Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Altimus]

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I think he was asking if there were any archer kill animations similar to the weapon ones.

Yep. Anyone? I haven't seen any but I don't use the bow that much.

Also I finally got rid of the ceremonial sword and axe. I've been carrying them around since almost the beginning of the game and almost level 40 now. Good riddance. I figured I would eventually run into wherever there use was but it never happened. So I just decided to Google it as they were taking up too much weight.

[NoDakHusker]

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Yep. Anyone? I haven't seen any but I don't use the bow that much.

Also I finally got rid of the ceremonial sword and axe. I've been carrying them around since almost the beginning of the game and almost level 40 now. Good riddance. I figured I would eventually run into wherever there use was but it never happened. So I just decided to Google it as they were taking up too much weight.

As far as I know, there aren't any special bow animations like the ones you see with melee weapons. I have used the bow almost exclusively and at level 70 archery have never once seen a special kill.

Would have been cool to have some VATS-like kills with the bow.

[fishepa]

Yeah there are none with the bow or magic. Sucks...

I actually created a two hand Orc so I could see the animations. Picking off people with a bow just got repetitive.

[Jonesy]

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Yeah some kill shots like fallout or an 'arrow cam' would have been an awesome addition imo...

[N51_rob]

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Yeah there are none with the bow or magic. Sucks...

I actually created a two hand Orc so I could see the animations. Picking off people with a bow just got repetitive.

Love, love, love the

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decapitation

animations!

[Altimus]

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Love, love, love the

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decapitation

animations!

Haha, for some reason all those animations just feel rewarding. Especially if you're in some difficult fight. Or those times where some low ranked/equipped fool runs up to you for an attack. Boom!

Sucks with the bow and magic. They could have done a number of things. Next time.

[fearwhatnow]

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It's ok. Bethesda hasn't really had great or fun combat in the Elder Scrolls series yet. The games shine it a lot of other areas, but combat isn't quite one of them.

It's fun enough, and it's not really bad, but it's not something that sticks out and it's certainly no reason to get the game. If you're looking for an RPG with great combat in mind, this isn't the game for you. It's still fun, though.

It would be great if the combat was like Dead Island's one.

[aukevin]

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I beat the main quest last night. I finished it at 70 hours, leveled to 36, while also completing all Thieves Guild quests and fully restoring the Guild. I've done a couple Companion and Dark Brotherhood quests as well, and cleared quite a few dungeons. So now I'm free to do whatever I guess, so I'll join back up with the Dark Brotherhood and do their quests while finally moving out of Whiterun to set up residence some where else. I have about 20k on me, maybe I'll earn a little more and move to Solitude. I guess while I'm there I can start the Civil War storyline, I didn't do anything with it other than join the Imperial Army.

[JaySmooov]

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I would just stick with a character roll.

I started out as a Nord with ideas of mainly being a melee combat beast with sword and shield with a little magic to use for healing....softening up targets and lockpicking(where is the friggin' LOCKPICKING SPELLS!!!?), but at level 30 I have "evolved".
I rarely arm my sword and shield and do some serious damage from afar with conjuring an atronarch .......using firebolt/ice blast.....conjuring up a daedra with Sanguine Rose staff(my favorite) and using Staff of Fireballs as well as my shouts to knock the $hi! out of enemies now.

Also like others have said.....just go to the journal and pick a quest and complete it....don't get sidetracked.

M.K.
Knight165

I just found it a couple days ago, but there is a stone called the Tower Stone that let's you open a expert lock once per day, I believe. If anyone wants to know, I'll put where it is in spoilers below:

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It's basically directly west of Winterhold and Directly north of Hob's Fall Cave, if you've found it. It's basically on one of the glacier, ice-island like things out past the shore, which is how I saw it, but following the shore. I had accidentally stumbled upon Ysgramor's Tomb too. Just follow the shore from Winterhold, and keep looking up. It'll be at the end/peak of one of the ice structures.

[trobinson97]

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I just wish I knew exactly what it was. In danger of losing all my saves. I downloaded the beta today and everything was fine. I started up this evening and to test a mod, and when I loaded up I was in th emiddle of a "place book on bookshelf" action. I thought it was weird, especially because I was in the general store. I tried walking outside to whiterun and the game crashed to the desktop. Okay, no biggie, tried again, same thing.

I tried different saves, and they all load up fine. The problem starts when I try to go through a door, particularly outside to Whiterun. If all I need to do is reinstall skyrim and all my mods I'll be happy.


Edit: Phew, figured it out!

[JohnnytheSkin]

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Two things:

1) The thing I really want in a next gen console is "awareness" and a true living world. Case in point:

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I'm in Solitude, I enter the castle, hear the ranting about some cave, blah blah blah. I then talk to the court mage. She acts all "holier than thou" like the mage in Whiterun, so I split her head in half with my axe. The guards confront me. I pay the meager 40 Gold (glitch!?) and spawn outside the jail. I walk back, her body is still there, everyone gives their condolences...but no one realizes that seconds/hours ago I split her in half!

2) I was bored, so again, in Solitude, I visit the Bard's College, after that fellow Sven in the first town pointed me that way. I then:

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Do the quest, find the stupid King Olaf's verse, make up the worst sounding poem, and then after the effigy I turn into a werewolf and kill everyone in the college. The one guy I can't kill, V-something, sits here with a torch all day, and no more quests.

Again, I want a living world where actions have legitimate consequences.

[Mike3207]

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I wasted 2 hours on the Wolfskull Cave and Ruins. I was able to clear the place, but then was unable to find a way out and died.

[8]

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I was fighting a dragon and then out of no where another dragon appeared and then a friggin troll. It didn't end well. Part of me doesn't even want to do the main quest. I kind of just like roaming and doing the side missions.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Mysha (my high elf mage) is still in Riverwood. For some reason, I get a wondering, Kung Fu Legend Continues vibe while playing with her, so that's what I'm gonna do. She's gonna be a boss mage and just travel around helping out people and laying down major law punishment to all the baddies.

I'm already loving the perks for the magic skill set. Half magika for restoration and destruction. Plus, its cool that you can still wear bracers with mage robes. I guess tonight I'll clear out the bounty I got for Silver Moon Camp, clear out the mine south of Riverwood, and head towards Whiterun.

[8]

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My first character is getting a little stale, think I'll make my second character tonight. I'm thinking about going the High Elf route as well.