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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT| Het Kos Dovahhe
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I spent 5 hours+ just lockpicking and stealing things from people's houses in the first village/town...lol
Finally beat my first Dragon, was exhilarating. Definitely the introduction and first battle is a moment in gaming history I won't forget.
Also thanks for the Dark Brotherhood tips.
Finally beat my first Dragon, was exhilarating. Definitely the introduction and first battle is a moment in gaming history I won't forget.
Also thanks for the Dark Brotherhood tips.
I need help with a lost companion:
I had the female mage from Darklight Tower following me, and then I accepted the Companion Werewolf quest. It told me that my companion was replaced with that new woman from the guild, and now that I'm done with the quest I can't find here anywhere. She's not in my house, she's not in Darklight tower... does any one have any idea where she goes?
I love how...
Well wait, first. This game is fucking amazing. Just want to reiterate that. I find the 2 points of Metacritic score between Skyrim and Oblivion quite amusing. The difference between a 96 and a 94 does not really speak to the breadth and the depth of the experience. There is so much to do, and so much of what there is to do is worthwhile that is surprises me constantly. If you ever get bored at any point you can just decide to change course immediately and do something more awesome with no penalty. The feeling of your character getting better at what you choose to do feels legitimate, in a way that's insanely tough to pull off in an RPG. The atmosphere ranks among the best games of all time and I haven't even seen a fifth of the world. Accomplishing things feels good, dragons are awesome, combat, stealth, magic, and archery are all fun, the writing is rock solid and even funny, emergent moments are memorable as hell...
Of course there are a laundry list of bugs and flaws and dumb mechanics that made it into the game- but I don't get how anyone could argue that they don't pale in comparison to the whole game as greater than the sum of it's parts.
Ahem. Anyway...
I love how realizing you want to do something sets you out on a quest of your own without any guidance from the game. I was really interested in enchanting the superior Dwarven daggers I just crafted, so I got a couple enchantments I wanted, did a couple quests for cash and got some soul gems, and went to the arcane enchanter. But I noticed the stats were going down when it showed the preview of the enchanted weapon. Checked around and... enhanced items will be reverted to their base stats unless you have the Arcane Blacksmith perk! Aha. Looks like I'll be sticking around for a while- grinding out some more Iron Daggers to get up to 60 smithy- probably get a nice handful of levels from the bargain too.
Then I'll enchant my daggers- I'm making one frost damage and one fire damage. I'm hereby accepting Tolkienesque fire-and-ice-sounding names for the pair of blades, if anyone has any suggestions!
Then I'll finally be off to the Thieves' Guild. Then join up with the Brotherhood.
...then I'll go see the Greybeards and continue the main quest.
Well wait, first. This game is fucking amazing. Just want to reiterate that. I find the 2 points of Metacritic score between Skyrim and Oblivion quite amusing. The difference between a 96 and a 94 does not really speak to the breadth and the depth of the experience. There is so much to do, and so much of what there is to do is worthwhile that is surprises me constantly. If you ever get bored at any point you can just decide to change course immediately and do something more awesome with no penalty. The feeling of your character getting better at what you choose to do feels legitimate, in a way that's insanely tough to pull off in an RPG. The atmosphere ranks among the best games of all time and I haven't even seen a fifth of the world. Accomplishing things feels good, dragons are awesome, combat, stealth, magic, and archery are all fun, the writing is rock solid and even funny, emergent moments are memorable as hell...
Of course there are a laundry list of bugs and flaws and dumb mechanics that made it into the game- but I don't get how anyone could argue that they don't pale in comparison to the whole game as greater than the sum of it's parts.
Ahem. Anyway...
I love how realizing you want to do something sets you out on a quest of your own without any guidance from the game. I was really interested in enchanting the superior Dwarven daggers I just crafted, so I got a couple enchantments I wanted, did a couple quests for cash and got some soul gems, and went to the arcane enchanter. But I noticed the stats were going down when it showed the preview of the enchanted weapon. Checked around and... enhanced items will be reverted to their base stats unless you have the Arcane Blacksmith perk! Aha. Looks like I'll be sticking around for a while- grinding out some more Iron Daggers to get up to 60 smithy- probably get a nice handful of levels from the bargain too.
Then I'll enchant my daggers- I'm making one frost damage and one fire damage. I'm hereby accepting Tolkienesque fire-and-ice-sounding names for the pair of blades, if anyone has any suggestions!
Then I'll finally be off to the Thieves' Guild. Then join up with the Brotherhood.
...then I'll go see the Greybeards and continue the main quest.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Got this monstrosity in today. The map makes me want to flee in terror:
Also, found the perfect beer to drink whilst playing Skyrim:
Also, found the perfect beer to drink whilst playing Skyrim:
This is really pissing me off. Minor Solitude misc. quest spoilers
Minor, but annoying.
So I ran up to the dude that gets executed right off and took the amulet off his corpse, then ran into his wife later. Talked to the kid, gave the wife the amulet (without having to go and manually pick it up), quest didn't complete, amulet wasn't removed from my inventory. Now the damn quest won't complete. Raging.
Minor, but annoying.
Chuck Norris
Banned
There is a Companions quest where he gets kidnapped and you save himClevinger said:
I accidentally killed him the first time and reloaded my game. Should have left him dead
Same here. I'm like 25 hours in and I haven't been to see the Greybeards yet. The mage guild was pretty awesome, now I'm starting the Thieves and DB quests. This game could have no main story and it would still be great.Hawkian said:I love how...
Well wait, first. This game is fucking amazing. Just want to reiterate that. I find the 2 points of Metacritic score between Skyrim and Oblivion quite amusing. The difference between a 96 and a 94 does not really speak to the breadth and the depth of the experience. There is so much to do, and so much of what there is to do is worthwhile that is surprises me constantly. If you ever get bored at any point you can just decide to change course immediately and do something more awesome with no penalty. The feeling of your character getting better at what you choose to do feels legitimate, in a way that's insanely tough to pull off in an RPG. The atmosphere ranks among the best games of all time and I haven't even seen a fifth of the world. Accomplishing things feels good, dragons are awesome, combat, stealth, magic, and archery are all fun, the writing is rock solid and even funny, emergent moments are memorable as hell...
Of course there are a laundry list of bugs and flaws and dumb mechanics that made it into the game- but I don't get how anyone could argue that they don't pale in comparison to the whole game as greater than the sum of it's parts.
Ahem. Anyway...
I love how realizing you want to do something sets you out on a quest of your own without any guidance from the game. I was really interested in enchanting the superior Dwarven daggers I just crafted, so I got a couple enchantments I wanted, did a couple quests for cash and got some soul gems, and went to the arcane enchanter. But I noticed the stats were going down when it showed the preview of the enchanted weapon. Checked around and... enhanced items will be reverted to their base stats unless you have the Arcane Blacksmith perk! Aha. Looks like I'll be sticking around for a while- grinding out some more Iron Daggers to get up to 60 smithy- probably get a nice handful of levels from the bargain too.
Then I'll enchant my daggers- I'm making one frost damage and one fire damage. I'm hereby accepting Tolkienesque fire-and-ice-sounding names for the pair of blades, if anyone has any suggestions!
Then I'll finally be off to the Thieves' Guild. Then join up with the Brotherhood.
...then I'll go see the Greybeards and continue the main quest.
Also, I love the setting in this game. I just love snow and mountains so much.
bengraven
Member
I got some shit from friends for not upgrading my system. "A 9800GT 512mb video card and an Athlon Quad 2.5? You are just asking for trouble".
I don't know, man, I may have had to put most of the settings on medium high or even medium low, but for a "shitty" system, this game still looks fucking great.
Yes, that's Lydia with dwarf armor yet an iron helm. I didn't want to cover up her face.
I don't know, man, I may have had to put most of the settings on medium high or even medium low, but for a "shitty" system, this game still looks fucking great.
Yes, that's Lydia with dwarf armor yet an iron helm. I didn't want to cover up her face.
arts&crafts
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I KNEW IT!
TIGGER IS IN SKYRIM!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191906/
TIGGER IS IN SKYRIM!
I heard his voice throughout the first town
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191906/
No I haven't progressed more than meeting the Jarl in Whiterun, giving the dragonstone I already had and then getting told to go to some watchtower.Zeliard said:
I was actually on my way to doing that because I was thinking I probably need to do it so dragons show up.. but I was in Riften and a guy challenged me to a drinking contest. So I thought what the heck, should be a quick quest right?
Couple of hours later and I'm trying to get out out of jail in a city on the opposite side of the map, still not finished with the drinking quest.
arts&crafts
Member
Wallach said:
I wonder what other disney characters I will run into in the land of Skyrim
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:MarriageMothman91 said:
Okay guys. Is there any quest conflicts in this one?
I just encountered one. I was doing a bounty from Proventus in Fort Greymoor and there happens to be a named NPC there. Agnis to be specific, she's not a bandit but a maid. I accidentally killed her without seeing her as being named. She did look out of place though.
There was a contract quest for her from the Dark Brotherhood that I haven't done yet. Can I just leave her dead?
I just encountered one. I was doing a bounty from Proventus in Fort Greymoor and there happens to be a named NPC there. Agnis to be specific, she's not a bandit but a maid. I accidentally killed her without seeing her as being named. She did look out of place though.
There was a contract quest for her from the Dark Brotherhood that I haven't done yet. Can I just leave her dead?
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Weird how easily I can kill a dragon then get owned by a troll right after ;;
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Can you build your own machines? They break down into all their parts when you kill them. I wasn't totally suspicious until I saw the power core. I mean, why have those items if you can't do anything with them and they are heavy and don't sell for much?
My post which I will update later. In the meantime, go to Riften and gt your hands on a Amulet of Mara so you can work your magic when you do decide.Mothman91 said:
The last witness has been killed. 40,000 bounty removed.fbi said:
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
This fucking game. I am about 15 hours in and am still in the first town. I did some dungeons though. I did the dungeon where
I also stole an elven bow from the companions which I am now a part of. Picked an expert lock. Bow is 6 points better than the one I had.
Agh. Bed now. I need to get up at 6am...
You find a crypt and a dude outside saying a crazy necromancer went in and his aunt went in after him. The whole area was easy until the final dude. I died a handful of times until I could kill all his minions and then I hid and took pot shots at him to kill him. Got a nice orcish axe out of it
I also stole an elven bow from the companions which I am now a part of. Picked an expert lock. Bow is 6 points better than the one I had.
Agh. Bed now. I need to get up at 6am...
herzogzwei1989
Banned
HELP! Why am i moving so slow? I am in Volunruud and I am stuck in slow mode. I dropped enough items to get my carry wieght down below the limit but Im still moving slow, i don't know what to do.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Are you walking? On pc at least (not sure about consoles) caps lock will turn on/off auto run.herzogzwei1989 said:
bengraven
Member
Dice said:
That happened to me the first time yesterday and I was shocked. I found this merc who was walking down the road and asked me to join up with her. I accidently quit out and she assumed I wasn't coming along. So I followed her anyway, so see where she was going. She was taking her time and going the way I had just come from, so I killed her.
That's how I got the message: "the last witness has been killed: 40 gold bounty removed".
That's also how I got the dwarf armor.
Lidya and I took on a Blood Dragon and two Cave Bears at the peak of a snowy mountain in a blizzard. Fucking epic.
I also took some GAF advice and spammed a bunch of iron daggers to level up my smithing. It's at about level 50 now (I'm level 22), and I've got all of my gear in Superior status, which really helped my armor rating. I also came across a bandit leader wearing a full set of Plate Metal armor, which made a nice replacement for my Dwarven armor (which I then gave to Lidya, along with a superior Dwarven sword).
And finally, I started messing around with enchantments. Enchanted my Skyforged Steel sword to do +12 fire damage (and more if target is already on fire), which is super effective when combined with the fire magic I usually have in my left hand. I named the sword Lightbringer (ASoIaF reference).
I wasn't supposed to play at all today. My plan was to get some work done that I need to do this week, but instead I ended up playing Skyrim for 6 hours. This game is already destroying my real life...
I also took some GAF advice and spammed a bunch of iron daggers to level up my smithing. It's at about level 50 now (I'm level 22), and I've got all of my gear in Superior status, which really helped my armor rating. I also came across a bandit leader wearing a full set of Plate Metal armor, which made a nice replacement for my Dwarven armor (which I then gave to Lidya, along with a superior Dwarven sword).
And finally, I started messing around with enchantments. Enchanted my Skyforged Steel sword to do +12 fire damage (and more if target is already on fire), which is super effective when combined with the fire magic I usually have in my left hand. I named the sword Lightbringer (ASoIaF reference).
I wasn't supposed to play at all today. My plan was to get some work done that I need to do this week, but instead I ended up playing Skyrim for 6 hours. This game is already destroying my real life...
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