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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT| Het Kos Dovahhe
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Random companion tip: you can order them to move somewhere or attack something simply by holding the use button over them, just as you do when you're manipulating an object (which you basically are there as well, lul).
It's not something I ever really use but it's quicker. Remember to have them follow you afterwards or they'll just stand there in "wait" mode.
My character is a murderous, thieving mage who was
at the start of the game. All four of the conventional guilds fit me quite snugly. 
(spoiler is related to an early Companions quest outcome)
I'm level 17 and about to tackle that on Master. I'll let you know how it goes.
It's not something I ever really use but it's quicker. Remember to have them follow you afterwards or they'll just stand there in "wait" mode.
dreamer3kx said:
My character is a murderous, thieving mage who was
cursed by Hircine
(spoiler is related to an early Companions quest outcome)
xtrasauce said:
I'm level 17 and about to tackle that on Master. I'll let you know how it goes.
Dice said:
This is what I thought.
I accidentally killed the bar brawl woman from Whiterun while fighting a dragon because he toasted her putting her downed, and I misfired a conjured arrow straight into her butt killing her.
I was a little upset, but then
I got ambushed by a crazy undead lich creature that gave me a sweet mask after I killed him.
narcosis219
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Zeliard said:
I am really disappoint with the horses in the game in terms of getting around with them. They sprint for like 5 seconds. Then you have to count to like 15 for stamina recovery then sprint for another 5 seconds.
I was hoping there would be a variety of horses like in oblivion (black horses being faster than others, especially shadowmere) but we're stuck with 1 type of shitty slow, low stamina horse.
Can't wait for the mods.
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
Hah, well that sprint is just damn nifty (level 8 here).
Did Bethesday get rid of or tweak the difficulty scaling? Unlike Oblivion where every enemy I met seemed tailored specifically to my ability to beat it, in Skyrim I've run into caves where I had to turn around and get the hell out because something powerful inside almost obliterated me.
Feels good, man.
Did Bethesday get rid of or tweak the difficulty scaling? Unlike Oblivion where every enemy I met seemed tailored specifically to my ability to beat it, in Skyrim I've run into caves where I had to turn around and get the hell out because something powerful inside almost obliterated me.
Feels good, man.
Blue Ninja
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Solitude.Lakitu said:
I heard a rumor about a strange guy skulking around near the Bard's College and went to investigate. The guy starts rambling about his master being on vacation, and that he needs him to come back. I volunteer to help the poor sod, and before I know it I'm knee-deep in the insane mind of a dead Emperor with Wes Johnson's glorious voice booming in my ears.
Speaking of which, I kinda miss some of Oblivion's voice actors. I wish they could've at least had Wes Johnson do some more voices for the Imperials. Oh, and of course, Jeff Baker's glorious return as the voice of a few Dunmer.
I serioulsy don't know what happened with the voices we heard in the gameplay video. They're gone. Completely gone.
My collectors strategy guide came in the mail today. Good lord its gigantic. The page and color quality is also really good for something with 660 pages. Hardcover art is nice as well. 23 on amazon isnt a bad price. Just skimming through some of the areas reveal a ton of stuff i havent seen yet.
My god it's been an annoying day at work today. Broken builds, delayed submissions, stupid, stupid crap to deal with. Thankfully, in about 1.5 hours, I'll be back in Skyrim...
This thread is tiding me over until then. It's hilarious reading some of the pre-hype and then actual playtime impressions from you guys from a few hundred pages back! Good stuff!
This thread is tiding me over until then. It's hilarious reading some of the pre-hype and then actual playtime impressions from you guys from a few hundred pages back! Good stuff!
Alchemy said:
I had finished killing the skinner dude (werewolf killer) as a werewolf myself. Ran outside since I finished the quest. While running 3 guys attacked me and I killed them. Still got the bounty on my head even though they never saw my human form. Could it have been a glitch?
I'm loving my current character and everything (level 26 now, about 35+ hours into the game), but I also can't wait to start a theif/assassin/archery build character. My current character hasn't been focusing on sneaking or archery at all, and it sounds really fun.
I don't want to start a new character before I beat the game, and I also don't want to rush through the rest of the game just to play a different character, but I also really want to try out stealth, lol. Probably gonna be a female Nord assassin named Arya Stark.
I don't want to start a new character before I beat the game, and I also don't want to rush through the rest of the game just to play a different character, but I also really want to try out stealth, lol. Probably gonna be a female Nord assassin named Arya Stark.
Sinatar said:
Haha yeah. It's quite useful. Makes horses sprint and you as well, though it saps your stamina. It can be very useful in combat if you're a mage and you want to get some distance, make enemies miss, etc, especially since you're not going to be using stamina much for attacking/defending.
narcosis219 said:
I dunno, horse stamina seems to last a decent amount of time. It's not exactly werewolf form (which is probably the fastest way to manually travel) but it does the job. :>
Are there really no other types of horses, though? Different speeds, etc. I was still hanging around with the one from Whiterun, and he basically tanks enemies, lol. Or at least he did till he got owned by a Draugr Death Overlord.
Yeah it's a lot better in this game. Still scales but it's more limited so things can be way above or way below your level depending on when you encounter them.DOO13ER said:
It's not perfect, I feel like there's a lack of characters/enemies in the game with really, really powerful armor/weapons that are near-impossible to kill early on.. like Umbra in Morrowind.
I met some Orc in the wild that wanted a good death. I thought "hey is this Skyrim's Umbra??", he was a bitch to kill and when I finally did he had... an iron sword. Whooo.
Finally 1 shotting mid level enemies now with my sneak X 3 damage and a base stat damage of 50 with bow. I haven't yet enchanted it neither have I perfected it by smithing.
Anyhow best gameplay moment so far for me:
Fast travelled to a necromancer fort, the necro guarding the gate shouts "DON'T GET ANY CLOSER!" She then pulls out her blade even though I haven't moved on top of my horse, bitch clearly needed to die. She says something I can't make out and she says something but I can't make it out as there is an odd sound that is drowning her out. She is about to run at me, out of nowhere a freaking frost dragon lands next to her, wraps its massive jaws around her and tosses her body back into the fort :O The unfamiliar sound was Dragon wings beating in the air, lol. It doesn't even look at my dopey ass character as it flies directly back into the air.
A battle ensues with fireballs, lightning coming from the fort into the sky, mainly missing the Dragon. The Dragon is doing bombing run passes using the jet of ice from its mouth. Clearly knowing I am gonna get destroyed out in the open, I join in against the Dragon.
We take down the dragon together barely (I lose my horse to the Dragon, poor Mandarb!), just before I begin despatching the necromancers. I get attacked by a newcomer, who is with not with the Necromancers. He comes straight at me, babbling some random crap. I do my best to dodge whilst I put 3 arrows in his face, he hardly feels it according to his freaking health bar. He then proceeds to 1 shot me.
My last quicksave was over 10 minutes ago before fast travelling to the fort, fuck.
Anyhow best gameplay moment so far for me:
Fast travelled to a necromancer fort, the necro guarding the gate shouts "DON'T GET ANY CLOSER!" She then pulls out her blade even though I haven't moved on top of my horse, bitch clearly needed to die. She says something I can't make out and she says something but I can't make it out as there is an odd sound that is drowning her out. She is about to run at me, out of nowhere a freaking frost dragon lands next to her, wraps its massive jaws around her and tosses her body back into the fort :O The unfamiliar sound was Dragon wings beating in the air, lol. It doesn't even look at my dopey ass character as it flies directly back into the air.
A battle ensues with fireballs, lightning coming from the fort into the sky, mainly missing the Dragon. The Dragon is doing bombing run passes using the jet of ice from its mouth. Clearly knowing I am gonna get destroyed out in the open, I join in against the Dragon.
We take down the dragon together barely (I lose my horse to the Dragon, poor Mandarb!), just before I begin despatching the necromancers. I get attacked by a newcomer, who is with not with the Necromancers. He comes straight at me, babbling some random crap. I do my best to dodge whilst I put 3 arrows in his face, he hardly feels it according to his freaking health bar. He then proceeds to 1 shot me.
My last quicksave was over 10 minutes ago before fast travelling to the fort, fuck.
bitoriginal
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Seriously, Red Eagle. Shit was tough.
narcosis219
Member
Zeliard said:I dunno, horse stamina seems to last a decent amount of time. It's not exactly werewolf form (which is probably the fastest way to manually travel) but it does the job. :>
Are there really no other types of horses, though? Different speeds, etc. I was still hanging around with the one from Whiterun, and he basically tanks enemies, lol. Or at least he did till he got owned by a Draugr Death Overlord.
Well, when you're going from winterhold to markarth, it gets hella annoying to manage sprint.
Or, we can just forget sprint all together for horses and leave it at a fixed speed.
Zeliard said:
The first one I found could kill me with a shot in the head (or anywhere). If I got into a melee fight with him, he needed 2-3 hits!. I needed like 20-30 hits to kill him, and I reloaded a lot. I just went outside of his melee range, he switched to bow, and before he could shot, circled around him while hitting with the daggers until he switched to axe again, repeat, try not to be hit :S. Too difficult, because of the insta-death by arrow.
But well, he had a magic ebony bow and I was level 15, so I'm not complaining.
Deified Data
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Yeah. Bethesda isn't really the cream of the crop when it comes to writing engaging campaigns. What they're the masters of, however, is giving the player the tools to craft their own stories. It really is the pinnacle of the role-playing genre, regardless of what number-crunching elitists may say.Blue Ninja said:
Knight-Evoker Zetheles was an fresh-faced Imperial Battlemage stationed at the Arcane University during the Oblivion Crisis. He stood alongside the Champion of Cyrodiil during the siege of the Imperial City, though they did not necessarily recognize eachother. He played his own small role in protecting the city he loved, and was pained at the steady decay of the Empire in the years to follow. He remained with the Mage's Guild for as long as he was able.
It would not be long, however, until the Mage's Guild disintegrated. The Great War ravaged the Empire further, and Zetheles began to doubt his purpose. When the War ended, and the Thalmor came, he was scouted. Being a well-bred Altmer well-versed in magicka and martial skill, he was a prime candidate for recruitment. Bitter over the Empire's shaky peace with the Dominion, Zetheles spurned their advances, refusing to sell his soul to an organization he believed morally bankrupt. Branded a heretic and a race-traitor, the Thalmor saw him expelled from the city, never to return under threat of death.
And so he wandered. He began to seek knowledge and guidance elsewhere, for, while powerful, he was still relatively young (for an Altmer) and craved some form of structure. That desire led him to consort with Daedra cults. He spent many a dream-addled night in the grove of Vaermina; hunted an all-mighty Lich under the guidance of Meridia; drowned his sorrow in wine and nubile women in the court of Sanguine; had his left eye blinded and his face scarred by a furious Molag Bal; revelled in the ruthless, singular purpose of Boethiah's bloody feud. But he knew that this would never be enough, and so he departed Cyrodiil for parts unknown...until he was captured during a border crossing into Skyrim.
With the Thalmor and Daedra furious at his heels, Zetheles would go on to forge his own legend. Some know him as "The Cyclops of Winterhold" because of his haunting, milky eye; he is whispered of in hushed, nervous tones amongst the esoteric of Skyrim - that he is perhaps the true power behind the College, allowing others to govern it in his stead. Some of witnessed him breath fire like a dragon - others have seen him move at impossible speeds, as though time were slowed around him. Others speak of his beloved Janessa, Dunmer femme-fatale of Whiterun, mercenary, and keeper of this stoic mer's heart. Most, however, wouldn't recognize the weary, golden face at the corner of the bar as anyone other than a non-descript elven adventurer.
How much of Zetheles's legend is true, and how much is fancy? That remains one of Skyrim's greatest mysteries.
MisterAnderson
Member
EXGN said:
Not as bad as learning you can fast travel after hitting like level 15 or so (Oblivion)
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
I can't marry Lyida? I have the amulet of Mara on and I've talked to everyone in this Mara temple in Riften.
Deified Data
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Heard that's a glitch.SpeedingUptoStop said:
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
NOOOOOOO, she's got all mah stuff and she's a bad ass.Deified Data said:
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Maybe the 3 guys who attacked you were the evil-things hunters and your ID was pegged?Tenck said:
This happened to me. Fortunately it was in the Shrine of Talos, so I figured out that if I shot them with my bow before they could talk to me and kill them in the ensuing fight it would take the bounty off. If it glitched outside... man, I don't know what I'd do. The console commands to remove bounty weren't working since it was a storyline repeat glitch.redhot_ said:
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