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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'm not sure if I want to play this game or go through Dragon Age II a third time.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
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?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
You want to play this game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessweeee♪
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rantz Rantz RevolutionGotta 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?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
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.
Lucky you, I've gotten the glitch where I kill a dragon and I don't get a smurfing 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 trout him with arrows or magic from atop the cliff.
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.
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. smurfing Krosis.
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.
I had a similar experience when I first fought that smurf. Except I'm a nord so Frost Dragons don't do much to me. :bigsmile: After killing that smurfing 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stiltzquin
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.
Okay I am a magey imperial lady person. Any tips for a first time Elder Scrolls player?
Don't loot everything you see because then you'll end up carrying too much!
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:
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.
or just find one gold bar, exchange it for two rings worth 400 each that weigh .1.
Also rings and necklaces and stuff. Loot those.
Also Gold.
I wondering what you all made of this Bug Conspiracy yes a bug conspiracy
I ask you for wisdom and the best you can come up with is "pick up nice things"? :colbert:
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.
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.
FINE. Get smithing, enchanting, and alchemy up to 100 as soon as you can if you want to just destroy things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessweeee♪
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.
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 aboutQuote:
Originally Posted by G13
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.
play the game on master, makes it way better.
Max enchanting and you can be a god.
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.
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.
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:
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...
If he did that in my store he'd probably get punched in the face by someone :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
They would if they weren't all emo nerds that worked there :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by IceglowIf he did that in my store he'd probably get punched in the face by someone :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
Things I've Learned in Skyrim #548: Bandits, and only bandits, talk to themselves. Constantly.
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 smurfing 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 smurfing 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?
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 trout 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.
I'm guessing these bandits never actually come back for those items then?
Oh, sweet, I get to kill more people and get to use these to improve my weapons further. :D
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.
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.
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 trout is just being stripped. I don't care. Also with guards, if you just take off their cuirass they look hilarious.
Oh man it took me so long to figure out how to create a distraction at that dinner party
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!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Rantz Rantz Revolution
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. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pike
People didn't like that.
It took me a long time because I was so bored. Easily the worst section of the main quest line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Lol, you're a Khajiit? No one gives trout to a fellow Nord. /smugQuote:
Originally Posted by cloud_dollBandits 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!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Rantz Rantz Revolution
Beat Alduin, again, not happy was way too easy :/ On the bright side finally got a replacement Skyrim copy :bigsmile:
What does everyone see when they visit the Elder Scrolls wiki?
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.
I completely missed the top link. I got a little angry for a moment.
It's cool, I probably would have just seen the "block" too if I wasn't already aware of the impending protest.
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.
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.
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:
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!
When it comes to the various wikis relating to Elder Scrolls, UESP > Wikia.Quote:
Originally Posted by G13
Agreed. UESP is god-tier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoBWhen it comes to the various wikis relating to Elder Scrolls, UESP > Wikia.Quote:
Originally Posted by G13
Telekinesis can level up the Alteration skill incredibly fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hypoallergenic Cactuar
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?
Yes, yes, yes, and I couldn't agree more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roogle
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.
They're working on it.
But yeah like a four-player coop mode would be immensely amazing and would have made this already incredible game even moreso.
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:
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.
I would kill all of your spouces and companions.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by G13
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 slaughter you repeatedly and without mercy until you logged off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hypoallergenic Cactuar
I thought you hated WoW... I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE ANYMORE!
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:
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.
Come at me bro, if there is any game I excel at that isn't a flash game, it's elder scrollsQuote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodI 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 slaughter you repeatedly and without mercy until you logged off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hypoallergenic Cactuar
I wouldn't, actually. I hate companions. They get in the way and steal the kill. :colbert:Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
http://i41.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:...ou:/jihlhz.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by Hypoallergenic Cactuar
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by G13I wouldn't, actually. I hate companions. They get in the way and steal the kill. :colbert:Quote:
Originally Posted by 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. /smugQuote:
Originally Posted by G13
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:
My computer is dicks. :colbert: I just wanted to play Skyrim. I didn't know I could end up combining it with ponies. :(
"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:
Second LifeQuote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
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:
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.
So which message board did you copy and paste that from? GameFAQs? No-one mentioned it being an MMO. :p
I wrote it about 5 seconds ago.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hypoallergenic Cactuar
Well I completely misunderstood.
Think Red Dead Free Roam but with dragons.
Which sounds smurfing awesome.
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 trout 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.
Oh god I hated Nazeem! Nice one Milf :lol:
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 playthrough. Argonian two handed expert, methinks.
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!
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by comma
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 :/Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodYou don't like sandbox games, do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by comma
This game is glorious, the sheer amount of stuff to do is awesome.
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. :|
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?
I looked for another entrance already & it only has the one I'm stumped!
I'm assuming you have the objective marker turned on, right? Why not just follow where it points you? It is literally telling you to walk through a broken wall with branches?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shattered Dreamer
Yes. Also I didn't get a big group of Stormcloak soldiers either, just me, the commander with the bear skin on his head, & the Stormcloak soldier who escapes Helgen. When we enter the ruins they can't get past it either. Then I went back outside to look for another way in came back inside the other 2 basically walked through the wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by commaI'm assuming you have the objective marker turned on, right? Why not just follow where it points you? It is literally telling you to walk through a broken wall with branches?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shattered Dreamer
This is my 2nd playthrough so I'm aware of how the quest is supposed to work. After googling the problem a few times I'm not the only one with this problem either.
Is there a location near you could fast travel to and then trying going inside?
Yeah, the game is full of bugs and glitches. I guess keep googling and see if anyone has found a fix. I've had several problems that I was able to fix by messing around with files or even just using the console.
There doesn't seem to be any other runes or caves that may be connected to it near by no! I'm playing on PS3 so I assume a console fix is not an optionQuote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
You leave via a different hole in the ground. Might be worth a go finding that, though I strongly doubt it'll work.
I'd still try fast traveling to the nearest location and then walking back. Reloading saves and fast traveling seem to be the fix for a lot of bugs like this according to Elder Scrolls Wikia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shattered DreamerThere doesn't seem to be any other runes or caves that may be connected to it near by no! I'm playing on PS3 so I assume a console fix is not an optionQuote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
I will give you 100,000 Septims if you stop using Elder Scroll Wanki and start using UESP.
Yeah, when I crossed that 100K boundary, I felt pretty smug. xD
I'll give you a million to just figure out the game. Yeah I have a million septims, big whup, wanna fight about it.
COME AT ME, BRO. I'll buy you off!
So why you going to get all uppity over a site? o_OQuote:
Originally Posted by Stiltzquin
Because you're an immigrant and a true American embraces the foreigners and does what he can to help them.
...right.
Is that not how the world works?
UESP needs a facelift and some breast implants, then I'll give it a go. Maybe.
Well, I killed Faendal last night. Caught him strolling out of my house like no one's business, again, and I'd finally had it. Followed him into the woods between Riverwood and Whiterun and shot him in the ass with an arrow. Then when he came at me I let my attorney, James F. Atronach, do all the talking.
I'm glad you showed that scoundrel what's up.
Did you get him to teach you how to use a bow before you tested your new expertise on him?
No, that would have been brilliant though! Have him teach me and then get my money back. Dammit! :argh:
That's a bummer. You missed out on 50 free levels in Archery, haha.
You can always use Aela for archery training. I think she's a higher level tutor anyway.
I hear you can just trade your money back with Companions, too.
I usually just pickpocket it back. Two birds with one stone.
That's pretty much what I've done with all the tutors. My pickpocket got up to 100 quite fast while getting a bunch of free levels in various things. :monster:
Just through 20K at a Master Destruction trainer because I'm impatient and want the Expert spells. Even though I knew I could afford it, I couldn't help but mourn spending my money. :(
And I couldn't just pickpocket it back because there's a 0% chance once the money gets too high. So, naturally, I tried killing her, but apparently she's essentially or whatever. :colbert:
Welp, I need a divorce.
Caught that mentally challenged woodcutter just staring at the side of my house a bit ago, then realized he was staring into a window. Then I thought "Huh, my wife's in there. She's also a whore..." and then I set him aflame with my fire breath. Nearby guard didn't like that too much, but I didn't care, I called down lightning upon him. Subsequently, lightning started hitting other people in the street, and this evolved into a full on bloodbath. No one, save for children or essentials, escaped my wrath. I even went up to Dragonsreach just to slap the Jarl around a bit. I especially enjoyed taking out my anger on Belethor. I did come back and I brought a fist full of fire with me!
Finally, I made my way into the Bannered Mare. I killed everyone I came into contact with, except for one man. Same Guevenne took one look at me, said something quite shrilly about a drinking contest, and practically punched me through the roof, thus ending my killing spree.
In truth, by the time I got to Sam I had completely forgotten what caused the spree to begin with, but I remembered once the game loaded my last save as I stood staring at the woodcutting simpleton watching stupidly at whatever was going on on the other side of that window as if nothing had ever happened.
I think maybe I'll just give my wife to Boethiah this time around, and run off to Solitude with Aela.
sam is best character b y far
I wish I could try and fight Sam, that'd be dope.
I've caught that stupid woodcutter leaving my house once before, while he seems to hang around my house quite a bit as well, and I don't like it one bit. It's at this point I'm thinking of divorcing Ysolda with the power vested in me by the State of Legendary Daedric Sword and marrying Aela.
sam is unkillable, you do know why right?
Yes, I've already received the Sanguine Rose. :roll2 That's exactly why I'd like to see what happens if I were to try and fight Sam.
He'd probably take a knee for a bit and then launch right back into kicking your ass.
I figured that much, but I want to see how he fights. I should just go to Morvunskar, since I think he's still hanging around inside.
Ugh, Belethor is another one. Annoying prick. Someone, somewhere in the Bethesda offices during the making of Skyrim, thought "well, we've got this amazing world filled with intrigue and adventure. As we all know, too much of a good thing can make gamers entitled pricks, so let's populate this magical land almost entirely with massive assholes." smurf Belethor, Nazeem, Lydia and everyone else in this godforsaken place.
Well, everyone except my new Khajiit follower (pro-tip: all followers are dicks to you, except the Khajiit ones). I've finally come to terms with the death of my last companion, Kharjo, and have decided that th best way to get past the whole thing is to deck out another Khajiit in his armour. J'zargo is my new partner incrimeheroism, though I've now enchanted the armour to resist magic. Not falling for that old trick again!
I had to kill J'zargo to pass the first College of Winterhold quest. The teacher wouldn't shoot a spell at me, but after the 'unfortunate accident' that occured, we skipped that lesson and headed straight to the ruins.
That makes me physically sick. If that had happened to me, I'd have bought a PC and used console commands so that I could kill Tolfgir and pass the quest anyway.
What really sucks is I didn't think to have my companion wait away from the college, so she ended up 'helping me' kill the other students in my class.
If I were you, I'd just start again. :D J'zargo is worth it. His quest has you blowing yourself up.
I've been thinking of finally ditching Lydia for someone else. Followers get level capped to what you were at when you met them, right? I've had Lydia for over 30 levels, I'll have to enchant her armor to resist magic and maybe raise health should I wish to keep her.
They recap if you hire them again, I believe.
I feel like a superhero in Nightingale armor. The whole situation you find yourself getting it in feels like something right out of a comic book.
Now all you need to do is change the blood upon hit into "BIFF!"s and "POW!"s.
I sacrificed his ass to a Daedric Prince after his stupid flame cloak got me mobbed by a bunch of Imperial Soldiers during a quest. Problem one of Skyrim's most annoying NPC's definitelyQuote:
Originally Posted by Cim
You make me sick.
There are far worse NPCs than J'zargo, most of which have already been identified in this very thread. I hold a special place in my heart for the Khajit and Argonian NPCs, they're too few and far between imo. It gets tiresome listening to that faux-Schwarzenegger accent the many citizens of Skyrim seem to sport.
On the subject of voices, am I the only person who finds it absolutely magical that Jason Marsden is a commonly heard voice? Every time I encounter one of his characters my subconscious withdraws back to the days that Boy Meets World was still on the air. Good times. :jess:
The only episode of that show I ever saw was the one with the school murders.
Who does he voice? :OQuote:
Originally Posted by G13
Mostly elves. I think I've encountered an Imperial he voiced. There have been a few quest characters, but I can't name them off the top of my head.
Here's a vid:
Now I'm reminded of all the singing in the Goofy Movie. :shiny:
Hc, bro, you're missing out. That was only an alright episode in an excellent series.
Now I just wish they'd throw in a "Feeny! Fee he heeny! Feeeeny!"
EDIT: Man, that's not even the same guy, is it? :(
Naw, you're thinking of Will Friedle, the dude who played Eric. Jason Marsden was his friend in the beginning of the series. He wasn't really in very many episodes, that's just the first thing I think of when I hear his voice.
STORMCLOAKS OR IMPERIALS?
Go.
Also. Sven. Huh. I sacrificed him to a Daedra and he became possessed by her. So he won't be singing that song anymore. :shobon:
I'm probably going to choose Imperials; I don't want two guys running around using the Thu'um. :greenie:
Imperials. Say what you will about the Empire but at least Solitude doesn't have a ghetto. Ulfric's a stupid jerk anyway. I'm glad I killed him and then took his clothes and married my wife in them.
Unrelated, I went to do a 'find the source of power' quest and the barrow I went to had a subplot going on involving a Redguard and Argonian treasure hunters. Every time I feel like I'm just about done with the game content-wise, I run up on a location that has a whole story going on and get pulled in again. :jess: Then again I haven't done any of the Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood questlines. I'm saving those for my next character: a racist, hate-filled Dark Elf whose fervor for worshiping the Daedric Princes leads him to kill each and every priest of the Divines that he meets. A charming fellow.
Un-unrelated, is it me or do half the sub-plots that take place in crypts or tombs involve someone trying to learn necromancy and resurrect a loved one/raise an army of undead/some variation of this? I swear I've run into like three or four in the last two nights of playing.
Yeah, I was all for joining a rebellion until he was all "NATIVE PRIDE" and then I was like, "Dude, I was the Nerevarine, smurf that." and joined up with the Imps.
Given that I'm neither a Nazi nor an Idiot, Imperials.
What the Stormcloaks like to forget is that the Empire is the only thing keeping the Dominion out of Skyrim.
Went Stormcloak after the whole "we're going to behead you anyway" incident at Helgen. Then, halfway through Jagged Crown, I completed the Dark Brotherhood questline and realised that all the Penitus Oculatus agents are Balthier and immediately changed to Imperials. As I said before, I'll probably side with the Stormcloaks when I do my Ba'gamnan playthrough.
Not doin' too good a job of that what with the existence of a Thalmor Embassy and the Aldmeri Inquisition goin' on.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
(SPOILER)The Concordat was accepted because the only other option was absolute destruction, which wouldn't help anyone in the Empire. The Thalmor would have taken Cyrodiil and would be attacking Skyrim from two sides. Skyrim would fall, lots of people would die. Emperor Titus II, a pretty cool guy, knew this so accepted the terms with the intention of rebuilding their strength and launching a massive counterattack, then Ulfric Stormtwat ((SPOILER)an unwitting pawn of the Dominion, specifically installed so as to destabilise the Empire and make everyone more easy to take over after the civil war) gets in a huff and ruins everything.
Did you know...?
Every single post that does not say "Stormcloaks" is wrong? Well, they are!
I mean I expected it of Huxley, but the rest of you disappoint me. It's kind of cool when you and Ulfric team up and he starts shouting at everything. And look, while I feel for the Argonians, SKYRIM FOR THE NORDS. Get out of my smurfing country you god damn immigant trash Dunmer sons of bitches. :colbert:
Well that's good, I'd hate it if the Dominion showed up and began kidnapping Skyrim's citizens and placing them in torture dungeons at will OH WAIT. :doublecolbert:Quote:
Originally Posted by Huxley
Also think you'll find there's something even more compelling keeping the Dominion out of Skyrim than the sissypants Empire. (SPOILER)Me. :smug:
Two people shouting people to death? There can be only one. :colbert:
HEIL HIGH KING ULFRIC STORMCLOAK GLORY TO THE NORDS DEATH TO THE IMPERIALS!
Seriously smurf the Imperials, bunch of ponces licking the boots of elves. I had pretty much decided to side with the stormcloaks from the start, whoever mentioned the whole Helgen thing I agree with. That didn't sit well. Then the Dark Brotherhood pretty much settled it for me, my first crew I worked for, my "family", I would have done anything for those smurfs and well, you know how that turns out. Pretty much sealed the deal for me, every Imperial must die. And christ I hate the Thalmor. And elves in general. smurf all of them. :colbert:
I haven't played Skyrim in like a week. :( I miss all you bros here in Skyrim General Thread; once I finish my current game of EU3 I'm going to jump back into it
DK's from the south west so it's to be expected of him.
I can't be the only one who is SICK TO smurfING DEATH of endless Dwarven indentikit cut & paste dungeons called Ijsenfindijlfnxcjiszel and have absolutely nothing of interest in there apart from bits of metal that are too heavy and enemies that look like giant golden ovaries?
Here's a basic runthrough of every one of these dungeons:
1. Kill bandits at the entrance
2. Kill golden ovaries inside
3. Kill Falmer deeper inside
4. Leave
At least the caves have challenging enemies (Draugr Overlords) and at the very least smurfing door puzzles or something. And they don't take 45 minutes of running through miles of identical corridors of pistons, getting occasionally jumped by a robot spider that falls to pieces under anything heavier than a small breeze in their direction.
I'm sorry, I just spent about an hour trudging through the latest one only to discover my prize was a greater soul gem and a small door which just led back outside less than 100 yards from the entrance.
The one to find the Elder Scroll is pretty fun, though that may be due to the massive jump that you can take to skip a half hour's trudging. But yeah, "custom made dungeons" was never going to be true with a company like Bethesda.
Just encountered a Draugr Death Overlord. (No I don't mean the vanilla Draugr Overlord or Deathlord or whatever, this is a step even higher than those assholes!) My first reaction was to hit him with a blast of the old Fus. His reaction to spying me was exactly the same thing. It ended up like that scene in Episode 3 when Obi-Wan and Anakin try to force push each other at the same time, and then both get sent flying. It was great.
Also what is it about Dawnstar and Winterhold that means that a dragon shows up whenever I do? I feel like Zidane from FFIX. This time in Winterhold I killed a dragon on top of a rooftop. A guard, seeing the battle was over, walked up to a dead colleague and announced "I'm going to find whoever did this". With great comedic timing, the dead dragon slid off the roof and fell onto his head. Good job guard, you found the murderer!
I spent two hours creating my character then decided I didn't like it and started from scratch, I think I may get it on PC so I can download some mods so I can have a normal looking character, I am boring when it comes to character creations. :roll2
Ahaha this is great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
WELCOME TO THE ELDER SCROLLSQuote:
Originally Posted by Rianoa
Has anyone started the quest with the drinking contest in Riften? I passed out and ended up in the Shrine of Dibella in Markarth after a drunken party - the snooty priestess forced me to clean up the mess and pay her almost 200 gold for info on where the guy who challenged me went with the staff I won. Seeking revenge, I made a bigger mess of all of her pots and trout and sneaked around, stealing all of her offerings to Dibella. Then I went outside and a tourist from Cyrodiil shopping at a jeweler's stall was killed right in front of me by an agent of the Forsworn, whom I helped the guards dispatch. Then some guy gave me a note which "must have dropped from my pocket" which read "Meet me in the Shrine of Talos." I headed there and he told me a tearful tale of how his father was murdered by the Forsworn, but now that he had his own family, he needed help to bring them down. Looking forward to seeing what happens next!
The quest you are talking about is the best one in the game, do not buy off anyone, do the quests.
Is this the one with the goat?
Because that was amazing.
Yes it is
I loved drinking with Sam. I wish I could drink with him for real. :(
Lol, yes that quest rules and the loot is awesome sauce :D
http://ragecollection.com/25600
Careful, after the quest is done there is no way to get out of there. "You can't fastravel from this location" and the portal to go back is goneQuote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
I like Erandur from the Dawnstar nightmares quest. He is a skilled mage and doesn't annoy me slobbering all over "my tane" like the housecarls. J'zargo and the other kahjeet are good too. Faendal was awesome in the sense that he barely talks but the little prick won't help you carry stolen loot if you are breaking into a house.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stiltzquin
Ya they do, I switched companions back and forth and they all recap. You can also recruit them to be blades so they live at the blades temple and you can go there to switch instead of having to travel to each one's placeQuote:
Originally Posted by Stiltzquin
lol ya that scroll got me into several messes :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Shattered Dreamer
You can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
If you are ever in ft worth you can drink with me. It'll probably be milk or something, but whatever.
Lol, I finished that quest quite some time before even bringing that up. He just hangs out in front of the portal.Quote:
Originally Posted by RenmiriCareful, after the quest is done there is no way to get out of there. "You can't fastravel from this location" and the portal to go back is goneQuote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
Boethiah is a whore! :mad2:
Every damn time I kill the merc she takes him over, says a few lines, then keeps repeating them when I try to initiate dialogue. So then I just skip that bit and kill her cult and she lets go of the merc, preventing me from finishing the quest.
smurfing. Whore.
Edit: Oh, apparently I killed everyone at Knifepoint too early. wtf, I'm punished for overachieving? :(
Edit2: She's still a whore.
Ancient Shrouded Cowl has glitched in my 2nd save, ah Bethesda how you ruin my fun some times!
I missed two quest lines for being too good at killing bad guysQuote:
Originally Posted by G13
...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vincent, Thunder GodYou can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
This sounds like the better offer. As long as we drink and I don't end up halfway across the country in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultima Shadow...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vincent, Thunder GodYou can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
:|Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodThis sounds like the better offer. As long as we drink and I don't end up halfway across the country in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultima Shadow...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vincent, Thunder GodYou can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
...well, I can't guarantee that won't happen, but it should be fine... probably. The beer is only 27%. :greenie:Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodThis sounds like the better offer. As long as we drink and I don't end up halfway across the country in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultima Shadow...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vincent, Thunder GodYou can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
You can join in too, Vincent.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/renmiri...558?tab=publicQuote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Will he wake up married to a goat ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultima Shadow...well, I can't guarantee that won't happen, but it should be fine... probably. The beer is only 27%. :greenie:Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodThis sounds like the better offer. As long as we drink and I don't end up halfway across the country in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultima Shadow...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vincent, Thunder GodYou can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
You can join in too, Vincent.
Hopefully. Got to get married someday.Quote:
Originally Posted by RenmiriWill he wake up married to a goat ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultima Shadow...well, I can't guarantee that won't happen, but it should be fine... probably. The beer is only 27%. :greenie:Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodThis sounds like the better offer. As long as we drink and I don't end up halfway across the country in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultima Shadow...And if you ever come to Sweden, I'll teach you how to drink like a real nord!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vincent, Thunder GodYou can drink with me, if you're ever in Ottawa that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod
Kinda releated fact: I've got a bottle of the world's third most expensive beer. But I only share it with vikings.
You can join in too, Vincent.
Sounds like you guys got your adventures sorted then. Goatsex and boozing, nice.
This glitch ended up having a silver lining! I've noticed I can equip either a helmet or another cowl along with the Ancient Shrouded Cowl. I'm wearing it & the Shrouded Cowl for a total head armour rating of 102 & 55% extra bow damage. This couple with my Daedric Bow with damage 128 is pretty tasty :bigsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shattered Dreamer
Jiro, goats aren't the only things that get sexed.
I was actually planning on taking advantage of a similar glitch later. Apparently you can wear a Falmer helmet along with a Dragon Mask or a circlet. I'm going to push my enchanting/alchemy/smithing even further even faster than before. :monster:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shattered DreamerThis glitch ended up having a silver lining! I've noticed I can equip either a helmet or another cowl along with the Ancient Shrouded Cowl. I'm wearing it & the Shrouded Cowl for a total head armour rating of 102 & 55% extra bow damage. This couple with my Daedric Bow with damage 128 is pretty tasty :bigsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shattered Dreamer
why have I not found this shrouded cow? I thought I had done everything in the game now!
You know that tree in Whiterun? Just up the steps from the marketplace? It's just there. I guess it's kind of easy to miss if you're heading up the stairs. It doesn't really do much, it just kind of sits in its field.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hypoallergenic Cactuar
I few months ago I had a follower named Illia. I accidentally banished her from my service and was unable to recruit her back into my service. I had all but forgotten about her until recently when I found her wandering in the area surrounding Winterhold(?) which is nearly all the way across the map from where she is supposed to be after being dismissed: Darklight Tower. I still can't recruit her, but it was nice to finally find her.
I actually killed Lydia by accident with one misplaced power attack. We'd found a group of bandits near a lake in two joined towers, and just when I thought I had found one of them after an epic battle, I swung my trusty mace of Molag Bal and killed her in one hit. Immediately I stripped her of her clothes and other possessions in grief and dismay, and, finding myself grossly over-encumbered, dropped dragon bones and other miscellanea off the tower steps into the freezing depths below. Ah, Lydia. My first and last love. *sob*
You. Monster. :colbert:
I'm furious that you can't just tell the Blades to smurf off when they (SPOILER)tell (not smurfing ask!) you to kill Parthunax. If you were Jean Luc Picard or Liam Neeson, then maybe I'd listen to you, but you're just Max Von Esbern, some nobody that I couldn't care less about.
Pricks. I Fus Ro Dah'd then both for about a quarter hour after the game refused to let me say "I'm not going to do it. smurf off. I'm the Dragonborn. I give the orders. So smurf off". Massive, massive :bou::bou::bou::bou:s. Arngeir is the better character and voice actor. smurf off Esbern. smurf. Right. Off.
... wanker.
I'm curious, what level is everyone at? Also, how much playtime do you have?
I'm level 48 and have about 95 hours.
Both saves are at level 45, 1st save took me 130 plus hours to get there but I didn't level grind any skill they just improved as I needed to use them in comparison to save 2 where I'm at 60ish hours but grinded quite a few skills to get there.
I stopped at level 50. not sure how much time. If I continue, I probably wont level up much more since I don't ever use magic.
I think I'm level 30 something with about 50 or 60 hours. Yeah I got distracted by other games :shifty:
Why not? I've seen some pretty neat ways to grind up some magic, especially alteration. I plan on grinding everything to 100 after I finally get everything I actually use to 100.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hypoallergenic Cactuar
Pike, I am disappoint.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
I was like 55 after 110ish hours of play time. Do you have any smurfing idea how awesome it is to just walk everywhere? I mean riding is fun too but my horse died so I took to foot and smurf yeah I am a ranger of the north bitches.