The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Hollycat]

The new Patch fixes some crashes but adds a new crash when steping in between two rocks with a certain quest activated, I tested the bug 6 times and it is only when you walk between the two rocks near windhelm. the quest in question is one of the civil war chapters

[Flying Arrow]

Great, thanks. I spent most of the afternoon playing. Much nicer now that I can just tank through frost enemies like I had originally planned. And now that I've upgraded my Smithing to Elven I can be both devastating and fancy in battle.

[Quindiana Jones]

On my third restart.

1. Mage. Realised Breton is now crap.
2. Mage. Found High Elf to be awesome, but realised that magic schools are a waste of perks.
3. Mage. Some perks into Archery, Pickpocket, Sneak, Enchanting and Smithing. Saving the rest for when I need them.

The game is much more fun, though I mourn the loss of the backwards flying dragons :(.

Recently saw a video on YouTube on ridiculously powerful weapons. Had a bow doing over 1000 damage! So I'm definitely gonna be making that near endgame. xD

[Hollycat]

there is a weapon floating around called U mad? that someone made
it does 358 fire, 358 lightning, and 358 ice with every hit. probably takes the whole soul power with one shot.

[Madame Adequate]

2. Mage. Found High Elf to be awesome, but realised that magic schools are a waste of perks.

But that's wrong.

[Quindiana Jones]

It's wrong in the Land of Silliness. Although I should point out that dual-cast + Impact is awesome.

[Hollycat]

I have yet to use a sheild other than tapeing the thing down in a room with two draugr and walking off

[Madame Adequate]

It's wrong in the Land of Silliness. Although I should point out that dual-cast + Impact is awesome.


Extra damage
Cheaper spellcasting
Dual-casting
Impact
Mage Armor
A bunch of other stuff


Son, if you're going Mage and not spending all your points in Magicka perks then something is deeply weird. What the hell ARE you spending your points on?

[Ultima Shadow]

[QUOTE=Quin;3043447]

Extra damage
Cheaper spellcasting
Dual-casting
Impact
Mage Armor
A bunch of other stuff


Son, if you're going Mage and not spending all your points in Magicka perks then something is deeply weird. What the hell ARE you spending your points on?
Extra damage, dual-cast and impact are the only ones that's really needed as far as Destruction goes. Cheaper spellcasting can easily be achieved with enchantments and the "special effects" like Disigenerate are not helpful either, save maybe the ice-one that can paralyze enemies. And even if you go "mage", you can still use heavy armor and such, making Mage Armor unnecessary.

The best magic-school perks are in Restoration and Conjuration... plus the "Atronach" in Alteration.

...and while I could see the "50% magic cost" perks being useful for an all-out mage who doesn't use any actual weapons at all and doesn't use lots of enchantments that lowers the casting cost... you actually have to spend a whole 5 skill points to make all the spells in a single school cost 50% less. If a single skillpoint made all the spells in a magic school cost 25% less, then 50% with a second upgrade, it would be worthwhile. But 5 skill points is too much, when you can just use enchantments instead. Well, if you ask me anyway.

As for other skills... if you go heavy/light armour mage - which is more effective than "no armour mage" - then you want to spend some skillpoints in the armour perks. Alchemy is always good for a mage too, since that's the only way to further increase the destruction damage + restore magicka quickly. So that's another non-magic skill you'd want to put skillpoints in.

Actually... "one-handed" and "archery" are also worthwhile to put skill points in for a mage who uses "bound weapons". =O

[Madame Adequate]

Yeah but by the time you get to the point where you can make that much spell cost reduction gear, of that quality, you're not going to need any perks in any trees at all except enchanting.

[Ultima Shadow]

Yeah but by the time you get to the point where you can make that much spell cost reduction gear, of that quality, you're not going to need any perks in any trees at all except enchanting.
True. I'm only speaking from a maximizing perspective. During the lower levels, when low-level spells still are useful, it's probably worthwhile. But later on, when your levels are high enough, most of those perks will be completely useless. So how quickly one levels up is an important factor.

I personally got my enchantment level to 100 quite early, since I found lots of soul gems and captured the souls of pretty much anything I killed thanks to soul-trap weapons... and then found the 50% cost perks a waste before I even got access to a single Expert perk.

Then again, I also went "sword-mage" and not pure mage.

[Quindiana Jones]

Aye. I did the normal playthrough. Now I'm on my uber-playthrough, so spell cost doesn't matter. Magic school is relatively meaningless now. My intended definite perks are:

Smithing - Heavy armour and dragon + enchanted.
Enchanting - strength up to dual enchant.
Archery - up to 50% slow time.
Destruction - to Impact.
Pickpocket - up to Extra Pockets.
Sneak - up to 15x damage.
Speech - up to the buy/sell anything perk.

I'm saving the rest. I suppose I was misleading earlier. I am a stealth/mage, in the sense of I stealth around ninjaing the crap out of everyone, but when it hits the fan I revert to pure mage and blow them all up. Sometimes killing my followers. But that Khajiit deserved it: he kept getting stuck and moving in the way at the worst possible time. He died a hilarious death, at least.

I'm considering the Alchemy stuff for hyper equipment, but I'm not sure; I might leave that for the next playthrough. I think to get that stuff done properly - nice and early - you need to focus solely on Alchemy, Smithing and Enchanting, doling out perks only to those skills. Then your super character will have it all at level 22, and will be able to focus on damage upgrades etc. afterwards.

[Quindiana Jones]

Double post for amazingness.

I just found a gay couple who had committed suicide together.

[Loony BoB]

That reminds me of when I ran into a couple who had run away from home to be together (their father clearly not approving), only to be mauled by a bear. And also (:() Meeko's Shack.

The little things that make this game so amazing.

[Quindiana Jones]

Which is Meeko's? Tree fell onto it?

[Hollycat]

http://artoftrolling.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/chatroulette-trolling-its-all-those-damn-elder-trolls.png

[CimminyCricket]

xD!! That's hilarious!

I've beaten a majority of the lengthy quest lines and have taken to seeing how far I can Shout stains out of my clothing people off of high places.

[NeoCracker]

Double post for amazingness.

I just found a gay couple who had committed suicide together.

Was there a reason OTHER then they were gay? If not it's kind of stupid, considering how many women your woman character can boink without anyone in the world raising an eyebrow. :p

[Ultima Shadow]

Was there a reason OTHER then they were gay? If not it's kind of stupid, considering how many women your woman character can boink without anyone in the world raising an eyebrow. :p
Well, your man character can marry men too, actually. My character is a 100% manly nordic man. And I've married the beardy blacksmith with the "10 Firesalts" quest. :greenie:

[Vincent, Thunder God]

http://artoftrolling.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/chatroulette-trolling-its-all-those-damn-elder-trolls.png

OMG, classic!

[Renmiri]

My female kahjit married that chick with the love letters from the start. She was annoying me too much every time i went ot the shop in Riverwood so i married my toon to her and send her to be in Solitude :p

[Quindiana Jones]

Double post for amazingness.

I just found a gay couple who had committed suicide together.

Was there a reason OTHER then they were gay? If not it's kind of stupid, considering how many women your woman character can boink without anyone in the world raising an eyebrow. :p

Well, it was actually just a Breton and a Nord dashed upon the rocks of a bandit tower thing. Nilheim, I believe. Something like that. I created the gay bit because that just seems like something Nords would do, the pricks.

[Psychotic]

Got it for Christmas.

I am a pure and utter scumbag. Turn your back for one second and I will pick your pocket and nick all your cheese and cabbages. Poor starving family struggling to make ends meet? NOT MY PROBLEM, PAY YOUR TAXES SIR. :)

[Pike]

I spent 1000g on a horse yesterday and it promptly got itself killed about ten minutes later.

Yes I am still mad about this. :colbert:

[Psychotic]

I have invented a novel way to travel: hurling myself into a river and letting the current take me where I need to go. It's even more fun when I go over huge waterfalls :D

I also encountered my first giants, but I had a plan to take them down.

THE PLAN:
Cover an arrow with frenzy poison, and stealthily fire it at a giant. He will then go crazy, and he and his pal will pummel the crap out of each other. I will finish off the weakened loser with some more stealthily fired poisoned arrows. I will then teabag their corpses, triumphant and smug.

THE REALITY:
Covered an arrow with frenzy poison, and stealthily fired it at a giant. He and his friend, instead of fighting each other, come sprinting over to me and I get blasted 100ft into the air by their clubs. :shobon:

[Madame Adequate]

On my stealthy character, I steal every single piece of cheese I can find. Every. Single. Piece. I'm hoping by the end of the game to have enough that I can drop it all and make a mountain out of it. I might bury Farengar under it.

[Psychotic]

I got the first shout. Now I am running around bellowing it everywhere, causing chaos and bedlam wherever I go. I went into the market square in Whiterun and let me tell you there are cabbages everywhere :jess:

Tamriel's biggest jerk, right here.

[Hollycat]

go to high hrothgar to get a version that lets you throw people as well, just go there, do one quest, return, and tadaa! people launching

[Flying Arrow]

Finished the main quest, the Civil War, and got married all the last few days. Very eventful. It was destiny I'm convinced.

Okay so after owning Alduin I thought it would be my duty to finish off the last few forts of Stormcloak scum for the Imperials. I happened to be way in the north and on my way to Solitude I figured I'd jump into one of the Dwemer ruins to recover Mjoll the Lionness's sword for her, like she asked. I did so, loved the Dwemer ruins, and discovered that the Dwemer ruins in the north all connect to an underground kingdom. When I first went down to Blackreach I had no idea why it had to be so big, but now I saw and was amazed. Holy Final Fantasy 4.

Anyway so I got my orders from Colonel Tigh in Solitude and traveled to Riften so I could get a-hikin' over to the Imperial camp to meet Rikke. But, suddenly, as I'm returning to Mjoll to give her her sword an Elder Dragon attacks inside Riften. Chaos ensues. Guards are shouting. The dragon perches on the blacksmith's house and starts just roasting the central market while all the guards and Mjoll and myself spread out and start trying to fend it off with arrows. It takes to the sky, but I Dragonrend it back to the ground and as it lands just outside the orphanage the whole rabble of us catch up and butcher it to pieces.

As I absorb the soul, everyone stands around amazed but I spy some fatalities being tended to in the charred market. Among them is Aerin, Mjoll's companion who saved her from the Dwemer ruin where she lost her sword. After a moment of silence (in which I tinkered with some equipment) I headed over to Mjoll and returned her sword. She was grateful and offered to accompany me as a companion. Since Aerin was dead, I figured she'd need a shoulder to rest on. Along she goes with me after I cook her up some sweet elven equipment.

So we travel the Rift and she tells me about Aerin when I stop to pack her down with equipment. We slay two dragons together and clear out a mine full of spiders. At this point, I'm taking a liking to this unfortunate and now alone-in-the-world Mjoll gal with the legendary elven warhammer. We arrive at the Imperial camp and are sent to clean up Fort Amol of Stormcloak filth, which we do with the hilarious help of Odahviing, who racks up even more kills than Me the Manbutcher.

Returning to camp to inform Rikke of our victory she sends us to Windhelm to put the finishing touches on Ulfric the traitor. Mjoll and I stroll there and as we approach the city (becoming more acquainted as she regales me with tales of how her father used to be a hunter (over and over again)) we find fire and wreckage. Colonel Tigh is at the gates rallying the troops and when he's done we storm the gates and murder everyone in Windhelm. We arrive at Ulfric's palace where he refuses to accept surrender. After a short battle, he is defeated and I land the last blow on the Sovngarde-ready Jarl. I'm hailed as a hero and in the euphoria I take Mjoll back to Riften and propose at the temple of Mara. We set up the wedding for the next day, so in the meantime we hunt a dragon together as our last tour of duty as singles. We get back to Riften and are joined in holy matrimony, Mjoll wearing the leather studded armor that recalls the wonderful moment we first met, and me in Ulfric's robe (which I made a point to keep instead of just taking and leaving it in a nearby fireplace or tossing off a cliffside as per usual after a murder).

Afterwards, Mjoll and I head over to the late Aerin's house to start our life together. A smurfing dump, so I suggest we move to my place in Whiterun. And there we live happily ever after making sweet love in my bedroom piled halfway up the wall with dragon claw keys. Also Hadvar has a habit of dropping by Whiterun, falling from the sky and then following me around town with his weapon drawn. Oh, Hadvar. :kakapo:

[Ultima Shadow]

THE PLAN:
Cover an arrow with frenzy poison, and stealthily fire it at a giant. He will then go crazy, and he and his pal will pummel the crap out of each other. I will finish off the weakened loser with some more stealthily fired poisoned arrows. I will then teabag their corpses, triumphant and smug.

THE REALITY:
Covered an arrow with frenzy poison, and stealthily fired it at a giant. He and his friend, instead of fighting each other, come sprinting over to me and I get blasted 100ft into the air by their clubs. :shobon:Yeah, using Frenzy poison was actually I thought of as well the second time I was going to fight giants. But their level is too high, and no Frenzy poison I could find would work on them. =(


Also, when finally deciding to go berserk in Whiterun with the Wabbajack, I somehow managed to create an invincible Mudcrab that never disappears! I think it must be some kind of bug, but... it's absolutely awesome! The mudcrab and some general that also can't die are now both struggling in a never-ending battle against each other. I left Whiterun, waited 24 hours, came back... and they were still at it. =)

[Quindiana Jones]

I have invented a novel way to travel: hurling myself into a river and letting the current take me where I need to go. It's even more fun when I go over huge waterfalls :D

I like doing this too, but it rarely works as the water only goes in one direction because Bethesda are lazy pricks.

[Flying Arrow]

I have invented a novel way to travel: hurling myself into a river and letting the current take me where I need to go. It's even more fun when I go over huge waterfalls :D


My girlfriend does this every time she needs to quick travel to Markarth to hike to a new location. The guards there rabble up with axes the second she gets in within eye shot so she just hops in the river and rides it to safety. I also heard you can stop fall damage by shouting Unrelenting Force at the ground just before you hit it.

Oh, and this: http://www.youtube.com/<wbr>watch?v=bJDmxtRPoGk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJDmxtRPoGk)

[Psychotic]

I was at a farm in the middle of nowhere. Some random bint goes "This place is so boring, I wish something would happen". It was at that moment a dragon rocked up out of nowhere and slaughtered her. I refused to believe this was not scripted but there's nothing on the wiki (she does not even have her own entry) so what a beautiful piece of emergent gameplay.

[Ultima Shadow]

On my stealthy character, I steal every single piece of cheese I can find. Every. Single. Piece. I'm hoping by the end of the game to have enough that I can drop it all and make a mountain out of it. I might bury Farengar under it.
Skyrim : 2500 Cheese wheels rolling off a mountain. - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCrhDamN82k&feature=related)

[Quindiana Jones]

Hah, it's like Glastonbury!

[Psychotic]

That cheese video is the best thing. Now we have a weapon that can defeat frost trolls! Finally!

I met a guy by a riverbank. Nice fella. I had a little look at his gear and inadvertently picked up a book rather than reading it. "Put that down!" said he. So I threw his book and the rest of his possessions into the river. Heh. :smug:

Also, I guess I'm a werewolf now.

[DK]

Also got this for christmas, am enjoying it so far. The sheer scale of the game is awesome, been rinsing it for two days straight and have done pretty much bollock all. I started off with my character being some armour laden warhammer toting drunken asshole, basically Robert Baratheon from SoIaF, but just before I turned off for today joined the Dark Brotherhood and stole/got given a bunch of all this crazy hax enchanted assassins armour, so I think I am going to go around stabbing people with daggers for a bit. I would love to smith and enchant some insanely hax weapons and armour but god damn if it isn't a pain in the arse to do. So much faff. Also I am crap at pickpocketing which is annoying because I want to be good at it, so I can go around and reverse pickpocket fish and troll skulls into random NPC's pockets, just for the fun of it.

[Jiro]

I... I have done so much. I need to do some more daedric quests but seriously I've adventured the fuck out of everywhere. I think it's about time I settle down, get married, and then kill everything.

[Pike]

Also, I guess I'm a werewolf now.

SAME HERE

It blew my mind.

[Tigmafuzz]

I've got almost 160 hours on my file. I'm so burned out on Skyrim. Oh my gawd.
I've killed sooooooooooooooo many dragons. It's not even funny.
I don't think there's anything left for me to do.
Seriously. I've been everywhere, I'm pretty much done with every quest I can find...
This is it. I'm done. Thisfuckinggameissodamnaddicting.jpg

[Quindiana Jones]

I punched a dragon to death. I just want people to know this. I punched a freaking dragon to death. With my kitty clawses.

[Pike]

I punched a dragon to death. I just want people to know this. I punched a freaking dragon to death. With my kitty clawses.

Cats are master race in this game

[Hollycat]

Indeed, Get the gloves of the pugilist and your claws become the equivilant of a glass sword.

[Quindiana Jones]

Not really, no. Unarmed is quickly outmatched by weaponry.

[Hollycat]

not at low levels with the gloves

[Madame Adequate]

Not really, no. Unarmed is quickly outmatched by weaponry.

Not necessarily, Heavy Armor perk plus a good set of gauntlets means a Khajiit can go unarmed for a loooong time.

[Pike]

My cat goes sword and board just because a cat going sword and board is AWESOME.

[Quindiana Jones]

Not really, no. Unarmed is quickly outmatched by weaponry.

Not necessarily, Heavy Armor perk plus a good set of gauntlets means a Khajiit can go unarmed for a loooong time.

Not in my world of leveling up! xD They quickly die out. Poor useless kitty. :(

Argonians are awesome, though. Make them look as dinosaury as possible.

[Psychotic]

All this talk of cats - I have not seen a single Khajit since I started. Someone please tell me where I can find one. I have been told there's a gang of them outside Whiterun and a band of them roving around trading, but I have not seen either.

[DK]

today I have:

Begun my work as an assassin for the brotherhood. I have established my M.O for my jobs and hope that this will lead to my deeds planting fear into the hearts of all in Skyrim. I will don my brotherhood outfit, travel to where my victim lives, introduce myself by staring at them and saying nothing. Wait until nightfall, break into their house and then backstab them while they sleep. Relieve them of their clothes, don them myself and then dance around their home covering them with cheese, meat, wooden bowls and books and then make my escape. Been very successful so far, although IDK if that is going to work on my next job. We shall see.

Unlocked the full three word version of Unrelenting Force, and so obviously ran around shouting bears down waterfalls and guards off of watchtowers and other things of that nature. I do love that shout. It's pretty much the perfect response to any query or insult or greeting anyone in the game world gives you.

Went on a break-in and pickpocketing spree in Whiterun, which lead to a rather disturbing incident when I broke into the alchemist shop at about 2 am in the morning and was somewhat unnerved to hear the owner talking to me like she normally does in the daytime, even though she wasn't anywhere to be seen. I went upstairs and into her room to find her sound asleep, but periodically spouting out her generic "i've got all the potions you need" stuff. It gave me the heebie jeebies, so I just looted her store of everything in it and left.

I also joined the werewolf club. I love being a werewolf, apart from having to deal with that silver hand base because I was getting my ass kicked horribly. That krev the skinner asshole was a proper pain in the arse, took me a few attempts to take him down but I finally did it and then went off on my merry old way being all part wolf and what have you. I quite like the daft wolf related lines the guards in cities drop on you. YOU SMELL LIKE WET DOG HA HA, IS THAT FUR I SEE IN YOUR EARS?? my favourite part of my whole evening was right before I turned off for the day, I strolled into the Inn in Markarth and asked the old bard dude for a tune. he broke out his lute and started jamming and everyone gathered around to cheer and listen, while King Robert (me) took off all his clothes, sank a few bottles of wine and danced around like a lunatic on the bar. Unfortunately I think he had one too many because he decided it would be more entertaining if all this was going on while he was a werewolf. Obviously, this didn't really sit well with the other patrons, especially when he started roaring and chasing them all over the inn, tearing them to shreds and eating them. With the people already inside and guards slowly filtering in from outside I think he managed to get through about 20 people before they decided it was not such a good idea to come in anymore. I followed them out, pinned the pub owners daughter to the ground and ripped her apart in front of them and then the guards finally managed to get me down when I was attacking someone who I think must have been an important NPC because they took a knee and just refused to die and it confused me. Either way, it was a very fun way to end the day. Bastards of Markarth, thought they had issues with the Forsworn until drunk naked werewolf Robert Baratheon rolled into town.

I do enjoy this game somewhat. :shobon:

[Pike]

All this talk of cats - I have not seen a single Khajit since I started. Someone please tell me where I can find one. I have been told there's a gang of them outside Whiterun and a band of them roving around trading, but I have not seen either.

I ran into a band of them earlier but now I can't remember where.

Being a cat makes things funny. So far I have: had people tell me to my face that no one trusts Khajit, and also (ever since doing the werewolf thing) had people ask if there is fur growing out of my ears. Um, as a matter of fact... yes.

[Madame Adequate]

All this talk of cats - I have not seen a single Khajit since I started. Someone please tell me where I can find one. I have been told there's a gang of them outside Whiterun and a band of them roving around trading, but I have not seen either.

Yeah there's a couple of roaming caravans of them. One goes between Riften and Winterhold Windhelm, the other between Whiterun and, IIRC, Dawnstar. Other than that there's a real shortage of cat people in Skyrim :(

[Flying Arrow]

All this talk of cats - I have not seen a single Khajit since I started. Someone please tell me where I can find one. I have been told there's a gang of them outside Whiterun and a band of them roving around trading, but I have not seen either.

You'll find them outside the main gates of all the major capitals (Whiterun, Windhelm, Solitude, etc.). They have little camps set up on the paths leading away from the cities, so just keep an eye out. The ones at Solitude always seem to be there (coming out of the city, they're on your left past the first arch). The Whiterun crew is sometimes not there at all. I actually ran into them today as they were "arriving" at the Whiterun gate. I watched them chat with each other for a bit but I don't think they'll actually start putting up their tents or anything.

And yeah like MILF says, you can also run into them while traveling the roads between the major capitals. I bet if you memorized the names of the members in each group you could trace out a path of some kind too (no doubt someone already has done this).

I can't say for absolutely certain, but I'm 95% sure that they don't make appearances at the smaller capitals (minus Dawnstar, where I run into them frequently). I've never seen them at Winterhold or Morthal. I doubt they ever appear at the hamlet towns like Riverwood or Shor's Stone.

Hope this helps. Warm sands. :cool:

[Psychotic]

Thank you for your kind tips. I have done all that you have said but still have not encountered Khajiit. I thought I heard one but I think it was a guard clearing his throat. Don't worry about me folks, I'll persevere! I will not be defeated in my quest to see a Khajiiit. I don't actually know what I'll do when I actually meet one. Probably punch it in the face for putting me to all this trouble.

edit: AND RIGHT AS I POST THAT, GUESS WHAT I JUST SAW! :jess:

[Loony BoB]

Could have sworn there was one of them suckers in the bar in Solitude and another in the bar in Winterhelm. And was there one in the thieves guild? It would be weird without having one in the thieves guild... but then, I can't remember seeing one there at all. x_x

[Hollycat]

theives guild is all humans. there is one in the brotherhood, and 1/3 of all assassins you encounter in the wild are kajiit

[Psychotic]

Trolls are utter perverts. I was scoping out a bandit tower, ready to make the world's most unbelievable sneak arrow shot, when I hear some really heavy breathing. I slowly turn around. On a ledge above me, is a troll, staring at me, grunting. I think it was jerking it. :|

[Flying Mullet]

Screenshot or it didn't happen.

[Quindiana Jones]

Almost every companion is a dick. When you ask them to hold your stuff, they're all "the smurf should I hold this for?". Yeah? Well smurf you guys, there's a new cat in town, and his name is Khajiit. My Khajiit friend never complained. "I will shoulder some of your burden" he'd say, happily. All I had to do was get him his Moon Amulet, et voila, we're best buds. Oh, we went everywhere, that Khajiit of some name and I. However, tragedy struck as we fought against a teleporting Gaulderson! I was waiting back, firing arrows and magic, while my best buddy distracted them with the old "sword to the face" trick; "Khajiit, you magnificent bastard!" I cried, as Dashwoodian as I could manage. The Gaulderson spectre is on the ground, weakened. It looks at me: time freezes, my hand blazes. I loose the Firebolt straight at him. An explosion blinds me!

When my eyes finally refocus, I see a horrible purple and black shadow slowing fading and reappearing threefold all over the dungeon. I don't understand! I saw the explosion connect! I look around to try to figure out what happened, and it is then that I discover the horror that I have unwittingly committed. My Khajiit, bloodied and broken, his warriors face locked in rage. I look away quickly, vanquish that foe that vanquished my friend, loot everything and flee, my thoughts focused on one haunting question...

Was he angry at me, or at the spirit that manipulated us? I will never find out. I will never be able to apologise.

I spend the next few days tracking his old crew: the merchants he was once guarding from dragons. I find them outside Dawnstar. They look at me as if to say "we understand". I speak to them, try to bring up the topic and beg for forgiveness, but they are obviously shocked as they simply repeat the same sentence over and over. Where words cannot communicate, actions must suffice. I take the Moon Amulet, my old friend's most treasured possession, his last memento of his former home, from my pocket and stare at it as if trying to will him back into existence through the amulet's sapphire eye. Hoping that it will one day find his mother, I hand it to the merchant he once protected.

She will not find it till the morning. But I hope that when she sees it, in as pristine condition as the day it was made, she will know that there are some in these barren lands who do not loathe or stigmatise the Khajiiti, that not all High Elves are oppressive wankers. She will know that her old friend died doing what he lov- oh smurf! She caught me pickpocketing! Fortunately, her ex-guard is an ex-Khajiit, and there is nobody around to witness my almighty nighttime smiting.

Rest in peace, old friends. You are together now. And I have a nifty little amulet!

[Vincent, Thunder God]

^ An epic tale Stiltzquin, well told.

[Melodies_of_life]

I really love this game. I don't even know how many hours I have in playing it. XD Some of the glitches in this game are very amusing and the things you can do to the npc's are just too brilliant. Hints this picture for those of you who haven't stumbled across it yet.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s307/Maybe_Tomorrow_07/4t88fd78.jpg

We spent 2 hours trying to get the house carl in whiterun to leave my freaking room and when she wouldn't my boyfriend ended up killing her and tossing her body in her room. haha

Oh... has anyone tried getting married in this game yet??

[Pike]

I am level 13 now.

And I feel good about myself for hiking it all the way up to High Hrothgar. That was a pretty cool trek.

I am now on a hunt for bears because some chick wants me to bring her ten (I think? Or eight? Something) bear pelts. Of course the moment you get a quest for them, they all go into hiding. :shifty:

[NorthernChaosGod]

So how often do you get hired thugs after you for stealing people's shit? I had to kill three mercs after doing the Golden Claw quest for stealing from Faendal. Or whatever his name is

[Psychotic]

I am now on a hunt for bears because some chick wants me to bring her ten (I think? Or eight? Something) bear pelts. Of course the moment you get a quest for them, they all go into hiding. :shifty:I think I have a huge stash of bear pelts tucked away. Every time I see a bear I have to skin it, or a pelt lying around in someone's house I have to steal it, but I can't bear (:jess:) the weight. So I end up dumping them back home whenever I go back there. I should really finish that sidequest.

Also I've had thugs jump me just the once, and that was while I was still in Riverwood the first time. I inadvertently discovered a witch's cabin after I left Helgen, and she did not like me finding her secret. Her sister sent thugs after me for stealing from her, rather than murdering her which you would've thought would irk her more. I also had a Dark Brotherhood assassin after me, but I don't know who wanted me dead. I'm one of them now anyway, so it's not a problem for me anymore!

[DK]

I've only been jumped once for stealing as well, by the owner of the inn in Solitude. It pissed me off because I didn't actually get caught stealing, I was just walking around and saw one of those business ledgers you can forge numbers in so I just pressed it to see what the point was, and then someone called me out and I got arrested. I paid my bounty off and everything so I thought I was cool, went out and did a big dungeon, fast travelled back to Solitude and got immediately jumped by three assholes. When I found out it was the owner of the inn who ordered the beating, I went straight back there, hired a room, followed him up to my room, closed the door behind us and caved his skull in with my warhammer. That learned the prick. :colbert:

[Madame Adequate]

I was accosted by some hired thugs when I was leaving the College in Winterhold. I did them in, read the note, and discovered that I had gravely offended Bandit Outlaw.

[Hollycat]

The Song of glitches:
Written but not composed by HC


On the first day of skyrim, a glitch appeared to me,
A random dead horse in a tree

On the second day of skyrim, a glitch appeared to me,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

On the third day of skyrim, a glitch appeared to me,
three bodies in the floor,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

On the fourth day of skyrim, a glitch appeared to me,
four mammoths flying,
three bodies in the floor,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

On the fifth day of skyrim, a glitch appeared to me,
FIVE ROOMS FILLED WITH CHEESE
four mammoths flying,
three bodies in the floor,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

On the sixth day of skyrim a glitch appeared to me,
Six cities vanishing,
FIVE ROOMS FILLED WITH CHEESE
four mammoths flying,
three bodies in the floor,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

On the seventh day of skyrim a glitch appeared to me,
seven bandits falling,
Six cities vanishing,
FIVE ROOMS FILLED WITH CHEESE
four mammoths flying,
three bodies in the floor,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

On the eighth day of skyrim a glitch appeared to me,
eight random dyings,
seven bandits falling,
Six cities vanishing,
FIVE ROOMS FILLED WITH CHEESE
four mammoths flying,
three bodies in the floor,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

On the ninth day of skyrim a glitch appeared to me,
nine giants shrinking,
eight random dyings,
seven bandits falling,
Six cities vanishing,
FIVE ROOMS FILLED WITH CHEESE
four mammoths flying,
three bodies in the floor,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

On the tenth day of skyrim a glitch appeared to me,
ten boulders bouncing,
nine giants shrinking,
eight random dyings,
seven bandits falling,
Six cities vanishing,
FIVE ROOMS FILLED WITH CHEESE
four mammoths flying,
three bodies in the floor,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

On the eleventh day of skyrim a glitch appeared to me,
eleven dragons spinning,
ten boulders bouncing,
nine giants shrinking,
eight random dyings,
seven bandits falling,
Six cities vanishing,
FIVE ROOMS FILLED WITH CHEESE
four mammoths flying,
three bodies in the floor,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

On the twelfth day of skyrim a glitch appeared to me,
twelve draugr talking,
eleven dragons spinning,
ten boulders bouncing,
nine giants shrinking,
eight random dyings,
seven bandits falling,
Six cities vanishing,
FIVE ROOMS FILLED WITH CHEESE
four mammoths flying,
three bodies in the floor,
two guards in the sky,
and a random dead horse in a tree

[NorthernChaosGod]

Well I guess I won't stop stealing people's stuff then. :monster:

[Quindiana Jones]

Just did the Skooma Cat's quest. A bittersweet moment when he mentions "Butterflies, a Fox, severed heads and cheese." THAT WAS MEEEEEEE! :( They've also changed the voice actor it seems. From the amazing Shivering Isles Sheogorath to some... weird voiced... thing.

Recently started a few new playthroughs. One as Lurtz the Uruk-Hai, just for fun. I'm going to chase children around shouting "FIND THE HALFLING! GRUUUUGH! FIND THE HALFLING!". A more in depth playthrough is to be my new Khajiit, Renrij-Dar. Gonna focus on making the ultimate stealth/assassin/thief character, rather than my current mage/archer hybrid. Finally, I'm experimenting with creating Herbert "Daring" Dashwood. He'll have a Orc follower when I get him finished.

[Ultima Shadow]

Speaking of hired thugs and marriage...

Hilarious Skyrim wedding... or how marriage works in Skyrim - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0WVg4yCHno)

^-> Best marriage ever. =D

[Psychotic]

Hahaha so the priest hired thugs to beat the hell out of the guy at his wedding and then gets uppity about it being ruined? Genius.

[CimminyCricket]

xD

Who were those Khajiit?

[Pike]

Today I Fus-Ro-Dah'd a guy off of a cliff.

And laughed heartily.

And bought a house.

And furnished about half of the house.

And spent about twenty minutes trying (and failing) to set my Butterfly in a Jar upright on a table.

And wondered WHY ON EARTH LYDIA WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD WOMAN YOU'VE GOT YOUR CORNER IN THE LOFT GET OUT OF MY BEDROOM.

[CimminyCricket]

Haha, shouting people off of cliffs. I usually spend at least a few hours a day committing a crime in Markarth so I can shout all the guards off the ledge with the guard tower.

If you shut your door (or kill Lydia) she wont' go in your room anymore.

[Psychotic]

Companions in this game are so fucking shit. I deck them out in fucking legendary steel plate armour made by me, Mr Level 100 smith (oh yeah I got to level 100, did I say? :cool:) and yet all it takes is a lone bandit to attack them, or a wolf to bite them, or a fucking butterfly to flap its wings and they go down. Is my game glitched or are they absolutely pathetic for everyone else?

Speaking of butterflies... I shot a dragonfly out of the air with my bow today :aimsun:

[Flying Arrow]

^ That's really weird. Mjoll and I travel the countryside doing various jobs, the two of us decked out in full legendary glass armor with weapon enchantments. She's a tank and totally holds her own when it comes to fisticuffs.

Maybe you've given your companions equipment with which they aren't trained? I know a lot of characters have specific skills leveled up. Mjoll has a high two-handed level, for example.

[Psychotic]

The guy I was with... Astith possibly (Dark Elf member of the Companions) is a trainer in One-Handed up to Level 75. I know he knew how to handle the Glass Sword I gave him yet he barely made a dent in anything. I must be glitched!

Just did a dungeon full of witches and a Hagraven. I kept nailing the Hagraven (not like that!) and every time I did she'd teleport to the next room of witches. Finally caught up with her on top of a rather high ledge. Didn't take any chances this time. Snuck up right behind her and shouted her right off. Felt damned satisfying :D

[Madame Adequate]

Oh Christ I detest the Falmer so strongly. Just had a dungeon FULL of the bastards, including one who had a ward spell strong enough to resist my Dragon Shouts. :Oo:

[Psychotic]

Oh Christ I detest the Falmer so strongly. Just had a dungeon FULL of the bastards, including one who had a ward spell strong enough to resist my Dragon Shouts. :Oo:I had a dungeon with them where they kept dropping down from the god damn ceiling. Scared the everloving shit out of me each time.

[CimminyCricket]

The companion you have probably level capped a few levels below you which is why they can't hold their own. Mjoll caps at level 45 for instance. I'm level 55 or something and the Markarth house carl holds his own rather well. If you like the guy you have though, just give him the final Dragon Mask which has a chance to heal and damage enemies. C:

Also, I read all about the Falmer and now I don't hate them quite as much. :C

[Flying Arrow]

What's everyone's problem with the Falmer? They're blind. Just sneak around and shoot them point blank in their stupid ugly eyeballs.

[Pike]

Took on two dragons and a sabre cat today at the same time. Felt pretty boss. (Went through about a million potions in the process, though.)

Am currently working through the quest that involves getting drunk and waking up on the other end of the map. It is glorious.

[Hollycat]

They are, but the game doesn't treat them as blind. they are still easier to evade in the dark, and if they were truely blind, you could put on shoes with muffle and walk right through every dungeon.

[Psychotic]

"Do you get to the Cloud District very often? Oh, what am I saying, of course you don't!"

Words I have heard a dozen times or more, and once again the taunt rang out as I walked through the marketplace. But this time, something was different. This time my artifact Daedric Mace connected with Nazeem's head before he finished his sentence, sending it flying clean off. I then casually paid off the 1000 gold bounty like it wasnt no thang, and considered it money well spent.

When I returned, everyone was standing over the corpse, rubbing the crotch. I helpfully stripped him and then hauled the body down to the little stream near the entrance, and dumped it in. I then conducted a thorough search for his head, finding it on a roof. Not finished there, I went over to the meat stall, took a leg of goat from a plate, and replaced it with Nazeem's head. Jackass for sale! Get your fresh jackass! Incidentally his widow watched me do this and gave me a death glare. That was awkward. It then rolled off, was kicked by a running child, and now I can't find it anywhere. :shobon:

summary: fuck nazeem

[DK]

"Do you get to the Cloud District very often? Oh what am I saying - of course you don't..."

"I actually advise the Jarl on political matters. My input is invaluable, of course. But this is all probably a bit over your head."

"Oh, it took years, but I earned my way to the top. I own Chillfurrow Farm, you see. Very successful business. Obviously."

I couldn't take it anymore. Every time I was in Whiterun, just going about minding my own business, forging daggers to enchant and sell or doing jobs for the companions, He was there. He couldn't just let me be. He had to pass comment in that condescending way of his every. single. time. I'd had enough.

And I tried, believe me I tried to do it nicely. Cleanly. I tried every way I could think of. I snuck in with enchanted gear and tried to backstab him when he was alone. I tried hiding in a corner opposite his bed where I was unseen, to shoot him with an arrow. But every time, one thing or another foiled me. Be it his annoying wife who would be outside then teleport into a corner of the room when I tried running in and backstabbing him as he slept, thinking he was alone. Her being asleep next to him and waking up even though I was silent and efficient. Worst of all, the filthy wood elf shop owner who chased me around the building, standing and staring at me silently at every turn. Ten times I tried to give him a peaceful death, ten times I failed. Eventually I snapped, as any man would. If they weren't going to let me do it the easy way, I'd do it my way.

There were no daggers. There was no sneaking. I marched into the Drunken Huntsman, my warhammer at the ready. I strolled up the stairs, into his bedroom and caved his skull in with one blow. His wife screamed and pulled a knife, I didn't care. The elf tried to shoot me with a bow, I didn't care. When the guards came for me, I happily paid my bounty and followed them to dragonsreach. But that was not the end of it, oh no. As soon as I was done, I went right back. His mangled carcass was still there on the bed just where I'd left it, with the idiot elf staring silently and his grieving wife looking over him. I stripped him of all his possessions, Including that fancy pants snazzy outfit he liked so much, which I put on myself. The protestations of his widow fell on deaf ears as I dragged his corpse downstairs, towards the Huntsmans cooking pit. Mute elf had returned to his spot behind the counter now, still watching on as I threw Nazeem's body over the spit and proceeded to pincushion it with arrows. This is where it will stay, as a warning to all Whiterun. This is what happens when you push a man to his limits. I went back upstairs and teabagged the widow, just to drive the point home, and then I left.

But I will be back Whiterun. I will be back. And you will not ask me about the smurfing Cloud district ever again. :colbert:

[Pike]

I love you guys and look forward to contributing my own Nazeem story in the future.

[Araciel]

Zug no understand funny man. Funny man keep talking. Zug get hungry. Zug kill man and put body in fire to cook flesh. Breezehome smell good.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I don't have a cool story, but I got really tired of all the smug shits in Whiterun and ended up shouting them and smashing faces with a mace. I killed a couple people whose names escape me right now.

I don't have enough money to pay off that bounty so I had to reload an earlier save to keep going. :(

[DK]

I did several new and exciting things in my session today, including:

Meeting the Falmer for the first time. They are hilariously stupid. I was in my sneak gear, my follower was in heavy armour, they charged her, I stabbed them. I quite enjoyed myself!

I also met my first Thalmor, and didn't leave a good impression. I was randomly just wandering the areas around Whiterun killing things to fill up soul gems when I saw fire and flailing swords off to the left, so I ran over to investigate. On arrival I found two dead stormcloaks, and saw three Thalmor Justicars sauntering away into the distance. I did not approve of this, and charged them without giving them a chance to explain themselves. One minute they were smugly walking back to wherever the tit they came from, next thing they knew they were arse over tit 30 feet away and being stabbed to death by a frenzied drunken dragon shouting nord. I look forward to seeing their response!

Nazeem's wife sent a bunch of thugs after me, to avenge her dear husband. I rent them asunder, and co-incidentally just happened to be outside chillfurrow farm. Piled up their corpses and left the contract note on top as a nice present for her when she gets back. :)

also while I was randomly wandering and filling soul gems I had my first real getting hilariously lost in Skyrim moment and I loved it. One minute I was outside Whiterun killing mudcrabs, and then there was a chain of events that went something like "oooh sabre cat! *kill*" "oooh wolf! *kill* "woooow mammoths! *admire*" "FROST TROLL!! *kill*" and then I realised I was in the middle of some smurfing snowed in forest in the middle of a blizzard, and I had no idea where I was. Behind the frost troll was a tomb or fort of some kind, and I could see some bandits. Surely nothing could go wrong if I jumped in to smash them down? The first two went down easily, and then a bandit chief came steaming in out of nowhere, while I was wearing my bitch gear instead of my proper armour. I was getting my ass handed to me, doing virtually no damage and having heaps taken off. I desperately looked through my inventory for something to bail me out of the situation...THE WABBAJACK! it had let me down so far with mainly poncy fire spells and none of the funny tit, but surely in this situation it would save me? I had almost no health left and shot the chief. Random fire spell, tit. Even less health, shot the chief. smurfing random daedra dremora demon is spawned and immediately kills the tit out of the bandit chief. I was still in the middle of screaming smurf YEAH as it turned around and caved my face in and killed me with one shot. Asshole. Was still funny, mind.

I ended the day going to Riverwood to see Ralof who was sure to be proud of me for being a Stormcloak now, but he wasn't there. This was upsetting but I thought i'd just leave and get on with it. As I left the house he shared with his sister and her husband I saw a chicken right in front of me, and I had my warhammer out. Chicken Polo? This surely can't go wrong! But no, apparently people don't like it when you kill their chickens. The aforementioned husband came steaming in, and was promptly massacred by Lydia. Two more followed him in and both went down with one swing apiece of my warhammer. I had a sudden rush of blood to the head, realising how weak the people of Riverwood were compared to my armoured god of death. I couldn't help it. I slaughtered all of them. Hunted them down like pigs, if they hid inside they were chased inside and none were spared. The only two people left alive in Riverwood are the now oprhaned children. All over a chicken. :shobon:

finally, this actually happened the other day but I forgot to post about it but it's too great to not mention. I was travelling to High Hrothgar a lot and getting power word locations from the greybeards, hunting down dragons and unlocking some new shouts. I can't remember which location it was, but I was on my way to one of them and when I got closer to the word wall I could see the dragon in the distance already going mental, spamming breath and flying around in battle mode. This confused me some what so I made my way in cautiously. As I got close enough for it to register as an enemy, I was pretty surprised to see it had virtually no health left. This was even more worrying. What the smurf could have screwed this Dragon up so badly that by the time I got to it it only took me two blows to fell it (as a pretty low level character with crappy equipment)? I searched the entire area, and what do you think I found? An army of Frost trolls? A dremora? Dwarvern Centurion? Nope. Literally, the only other living being that was hanging around the word wall, and the only one on the entire mountain was...an elk. just a random elk.

suffice to say I have not been anywhere near the smurfing things since.

[Tigmafuzz]

This thread is fucking gold.

[Loony BoB]

Regarding companions, I read somewhere on uesp (I think that's the site...) that companions do not level up at all, and remain at the level you were when you met them for all eternity. Something like that. If you have access to the console (PC version only, I think, but I'm not 100% sure) then you can disable/enable them and this should set their level to your current level, apparently.

[Tigmafuzz]

There's a way to get the console on the 360, although I use the roundabout way. I have a user-made program and a wifi connection from my JTAG'd 360 to my laptop. I just enter the console command into the software and hit send. Also a save editor, though that's neither here nor there. >.>
In my legit, non-hacked up file, I've already accomplished pretty much everything. In my hacked-to-the-point-of-almost-feeling-bad-about-it file, I'm busy flying through the air and shooting arrows at dragons from where they can't reach me, and carrying over 15000 pounds of hacked armor/weapons and random crap.

[G13]

Glad to see I'm not the only one plotting Nazeem's downfall. I'll show him what the business sector of the mace district looks like!

Not too many fun stories as of yet, only just picked the game up. Watched a group of "Revelers" get pummeled by an angry bear literally seconds after handing me some Honningbrew mead. Poor bastards just screamed for help as I sipped my mead at a safe distance.

[Quindiana Jones]

Speaking of :bou::bou::bou::bou: Nazguleem, I may have also enacted brutal vengeance upon him. Mine was slightly less dramatic, however.

I found him mid-afternoon, strolling around like the smug :bou::bou::bou::bou: he was. I followed him, waiting for those magic words. They may have sounded like idle banter, but to me they were permission. "Do you get to the Cloud District very often? Oh what am I sayi-". I save. I return to the game. "-ng, of course you don't". My bow is already drawn, arrowtip almost touching his nose. I let loose and away he flies, don't several stairs, landing broken in front of a town guard. He looks up at me, pauses, then draws his weapon.

I reload the save. I do it all again. When I tire of the bow, I switch to the dagger, then the sword, war axe, ebony warhammer. I must have killed him dozens of times. I still have that save, and I have no intention of saving over it.

I look forward to hearing how everybody else killed his lordship, Sir Twat of :bou::bou::bou::bou:erbury Nazeem.

Also, Muffle boots can suck a juicy bellend. Protip: toss the boots, use the spell. Spell = 100% muffle. Boots = 50%. That way you have a spare item for enchanting.

I finally completed my full Dragonscale armour a few days ago. Overall, I now have free Destruction spells and +160% bow damage as well as extra carry weight and health. It's amazing. I feel like a total beast mage now.

[Hollycat]

I went around the world, gathering baskets, put them over everyones heads, slayed nazeem in cold blood, buried him in a 3 foot tall pile of cabbages, then removed the baskets. As they all went to the pile to pick up the veggies (and the dropped murder weapon (wiped clean) an ebony dagger) they slowly came to realize there was something under the pile. and then they found him. And on that day not a single smurf was given.

[Flying Mullet]

Loving the Nazeem stories.

I was using my sprint shout to run around town and a guard asked me to stop because I was making the townspeople nervous and scaring them. I had to decline his request and then knocked him off his feet with another shout just to drive home the point that Dragonborn don't give a tit.


Also, Muffle boots can suck a juicy bellend. Protip: toss the boots, use the spell. Spell = 100% muffle. Boots = 50%. That way you have a spare item for enchanting.
I use enchanted boots with %40 sneak and %40 pickpocket. Seems to be more useful.

[Pike]

I got married to Ysolda today after a whirlwind romance. I'm glad she's into furries.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I wanna marry Ysolda. She's always flirting with me as I walk by.

[Flying Mullet]

I will find a way to make Nazeem marry me, then I will strip him naked and make him cook my meals and be slave labor for me for the rest of his life, never allowed to leave the house and definitely never allowed to go to the Cloud District.

[Rantz]

Speaking of butterflies... I shot a dragonfly out of the air with my bow today :aimsun:

I did that with a torchbug.

I was aiming for the mammoth behind it. :(

[NorthernChaosGod]

I finally made myself a full set of dragonplate armor. :monster:

Now on to getting those damned daedra hearts so I can make daedric weapons and armor. :mad2:

[Quindiana Jones]

I did that with a torchbug.

I was aiming for the mammoth behind it. :(

That torchbug will have a heroic funeral, due to sacrificing himself for the bigger good.

[Rantz]

Now on to getting those damned daedra hearts so I can make daedric weapons and armor. :mad2:

Skyrim - Daedra Heart Farming (one every 20 seconds) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-bwrUXzKKk) :monster:

As for Nazeem, Thalmor and other unpleasant folks, I mostly just use my pickpocket skill to somehow slip them out of their clothes unnoticed. They look most ridiculous when in helmet/hood, gloves, boots and a loincloth.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Haha, I actually finished my set of Daedric armor along with my sword and bow earlier. I can always just make the armor to sell now though. :monster:

If you know of a really quick way to raise alchemy/enchanting then I'll be very grateful. I do like that "hack" for cutting down on the waiting time.

[Rantz]

Best way to raise alchemy in my experience is to make the most expensive (and thus giving most experience) potions you can with the ingredients you have. Salt Pile and Death Bell makes a Slow poison, and two of Blue Butterfly Wing, Blue Mountain Flower, Hanging Moss, Nightshade makes a Damage magicka regen poison. Both of those increase Alchemy pretty quickly and net a good profit (also improving Speech)

In my playthrough I'm picking pockets all the time, so I always have a ton of rings and necklaces to enchant with fortify sneak (for grand, greater and common souls) and waterbreathing (for lesser and petty souls). I've seen guides recommending smithing iron daggers and enchanting them. Just use whatever materials you can get without going out of your way too much imo.

[Pike]

If you're into alchemy this is invaluable: Potion App - Skyrim Potion Generator (http://potionapp.com/)

[Araciel]

My 'swordhand' main character now has lost the trail of a dragon... I have to regroup.

Zug the barbarian orc just got out of prison for his murderous and semi-cannibalistic ways.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Thanks, Pike and Pontus. :monster:

I've made it my goal to make a bow and sword with ridiculous damage. Unfortunately, 100 smithing isn't enough. :(

[Flying Mullet]

Add enchantments to apparel to increase your weapon skill.

[NorthernChaosGod]

What I was going to do was up my alchemy and enchanting so that I can make a bunch of smithing gear and then drink a potion of fortify smithing to get base damage up really high. I want to save the enchantments on my apparel to add health and resist magic.

[Rantz]

That's a good plan.

Using Sneaking and Archery together is pretty overpowered in this game. I think I'll try and retain more of a challenge in my next playthrough. xD

[Jiro]

Sneaking and dagger is probably more overpowered though.

[Rantz]

In terms of raw power yeah, but then you have to forfeit the safe distance!

[Pike]

I want to make an Argonian something or other in my next playthrough. Archer or mage. I can't decide!

[Rantz]

Definitely want to be a pure mage next! I've always kind of shunned mage types but with dual wielding and crap, it seems a lot more interesting.

[Quindiana Jones]

Rantz just gave me an idea. I'm gonna start reverse pickpocketing the Executioner's Hood onto civilians before I kill them.

[Renmiri]

Fast, profitable alchemy:
1. buy all the ingredients from a vendor, under 50 gold. use barter potions / enchants if you have them
2. go to his alchemy table, use alchemy enchants if you have them
3. on the "possible" potions on your right, pick a combination of 2 ingredients that is worth more than 100 gold, pick the one you have most ingredients to make multiples.. Do not make it yet
4. go to top of ingredient list, pick the first listed as your 3rd ingredient for potion.. see if potion gold value changes.
5. Do #4 for all ingredients on list, till you get the top value for your potion. Best ones have 3-5 effects. Don't worry if the potion makes no sense (poison you but restores magica while increasing barter, for example) those potions are not to be used
6. sell all the crazy potions you did on steps 4 and 5, using any barter buff you got

[Flying Mullet]

Definitely want to be a pure mage next! I've always kind of shunned mage types but with dual wielding and crap, it seems a lot more interesting.
I'm playing a battlemage right now, pure magic offence with heavily enchanted light armor and having a blast with it.

[Pike]

It started out as just a normal day in Whiterun.

I'd come home after being out killing dragons and saving the world in order to sell some things, make some potions, reorganize my bookshelf, and otherwise relax. Then he passed me by, wearing his fancy silk clothes and that smug grin of his. "Do you visit the Cloud District very often? Oh, what am I saying. Of course you don't."

It was the lilt in his voice, I think. And finally I'd had enough.

I waited until he began to climb the stairs out of the marketplace and there was no one else around. Then I tiptoed right up behind him and crouched down. I was just close enough to him that he could hear me as I whispered "Hey. Nazeem."

He paused, but before he could turn around, I took a deep breath and unleashed an inferno from my mouth. "Yol!"

The poor sod was dead before he even hit the ground.

All over Whiterun people began running amok. "It was a murder in cold blood!" they screamed as a guard ran up to me. "You have committed crimes in the eyes of Skyrim," he said. "What do you have to say for yourself?"

I looked at him, raised one of my furry Khajiit eyebrows, and said simply, "I'm the Thane, bitch."

"Oh!" The guard tumbled over his words. "I'm terribly sorry! I won't trouble you again."

And then the guard went away and the marketplace returned to normalcy. I casually looted Nazeem's corpse and then left his naked body lying there before strolling back home to my wife, who greeted me with a loving smile and asked if I'd had any big adventures that day.

Oh yes.

Yes I had.

[Psychotic]

Cicero is the best thing in the history of anything. God damn I love having him follow me around spouting gibberish :love:

Also I kind of have a torture chamber filled with victims now. The moaning is disconcerting. But on the plus side I can beat the shit out of them and then boost my restoration skill by healing them! :jess:

[NeoCracker]

Cicero is the best thing in the history of anything. God damn I love having him follow me around spouting gibberish :love:

Regardless of my Issues with that game, Cicero Is pretty damn awesome.

[Quindiana Jones]

Cicero needs movement to coordinate with his speech. Bethesda are lazy pricks.

[Loony BoB]

My favourite temporary companion was probably that random dog that is not what would be described as a normal dog. Shame he's so temporary.

[Pike]

I had a bunch of thugs show up for no reason and wordlessly follow me around for about two days. Then I went to Whiterun and they decided to gang up on me or something. So they died. Yeah it was odd.

Guys I really want to roll an alt :( :( I don't know how much longer I can fight this urge

[Flying Mullet]

Working on the "1000 bounty in all nine holds" trophy for the PS3, I ran into a father and son in Winterhold. After unleashing an Inferno fireball point-blank into the father's face, killing him in one hit, the son is awestruck with me and asks me if I can teach him magic. I like to believe that I solved some domestic violence issues at home that day.

[NorthernChaosGod]

So I've run across a problem. I've had Lydia as my companion and I've been making her carry all my dungeon loot because she's built like an ox apparently. :P Anyway, so here's the problem, I was doing my thing and making her pick up things and ended up giving her six Iron Shields. Now I can't get them off of her. It keeps telling me that I can't take my follower's starting equipment or whatever. She started with a Steel Shield. >:[

halp?

[Araciel]

Kill her and take her stuff? Have you tried giving a better shield? Has the game been patched since you got it?

[Pike]

What version are you playing Julian? It sounds like some sort of bug.

Anyways I finally caved and rolled an alt. An Argonian mage. This is gonna be awesome. Next I'm gonna make an archer.

[Psychotic]

My favourite temporary companion was probably that random dog that is not what would be described as a normal dog. Shame he's so temporary.He's even more temporary here. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJ2TqvYKcc)

(possible spoilers, don't click if you don't instantly know what BoB is referring to here!)

[NorthernChaosGod]

Kill her and take her stuff? Have you tried giving a better shield? Has the game been patched since you got it?
She's rocking a full set of Dragonplate, including the shield. I've already accepted that she's stuck carrying the steel equipment she started with.


What version are you playing Julian? It sounds like some sort of bug.
To answer both of you, it's version 1.0something. I haven't updated it at all since I began playing, so maybe I'll just try that and see if it helps. :|

EDIT: I'm playing on 360.

[Jiro]

I had the same problem as Julian. Everything I gave Lydia ended up as her "starting equipment" in addition to being stolen. When she died - heroically - I went and sold all the crap she had nicked off me. Then I stored the Legendary Glass Battleaxe she had been using in my house as a symbol of rememberence.

[Flying Mullet]

My favourite temporary companion was probably that random dog that is not what would be described as a normal dog. Shame he's so temporary.He's even more temporary here. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJ2TqvYKcc)

(possible spoilers, don't click if you don't instantly know what BoB is referring to here!)
Lol, classic. I ran across two dragons fighting each other the other day. It was actually quite fun to watch.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I had the same problem as Julian. Everything I gave Lydia ended up as her "starting equipment" in addition to being stolen. When she died - heroically - I went and sold all the crap she had nicked off me. Then I stored the Legendary Glass Battleaxe she had been using in my house as a symbol of rememberence.
Lol, I've actually gone back to older saves a couple times to save her from death. I was pretty sad the first time I saw a Snow Bear had killed her.

[Pike]

If my horse Frost dies I instantly re-load a prior save. I love Frost. <3

[Jiro]

I would have done that except I didn't realise until way way way too late. Lydia, unlike the other companions I tried to replace her with, was actually useful and would sneak and not many any noise and wouldn't bump me into an enemy I'm trying to stealth kill. So I just assumed she was doing her job until one day she wasn't there any more. I went back to the last place I remember seeing her - fighting the dragon at Kynesgrove - and there was her beautiful self, lying dead on the ground. I wept.

Also Shadowmare or whatever the Dark Brotherhood's horse is called: it died somewhere and I can't find it to make it respawn. Gosh.

[NorthernChaosGod]

If my horse Frost dies I instantly re-load a prior save. I love Frost. <3
Holy shit, I just looked into horses and I want one. I want Shadowmere.

[Ultima Shadow]

Also Shadowmare or whatever the Dark Brotherhood's horse is called: it died somewhere and I can't find it to make it respawn. Gosh.If it actually died, it's probably impossible to get it back (unless you're playing the PC version). The only two ways it can actually die - as far as I know, anyway - is by either falling damage, or by being directly killed by the player. I've never seen my Shadowmere "die" in a battle against an actual enemy. It only gets downed, then gets back up.

[Jiro]

It apparently "respawns" 24 hours later at the place of death, according to UESPWiki. Which I would think is a pretty trustworthy source.

[Ultima Shadow]

It apparently "respawns" 24 hours later at the place of death, according to UESPWiki. Which I would think is a pretty trustworthy source.Really? That's pretty awesome then. I always reload if I accidently hit (and kill) my Shadowmere with my hyper-enchanted two-handed daedric greatsword of doom. If it does respawn, I shouldn't have to worry about that. Gotta try this out.

[G13]

Just got the Standing Stones cheevo after visiting my tenth. :Oo: Apparently the game is counting how many times I've visited one rather than how many I've found.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Just got the Standing Stones cheevo after visiting my tenth. :Oo: Apparently the game is counting how many times I've visited one rather than how many I've found.
The same thing happened with me. xD

[Rantz]

Yeah, I read about that bug. Silly Bethesda. :P

[Pike]

My new Argonian is a battlemage. I've got a fireball in one hand a mace in the other. Oh lordy I cannot even begin to express how fun it is. Douse people with fire and then smash their skull in. It's amazing.

[Shattered Dreamer]

My local HMV is still out of stock (apparently it will be in finally next week!) I would really love to finish this game now god damn it :/

[Hollycat]

Did you sell your copy or something. Also, though shalt not use the name of the lord in vain.

[Pike]

Did you sell your copy or something. Also, though shalt not use the name of the lord in vain.

I'm sure Talos doesn't care how we use his name!

[Hollycat]

I Kajee twhat you did there.

[G13]

Just fought two dragons and a sabre cat, then another dragon and two bears about a minute after. Fight of my life, I tell you! It's sad that I'm more scared of a bear than I am a dragon, though. Dang things just don't stop charging!

[Shattered Dreamer]

Did you sell your copy or something. Also, though shalt not use the name of the lord in vain.

My 2nd copy disc cracked in the exact same place as the first. Thought my PS3 cracked it but it has never done it to any of my other games! It turned out it was a piece of sharp plastic in the game box :/ I have disc insurance so the replacement is free!

[Loony BoB]

Cracked in the same place? Where they buying these cheap discs? You should go to the store and preach to them about how "You wouldn't steal a car, so..."

[Psychotic]

Fought my first Ancient Dragon. God damn. Those things simply do not smurf about. Winterhold is even more of a ruined titheap now. Amusingly enough, the one surviving guard pointed to one of his dead colleagues and asked me "YOU! Do YOU know anything about this?" Uh, yeah mate, it was the giant smurfing dragon. You know, the one that attacked just 5 minutes ago? The one whose very large skeleton is decomposing just behind you? That one?

[Jessweeee♪]

I'm not sure if I want to play this game or go through Dragon Age II a third time.

[Shattered Dreamer]

Cracked in the same place? Where they buying these cheap discs? You should go to the store and preach to them about how "You wouldn't steal a car, so..."

HMV, they pony'd up the first replacement no questions asked so I guess I wasn't the first to complain. This has never happened me with any other game ever!

[Shattered Dreamer]

Fought my first Ancient Dragon. God damn. Those things simply do not smurf about. Winterhold is even more of a ruined titheap now. Amusingly enough, the one surviving guard pointed to one of his dead colleagues and asked me "YOU! Do YOU know anything about this?" Uh, yeah mate, it was the giant smurfing dragon. You know, the one that attacked just 5 minutes ago? The one whose very large skeleton is decomposing just behind you? That one?

I had a similar experience to this in Winterhold. The guard approached me near the grave behind the burned down house, I shouted the guard off the mountain into the trees :bigsmile:

[Rantz]

Fought my first Ancient Dragon. God damn. Those things simply do not smurf about. Winterhold is even more of a ruined titheap now. Amusingly enough, the one surviving guard pointed to one of his dead colleagues and asked me "YOU! Do YOU know anything about this?" Uh, yeah mate, it was the giant smurfing dragon. You know, the one that attacked just 5 minutes ago? The one whose very large skeleton is decomposing just behind you? That one?

Gotta love the complete disregard for context the NPCs have sometimes. One time after I killed a dragon one of the surviving guards went with the line "You're that new member of the Companions. So you what - fetch the mead?"

[Pike]

I'm not sure if I want to play this game or go through Dragon Age II a third time.

You want to play this game.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Fought my first Ancient Dragon. God damn. Those things simply do not smurf about. Winterhold is even more of a ruined titheap now. Amusingly enough, the one surviving guard pointed to one of his dead colleagues and asked me "YOU! Do YOU know anything about this?" Uh, yeah mate, it was the giant smurfing dragon. You know, the one that attacked just 5 minutes ago? The one whose very large skeleton is decomposing just behind you? That one?

Gotta love the complete disregard for context the NPCs have sometimes. One time after I killed a dragon one of the surviving guards went with the line "You're that new member of the Companions. So you what - fetch the mead?"
Maybe I need to fight more dragons, but the NPCs always talk about the dragon I just killed when I fight them near towns. It's always "absorbed its soul" this and "can't believe my eyes" that with these people. They stop saying anything else until I leave. :nonono:

[G13]

After being ordained the Mages College's new Ach-Mage I decided to start my hunt for the fabled dragon priest masks and made the long journey back to Shearpoint to kill Krosis. What do I see upon arriving but a previously slain dragon perched up on the Word Wall. I kill it again just to eliminate the threat, and for some reason it gives me another soul. Kind of weird, but I'm too nervous and excited to question it. Just another soul to strengthen me in the upcoming battle.

Then I see him, outlined against the dark black of the Word Wall. Krosis. A long fight breaks out. After an entire store of health potions is depleted, and all my reserves of magicka are drained, I finally smite my foe and claim my prize. Then I turn around to loot those precious scales and bones and... where's the dragon body? I search everywhere, but there's no body to be found anywhere on this gods forsaken mountain. A lone fox foolishly makes its way onto the bloodstained battlefield and in my anger I launch it off the mountaintop in a fiery blaze.

I can hear the Word Wall chanting taunts at me as I sullenly reload my last save.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Lucky you, I've gotten the glitch where I kill a dragon and I don't get a fucking soul. :mad2:

I don't know what kind of build you're using or if you've already beaten Krosis again, but it's actually pretty easy if you can lure him off the cliff behind the Word Wall and shit him with arrows or magic from atop the cliff.

[G13]

From what I hear, you don't get the dragon's soul if you've killed it once already. I killed the dragon at Bonestrewn Crest again last night and it didn't even decay, let alone give me a soul. I'm quite content as long as I get bones and scales out of the exchange.

I already killed Krosis again. Apparently I saved right after killing the dragon, but don't remember doing so. Checked the chest nearby and there was a staff of ice storm in it so I spammed the crap out of him with it.

[Quindiana Jones]

Christ, I remember Krosis. Prick. I was just wondering around when I saw a dragon on top of a mountain and thought "My genocidal rampage shall never be dampened, no matter how high the mountain". I got up there, at which point the dragon ice breathed a load of health off. I saved, knowing this wasn't going to be the usual kind of slaying. As I'm dodging about, blinded by the ice, I notice that I have died. Fucking Krosis.

[Shattered Dreamer]

I remember Krosis, but I don't remember him being difficult & I can't have been more then level 10-12 when I fought him! What I do remember is fighting the dragon then Krosis coming out of nowhere to try to sneak attack me to death. Thanks to Whirlwind Sprint & some blunt force trauma to the face I made light work of him.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Christ, I remember Krosis. Prick. I was just wondering around when I saw a dragon on top of a mountain and thought "My genocidal rampage shall never be dampened, no matter how high the mountain". I got up there, at which point the dragon ice breathed a load of health off. I saved, knowing this wasn't going to be the usual kind of slaying. As I'm dodging about, blinded by the ice, I notice that I have died. Fucking Krosis.
I had a similar experience when I first fought that fuck. Except I'm a nord so Frost Dragons don't do much to me. :bigsmile: After killing that fucking dragon though, Krosis pops out of his stupid coffin and proceeding to blast me with fire all the way to Oblivion. I was glad when he fell of the ledge and I could just take potshots at him.

[Jiro]

You're surprised that commercial titles have outsold games meant for a more core market? No, I mean what? I don't understand how could that happen? Seriously? Yes I'm being sarcastic.

Commercial games franchises such as Lego, Barbie, Disney, Harry Potter, Pokemon, Call of Duty, EA Sports will always outsell more core titles and franchises such as Starcraft, Halo, Uncharted, Gears of War, Assassins Creed and so forth. It's called marketing, Wii sports is the biggest single selling title to date? As pointed out previously, sold with the Wii console, never seperately so not really buying the game. Kinect Adventures is the second best 360 game of all time? Uh, same story as Wii Sports bro, it's packaged with the Kinect sensor bar and Kinect sensor bundled 360 console. Both of which are in massive popularity right now since essentially it's easier and better than a Wii ever was.

I think the point I'm trying to make though is this; Get off your soap box about something so obvious. In fact, if these commercial franchises were not outselling the more core titles and a core title was the top selling franchise, I would be more worried. Why would that bother me? It'd mean no one is buying games anymore like they do at the moment and that would be bad because these commercial franchises are the bread and butter of the games market allowing developers to produce these core titles we enjoy because they know they can break even on the bread and butter side.[!]I just snuck up there and noticed Krosis first so I shot him in the back a couple times and then took out the dragon. Don't smurf with a ninja.[/!]

[Jessweeee♪]

Okay I am a magey imperial lady person. Any tips for a first time Elder Scrolls player?

[Pike]

Don't loot everything you see because then you'll end up carrying too much!

[NorthernChaosGod]

Don't loot everything you see until you get a follower, then you can make them pick it up with their (possibly) limitless carrying capacity. You have to actually have them pick it up using the command function though. It's what I do. :monster:

[Jiro]

Loot everything, and then drop things with a crap Money-Weight ratio. That ratio should increase as you get access to better stuff. For instance, always pick up enchanted robes because the bulk of them are 100+ gold and only 1 weight.

[Hollycat]

or just find one gold bar, exchange it for two rings worth 400 each that weigh .1.

[Pike]

Also rings and necklaces and stuff. Loot those.

[Rantz]

Also Gold.

[Shattered Dreamer]

I wondering what you all made of this Bug Conspiracy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQVfHVdDZg) yes a bug conspiracy (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/12/21/skyrim-conspiracy-theory-insects-point-toward-armageddon.aspx)

[Jessweeee♪]

I ask you for wisdom and the best you can come up with is "pick up nice things"? :colbert:

[Hollycat]

Don't waste your skill points on magic, use them to power up your armor and weapons.
Waste your dragon souls, by the point you have more then 10 total, you will start finding dragons everywhere.
Don't do the quest diplomatic immunity if you have a follower, dismiss them, then do the quest.

[G13]

There's really no good advice we could give you concerning this game. Just play and enjoy it. You can do whatever the hell you want! It's sandbox, baby. :cool:

The bug conspiracy is pretty entertaining. I wouldn't be surprised if Bethesda had planned for a big deal to be made about it. I think the conclusions drawn are a little insane, however.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I ask you for wisdom and the best you can come up with is "pick up nice things"? :colbert:
FINE. Get smithing, enchanting, and alchemy up to 100 as soon as you can if you want to just destroy things.

[Hollycat]

And don't bother learning telekenisis, worst spell ever unless you are level 55, have used all your level ups and skill points on magic, and are wearing armor that reduces spell cost.

[Shattered Dreamer]

There's really no good advice we could give you concerning this game. Just play and enjoy it. You can do whatever the hell you want! It's sandbox, baby. :cool:

The bug conspiracy is pretty entertaining. I wouldn't be surprised if Bethesda had planned for a big deal to be made about it. I think the conclusions drawn are a little insane, however.

Yeah I thought the Full Metal Alchemist connect was a bit of a stretch, I wouldn't be surprised if the bug conspiracy is a clue to what the DLC may be about

[Loony BoB]

I never used Smithing/Enchanting potions (or the bonuses for these things gained from enchanting), only got up to Dragon Armour (didn't realise at the time that Daedra armour was better - although I did use Daedra weapons) and still got to the point that I could obliterate everything. It's not a massive requirement to boost up Alchemy, basically. I suppose if you get tired of vaguely challenging fights (and that's at a push) then you could go gung-ho with that sort of thing, but I find it better to use your perks on other stuff.

[Hollycat]

play the game on master, makes it way better.

[Flying Mullet]

Max enchanting and you can be a god.

[Hollycat]

Also, when you see ulfric in heaven, take the time to fus ro dah him down to hell would you, theres a good chap.


I cannot tell you how satisfying it was to send that racist into the abyss. So then I sent the legendary warriors into the abyss. And the soldiers. And the gaurdian of heaven.

[Psychotic]

Met a "frightened woman" in the wilderness who told me she had been kidnapped by bandits, escaped, and had been lost for weeks. I pointed her to a nearby town. She then marked on my map to show where the bandits kidnapped her. I am pretty sure she went past Windhelm, Whiterun and wasn't a million miles from Morthal. What a dumb bitch.

edit: well my suspicions were just confirmed. She ran right up to a Frost Troll and punched it. It punched her. Then, wearily, I shouted them both off a snowy peak.

[G13]

My wife is a whore. :G

I had been bumping into Faendal around Whiterun every so often after my marriage to Camilla. Never found it odd until I saw him leaving my house. I asked Camilla what he was doing here, but all she said was that she had started up her own business, and here, this was my share. My wife is running a brothel! :onoes:

[Psychotic]

I was in Morthal and some lady was walking past me, but she was staring intently at a brown shape moving in the lake. "Me and Jorgen work hard to earn our living" she says, or something like it. I went into the lake to see what she was staring at. Yup, of course it was poor old Jorgen's corpse floating by. Uh, lady, I don't think he has a living anymore...

[Iceglow]

Cracked in the same place? Where they buying these cheap discs? You should go to the store and preach to them about how "You wouldn't steal a car, so..."

If he did that in my store he'd probably get punched in the face by someone :P

[Shattered Dreamer]

Cracked in the same place? Where they buying these cheap discs? You should go to the store and preach to them about how "You wouldn't steal a car, so..."

If he did that in my store he'd probably get punched in the face by someone :P

They would if they weren't all emo nerds that worked there :lol:

[Rantz]

Things I've Learned in Skyrim #548: Bandits, and only bandits, talk to themselves. Constantly.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I must sneak up on some bandits and listen to what they say.

Also, I was doing the Companions quest line and was tasked with stealing some Silver Hand plans for Aela. On my way there some random guy runs up to me as I'm fight a fucking necromancer or something and starts talking to me about holding onto something for him and he'll be back. As I was getting shot with fucking lightning as this was going on, I went with the option to just go along with it and not ask further questions. I end up with some Ebony Gauntlets of Major Smithing and this bitch runs off. I kill the necromancer and go on my merry way of killing some Silver Hand members.

Anyone know wtf that was about?

[DK]

he's a random bandit or something, it happened to me and I got attacked by a snow sabre cat or something hideous along those lines. he asks you to hold something he stole and then runs off, but then a hunter comes up and asks if you've seen him. for me while this happened the bandit went up and hid behind a rock and just watched me talking to the hunter, who promptly turned around and started spamming the bandit with arrows once i'd finished telling him i didn't see anyone. the bandit just sat there so I thought i'd help him out and I ran the hunter through and went to talk to the bandit thinking he'd want his shit back, but he just went on like BETTER NOT BETRAY ME, so I ran him through as well and kept my shiny new enchanted bow.

[Shattered Dreamer]

I'm guessing these bandits never actually come back for those items then?

[NorthernChaosGod]

Oh, sweet, I get to kill more people and get to use these to improve my weapons further. :D

[Rantz]

That happened to me too, twice. One of the times, I was in the middle of fighting a dragon, but these two dudes didn't even seem to notice the flame-breathing monster lizard standing 5 ft to their left.

[Flying Mullet]

I've always ratted out the bandit and helped the hunter make a pincushion out of the bandit the couple of times this has happened to me.

[Psychotic]

Today I attended a fancy dinner party and was tasked with creating a distraction. My idea of a distraction was to remove all of my clothes, jump around the room, and hurl platters full of fancy canapes at people. They didn't bat an eyelid. Skyrim is a funny old place.

Incidentally, speaking of removing clothes, I now have the pickpocket skill that lets me do just that. Naked Whiterun party? I THINK SO! Anyone who gives me the slightest bit of shit is just being stripped. I don't care. Also with guards, if you just take off their cuirass they look hilarious.

[Pike]

Oh man it took me so long to figure out how to create a distraction at that dinner party

[cloud_doll]

Things I've Learned in Skyrim #548: Bandits, and only bandits, talk to themselves. Constantly.

Bandits say the most horrifying things to me. Like, "You'll make a fine rug cat." and "My cousin had a cat. I killed that one too!"

[G13]

Oh man it took me so long to figure out how to create a distraction at that dinner party

I talked to that chick that was getting crap from that old Nord fella thinking I could get a quest or a handy J or something and all I got was a drink. I was about to set someone on fire when the drunk guy from before called out for a drink. So I gave him the drink and then set him on fire. :D

People didn't like that.

[Necronopticous]

Oh man it took me so long to figure out how to create a distraction at that dinner party
It took me a long time because I was so bored. Easily the worst section of the main quest line.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Things I've Learned in Skyrim #548: Bandits, and only bandits, talk to themselves. Constantly.

Bandits say the most horrifying things to me. Like, "You'll make a fine rug cat." and "My cousin had a cat. I killed that one too!"
Lol, you're a Khajiit? No one gives shit to a fellow Nord. /smug

[Shattered Dreamer]

Beat Alduin, again, not happy was way too easy :/ On the bright side finally got a replacement Skyrim copy :bigsmile:

[G13]

What does everyone see when they visit the Elder Scrolls wiki? (http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Skyrim)

[NorthernChaosGod]

I see the SOPA and PIPA thing. I'm pretty sure they've blacked out their site in protest of said acts as well as a few other sites are doing.

[G13]

I completely missed the top link. I got a little angry for a moment.

[NorthernChaosGod]

It's cool, I probably would have just seen the "block" too if I wasn't already aware of the impending protest.

[G13]

I read about Wikipedia going black just a little bit ago, I just wasn't expecting to see something so official looking on a video game wiki. Threw me for a loop.

[Bunny]

They've gone black in protest of SOPA/PIPA. Same with Wikipedia and several other sites on the internet.

Presumably.

Edit: This is what happens when I forget to hit submit.

[G13]

A courier, wearing only a pair of boots, his loincloth, and a bandana, just followed me for the entire length of Whiterun to hand deliver a letter from Falk Firebeard. Given the state of his errand boy, I am unsure of whether or not I will respond. :erm:

[Shattered Dreamer]

I completed the Crimson Ninroot quest last night, not as time consuming as I thought but not really that beneficial! I did however get to murder countless Falmer in the process & given the trouble they used to give me earlier in the game just killing them with ease now is way to much fun :bigsmile: Just the Thieves Guild questline (which I'm guessing I'm near the end of) & that me done with ever main quest line this game has! After that new character I think!

[Loony BoB]

What does everyone see when they visit the Elder Scrolls wiki? (http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Skyrim)
When it comes to the various wikis relating to Elder Scrolls, UESP > Wikia.

[Pike]

What does everyone see when they visit the Elder Scrolls wiki? (http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Skyrim)
When it comes to the various wikis relating to Elder Scrolls, UESP > Wikia.

Agreed. UESP is god-tier.

[Roogle]

And don't bother learning telekenisis, worst spell ever unless you are level 55, have used all your level ups and skill points on magic, and are wearing armor that reduces spell cost.

Telekinesis can level up the Alteration skill incredibly fast.

I am currently playing Skyrim. This is my first Western role-playing game and I have to say that I enjoy it considering the Follower system allows the game to feel like a less solitary experience. I hope that they do more things like that in then future with their games and other games like it.

It's a shame that all of us can't play online like this, huh? I think that the world is expanse enough to allow you to join a small server of friends or acquaintances and travel in pairs or something. The game already plays like a massively multiplayer online role-playing game in a sense, too, so they just need to take one more step. I don't know if I would play it if it was massive, but I certainly wouldn't mind connecting my game to like an "Eyes on Final Fantasy Skyrim" channel of some kind. Do you know what I mean?

[Psychotic]

It's a shame that all of us can't play online like this, huh? I think that the world is expanse enough to allow you to join a small server of friends or acquaintances and travel in pairs or something. The game already plays like a massively multiplayer online role-playing game in a sense, too, so they just need to take one more step. I don't know if I would play it if it was massive, but I certainly wouldn't mind connecting my game to like an "Eyes on Final Fantasy Skyrim" channel of some kind. Do you know what I mean?Yes, yes, yes, and I couldn't agree more.

[DK]

I think the game, and others like it, would be ten times better if you could co-op it. It doesn't matter how fun the world is or whatever, but dungeon crawling massive dungeons just gets a bit boring after 60+ hours. Just having a friend along would eliminate that I think. Also so many wonderous things would have been so much more fun to behold with a friend. Those of us who played Red Dead online spent so much time just riding about, stopping and going "wow dude look at the sky/horizon/etc etc" and admiring it. I want that in Skyrim.

[Madame Adequate]

They're working on it. (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Skyrim-Multiplayer-Mode-Now-Available-Through-a-PC-Mod-241170.shtml)

But yeah like a four-player coop mode would be immensely amazing and would have made this already incredible game even moreso.

[Pike]

Oh man guys can you imagine if there was an online co-op and then all of us Skyrimheads in this thread got together and kicked some dragon rear :shobon:

[G13]

This talk of online makes me think of Fable II, except better. It would be pretty great to just run up and help a guy take down a dragon he's having trouble with, tip your horned cap, and ride off into the sunset without so much as a word.

[Hollycat]

I would kill all of your spouces and companions.

[Jessweeee♪]

A courier, wearing only a pair of boots, his loincloth, and a bandana, just followed me for the entire length of Whiterun to hand deliver a letter from Falk Firebeard. Given the state of his errand boy, I am unsure of whether or not I will respond. :erm:

That guy found Mogi too. He thought maybe it was a bug that he was missing his clothes, or that perhaps they were stolen from him.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I would love to run some dungeons with you guys! Maybe have some special co-op dungeons that are harder like instances in WoW. :excited:



I would kill all of your spouces and companions.
I would slaughter you repeatedly and without mercy until you logged off.

[G13]

I thought you hated WoW... I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE ANYMORE!

[NorthernChaosGod]

I don't play WoW, but that was the easiest way I could think to describe what I meant. Don't lie to me and tell me you wouldn't want to go up against some boss that can only be taken down in co-op. :colbert:

[Psychotic]

EoFF Skyrim online would be me running around naked, stealing all of your clothes and weapons from you then dumping them somewhere out to sea. Hope this helps.

[Hollycat]

I would love to run some dungeons with you guys! Maybe have some special co-op dungeons that are harder like instances in WoW. :excited:



I would kill all of your spouces and companions.
I would slaughter you repeatedly and without mercy until you logged off.

Come at me bro, if there is any game I excel at that isn't a flash game, it's elder scrolls

[G13]

I don't play WoW, but that was the easiest way I could think to describe what I meant. Don't lie to me and tell me you wouldn't want to go up against some boss that can only be taken down in co-op. :colbert:

I wouldn't, actually. I hate companions. They get in the way and steal the kill. :colbert:

[NorthernChaosGod]

Come at me bro, if there is any game I excel at that isn't a flash game, it's elder scrolls
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I don't play WoW, but that was the easiest way I could think to describe what I meant. Don't lie to me and tell me you wouldn't want to go up against some boss that can only be taken down in co-op. :colbert:

I wouldn't, actually. I hate companions. They get in the way and steal the kill. :colbert:
You're lame. Also, I don't know how that even happens, Lydia is basically around to carry my stuff and tank for me. I get all the kills.

[G13]

Vilkas got in my way while werewolfin' some Silver Hand cronies to death and got deathed hisself. The man jumped in front of me and died, Julian. Lydia also enjoys playing on the big rocks when we're in the middle of a Falmer encampment. Companions are incredibly retarded.

I'd enjoy playing with you lot, and fighting by your side as well. What I really don't like are bosses that require a team of people to take down. If I can't do it by myself then I pass, I just cba to ask anyone to help. :redface:

[Hollycat]

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[NorthernChaosGod]

Vilkas got in my way while werewolfin' some Silver Hand cronies to death and got deathed hisself. The man jumped in front of me and died, Julian. Lydia also enjoys playing on the big rocks when we're in the middle of a Falmer encampment. Companions are incredibly retarded.

I'd enjoy playing with you lot, and fighting by your side as well. What I really don't like are bosses that require a team of people to take down. If I can't do it by myself then I pass, I just cba to ask anyone to help. :redface:
I guess I've just been really lucky then; she just likes to soak up all the magic spells flying around while I run in and shank a mage. /smug

[Ultima Shadow]

See? I told you you'd want to get the PC version. :p


I don't have a good enough computer myself, but now I have to get one just to play all the mods for this game - including that one, obviously. :greenie:

[NorthernChaosGod]

My computer is dicks. :colbert: I just wanted to play Skyrim. I didn't know I could end up combining it with ponies. :(

[Ultima Shadow]

"I wouldn't have believed it, had I not seen it with my own two eyes. But they really exist! Ponies!"



...also, I forgot to add that I think co-op in Skyrim would be awesome. And regarding "not being able to take it down alone", I think you could weight the difficulty out simply by the use of items being real-time in co-op, while the game pauses in single player.

There would be no need to drastically increase the difficulty as long as you can't pause and drink 12 potions the instant your health drops below 20%. You'd have to actually run for your life and count on support... which would be awesome. :greenie:

[Flying Mullet]

EoFF Skyrim online would be me running around naked...
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[Shattered Dreamer]

Skyrim online would be awesome! It would be interesting to see what kind of characters you all came up with!

I finished all the main questlines in the game this morning with my first character so he has now been retired. Started my second character, a Khajit ranger/thief. I'm at level 7 already & I am amazed how much the game experience improves when you actual know how to do everything affectively in the game. The sneak damage bonus with the archery is awesome aswell, I cleared a room with 6 bandits in it killing each of them silently with an arrow to the back of the head :bigsmile:

[Hollycat]

In order for Skyrim to become a truely good online game, hundreds of new quests would have to be added, several systems including trading, probably player homes, so they would basically have to open up all of Tamriel for the game, make only the major cities and quests, and then let players construct things, plus there would have to be many servers, and considering the amount of lag skyrim (1/12th of tamriel) experiences, playing such a game without it being completely frozen all the time or constant loading would have to wait till at the very soonest the next gen of consoles, probably the one after, and that is assuming they are using the current level of graphics, anything better would cause extreme strain on the system, unless they start borrowing from the Just Cause project, lok at the significant difference in loading times between oblivion and skyrim!

Plus, if you think there are bugs now, wait until you see all of Tamriel opened up. There is a reason Maiq the Liar talks about why Skyrim isn't an online game, and it is that the sheer amount of work to make such a game with at least the play time for every player would take around 30 years to make, and then they would have to remake the textures and meshes for current gen consoles. I doubt such a game will ever be constructed, and even if it is, there is no way it would be until a game has been made for each of the races and territories. And then there will probably be a WAR OF THE FALMER game, because many players have already expressed wanting to know more about the war between the dwemer and falmer.

Be happy with the game you have, and the fact they will make more instead of spending many years making a game that will probably fall short of expectations.

[Psychotic]

So which message board did you copy and paste that from? GameFAQs? No-one mentioned it being an MMO. :p

[Hollycat]

I wrote it about 5 seconds ago.

[Roogle]

In order for Skyrim to become a truely good online game, hundreds of new quests would have to be added, several systems including trading, probably player homes, so they would basically have to open up all of Tamriel for the game, make only the major cities and quests.

What I was trying to say earlier was that it would make a good game with online capabilities. This would mean that the game would be an exact replica of how it is now except that you could invite friends to play and progress the same quests together in the world. The character would appear on your screen as you appear on their screen and you are both Dragonborn. The fact that a PC mod is able to replicate this, albeit with some issues, shows that it is possible. I don't think anyone was talking about making it a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Then I wouldn't play it!

[Hollycat]

Well I completely misunderstood.

[Quindiana Jones]

Think Red Dead Free Roam but with dragons.

Which sounds fucking awesome.

[Madame Adequate]

I now have a Nazeem story.

I was walking around Whiterun. Just minding my business, buying some ingredients and selling some potions. I'm also incredibly baller and probably the most powerful mage in Skyrim, own tons of stuff, all that jazz.

"Do you get to the Cloud District often? Oh what am I saying, of course you don't."

No Nazeem, I don't. I'm not pretty much the Jarl's right hand or anything. I've not done a dozen quests for this city. I've not fought dragons, draugr, and Stormcloaks all over the place. No I'm just a poor peasant Nazeem, I'm sorry for getting dust on your tunic.

No. Enough. I'd had enough. I'd put up with this shit for long enough. I followed Nazeem from a distance until he was alone and I was undetected. And then - I fired my spell. But this was not any mere murder, oh no. This was a plot not to kill Nazeem but to destroy him, to stain his memory in the city of Whiterun until its walls have crumbled to dust.

I cast Frenzy. He turned and began attacking the nearest person, who happened to be old Lilith Maiden-Loom. Beautiful, attacking an old woman in broad daylight! A couple of guards along with Adrianne Avenicci ran up to help Lilith, and together he was beaten down. I walked up, healed Lilith, and everyone dispersed.

So I resurrected his corpse and led it to an obscure corner of the city, where I simply waited, taunting him, until he died a second time. Now he is simply a pile of ash and dust that the wind will scatter. Nazeem will be remembered not only as a sycophant but as a violent criminal, an attempted murderer of an old lady.

[Shattered Dreamer]

Oh god I hated Nazeem! Nice one Milf :lol:

[Quindiana Jones]

I discovered during the Dark Brotherhood questline that all Penitus Oculatus agents are Balthier. At this point, I punched myself in the face for my terrible actions and choosing to support the Stormcloaks. Fortunately, I was still on the Jagged Crown quest, so I immediately betrayed the rebels for the sake of a Sky Pirate.

I don't think I could live with myself if I went against the Empire now... well, except for when I do my Ba'Gamnan (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Ba'Gamnan) playthrough. Argonian two handed expert, methinks.

[Shattered Dreamer]

Major bug with The Jagged Crown quest (sided with Stormcloaks) on my 2nd playthrough. When you get into Korvanjund, the temple entrance is blocked off by tree branches & a collapsed wall, can't seem to find anything online about this bug either :/

Edit: Instead of Imperial soldiers there are 3 bandits outside the ruin! I'm confused! I'm Level 28 so this better not be a save breaking glitch!

[comma]

This game gets rather old, doesn't it? I'm at the point where I'm trying to avoid any and all sidequests or anything that isn't directly related to the main quest or something with substance. There's quite a lot of trivial crap in this game that'll have you looking for items or killing people for weeks. None of that adds to the value of the game; it's simply filler.

It's basically a really tedious experience with a few moments of fun.

[NorthernChaosGod]

This game gets rather old, doesn't it? I'm at the point where I'm trying to avoid any and all sidequests or anything that isn't directly related to the main quest or something with substance. There's quite a lot of trivial crap in this game that'll have you looking for items or killing people for weeks. None of that adds to the value of the game; it's simply filler.

It's basically a really tedious experience with a few moments of fun.
You don't like sandbox games, do you?

This game is glorious, the sheer amount of stuff to do is awesome.

[Shattered Dreamer]

This game gets rather old, doesn't it? I'm at the point where I'm trying to avoid any and all sidequests or anything that isn't directly related to the main quest or something with substance. There's quite a lot of trivial crap in this game that'll have you looking for items or killing people for weeks. None of that adds to the value of the game; it's simply filler. It's basically a really tedious experience with a few moments of fun.

You don't like sandbox games, do you?


This game is glorious, the sheer amount of stuff to do is awesome.
Sounds more like trolling to me :lol: Anyway back to my Jagged Crown problem please :/

[NorthernChaosGod]

Best be trolling. I read two posts that are dicks. :colbert:

I can't help you there though; I haven't even started the Civil War questline yet and can't really look up stuff here from the school computers. :|

[comma]

Nah, I'm not a huge fan of sandbox games. I was addicted to Skyrim, but I realized that it's really become a late-night time filler. Once I considered that I'd rather be performing tedious chores in real life than in a video game, I started getting my laundry done when it needed doing, my apartment was cleaner, and there were less species of mold growing on my dinnerware.

It's just a personal preference. I don't like working in video games. I'd rather get paid for labor.

I don't remember the problem with your Jagged Crown mission, by the way. I remember seeing something blocked by branches. Try looking for a different entrance?

[Shattered Dreamer]

I looked for another entrance already & it only has the one I'm stumped!