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Yesterday I played for 8 hours, and made my final save just as I arrived in Windhelm, about to speak to somebody about the Dark Brotherhood. My aim for today was to make some substantial progress on the introductory quest for the Brotherhood. Unfortunately, out of the 6 hours I played today, bringing my total to 14 in just two days, the only thing I did along that line was speak to the person in Windhelm. The other 5 hours and 55 minutes were spent on a whole host of other things that distracted me.

I want this game to be a month old or so, so that quests have been found and I can get help with a few things (i.e. the residents of Windhelm keep mentioning a serial killer called The Butcher. Through some sleuthing and thieving, I've identified who The Butcher is and I'm sure there's a questline related to it, but I can't work out how I'm meant to trigger it!)

 

[Pollux]

how the hell do I get to the grey beards? I got to Ivarstead and now I'm running around the side of the big mountain but have no idea how to get to the top.

where do the "7000 steps" start?

 

[Complistic]

how the hell do I get to the grey beards? I got to Ivarstead and now I'm running around the side of the big mountain but have no idea how to get to the top.

where do the "7000 steps" start?

Right at the bottom. You probably overlooked it, there's a bridge in town that leads to them. Go bad to town and start again.

 

[Uno Venova]

It's finally here, now I just gotta wait for it to install .

 

[KaYotiX]

Game is so good I dbl dipped on the pc and 360 version. Got it for my laptop (high settings) so when I'm away from home due to work I can start a Mage on it and play a warrior on the 360.

Just fucking wow Bethesda. I love it!!!

 

[Alucrid]

Making an Argonian is so hard because everything looks so goddamn bad fucking ass.

 

[Loxley]

Just got word that my copy of the hardcover CE strategy guide has shipped, good thing I ordered it when I did (for $23.95 no less), looks like Amazon is actually sold out of it now

 

[dimb]

Just got in my first brawl with some older lady in a tavern. I beat the shit out of her and won 100 gold! Yay!

She'll join you too if you ask her now. She followed me around for like three hours before 5 spiders poured out of the side of a mountain while I was fighting two trolls. Companions can die forever I guess.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

how the hell do I get to the grey beards? I got to Ivarstead and now I'm running around the side of the big mountain but have no idea how to get to the top.

where do the "7000 steps" start?

if your in the city with the mountain to your left go straight you'll see a bridge heading to the mountain, down the road on the left side.

 

[Pollux]

Right at the bottom. You probably overlooked it, there's a bridge in town that leads to them. Go bad to town and start again.

Looking for it now. Also there's a barrow right next to Ivarstead that has a dude pretending to be a ghost....where do I find the claw to open the door in there?

 

[IMACOMPUTA]

Yesterday I played for 8 hours, and made my final save just as I arrived in Windhelm, about to speak to somebody about the Dark Brotherhood. My aim for today was to make some substantial progress on the introductory quest for the Brotherhood. Unfortunately, out of the 6 hours I played today, bringing my total to 14 in just two days, the only thing I did along that line was speak to the person in Windhelm. The other 5 hours and 55 minutes were spent on a whole host of other things that distracted me.

I want this game to be a month old or so, so that quests have been found and I can get help with a few things (i.e. the residents of Windhelm keep mentioning a serial killer called The Butcher. Through some sleuthing and thieving, I've identified who The Butcher is and I'm sure there's a questline related to it, but I can't work out how I'm meant to trigger it!)

God these games are amazing.

 

[Shortt Sirket]

What are people's thoughts to keeping the music on or turning it off completely?

I love the music and it really melds well with the game, but I also love a purely ambient world. Do you miss a lot of "epic" moments if you turn off the music? I am leaning that way because the ambient noise is so well done in this game.

 

[Zeliard]

What are people's thoughts to keeping the music on or turning it off completely?

I love the music and it really melds well with the game, but I also love a purely ambient world. Do you miss a lot of "epic" moments if you turn off the music? I am leaning that way because the ambient noise is so well done in this game.

There are plenty of quiet moments of solitude. The music in this game is something I would never turn off. It's sublime and beautiful.

 

[Arucardo]

Crap, got the arrow bug I think. Also, I'm stuck in the main quest (bugged)

Spoiler

supposed to find Esbern in the sewers behind the thieves guild but when I found him he didn't unlock the door and when I managed to get him to open it he doesn't speak (skips over his dialogue)

after googling it seems to be a bug others had too .

 

[cartoon_soldier]

So, is investing in Smithing Perks worth it?

 

[Zeliard]

There's a full moon out tonight. :>

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Ugh i try to get lydia to
Follow me but she says i have another follower even tho i dont
How do i fix this?

 

[CrazyDude]

Brawls for money?

A fighting arena alternative?

With old ladies?!

 

[Shane86]

I highly recommend joining the Companions, not as boring as they seem!

 

[AlphaDragoon]

Game's fucking amazing. Level 12 now, done a bunch of side quests and joined

Spoiler

the Dark Brotherhood

.

The only thing that bugs me is how the camera zooms out all far in third-person when you draw a weapon. I played Fallout: New Vegas the entire time in third-person so their "improvement" is annoying the hell out of me and I want it to stop.

 

[CrazyDude]

Any estimation on sales numbers?

 

[MrToughPants]

5:55pm, still waiting for UPS (from Amazon) /cries

I just moved to a rural area last week. Downloading between 20-195kbps on Steam...I was going to order it but no mail until Monday.

13% downloaded in 3 hours!

 

[Jagxyz]

Anyone else find the default difficulty too easy? Most common enemies (bandits, those skeleton things) die in ~3 arrows, and I'm only level 4.

 

[bengraven]

I'm holding out on the guild quests as long as humanly possible. I've also frozen the main quest. For now I'm busting my ass just running around doing side/misc quests and for the first time in an Elder Scrolls game, ENJOYING exploring random dungeons.

 

[Zeliard]

Yeah there's tons of shit to do that doesn't have anything to do with a quest.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

I wish the journal captured the quest dialogue...

 

[DigitalDevil]

Just got word that my copy of the hardcover CE strategy guide has shipped, good thing I ordered it when I did (for $23.95 no less), looks like Amazon is actually sold out of it now

I ordered mine three weeks ago, it's in shipping soon status •bites nails•

 

[blahblah...blah]

I highly recommend joining the Companions, not as boring as they seem!

That's good to know - I never really did the Fighters' Guild in Oblivion, as it seemed a little hack and slash for me, but if there are some inventive missions and an intriguing backstory, the Companions seem worth the time. My plan for tomorrow: trek to the south-east to complete the first Dark Brotherhood related mission, then loop round to Whiterun to make some progress with the Companions before hooking back to Windhelm to report back to the Brotherhood quest-giver.

I fully expect to actually accomplish none of this.

 

[MrToughPants]

I'm holding out on the guild quests as long as humanly possible. I've also frozen the main quest. For now I'm busting my ass just running around doing side/misc quests and for the first time in an Elder Scrolls game, ENJOYING exploring random dungeons.

Are the caves/ruins/dungeons more varied in appearance/layout compared to Oblivion?

 

[blahblah...blah]

Anyone else find the default difficulty too easy? Most common enemies (bandits, those skeleton things) die in ~3 arrows, and I'm only level 4.

I briefly considered upping the difficulty, but five minutes in the Elven dungeon, along with a few giant / dragon skirmishes convinced me that it was a pleasant difficulty most of the time, and very challenging in the first situations.

 

[Zeliard]

Are the caves/ruins/dungeons more varied in appearance/layout compared to Oblivion?

Night & day

 

[CrazyDude]

Are the caves/ruins/dungeons more varied in appearance/layout compared to Oblivion?

From what I have played, yes. I am still not too far into the game, but the places I have been to have been different.

 

[blahblah...blah]

Are the caves/ruins/dungeons more varied in appearance/layout compared to Oblivion?

Yeah, ridiculously so. I haven't explored as many as I would like, mainly just because I can't carry all the glorious loot that you find in dungeons at the same time, so I make regular trips to cities to shift my inventory, and then end up distracted, but each of them has its own quirks, themes, enemies, etc. None of this copy-paste generic rock dungeon nonsense.

 

[Erudite]

The PC UI definitely has room for improvement- mainly better mouse integration, but once you get a feel for how it works, it's usable.

Kinda annoying that I found out 6 hours in that hotkeys are still in the game, but you have to set them through the Favorites menu, as opposed to the inventory screen like in Oblivion. Why wouldn't they tell you that during the tutorial section =S If they did, I didn't see it.

Feels great to switch between my weapon and magic without having to pause the action.

Anyone else find the default difficulty too easy? Most common enemies (bandits, those skeleton things) die in ~3 arrows, and I'm only level 4.

It gets harder, I'm about level 8 and feel Adept is the sweet spot in terms of challenge. Expert felt like I was dying in spots without any way to overcome the fight.

 

[Midou]

Night & day

Yes, having been through like 5 dungeons now, no parts seemed replicated.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Yay! This game properly reacts if you already have an item to complete a quest when you are given the quest.

 

[herzogzwei1989]

I finally got my copy!

 

[angelfly]

Anyone know if it's safe to store things in Gerdur's house?

 

[Acidyl]

...
- Tzhe PC UI/controls are ridiculous. Why the heck is the right mouse button controlling the left hand?????
....

easily fixed by switching the buttons in the key bindings.

 

[Zeliard]

Yes, having been through like 5 dungeons now, no parts seemed replicated.

It's probably the most substantial difference between the two games.

The PC UI definitely has room for improvement- mainly better mouse integration, but once you get a feel for how it works, it's usable.

Kinda annoying that I found out 6 hours in that hotkeys are still in the game, but you have to set them through the Favorites menu, as opposed to the inventory screen like in Oblivion. Why wouldn't they tell you that during the tutorial section =S If they did, I didn't see it.

Feels great to switch between my weapon and magic without having to pause the action.

Yeah I think quite a few people weren't aware of the hotkeys since it doesn't seem the game ever mentions them. They work pretty smoothly, except for that one problem Exodus discovered earlier where your hotkey can be erased if you hit the same hotkey button twice for a weapon that you have 2 or more of.

 

[Jagxyz]

I briefly considered upping the difficulty, but five minutes in the Elven dungeon, along with a few giant / dragon skirmishes convinced me that it was a pleasant difficulty most of the time, and very challenging in the first situations.

It gets harder, I'm about level 8 and feel Adept is the sweet spot in terms of challenge. Expert felt like I was dying in spots without any way to overcome the fight.

Sounds good!

 

[Mothman91]

Can't wait to sit down and play for several hours.....I need this game in my VEINS NOWWW

 

[Volimar]

Any good streams right now? Preferably without a shit ton of commentary by the person streaming?

My broke ass is stuck living vicariously through you guys.

 

[bengraven]

I gotta go hunt down a mammoth for his tusk for a sexy trader chick. *sigh* not looking forward to this.

 

[MrToughPants]

Night & day

Yeah, ridiculously so. I haven't explored as many as I would like, mainly just because I can't carry all the glorious loot that you find in dungeons at the same time, so I make regular trips to cities to shift my inventory, and then end up distracted, but each of them has its own quirks, themes, enemies, etc. None of this copy-paste generic rock dungeon nonsense.

From what I have played, yes. I am still not too far into the game, but the places I have been to have been different.

Awesome!

One of my gripes with Oblivion, even though I really enjoyed the game, it felt bland with the cloned dungeon layout.

 

[Kinky John]

I'm 8 hours in, and I haven't found any circles of power or anything like that. Did i miss it somewhere?

If you started close to Riverwood, this should help.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Anyone else find the default difficulty too easy? Most common enemies (bandits, those skeleton things) die in ~3 arrows, and I'm only level 4.

Too easy? Shit I died like eight times in a row and had to restart.

I picked up the quest for Azura and there was a group of magic casting enemies, most of whom were about right, but some of them were "adept" or "apprentice" level and brutalized me unless I kind of cheesed them. Then I got sent to the next part

Spoiler

inside Azura's Star!

and I got my teeth kicked in immediately by 3 spellcasters that seemed all way over my level simultaneously with no cover.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Random first impressions.

Enjoying it so far. The intro felt much less polished than Oblivion's, but exploring feels much better. The outdoors draw distance is great on the 360, though I've found plenty of crummy low-res textures. I'll trade that for the spectacular views though; nighttime is especially fine.

No idea where I am. I went northwest upon exiting the intro and kept going for a while. I stumbled upon a word of power, guarded by some howling wolves (great touch). Found a small house that some bandits were using as a safe house, hit a switch on the wall and am deep in a dungeon, exactly the kind of found place I wanted to do as my first. Archery feels better this time around, with arrows going where I want them to and doing satisfying damage upon impact. Melee combat is hit or miss.

I strongly dislike the finishing moves - they should have been keyed to trigger when we use a power blow to finish an enemy. Random interruptions are really jarring. I do not understand why they were set to be random rather than in our control.

Skimming the perk trees, I've got some hard decisions to make. I think I'm going the archery, alchemy, sneak, lockpick route, with one magic class I haven't settled on yet.

I'm playing one notch below the hardest setting, whatever that is. It makes combat reasonably difficult; I just got demolished by a dude with a two-handed sword deep in the lair, which was a brutal and pleasant surprise. Loot is clearly scaled but even in this first location I've found a decent amount of valuable stuff and have been able to upgrade most of my gear a notch.

The shadows on the 360 are terrible. Flickering, low-res and highly distracting. Adds a layer of real ugliness to the opening sequence.

Taking a break now that I've been hacked to death for the first time, but it's exactly what I'd calibrated myself to expect: lots of improvements over Oblivion, but it's all built from the same foundation. In every respect that matters, it's much better, so far.

 

[Fjordson]

Are the caves/ruins/dungeons more varied in appearance/layout compared to Oblivion?

One of the bigger improvements they've made, IMO. Like Zeliard said, it's night and day.

I just ambled into a tavern and was able to bet this woman that she couldn't knock me out. Lmao, she actually owned me.

The diversions in this game seem to never end. So good.

 

[Doctor West]

I hate having to wait for UPS to take their sweet time to deliver this. They usually come by 7pm.