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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT| Het Kos Dovahhe
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Oh and the quests in Markarth are amazing too.
Game of the generation. Definitely.
An investigation into a murder led to me being framed and sent to prison. I then took part in a Forsworn rebellion against the Nords in order to escape. This included an epic battle in the middle of the City against the city guards. Another quest asked me to investigate the halls of the dead. I did that and eventually ended up meeting one of the Daedra lords, becoming a cannibal and receiving the Lords ring which grants me a stats boost whenever I eat someone.
Game of the generation. Definitely.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Ahahaha
Count of Monte Sawed-Off said:
I have the same problem, I'm in class right now and I'm still posting here, looking on the Skyrim wiki pages, ... This game has me in its grasp like few other games have done before.
And yea, other games have to mean nothing anymore, had to review L.A. Noire but it'll have to wait.
SirButterstick
Banned
As a youngin', Pool of Radiance and Ultima 5 were my two favorite RPGs. I love when the world is totally open for you to discover it at your own pace, and this game reminds me of those old-time RPGs. I could not be happier.
Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents, as well as date myself
Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents, as well as date myself
Mr. Luchador
Member
Walking around. Find abandoned, upturned Cabbage Cart. Who would leave their Cabbages like this all over the road? WHY?
I DEMAND ANSWERS!
I DEMAND ANSWERS!
Things I've learned so far in Skryim:
- Mammoths can apparently fly. They are not so good at landing.
- People don't seem to be surprised if you return to them after killing the hitmen they sent after you.
- It's possible to get drunk so hard you wake up on the other side of the country.
- Guards will drag your ass hundreds of miles just so you can pay a 10 gold fine.
- People can tell if an item is stolen just by looking at it
- apparently a single wood mill can be an enclave of a different hold. One asked my fiancee to go talk to "the Jarl", but it wasn't to the city down the river a few minutes away, it was half way across the map.
- Mammoths can apparently fly. They are not so good at landing.
- People don't seem to be surprised if you return to them after killing the hitmen they sent after you.
- It's possible to get drunk so hard you wake up on the other side of the country.
- Guards will drag your ass hundreds of miles just so you can pay a 10 gold fine.
- People can tell if an item is stolen just by looking at it
- apparently a single wood mill can be an enclave of a different hold. One asked my fiancee to go talk to "the Jarl", but it wasn't to the city down the river a few minutes away, it was half way across the map.
Calm down Grandad!SirButterstick said:As a youngin', Pool of Radiance and Ultima 5 were my two favorite RPGs. I love when the world is totally open for you to discover it at your own pace, and this game reminds me of those old-time RPGs. I could not be happier.
Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents, as well as date myself
I love PoR
thelurkinghorror
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Chriswok said:
For an answer look at the goat ass on the upper left...
HammerOfThor said:
I was able to do it just by exploring random dungeons and caves and selling the loot.
If I'm able to carry some extra stuff on my way back to sell at the city I will also grab some of the chest armors that the mobs will have on their corpses. Even though they may only sell for 50 or 100 gold it does add up after awhile.
HammerOfThor said:
I don't know how you feel about blatant cheating, but
when you finally get enough money to buy a house, you can keep all that money if you can get the seller next to a storage container. Talk to him like you're going to buy the house, and when you agree to buy it, there is a small lag between when you actually select the dialogue option and your money is removed. Hit whatever key/button exits the conversation as quickly as you can, and then select the container (which is hopefully right next to him so you can just direct your aim toward it while he's talking) and dump all your gold inside. Once you have the key, you can safely take your gold back out. The same works for any of the house upgrades. I imagine this should also work for any transaction that takes place purely through dialogue, without a shop or training menu.
ii Stryker
Banned
DoctorWho said:
Feeling the same way
Picked this up friday after work and have 35+ hrs in already.
I used a dagger once in the opening hrs of the game, its been Destruction(lvl 63 Adept) and Conjuration(lvl 53 Adept) all the way ever since.
I'm a lvl 17
Arch Mage. Finished the College of Winterhold main quest line
Skyrim is absolutely glorious. Gaming nirvana if you will. =P
Mr. Luchador
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thelurkinghorror said:
My word. I didn't even notice the stealth goat. From this day on, no goat shall remain unslaughtered.
JUSTICE FOR THE 7 CABBAGES!
So I'm walking to an imperial encampment when a dragon attacks me. As I look up to shoot some spells at it, a cave bear attacks me. I dispatch the cave bear while trying to avoid the dragon, and right as the cave bear dies, I hear someone yelling at me. I look around and coming at me is a Boethian Cultist. He's dual wielding a mace and a pickaxe and is mad as hell about something. Maybe about the Boethian priest that met an unfortunate end at the hands of me and my cohorts earlier. At any rate he meets an untimely end as I take him out and then eliminate the dragon, which is vaporized by my chain lightning spell.
Omegasquash
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Alienups said:
This. While trekking my way to a map marker I got walking by some guard in Solitude, I find an Ancient Nord dungeon, with an NPC within. We proceed to lay waste, I get some neat stuff, I leave, there's a dragon flying around that gets distracted FROM flaming me by all the Horkers around. 2 hours later, I finally make my way to my original destination.
Turns out there wasn't much there. GETTING THERE, though. That was fun.
I don't know if this got answered in the last 20 or so pages since I asked it, but is there a simple explanation of the differences between the primary melee weapon types? I want to use swords, but the maces of similar material always have higher damage.
SirButterstick
Banned
Mastadon said:
Ha ha off my lawn and all that
I still have my the gold box versions of that and Azure Bonds lying around somewhere. Ahhhh . . . fond memories. Skyrim definitely brings back the feel of those classics.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Can't help but feel I'm doing something wrong here.
You guys are fighting Dragons and Cult members, while I'm worrying over upturned cabbage carts.
You guys are fighting Dragons and Cult members, while I'm worrying over upturned cabbage carts.
I'm 25 hours in now. My level 19 mage is mostly conjuration, some destruction and really trying to dabble in Illusion but it still seems mostly useless.
I've finished about 8 quests. I have the quest markers and compass turned off, so I spend a lot of time just wandering the countryside and getting distracted. The coast north of Winterhold has a lot of nice touches.
I've finished about 8 quests. I have the quest markers and compass turned off, so I spend a lot of time just wandering the countryside and getting distracted. The coast north of Winterhold has a lot of nice touches.
RepairmanJack
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Am I having a bug with the Sapphire Claw? I got the claw and go to the door and tried the pattern and the door doesn't open. Arrows shoot out of the wall but don't hit me. I tried a couple times and ended up giving up on that pattern and just tried every possible combination and the door still wouldn't open. Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?
flashburn2012
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I'm trying to figure out whether I should restart or not. I have about 12 hours right now, level 15 or so. I've solely been playing as a melee character, Heavy Armor, 1H + Shield. I've been thinking of using more spells.
Are Battlemage's feasible in this game? That way at least my points into 1H and Heavy Armor aren't completely wasted. Or should I just restart as a pure caster?
Are Battlemage's feasible in this game? That way at least my points into 1H and Heavy Armor aren't completely wasted. Or should I just restart as a pure caster?
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
DarthWoo said:
I think maces are stronger but slower.
After 16+ hours with my first character, a Bosmer Archer/Thief, I started up a new one for poops and giggles. I'm aiming to make this guy a Paladin basically, focusing on 2-handed combat, heavy armor and Restoration spells...it's pretty fun so far; definitely a change up in playstyle (and man...two-handed weapons are fuckin' badass in this game).
thelurkinghorror
Member
Count of Monte Sawed-Off said:
Mace can stun, Axe can make you opponent bleeding but sword are much faster.
Inferno313
Banned
So I killed a dragon and it went through the whole soul gathering animation I think. But it didn't unlock any of my shouts, is that normal?
So, Thieve's Guild:
For the record, this game is incredible! Currently playing as a bow and dagger invisible Bosmer doing 15x sneak attacks with no sound. Pretty cool!
One more question: is it just me or are the Lockpicking perks completely useless?
Incredible ending, loved it, right up until I returned to the Guild from the Sepulcher. Everyone still refers to me as "Brynolf's Lad" and seems to think I'm new there. I run the damn guild! Is this a bug? Is there any benefit within the guild to finishing the questline?
For the record, this game is incredible! Currently playing as a bow and dagger invisible Bosmer doing 15x sneak attacks with no sound. Pretty cool!
One more question: is it just me or are the Lockpicking perks completely useless?
Omegasquash
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Loxley said:
Especially when you're a stealth/light armor/archer that pisses off the Orcish bandit captain and he slaps you in the damn face with one. That said, it feels like the stealth AI is a little better than Oblivion, but not by much. They don't auto-detect you wherever the hell you are, which is nice, but they also give up kinda quick. You'd figure that 3 dead bodies triggering someone to say "there's a cutthroat around here" would be cause for alarm.
I've been maxing destruction and I have put a lot of points into the swords (critical hits) part of one-handed and avoided doing the power attack/dual wielding paths.flashburn2012 said:
Right now I attack with a sword in my right hand and destruction spells in my left. I don't wear any armor though aside from boots and gauntlets and I seem to be doing just fine.
You aren't the leader yet, look for info on the remaining Thieves Guild achievement and you'll figure out what to do.HTuran said:
Deadra is better than dragon so craft it if you can, it also requires less Smithing skill. Yes all you need is Deadra hearts and Ebony Ingots, and to upgrade each piece needs an additional ingot.Raxus said:
RepairmanJack
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H3xum said:
Hmm, I'll give it a try again. I entered all the combinations in but just gave up after that. I'll go back and give the pattern another try and if it doesn't work I'll try this again.
Just fought a dragon on top of a tower. Beat him down to within an inch of his life so he flies away. I look down from the tower to see him almost cowering. Felt a little bad..then i remembered he just tried to eat me. So i filled his face full of arrows and took his soul.
Just killed a dragon outside of Riften and it was a Royal Rumble for the ages.
At one point I looked up and my companion, at least 4 guards and MY HORSE were attacking this bastard. My horse was actually kicking his legs up at the dragon; I'm not sure he was doing damage but it was hilarious.
Even more funny is that the horse survived the brawl while the guards did not.
This is the best game ever made.
At one point I looked up and my companion, at least 4 guards and MY HORSE were attacking this bastard. My horse was actually kicking his legs up at the dragon; I'm not sure he was doing damage but it was hilarious.
Even more funny is that the horse survived the brawl while the guards did not.
This is the best game ever made.
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