into the world I decided to first head to Falkreath instead of the first quest town to check out what it's like and what I might stumble across. Found a bandit's home along the way, killed the bandit inside and stole a bunch of his stuff.
While casually looting the place I
This is basically the first thing I've done in the game post-intro. Now time to get to a town to sell shit and do other things.
And yeah Destruction Mage is pretty dope, and powerful, even on Master difficulty (which turns out to be a fun and pretty fair challenge, at least so far). Not only do Mage robes come equipped with +50% Magicka regen (and some basic early Mage headgear adds +30 to Magicka), but the very first perk you unlock in each Mage tree reduces novice Magicka cost by half for that spell type.
One of the perks after that in the Destruction tree (and the others) gives you the ability to combine the same magic type with both hands for extra effect (you can snag this one particularly quickly if playing as a race that starts with a Destr. buff, since it costs 20). All of that stuff can come quite early in the game and it's a pretty major boost.
As a random aside, I'm also currently carrying enough mead to kill a Viking.
While casually looting the place I
found a button to a secret doorway that ended up leading to a surprisingly large and varied dungeon - basically a bandit's hideout, Pinewatch Sanctuary. Killed a bunch of bandits in there and it ended up quite the loot-heavy experience.
I found and happily took tons of crafting ingredients, gold, food, books (one of which gave me a side quest having to do with finding someone's missing sword), various gear (including a couple neat Mage items, and some pricey stuff to sell), and opened some expert locks for a nice early boost to leveling and more loot.
I also found an "unusual gem" that prompted a side quest to seek an appraiser. The dungeon ended up looping back to the entrance with a bunch of traps on the way out. Clearing it took a decent amount of time, though I also pretty much scoured the place.
I found and happily took tons of crafting ingredients, gold, food, books (one of which gave me a side quest having to do with finding someone's missing sword), various gear (including a couple neat Mage items, and some pricey stuff to sell), and opened some expert locks for a nice early boost to leveling and more loot.
I also found an "unusual gem" that prompted a side quest to seek an appraiser. The dungeon ended up looping back to the entrance with a bunch of traps on the way out. Clearing it took a decent amount of time, though I also pretty much scoured the place.
This is basically the first thing I've done in the game post-intro. Now time to get to a town to sell shit and do other things.
And yeah Destruction Mage is pretty dope, and powerful, even on Master difficulty (which turns out to be a fun and pretty fair challenge, at least so far). Not only do Mage robes come equipped with +50% Magicka regen (and some basic early Mage headgear adds +30 to Magicka), but the very first perk you unlock in each Mage tree reduces novice Magicka cost by half for that spell type.
One of the perks after that in the Destruction tree (and the others) gives you the ability to combine the same magic type with both hands for extra effect (you can snag this one particularly quickly if playing as a race that starts with a Destr. buff, since it costs 20). All of that stuff can come quite early in the game and it's a pretty major boost.
As a random aside, I'm also currently carrying enough mead to kill a Viking.
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Anyone else getting MAJOR talk-over in dialogue scenes? Pretty much every time an NPC says something, their next line of dialogue starts in the middle of their sentence and their mouth goes fucking ape-shit trying to keep up.
Played an hour of it. Really like everything so far. UI is a bit intimidating but I will probably get used to it in a couple of hours. Mainly glad it runs so well. Haven't encountered any bugs yet. I'm running it on ultra with a 580. Everything is on and maxed out. I am getting a really decent frame rate too.
indigo-cyclops
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zlatko said:
Press tilde in game, "fov XX" whatever you want it set to
zlatko said:@ Exodu5.
Is it not set at 80-90 initially? Why do developers put games at stupid ass 75 or whatever the dumb interval is that causes me to get headaches in a few minutes of playing.
60 by default
NBtoaster said:
I keep hearing this disables Steam achievements. Can anyone verify this?
HP_Wuvcraft said:
Indeed, did you just miss that they gave you the key?Veins said:
Default checker set me at high, I bumped up to Ultra and have been getting pretty good framerates (though certainly not a solid 60) with my setup at 8xAA/FXAA and 8xAF. Looks gorgeous. The poor textures, in all seriousness, really don't make that much of an impact when the larger views and art design are so spectacular.
Really happy with my Khajiit character design too.
That said, I just ALT-TABBED out and I don't think I can get back, so there's that.
And the Steam overlay appears to not work at all.edit: I take it back, just wasn't patient. Seems to work decently enough
After my first hour, I don't mind the UI at all. Like I figured, you don't really need to pay attention to where the cursor is; I just navigate with WASD (using A/D to page left or right) and you can click LMB/RMB and perform the highlighted action regardless of where the cursor is. I don't even pay attention to where the cursor is in the menus.
It's a lot less annoying to me than Oblivion's default UI on PC where you you basically have to do everything with the cursor.
Anyway I'm only out of the starting dungeon. Breton's start with the Conjure Familiar spell, which is bad ass; right out of the gates I'm rocking a giant ethereal wolf. Magic feels bad ass in this game.
It's a lot less annoying to me than Oblivion's default UI on PC where you you basically have to do everything with the cursor.
Anyway I'm only out of the starting dungeon. Breton's start with the Conjure Familiar spell, which is bad ass; right out of the gates I'm rocking a giant ethereal wolf. Magic feels bad ass in this game.
HP_Wuvcraft
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eosos said:
You can join me in my frustration.
I'm busy making Jello.
Frustrated Jello.
Broder Salsa
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zlatko said:
Was getting this too and it's the first time I ever remember getting motion sickness from a game.
TheExodu5 said:
Thanks will try that, don't care for achievements.
nickbreckon
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HP_Wuvcraft
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Hawkian said:
I got caught up on the DOWNLOAD button being grayed out on Capsule.
We're all good now.
Frustration Friend, you are on your own.
Wallach said:
Yeah the UI is decent. Can't say I'm a fan of the way gear isn't grouped, but stuff like the favorites menu and hotkeying seem to work well. Switching between different types of 2H magic and 1H magic/1H melee and such seems responsive enough.
Not that I won't install the first solid UI mod that comes along.
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
How do you pick shit up on pc
HP_Wuvcraft
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Big Ass Ramp said:
The Options menu.
D
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TheExodu5 said:
Yeah, for some reason when I hotkey something in the favorites menu, the hotkey setting disappears after using it once. Really annoying.
So I bought the disk, clicked install, said steam servers were too busy, then it starts downloading the entire fucking game instead of installing from the disk.
I hit 'reinstall' and it starts validating files but now it says it's 100% done with that but it clearly says "validating steam cache files 0 of 1" and the window won't close. AND it's still DOWNLOADING the entire fucking game. RAGEEEEE
EDIT:
Nevermind, other people are having this problem and saying you need to uninstall it before you can install it. Really Bethesda?
I hit 'reinstall' and it starts validating files but now it says it's 100% done with that but it clearly says "validating steam cache files 0 of 1" and the window won't close. AND it's still DOWNLOADING the entire fucking game. RAGEEEEE
EDIT:
Nevermind, other people are having this problem and saying you need to uninstall it before you can install it. Really Bethesda?
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
3chopl0x said:
Ok thanks. Not listed in controls
Whoa change fov to 90. Like that way better
HP_Wuvcraft
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Steam-fellow,
What is a good server right now to switch to? My upload rate is terrible.
Well then.
What is a good server right now to switch to? My upload rate is terrible.
Big Ass Ramp said:
Well then.
D
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Wow.
I was fine with the mouse and keyboard controls for the first hour, but I just plugged in my 360 controller and it feels extremely good. There is a bit of janky pop-in if you jerk your mouse around quickly, so the slower movement of the right-stick will eliminate that. I think I'm going to play with the 360 pad for now.
Switching over to the big screen TV now, too.
I was fine with the mouse and keyboard controls for the first hour, but I just plugged in my 360 controller and it feels extremely good. There is a bit of janky pop-in if you jerk your mouse around quickly, so the slower movement of the right-stick will eliminate that. I think I'm going to play with the 360 pad for now.
Switching over to the big screen TV now, too.
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