Support NeoGAF

[DOBERMAN INC]

Sorry for all the questions, but I have a few more if anyone wants to answer:

-I'm early in the game (level 5), but where do you go to start learning conjuration and other types of magic besides destruction? Do you have to go to Winterhold?

-I defeated the first dragon, but is there a way to sell the dragon scales/bones?

-Is the OST released yet? I can't find it on Itunes. I would imagine it would come out the day of the game's release.

Yes,the college of magic there does it and all the other kind of magic too. Not really sure if you have to though.

 

[Yoshichan]

So I am takin it you like it?

Hell yeah I am! I'm enjoying the living crap out of this game...

Just one question, how come there's no droplet in this game? I'm 100% sure the water in Oblivion acted differently when it rained :O?

edit: I'm the biggest fucking pyromancer alive right now. 100% magic, 100% fire. Fire runs, fireballs, flamelaunchers, flame shield, flame robe. GOD I LOVE THIS GAME.

 

[Auto_aim1]

Guys, any tips to take down the master Vampire. Gawd, that guy is annoying the hell out of me.

 

[angelfly]

Anyone else a but more impressed with the game's difficulty (on adept). It's still brain dead easy, but at least you feel if you're not careful you can die.

It's not brain dead easy for me. I still get my ass handed to me a lot.

 

[Yoshichan]

lol, I thought everyone played this on the hardest difficulty? Hopefully I'm not the only one...

 

[PONGSTAR]

Need a house and I was told that I could buy one in Whiterun after completing a quest. I'm supposed to see someone to buy a house but can't recall who. Any advice on who to see and how much denero is needed?

 

[Auto_aim1]

lol, I thought everyone played this on the hardest difficulty? Hopefully I'm not the only one...

Default is 'adept' right? I'm on that, it's been pretty easy so far.

Need a house and I was told that I could buy one in Whiterun after completing a quest. I'm supposed to see someone to buy a house but can't recall who. Any advice on who to see and how much denero is needed?

Yeah you need to go to the top of that castle(?) in Whiterun, I believe its 5000 something.

 

[HawksWinStanley]

"Well, I had to take the long route around the entire town to bypass that glitched NPC, but at least now I'm inside--"

NOPE.

Is there seriously no way to get rid of this guy? :/

Can someone aware me on this problem?

 

[Firebrand]

Same problem. Only way I managed to get rid of him was to go jump off a cliff. Now I just have to avoid Whiterun until someone can find a solution.

I think I figured this one out;

It seems it's bounty-related. I loaded a save just before I murder a travelling nobleman and his guard. If I go directly to Farkas, only the chick talks to me, then they leave. I'll have to use this save, I think I can replay everything past that point in an hour or two.

I reloaded, murdered the nobleman, the guard and his horse, and now something else happened: Farkas & company all attacked me, unprovoked! I guess this explains why Farkas was always drawing his sword before talking to me on the old glitched save.

I also discovered something slightly hilarious in the process of murdering the nobleman: The horse is a witness, and killing it removes 2000 bounty. Still got 40 bounty unaccounted for though even after killing all three, no idea. Maybe there was a deer nearby...?

 

[GhaleonEB]

lol, I thought everyone played this on the hardest difficulty? Hopefully I'm not the only one...

The boss from the fort I just cleared killed me 10 times in a row before I found a way to drop her; one heavy blow from her hammer was fatal from full health. I don't feel the need to punish myself further.

 

[vitaminwateryum]

Can someone aware me on this problem?

Basically the guy just follows you around and won't stop initiating conversations with you. You can't kill him either because he's part of some quests later on. You don't even have to talk to him first, he just chases you down and won't stop.

 

[JonnyKtyler]

I just unlocked the ranger ability under the archer talent tree but it doesn't seem to do anything. Has anyone noticed a difference in movement speed after getting this ability?

 

[PONGSTAR]

It's not brain dead easy for me. I still get my ass handed to me a lot.

Same here. I had to move from Master to Adept because I was losing too many battles. Adept is much less frustrating and not so easy that it gets boring. I still have to save, but not before I go around every turn or corner, lol.

 

[Numpt3]

I know it's probably been asked a million times before, but does this game have any sort of karma system like fallout? Can I mess things up by being to much of an evil bastard?

 

[krameriffic]

Spoiler

She was the girl who gave you the contract to kill her bandit boyfriend in a Dwenmer ruin and the other optional girl in Windhelm.

So if anyone knows where she lives, well, that would be great....

Spoiler

When I met her to accept the contract, it was inside a house on the far left side of Markrath after going in the front gate. I can't guarantee that's her home, but I'd check there.

 

[Nelo Ice]

lol, I thought everyone played this on the hardest difficulty? Hopefully I'm not the only one...

I didnt even realize there was a difficulty setting, *changes to master difficulty*.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

how the fuck is this game getting great reviews? my first couple of hours the impressions has not been good. Clunky Combat, horrible, Animation, bad voice acting, sorta ugly all around.

 

[Wallach]

What is the criteria for getting a location to mark as "Cleared" on the map? I've ransacked and looted Fort Greymoor from one end to the other a few times now and it won't mark as cleared. Does that mean I'm missing something big in there?

I don't think you can get a Cleared mark on Fort Greymoor. Whether that applies to all Forts or not I don't know, but that one wouldn't give me one.

 

[Derrick01]

how the fuck is this game getting great reviews? my first couple of hours the impressions has not been good. Clunky Combat, horrible, Animation, bad voice acting, sorta ugly all around.

Because the game's focus is not on those areas, as I said a good 100 times in the intro thread when everyone was freaking out about those same things.

 

[Roche]

Basically the guy just follows you around and won't stop initiating conversations with you. You can't kill him either because he's part of some quests later on. You don't even have to talk to him first, he just chases you down and won't stop.

You could open the console up and disable him, if you need him later you can just do the same to enable him again.

Edit: Though now that I think about it, I have no idea how you'd go about enabling him again, maybe someone more familiar with the console can help you out.

 

[Numpt3]

how the fuck is this game getting great reviews? my first couple of hours the impressions has not been good. Clunky Combat, horrible, Animation, bad voice acting, sorta ugly all around.

Yeah it is a bit of a clunky mess, but the setting and the atmosphere are fantastic.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

Because the game's focus is not on those areas, as I said a good 100 times in the intro thread when everyone was freaking out about those same things.

Gameplay and immersion are not a focus of the game?

 

[Derrick01]

ugh on the companions quest and a dude wants me to give his sword to "Eorlund" anyone know where he is? he's supposed to be a blacksmith but he's not.. where the blacksmith is

Right by the companion's building is a large rock with an eagle-like thing sculpted into it, there's a forge there and he'll be there.

Gameplay and immersion are not a focus of the game?

It is, just not fluid 1st person combat and uncharted level animation. Plenty of people are still being sucked into the world without that superficial crap.

 

[tuco11]

Game is everything I hoped for. I have been playing nonstop since midnight 11/11. I have barely touched the main quest but have 2 dragon shouts. One problem.. I have not seen a single friggin dragon yet lol!! Do I have to do more of the main quest for them to start randomly showing up? Just as an FYI.. I have walked from Falkreath to Winterhold.

thanks!

 

[Auto_aim1]

how the fuck is this game getting great reviews? my first couple of hours the impressions has not been good. Clunky Combat, horrible, Animation, bad voice acting, sorta ugly all around.

Keep playing, it gets a lot better.

 

[Cutwolf]

Who should I bring the azuras star to for repair? The black star that can hold human souls seems better, at least it was on oblivion, but which NPc repairs it into the black star?

 

[charsace]

I see there's a patch. What does it fix?

 

[-PXG-]

Oh, deleted the system cache and installing the game to USB did fix the texture issue for me. Game looks fantastic now. I still wish there was a way to change the FOV on console though.

Combat is so much fun in this game. Dual wielding is baller as fuck.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

Yeah it is a bit of a clunky mess, but the setting and the atmosphere are fantastic.

well thats what i thought about oblivion but for some reason this game i am just not getting into the Atmosphere. The everything seems so dead. It really feels like this game was made 5 years ago or so.

 

[Extra Sauce]

My Steam download got to 4,6GB and switched from "downloading" to "suspended". I can't get it to start again.

WTF?

 

[British Monsoon]

how the fuck is this game getting great reviews? my first couple of hours the impressions has not been good. Clunky Combat, horrible, Animation, bad voice acting, sorta ugly all around.

Well I guess we're just lucky that the game journalists didn't turn in their reviews after just a few hours. Keep playing.

 

[KingK]

Help

I'm stuck on a Companion's guild quest in Dustman's Cairn to

Spoiler

retrieve a fragment of the founders weapon or whatever

. I'm in the dungeon with the Companions dude, but the only way forwards is through this metal gate which I cannot open. There's a throne in the room that I can sit on but it doesn't do anything. How am I supposed to proceed?

 

[GhaleonEB]

I don't think you can get a Cleared mark on Fort Greymoor. Whether that applies to all Forts or not I don't know, but that one wouldn't give me one.

Okay, glad it wasn't just me. I spent forever in there. :lol

I've decided to trek to Rorikstead, do some questing, and then murder someone in their sleep.

 

[Enco]

9 hours through.

Completed 8 or so objectives and no side quests. I might completely ignore all quests and just try save up for a house and smith/mine.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

Right by the companion's building is a large rock with an eagle-like thing sculpted into it, there's a forge there and he'll be there.



It is, just not fluid 1st person combat and uncharted level animation. Plenty of people are still being sucked into the world without that superficial crap.

how the hell is good combat, animation, and voice acting superficial? can someone explain atleast how this game gets better? what are the selling points?

 

[Zeliard]

Okay, glad it wasn't just me. I spent forever in there. :lol

Yeah I think normally with dungeons, they become "cleared" after you kill all the enemies. Maybe that particular place is considered too small to be a dungeon, or something? Haven't been yet.

how the hell is good combat, animation, and voice acting superficial? can someone explain atleast how this game gets better? what are the selling points?

Just keep playing, jesus.

 

[Won]

Had a Dragon spawn but he didn't want to come down and fight. Coward!

I guess I have to start the fight somehow?

 

[bishopcruz]

Loving the game, got a question tho. How do you raise speechcraft outside of buying and selling stuff? It's been going up slow as hell for me.

 

[Cutwolf]

Game is beautiful (textures aren't the end all be all) and playing with the 360 controller I don't find it clunky at all. At least not as a Mage.

 

[f0rk]

Help

I'm stuck on a Companion's guild quest in Dustman's Cairn to

Spoiler

retrieve a fragment of the founders weapon or whatever

. I'm in the dungeon with the Companions dude, but the only way forwards is through this metal gate which I cannot open. There's a throne in the room that I can sit on but it doesn't do anything. How am I supposed to proceed?

There should be a smaller room with tables and a lever to pull.

 

[Pollux]

Spoiler

When I met her to accept the contract, it was inside a house on the far left side of Markrath after going in the front gate. I can't guarantee that's her home, but I'd check there.

Thanks...I'll check it out and get back to y'all.

So I'm doing the DB quests but I'm rolling like that DB Orc from Oblivion who goes in and slaughters everyone. It should be a nice contrast for my next character which will be stealthy. It's fun to

Spoiler

turn into a werewolf and slaughter the town square and then run out to the country side and turn back into a human with now bounty.

This game is so good. There are just so many ways to do EVERYTHING.

 

[See You Next Wednesday]

how the fuck is this game getting great reviews? my first couple of hours the impressions has not been good. Clunky Combat, horrible, Animation, bad voice acting, sorta ugly all around.

The same reason Oblivion & Fallout 3 got so many great reviews.
Big game with lots to do & that's it.

 

[KingK]

There should be a smaller room with tables and a lever to pull.

Shit, you're right. I hadn't seen the lever, it blended into the stone walls too much, lol. I was stuck there for like 20 minutes. Thanks!

 

[IndieJones]

It's weird to hear people complaining that the map is smaller than Oblivion's when Skyrim is actually a smaller province than Cyrodiil. Although that doesn't explain why Vvardenfell was so huge in-game when it's a fifth of Morrowind's landmass...

 

[GhaleonEB]

Yeah I think normally with dungeons, they become "cleared" after you kill all the enemies. Maybe that particular place is considered too small to be a dungeon, or something? Haven't been yet.

Could be. It was the second 'dungeon' I'd done, the first of which I cleared.

There's so much to do in this game, it really is overwhelming. I've scratched to exploration bug, so I'm going to head to a city and just really sink into it.

 

[xxczx]

Oh wow, I pressed R2 by accident and shouted at a chicken then the guards started to attack me.

 

[British Monsoon]

how the hell is good combat, animation, and voice acting superficial? can someone explain atleast how this game gets better? what are the selling points?

Have you not played an Elder Scrolls game before or something? The selling point is the huge and immersive open-world that the player is free to explore.

 

[Wallach]

Yeah I think normally with dungeons, they become "cleared" after you kill all the enemies. Maybe that particular place is considered too small to be a dungeon, or something? Haven't been yet.

It's actually a fairly large place; it's right by the watchtower they send you to from Whiterun (just a bit more West). I figured it might have something to do with a particular NPC there.

 

[LoganKnight4949]

Yes,the college of magic there does it and all the other kind of magic too. Not really sure if you have to though.

The General Goods Guy in Riverwood has some good starter spell tomes cheap.

 

[Chinpoko_Master]

I named my Khajiit "Catface Meowmers". He's so beast.