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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT2| Team Edward's Revenge
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DualShadow
Member
Fought a purple dragon last night.
The textures didn't load on it properly or something so it was literally purple........
The textures didn't load on it properly or something so it was literally purple........
Hit R, which is usually to sheath your weapon. For a drawn bow, it will lower your weapon.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Bound_Weapon
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Weapons
Use the values for the damage formula and calculate them for yourself?
Weapon damage forumula:
(base damage + smithing upgrade)*(1+0.4*skill/100)*(1+perk % damage boosts)*(1+% damage from items) = displayed damage
Could you PLEASE use some freaking spoiler tags? Introduce the topic so people know what you are talking about and then tag the sensitive stuff. I'm just starting the DB and that quest title...goddamn it.
Well, not sure which Steel you're talking about but I assume regular ol' Steel, not Steel Plate. That's 76 Displayed Armor Rating before upgrading them, 126 after Legendary. Factoring in the 100 hidden AR brings you up to 226 and then Lord Stone makes it 276 for 33% Resistance.
Could you PLEASE use some freaking spoiler tags? Introduce the topic so people know what you are talking about and then tag the sensitive stuff. I'm just starting the DB and that quest title...goddamn it.
For what it's worth,
it isn't a Dark Brotherhood quest. It's what happens if you decide against joining. So ... since you're doing the quests, this didn't spoil the questline at all
Uh, no upgrading, regular steel, no shield, no perks and The Lord Stone is flat 50% damage reduction. Thus armor damage reduction (about 20% if i calculated it correctly) plus 50% damage reduction would be 70%. Meaning no use for armor perks really. Or high level armor for that matter.
Lord Stone is +50 Armor Rating, not +50% DR.
I always do this, untill the point which the barrel falls off and you get caught. Like what happens on the video.
No, it is 50% damage resistance according to UESP and the Game Guide.
TES wikia notes it as being 50+ armor.
So what does the game show?
If it is not flat 50% damage reduction, the stone is completly worthless.
Too bad the game doesn't have "damage resistance" or "resist normal weapons" enchantment...
Jibber Hack
Member
Ugh. Was looking forward to putting some time into the game this afternoon. Looks like I'l be playing something else for a a while.
brotkasten
Member
I hate you.
UESP Wiki denotes it is 50 Armor as well. It even has its own place in the formula for it as part of the Displayed Armor Rating. It is +50 Armor or +6% DR. I can check again when I get off work, I suppose :/
It's 50 armor, and 25% magic resistance.
Damn. I'm in love.
The fuck? So it is completly useless. Sure, 25% magic resistance is okay but 50% spell absorb from the Atronach stone is far better, even with the magicka regen penalty which is easily replaced. And potions are plentiful anyway.
You can tell a game is made by Bethesda when balancing is non-existent. Even a single player game needs some, and is better with some balancing (New Vegas for example).
Still not going to bother with armor perks anymore for future characters... slow to raise and and boring perks.
EDIT the best stones are:
The Steed, very useful for anyone wearing armor, or those who don't want to raise stamina and need more inventory space.
The Atronach. 50 magicka, 50% damage reduction from spells (or chance to block the whole spell, which one is it?). The penalty is laughable, since the potions are plentiful and magicka regen is not that useful anyway due to reduced rates during combat.
And the Ritual which is absolutely coolest. And having a bunch of bodies to help you in a tough fight is good.
Yeah that fight was ridiculously cool.
You get to keep it after that. You apparently lose it when you do the next quest, which I haven't yet.
Oh man, didn't know dragons could appear while you were in a city! I fast traveled to Whiterun and when I arrived it was nighttime. But right away this (my very first) Elder dragon starts attacking the city! It was spewing fire all over the city and landing on buildings and whatnot! Oh man it looked so good and awesome, especially during night time!
Eh, they're still useful if you're trying to reach the Armor cap. Unless you're just going to circumvent it entirely with the Enchanting/Alchemy/Smithing trio ... though you'll still fall short, for the record (barring some extreme circumstances with Armor skill Enchants, I think; I did the math for this yesterday how did I forget it already :/).
Neither, as far as I know; you absorb the Magicka from the spell (i.e., replenishing your own) but it has nothing to do with the damage you take. Admittedly, I haven't tested this near as much as the Armor/Weapon mechanics.
I'm not bothering with armor perks anymore as i'd rather use block (which reduces incoming damage ridiculous amounts, Elemental protection+Spellbreaker negates magic users entirely) or simply not get hit. Or use summons or friends to soak up damage. Most of the armors are not that great looking anyway and i'd rather wear clothes or armor whose looks i actually like than wear the best armor i can for damage resistance. My current warrior uses block and it reduces the damage i take far more than my armor does. Armor is ok when i don't manage to block but otherwise doesn't do much good as i don't have enchanted armor.
And i swear when i tested the Atronach it worked like in Oblivion or Morrowind (not sure which, more likely Morrowind), which included negating the spell effect. In Oblivion it was chance based to fully absorb and negate it, in Morrowind it reduced spell effect by its magnitude.
Gotta test this tomorrow.
If it only absorbs magicka and increases mine.. well it is still very good for a mage character.
Did you know that if you powerplayed in Morrowind and Oblivion, Breton with Atronach sign was among, if not the best, best choices for warrior characters?
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
yep, that's the textures not loading. What you're seeing is basically the normal mapping without textures.
And this is why you should unlock dragons in the main quest before fucking around with side quests.
Happens to me sometimes as well on various things in the environment (PC here).
Nose Master
Member
I know they took the new patch down, but do I have to delete the cache and all that nonsense to get rid of it, now? Or will it just sort of revert automatically?
What platform?
Atronach stone has a very annoying habit of eating your summons, be that from a shout, conjuration spell or a item.
When you use a summon shout with a 300 min cooldown that does not work due to the Atronach stone, I switched to Lord stone.
When you use a summon shout with a 300 min cooldown that does not work due to the Atronach stone, I switched to Lord stone.
DualShadow
Member
Yeah it's happened on a few other things lately. Someone sitting in an inn had a purple body but their head was textured fine :lol
Also, my horse helped in attacking a dragon, didn't think that would happen.
Well, yes, there's this bug. Not an issue if you do not use conjuration of course. Conjurers might want to use something else anyway, since your summons are supposed to take the hits for you... at least IMO.
Nose Master
Member
360 D:
Blue Ninja
Member
If you clear the cache, you lose the first patch too. Then you can't load your saves.
Also, it doesn't look like they took it down here: I'm still prompted to download the patch.
Lifejumper
Member
So what difficulty is everyone playing?
If you clear the cache, you lose the first patch too. Then you can't load your saves.
Also, it doesn't look like they took it down here: I'm still prompted to download the patch.
EDIT DAMMIT. Forgot that.
Adept. Enough challenge without being frustrating.
I switched to Master at level 35 because the challenge was non-existant at that point to keep it at adept.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Almost ALL the house quests require that you talk to the Jarl.
DigitalDevil
Member
You never get punished for killing in the thieves guild, at least I didn't. One of my only gripes with the quest line. Why say that if you're not going to actually hold us accountable?
Especially annoying was (late quest spoiler)
In the dwemer ruin when karliah and other dude comment on all the dead bandits like *gasp* "a thief would never do that!!!" When you (likely) just killed a bunch of bandits to get in the damn place. Stupid.
i'm REALLY considering doing this. level 40 archer, i took down a giant with three arrows yesterday. so yeah...
I'm on Expert. Depending on how severe the level scaling has been, I've jumped from Adept to Expert and back again depending on how things feel.
I might actually bump it up to Master to really feel threatened. As it is, my archery and sneak skills are so high, most enemies dont get a chance.
Although when they do, I'm often killed in one or two hits. Which I like, because I'm genuinely scared when I have to confront enemies head-on.
Master.
Bethesda seems to have made the difficulty curve a bit steadier than in prior Elder Scrolls games, but even on Master, the game's surprisingly easy. I'd compare Master on Skyrim to Normal on most other (non-Bethesda) games. I die occasionally, but I can usually just blast my way through most enemies without worrying too much about strategy.
RukusProvider
Banned
What are the most badass spells to have with you?
He doesn't give me anything. When I speak to the guy who sells the house he says "There is an empty home in the city, but there was some... unpleasantness recently. I'm afraid it's not available just yet."
this one was tricky to get I had to google it
you actually have to start the civil war, win it for the imperials or complete the rescue quest for the stormcloaks
I've already done that. Hmm. Maybe it's glitched then.