The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Mantle2600

Location plz. K thx

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I would guess he's in the Halted Stream Camp just north or Whiterun.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by Mantle2600

Location plz. K thx

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Fort Hammerfell Mines

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

re: saves -- It looks as though they work similar to Oblivion, but with an extra auto-save (or two) thrown in. You can save numerous times on your own (don't know if there's a limit) but make sure that you've got solid save points of your game rather than relying on autosaves, yours will get overwritten with hers as she plays.

Then you just have to make sure that she loads her saved game and you load your saved game when you return to play the next time. The ones that are close together in the save list are where it becomes easy to screw up a different person's game (or your own different playthrough).

Thanks.. I put my last save on a memory stick and then had her login to her profile.. my saves don't even show up.

[thesloppy]

Anybody discover a use for dragon bones or scales yet. I'm keeping them, just assuming I'll be using them for something later, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort to truck them around, and stack up my house with 'em.

[SportsDino]

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

Anyone try The College of Winterhold Quests yet? I've finished a few of them and I'm up to the Staff of Magnus quest and I'm started to wonder if I need to gain a couple more levels because I am getting my ass kicked in this one. I'm at level 9 and I've been able to finish the series of quest prior to this one with ease.

Related to this and all the other leveling questions, the game has some aspects of geographic difficulty like Fallout NV. Some quest lines might be much harder at lower levels (although there is still some scaling by level it is not so generic as Oblivion). Also, some character builds will have disadvantages, for instance I could see craft-heavy characters with all their perks in smithing/alchemy might have trouble taking on a fight head on (although good equipment/kit is always a great equalizer in Bethesda games).

There also seems to be an advantage to focusing up front, at least in distributing perks... a lot are designed to stack, so while the early perks do give nice bonuses to a skill, the jack of all trades will not be getting great multipliers until much higher levels. Developing your money ability as high as you can (and then perking others when you are limited by skill level requirements) will give you at least one hard hitting skill you can rely on as an edge in harder battles. The interesting part is seeing whether concept characters with unconventional super skills (like speech or pickpocketing) get enough oddball benefits to counteract low investment in combat skills.

[Izulde]

I"m finding things a touch more difficult past level 20 (think I'm lvl 21 or 22) combatwise for the archer/sneak class.

A buddy of mine who built an unarmed specialist said he was doing great until he got to level 30 and then he had to start over. Not sure what type of build he's constructing now.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

Anybody discover a use for dragon bones or scales yet. I'm keeping them, just assuming I'll be using them for something later, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort to truck them around, and stack up my house with 'em.

They're used to make dragon armor. You need to level you Smithing to 100 to use them (to unlock the Perk you need), I think. Other than that, I don't think they are used for anything.

[SportsDino]

My necromancer build (second character so far) is interesting but I nerfed it with some dumb perk choices early on. I'm curious how far I can get in the game, particularly since I'm not clearing out dungeons in an area (like I usually do) and instead am pushing on straight through a combo of mainquest and College Winterhold quests.

I wish I stuck with my original plan of buffing up 1 or 2 lines until I got what I wanted... it would have made the difference in a couple of fights I had to muddle through by burning potions.

For miners, I noticed if you jump down from the back door of Bleak Falls Barrow that there is a Corundum ore vein right there. I didn't have a pickaxe, but I think its somewhat more valuable than Iron/Steel.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by SportsDino

My necromancer build (second character so far) is interesting but I nerfed it with some dumb perk choices early on. I'm curious how far I can get in the game, particularly since I'm not clearing out dungeons in an area (like I usually do) and instead am pushing on straight through a combo of mainquest and College Winterhold quests.

I wish I stuck with my original plan of buffing up 1 or 2 lines until I got what I wanted... it would have made the difference in a couple of fights I had to muddle through by burning potions.

For miners, I noticed if you jump down from the back door of Bleak Falls Barrow that there is a Corundum ore vein right there. I didn't have a pickaxe, but I think its somewhat more valuable than Iron/Steel.

I think there's a Corundum ore vein right outside of Whiterun also.

[Grover]

Sadly, I had to sacrifice Lydia after a rather tough encounter in the Killkreath Temple.

May she rest in peace.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Thanks.. I put my last save on a memory stick and then had her login to her profile.. my saves don't even show up.

I'm such a dumbass sometimes. The whole "playing on her profile" thing flew right over my head. If I'd been thinking it through properly I'd have known you had no worries.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I'm such a dumbass sometimes. The whole "playing on her profile" thing flew right over my head. If I'd been thinking it through properly I'd have known you had no worries.

I forgot about that myself. Had to make 1000% sure my save doesn't get messed up. Too many hours put in already.

[PraetorianX]

Man, the Jarl of Whiterun is powerful.

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I helped the Stormcloaks take Whiterun, and afterwards the Jarl was complaining that I was part of it and that we would all regret it...then bam, CTD! Dude like, banished me from the game or something!

Speaking of Whiterun...am I the only one who keeps saying Riverrun in my mind? And Winterfel for what's it called up north?


Man...if Bethesda made a GoT RPG...that would just about be the most epically awesome thing in history. It is known.

[TroyF]

Bethesda says there will be a patch for the game the week after Thanksgiving.

I haven't really ran into any major bug yet, but if you have, that's when you'll get your patch.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by PraetorianX

Man, the Jarl of Whiterun is powerful.

Spoiler

I helped the Stormcloaks take Whiterun, and afterwards the Jarl was complaining that I was part of it and that we would all regret it...then bam, CTD! Dude like, banished me from the game or something!

Speaking of Whiterun...am I the only one who keeps saying Riverrun in my mind? And Winterfel for what's it called up north?


Man...if Bethesda made a GoT RPG...that would just about be the most epically awesome thing in history. It is known.

Nope. I do the same thing for Whiterun all the time. I haven't spent much time in Winterhold yet, so I've not had the Winterfell problem, but...

[SackAttack]

Dola,

Dwemer artifacts are heavy as shit. Melting them down into ingots isn't much better.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by PraetorianX

Speaking of Whiterun...am I the only one who keeps saying Riverrun in my mind? And Winterfel for what's it called up north?

I keep thinking Dragonsreach is Dragonsearch

[Izulde]

New favorite moment in Skyrim

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I forced the one guy to give me the horse Frost or I'd kill him. At the time I'm thinking okay cool, mode of transportation.

Then I was hunting down a pair of vampires. Killed one easily, was going back and forth with the second, when all of a sudden Frost charges and tramples second vampire and by the time I got over there, I saw that my horse had killed that second vampire.

Coolest damned thing I've seen so far, I think. Don't recall seeing the horses fight for you in other video games, even in the ES series, but then I never messed with horses much.

[SackAttack]

So offhand, if you're carrying too much weight to run, the carriage evidently can't pull you. Which is retarded as SHIT, but hey.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by Izulde

New favorite moment in Skyrim

Spoiler

I forced the one guy to give me the horse Frost or I'd kill him. At the time I'm thinking okay cool, mode of transportation.

Then I was hunting down a pair of vampires. Killed one easily, was going back and forth with the second, when all of a sudden Frost charges and tramples second vampire and by the time I got over there, I saw that my horse had killed that second vampire.

Coolest damned thing I've seen so far, I think. Don't recall seeing the horses fight for you in other video games, even in the ES series, but then I never messed with horses much.

Mine has been seeking out and attacking wolves.

[korme]

I am a member of the Thieves Guild. Does that mean I cannot join the Legion or the Stormcloaks?

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by korme

I am a member of the Thieves Guild. Does that mean I cannot join the Legion or the Stormcloaks?

You're fine unless they've changed since Oblivion and gone more the New Vegas 'one or the other' route.

FYI, a fear-enchanted weapon is a great thing...unless in chasing your prey, you run right into the clutches of a Flame Atronach.

[thesloppy]

Anybody else end up in a cave with like a dozen trolls in it? I had to take 4 at one, jeepers creepers.

[CrimsonFox]

No but I just had to take on three super mutants and a centaur, one with a minigun. Had to leave my dog and the two captives back aways cuz they woulda died (just like me)

[SackAttack]

ooh. Found a quicksilver mine near Markarth.

[Peregrine]

Originally Posted by korme

I am a member of the Thieves Guild. Does that mean I cannot join the Legion or the Stormcloaks?

No, the civil war is separate from the guilds - you can still pick whichever side you like.

[BYU 14]

Am I the only one that gets a jittery feeling in their legs looking down from a tall tower or over the edge of a cliff?

I am not a fan of heights and I have never played a game where I got the same physicial feeling in high places, that I would get if I was looking over the edge of a 20 story building in real life. Happened last night and I had to remind myself it was a game.

[PraetorianX]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

So offhand, if you're carrying too much weight to run, the carriage evidently can't pull you. Which is retarded as SHIT, but hey.

Which is doubly stupid when you consider that you CAN get on your horse (if you have one) and go at normal speeds.

[EagleFan]

Okay, this may seem extremely trivial but I thought it was the coolest thing. Finally reached the first big town and talked to the Jarl to complete that part of the quest. He gave me equipment as a reward and that put me over the weight limit. I dropped a couple crap pieces that I was carrying to make room and followed him to the next room. A guard ran after me and yelled at me for dropping weapons on the floor. Little things like that can really make a world seem alive.

Also like that you can only sell certain things to certain vendors. It takes a little longer to offload crap buut it's more realistic than something like WoW where I can sell every piece of junk to a bread vendor.

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Okay, this may seem extremely trivial but I thought it was the coolest thing. Finally reached the first big town and talked to the Jarl to complete that part of the quest. He gave me equipment as a reward and that put me over the weight limit. I dropped a couple crap pieces that I was carrying to make room and followed him to the next room. A guard ran after me and yelled at me for dropping weapons on the floor. Little things like that can really make a world seem alive.

Also like that you can only sell certain things to certain vendors. It takes a little longer to offload crap buut it's more realistic than something like WoW where I can sell every piece of junk to a bread vendor.

Yeah I love little things like that. For reasons better left unknown, my guy didn't have any armor on. I figured whatever, I'll go into town and offload my items before equipping myself again. As I was running around, some people would comment to me about not wearing any clothes, made me laugh!

[mckerney]

Married Camilla for her merchant income, hopefully that and the money I make in the Thieves Guild will make me rich soon.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Yeah I love little things like that. For reasons better left unknown, my guy didn't have any armor on. I figured whatever, I'll go into town and offload my items before equipping myself again. As I was running around, some people would comment to me about not wearing any clothes, made me laugh!

Guards don't like me ever since I put on my Thieves Guild armor.

[frnk55]

Just reached level 12 and it seems everywhere I go I get my ass kicked. I love it.
I wish you could hot key potions and spells other than the Q button.

[MizzouRah]

Ok that frost troll or whatever it is (looks like the ambomable snowman) needs to f off. Yes I ran!

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Ok that frost troll or whatever it is (looks like the ambomable snowman) needs to f off. Yes I ran!

YOu probably hurt its feelings with talk like that.
That's why it hates you.

[spleen1015]

Just became the Thane of Whiterun.

Earlier when I finished part of the questline in Whiterun, I was told I could now buy a house. How do I do that? I've sort of looked around for it but can't figure it out.

[hawk4669]

Talk to the Jarl's assistant guy in Dragonsreach. You can buy from him and get decor for the house.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

I feel like the Skyrim XP system is probably the best of any RPG I've played to date. It's tough to build an organic growth system that's free of weaknesses, but Skyrim's manages the job pretty well, IMO.

I like that it eliminates what happens in a lot of RPGs where you end up doing quests that are out of character for what you're playing just because you need to level up from it. No conflict of having your bad ass orc thief/assassin agreeing to collect 30 flowers for grandma for no payment just because you need the 1000 XP to level up before you do the next story line quest.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

YOu probably hurt its feelings with talk like that.
That's why it hates you.

haha.. he killed my woman!

[EagleFan]

Sweet, had my first assasin come after me. No idea why he had a contract out on me but like it none-the-less.

[PurdueBrad]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Sweet, had my first assasin come after me. No idea why he had a contract out on me but like it none-the-less.

Ditto, mine was sent after me by Calixto. I'll have to settle his hash.

[DaddyTorgo]

Can't wait to get my hands on this game...

[Grover]

Just got decapitated! Awesome!

[sabotai]

Clocking in at 58 hours played. Already more than halfway to the time I played Dragon Age (99 hours).

I'd probably have to get to roughly 3000 or so to match the time I put into World of Warcraft though.

[Icy]

Question related stealing.

If i steal something from a house when nobody else is inside, does the house owner know it was me who stole it and will send me later an assasin or is that only if they catch you while stealing?

Damn it's so hard to decide what kind of player to be. I chose Dark elf and wanted to be an stealth/archer, and love snipping and hunting outside cities so i think i should have picked wood elf... but then i tried the destruction magic and i'm enjoying it a lot so the dark elf is fine... but then i try one handed axe with a shield and find it the most fun way of fighting and plan on doing a red guard warrior character... but then i get a long sword and enjoy using it and plan on starting again as heavy warrior nord or orc...but...but...but...

For those that start over, aren't you spoiled as you know already what is going to happen or do you play on a different way or do other quests first?

[DougW]

Originally Posted by frnk55

Just reached level 12 and it seems everywhere I go I get my ass kicked. I love it.
I wish you could hot key potions and spells other than the Q button.

I believe you can. Haven't tried it myself, but I know if you put a weapon (or spell) in your favorites, go to your favorites and hover over it - you can assign a number value to it (1-8) for quick weapon switches. I'd guess potions would work too.

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Just became the Thane of Whiterun.

Earlier when I finished part of the questline in Whiterun, I was told I could now buy a house. How do I do that? I've sort of looked around for it but can't figure it out.

Guys name is Proventus Avenicci. He'll sell you a house for 5,000. You can find him in the hold, usually near the Jarl. After you get the house, it'll be a dump (cobwebs, empty, etc). You can pay him to have it cleaned and to add things (storage, cooking & alchemy areas, etc). Could potentially spend another 1250 on that.

Originally Posted by Izulde

I"m finding things a touch more difficult past level 20 (think I'm lvl 21 or 22) combatwise for the archer/sneak class.

A buddy of mine who built an unarmed specialist said he was doing great until he got to level 30 and then he had to start over. Not sure what type of build he's constructing now.

Hmm. Interesting - I'm doing the archer/sneak also and just ran into a dungeon (level 11). There was a couple pulls that I wiped a few times on, simply because I couldn't arrow them down as fast as 2-3 guys would get to me. I was worried that as I advanced, the mobs numbers I go against would overwhelm me. Made me consider rolling sword & board. I enjoyed the difficulty and wiping though, just made me re-strategize (a scroll helped). I wouldn't enjoy it if it became overwhelming though.
-Let me know how your archer game is progressing .

Edit : Also, the modding community is already hard at work. Not sure if it's mentioned yet (late to the thread, and not ready to read 13 pages right now) - but http://www.skyrimnexus.com/ has over 100 mods already (most are useless, but some are nice). It's easily searchable, and has useful descriptions as well as informative user feedback. I use a couple of the "artsy" ones, and the game looks alot better to me. I just found a mining one, that'll I'll DL tonight and try (I guess it makes the ore more noticeable - which is all for me, as I've been frustrated with finding ore.)

[Peregrine]

I have a stealthy archer but not so high level - what was a lifesaver for me was getting a mage companion. That way he won't break out a bow and start firing and ruin my sneak shots, but once the survivors charge into melee he does a lot of damage.

[DougW]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

I have a stealthy archer but not so high level - what was a lifesaver for me was getting a mage companion. That way he won't break out a bow and start firing and ruin my sneak shots, but once the survivors charge into melee he does a lot of damage.

I like this. So far my only real annoyance has been catching my warrior in the back when he darts in front of my arrows haha.

[SackAttack]

I've been primarily playing as a warrior type, but I've been...I guess the word would be 'multiclassing.' I haven't put any perks into the stealth stuff, but my stealth kills have been as an archer, and I have also gone with magicka boosts for a few of my 18 or 19 levels. I learn spells as I find books, and I've dabbled with the destruction and restoration spells.

But my main lean is definitely melee, as those are the skills I'm at 50+ in.

[Grover]

I've hit level 16 with a sword/board Redguard and I definitely feel like I've hit a bit of a wall as far as things being easy/hard goes.

There are some interesting things going on in Markath