Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Bellsprout]

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The Dark Brotherhood is freaking awesome, man.

The intro mission, after you wake up... amazing.

[Bellsprout]

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I never thought of this.

Easy exploit for leveling up a skill for free (Spoilered for those that don't want to be tempted):

Spoiler

2nd tip - get free training from a follower: Some trainers can become followers, allowing you to receive free training from them this way: Ask a trainer to follower you, train as much as you can, then browse the trainer's inventory and get your gold back! Hiring followers like Aela, Athis, Farkas, Faendal, Njada and Vilkas will surely help you boost your skill and character levels without paying for the training.

[Burns11]

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I never thought of this.

Easy exploit for leveling up a skill for free (Spoilered for those that don't want to be tempted):

Spoiler

2nd tip - get free training from a follower: Some trainers can become followers, allowing you to receive free training from them this way: Ask a trainer to follower you, train as much as you can, then browse the trainer's inventory and get your gold back! Hiring followers like Aela, Athis, Farkas, Faendal, Njada and Vilkas will surely help you boost your skill and character levels without paying for the training.

If you are going to cheat, why not go whole hog and just use the Oghma Infinitum dupe glitch?

[Bellsprout]

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If you are going to cheat, why not go whole hog and just use the Oghma Infinitum dupe glitch?

I'm not going to cheat, I just found that interesting in a "how the hell do they allow that?" way.

[myghty]

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Finally got my first platinum trophy with this game (I had to go for it after i realized I had 91% of the trophies already). Just started a new character and it feels like a completely different game. Now I just run around with my stealth character hunting, gathering, and stealing.

Grats man. I heard its time consuming. Im barely at lvl 20 & enjoying every moment.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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So much for taking a day or two off. I'm already getting the itch again, haha. I guess two days off in a row is bit much to handle because something about Sunday nights makes me think I'm getting burnt out.

So, either start a new character tonight or do some Guild jobs.

[Altimus]

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In my travels on the way to give someone an amulet I run into a group of Orc hunters. I get off the horse and go give the amulet to the person. While this is happening the Orc hunters kill an animal and my horse goes into berserker mode and goes after them. Kills one while the second one ended up attacking me. Shadowmere, the defender of all animals.

[trobinson97]

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Now on Steam: Beta Update for Skyrim

Skyrim is using Steam’s beta functionality to give users an early look at the 1.4 Update currently in development.

What does beta mean? This patch is still in development. Apply the update at your own risk and only if you are affected by issues listed in the fix notes.

Be sure to back up your saved games or simply be careful not to overwrite your existing saves. If you decide to opt out of the beta program, your old saves will still work with the current release of Skyrim (v 1.3).

Beta Patch Notes (1.4.15)

NEW FEATURES

• Skyrim launcher support for Steam Workshop*

BUG FIXES

• General optimizations for memory and performance
• Optimized bookshelf script in player-owned houses that would occasionally cause active scripts to lag and also cause an increase to saved games filesize (PS3)

Improved compiler optimization settings

• Memory optimizations related to scripting
• Fixed crashes related to pathing and AI
• Fixed crash in Haemar's Shame if player had already completed "A Daedra's Best Friend"
• Fixed rare crash with loading saved games
• Fixed issue with accented characters not displaying properly at the end of a line
• Fixed issue where quests would incorrectly progress after reloading a save
• Fixed issues with placing and removing books from bookshelves in the player's home
• Fixed issue where weapon racks and plaques would not work correctly in player's house if player immediately visits their house before purchasing any furnishing.
• Fixed issue where the player house in Windhelm would not clean up properly
• Fixed crash related to giant attacks and absorb spells
• Fixed issue with ash piles not cleaning up properly
• Fixed occasional issue where overwriting an existing save would fail
• Fixed memory crash with container menu
• Fixed infinite loop with bookshelves
• Fixed issue where traps in Shalidor's Maze would not work properly in French, German, Spanish and Italian versions
• Fixed issue where transforming back to human from werewolf would occasionally fail
• Bows and daggers will display properly when placed on weapon racks

QUEST FIXES

• The Unusual Gem inside the Thalmor Embassy is now accessible after finishing "Diplomatic Immunity"
• In "Breaching Security", the quest token is no longer required to receive a fortune reading from Olava the Feeble
• Fixed issue where Galmar would not complete Joining the Stormcloaks properly if "Season Unending" was an active quest
• Fixed issue where starting "Season Unending" after finishing "Joining the Stormcloaks" would prevent "The Jagged Crown" from starting properly.
• Fixed issue progressing through "Message to Whiterun" while "Season Unending" was still open would block progression for both quests.
• In "Arniel's Endeavor", fixed issue where a quest journal would trigger multiple times
• In "Forbidden Legend", the amulet fragment can no longer disappear after player leaves a dungeon without taking it
• Fixed rare issue in "Forbidden Legend" where killing Mikrul Gauldurson while sneaking would make his corpse unaccessible
• In "The White Phial", the phial can no longer disappear if player leaves dungeon without taking it
• "The White Phial" will now start properly if player already has a briar heart in their inventory
• Player can no longer get stuck in Misty Grove after completing "A Night to Remember"
• Fixed issue where leaving Riften during "A Chance Arrangement" would prevent quest from progressing
• In "Darkness Returns", a door in Twilight Sepulcher will properly open if the player leaves the dungeon for an extended period of time before completing the quest
• In "Revealing the Unseen", if the player leaves the Oculory for an extended period of time after placing the focusing crystal and returns, the quest will proceed correctly
• "Onmund's Request" will now start properly if player has already found Enthir's staff before receiving this quest
• Fixed instance where Tonilia would stop buying stolen items and also would not give Guild Leader Armor
• "Repairing the Phial" will start properly if player already has unmelting snow or mammoth tusk in their inventory
• Finding Pantea's Flute before speaking with Pantea no longer prevents her quest from updating
• In "The Break of Dawn", fixed rare instance where a quest object would spawn incorrectly on the Katariah during Hail Sithis
• Fixed rare issue in "The Mind of Madness" where player is unable to equip the Wabbajack
• Fixed issue in "Pieces of the Past" where Mehrunes Dagon's Razor will not trigger properly if player leaves the cell for extended period of time before activating it
• "Blood's Honor" will start properly if you visited and completed Driftshade and an extended period of time passes before starting the quest.
• Fixed rare issue where "Dampened Spirits" would not start properly
• Fixed issue where killing guards in Cidhna Mine would block progression for "No One Escapes Cidhna Mine"
• Fixed numerous issues with "Blood on the Ice" not triggering properly
• In "Blood on the Ice", Calixto can now be killed if player owns a house in Windhelm
• In "The Cure for Madness", killing Cicero then resurrecting him no longer impedes quest progress
• Fixed rare issue in "To Kill an Empire" where an NPC would fail to die properly
• Clearing Knifepoint Ridge before starting "Boethiah's Champion" no longer prevents quest from starting.

[Cusefan]

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Does anyone know of any good locations where I can get lots of soul gems? I buy them when I can but I'm looking to power level my enchanting.

[trobinson97]

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Does anyone know of any good locations where I can get lots of soul gems? I buy them when I can but I'm looking to power level my enchanting.

Just check the misc section of general store clerks and wizard merchants (like the jarls' wizards). Blackreach has a lot of gemstone veins that yield a lot too. I've gotten a lot of black and grand soul gems from those. The mechanical enemies in dwemer ruins hold a lot of soul gems as well.

[Jonesy]

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I think you can break into the alchemist lady in whiterun's store at night and steal a fair few.

[Burns11]

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There are a bunch in the mage's college that are extremely easy to steal.

[Jonesy]

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There are a bunch in the mage's college that are extremely easy to steal.

I could be wrong but i think they respawn pretty regularly as well.

[Mabster]

Fast traveling between Markarth and Riften takes a day + 1 hour. Start in one location and buy out the general store, travel to the other city and clean those vendors out too. Travel back to the first one and the store should be restocked since a couple in game days have passed. Check the travel times between the mages college and another town since the college has 3-4 people that sell gems.

There's also Azura's Star or Black Star, visit Azura's shrine for more details...

Sent from my OG EVO 4G

[pietasterp]

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I'd be interested to hear what you guys think of the combat in this game. Since that's the bulk of what you do in any RPG, I'd like to know whether you think it's, for lack of a better term, "fun".

I ask this because while I think Fallout 3 was a really good game, the combat in my opinion is not particularly fun, which is a huge issue since that's 90% of what you do in the game. The whole thing felt like an awkward chore, and I surmise it's because they tried to mash-up action and under-the-hood-RPG-math, and it ended up being forced and not fluid at all. Especially the melee weapons, which I guess would be a big part of an RPG like Skyrim. Since the engine is essentially the same, I'd be interested to know what you all think...