Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[TheShizNo1]

Having a tough time deciding on this game. I sometimes get bored w/ RPG games as there isn't always enough action and the story takes too long to develop. Looking at some YouTube videos, seems to have a good amount of action. Already have enough games as is...

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Seriously, there are a lot of people on here thinking like you. Just do yourself a favor and get the game. It's an absolute masterpiece, I promise. And if you don't like it, you could always take it back. But I'm positive you won't regret getting it. Simple as that.

[TeddyKGB]

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You gotta love the sound of the arrows flying off the bow. So satisfying,

[Mabster]

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What's the best light armor in the game (for those with the guide or have managed to snag awesome light armor)?

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Dragonscale. It can't be bought. Can only be found or forged.

[trobinson97]

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Hey guys, yeah, I have my difficulty up to either the one above default, or two above. I can't recall which one I'm at. Default felt pretty easy after leveling up a little bit.

Dragon Related & Other "Boss" SPOILER

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Krosis is the dude that I literally had a 1 hr battle with. I was exhausted, all of my potions, ingredients, foods, EVERYTHING was completely depleted, and I was almost dead.

Be prepared before you fight these guys.

Yeah these are the guys I've been talking about. I've faced two of them. One (Volsung) glitched out and never moved so I just whittled him down with arrows. The other one (Vokung) killed Lydia, my dog and my horse so I ran away. Reloaded and vowed to return.

Those are the toughest enemies I've encountered. Dragons are cake.

[trobinson97]

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I wanted to complain that there's no more torches, but the designing has made it petty. I practically relyed on those in oblivion.

There are torches. I put one in a companion's inventory and he uses it automatically at night.

[Flightwhite24]

Random loss of a side quest...(minor early game/ Riverwood side quest spoiler)

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So I've been trying to find Faendal, the archery trainer in Riverwood, but he's never home. I've tried at all hours of the day and night to no avail. I finally gave up and looked in the guide to see if he had a schedule or something and found out he was tied to a quest with Sven (some love triangle deal). I tried to trigger that quest with Sven, but the subject never comes up.

Perplexed, I took one last look around his house to see if I could find him walking around or something. Well, I don't know what happened, but I found his body lying by a fence near his house.

So, from reading the guide, I find that I've missed out on an early archery trainer, potential companion and a side quest (which apparently also affects Sven as a companion-so that's a loss too).

The bright side is I, of course, looted the body and was able to get a couple decent weapons to sell, a bow to keep, and the key to his house (which had some ok loot inside). ****ty luck for Faelan (and for me getting a trainer), but I took his house as a consolation prize...nice spot for me to stash my stuff.

Part of me is disappointed in losing the quest, but I also kind of like the randomness of how it all went down and, since I never learned of it in-game, I don't feel cheated or anything.

No wonder I can't find this MOFO!!! I looked for this sob for hours.

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[Flightwhite24]

Would you guys recommend getting the guide? The Steam version exclusively has a ton of back-story to the game, and of course a **** load of information. I'm getting the game tomorrow when the shipment finally gets to my school.

It's a must have imo.

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[Flightwhite24]

Can't wait till Thanksgiving weekend. Only off 1 day leading up to it so my time with this game is gonna be limited but after my Black friday shopping spree its gonna be balls to the walls.

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[Spongedaddy]

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1) Dragon battles are sooooooooooooooooooo much more exciting than those Oblivion gates were. I hated those gates, but was so excited to see a random dragon yesterday.

2) Is there a huge difference between one handed and two handed or is just whatever style you prefer.

[Skyboxer]

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Woke up early this morning before work to buy my first house in the game. My wife just looked at me like I was nuts as I was gleefully showing her my new home that is covered in cobwebs.

Lol... I did the same thing early yesterday morning before heading to bed. Full of cobwebs but I did decorate with 3 skulls

Man i really want to fire it up but I better not.

[mudtiger]

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You gotta love the sound of the arrows flying off the bow. So satisfying,

The thunk of it hitting flesh while time is slowed and you are zoomed in and getting 3x damage and a 1 shot kill with your poisoned arrow is the only thing better

[Stu]

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Not sure if it was just random luck but I just found Elven armor on a random roadside bandit. Really hoping this isn't like Oblivion where every lowly bandit is running around with high level equipment as you level up. I know there is still some level scaling but will be disappointed if it's as bad as Oblivion's.

Anyone play 2 handed? If so does your block skill level when blocking with a 2 handed weapon? The block perks all seem to be geared towards shield use so just wondering how it works with a 2 handed weapon.

[Skyboxer]

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Having a tough time deciding on this game. I sometimes get bored w/ RPG games as there isn't always enough action and the story takes too long to develop. Looking at some YouTube videos, seems to have a good amount of action. Already have enough games as is...

Here's the double edged sword. The game can be as action oriented as you want but one of the draws and probably the biggest for me, is the exploration and soaking up the "world" and not just zooming through it.

[Skyboxer]

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Can't wait till Thanksgiving weekend. Only off 1 day leading up to it so my time with this game is gonna be limited but after my Black friday shopping spree its gonna be balls to the walls.

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I work tonight and tomorrow then off for 7. Sooooo pumped to get back into the game.