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Just save right when you get off the chariot.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT2| Team Edward's Revenge
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Just save right when you get off the chariot.
Yea, especially if you already had
finished the civil war stuff and had the elder scroll ahead of time.
The highlight was really walking from Whiterun all the way up to the Highrothguard, what an amazing way to introduce the player to Skyrim. Absolutely gorgeous. You start out with the familiar scenery stretching out below you, Riverwood and that one ancient Nord dungeon, as you keep climbing it just gets smaller until you can't make it out anymore, but there are all these other unexplored areas. I remember there was a lot of talk around when Oblivion was coming out how they wanted you to see the Citadel from almost anywhere in the world, how that was going to be key to the world bla bla... this climb up actually had that effect for me.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
lastplayed
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Skyrim intro with Army of Darkness dialogue: http://youtu.be/ukj02l1d2Oc
Yeah I was bored so whipped this up. It's not the best, but it's something I've been wanting to do for ages.
Yeah I was bored so whipped this up. It's not the best, but it's something I've been wanting to do for ages.
I've noticed that stuff that you steal in various jobs and heists end up in the bookcases in the Ragged Flagon.
I had done the same quest prior, so I don't know exactly what happens, but supposedly you go on the hunt for it(by some other way obviously). If I had to rate them it would be something like:
Top half:
-Thieve's Guild, excellent quests in Markath and everything that has to do with
Nightingale
-Main quest, eeks by on original trek up to Throat of the World and "The World Eater's Eyrie"
Bottom half:
-Dark Brotherhood - all but the last quest are boring
-Companions - no redeeming qualities here, short and boring and probably the buggiest quest line in Skyrim.
-Civil War - even worse. Take out a bunch of the same enemies in the courtyards of different forts, all coming from spawn points like COD or something. Nice to know that you win the whole "war" with 5 soldiers tagging along behind you.
If you want to count the deadric quests as one quest line then they go in the top half for sure. I didn't mind the general theme of guilds being on the brink of extinction in this game, but the bad outweighed the good. Mage's guild story and Thieve's Guild's quests stand out.
It's something that's not explained at all, but you need 5 of those little side quests for each of the 4 main towns. After completing the 5, there is one special assignment that pops up, after which doing anymore in said town is useless. Once all of them are done, you will be crowned guild master and the achievement/trophy will be unlocked. The red flaggon also gets new vendors as each city is cleared.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
So like should I finish Oblivion first? Any callbacks?
Houston3000
Member
That was basically my build except I didn't focus in Sneak at all (even though I sneak all the time).
Illusion is very powerful, if there was a solid way to deal single-target damage with that school it would be completely game breaking. Charm and Frenzy become absolute staples to your character when you choose to focus on Illusion. Charm in particular makes you almost invincible - in an instant I can stop a giant from pummeling down on me or a wizard from casting his fireball. At that point Alteration's armor spells become less useful (since you aren't getting hit much) but still important for the occasions where you're fighting Undead and Mechanical enemies before you reach level 100 Illusion. The mainstays of Alteration therefore become Detect Life and Equilibrium - eventually Paralysis is nice to but not really necessary. Detect Life is practically required for any Archer or Assassin and Equilibrium is very important for characters that cast a lot of magic (which you will with Illusion). Obviously Archery is your damage dealer in this build, to supplement this I chose Alchemy to poison my arrows and make True Shot potions.
Maleficence
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Just finished the main storyline and think I'll be done with my 1st character. I definitely made a bit of a mess with him, but hey it was my first one lol.
Kinda disappointed that the main storyline was basically like any other quest and seems to have little effect overall in the game world.
Looking forward to getting my teeth stuck into another character though.
Kinda disappointed that the main storyline was basically like any other quest and seems to have little effect overall in the game world.
Looking forward to getting my teeth stuck into another character though.
To be fair, the Companions is supposed to "replace" the fighters guild. I don't think any of the fighter's guild quests in previous ES games have been of any depth...
Yeah, I didn't understand the power of Illusion until 3/4 into the game. I was mainly soloing with arrows and firebolts.
... and Flames for like 1/2 of the game.
Nothing major. Just some references in books scattered around Skyrim. It's a standalone story, really.
I think in concept the companions are good on paper, a great twist to the fighters guild, but it's very short, the ending
comes out of nowhere, the enemies aren't interesting, and the twist isn't used well
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"oh btw you're harbinger now"
Fighting in a pack of werewolves would be cool, but you only fight alongside others as humans
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
How would you guys rank the guild quests from longest to shortest? Trying to decide which ones to tackle after I complete the Companions missions.
Ah, gotcha. This Guild is wanting me to travel all over Skyrim - Windhelm, Whiterun, Solitude, etc. Looks like I'm going to have to start using fast travel a lot...
I think it suffers from being in Whiterun, that is to say it's designed for a low level character. It's the first big town you visit, so you become thane almost automatically, earning a housecarl and the option to buy the cheapest house in the game. By the same token, I think it was purposefully designed to be the easiest and most straightforward quest line. You can run through all of it in a day, all dungeons are short and you're given a "shield brother" as security for anything longer than a 10 minute go there and kill this guy objective.
Just get 2 at a time and complete them whenever you have to go to a place anyway. Again, you will have to do a minimum of 20 of these if you want to complete it, might as well spread it out.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I thought I'd seen some references to a (Oblivion Quest)
Shivering Isles related quest. Is it a kind of sequel to the Oblivion one? I never finished that'n.
HammerOfThor
Member
How did you get gloves that high? The max I could do was 25ish% for each smithing enchantment I want to do.
Poisons are single use, unless you have the Alchemy perk that lets them last for two strikes.
Poison the weapon, and the next strike will use the poison.
Via an exploit.
The Librarian
Banned
Running away from an Ice Wolf because I didn't feel like fighting. I turn around to see how far away I am from the creature, and get killed by this huge animal in one swipe.
Stupid. :/
Stupid. :/
EmCeeGramr
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Paarthurnax
Holy shit! My brain!
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Blue Ninja
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And "A Return to Your Roots". And Chillrend.
Elven looks better in Oblivion than it did in Skyrim? Glass? Skyrim's version beats Oblivion's with a stick and throws it in a well. And I'm not just talking about the armor, though that's a given. Oblivion's glass armor was horrendous.
Skyrim's looks a lot better.
I am starting to think my idea of going full on magic was a bad as I am starting to struggle when enemies get up close. Currently I am just using a Bound 1H Sword in my right hand and Flames in my left, and using Fast Heal when I can.
Are there any good spells that let me take a few hits?
Are there any good spells that let me take a few hits?
Quick question! Where do I get other spells like Fast Heal? I have the basic attaks like Frostbite, Flame, Spark, Conjure Atronarch, Sword, Zombie.... hmm.. Restoration, some wards, etc...
But I am the freaking archmage and I can't fast heal or summon stone atronarchs, etc. What the hell!?!
But I am the freaking archmage and I can't fast heal or summon stone atronarchs, etc. What the hell!?
!BenjaminBirdie
Banned
That's probably true. I put half of it off until I was level 40 and crushed everything it had. I should probably not wait long for my lower level character.
Quick question! Where do I get other spells like Fast Heal? I have the basic attaks like Frostbite, Flame, Spark, Conjure Atronarch, Sword, Zombie.... hmm.. Restoration, some wards, etc...
But I am the freaking archmage and I can't fast heal or summon stone atronarchs, etc. What the hell!?
There should be people in the college you can buy them from, or court wizards.
Elven looks better in Oblivion than it did in Skyrim? Glass? Skyrim's version beats Oblivion's with a stick and throws it in a well. And I'm not just talking about the armor, though that's a given. Oblivion's glass armor was horrendous.
Skyrim's looks a lot better.
I'm not a fan of how GREEN it was, but the design of the sword was cool. The blue version used for Chillrend looked great.
Was this posted yet? I thought it was pretty funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOxVjbGvUpI&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOxVjbGvUpI&feature=player_embedded
HammerOfThor
Member
Is it still exploitable?
My understanding is you enchant something to boost your enchanting ability. Then wear that item...and do it again to re-boost the enchanting ability to a higher level. Then wear that item and...
Do it enough and you're enchanting damage out the wazoo.
Likewise for something to improve smithing. It's not something I'd ever want to do to my game, as I enjoy the challenge and the pleasures of picking up new weapons, but it's there if you want to hit god-tier. (Personally, I'd just turn the difficulty down rather than go through the trouble.)
Finished the Dark Brotherhood questline. Got to say it was pretty awesome and all but the end was pretty poor. No real 'closure' like the other guilds. I even did a couple of the Dark Brotherhood Forever quests thinking it would progress somewhat later on. Only thing that is left for me now is to finish the main quest and get a 1000 gamer score. Even though it's definitely my GOTY '11 I'm looking forward to finally be done with this game after about 130 hours played.
So after restoring (main campaign)
, it's starting to occur to me that maybe having the Empire in Skyrim is probably better than having the Stormcloaks liberate Skyrim. I don't read up on neogaf a lot, but I have learned that the Empire is what is sort of keeping the Thalmor from Skyrim, not the Stormcloaks. I'd rather have the Empire moderate Skyrim than have the Thalmor oppress the people of Skyrim.
The problem is that I've already liberated much of Skyrim for the Stormcloaks.
have all been liberated by my hand. Is there any way to talk to the Imperial Leaders or maybe even join the Imperial cause at this point? I went to Solitude and tried talking to an Imperial leader, but I couldn't seem to find anyone. Am I just missing someone or is it impossible to join them at this point?
Sky Haven Temple
The problem is that I've already liberated much of Skyrim for the Stormcloaks.
Whiterun, Falkreath, and the Reach
I've been rolling with a Nordic warrior with only a little experience in Alteration, but would using frost spells help in close quarters? Whenever I'm fighting mages, it seems like their ice spells are the hardest to deal with since my stamina is drained quickly and I move at about half speed. Usually they can put quite a bit of damage on me before I can even touch them.
I wonder what happens if you drop random items out in the wild in the middle of nowhere. Such as bottles of potions, or maybe a book in the middle of nowhere. Would these items stay? It would be cool to come across health potions that you've dropped along the way... and actually be in a situation where you actually needed it :LOL
Playthrough idea? Drop tons of health and magicka potions all over Skyrim's forest. Don't ever carry health or magicka potions. Would it work? It's kind of a joke, but hmmm. haha
HNY
Playthrough idea? Drop tons of health and magicka potions all over Skyrim's forest. Don't ever carry health or magicka potions. Would it work? It's kind of a joke, but hmmm. haha
HNY
I think they disappear after a time.
Darn. In my head, I was developing a completely different strategy that had nothing to do with questing, but survival in the wilderness.
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The Jarl of Makrath assigned some dude to protect my house. I'm always away and my horny wife priestess of Dibella is probably getting screwed by him daily!
Sneak away and pickpocket his heart.
He's always the last guy I fight in a crowd of forsworns so I usually don't get to sneak
but I'm playing a non sneak character (with heavy armor) anyway, it's fine though, he doesn't seem to have much hp or high defense, he just do a lot of crazy damage for no reason, the balance is so weird in this game.
but I'm playing a non sneak character (with heavy armor) anyway, it's fine though, he doesn't seem to have much hp or high defense, he just do a lot of crazy damage for no reason, the balance is so weird in this game.
Kill him. It's the only way to be safe.