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[Derrick01]

Yeah any idea what the 18mb update did?

Seems like all it did was add DRM to the game because it was just a .exe swap. The game wasn't using any even though it's steamworks, and I think valve made them change it because it's not allowed since they're using steamworks. I could be wrong but those were the details a few hours ago, I haven't checked for updates.

The patch is breaking the game for a lot of people though, especially ones using that memory fix from skyrimnexus.

 

[Hugs]

I have a question about the Daedric quest Boethiahs Calling if anyone could help out.

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Do I have to kill everyone stealthily. I'm not very stealthy at all and I have no perks in it. What happens if I just kill them all in open battle, like a true Nord. Do I fail the quest?

Has anyone done this quest yet?

 

[Dreaver]

Today I faced two random dragons, One was a pretty epic fight atop a mountain peak... with blizzard in the night! Lydia and some random hunter dude helped me kill it.

And I think I'm finally done with quests in or around Whiterun (L15 / 17-18h played).
Time to move on I think!

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

second dead companion in two days, Stenvar, killed by a stinky troll. Fuck you, Stenvar

I enjoyed 1) dropping all my inventory 2) pick up all the shit I gave him, including bones and scales 3) teleport to my home and drop the shit 4) teleport to Stenvar 5) pick up my inventory while trying to run away in underpants and no weapons from another troll


fuck you, Stenvar

 

[cluto]

Has anyone done this quest yet?

It doesn't matter if you play stealthily or not.

 

[Hugs]

It doesn't matter if you play stealthily or not.

Thanks god. I'm pretty much the opposite. Thanks for the help.

 

[MWS Natural]

I crafted a glass bow the other day and improved it up to Legendary, is there a stronger bow you can craft or find somewhere?

 

[Rookie]

Never mind about the quest item thing, guess that got cleared up once I got to the actual end of the quest instead of just using the item. Moving on, can you re-enchant an item later on when your enchantment skill is improved, or would you have to get another unenchanted item to do a new enchantment on? My skill is not so great, but I've been using this pair of iron gauntlets with the fortify one-handed enchantment for too long as figured I'd disenchant it and add it to my new set of dragonplate. Problem is that I probably won't get as good a level as the original item.

Your quite right, perhaps buy/make some daggers/bracers and keep practicing your enchant skill, and you can always use an fortify enchant potion to give your self a bump up. also make sure you are using a decent soul gem.

 

[UNCyrus]

Help! I'm on the quest: A night to remember. And decided to kill

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Moira

without talking to her first. I looted her body and got the

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wedding ring

and the quest updated with my next objective. However when I go talk to the merchant girl back in Whiterun, she doesn't offer up any text options that will further the quest despite there being an objective indicator over her head. Thoughts?

 

[moojito]

Did you put them in "that" place and use the wooden mask yet? I just found that area last night. I can't wait to see what it actually does.

Just got to this place myself. So awesome! It's even better than the bookshelf.

 

[Vire]

I crafted a glass bow the other day and improved it up to Legendary, is there a stronger bow you can craft or find somewhere?

Daedric Bow is the most powerful if I'm not mistaken.

Needs to be crafted with Ebony ore and Daedric Hearts.

 

[Sinatar]

I crafted a glass bow the other day and improved it up to Legendary, is there a stronger bow you can craft or find somewhere?

Daedric bows under the heavy armor tree are the best.

 

[Truant]

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The torture chamber will pay for itself. Also, why not do more quests?

It's very easy to reach a point in this game where you don't need gold, so why not.

WHAT? I thought that room was for show only. How do I get the dough?

 

[bitoriginal]

Anyone got any tips for the Black Star Quest? I'm at the bit where

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I'm in the crystal and I've got to fight down these tight corridors with these demora things blasting off a firebolt that takes half of my health. They are absolutely destroying me everytime! I'm level 37 wearing full ebony armour upgraded to legendary.

Is there any kind of strategy to get through this bit or I do need to be a higher level? I haven't got a companion with me so I can see that being my number one priority.

 

[Alchemy]

Daedric bows under the heavy armor tree are the best.

I believe daedric bows do 47 base damage, glass bows do 45. Minimal difference, though it is slightly annoying you get slightly punished for going up the wrong side of the smithing tree.

 

[Basileus777]

I believe daedric bows do 47 base damage, glass bows do 45. Minimal difference, though it is slightly annoying you get slightly punished for going up the wrong side of the smithing tree.

Smithing level ends up being more important than the base damage/armor anyway. Level up smithing and/or enchant smithing enhancing gear for the best equipment.

 

[Dice]

So should I do Companions before Stormcloaks? You know why I'm asking.

 

[Basileus777]

So should I do Companions before Stormcloaks? You know why I'm asking.

It doesn't matter. If you are asking about

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werewolves, it's a bad idea to transform during stormcloak/imperial quests. Your allies will become hostile to you.

 

[DarthWoo]

Your quite right, perhaps buy/make some daggers/bracers and keep practicing your enchant skill, and you can always use an fortify enchant potion to give your self a bump up. also make sure you are using a decent soul gem.

I've been trying to enchant the giant pile of iron daggers I made in the process of getting my smithing skill up, but it's such a pain getting enough soul gems for the process. I really need to make my way to Winterhold sooner or later, as I hear that's the best place to get them.

Another odd question: During

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the Battle of Whiterun, will I be able at some point to stroll into my own house to dump all the loot I'll probably have picked up?

I'm a notorious packrat, and I'll feel the need to pick up anything that can be sold even for a single septim, from fallen foes and friends alike.

 

[BlueTsunami]

I believe daedric bows do 47 base damage, glass bows do 45. Minimal difference, though it is slightly annoying you get slightly punished for going up the wrong side of the smithing tree.

Can Daedric Gear be found easily? I've only found Ebony and Glass gear and I'm at lv52. Since Glass gear is so plentiful at this level I would think going up the Heavy Armor side would be worth it just to get Daedric Weaponry.

I've been trying to enchant the giant pile of iron daggers I made in the process of getting my smithing skill up, but it's such a pain getting enough soul gems for the process. I really need to make my way to Winterhold sooner or later, as I hear that's the best place to get them.

I leveled up both Smithing and Enchanting quickly by doing as you did, make Iron Daggers but also utilizing the Winterhold's Mage's College to buy petty stones, enchanting a weapon with 1second of Soul Trap and killing lots of wildlife (mudcrabs, deer, foxes etc). You'll start building up a good amount of filled crystals real fast.

 

[Echoplx]

First and only Daedric drop I found was at lvl 60, and that was just an armor piece.

 

[Alchemy]

Can Daedric Gear be found easily? I've only found Ebony and Glass gear and I'm at lv52. Since Glass gear is so plentiful at this level I would think going up the Heavy Armor side would be worth it just to get Daedric Weaponry.

I don't think you can actually find any of it, I haven't run into any. It has to be crafted using high level smithing or

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made using the atronach forge

. Its also worth noting that daedric armor is actually better (and heavier) then dragon armor, but daedra hearts aren't as plentiful as dragon scales.

 

[Dice]

It doesn't matter. If you are asking about

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werewolves, it's a bad idea to transform during stormcloak/imperial quests. Your allies will become hostile to you.

I meant since

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we apparently kick Whiterun's ass, the Companions are kept safe/hold their own, right?

 

[Drazgul]

Nerd mode engaged! I think I'll name the rest of my daedric junk in dragon language too once I get around to enchanting them:

 

[NBtoaster]

I found my first Daedric Axe, level 30.

 

[Basileus777]

Can Daedric Gear be found easily? I've only found Ebony and Glass gear and I'm at lv52. Since Glass gear is so plentiful at this level I would think going up the Heavy Armor side would be worth it just to get Daedric Weaponry.

There's no practical difference between daedric armor and other decent armors once you have a very high smithing level. Any decent set of armor is going to put you over the armor cap of 567. Daedric weapons will be somewhat better than glass, but I don't know if it's really a big enough difference to justify spending 4 perks

I meant since

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we apparently kick Whiterun's ass, the Companions are kept safe/hold their own, right?

That has no effect there.

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The stormcloak/imperial war quests have no permanent consequences on other quests.

Heh, and I thought my enchanted skyforge steel greatsword had high damage with 61

The displayed damage factors in multipliers from your weapon skills.

 

[Lakitu]

Heh, and I thought my enchanted skyforge steel greatsword had high damage with 61

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

Anyone got any tips for the Black Star Quest? I'm at the bit where

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I'm in the crystal and I've got to fight down these tight corridors with these demora things blasting off a firebolt that takes half of my health. They are absolutely destroying me everytime! I'm level 37 wearing full ebony armour upgraded to legendary.

Is there any kind of strategy to get through this bit or I do need to be a higher level? I haven't got a companion with me so I can see that being my number one priority.

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Try to fight one at a time, it may be difficult if you don't have any decent long range attacks, but see what you can do. Don't be afraid to chug potions either. I finished that quest at about level 10 without too much trouble because dual frost magic killed the Dremora really fast. Obviously the quest scales, but I'm not sure if the scaling stops once you've initiated it, so maybe level up and try later if you really can't manage it.

 

[GhettoGamer]

Man Dawnbreaker is so awesome, the exploding effect it does to the undead is gorgeous

 

[Pollux]

So if I'm mainly a one handed and shield warrior nord who does a bit of archery and is trying out conjuration will I be able to do the dark brotherhood quests? Or should I just be like fuck it and do them when I try out a stealthy ninja assassin character?

I butchered everyone. Dark Brotherhood quests are very doable as a badass.

 

[bitoriginal]

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Try to fight one at a time, it may be difficult if you don't have any decent long range attacks, but see what you can do. Don't be afraid to chug potions either. I finished that quest at about level 10 without too much trouble because dual frost magic killed the Dremora really fast. Obviously the quest scales, but I'm not sure if the scaling stops once you've initiated it, so maybe level up and try later if you really can't manage it.

Cheers man. Seriously at high level this is by far the hardest thing I've come up against in the game. They're using expert level spells and it does so much damage.

 

[Rookie]

I have been playing on 360, is there a way to name your weapons via smithing or have I missed something..

I'd love to be able to start naming my collection of bows.

 

[balddemon]

Nerd mode engaged! I think I'll name the rest of my daedric junk in dragon language too once I get around to enchanting them:

389...wow how'd you get that

 

[Alchemy]

Anyone know an easy to get +smithing enchanted item? I'm still missing that for my crafting loop

 

[Christine]

Smithing level ends up being more important than the base damage/armor anyway. Level up smithing and/or enchant smithing enhancing gear for the best equipment.

Can you stack the enchant bonuses with the bonus from alchemy?

 

[Darkman M]

Nightingale bow looks awesome, think I will just smith it to legendary and roll with it.

 

[Ryu bogard]

Encountered a bug last night every time I fast travel to riverwood the game freezes. Tried walking from a nearby location but it doesn't always work sometimes it hangs when I walk around riverwood. Has anyone encountered this bug?

 

[Basileus777]

Can you stack the enchant bonuses with the bonus from alchemy?

You can and you can also use +enchantment potions to create even better +smithing enchanted gear. If you use all three crafting systems together, you can get some really broken equipment.

 

[Forkball]

Crashes after fast travels, crashes after resting, crashing in the middle of a conversation.

Way to patch, Bethesda.

 

[Hugs]

Anyone got any tips for the Black Star Quest? I'm at the bit where

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I'm in the crystal and I've got to fight down these tight corridors with these demora things blasting off a firebolt that takes half of my health. They are absolutely destroying me everytime! I'm level 37 wearing full ebony armour upgraded to legendary.

Is there any kind of strategy to get through this bit or I do need to be a higher level? I haven't got a companion with me so I can see that being my number one priority.

Yeah I had trouble too. If you're Melee

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Chug a load of Resit fire potions and just sprint towards him, ignoring the other guys. Once you start hitting him he'll die soon enough. If you have some good shouts like Slow Time use them, or you can at least use Whirlwind sprint to get up on his grill. And just watch your health all the time. Those spells take off a ton of damage but aren't very fast so you'll die really suddenly. Just make sure you're above half health as much as possible. Just don't be aftraid to pause it every few seconds to chug some more potions.

But yeah, it's a pretty gnarly quest. Good reward though!

 

[Drazgul]

389...wow how'd you get that

Maxed smithing, enchanting and alchemy for great victory. Could be improved still, and my two-handed skill is still in its 70's, but it gets the job done. When I'm in boss mode (orc racial and two-handed potion in effect) it does ~1800 damage.

 

[Piercedveil]

Can I remove enchantments on armor if I already know the enchantment?

 

[Basileus777]

Can I remove enchantments on armor if I already know the enchantment?

No, it's stuck there forever.

 

[Alchemy]

Can you stack the enchant bonuses with the bonus from alchemy?

The crafting loop that I've seen is:

1.) Get alchemy, enchanting, smithing to 100

2.) Using enchanting, make some +alchemy gear.

3.) Using alchemy and your new gear, make some +enchanting potions

4.) Using enchanting and your new potions, make some +alchemy gear

5.) Repeat steps 3-4 until capped (unsure of the number)

6.) Using capped alchemy and enchanting, make +smithing gear and potions

7.) Take new uber smithing gear and potions and make and improve some uber items

8.) Put back on all your uber enchanting stuff and enchant your uber gear

9.) Profit

 

[NBtoaster]

Crashes after fast travels, crashes after resting, crashing in the middle of a conversation.

Way to patch, Bethesda.

All seems like it's caused by doing the large address thing before, you should always expect incompatabilities between third party tools and official patches.

Dont expect any fixes now to work with future patches either.

 

[pakkit]

Stormcloak? More like Stormfront.

 

[Woorloog]

Crashes after fast travels, crashes after resting, crashing in the middle of a conversation.

Way to patch, Bethesda.

What platform? I'm playing on Xbox 360, almost zero bugs so far. Crashed maybe twice (both after longish sessions IIRC), some physics glitches. Oh and i've spent some 150 hours with the game already, maybe a bit less.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Anyone else having misc quest that they can't complete? I have like 4 that I was supposed to go find a book or dead body and they just aren't there lol

 

[Drazgul]

Stormcloak? More like Stormfront.

"We don't have a problem with non-nords, we just don't want them in Skyrim."

 

[Mindlog]

I have been playing on 360, is there a way to name your weapons via smithing or have I missed something..

I'd love to be able to start naming my collection of bows.

During the enchantment process you can name a weapon.