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[balddemon]

damn just beat him, took him down to winterhold instead of fighting at the college. good shit.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Now I'm getting afraid to comb this thread without spoilers lol

Spoiler tags still need to be used...

 

[GeoramA]

Ebony Ore - what do? Where can it be mined?

Blacksmiths sell plenty of ebony ingots, if you have the perk to make Ebony Armor unlocked.

The ones in Markarth, Solitude, and Whiterun each had 9 in their inventory and they cost about 350 gold each.

 

[MrBig]

For real? Where?!

The house in Solitude has two, Markath has one. Haven't bought more than that.

 

[DangerousDave]

There is any good merc that you can hire with money?

I'm a little tired of the same phrases from Lydia, and I have money to spend. I saw some mercs to hire, but there are any that are funny or charismatic enough?

I'm a pure melee, so a caster, hunter or a thief will be amazing.

 

[xelios]

Ebony Ore - what do? Where can it be mined?

Dunno about mined but smiths regularly have ingots in the misc inventory for sale.

Atm I'm level 51 or 52 Breton battlemage. Full set of daedric armor and 0 cost destruction and conjuration spells. 74+ hours played...

 

[KingK]

By the way, how do you guys spread your points in magicka/health/stamina?

Other than increasing my stamina twice early on, I've been putting everything pretty evenly into magika/health. Spending a level up on stamina seems completely useless to me. I guess if you're a melee only character it would be useful, but I use a combo of melee and destruction, and I never really have problems running out of stamina (plus it replenishes pretty quickly).

 

[Hawkian]

Khajiit -- Stealth/One-Handed/Illusion/Restoration (although my Smithing is crazy high from forging my awesome dagger set) -- Level 18

Rocking these:

 

[MrBig]

Other than increasing my stamina twice early on, I've been putting everything pretty evenly into magika/health. Spending a level up on stamina seems completely useless to me. I guess if you're a melee only character it would be useful, but I use a combo of melee and destruction, and I never really have problems running out of stamina (plus it replenishes pretty quickly).

Carrying capacity says hi
I mainly spill it into magicka and health, and stamina fairly commonly.

 

[Seanspeed]

The house in Solitude has two, Markath has one. Haven't bought more than that.

Sweet. I was probably planning on going up to Solitude here soon, too.

 

[Kikarian]

Khajiit -- Stealth/One-Handed/Illusion/Restoration (although my Smithing is crazy high from forging my awesome dagger set) -- Level 18

Rocking these:

I have frostedge, just need blaze.

 

[AngryMoth]

Anyone else always let the start menu hand for a minute or so to hear the awesome music?

 

[Hyunkel6]

Other than increasing my stamina twice early on, I've been putting everything pretty evenly into magika/health. Spending a level up on stamina seems completely useless to me. I guess if you're a melee only character it would be useful, but I use a combo of melee and destruction, and I never really have problems running out of stamina (plus it replenishes pretty quickly).

I would agree with you, but I'm always sprinting in the game, and I HATE running out of stamina when I'm sprinting.

 

[MrBig]

I have frostedge, just need blaze.

The one enchanted with a shock spell is great too, got it from

Spoiler

a bandit northeast of windhelm, close to the Boethia shrine.

 

[Seanspeed]

Other than increasing my stamina twice early on, I've been putting everything pretty evenly into magika/health. Spending a level up on stamina seems completely useless to me. I guess if you're a melee only character it would be useful, but I use a combo of melee and destruction, and I never really have problems running out of stamina (plus it replenishes pretty quickly).

Stamina is good if you dont use armor cuz you need to run away from shit sometimes. It also allows me more zoom-time with the bow and the extra carrying capacity is useful for a hoarder like me.

Simply depends on your playstyle. I like having very little health and having to run from certain encounters. Gets the adrenaline pumping and makes the world feel dangerous.

 

[Deified Data]

I would agree with you, but I'm always sprinting in the game, and I HATE running out of stamina when I'm sprinting.

If you take the Restoration perk that makes Restoration spells restore stamina as well as health, all you need to do is cast a couple Fast Heals and you're sprinting again.

 

[legbone]

Name: Stig Vidarsson
-level 16 nord
-one handed
-block (shield)
-archery
-smithing
-heavy armor

can't decide between enchanting or alchemy for the last thing to focus on. think it may be enchanting. was alchemy yesterday. haven't put a perk in either yet so still good to go.

 

[Realyn]

I´m killing the next merchant who ask me whether I want to protect myself or just deal some damage.

 

[Kikarian]

The one enchanted with a shock spell is great too, got it from

Spoiler

a bandit northeast of windhelm, close to the Boethia shrine.

Ah, right I'll check it out.

 

[Deified Data]

Name: Stig Vidarsson
-level 16 nord
-one handed
-block (shield)
-archery
-smithing
-heavy armor

can't decide between enchanting or alchemy for the last thing to focus on. think it may be enchanting. was alchemy yesterday. haven't put a perk in either yet so still good to go.

Enchanting, definitely. It's virtually an essential skill.

 

[Digital Limit]

What's with this

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ice wind

that even Become Ethereal can't overcome? It's on the

Spoiler

top of High Hrothgar

.

 

[Angry Grimace]

They said they wouldn't do those tiny sized Oblivion DLC's anymore.

That's too bad, I liked KotN, although the mini-dungeons were pretty much useless.

I wouldn't mind if the expansion let you go south into Cyrodiil a little so you could see what's going on in part of the world though. Seems less likely than Hammerfell or another Oblivion plane, though. Or maybe we could finally get that Jyggalag daedric quest =V

 

[Ilive1up]

is it possible to fill up more than 4 perk trees?

 

[KingK]

Carrying capacity says hi
I mainly spill it into magicka and health, and stamina fairly commonly.

meh, I usually just take Lidya along with me when I go to a dungeon to carry my burdens, and even then I can usually get by without her if I just drop all of my shit off at my house after every dungeon run.

 

[MrBig]

What's with this

Spoiler

ice wind

that even Become Ethereal can't overcome? It's on the

Spoiler

top of High Hrothgar

.

Part of the main questline.

 

[MirageDwarf]

Lvl 25 Wood-Elf, Dovahlas Of Mirkwood.

Putting my perks mainly into Archery/Sneaking, with a bit Light-Armor and One-Handed for close combat situations. Really enjoying Alchemy as well and using that to get poisoned-arrows and healing/buffs.

This game is quite amazing.. BUT.. the amount of content is overwhelming. My map must have about 100 quest markers on it. Keeping track of who I got what quest from and why is impossible. I'm trying my best to not get stressed and to simply take my time and enjoy the game, but on days like today, when I fail to complete a single quest just because on my way there I find a cave that takes 3 hours to go through, I sort of feel like I will never come close to clearing 100% of this game.

I'll probably put it aside for a few days when I get Zelda tomorrow, just to get a bit of a breather with a game that is less massive. I have little doubt those two games will fight for my GOTY title however.

Lol. This post made me laugh. I had kinda similar experience when I played my first Elder Scrolls game - Oblivion.

---

Ughhh.....I wanna play before thread is moved to oblivion in "Community" section.

 

[Eteric Rice]

How do you craft armor for Mages? Especially dragon stuff? I still can't grasp the games crafting. Where do you get recipes, also?

 

[mileS]

First time I've put the game down in frustration. Doing the thieves guild quest where

Spoiler

you have to break into the the wizards lab

and its incredibly frustrating. Mostly because I'm terrible at sneaking and haven'y levelled it up at all. I end up basically having to kill everyone, including city guards which will I'm guessing means I'll have a huge bounty. Will try again later.

Even with high stealth rating that part can be a little hard to get through without being detected. Thats about the point where I learned how amazing the Throw Voice shout is.

 

[LProtag]

I guess I'm gonna try transferring my PS3 save to a friend's system when I visit for Thanksgiving and see if that works.

Anyone have any experience with this? I have an account on his PS3 with my PSN username.

 

[Ikuu]

How do you craft armor for Mages? Especially dragon stuff? I still can't grasp the games crafting. Where do you get recipes, also?

Best thing to do is craft Daedric/Dragon stuff and enchant it with -magicka cost. You need to put points into Smithing.

 

[Davedough]

I read somewhere earlier today, and dont remember if it was in the OT thread or a thread of its own that Amazon was going to be getting more hardcover guides in and for $26. Has that been confirmed, if so, where and do they know when?

 

[Hawkian]

I have frostedge, just need blaze.

I crafted, enchanted and named them, how you got my dagger? o.o

 

[JaseC]

I crafted, enchanted and named them, how you got my dagger? o.o

I'd say he's referring to the physical appearance - that he has a comparable dagger. Unless... he stole yours!

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Name: Boss MoFuggah
Redguard, level 13
Two Handed weapons, Heavy Armor, Smithing
Weapon of Choice: Superior Skyforge Steel GreatSword

Roaming the land with my mad man Marcurio.

 

[Amir0x]

Back to Skyrim woo

 

[legbone]

is it possible to fill up more than 4 perk trees?

i wouldn't think so. i'm not sure how many perks there are but there are definitely some perks that can be skipped. at least in my opinion i think they can be skipped. for example, if i were to go down the alchemy route (i think i'm actully going to go enchanting though) i would only focus on the side of the tree that focuses on fortifying and ignore the poison side of the tree. several trees have two "branches" to choose from if you want. another example is my smithing tree. i am only focusing on the side of the tree that deals with heavy armor since i'm a heavy armor user.

 

[Fomalhaut]

There is any good merc that you can hire with money?

I'm a little tired of the same phrases from Lydia, and I have money to spend. I saw some mercs to hire, but there are any that are funny or charismatic enough?

I'm a pure melee, so a caster, hunter or a thief will be amazing.

Check the inn in Riften for Marcurio, an Imperial mage. His lines get old fast but he's wittier than most mercenaries and he's a great companion for melee characters.

 

[Wanace]

I'm level 34, Argonian Spellsword. Focused on destruction minus the runes/dual casting side, one-handed swords/crit hits, alchemy, and enchanting so far. Probably will take the perks for Smithing and Archery if I can manage to get a high enough level.

Even though I'm pretty badass with my expert level spells, yesterday I delved into a ruin and peeked my head around a corner to get one-shotted by a Draugr Death Lord with an Ebony Bow. Took me a while to bring him down, but I eventually cheesed him by firing off fireballs and peeking my head around the corner and then back again while he fired arrows that missed.

Finally started the Dark Brotherhood quests also, they are pretty fun. Although I find

Spoiler

Cicero

to be a completely annoying character, I do have to admire his dedication to

Spoiler

keeping the Night Mother and the old ways of the DB

, so I decided to

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spare him.

Hope that decision doesn't bite me in the ass later.

 

[pakkit]

Ae'lka - Female Wood Elf - Sneak/1-Handed Weapons/Archery/Destruction/Conjuration - Level 22

I've got a 16 point damage dagger that I've enchanted with 15 points magical damage as well as the 15x damage perk for striking enemies undetected and the Dark Brotherhood's enchanted gloves that double dagger strike damage.

Bottom line: Insta-kills everywhere with 480 damage points every time I get the drop on someone.

I also love conjuring my bound sword that does excellent damage and automatically captures the enemies soul.

 

[MrBig]

I'd say he's referring to the physical appearance - that he has a comparable dagger. Unless... he stole yours!

There is a set with a similar naming structure.

 

[ShinNL]

For Ebony ore go to

Spoiler

Windhelm and find the (friendly) Orc camp south east. Walk around the camp and right behind it is an Ebony mining heaven. Smelting 2 ores gives 1 ingot.

 

[JaseC]

There is a set with a similar naming structure.

Mystery solved!

 

[Zeliard]

For Ebony ore go to

Spoiler

Windhelm and find the (friendly) Orc camp south east. Walk around the camp and right behind it is an Ebony mining heaven. Smelting 2 ores gives 1 ingot.

Are you able to do this at any point in the game?

 

[gate777]

Current character status.
Race: Nord, Male
Name: Davos Seaworth
Level: 17
Focusing on: Two Handed, Archery, Sneak, Enchanting, Smithing, Light Armour

 

[legbone]

i really wish you could buy the arcane enchanter for your house. i have an alchemy doodad in my place and wish i could have an enchanter too.

 

[Midou]

I'm like level 33 or something, and I've been sporting the

Spoiler

battleaxe from the end of the companion quests

, I can still kill dragons the first time they land, even managed to do the fight with

Spoiler

alduin, at least the first one?

in a similar fashion.

I find a ton of magic swords, greatswords, axes, but not battleaxes.

 

[subversus]

Going alone in a dungeon is tense. I forgot about this. No more.

 

[Wanace]

i really wish you could buy the arcane enchanter for your house. i have an alchemy doodad in my place and wish i could have an enchanter too.

At other houses you can have one. There is one in my house in Markarth and Solitude, I haven't bought the others yet besides Whiterun.

 

[abundant]

Olokk the Orc - Level 18 - One Handed weapons, Heavy Armor, Smithing, Block

I'm wearing full Flawless Orcish Armor and carry a Flawless Dwarven Mace and the Shield of Ysgramor.

 

[legbone]

At other houses you can have one. There is one in my house in Markarth and Solitude, I haven't bought the others yet besides Whiterun.

cool, thanks. i guess breezehome or whatever it is called just can't have one. damn, those others are pretty expensive places though aren't they? not to mention i don't want to live in markarth. those people are assholes.