The 'Main Quest' in these games is pretty much irrelevant, it's all about the rest of the game. Out of my 140 hours of play so far only ~15 hours of that was the main quest.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT2| Team Edward's Revenge
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
lmao
I encountered a female named "Temba Wide-Arm."
(It's a reference to a Star Trek: TNG episode named "Darmok")
I encountered a female named "Temba Wide-Arm."
(It's a reference to a Star Trek: TNG episode named "Darmok")
Got a power that raises the dead so they fight for me. It was awesome in one fight I had with five enemies. I killed three of them, but the other two gave me much trouble, so I used the power to revive the enemies I had killed. Then I stepped aside and watched the fight. I wonder if this works for every enemy in the game.
Incendiary
Banned
Guys?...
I've stored all my stuff there and nothing's disappeared yet. It should be safe.
I have my own problem. The last companion I had was Lydia, who's corpse is rotting at the bottom of some dungeon somewhere. I tried to recruit a new follower, but they say I already have one. Does this mean I need to go tell Lydia's body to stop following me? Or did I accidentally pick up a follower I don't know about?
That storyline was just fantastic by any standard, Bethesda writes good stories but they really worked magic with that one, way above pretty much anything else they've done imo.
I just started the DB in Skyrim and I already don't like the first guy who gives me quests.
The main story in Skyrim is keeping me very entertained though, if it keeps up it will definitely be my favorite questline since the DB in Oblivion.
Guys?...
Well i've put stuff in since the day i got the house, and it was all there still. so i guess it will stay there
I don't feel too powerful though. A lot of the times I'm fighting someone, I have to rely on dirty tactics to win. I'll keep going at it and see how well I do :/
Jin
Member
I thought the DB story in Oblivion was better. Skyrim DB storyline was too over the top and a bit predictable for me and they didn't have anyone as cool as Lucian Luchane.
I finally bought a second house (the one in Markarth) and fully furnished it. It's so much bigger an nicer than that shack in Whiterun! I had my wife move there, but then I became Thane of the Reach and found out my new housecarl is a dude. Not sure I'm comfortable with some dude being in my house with my wife all day, lol. Too bad Lidya can't just move in.
Are you able to get a house/be Thane/have a houscarl for every city?
Are you able to get a house/be Thane/have a houscarl for every city?
Bump the difficulty down then.
Some people wanna min/max like crazy and play on Master. Others wanna dabble in a ton of skills and not feel too punished.
Neither approach is right/wrong... each gamer is the center of their Skyrim universe, free to play the game how they like.
PumpkinPie
Banned
Hrothgar is from Icewind Dale too, I'll bet there are loads of random things like this thrown in there.
Jin
Member
How high is your Alchemy? The higher a skill is the longer it takes to increase by one point.
Only like 32 or so. I don't make all that much, but it just seems like I leveled up smithing much quicker for a lot less work. I don't smith much either.
Haha problem is I'm playing on Adept. I can still tune the difficulty up but I will get slaughtered.
Edit:
Just re-read this. Holy fuck man! Closest I've seen to that is 80 hours.
I sold mine to someone in the thieves guild.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Different potions give different amounts of xp.
Deepwood Vale --> Hag's End sequence as part of the House of Horrors quest was deeply satisfying.
The mace now sits on my wall as a trophy.
That makes any day a better day.
Earlier today I enabled and then participated in an act of cannibalism in order to earn some coin for an upgrade to my kitchen. Gotta make a living somehow. The kitchen is nice, BTW.
Don't judge me.
An sniping approach to the camp taking out guards and archers, some heavy combat with the tough guys in the middle, lots of one-shot kills to clean up the riff-raff. Then, finding Hag's End and the chase that ensured was the icing on the cake. Learned a Shout (still no dragons around, though), finished that bitch off on the tower. Her twin Frost Wraiths were a pain in the rear.
Hagravens are just terrifying in battle. Those fire balls....yowza. World-enders.
As an added bonus, I got to beat a helpless man to death. Three times.
Hagravens are just terrifying in battle. Those fire balls....yowza. World-enders.
As an added bonus, I got to beat a helpless man to death. Three times.
The mace now sits on my wall as a trophy.
That makes any day a better day.
Earlier today I enabled and then participated in an act of cannibalism in order to earn some coin for an upgrade to my kitchen. Gotta make a living somehow. The kitchen is nice, BTW.
Don't judge me.
To level alchemy you should mix random ingredients together. As you try and fail/succeed and learn new effects and create potions, your levels will go up.
Best way is to just get a shitload of ingredients and start mixing. I agree it does go slower than some other skills, I've been focusing on alchemy and I'm only at like 70.
44 hours into the game myself and only did the first dragon quest. After that, it was happy fun time for me while I did side quests and guild related quests.
Yeah, they're beastly as well but at least with him I could run away and heal some then shout, rinse and repeat. The chaurus reapers do insane melee damage and then that poison is ridiculous and they're FAST! It's crazy how some of the random enemies are harder than bosses.. my one real "complaint."
Was there ever any confirmation of the Reddit thing where someone (people?) said their house was burgled? Or is that just a myth.
The Xtortionist
Member
Now that I have my Black Star and Soul Trap sword, I can go to work making enchanted gear to sell for a profit.
Question: Is it worth taking multiple ranks in the base +20% Enchanting perk?
Question: Is it worth taking multiple ranks in the base +20% Enchanting perk?
Absolutely, put all 5 points in that. It makes your enchantments much, much better.
BigJonsson
Member
I'm going up a bunch of steps to a dragon marker and this post thing keeps shooting ice at me and one shotting me :|
Ran by it lol
Ran by it lol
Sickness? Is in your active buffs stats, when you go into the magic tab.
If its not this, its a bug. Has happened to me and plenty of other people. Said archery was at 20 (when it was supposed to be 58) but I was still doing as much damage as I should be and when I ranked up it went back to normal.
Oh, yep. I'm over 60 hours into this and it's the first time I've been afflicted with something. Must have been that wolf I just got jumped by. It's called Rockjoint. Affects Melee. Wonder how I get rid of it, or if I just have to wait.
I've occasionally had people who I just talk to outside my house follow me into my house, which I'm guessing is a glitch of some kind. Maybe a thief NPC followed them into their house?
Glad to help
You made me want to play Skyrim again now. And I never have had any disease as well, I got the impression they were way more common in the previous games.rockjoint doesn't have anything to do with archery. Its probably the bug I mentioned.
Well you can melee with the bow, so maybe it's incorporated?
eso76
Member
guys do you think it's safe to store your stuff in a thieves' den i've just cleared ?
there's this hideout north of Solitude that looks great and i'd like to settle there but i suppose i can't.
Also, rather early in the main quest
can the guy
there's this hideout north of Solitude that looks great and i'd like to settle there but i suppose i can't.
Also, rather early in the main quest
when you're told to infiltrate thalamors' palace
who helps you be saved ? and can the guy who is executioned when you enter Solitude be saved as well ? Well i guess so because i tried killing the guards and if you're quick enough he runs away, but does it make any change in the main quest ?
no when my archery was stuck in the red I didn't have it and I'm positive rockjoint doesn't effect it. Anyways you cure these things by activating the shrines in various places. Theres a temple or something in whiterun that lets you do this. "Shrine of Talos"
anyways go and cure it, if archery is still red its the bug I mentioned and it will go back to normal once you skill it up once more.
Basileus777
Member
Apparently training the skill in red fixes it if you've got that bug. I wish I'd known that earlier, I reloaded from an earlier save because my single handed skill was glitched and I couldn't fix it.
Oh yeah. Thanks for the reminder.
its a strange bug. I even loaded a save from 2 hours beforehand and I still had it. I just hope I don't manage to get it once I have my archery skill maxed at 100. It would piss me off to see it back to 20 and red when I go to the skills tree.
you don't need to pay for training if thats what you're saying. You can just rank it up yourself it doesn't matter.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
I had the same bug with One-Handed (from 70 to 20). Its a pain in the ass and I hope the skill doesn't get stuck if you've mastered that skill.
Yeah, I have been wondering if it can even be fixed if it happens at level 100, that would be horrible.
Castor Krieg
Banned
Yes, I plan to play as BM. Thanks a lot for very helpful reply, you are right - there are not really useless perks to begin with, plus I'm sure sooner or later a mod will allow us to re-specc in case we mess something up. Restoration has some great perks - Wards regenerating Magicka FTW! (wonder if it works on dragon's breath?), however it's a pain to level up.
Now that I look at it Alchemy is really troublesome - finding ingredients, etc. Much better idea will be to simply max Enchanting and enchant your gear.
Also, I recommend everyone pick up Steed Stone - first three stones are useless i.e. you will increase your skills anyway + levelling to quickly might cause enemies to scale too quickly. Steed stone is great, esp. when someone wants to use heavy armor.
I can easily see this taking me longer than F:NV, and that was 131 hours, without Lonesome Road. Man, I love wRPGs.
Blue Ninja
Member
Okay, the (MQ)
in High Hrotghar was pretty awesome.
war council scene
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Killing my first dragon was awesome, especially cause I was only level 2-3. I just destroyed it with fire....Really intense fight considering I didn't think I was ready.
Anyways it's pretty obvious right now that you have to be choosy with your perks. Kind of frustrating but I can understand why they would do this. How do you guys feel about not being able to max everything out for your character?
Anyways it's pretty obvious right now that you have to be choosy with your perks. Kind of frustrating but I can understand why they would do this. How do you guys feel about not being able to max everything out for your character?