SKYRIM

[nepg]

Decided to make an official Skyrim thread since people will be getting it on different systems.

I'm rolling with the PC version myself, obviously.

Hate the console-ported user interface for PC (simple mod should fix it), but everything else is amazing. DA2 did the same thing with its interface, and it's becoming more and more common. Makes sense because it's a lot harder to port a UI from PC to console than the other way around...it's still lazy and clunky.

What did everyone create for their first character?

I'm going straight RP for the setting and rolled a Nord. Mostly have used two-handed weapons so far, so I imagine I'll start down that path, but am not certain. I took the first Smithing perk, but have not invested beyond that (level 5).

Unfortunately, my gaming was interrupted by electricians and a planned date tonight. Will continue my quest tomorrow!

[Caddy]

Mate of mine just bought it for me!

[Ngatachance92]

I want to get it, but the days I work I don't have time for it and the days I'm off I'm never home. It's ******** there are too many good games coming out, and I am aware that me complaining about that is ******** but whatevers.

[BeerBaron]

I'm going to give it a a little time and then get it for PC. I'm a huuuuge huuuuuge Morrowind fan but unmodded Oblivion made me want to cry.

I'll see what the flaws of the game turn out to be and let the modding community fix them up. Plus, I might be able to a used copy for cheap if I want a bit.

[diabsoule]

I'm going to look at getting once I get paid Tuesday. It looks ******* awesome. I've always enjoyed RPG's in the past

[gsorace]

Played like 5 hours non stop and it ran beautifully (PC) not one glitch or bug, though maybe i've been lucky.

I made an Argonian just like I did in Morrowind and Oblivion. The dragon fights are ridiculously epic.

[Ngatachance92]

Do you face dragons right off the break?

[raiderz4life]

I want to get it, but the days I work I don't have time for it and the days I'm off I'm never home. It's ******** there are too many good games coming out, and I am aware that me complaining about that is ******** but whatevers.

**** me too!!! I don't have enough hours in a day. I want BF3 and maybe..maybe MW3....and Skyrim....and Halo Reach is always my staple...but I work and school and tryna have a social life....FML!!! ='(

/endrant

[gsorace]

Do you face dragons right off the break?

Fairly early on if you follow the main quest

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Anyone a vampire yet? How about the "other" supernatural creature?

[BeerBaron]

Alright, spoilers are about to fly, I'm peaceing out until I get the game.

[Caddy]

Spoiler tags please gents.

[gsorace]

Just found out I got into SW:tor beta, dragon slaying may have to wait.

[Go_Eagles77]

Played for about 5 hours straight when I got home from work today and have loved every minute of it. Amazing game.

Edit: As for my character, I made a Nord with a steady rotation of a 1-handed sword, shield, destruction/restoration spells and a bow. For my first character (the one I spend the most time on) I like to make a jack-of-all-trades type guy, then later I'll probably make a stealthy dude (still have no idea which race I'll pick here, I'm leaning argonian because they look bad ass) and maybe even a pure mage and pure warrior in the future. I can see this game keeping me occupied for quite a while.

[Ngatachance92]

How is this game for people new to the series?

[TitansCJftw]

How is this game for people new to the series?

Im this person as well, downloading right now for pc regardless

[nepg]

How is this game for people new to the series?
I'm pretty new. I only played a little bit of Oblivion and never got around to Morrowind. I really like it. Some things aren't very straight forward, but you figure them out.

[vikes_28]

How is this game for people new to the series?

same here, a buddy of mine at work got me interested. Only problem is, like many others, i do not have enough time in the day to sit around and play video games.

I may pick it up.

[Damix]

Just started playing. Beginning of the game is a bit intense.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

How do you put spoiler tags?

[CashmoneyDrew]

How do you put spoiler tags?

[spoiler.] [/spoiler.]

Without the periods.

[StripedWalrus]

[spoiler.][/spoiler.]

Remove the periods and your good to go.

[diabsoule]

How do you put spoiler tags?

Just like this

Just like how you would everything else. put a bracket then insert the word spoiler and to end it put /spoiler in the bracket

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Thanks! I tried that before and somehow it failed. But here is something players might like.





Video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZqbMDCZRd8

How To Become A Werewolf

Complete a quest for the Jarl of Dragonreach in Whiterun to begin your journey to lycanthropy. From there, drop by the Companions faction. They’ll give you a series of quests to complete.

Finish every quest they give you until you complete the chain, and the Companions will send you on one final job. To gather some items before meeting them in the Underforge.

In the Underforge, you’ll enter into the ritual to become a werewolf. Now, you’ll need to figure out where to find a cure…

The benefits of becoming a Werewolf are; your health and stamina increase by 100, your sprinting speed becomes faster than a horse’s gallop.

You gain a new shout that instills fear in enemies and summons wolves, while also gaining some hand-to-hand melee damage bonuses. You’re also a criminal, and will be hunted by guards while in werewolf form.

There are drawbacks; you can’t use spells, equip items, or loot corpses in wolf-form. You also won’t be able to talk to NPCs.

Your werewolf form will also scare away NPCs, or turn them hostile towards you. If you’re caught transforming into a werewolf, it’s counted as a major crime.

Beware, you’re also weak against silver!

Transforming into a werewolf is temporary, so the change isn’t permanent. If you do change into a werewolf, try to do it far away from civilization.

[ImBrotherCain]

Okay... Note to self and all that care. If you are still a low level don't **** with a Mammoth. They are big, fast, take a ton of damage and deal out more.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Okay... Note to self and all that care. If you are still a low level don't **** with a Mammoth. They are big, fast, take a ton of damage and deal out more.

Did the Giants attack you?

[ImBrotherCain]

I haven't seen a Giant yet... I am far to weak at the moment to even consider it.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Check my spoiler out. Maybe that can help with stuff!

[nepg]

I haven't seen a Giant yet... I am far to weak at the moment to even consider it.
They're right by the mammoths. They will attack you if they see you attacking a mammoth (so will other mammoths) or if you get close to things they don't want you near. Their curb stomp is far worse than the mammoth tusks. Trust me, I know! It's just a terrible idea to attack a mammoth.

I did manage to take one down, though. I got on a rock and it took about 100 arrows. Had to run around quite a bit. Worth it if for no other reason than to say I did it. Gained an entire level doing so, as well.

[Bulldogs]

8 hours in. This may honestly be my favorite ever gaming experience so far. Maybe exaggerating a little, but top 5 at least.

[Bulldogs]

Thanks! I tried that before and somehow it failed. But here is something players might like.





Video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZqbMDCZRd8

How To Become A Werewolf

Complete a quest for the Jarl of Dragonreach in Whiterun to begin your journey to lycanthropy. From there, drop by the Companions faction. They’ll give you a series of quests to complete.

Finish every quest they give you until you complete the chain, and the Companions will send you on one final job. To gather some items before meeting them in the Underforge.

In the Underforge, you’ll enter into the ritual to become a werewolf. Now, you’ll need to figure out where to find a cure…

The benefits of becoming a Werewolf are; your health and stamina increase by 100, your sprinting speed becomes faster than a horse’s gallop.

You gain a new shout that instills fear in enemies and summons wolves, while also gaining some hand-to-hand melee damage bonuses. You’re also a criminal, and will be hunted by guards while in werewolf form.

There are drawbacks; you can’t use spells, equip items, or loot corpses in wolf-form. You also won’t be able to talk to NPCs.

Your werewolf form will also scare away NPCs, or turn them hostile towards you. If you’re caught transforming into a werewolf, it’s counted as a major crime.

Beware, you’re also weak against silver!

Transforming into a werewolf is temporary, so the change isn’t permanent. If you do change into a werewolf, try to do it far away from civilization.


Yeah I'm a werewolf it's pretty awesome. Also just joined the Thieves and Dark Brotherhood in the same city.

Anybody else do The Hangover type quest yet? ******* badass, one of my top Elder Scrolls missions of all time I'd say, loved every second of it. I don't want to ruin it for you guys if you haven't done it yet, but you get into a drinking contest with somebody and awesomeness ensues.

[ImBrotherCain]

They're right by the mammoths. They will attack you if they see you attacking a mammoth (so will other mammoths) or if you get close to things they don't want you near. Their curb stomp is far worse than the mammoth tusks. Trust me, I know! It's just a terrible idea to attack a mammoth.

I did manage to take one down, though. I got on a rock and it took about 100 arrows. Had to run around quite a bit. Worth it if for no other reason than to say I did it. Gained an entire level doing so, as well.

Well the giants weren't by these Mammoths... Or well not close enough for me to see them or vice versa. I hit the Mammoth with about 3 arrows realized I had no chance of taking it down with out a ton of arrows so I ran and got charged.

[nepg]

Yeah, they run faster than you!

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Yeah I'm a werewolf it's pretty awesome. Also just joined the Thieves and Dark Brotherhood in the same city.

Anybody else do The Hangover type quest yet? ******* badass, one of my top Elder Scrolls missions of all time I'd say, loved every second of it. I don't want to ruin it for you guys if you haven't done it yet, but you get into a drinking contest with somebody and awesomeness ensues.

Can you please PM me what that's like? Pros, cons, and what stuff one can do with those powers and abilities?

[ImBrotherCain]

Anyone start Smithing yet? This is the first game where I think its worth it.

[Forenci]

Haha, I'm so jealous. My brother grabbed it for the PC but I've held off getting it because I've got finals coming up in the next three weeks so I don't feel like I'd be able to put in the adequate time a bad ass/deep game like this deserves.

But, I have winter break after so I'll likely play the heck out of it then.

[nrk]

I told myself I wasn't going to get this game until a sale but I got sucked in to the hype. It feels painfully mediocre to me so far in all aspects other than visuals. I'm not that far in though.

I've only ran into one game ending bug so far, I got stuck in a wall. But somehow I find these bugs in almost every game I play. My friend was watching me at the time and just start laughing because he knows how much I ***** about that happening to me in games.

[ImBrotherCain]

Hows everyone doing? In my day off yesterday I got to level 10... Completed some companion quests. Also did a little bit of the main quest line.

Became a Werewolf and just found out I am Dragonborn

Took the day off for the GF and football.

[Bulldogs]

Hows everyone doing? In my day off yesterday I got to level 10... Completed some companion quests. Also did a little bit of the main quest line.

Became a Werewolf and just found out I am Dragonborn

Took the day off for the GF and football.

Level 20 right now, loving the Thieves guild, lots of fun. I'm slightly further than you in the main quest, there is just so much to do.

[Caddy]

I finish uni for the semester at 12pm tomorrow so I can't wait to get stuck into this game! Anyone recommend a race in particular or does it not really matter?

[ElectricEye]

Haven't gotten a chance to play a whole ton between thirteen and a half hour work days and football, but I'm enjoying the bits I've played so far a ton more than Oblivion or the Fallout games. Maybe it's superficial, but the new visuals really make it for me. Big worlds filled with people who don't look like total ass might be a revelation for Bethesda. The animations are a lot smoother too. I'm rocking a Nord(always played Nords in Elder Scrolls games, saw no reason to stop with the setting) and two handing.

Sticking mostly to the main quest. Just finished speaking with the Grey Beards and then doing Heath Barrow. Probably going to do some of the Companions stuff soon before anything else.

[The_Dude]

What's a "main quest"? ;) I always ended up getting lost in side quests in Oblivion and usually forgot about the main quest.

I am so excited to get my ps3 on Black Friday & this will be the first game that i get.

My wife is much less excited about my budding obsession with Skyrim (i've already been reading about the basics on a Skyrim wiki).

[ImBrotherCain]

I used to always play with Dark Elves but I switched to Nords when Bloodmoon came out.

So Obviously I am playing a Nord. I have been working on Waraxes... The perks are different but pretty cool. Also as I said before I recommend Smithing... Could be a huge huge bonus later on.

[DoughBoy]

I have faced Giants and this tree looking thing, both owned the **** out of me.

[ElectricEye]

Speaking of Giants, have you guys seen this?

MeWYN2xiyRo

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

[ImBrotherCain]

They have videos of that happening to the player.

[DoughBoy]

That happend to me like 5 times when I was fighting a Giant. I thought it was normal.

[nepg]

Just an example of how ridiculous Giants are... Half of my dragon kills are from the dragon (stupidly) attacking and landing near a giant. Giant takes him out in about 5 hits and I reap the benefits.

[nrk]

I've been playing more and I'm enjoying it a lot more. The melee still seems sloppy with lackluster customization. I also wish there were polearms/spears but oh well. The spell casting is enjoyable. The overall story is pretty interesting but the dialogue is often bland.

I love fighting the dragons. I would be content with just hunting dragons the whole time instead of playing through the main story.

[ElectricEye]

The melee still seems sloppy with lackluster customization.


I agree with this. I'm coming off of Dark Souls and transitioning to this. Hard to get used to the combat being so much less involved and so much less to do.

[nepg]

I agree with this. I'm coming off of Dark Souls and transitioning to this. Hard to get used to the combat being so much less involved and so much less to do.

???

I've played the game 27 hours (according to Steam - some of it is just idling while watching football) and haven't even touched the main storyline. I've really only opened up a few side quest hubs and completed the Companions quest line. And I've only been to 3 cities so far.

[Caddy]

I think EE was talking about the combat.

[ImBrotherCain]

Yea he was... I haven't played Dark Souls but I have played its predecessor Demon Souls and combat is much more challenging. There is more involved blocking, attacking and the biggest difference is evasiveness.

In Demon Souls you have to dive and roll out of the way of a lot of attacks. To put it in a Skyrim application if you were fighting a giant when he goes to launch you in the air with his club you would roll to the side to avoid it.

It made the combat a lot more satisfying because if you failed to do avoid some attacks or block them there is a good chance you were dead and starting the level over with no equipment (Fun yet a giant pain in the ass)

[nepg]

I think EE was talking about the combat.
That makes sense. The game is about endless content and stories. Combat is pretty fun, but secondary. There are some near dynamics with the shield and the spell-casting... I mostly just use 2h weapons in my first play through, though.

[Jughead10]

Not much of a gamer (usually just play the Show and Fifa) but I might have to pick this up because I've heard amazing things.

Quick questions. I know the content is supposed to be endless but how long is the "main" quest? And how easy or hard is it to stay on that quest?

[ImBrotherCain]

Not much of a gamer (usually just play the Show and Fifa) but I might have to pick this up because I've heard amazing things.

Quick questions. I know the content is supposed to be endless but how long is the "main" quest? And how easy or hard is it to stay on that quest?

Well I haven't heard anything about main quest length but if it is your typical Bethesda game then it is about 8-15 hours.

For me it is impossible to just stick to the main quest. There is just way to much to do. There are different faction quests (Companions, College, Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood etc.) bounties, dungeon raids, daedric quests, random side quests amongst many others. I believe most people find themselves wrapped up in the side missions that the game can last over 100 hours.

Not to mention when they start releasing DLC for the game there will be much more time able to be invested into the game.

[Jughead10]

Well I haven't heard anything about main quest length but if it is your typical Bethesda game then it is about 8-15 hours.

For me it is impossible to just stick to the main quest. There is just way to much to do. There are different faction quests (Companions, College, Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood etc.) bounties, dungeon raids, daedric quests, random side quests amongst many others. I believe most people find themselves wrapped up in the side missions that the game can last over 100 hours.

Not to mention when they start releasing DLC for the game there will be much more time able to be invested into the game.

That's mainly why I think I'm going to get it. If I'm going to spend 60 bucks on a game I want my money's worth. Haven't played Arkham city yet, but I hated how short the first one was even though it was awesome.

I was just curious about the main quest because normally I like to play through once pretty straight forward and then go back and do it all again trying to do everything. Or at least as much as possible.

[DoughBoy]

I think I just found like 8 rare weapons in a matter of 2 hours. I was exploring this random mountain and ran across a destroyed tower that had a book about an ancient sword. Tis a bad ass weapon, wish I can remember the name...

[nepg]

Unlocking the dark brotherhood was ******* awesome.

[killxswitch]

You jerks are making it hard to not go buy this game.

[ImBrotherCain]

Then go buy it.

[Damix]

Or download it.

[CC.SD]

Just finished up the College questline, amazing.....love the new place to keep my stuff, too. Really gotta give it up to Conjuring/Destruction

[ElectricEye]

That makes sense. The game is about endless content and stories. Combat is pretty fun, but secondary. There are some near dynamics with the shield and the spell-casting... I mostly just use 2h weapons in my first play through, though.

It's still not a good reason not to make combat more than power attack or regular attack. I was expecting more improvement in that category than we got. The feedback on swings feels better, but it's still just kind of boring. Supposedly they were bringing in the guys who did the combat in Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, a game known for things like this;

o4uP1YSTovs

Didn't follow up on if they actually did that or not, but it certainly doesn't seem like they did.


I'm enjoying the game, but it's falling into the same trap other Bethesda games do for me. Just not very much to play, when you get past the fluff of it and into the meat of it. The story and the dialogue don't really do a whole heck of a lot for me either. Not bad...but meh.

[ImBrotherCain]

I can't get enough of burying my axe into someones skull.

[DoughBoy]

I found a deserted dwarven temple! This is going to be amazing.

[wogitalia]

I'm enjoying the game, but it's falling into the same trap other Bethesda games do for me. Just not very much to play, when you get past the fluff of it and into the meat of it. The story and the dialogue don't really do a whole heck of a lot for me either. Not bad...but meh.

Your description makes it sound like their other games whilst most of the others make it sound like they've improved. I'm interested because I didn't find Oblivion to be very good, was just a big aimless mess to me with no real story or plotline, no real skill or anything like that. Which is a pity because the premise of the game is actually really good it's just the execution that let it down.

So is it similar to Oblivion in that regard or is it much improved, basically if I didn't enjoy Oblivion will I enjoy this?

[DoughBoy]

So basically this is how my character id developing without me going very far in the main storyline-

I'm a dragonborn nord mage werewolf with full dwarven armor

how bad ass is everyone else's character?

[nepg]

So basically this is how my character id developing without me going very far in the main storyline-

I'm a dragonborn nord mage werewolf with full dwarven armor

how bad ass is everyone else's character?
dragonborne nord warrior (2h) and harbinger of the companions with full flawless dwarven armor (mulling whether to go orc or skip to ebony at 60 smithing.

[nepg]

I found a deserted dwarven temple! This is going to be amazing.
I found that the other day, but was out of lockpicks (HATE when that happens). The little storage shed off to the side gave me plenty of metal scraps to make my dwarf armor set :D.

[gsorace]

if I didn't enjoy Oblivion will I enjoy this?

Probably not.


I already wasted like 4 perks, I do this in every RPG I've ever played on the first play through. Also being Argonian is awesome because of how racist everybody is, but I assume its the same with any non human race.

[nepg]

Any non-nord will probably get alot if grief early on.

[Jvig43]

Your description makes it sound like their other games whilst most of the others make it sound like they've improved. I'm interested because I didn't find Oblivion to be very good, was just a big aimless mess to me with no real story or plotline, no real skill or anything like that. Which is a pity because the premise of the game is actually really good it's just the execution that let it down.

So is it similar to Oblivion in that regard or is it much improved, basically if I didn't enjoy Oblivion will I enjoy this?

I'm in the same boat as you, and my roommate has been playing it a ton and basically he said that I wouldn't enjoy it because it's alot similar to Oblivion. My biggest complaint was always the combat, I always just felt like I was swinging at air.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Anyone marry the Adela the huntress?

[nepg]

I have my sights set on Astrid.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

I have my sights set on Astrid.



Nepg

If you are a werewolf and if you marry Adela then you have yourself a powerful wife there too. Well I was curious because I was wondering if she can come along on quests and use her werewolf ability with you when you turn. Sort of like a husband wife hunting trip!

[ImBrotherCain]

Not that anyone has so far but just for good measure remember when in doubt spoilers please.

[Jughead10]

Just purchased this on lunch. I expect to be blown away.

[CC.SD]

Just purchased this on lunch. I expect to be blown away.

It's not a 'blown away' type game it's more like slowly being dipped in warm chocolate by hot babes.

[Prowler]

Ysolda is mine. My only complaint is that there are no graphic sex scenes.

[gsorace]

I don't think I'll ever get tired of shooting the wings off a butterfly

[Prowler]

so, with progressive scaling enemies...is there ever going to be a level where I can stomp on giants? get my weapons and armor up to 100 and pray?

[DoughBoy]

so, with progressive scaling enemies...is there ever going to be a level where I can stomp on giants? get my weapons and armor up to 100 and pray?

I'm at level 17 and I just now can hold my own against them. 1 hit still kills me, but now I can actually do a good bit of damage to them.

[Caddy]

Finally got to play it last night. Chose to play as a Nord and I have been rotating between One-Hand/Shield, Two-hand and magic. Haven't decided what I want to focus on yet.

[Pit Bull #53]

Loving it so far. Chose a Khajiit, doing thieves guild stuff at the moment, focusing on archery/sneak/pickpocket and other rogue related stuff for my first play through.

[ImBrotherCain]

Has anyone noticed the Arnold Schwarzenegger sounding NPCs

[nepg]

Has anyone noticed the Arnold Schwarzenegger sounding NPCs
The wizard in Dragonsreach sounds like John Malkovich's "everything but American" accent.

[nepg]

I was tricked into thinking there were more quests in a quest line, but it was just endless repeatable quests after I finished it :( wasted sooo much time! However, I did have my first encounter with a dragon inside a town/city! That was awesome.

[Bulldogs]

I'm level 27 now... 32 hours already. Needless to say I feel like a complete loser.

[TitansCJftw]

its very hard to resist my urge to kill an entire town/city whatever the **** they are and cheat

[Pit Bull #53]

Ok, the Nightingale armor set from the thieves guild looks ****ing bad ass.

[nepg]

Ok, the Nightingale armor set from the thieves guild looks ****ing bad ass.
The Darkbrotherhood Armor is pretty sweet. I haven't gotten very far with the Thieves Guild stuff yet. My next play through is probably going to be with a khajit thief.

[bhaarat316]

its very hard to resist my urge to kill an entire town/city whatever the **** they are and cheat

you can orphan a whole town, but can't kill any kids? What kind of video games are these, do they not understand the times we are living in?

[ImBrotherCain]

I wanted to kill the Jarl of Whiterun's son because of his stupid "Oh another traveler to lick my fathers boots."

I never tried in fear of the repercussions... Now I am glad I didn't

[Jughead10]

Love the game so far. Only played 2 hours last night and barely touched a damn thing in terms of progress. Some Giant spider messed me up trying to retrieve the claw thing for the shop owner in the first town. I decided to come back to it because I was tired and seeing double.

[gsorace]

40 hours played already and I haven't even visited all the holds. Thanks for ruining my life Bethesda

[Prowler]

Does anybody else level stack? I don't level up my dude when I can. That way I can level up in combat and get a free refill on health and mana. It helps in case I run into a dragon by myself after a clearing out a dungeon. I normally only have one level above me waiting.

I also don't know any disadvantages either, besides not having the extra perk. Technically a person can probably just stay level 1 and beat down everybody with 100 of everything and no perks.

Would suck though because some quests are level dependent(hangover).

[nepg]

I wanted to kill the Jarl of Whiterun's son because of his stupid "Oh another traveler to lick my fathers boots."

I never tried in fear of the repercussions... Now I am glad I didn't
I F5'd and gave a go at trying to kill the Battle-Born kid in Whiterun. Chased him everywhere...he takes no damage :(. Killed a ****-ton of guards trying to kill him (they can't take me down...I'm waaaay too strong). F9'd back to normal.

[nepg]

Does anybody else level stack? I don't level up my dude when I can. That way I can level up in combat and get a free refill on health and mana. It helps in case I run into a dragon by myself after a clearing out a dungeon. I normally only have one level above me waiting.

I also don't know any disadvantages either, besides not having the extra perk. Technically a person can probably just stay level 1 and beat down everybody with 100 of everything and no perks.

Would suck though because some quests are level dependent(hangover).
I did that by accident when I first started playing simply because I didn't know what was going on with the levelling system. I went from 1-6 when I finally figured it out. I rarely use my perks. I think I've used 6 perks and have a ton just waiting to be used.

I really need to up the difficulty...

[Go_Eagles77]

After playing for 30+ hours so far I have come to the conclusion that this may be my favorite game of all time. Then again, it's not that surprising because Oblivion may have very well been my favorite before Skyrim, and Skyrim improves on Oblivion in pretty much every way imaginable.

[CC.SD]

I had a pretty great run of morality but then I killed all the guards for one of the holds because my shout practice aggravated them. Oooops. Frost Atronach is a boss.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

After playing for 30+ hours so far I have come to the conclusion that this may be my favorite game of all time. Then again, it's not that surprising because Oblivion may have very well been my favorite before Skyrim, and Skyrim improves on Oblivion in pretty much every way imaginable.

I agree with Oblivion! I gotta get my xbox back before I can buy this game. So, I have no doubt this game will be my old time favorite! They should keep making elder scrolls and use it as their cash cow.

Have they posted how many games they have sold so far?

[ImBrotherCain]

http://kotaku.com/5860074/skyrim-lands-50-perfect-reviews-will-likely-earn-more-than-450m-at-launch

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Perfect! It's going to be so much money which can go into Elder Scrolls the next episode or expansion pack!

[Prowler]

Its probably going to make a killing off its guides. It probably accounts for over 3/4 of all prima guides sold. I'm thinking one more in like High Rock for the Bretons, then probably a return to Hammerfell or Morrowind. Hopefully in the next decade they'll have a next gen game with all of the realms. Would take forever though.

[M.O.T.H.]

I prefer to go in blind. So much more fun, and confusing. I actually just bought Skyrim, myself...but it may be staying on my shelf for a very long time. I have a lot of others games I want to get to.

As for something else...I wonder if Fallout 4 will be a released on the current generation consoles. They did just build this new engine, so it probably will. But on the flip side, Fallout 4 could make for an epic launch title on the new consoles.

[ImBrotherCain]

I prefer to go in blind. So much more fun, and confusing. I actually just bought Skyrim, myself...but it may be staying on my shelf for a very long time. I have a lot of others games I want to get to.

As for something else...I wonder if Fallout 4 will be a released on the current generation consoles. They did just build this new engine, so it probably will. But on the flip side, Fallout 4 could make for an epic launch title on the new consoles.

Or an epic failure... Launch titles are often brutal. A game of that magnitude could be terrible on a new console.

[M.O.T.H.]

It's true a lot of launch titles miss...but in this day and age, I'll be surprised if one of these major franchises doesnt release a big seqeul at launch. Fallout and Uncharted fall into this window perfectly. Plus, the new hardware will probably be rather familiar in a lot of aspects. It's not going to be quite the leap from the xbox/ps2 to the current consoles we have now.

[nepg]

Oblivion is $5 on Steam.

And there's no way I'd get a strat guide for this game. 99% of the fun with Elder Scrolls is figuring **** out on your own and being surprised by surprises.

[Go_Eagles77]

I'm thinking one more in like High Rock for the Bretons, then probably a return to Hammerfell or Morrowind. Hopefully in the next decade they'll have a next gen game with all of the realms. Would take forever though.

http://images.uesp.net/thumb/c/c3/TamrielMap.jpg/400px-TamrielMap.jpg
I think a Valenwood/Elsweyr combo would be awesome. Combined they're about the same size as Skyrim, so it's very possible.

[DoughBoy]

I want the dwarfs to come back in the next game! The story behind them is very so ******* intriguing..... although, if they brought them back, I'd imagine it'd be as baddies.

[nepg]

http://images.uesp.net/thumb/c/c3/TamrielMap.jpg/400px-TamrielMap.jpg
I think a Valenwood/Elsweyr combo would be awesome. Combined they're about the same size as Skyrim, so it's very possible.
Elsweyr should be my choice more that the khajit models don't look like dog ****.

[The_Dude]

Guys, stop...... you're giving me a boner!

Only a week until i get my new ps3 & this will be the only game (besides Ratchet & Clank/LBP2 in the bundle) that i will be buying.

It may lead to a divorce, but it sounds like it may be worth it!!!

[ImBrotherCain]

Well I think I encountered my first bug... I hope to god its not/ or can be fixed by a patch.

I was doing a thieves guild quest in Whiterun, just a minor one The one where you have to steal from Graymane after I finished a few more quests I went back to Whiterun to level up my Smithing and Graymane wont leave his house. I waited days, rested days, left the city and came back and I shut off the console and tried all of this again to no avail...

I hope when I get back to it that this will be fixed but idk...

[bhaarat316]

SO I bought it, but am not going to install and play it till Wednesday when I have all day to stay up and play.

[XxXdragonXxX]

I'm up to lvl 14 with my Imperial axe/fire wielding battlemage. I've only been to Whiterun and Winterhold, did 1 quest for the college and 1 for the companions.

I got attacked by a dragon in the courtyard of the mage's college....unfortunately no mages came to my aid, I wanted to see them all get raped cause they're mostly douchebags.

[CC.SD]

I'm up to lvl 14 with my Imperial axe/fire wielding battlemage. I've only been to Whiterun and Winterhold, did 1 quest for the college and 1 for the companions.

I got attacked by a dragon in the courtyard of the mage's college....unfortunately no mages came to my aid, I wanted to see them all get raped cause they're mostly douchebags.

Right after I beat the college questline, a dragon showed up in the courtyard. Its skeleton is still there -- landed right in the light fountain thingy. I think of it as a trophy/extra reward for finishing the quest. Good immersion moment.

[XxXdragonXxX]

Yeah it was pretty cool, I just hid behind the pillars and ranged him to death. I usually get my ass kicked 1 on 1 with a dragon, but the courtyard provided some great cover.

I love this game...its making me not want to go to my workouts....luckily I can't gain weight so atleast I won't get fat.

[Prowler]

lol, I've been incredibly lucky with dragon encounters so far. I've killed 9 and I think 7 have been dead center of a town or military encampment. I go to grab my dragon bones and normally find 12+ arrows in it. I love being ambushed by them because I make a killing selling off their bones and scales. Bought my first house off of it.

[ImBrotherCain]

lol, I've been incredibly lucky with dragon encounters so far. I've killed 9 and I think 7 have been dead center of a town or military encampment. I go to grab my dragon bones and normally find 12+ arrows in it. I love being ambushed by them because I make a killing selling off their bones and scales. Bought my first house off of it.

You might want to keep them... I am pretty sure they make the best armors in the game.

[XxXdragonXxX]

I haven't been selling my dragon bones, saving them for smithing when I get that high.

I'm gonna buy a house so I have somewhere to store all that stuff.

[Prowler]

Got 6 bones and 3 scales saved up. Thought I saw a forge on top White Run?

[Prowler]

Just had a horrible fight between Riften and Mzulft. 4 Mammoths, a Giant, and 2 dragons at the same time. I hid in the shack from hangover quest but still had dragons blowing fire and ice in through the door. Hell of a cool sight though.

[CC.SD]

I am doing enchantment and a serious mage build, should I just be selling all these dragon bones? I literally have dozens cluttered around my room. I guess I might smith eventually just on principle.

[ElectricEye]

So I'm back into it again. I still think it's really odd how little they've chosen to evolve the combat since Morrowind, but the things surrounding it are good. Just wish some of the quests didn't take place in caves.


Made it up to level 25, full Daedric armor set. Don't like the way it looks though, might finish out blacksmithing to make the dragon stuff.

[DoughBoy]

Made it up to level 25, full Daedric armor set. Don't like the way it looks though, might finish out blacksmithing to make the dragon stuff.

What quest did you do to get that?

Also my mage is so badass, but I found out that I struggle with speed. Killing Trolls, Mammoths and Giants are much easier than dealing with snow bears and sabertooth cats at this point.

[ElectricEye]

I spent a long time and a ton of money working on my Smithing skill. I got it all the way up to 90. Originally intended to get it up to 80, but there's a limited amount of ebony you can get in the game and I wanted to make it count. Gave me a TON of experience for doing it, think I gained a good 7 levels just from crafting.

[nepg]

I spent a long time and a ton of money working on my Smithing skill. I got it all the way up to 90. Originally intended to get it up to 80, but there's a limited amount of ebony you can get in the game and I wanted to make it count. Gave me a TON of experience for doing it, think I gained a good 7 levels just from crafting.
Probably gained more levels than that. I've found that it seems like your gains are just as good crafting leather braces (1 leather, 2 leather strips) as breast plates of awesomeness... So you really just need to kill animals you see and collect their hides. I spent a lot of time looking for iron mines before I realized you could just make leather ****.

[nepg]

What quest did you do to get that?

Also my mage is so badass, but I found out that I struggle with speed. Killing Trolls, Mammoths and Giants are much easier than dealing with snow bears and sabertooth cats at this point.
Pretty sure you start seeing things to do that with once you hit the main quest line a bit more.

[M.O.T.H.]

What's the level cap?

Not gonna play for a long ass time, but I do own it, and it would be good to know. haha.

[nepg]

The level cap is 50.

[nepg]

Killed a giant. He didn't like me stealing his mammoth milk. I said "come at me bro!"

[ElectricEye]

I killed two of them at once the other day. Lot's of running, shouting, and careful use of the environment. Probably wouldn't have been able to do it without the downed tree as a buffer. They two hit me.

[Caddy]

I'm only level six :\

[ElectricEye]

I'm only level six :\

Acquire lot's of currency and make the cheapest things you can in the crafting system.

[nepg]

Acquire lot's of currency and make the cheapest things you can in the crafting system.
Leather bracers...pretty much. Kill all animals for their hide, turn it into leather and leather strips.

[Caddy]

Yeah I've decided to go and do some of the basic side quest chains first rather than the main quest. Having a lot of fun so far!

[vikes_28]

I bought it, haven't played it yet. I'm afraid to get sucked in... and then won't sleep.(inevitable)

[Ngatachance92]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-personality-flaws-skyrim-forces-you-to-deal-with/

[CC.SD]

What quest did you do to get that?

Also my mage is so badass, but I found out that I struggle with speed. Killing Trolls, Mammoths and Giants are much easier than dealing with snow bears and sabertooth cats at this point.

Hi Doughie,

This was my problem for a while too and then I got my conjuring up. Throwing out a frost atronach to tank for you really distracts the cats and bears, definitely long enough to roast them.

Once again I find myself at work and thinking only of skyrim. sigh.

Also I'm an enchanter and find myself doing this every time I make something:

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-ash2/41800_263885838264_4338796_n.jpg

Thanks, Sandal.

[ImBrotherCain]

Hi Doughie,

This was my problem for a while too and then I got my conjuring up. Throwing out a frost atronach to tank for you really distracts the cats and bears, definitely long enough to roast them.

Once again I find myself at work and thinking only of skyrim. sigh.



That is the worst part about this... Its miserable waiting to play.

[Prowler]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-personality-flaws-skyrim-forces-you-to-deal-with/

lol, I saw that. Spoilers because its long, I think its all fake anyway.

I have yet to do a single thing in Skyrim in the proper order. I'm constantly showing up to some dude's castle that I've never seen before, only to hand over a mystical item that I'd mentally scratched off as garbage hours ago, and then sit and listen to the story be retroactively explained to me:

King: Wanderer! Thank the gods you've come! The prophecy told us that a mighty warrior would arise, worthy of wielding Fjalnir, the God-axe, and slaying the evil Demon Prince Synraith. We believe you to be that warrior. What say you, traveler? Will you accept this task?

Me: Yea, verily I shall accept thine task and vanq- wait, Synraith? Fiery dude in a floating city? Cape made out of screeching souls? Ahhh, ****. I already killed that guy.

King: You ... already slew the Demon Prince, the Knife in the Dark, the Void at the Heart of All Men, whose identity you did not learn until just now?

Me: Yup. I saw that castle floating up in the sky, and I wanted to know if I could jump up the rocks to get in the back way. It took a lot of reloads, but I finally managed to hop on up in there.

King: You "hopped on up" into the Abyssal Palace?

Me: Yeeeep, yep yep yep. Just squat-jumped on in there and looted the place. Then I killed that Sydney guy-

King: Synraith, Demon Prince of the Abyss.

Me: -yeah him. I ganked that guy. Mostly just to see if I could. Plus he looked like kind of a dick.

King: Indeed, the Foulest of the Foul was "kind of a dick." But you vanquished him without the aid of sacred Fjalnir, the God-axe?

Me: Totally. It wasn't even a thing. I just hid on top of a bookshelf where he couldn't reach me and shot him with arrows. Then I waited until he forgot I was shooting him, and did it all again to get the sneak damage bonus. Took a while, but he died all the same.

King: Forsooth! Thine heroic deeds are ... well, that sounds kind of ****** up, actually. Never thought I'd feel bad for He Who Devours. So you have no need of our sacred totem weapon?

Me: What, the gold dealy, with the shiny bits? Nah, I already stole that out of the display case four hours ago, before I knew who you were. I gave it to Sven, but he Quantum Leaped out of the game with that ****.

King: Huh. So. I guess ... the bards will ... sing of your tale now?

Me: Oh yeah? Sweet, let's hear it.

Bard: The hero came with eyes aflame / his tasks already done / the land was rescued all the same / but 'tis kind of a ****** song.

Me: Word.

[CC.SD]

This is amazing/awesome/hilarious/makes me want to actually play an archer build next time.

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[Pit Bull #53]

Hahaha that's awesome. I'm playing as an archer so I will definitely be trying this tonight after I get off work.

[DoughBoy]

Holy bad ass batman!

[nepg]

I hate this game so much when I'm at work.

[ImBrotherCain]

I hate this game so much when I'm at work.

Now... you hate work because you wish to be playing the game.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Anyone finish the main quest yet? If so, how is it? What do you think of it?

[ElectricEye]

Finished out smiting, forged Dragon Armor. Not as good as the Daedric stuff, but I like the appearance far more. Working on learning to enchant so I can make my stuff even better, but I imagine progress going slightly slower on that one.

[Jvig43]

Im a little disappointed with the dragon battles in this game.

[ImBrotherCain]

Greaaatttt Grey-Mane died somehow. Not part of a quest or anything. Just ******* dead.

[ElectricEye]

Im a little disappointed with the dragon battles in this game.

The fighting in general is pretty meh.


I'm also getting a bit sick of the "go walk from the city to this cave" formula. Don't know why they can't make "combat areas" that aren't random, ancient caves.

[Prowler]

You guys are fighting wrong then. Its true that people can just shout for 75+ damage and then shoot 2-4 fireballs at enemies and murder everybody without even swinging a sword, but you can mix it up too. Run around town, see how many random people get killed by the dragon. Maybe try hiding behind one of the invincible children. Drag a few giants or some guards into the fight and then just sit on a bench and watch the dragon fight everybody else.

The combat is 20x better than oblivion. I love the critical and finishing moves. Dragons are scaled to level so they are always ridiculously easy. 4-5 fireballs or ice storms and a couple shouts normally kill them. Maybe a few swings of a sword to finish, but its dead easy. Enchanted smithed bows kill dragons faster than Bard killed Smaug.

[ElectricEye]

That's still all stuff you aren't actually controlling. The stuff you can actually do is still mostly a snoozefest. Besides, that stuff is only amusing the first few times. After that, it loses it's luster.

[Bulldogs]

I'm an archer and I find that it is a tremendous improvement from Oblivion.

[Caddy]

I'm an archer and I find that it is a tremendous improvement from Oblivion.

I'm rocking an archer/mage hybrid so far and enjoying it.

[Pit Bull #53]

Stealthy archer build is bad ass. Especially with the slow down time perk when you zoom in. Can drop guys from range before they even know what's going on.

[nepg]

Yeah, archery is where the combat in Skyrim really shines. Although that's not to say I don't like smashing fools with Wuthrad (still have not found an upgrade).

[Ngatachance92]

I have 4 days off starting tomorrow, so I may pick it up tomorrow before foosball or a break in the footballing.

[nepg]

I finally started seriously working on the main quest. I love this game.

I played 40 hours and hadn't even gone after the horn yet.

[nepg]

Finished the main story...

Didn't get any loot off of Alduin and no one seems to care that he's dead. The Blades are still being bitches because I won't kill Paarthanax. WTF?

[Prowler]

Lol, I'm 50 hrs in and don't even know that there is a horn.

[Pit Bull #53]

Haha same here. I love it. Now if only I didn't have to work all the time...

[nepg]

Lol, I'm 50 hrs in and don't even know that there is a horn.
Yeah, I was at 40 and decided to go ahead and do all the Stormcloak stuff and finish the main story (54 now). I wonder how quickly I could blow through the main quest line from a clean start...

Not sure if I'll keep playing on this character or start a fresh one.

I don't think this is a real spoiler, but just some hindsight...

Kind of wish I hadn't gotten impatient and finished everything before tackling the main quest line. Would have been more epic that way.

And...
The end boss fight was super easy the first time I did it. It was over in about 10 seconds. However, the game crashed and I hadn't saved it after the battle so I had to do it over again...the second attempt was much more difficult, which is refreshing to know since I'd curb stomped the boss on the first try

[Go_Eagles77]

So my wife in the game was cheating on me, so I followed the dude into the woods, turned into a werewolf and brutally murdered him. Felt badass.

[nepg]

So...I have 60 hours in this... Starting thieves guild and Riften stuff., probably into the college from there.

[Go_Eagles77]

So...I have 60 hours in this... Starting thieves guild and Riften stuff., probably into the college from there.

Between school and work I thought I wouldn't have anywhere near that many hours at this point, but considering it's pretty much the only thing I do when I am home now, I'm probably right up around there.

[ImBrotherCain]

If it wasn't for me just starting Breaking Bad I would be considerably further in the game

[Caddy]

I just spend the last 90 minutes talking to people in Whiterun and I'm still only half way through the town!

[XxXdragonXxX]

I decided to start making new characters. I played a little bit as khajit assassin, dual wielding daggers, sneaking up behind people and slittling throats is fun.

[ImBrotherCain]

Well I was diagnosed with walking pneumonia today sooo I guess I just happened upon some skyrim time.

[nepg]

Well I was diagnosed with walking pneumonia today sooo I guess I just happened upon some skyrim time.
Hope you don't get well soon...?

[Bulldogs]

70 hours in now. Level 42. Still much to do, having a blast. Haven't even really started up the main quest, but I'm done all the guilds except for the Mage one. My favorite quests are probably the Daedric ones, those always end up being a lot of phone. One quest in particular stands out to me right now, still finishing it up, don't want to say too much so I don't ruin it.

[Jughead10]

70 hours in now. Level 42. Still much to do, having a blast. Haven't even really started up the main quest, but I'm done all the guilds except for the Mage one. My favorite quests are probably the Daedric ones, those always end up being a lot of phone. One quest in particular stands out to me right now, still finishing it up, don't want to say too much so I don't ruin it.

How far are you into the main quest? I'm thinking about stopping the main quest and doing all the other stuff first as well. It seems more fun that way.

[ImBrotherCain]

Hope you don't get well soon...?

Yeah its one of those... Sweet more Skyrim time but **** all I want to do is sleep. Catch 22 I guess.

[nepg]

I wish I hadn't finished the main quest before doing everything else for what it's worth.

[Bulldogs]

How far are you into the main quest? I'm thinking about stopping the main quest and doing all the other stuff first as well. It seems more fun that way.

I'm done like four/five questlines in it. I'm probably a little more than half way.

[DoughBoy]

I've spent the last 3 hours reading about the snow elfs and the dwarfs. like I've said before, it would be so awesome if they bring them back in the next game.

[ImBrotherCain]

I just got my Smithing up to 100 and made some Dragonplate (Legendary) Armor. After that I have been just getting some Daedric artifacts.

[Caddy]

Smithing level 100??? IBC in beast mode. My smithing is like 25 :(

[Pit Bull #53]

I started a Nord 2 handed heavy armor specialist...currently working on smithing, about to hit 90. Hoping to be 100 before the night is up

[ElectricEye]

Yeah, I maxed out smithing a long time ago. I didn't like the appearance of the Daedric or Dragonplate stuff though, so I learned the Smith buff for enchanting and made a set of armor just for it and upgraded the Ebony stuff. Like the aesthetics of that one much more. Got the defense value to be a good 30+ points ahead of what Legendary Dragonplate was too.

[ImBrotherCain]

Yea I have been preaching about Smithing through out the thread... You can easily be level 25 with max level armor. EE just beat me too 100 and gave me the drive to get there. I just bought any iron i could rind and made hundreds upon hundreds of iron daggers.

I need to start mining Ebony so I can make Daedric armor. I personally like the look of the Daedric compared to previous games from what I have seen of it which is very little.. Dragonplate is meh appearance wise. I am just not a huge fan. Though I will be wearing it until. Ebony is sleek from what I can tell through the crafting menu. Its almost Black Knight ish.

[ElectricEye]

The Daedric stuff is cool looking...it's just, well, rather evil looking. Didn't line up with the type of character I wanted the play. The Ebony "Black Knight" stuff doesn't really either but it certainly lines up better than that haha. Mostly, it just looks damn cool.

Did you guys chose a side in the Civil War thing yet?

[ImBrotherCain]

I haven't chose yet but I am leaning toward the Stormcloaks.

Also yes the Daedric armor does look quite sinister but... there is really no morality in this game so evil looking it is lol

[ElectricEye]

I haven't chose yet but I am leaning toward the Stormcloaks

I initially chose the Imperials and then loaded a previous save. I had a real hard time making the choice, but I eventually went Stormcloaks. I didn't really think either side had it directly right, but the Empire getting pushed around by the Dominion didn't really seem to be changing anytime soon.

[Bulldogs]

I initially chose the Imperials and then loaded a previous save. I had a real hard time making the choice, but I eventually went Stormcloaks. I didn't really think either side had it directly right, but the Empire getting pushed around by the Dominion didn't really seem to be changing anytime soon.

**** the Thalmors.

[Brent]

I went with the Stormcloaks. When in Skyrim, do as the Nords do.

[nepg]

I D:'d after I learned something about Ulfric.

[ImBrotherCain]

Well now I basically have a full set of Daedric Armor... I just need one more heart to get the shield. I already had the Waraxe

[Brent]

any tips on where I can find a daedric sword as a level 17?

[ImBrotherCain]

Smithing is really the only way I know of.

[Pit Bull #53]

Going with the daedric armor too. Still need another heart to finish out my last piece. Went with the battle axe for weapon.

[WinslowBodden]

im too busy getting ass raped in dark souls to play this game :{

[Bulldogs]

You guys have it right, Smithing is pretty damn essential. Got myself a nice Daedric bow, now I just got to enchant the thing. I'm 100 in Smithing, Archery, and Sneak. So easy to sneak up on some enemies and one shot them with the bow, definitely a bad ass feeling.

[Caddy]

The Daedric stuff is cool looking...it's just, well, rather evil looking. Didn't line up with the type of character I wanted the play. The Ebony "Black Knight" stuff doesn't really either but it certainly lines up better than that haha. Mostly, it just looks damn cool.

Did you guys chose a side in the Civil War thing yet?

I'm a nord but I'm siding with the Imperials.

[Prowler]

I'm an imperial but I have not fought a single battle or joined a side. I have not involved myself in the war. I've walked the ''peaceful unification so we can all not die by dragons" route. If I did join, I would join the Stormcloaks. FOR TALOS!!! I do kill every Thalmor that I see now.

[StripedWalrus]

I just got my Smithing up to 100 and made some Dragonplate (Legendary) Armor. After that I have been just getting some Daedric artifacts.

I have 100 smithing and 100 enchanting. I have full Dragonplate armor...on a mage...I have it all double enchanted so I get all the perks of Mage lite armor...except now Im a super mage tank!

[Jughead10]

If I get off work early today, I'm going to go pick up my PS3 at my place before I go home for Thanksgiving. I originally decided not to bring it, but after reading more of this thread this morning, I realized I made a poor choice.

[ImBrotherCain]

I have 100 smithing and 100 enchanting. I have full Dragonplate armor...on a mage...I have it all double enchanted so I get all the perks of Mage lite armor...except now Im a super mage tank!

Haha thats sweet... You should have done it on Daedric... you would have looked so much more bad ass.

[gsorace]

You guys have it right, Smithing is pretty damn essential..

I haven't focused on smithing at all and leveled up the heavy armor perk tree, with steel plate armor my guy was a ******* tank, now I have ebony and I pretty much can't die unless i'm fighting an ice mage...who are apparently the strongest beings in the universe

[ImBrotherCain]

See I have the same issue but its with Shock Mages... I have Legendary Daedric armor that stacks up so well against almost everything I actually upped the difficultly so its not so easy.

But shock mages kill me in seconds... I guess I need to get my enchanting up to make myself more resistant.

[nepg]

I haven't focused on smithing at all and leveled up the heavy armor perk tree, with steel plate armor my guy was a ******* tank, now I have ebony and I pretty much can't die unless i'm fighting an ice mage...who are apparently the strongest beings in the universe
I didn't have any issues with ice mages because I'm a nord.

Really haven't run into shock mages yet.

I had issues in the cave to the southeast of the Stormcloak city that had all the fire mages because it was bugged on me. All of the NPCs in the dungeon aggro'd to the front of the cave. Later, when I did a quest that had me go in there (to retrieve some sword), it was normal (the NPCs respawned - weird).

The most frustrating enemies I've fought so far are definitely Dreadlord Draugrs. Their Thu'um sends your weapon flying and you have to retrieve it. When you pick it up (if you can find it!), it's unfavorited so you have to go in and fix that and hope you don't get disarmed again.

[Prowler]

I'm having issues with my horse. My horse from outside Solitude died. I went back to the shop to buy a new horse and my new horse isn't saddled. I paid the money, he appears whenever I quick travel to a new location so I know he's mine, but he always walks away from me and heads back to the stables...I seriously have to run to catch up to my own horse. He just walks away from me down the road. I'm going to probably just suicide him off bard's leap or something, but it still sucks.

Short Form: be careful buying horses from the same stable as the one that previously died.

On a side note, I watched Beowulf, fast forwarded through Two Towers, and beat the main quest line in Skyrim today. Pretty productive day. Might add Dragonheart for the hell of it.

[nepg]

I got a free horse and have had him for the last 40 hours of gameplay. Sorry to hear your problems.

[ImBrotherCain]

If you guys want tougher dragon fights up the difficulty to expert... Whew... It took a lot of potions and ***** fighting to get that one.

[nrk]

I'm having issues with my horse. My horse from outside Solitude died. I went back to the shop to buy a new horse and my new horse isn't saddled. I paid the money, he appears whenever I quick travel to a new location so I know he's mine, but he always walks away from me and heads back to the stables...I seriously have to run to catch up to my own horse. He just walks away from me down the road. I'm going to probably just suicide him off bard's leap or something, but it still sucks.

Short Form: be careful buying horses from the same stable as the one that previously died.

On a side note, I watched Beowulf, fast forwarded through Two Towers, and beat the main quest line in Skyrim today. Pretty productive day. Might add Dragonheart for the hell of it.

This happened to me too, but I bought my first horse from Whiterun I think. It definitely wasn't Solitude both times.

[StripedWalrus]

and I have hit the wall...same wall I hit when playing fallout...you get to a point and the game seems pointless...Im like lvl 35 and have only done side missions...no main missions really...I have tons of money and just run in and hack things up...Im murdering mammoths and giants...they are nothing. I could pump it up to expert...blah.

[Bulldogs]

and I have hit the wall...same wall I hit when playing fallout...you get to a point and the game seems pointless...Im like lvl 35 and have only done side missions...no main missions really...I have tons of money and just run in and hack things up...Im murdering mammoths and giants...they are nothing. I could pump it up to expert...blah.

I haven't quite hit this wall yet. I'm a level 45 right now. Still have two more quests left in the main mission and the entire Mage Guild. Also I'm trying to find some more Daedric quests. I'll probably be at that point soon though, I've done nearly every side mission, some of the lead to the best moments in the game.

[ImBrotherCain]

and I have hit the wall...same wall I hit when playing fallout...you get to a point and the game seems pointless...Im like lvl 35 and have only done side missions...no main missions really...I have tons of money and just run in and hack things up...Im murdering mammoths and giants...they are nothing. I could pump it up to expert...blah.

Trust me up the difficultly it makes a huge difference.

I think I might actually go up to master to make it challenging like it should be.

[Ngatachance92]

Killed my third dragon today and it was effing awesome. Got to use alot of the food I've been hoarding to free up some weight. I'm watching Hoarding right now instead of playing, I need to change this. I keep trying to fight giants, hasn't turned out very well...yet.

[Jughead10]

What's the trick to pickpocketing? I can't get that down at all.

[ImBrotherCain]

What's the trick to pickpocketing? I can't get that down at all.

Up your ability in sneak and find items that give bonuses to pickpocketing.

[Jughead10]

Up your ability in sneak and find items that give bonuses to pickpocketing.

I might pay that one guy in the thieves guild to up my ability. I think he does sneak. I kept trying to the first pickpocketing mission for the theives guild and every time I grab the item, I get caught.

[ImBrotherCain]

I might pay that one guy in the thieves guild to up my ability. I think he does sneak. I kept trying to the first pickpocketing mission for the theives guild and every time I grab the item, I get caught.

Are you wearing their armor... I am pretty sure it gives bonuses to sneak and pickpocketing.

[Jughead10]

Are you wearing their armor... I am pretty sure it gives bonuses to sneak and pickpocketing.

I am. I only tried it 3 times. But it is so annoying to go back and load it over and over again.

[ImBrotherCain]

I am. I only tried it 3 times. But it is so annoying to go back and load it over and over again.

Yea it is a pain... I can't really remember the quest but if you can do it when its dark out and make sure your not detected before you attempt

[ImBrotherCain]

I've spent the last 3 hours reading about the snow elfs and the dwarfs. like I've said before, it would be so awesome if they bring them back in the next game.

There are snow elves in this game.

[StripedWalrus]

I haven't quite hit this wall yet. I'm a level 45 right now. Still have two more quests left in the main mission and the entire Mage Guild. Also I'm trying to find some more Daedric quests. I'll probably be at that point soon though, I've done nearly every side mission, some of the lead to the best moments in the game.

I think the problem might be that there are too many miscellaneous quests. By doing those and maybe only doing two or three main line quests im a 35ish...I want to get rid of all those minor quests just to get rid of the clutter.

[stephenson86]

Incredible game, so addictive. Glad I have no job.

[nepg]

I think the problem might be that there are too many miscellaneous quests. By doing those and maybe only doing two or three main line quests im a 35ish...I want to get rid of all those minor quests just to get rid of the clutter.
That happens to me...

Now, when I log in, I just get overwhelmed with my quest log and will do a couple things and log out. There's sooo much to do. Having finished the main quest line, there's no incentive for me to just power through parts I'm not enjoying as much. I do love playing as a thief, though. Kind of wish I had done the thieves guild stuff before dark brotherhood to build up my stealthy skills. I think DBH would have been more fun if I was stealthy.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

I got a new xbox and skyrim. I love the game, but so far no dragons at all, expect for the opening sequence of the game. Is there a quest I should pass before they start popping up and flying around? In oblivion you had to do some of the main quest line before the gates open up all over. Is that how it works for this game for Dragons to attack you randomly?? So far, I didn't do the main quest, and so far no dragons.

[Caddy]

Took like 10+ hours for my first random dragon spawn.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Took like 10+ hours for my first random dragon spawn.

Ok, I am close to that I think. Maybe 7 or 8. I was just making sure because I wander around and explore and still see nothing. Maybe that's the way of the game allowing you to get used to it, and get somewhat stronger to fight them.

[Caddy]

Don't think anything of it. My room mate had like 5-6 dragons early in his game and I've only seen the one random one and I'm now 18 hours in. Random dragon is random.

[Bulldogs]

Don't think anything of it. My room mate had like 5-6 dragons early in his game and I've only seen the one random one and I'm now 18 hours in. Random dragon is random.

Yeah don't worry about it, you'll see a ton of dragons randomly through the game. I probably kill one every two hours.

[Ngatachance92]

I had my first random one attack me last night in Riverwood. Me and the townsfolk banded together against the Reptilian menace, only for them to kill me once the dragon died. I looted the corpse then once that was done I got stabbed from behind, that's no way to treat your future savior... Never mind....

[Brent]

got my smithing to 100. dragonscale armor looks dope.

[ImBrotherCain]

Took like 10+ hours for my first random dragon spawn.

Ok, I am close to that I think. Maybe 7 or 8. I was just making sure because I wander around and explore and still see nothing. Maybe that's the way of the game allowing you to get used to it, and get somewhat stronger to fight them.

Seriously...? You guys are lucky. For a while I saw a dragon every 3 towns I went to.

It got really freaking annoying when I was trying to do other ****.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Seriously...? You guys are lucky. For a while I saw a dragon every 3 towns I went to.

It got really freaking annoying when I was trying to do other ****.

I am not sure I'd call it lucky. The game's component revolves around dragons, so I am very curious to encounter one. So when everyone talk about it, and here I am wandering around, and not seen 1 since the opening sequence it gets frustrating. I already learned a shout, but now need a dragon soul to use it.

But I can see how it's annoying. I used to get annoyed when mountain lions or bears chased me through Westweald in Oblivion, and somehow I'd run near an Oblivion Gate and then I had deadric creatures AND the bear or lion all chasing me, lol.

[ElectricEye]

got my smithing to 100. dragonscale armor looks dope.

Eh...it's kind of weird looking. I do have to say it feels bad ass killing a dragon while wearing it though haha.

I'm rocking Ebony myself. Just got my Enchanting up to 50 and made Smithing Gear to finish it off too. Between that and some potions, I'm doing alright gear-wise. My Daedric Greatsword does like 200+ now.

[nepg]

Is it wrong that I keep trying to talk to Babette to see if she'll notice my Amulet of Mara?

[ImBrotherCain]

Yes...

I mean technically she is legal... But still wrong

[StripedWalrus]

Eh...it's kind of weird looking. I do have to say it feels bad ass killing a dragon while wearing it though haha.

I'm rocking Ebony myself. Just got my Enchanting up to 50 and made Smithing Gear to finish it off too. Between that and some potions, I'm doing alright gear-wise. My Daedric Greatsword does like 200+ now.

I have 2 single hand swords that do 165 each counting the bonuses to them...tis nice to hack down a mammoth with.

[Ngatachance92]

When you get more powerful can the frost giants still fling you through the air?

[nepg]

When you get more powerful can the frost giants still fling you through the air?
If you sit there and let them. They're actually pretty easy to kill. Wait for them to start to swing, side step like a mofo, whack on them until they start to swing again.

[Ngatachance92]

If you sit there and let them. They're actually pretty easy to kill. Wait for them to start to swing, side step like a mofo, whack on them until they start to swing again.

Next time I face one ill try to use a one hander sword so ill have greater movement, I usually use a war hammer but that has been leaving me wide open. I tried fighting one yesterday only to back into a corner to get punted.

[ImBrotherCain]

Has anyone done the Forbidden Legend quest yet where you right the Gauldurs... Hardest battle ever.

[Caddy]

I started doing it because I thought it was the next Companion quest. Once I realised it wasn't, I stopped.

[gsorace]

Has anyone done the Forbidden Legend quest yet where you right the Gauldurs... Hardest battle ever.

My favorite quest in the game so far.

[ImBrotherCain]

My favorite quest in the game so far.

It was a good one... again hard as a **** after 50 mozzarella sticks.

[Go_Eagles77]

Is anyone else a little bit disappointed in the guilds in Skyrim? This is probably one of the few things that I enjoyed more in Oblivion - the guilds were more interesting/longer. The Dark Brotherhood was probably my favorite part of oblivion but now unfortunately I can't say the same for Skyrim. On the other hand, I barely ever went exploring in dungeons in Oblivion and love it in Skryim, so it's give and take.

[Bulldogs]

Is anyone else a little bit disappointed in the guilds in Skyrim? This is probably one of the few things that I enjoyed more in Oblivion - the guilds were more interesting/longer. The Dark Brotherhood was probably my favorite part of oblivion but now unfortunately I can't say the same for Skyrim. On the other hand, I barely ever went exploring in dungeons in Oblivion and love it in Skryim, so it's give and take.

I believe we discussed this earlier, but I think the guilds were better in Oblivion. However, the main quest and just about everything else is far superior in Skyrim.

[nepg]

http://i.imgur.com/edObq.jpg

[The_Dude]

Ok. I finally got Skyrim Friday morning.

Love it. I've gotten up to level 16 basically doing companions' quests.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

I believe we discussed this earlier, but I think the guilds were better in Oblivion. However, the main quest and just about everything else is far superior in Skyrim.

The way I figure it is that Cyrodil is the center of Tamril so there are more guilds and stuff to do. Skyrim is like Alaska or the wild untamed north. So there is less order and less guilds. When I think of it like that I don't get too annoyed by it.

[XxXdragonXxX]

I got a new xbox and skyrim. I love the game, but so far no dragons at all, expect for the opening sequence of the game. Is there a quest I should pass before they start popping up and flying around? In oblivion you had to do some of the main quest line before the gates open up all over. Is that how it works for this game for Dragons to attack you randomly?? So far, I didn't do the main quest, and so far no dragons.


I'm pretty sure you have to do the first 2 quests in the main quest line.

1st is a dungeon crawl in bleak falls barrow, you learn the unrelenting force shout but can't use it yet. The other is a dragon fight. After the dragon fight you find out you are Dragonborn, and your 1st shout is activated.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

I'm pretty sure you have to do the first 2 quests in the main quest line.

1st is a dungeon crawl in bleak falls barrow, you learn the unrelenting force shout but can't use it yet. The other is a dragon fight. After the dragon fight you find out you are Dragonborn, and your 1st shout is activated.

Thanks! Yeah, I just did all that yesterday. I got that stuff. My question was that people, from what I read, are getting attacked randomly by dragons and stuff. I have been wandering around, hunting, and collecting ingredients, and haven't been attacked once by a random dragon flying around. So that's why I was wondering if I had to do some of the main quest for it to trigger those random attacks from that point forward in the game.

Similar to Oblivion, where you did the first oblivion gate and from there on gates spawned up everywhere throughout Cyrodil.


I did that went to the high mountain, and came back down, and now roaming around, and I need another dragon soul for one shout I have no can't use. So that's why I was wondering where the heck these over sized lizards are.

[Prowler]

Pretty much every time I level up, then fast travel to a different city I get dragon'd. I look forward to it though, I've killed 24 of them so far.

[DoughBoy]

I actually had a blast playing the college of winterhold's quests. The others were just meh.