Alchemy is the way to make money. I'm sitting on 45k in gold, and I need to go do the stuff so I can buy more freaking houses. I also have a cupboard in my house in Whiterun filled to the brim with potions that sell for 800+ each. I literally can't sell it all because merchants run out of damn money.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT2| Team Edward's Revenge
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Alchemy is the way to make money. I'm sitting on 45k in gold, and I need to go do the stuff so I can buy more freaking houses. I also have a cupboard in my house in Whiterun filled to the brim with potions that sell for 800+ each. I literally can't sell it all because merchants run out of damn money.
I know it won't happen, but since Bethesda has been wanting to be a bigger publisher and Skyrim seems to have been a pretty big hit, it would be sorta' neat if they just bought or absorbed Obsidian. I think their strengths clearly compliment each other...
but it won't happen and I don't know how money works.
You know, of all the different "crafts" in the game. I enjoy alchemy the most and it's not completely out of line for a Elf Ranger from my goofy RP side of things
I might focus on it a bit more.
odin toelust
Member
You know, of all the different "crafts" in the game. I enjoy alchemy the most and it's not completely out of line for a Elf Ranger from my goofy RP side of things
I might focus on it a bit more.
The fact that you have to go to a store, house, etc for alchemy ruined it a bit for me. I understand they prolly just wanted to remove the requirement to carry the equipment around but the option to would be nice
Where do you get Azura's Star? Wouldn't mind recharging some of my gear.
Uno Venova
Banned
This game is sort of like a low budget time machine, start playing at 10.00 am, and next thing you know it's 3 PM.
DigitalDevil
Member
No, it got a 7/10 because of OTHER people's lag. Reviewer admitted that his experience had been great and he hadn't had any slowdown in his playthrough.
Full Daedric is 108 Armor without the Shield; with the shield it should be 144. With 100 Smithing and 100 Armor, that should be around 285 Armor and then Ebony Flesh gets you a bit over that point. Full Ebony will ALMOST get you there under the same setup; 96 Armor without the Shield, 128 with it. Should put you at around 563 Armor.
...but, you still need Alteration perks to get Ebony Flesh to 300 Armor Rating. And that only applies without Armor anyway, making the above not really applicable.
I know it's not quite the same but there are alchemy tables in a huge number of dungeons to the point that you might as well be able to do it anywhere.
If you really want to get the most out of your crafts you kinda have to do this with all of them. It is definitely the hardest craft to level up. I capped enchanting and smithing super early in the game and had alchemy at like 50.
I think the easiest thing to do is get your +alchemy enchanted gear (helps with skill ups and makes potions more expensive), and just fast travel around to all the alchemy shops and buy out their ingredients. Then craft potions using 3 ingredients (think they increase skill ups), and when you're done dump as many potions back to the vendors to recoup your costs and eventually make money.
For some reason people seem offended that my alchemy crafting gear was just a hat, gloves, necklace and ring. Guess they couldn't handle sexy potion time.
Castor Krieg
Banned
It's a reward from one of the Daedra quests. The guy in
Riverwood's inn
Chris Avellone, J.E. Sawyer and the rest of the guys at Obsidian have a habit of taking a series from a developer and improving on it in myriad ways, and substantially so. I'd love to see what they could do with an Elder Scrolls game.
We could probably expect sensible types and levels of scaling, more balanced and rewarding crafting elements, and the gifts that come with Obsidian's characteristic strong writing: memorable storyline and characters, interesting quests, great dialogue, and meaningful choice & consequence.
I say let them at it; with Fallout we'd almost certainly have to wait until Bethesda makes the 4th one first anyway. It's probably wishful thinking regardless but I expect we'd get something wonderful with an Obsidian Elder Scrolls.
And as excellent as New Vegas was, they were also held back not only with the engine but F3's inherently woeful combat system. Skyrim shares plenty in common technically but is still a lot more refined in some areas, and makes a better base for Obsidian to work from and improve upon.
odin toelust
Member
I'm mostly upset I can't my mad scientist act at the throat of the world as I wanted to before release
Really? That's ridiculous.
That's assuming no smithing potions at all? 50% ones are easily attainable and even 60-70% ones are feasible without alchemy perks. Seems even more plausible with a set of smithing gear and a 130% smithing potion. There's no doubt I could go home and make a set of max armor without a single heavy armor perk; whether you can do it without ANY perks might be a bit more challenging and require collecting the right crafting drops.
Kill it.
Man, this is bullshit.
So I wanted to destroy the dark brotherhood, but
So I wanted to destroy the dark brotherhood, but
also wanted the Shrouded Gloves. So I didn't kill Astrid in the shack but waited until I was initiated into the Brohood to get my gloves, only to find that everyone in that freaking hideout is immortal now.
What is your enchanting at? At some point trainers stop working when your skill is high enough. I suspect its to prevent people from easily capping skills.
Blue Ninja
Member
Yep, sadly this is the case. Quest givers are immortal in the game.
I think it's around 77. Maybe I've outgrown the Masters?
Lvling enchanting is easy enough by itself anyway. Just disenchant what you dont need and use all those petty/lesser/common soul gems to enchant useless gear.
I'm already in the 80+ enchanting skills without paying a visit to a trainer once.
Alchemy on the other hand isnt quite as fast...
I'm already in the 80+ enchanting skills without paying a visit to a trainer once.
Alchemy on the other hand isnt quite as fast...
D
Deleted member 17706
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It's too bad that the 'second main quest', which is the war between the Stormcloaks and the Empire, was so poorly done. Not only are the quests repetitive, but the scale of the battles are just laughably small. Having multiple small waves of enemies just kills any sense of an epic battle. I'm sure it was done to work around the console memory limitations, but the end result is just really poor and they should have completely rethought how they approached that quest line.
Obsidian would somehow find a way to make it look shitty and run worse.
Ill agree that they make some of the more interesting games, but optimization is not their strong-suit.
I never cared enough to even start this section of the game until in the main quest line where
you have the peace treaty meeting with the grey beards. Ulfric was acting like such a dick I decided I had to support the Empire.
Speaking of that, im up to the quest where i have to
warn the Jarl of Whiterun that the Stormcloaks are planning to attack them
is Whiterun going to be burned/destroyed
DigitalDevil
Member
Sometimes it feels like it..
I would watch it. I envision it being like that episode of SVU where the two freaks are keeping their kids locked in a closet and playing some WOW-clone on their console.
"I'll be right there, Jimmy, HOLD YOUR FREAKING HORSES! I'm trying to kill this damn drag..... oh... see? SEE? JIMMY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOU DID? THAT DAMN DRAGON JUST SHIT ALL OVER ME!!!! GOD DAMMIT NO CORN FLAKES FOR YOU TONIGHT!!!"
SKYRIM
This saved my almost completely game broken save file. Thank you for that. I can now complete my companion quests.
It's the-horse, so it's invincibledark brotherhood
Why wouldn't you want it to follow on fast travel?
Judging by the console performance threads, optimization isn't Bethesda's strength either.
Alchemy skill gains are purely by cost of the resulting potion. This means your target goal Potions should be:
Invisibility
Paralysis
Fortify Carry
Damage Magicka Regen
Slow
Regen Health/Magicka/Stamina
Damage Stamina Regen
Giant's Toe + Wheat is a pretty good combination if the Toes were more common. A pretty easy one to find materials for is Blue Mountain Flower + Hanging Moss works well; if you have the spare Bear Claws, Canis Root, Hawk Feathers, or Rock Warbler Eggs, you can add Fortify One-Handed to this combination. Not sure how much that improves the value off-hand though.
You make me want to pay New Vegas, but I hate the combat so much.
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Spoilers:
Depending on which side you take, you will either defend Whiterun or invade it and force Jarl Balgruuf to surrender. During the battle (which is arguably one of the best parts of the entire quest line), Whiterun is messed up a bit and certain buildings and ramparts are aflame. After the battle is completed, however, it's back to business as usual (with some minor property damage remaining). If you went with the Stormcloaks, you'll have to talk to the new Jarl to be made a Thane again and regain access to your house. Lydia will remain your Housecarl if you do so, and everyone gets on with their lives.
130% Smithing Potion with 4 slots of +32% Smithing only gets you to a 358 Smithing Skill or +179 Armor Rating. Taking the Daedric set again, that would be 144 + 214 for 501 Armor Rating at 100 Heavy Armor Skill.
If you can get around
Edit: Goddamnit, I keep forgetting to modify the Shield too. Fixed some numbers.
Because i don't want a horse following me around. It's no big deal, but I still think there should be a way to park it somewhere.
DigitalDevil
Member
agreed. The whole horse system is retarded. They should have had the horse drawn carriage be an actual ride, not just a short cut for fast travel. That would have been awesome. Sitting in the back of a carriage, listening to the driver talk about wherever you're going, commenting on the surroundings etc....
what a lost opportunity.
Lifejumper
Member
Anybody having fps lag with the imperial quests ? Xbox 360 version.
Augemitbutter
Member
sidequest question: got a boa
t ride to some island in the north, to kill some kind of pirate. i could enter a cave from a hideout there, but decided to postpone it until i've killed the leader. now when i killed the leader, i noticed the entrance to that cave was blocked by rubble. what happened there and was it worthwhile to explore? i wonder why they would do that.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Wow... fail.
I agree that quite a lot could have been done with the carriages. Would have been cool to expand on it rather than just leave it the odd thing it is...
DigitalDevil
Member
Yep, just attention whore-ing at its worst. LOOK AT ME GUYZ I GAVE SKYRIM A 7! It was only "good". Yea fucking right.
But... you don't have to ride it... lol
There's a chance it might run into a dragon or bandits after quick travel and die.
Not my precious horsey
In fact, you should be allowed to buy a stable and collect horses.
Isn't that done in Red Dead?
