The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Siliconmaster]

That was beautiful.

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

Am I the only one experiencing horrible stuttering indoors?

[Siliconmaster]

If you're on pc and that happens, just minimize and restore it, it should stop stuttering. My guess is that it has something to do with the loading getting messed up.

[MXC]

Is there any way to carry over 500 pounds of random crap and still be able to run?

[Ifafudafi]

Is there any way to carry over 500 pounds of random crap and still be able to run?

There's a Pickpocketing perk which increases your carrying capacity by 100 and from then on you just need to enchant a couple of items to push it where you want it

(seriously man enchanting is a one-way ticket to making the game un-unwinnable)

[Siliconmaster]

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/8309/tesv2011121617463960.jpg

[Teltaur]

There's a Pickpocketing perk which increases your carrying capacity by 100 and from then on you just need to enchant a couple of items to push it where you want it

Taking a blessing from The Steed Stone (a little west of Solitude) also adds an additional 100 carry weight.

[dark navi]

So, it's winter break. I started a game when the game first came out and got to about level 15. Do you all suggest starting over with a fresh character/build?

[Warsaw]

@Silicon: modded? If so, these Skyrim mods are getting almost as pretty as the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mods (namely AtmosFEAR).

[Siliconmaster]

Only texture mods, which upped the resolution of many of them. Past that, heavy tweaking of the .ini files enabling better shadows, longer LOD distances, more trees and grass, etc. My computer is actually starting to lag slightly when viewing huge vistas outside, inside it's still 60+ fps.

[Ifafudafi]

hey, speaking of mods

http://static.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/images/3863-1-1324088115.jpg

it's like an inventory UI

that isn't shit

(there's even a search option)

you can get it here (http://skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3863)

E: It doesn't work for chests/merchants (yet, I assume), but still man it's starting to turn into a PC game

[TeeKup]

Looks like PC players can't bitch about the UI anymore.

[Cortexian]

Looks like PC players can't bitch
Challenge Accepted.

[=sw=warlord]

Looks like PC players can't bitch about the UI anymore.
It shouldn't take the community to fix what is the creators responsibility.

[Donut]

when i get this game im going to see how difficult ui mods are and whip up a morrowind style thing if its not a huge bitch. that is definitely a step in the right direction though.

but yeah, creators fault, not community's responsibility, thank god for mods, etc...

[Pooky]

It shouldn't take the community to fix what is the creators responsibility.

You must not have played Oblivion :downsgun:

[=sw=warlord]

You must not have played Oblivion :downsgun:
I try not to play persevere massively glitchy games.

[DarkHalo003]

You must not have played Oblivion :downsgun:
I guess because I missed Oblivion when it was "the shit" that nothing in Oblivion regarding the UI and how it functions bothers me. However, fucking lock-picking sucks. Like, not exactly sure what the deal is with the hating on Oblivion's UI (like I said, I'm a bit late to the party with the game), but one aspect I hate is hotkeying weapons using the 12345678 combos. gotta stretch my fingers from the WERF area to reach 678 in combat.

[Donut]

^ thats why you keep all the most important shit on 1 - 5
sword on 1, knife on 2, bow on 3, fire on 4, heal on 5, ice on 6 (never use ice). torch goes on 8.


you think this is bad? in morrowind you equip lock picks like weapons, and some doors also have traps on them, so you need another "lockpick" like object called a probe to disarm it. so theres two slots right there.

[TVTyrant]

Challenge Accepted.
Made me lol so hard.

[Pooky]

I try not to play persevere massively glitchy games.

Then why the fuck are you posting in a thread about a Bethesda game.

[=sw=warlord]

Then why the fuck are you posting in a thread about a Bethesda game.
Because I'm interested in the game.
I don't have to own something just to be interested in it.
Oblivion never interested me, Skyrim is a different matter.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x9Qw1KSyIs&feature=player_embedded#!

[TeeKup]

LOL ^

[neuro]

Skyrim physica in a nutshell

[Siliconmaster]

Haha yup. Haven't actually seen anything nearly that glitchy myself, but every now and then strange physics do make an appearance.

[TeeKup]

I've seen flying mammoths.

[Siliconmaster]

I've seen flying mammoths.

o_o

[=sw=warlord]

I've seen flying mammoths.
Do they have winston Churchill sat on them?

[TeeKup]

Mammoth charges me, hit's a small rock steppe, is immediately launched into the thermosphere. I turn around and attempt to carryout my business, mammoth lands 20 feet in front of me and dies.

EDIT:
Do they have winston Churchill sat on them?
Oh christ someone make a mod of this right now.

[neuro]

i've seen mammoths walking into trees and then sudenly appearing ON TOP of the tree.

it's quite funny to see a mammoth climb a tree.

[itszutak]

I've seen khajit caravans just sort of flying above me. A bit odd.

[Timo]

I'm glad most of the bugs in this game are funny instead of rage inducing.

[Pooky]

I try not to play persevere massively glitchy games.

It's a Bethesda game. It's going to be glitchy. If you don't like glitches or installing 50 different mods to fix the broken release then don't play it.

[=sw=warlord]

It's a Bethesda game. It's going to be glitchy. If you don't like glitches or installing 50 different mods to fix the broken release then don't play it.
OR I can wait for the game to be fixed.

[itszutak]

OR I can wait for the game to be fixed.How familiar would you say you were with bethesda games?

[=sw=warlord]

How familiar would you say you were with bethesda games?
I'm a patient man.

[Pooky]

I'm a patient man.

So basically not familiar at all.

[=sw=warlord]

So basically not familiar at all.
I've got fallout 3 and that's about it.

[DarkHalo003]

I've got fallout 3 and that's about it.
Yeah, Fallout 3 is the best game they've made technically speaking. And by technically, I mean functionality-wise. And when I say the best, I mean among Oblivion and New Vegas from my experiences. New Vegas is a fucking train wreck; that game's glitchiness, random freezing, and shitty lag have caused me to outright avoid it now. Oblivion is better, but it's old and too particular on newer operating systems; basically weird shit like inconsistent/spontaneous lag and the desktop cursor appearing in the corners (which upon clicking with the cursor pulls out of the game). All in all, I keep thinking my computer is screwy, but actually it's just Bethesda's games being glitch as shit. The only thing Fallout 3 has among these games is the random freezing on UI menus like the level-up screens.

This guy is seriously funny:
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[TeeKup]

I have STILL yet to encounter ANY problems with New Vegas. :I

[DarkHalo003]

I have STILL yet to encounter ANY problems with New Vegas. :I
Hm, weird. Did you get it from Steam or CD? I have lag issues (need to clear some saves) and performance is half-ever consistent. It also freezes on me from time to time, unfortunately.

[TeeKup]

CD on my Bro Box.

[Phobias]

There is one bug in this game that shits me worse than any bug in any other game ever but they found a way to help it without actually fixing it. I'm speaking of the "game randomly vanishes from screen" bug where it, as the description says, randomly just vanishes. Thank fuck the game auto saves twice for every step you take.

Also my fists are stronger than any weapon I currently have, theres something wrong with this.

[DarkHalo003]

There is one bug in this game that shits me worse than any bug in any other game ever but they found a way to help it without actually fixing it. I'm speaking of the "game randomly vanishes from screen" bug where it, as the description says, randomly just vanishes. Thank fuck the game auto saves twice for every step you take.

Also my fists are stronger than any weapon I currently have, theres something wrong with this.
I'm positive that's because Unarmed is linked to so many different elements. It's linked to your Strength, to your Heavy Armor, to your rings and gauntlets, to that Attribute for Unarmed etc. There's also that grid that gives you more capability with Unarmed as well. Judging from the video from a couple of pages back, you also have ultra-finishers that take out foes that still have 1/4 of their health left.

[TeeKup]

Standard leveling takes a while though, for me at least. Heavy armor doesn't increase all that quickly, so Unarmed characters need to temper it with things like smithing, enchanting, lockpicking, alchemy etc.

[MXC]

For some reason, I have managed to completely clean out Dragonsreach. 98% of the items in there are free for me to take, including all but one coin purse.

Also for some reason I can take any and all iron leggings, daggers, and other odd items from stores right infront of the shopkeepers.

Nearly every single book from dragonsreach.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/612719780963762910/837C489D5ECDAE68D52834A4926BD29D34271776/


What's going on.

[Phobias]

Put a bucket on the shopkeepers head, take everything.

[Teltaur]

When you do things for a city/town, they'll progressively let you take higher value items without it being considered stealing. Do enough for a town, and they'll pretty much let you take anything.

[TVTyrant]

For some reason I went for a light armor Nord.

IS it bad if I haven't done a single quest and I already have Gilded Elven Armor?

[DarkHalo003]

Bought Skyrim today. I also learned about the 2 GB update that has taken four hours to download on top of the two hours it took to install. Yay.

EDIT: I've played about 30 minutes worth so far and honestly it runs (as far as Vsync and compared to Oblivion even) nicely on my computer. My computer is also downloading a game in the back ground as well, not to mention the only performance issue I had was when I was in the first caves and the torch-bowls caused some sketchiness. In the end, I toned down the Antialiasing to 2 Samples from 8 and AntriFiltering from 8 samples to 2. Performance is a lot better now. As far as gameplay is concerned, I'm kind of spinning in circles on what to do. I can already tell there's so much and I'm kind of overwhelmed. Only thing that bothers me so far is the lack of my being able to decide how many points go into what skills from the getgo, but I guess having eight different classes to choose from initially makes sense of that. Also, the menu isn't as convenient as Oblivion's or Fallout's, but I guess it'll just take some getting used to. I'm impressed though, especially considering how well my computer is running this newer game.

[Zeph]

How do you pick up items? I've seen people pick up buckets and put them on shopkeepers heads, but I cant figure it out myself. I always wind up punching things.

[PlasbianX]

How do you pick up items? I've seen people pick up buckets and put them on shopkeepers heads, but I cant figure it out myself. I always wind up punching things.

Cant say for PC, but for xbox, you just hold down A over the item and it'll pick it up

Also can anyone help on this? Spoiler alert for those who havent progressed the main story line.
So I have been given the quest to kill the dragon leader of the greybeards. Two things on this though.. i've heard killing him cuts off contact between you and the greybeards but not killing him wont allow you to progress with the blades. So do I need to kill him? Or should I not? Also, I cant even kill him anyways because he wont die for some reason -_-

[DarkHalo003]

How do you pick up items? I've seen people pick up buckets and put them on shopkeepers heads, but I cant figure it out myself. I always wind up punching things.
It's known as Grab in the control menu on PC. Not sure about Xbox or PS3 though.

Still working out how to perfect a good performance. Wondering if I should turn off Antialiasing entirely, but I'm positive it wasn't causing any large performance hits for my computer. What does Anisotropic Filtering do to performance?

[TeeKup]

For the brobox and PS3 you simply HOLD the take button and it picks things up.

Also Plasbian if you kill Paarthurnax you are a massive faggot.

[DarkHalo003]

It's the same for PC too.

I've played for about 12 hours now and I gotta say this is one awesome game. Its gameplay puts Oblivion and Fallout 3 to shame. I'm at the point where I have to be sneaky at Solitude on the main quest, so right now I'm kind of just shooting the breeze and working on leveling up a bit. My smithing is at 41 and I'm on level 14/15. I'm a little bit sad that magic is less prevalent right now, but I guess it makes sense when the only two you have are Fire and Restore. Still, this game is great. I haven't gotten around to dual-wielding weapons or magic yet (still not comfortable doing so yet), but I definitely plan on reaching that point soon, probably after Solitude's main quest role and junk.

[PopeAK49]

Didn't think I would enjoy open world games like this one, but after getting my new pc parts I had to buy this game just to see if it suits me. I'm playing this game on maximum settings and getting good frames throughout, but it does dip to 28-30 in a few areas. Very fun game though, much more enjoyable begining compared to Oblivion.

Also, is the frame rate capped to 60? Or should I say: Will the game not go above 60fps?

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

Still working out how to perfect a good performance. Wondering if I should turn off Antialiasing entirely, but I'm positive it wasn't causing any large performance hits for my computer. What does Anisotropic Filtering do to performance?It tends to kill performance. I have an HD 5670, run the game at High, 4x AF, SMAA injector, and average 30 fps outdoors (looking over the city from the top of Dragonsreach, true outdoors is about 40 fps) and experience massive stuttering indoors since my PC seems to hate VSync (every game stutters with VSync for me whenever the FPS is supposed to go over 60, from Halo to Portal 2)

[DarkHalo003]

Yeah, same here, Vsync only works every so often (so far, Skyrim has had the best results for it of all the games I have). I wonder if it's the ATI HD series that does this because I've seen some other complaints regarding Vsync and ATI cards are often in the mix.

[neuro]

ATI sucks.

the end.

[Zeph]

It's the same for PC too.

I've played for about 12 hours now and I gotta say this is one awesome game. Its gameplay puts Oblivion and Fallout 3 to shame. I'm at the point where I have to be sneaky at Solitude on the main quest, so right now I'm kind of just shooting the breeze and working on leveling up a bit. My smithing is at 41 and I'm on level 14/15. I'm a little bit sad that magic is less prevalent right now, but I guess it makes sense when the only two you have are Fire and Restore. Still, this game is great. I haven't gotten around to dual-wielding weapons or magic yet (still not comfortable doing so yet), but I definitely plan on reaching that point soon, probably after Solitude's main quest role and junk.

AF kills, but you don't see any noticeable difference once it's pushed up to 8x or so. It really surprised me when my 590 couldn't handle everything on Ultra with AF up all the way. Cutting AF down gave me great frame rates.

[PopeAK49]

Yeah, same here, Vsync only works every so often (so far, Skyrim has had the best results for it of all the games I have). I wonder if it's the ATI HD series that does this because I've seen some other complaints regarding Vsync and ATI cards are often in the mix.

I have a Nvidia GTX 580 and Vsync works almost perfectly with this game. What a great way to prevent screen tearing without dropping from 60 to 30fps when your frame rate goes under 60. Now I understand why they don't want the frame rate over 60, unless you are 120hz monitor user.

[BobtheGreatII]

ATI sucks.

the end.

AMD :eng101:

[DarkHalo003]

I'm wondering if it's more about the card getting hotter than the card itself. I notice that the longer I'm playing, the more common Vsync is. Didn't have any big problems when I played later today after my computer was prone for a while. Oh well.

[Zeph]

Hit smithing 100 last night ^_^.
Got a set of legendary dragon scale armor for roaming the map and a set of legendary dragon bone for major quests.
I've only got one heart, so no best armor for me yet, but considering I've barely done any of the big storyline stuff, that's not a big deal.

How much gold does everyone have? Crafting my way up to dragon armor made me seemingly stupidly rich. I'm going to have to perk up speech bonuses to get vendors more money and the ability to buy any of my stuff if I'm to keep on selling them shit.

[DarkHalo003]

I got to 91 and I'm basically broke. Looking for Ebony Ingot. I have four Daedric Hearts, so I'm hoping to craft a sword soon. My Dwarven Armor is at 103 and looks like a Spartan in first person with Dwarven Gauntlets, so I really have no incentive to make any armor besides just whittling away at the remaining stock of Ingots and Ores I have that I won't ever use again. Funny how that works.

I'm at the point where I don't know what to do besides continue the main quest. I'm kind of scared about exploring the world now because Blood Dragons come out of no where and kick me around till I Arrow Spam it enough (after consuming gobs of potions). I also learned that Dragons are the least of your worries at Shout Word Walls, stupid Dragon Priest at Shearpoint nearly finished me after the Dragon battle. Oh well, enough Arrows seem to kill anything that floats or flies in Skyrim. :iamafag:

[TeeKup]

Blood Dragons? Blood Dragons are fucking pussies.

[DarkHalo003]

Blood Dragons? Blood Dragons are fucking pussies.
I realize that now being at level 27. If anything, they just caught me at probably the worst times, like by Fellglow Keep where cover is Cat and Mouse or when I'm fighting other bigots in Skyrim.

[PopeAK49]

lol, I was walking around and came across vampires. They are not easy to kill if you are level 2...

[PlasbianX]

Hit smithing 100 last night ^_^.
Got a set of legendary dragon scale armor for roaming the map and a set of legendary dragon bone for major quests.
I've only got one heart, so no best armor for me yet, but considering I've barely done any of the big storyline stuff, that's not a big deal.

How much gold does everyone have? Crafting my way up to dragon armor made me seemingly stupidly rich. I'm going to have to perk up speech bonuses to get vendors more money and the ability to buy any of my stuff if I'm to keep on selling them shit.

Im level 32 and my smithing is at level 86. I currently have about 12k gold but I did buy the 8k house in Whiterun and I have a TON of gear in my chest that I haven't sold yet. With speech, if you have level 100 (its extremely easy to get) vendors will buy your products off you at half of what they're worth. I think if you toss in 5 points onto the perk, it'll change to [item value / 1.4] for pricing.

[DarkHalo003]

Lol, I was just moping around in Winterhold by the College when a Blood Dragon shows up. At this point, I'm getting ready to take on the stealth mission at Solitude as a part of the main quest, so my armor is all Elven except for my gauntlets and my bow is at my Whiterun house along with everything else besides my Daedric Sword (which owns at 48 Damage). Considering the bastard won't land, I'm like "well fuck this" and decide to have fun with Dual-Sparks magic. Basically, I stand still for about a minute blasting this jackass into Oblivion with Novice magic. Good times.

[Zeph]

Most anti-climactic ending ever. Kinda mad I dumped sixty hours into this game for that.

[TeeKup]

lol 60 hours.

[Pooky]

With speech, if you have level 100 (its extremely easy to get) vendors will buy your products off you at half of what they're worth.

Wait what.

[PlasbianX]

Wait what.

From what I understand, you have a base price factor that's calculated as: base = 3.3 - (1.3 * skill/100)
So if you have a skill of 100, thats:
base = 3.3 - (1.3 * 100 / 100)
base = 3.3 - 1.3
base = 2.0

Then to sell an item, it's sell price = [ value of item ] / (base price factor * sell price modifier) (the sell price modifier being perks and what not.)
So if you have an item worth 1000 gold, then
sell price = [ 1000 ] / (2.0 * 1)
sell price = 500

So it's worth only half. If you have all perks, you essentially have a base price factor of 1.42857. So that same 1000 gold item would then be worth 700 gold.


EDIT:

Also, I have successfully left the first cave in the game at level 18 and sneak at 100 and it only took me a total of 20 mins to do. Super simple to do and rather quick. Messing around with a thief alt that'll do dark brotherhood and thief guild quests.

[RedBaron]

Also, I have successfully left the first cave in the game at level 18 and sneak at 100 and it only took me a total of 20 mins to do. Super simple to do and rather quick. Messing around with a thief alt that'll do dark brotherhood and thief guild quests.

Please elaborate on this, I am interested in making the same type of alt for cheap... Did you sneak walk against a wall next to the bear?

[Roostervier]

IIRC sneak goes up so long as you're moving, not detected, and an enemy is nearby. Wouldn't be hard to do as long as you were patient. You can also hit Ralof or Hadvar (whichever you follow) with whatever weapons (or magic) you choose indefinitely because they will not die. Idk if sneaking and doing it would make your sneak go up or not.

[TVTyrant]

So I have decided that Light Armor was a bad decision for my character, but I don't want to remake my character and start all over. What do you guys suggest I do?

[DarkHalo003]

So I have decided that Light Armor was a bad decision for my character, but I don't want to remake my character and start all over. What do you guys suggest I do?
What kind of character are you using? What are your fighting styles?

I think it should be a rule of thumb that Light Armor should be used for things like Gauntlets, Headgear, and Boots. Unless it's Elven, Light Armor just doesn't protect enough in a plethora of common battles, like Dragon or even Bandit fights later levels.

[Zeph]

So I have decided that Light Armor was a bad decision for my character, but I don't want to remake my character and start all over. What do you guys suggest I do?
My character used dragon scale with a warhammer. Once you temper it to legendary status, it's not bad at all.

[TeeKup]

Daedric Armor is the best armor. Just saying.

[TVTyrant]

What kind of character are you using? What are your fighting styles?

I think it should be a rule of thumb that Light Armor should be used for things like Gauntlets, Headgear, and Boots. Unless it's Elven, Light Armor just doesn't protect enough in a plethora of common battles, like Dragon or even Bandit fights later levels.
I checked it out and because I'm a Nord I get a big boost in Light Armor. I've been a one handed fighter for the most part and use little magic.

[DarkHalo003]

I checked it out and because I'm a Nord I get a big boost in Light Armor. I've been a one handed fighter for the most part and use little magic.
How are you restoring your health? Potions? What level are you on? Have you been advancing your smithing a good bunch? Any followers? Do you use a Shield?

One thing you need to recognize is that just because you have a certain boost for certain equipment or weapons as a Nord, Breton, or Imperial does not mean you should follow the routes of them. I'm a Nord, focus on Heavy Armor, use a combination of magic and potion, one-handed with shield mostly, use a bow, etc. The best way to tackle this game, I found, is to focus on the path you most want to follow in terms of the equipment and abilities, then have a general basis on everything else. For example, I find it would be almost impossible to win a lot of fights in the 20s and 30s without the use of Restorative magicka. I also find Dragon, Giant, and Mammuth fights to be increasingly difficult to win without a Bow. I rarely use conjuring in this game compared to Oblivion, but I find myself even having to use that to even a difficult situation. It's important to have options in Skyrim, not just concentrations, which is one reason why I believe Bethesda did away with the Major-vs-Minor skill system they utilized in Oblivion.

[Zeph]

Daedric Armor is the best armor. Just saying.

would have gotten it if I ever found Daedra Hearts.

[TeeKup]

lol, there is one on a golden plate next to Kodlak in Jorrvaskr. If you do the quest to aquire Mehrunes Razor you can get 4. The Altmer in the College of Winterhold sells them. They aren't THAT hard to find. I'm sitting on like 4 extra.

Currently dual wielding two Daedric War Axes that both do 137 damage. My character is all sorts of angry.

[TVTyrant]

How are you restoring your health? Potions? What level are you on? Have you been advancing your smithing a good bunch? Any followers? Do you use a Shield?

One thing you need to recognize is that just because you have a certain boost for certain equipment or weapons as a Nord, Breton, or Imperial does not mean you should follow the routes of them. I'm a Nord, focus on Heavy Armor, use a combination of magic and potion, one-handed with shield mostly, use a bow, etc. The best way to tackle this game, I found, is to focus on the path you most want to follow in terms of the equipment and abilities, then have a general basis on everything else. For example, I find it would be almost impossible to win a lot of fights in the 20s and 30s without the use of Restorative magicka. I also find Dragon, Giant, and Mammuth fights to be increasingly difficult to win without a Bow. I rarely use conjuring in this game compared to Oblivion, but I find myself even having to use that to even a difficult situation. It's important to have options in Skyrim, not just concentrations, which is one reason why I believe Bethesda did away with the Major-vs-Minor skill system they utilized in Oblivion.
I restore health using healing magic or potions. Usually I just use the Wait trick to restore.

Im level 20. My smithing is level 73. My one handed is 40 something. My blocking is bad. My two handed is 27. My light armor is 30 something. My destruction is 23, and my restoring is around 20. I haven't played around with enchanting or alchemy yet. My archery is level 33.

My biggest problem is that I get tired of one look or equipment style very quickly. Also I am losing interest in the game because I havent advanced the story beyond the first Dragon kill.

[Amit]

Also I am losing interest in the game because I havent advanced the story beyond the first Dragon kill.

Isn't this your own fault, though?

[TVTyrant]

Isn't this your own fault, though?
Yeah? That wasn't ever in question lol. I was just wondering if you guys had any tips on ways to improve skills I havent taken the time to level in. Where are some trainers etc.

[PlasbianX]

Please elaborate on this, I am interested in making the same type of alt for cheap... Did you sneak walk against a wall next to the bear?

No, what you do is when you get to the point where you either have to go with the imperial or ralof in skyrim (very first area of the game where alduin is attacking) you go with ralof (because I dont know what happens when you go with imperials). The first thing he will have you do is pick up the armor and weapon from the dead body and then imperials attack. Kill the imperials then equip a dagger or a sword since they attack the fastest. Ralof will ask you to open the gate with the key but DO NOT open it. Simply go into sneak, stand behind him, and attack him. It'll take a lot to kill him and when he does die, he'll kneel for a second then stand back up and quickly regen all of his health. Just keep repeating this process and never actually put any points into perks or you'll kill him faster and it'll take longer to level. It honestly took me under 20 mins to get to sneak 100 doing this (because backstabbing levels sneak) and it also leveled my one handed weapon to around 40ish. If you do the bear sneak method, it takes hours. This takes minutes

[DarkHalo003]

I restore health using healing magic or potions. Usually I just use the Wait trick to restore.

Im level 20. My smithing is level 73. My one handed is 40 something. My blocking is bad. My two handed is 27. My light armor is 30 something. My destruction is 23, and my restoring is around 20. I haven't played around with enchanting or alchemy yet. My archery is level 33.

My biggest problem is that I get tired of one look or equipment style very quickly. Also I am losing interest in the game because I havent advanced the story beyond the first Dragon kill.
I'd suggest advancing along the story or do some exploring. Going through dungeons, caves, and especially Forts are a good way to spice up Skyrim, especially if you're trying to figure out what method of combat or styles of movement you prefer most.

The College of Winterhold is filled with trainers, so you should definitely go by there and work on that. They also have a lot of missions that can put you in a good way. You can also go to the bars and ask about jobs to do. You'll be rewarded gold for bounties and what not.

[TeeKup]

No, what you do is when you get to the point where you either have to go with the imperial or ralof in skyrim (very first area of the game where alduin is attacking) you go with ralof (because I dont know what happens when you go with imperials). The first thing he will have you do is pick up the armor and weapon from the dead body and then imperials attack. Kill the imperials then equip a dagger or a sword since they attack the fastest. Ralof will ask you to open the gate with the key but DO NOT open it. Simply go into sneak, stand behind him, and attack him. It'll take a lot to kill him and when he does die, he'll kneel for a second then stand back up and quickly regen all of his health. Just keep repeating this process and never actually put any points into perks or you'll kill him faster and it'll take longer to level. It honestly took me under 20 mins to get to sneak 100 doing this (because backstabbing levels sneak) and it also leveled my one handed weapon to around 40ish. If you do the bear sneak method, it takes hours. This takes minutes

^ Balls I'm doing this.

[PlasbianX]

^ Balls I'm doing this.

Easy way to level speech to 100 too. Go to the bar in riften and have at least level 25 speech. Talk to the npc, bribe him once (you can use this to level your speech to 25) then continue to press persuade. After about an hour or so, you get speech 100. I know these are kinda cheap but I used this on my thief alt so I could have some fun with him.

EDIT: Also if you want tons of free gear, theres a hidden chest in dawnstar that you can access and take from freely. Usually has about 80 pieces of gear, leveled, tons of enchanted stuff, and it respawns every few days.

[DarkHalo003]

The sneak one can easily be abused to make gameplay too easy, but the Speech is always useful because shops can't outright screw you in how much money you'd make.

[PlasbianX]

The sneak one can easily be abused to make gameplay too easy, but the Speech is always useful because shops can't outright screw you in how much money you'd make.

Even with speech at 100 you really only make half an item's value at a NPC.

[DarkHalo003]

Even with speech at 100 you really only make half an item's value at a NPC.
It's better than getting 150G fro 500G worth of Dragon Bones. :iamafag:

Just beat Alduin. Level 35. Shield Bashed him and cut him down. Easiest boss fight in a long time. I think he only hurt me twice. Now onto finishing up all of the quests. Anyone know what the hardest dungeon is yet?

[PlasbianX]

I now have a character dedicated to messing around with exploits in this game. Have 50k gold just from exploiting the hidden chest...

[Phobias]

No, what you do is when you get to the point where you either have to go with the imperial or ralof in skyrim (very first area of the game where alduin is attacking) you go with ralof (because I dont know what happens when you go with imperials). The first thing he will have you do is pick up the armor and weapon from the dead body and then imperials attack. Kill the imperials then equip a dagger or a sword since they attack the fastest. Ralof will ask you to open the gate with the key but DO NOT open it. Simply go into sneak, stand behind him, and attack him. It'll take a lot to kill him and when he does die, he'll kneel for a second then stand back up and quickly regen all of his health. Just keep repeating this process and never actually put any points into perks or you'll kill him faster and it'll take longer to level. It honestly took me under 20 mins to get to sneak 100 doing this (because backstabbing levels sneak) and it also leveled my one handed weapon to around 40ish. If you do the bear sneak method, it takes hours. This takes minutes

Theres also a blind man in a cave west-ish of whiterun that you can abuse the shit out of. kill everyone in the cave, go back to the blind man, crouch against a wall and put something heavy on 'S' then go have dinner or something.

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

Best way to get level 100 weapon skills: Finish Companion quests, get horse, put horse in corner, start hitting horse with everything you have (don't use too strong weapons though or he might die)

[DarkHalo003]

Anyone have any ideas as to what my next character should be? I really liked the idea of the Dual-Wield feature, but health fell a ton in combat and using a shield makes things 50x easier. I'm actually starting to ponder about not doing anything to buff my smithing until I've reached level 20 elsewise. I feel I'd enjoy the lower and average levels of the game a lot more that way.

[Zeph]

Anyone have any ideas as to what my next character should be? I really liked the idea of the Dual-Wield feature, but health fell a ton in combat and using a shield makes things 50x easier. I'm actually starting to ponder about not doing anything to buff my smithing until I've reached level 20 elsewise. I feel I'd enjoy the lower and average levels of the game a lot more that way.
Just run around Skyrim farming pelts. Use them to craft leather bracers and improve them on the table before selling them. Doing that until you're high enough level to start collecting dwemmer metals to smelt into improved bows will take you up to a high enough level while making you enough coin.

[DarkHalo003]

Just run around Skyrim farming pelts. Use them to craft leather bracers and improve them on the table before selling them. Doing that until you're high enough level to start collecting dwemmer metals to smelt into improved bows will take you up to a high enough level while making you enough coin.
That's actually what I pretty much did to level smithing. Then when I had enough Gold I found it easier and less expensive to have a lot of leather strips and Iron Ingot for Iron Daggers. I'm just trying to figure out the best way for me to enjoy this game, which for many is easier than for me it seems. I'm not the kind to enjoy glitch exploits at all to further the experience. Mageknight maybe?

[PlasbianX]

New character. Orc in heavy armor and using zero weapons. Gonna punch everything to death. Lets go.

[DarkHalo003]

Working with a character challenge:

Mage Knight
-Cannot steal.
-Cannot pickpocket.
-Any two-handed weapons used MUST be enchanted.
-All enchanted weapons (including shields) used must be done by you.
-Only robes, rings, necklaces/amulets, and staves can be used with their original enchantments upon obtaining them.
-Must concentrate on developing in magic skills.
-Non-magic skill perks can only be chosen upon ever 3 levels.
-Stamina can only be increased upon ever three levels.
-You can still improve skills in any way you want (except use pickpocketing to raise that skill and two-handed must use self-enchanted two-handed weapons).

It's fun so far, on level 9. More difficult enemies are more difficult since I don't have an enchanted bow yet. Otherwise, it's definitely a different kind of fun. Dragon battles require my being more resourceful without a bow (lure dragon to Giant camp lol) and I take a lot more damage then I'm used to. Thankfully, Bandits can be brushed aside no problem with Fire magic, though I am kind of bummed that Frost magic isn't as useful as it sounds right now. Game is great regardless.

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

Anybody figure out what do the bug jars do?

[DarkHalo003]

Damn.....just dammit all.

cAf8-3HjN6Q#!

[TeeKup]

Dear god that's horrifying. And another reason for me to get it on the pc.

[TVTyrant]

That's awesome whoever made that is awesome.

[Amit]

The Skyrim Online Dev Team's former partner, SkyNet, has stolen the code and money that was donated to the Skyrim Online Dev Team on Paypal.

It is imperative that you guys read about this issue and get the word out. Here's a quote from Skyrim-Online.com:


As many of you know a while ago we decided to form a dev group with SkyNet to develop faster.

Well here is the outcome :

All your donations were stolen by hipolipolopigus, the leader of SkyNet.
Skyrim Online’s license has been violated, they are currently stealing Skyrim Online’s code to build they work.
Why did this happen you might want to ask ?

It’s plain and simple, we decided to have one common paypal account for donations which was not such a good idea now that I think about it.

Then I agreed to let them bind the C++ code to expose a scripting API and a few days later what do I see, Skyrim Online being translated into C# and renamed SkyNet, as soon as I saw that I retired myself from the group, I then tried to move the donations you guys made to Skyrim Online’s paypal account but guess what, password changed.

And now you can find Skyrim Online’s sources inside their repository called SkyNet.


Read the whole blog entry here:http://skyrim-online.com/?p=183

And here's SkyNet's response: http://skynet.hipolipolopig.us/index.php?threads/336/[COLOR=#ffa500]

Here's the Reddit thread that I found this out from: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/ocqz5/skyrimonline_mod_project_has_their_code_name_and/

This is disgusting and if you guys care about the Skyrim Online project, do not be duped by those SkyNet fools! (Ironic how they have an evil name, too)

[Donut]

skyrim online? is this the same team that tried to do this for morrowind and oblivion that never got anywhere?

[TVTyrant]

Wait someone stole there money?

Thats so fucked. IDC about the project, but thats just plain fucked.

Stealing is wrong, mmkay?

[=sw=warlord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYMso9AZoQc

As for the skyrim online.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0gVZm5QR_Q

[neuro]

made me a bitch-slappin' argonian woman.

can only use unarmed
allowed to use alteration magic for extra armor-spells (stoneskin etc)
no stealing
no pickpocketing
can't use any magic-based companions

so far, bitch-slapping everything into submission is disgustingly fun!


edit: fuck enchanting, the onyl way i can achieve it is by either having a companion with a soultrap weapon or buy charged gems (fuck dat)

[TVTyrant]

Okay, I am Googling it and everything, but I figured I'd post my problem for you guys to look at too.

So at one point, I was walking from the Shadow Stone to a Fort something, and while I was swimming my follower, Lydia, disapeared. I didn't panic since they usually reappear if you use the wait function. But she didn't. So I tried fast traveling to white run. She didn't reappear. I started to get pissed off because she was outfitted with Legendary Dwarven armor I'd forged for her, which if I'd found a corpse could have netted a big bucket of dough.

So I went to the Breezehome to sleep. When my character awoke, there was Lydia, no Dwarven armor or any of my cool equipment I was letting her borrow. Probably 8000 bucks worth of Ingots and weapons. Oh well, whatever. So I asked her to follow me.

This is where my problem is. She said someone was following me already. I ran around, did a bunch of quests, cleared some mine shafts, whatever. No follower. Came back and asked her again. Someone is following me already <.< >.> I don't know whether to get pissed off or be paranoid of the spectre that is following me. I tried it with other followers. Nothing.

GTERFTFEYVGAJEBFIUAHUYDIGFYAFDGCHABVCUYDWAFTCUYWGW

RAGE

[neuro]

propably part of a quest where there's people 'waiting' for you at the quest location.
you can usually say 'well travel there together' or 'wait there for me'

some quests when activated automatically dismiss your companion because they involve someone else following you.

[TVTyrant]

propably part of a quest where there's people 'waiting' for you at the quest location.
you can usually say 'well travel there together' or 'wait there for me'

some quests when activated automatically dismiss your companion because they involve someone else following you.
Good point. I have to meet with Vilkas at some location I couldn't read at the time because of my shitty TV.

[PlasbianX]

Good point. I have to meet with Vilkas at some location I couldn't read at the time because of my shitty TV.

Were you able to check her inventory to confirm the armor was gone? I gave legendary dragon skill to Aela to wear and it seems it glitches where whenever she goes back to our home (we're married) she will deequip anything I give her and go back to her default armor. It's still in her inventory though and as soon as I modify the inventory she equips everything again.

[DarkHalo003]

Working on a new character challenge:

Assassin Mage
-Prevelant in Sneak, Alteration, Illusion, Archery, Light Armor, and Pickpocketing. Skills must be leveled straight for 3 levels.
-CANNOT use Smithing, Enchanting, Heavy Armor, Two-Handed, and Destruction. Can still be used to level up from skill-books/quests.
-Alchemy, Restoration, One-Handed, Block, and Speech are all neutral-ground. Skills can only be leveled every 4 levels.
-Attributes are weighted towards Magic and Stamina. Health can only be leveled every 4 levels.
-Can only wield Daggers and Bows. Can use Unarmed if necessary. Even staves are unacceptable.
-Can only wear light armor.
-Can use preset enchantments on anything.

Gonna start working on this when I feel like touching Skyrim again. Played it for too long in a row.

[TVTyrant]

Were you able to check her inventory to confirm the armor was gone? I gave legendary dragon skill to Aela to wear and it seems it glitches where whenever she goes back to our home (we're married) she will deequip anything I give her and go back to her default armor. It's still in her inventory though and as soon as I modify the inventory she equips everything again.
I haven't fixed the original follower problem yet, so I'm not sure. I will find out asap though.

[TVTyrant]

Thanks for the help Plasbian, that worked like a charm!

[DarkHalo003]

Working on a new character challenge:

Assassin Mage
-Prevelant in Sneak, Alteration, Illusion, Archery, Light Armor, and Pickpocketing. Skills must be leveled straight for 3 levels.
-CANNOT use Smithing, Heavy Armor, Two-Handed, and Destruction. Can still be used to level up from skill-books/quests.
-Alchemy, Enchanting, Restoration, One-Handed, Block, and Speech are all neutral-ground. Skills can only be leveled after every 3 levels.
-Attributes are weighted towards Magic and Stamina. Health can only be leveled every 5 levels.
-Can only wield Daggers and Bows. Can use Unarmed if necessary. Even staves are unacceptable.
-Can only wear light armor. If it is not labeled "Light Armor" and has an effect, then it cannot be used. If it does not have an effect, then whatever.
-Can use preset enchantments on anything.
-Can use Artifacts/Quest-Named Items/Spells, but only when it pertains to the quest or if it follows the above guidelines.

Gonna start working on this when I feel like touching Skyrim again. Played it for too long in a row.
Updated in bold to make the gameplay more appealing.

[=sw=warlord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=0Aqg0oFYuig

[Nero]

Ohshi! That's awesome!

[TeeKup]

Do want. D:

[DarkHalo003]

I love the "automatically downloads the mod to your Skyrim game" feature. No more messing with subdirectories!

[jcap]

U7GPqReC2HU

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=7375

The best thing is that Valve calls their own development profile Aperture Laboratories (http://steamcommunity.com/id/aperture_laboratories)

[Sanctus]

Oh Dear God that is so much win.:neckbeard:

[Zeph]

niiiice.

[=sw=warlord]

Wait a second, Valve actually released something prompt?
O.O

[neuro]

it's been sitting on steam servers for a while

valve's had plenty of time to play around with it.

[=sw=warlord]

it's been sitting on steam servers for a while

valve's had plenty of time to play around with it.
A few months means nothing to Valve.
Half life 2 Episode 3 was due in 2007.

[RedBaron]

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Going to have to make a lightning casting spellsword in black robes...

[Amit]

A few months means nothing to Valve.
Half life 2 Episode 3 was due in 2007.

Was it? Because Episode 2 only came out in October 2007 with the Orange Box.

[=sw=warlord]

Was it? Because Episode 2 only came out in October 2007 with the Orange Box.
They were due to be released over a series of a few months.
As I recall Ep.3 was originally due for December.

[Siliconmaster]

Made this the other day.
U0IYPYiuZ6E&hd=1

[DRL333]

Having a little problem in my game, leather armor has the same armor rating as elven armor. None of the mods I use edit leather armor, so wtf! I'm guessing it's the latest patch or something.

Edit: Never mind, I'm an idiot. I didn't realize there was a difference between elven light armor and regular elven armor.

[=sw=warlord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&amp;NR=1&amp;v=M2DshotexMU

[cheezdue]

Holy hell that was amazing!

[Pooky]

Remember how Oblivion dropped fps hard when more than 3 characters appeared on screen at once?

Remember how its idea of an epic battle was ~10 guys against a few dozen daedra?

[Higuy]

Freaking awesome.

[TVTyrant]

Remember how Oblivion dropped fps hard when more than 3 characters appeared on screen at once?

Remember how its idea of an epic battle was ~10 guys against a few dozen daedra?
Recently I tried playing Oblivion again.

Never again. It's like playing Medal of Honor 1 instead of playing Battlefield 3. The difference is amazing.

[TVTyrant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U48uDLQ2_fs

[TeeKup]

Oh god. Thats too good.

[TeeKup]

29lGyajRyfM

As if I didn't need another reason to get this on PC....

[TVTyrant]

Thats a fast firing flintlock LOL!

[Bodzilla]

i still dotn know if this is a good game or not
:S

[TVTyrant]

i still dotn know if this is a good game or not
:S
Sarcasm?

[DarkHalo003]

It's a good game, better than both New Vegas and Fallout 3 combined. It makes Oblivion look obsolete entirely. It still has that Bethesda curse though; once you've done everything you can, there's no incentive left to play.

[DRL333]

It's not as good as Daggerfall or Morrowind, but it's still pretty damn good.

[n00b1n8R]

Skyrim is objectively shitty for so many reasons, but at the same time I enjoy it.
You can't deny that there are many awful aspects to this game though :p

[DRL333]

IMO the shittiest thing about the game is the AI pathfinding. Sometimes an NPC can get stuck on nothing.

[Donut]

Sometimes an NPC can get stuck on nothing.
and so can you, lol

[TVTyrant]

I have seen that happen in every game I have ever played. Remember the Marines from Halo 1-Reach? Also it is objectively much better than other Bethesda games. The polish (by comparison of course) is at such a higher quality its unbelievable.

[DRL333]

I don't let the glitches bother me that much anymore. The main non-glitch related issue I have with the game is that there's no unarmed skill. I know there are things you can do boost unarmed damage, but I'd rather just do it the old TES way by beating the shit out of everyone.

[Bodzilla]

no but i mean i play it, but it doesnt seem to rock me as much as playing a down to the wire match in SC2 or TF2 for instance :S

[TVTyrant]

no but i mean i play it, but it doesnt seem to rock me as much as playing a down to the wire match in SC2 or TF2 for instance :S
Well that is multiplayer versus single player, yeah. Are you much of an RPG guy anyways?

[Bodzilla]

love me some diablo and torchlight

and used to play neverwinter nights but i dunno

[TVTyrant]

love me some diablo and torchlight

and used to play neverwinter nights but i dunno
I never like neverwinter. Seemed to take too long for where it got.

[n00b1n8R]

Also it is objectively much better than other Bethesda games. The polish (by comparison of course) is at such a higher quality its unbelievable.
Having only played FO3, I can say that it's certainly better than that (but I'd enjoy FO4 a lot more than Skyrim) but saying it's better than their past works doesn't make it a good game on its own.


There are sooo many bugs; quests don't work, houses break, the game freezes, etc.
The dungeons are almost always totally linear.
The combat is really simple (stealtharrow, wack shield wack, pewpewlightling, lolbounddaedra) and not particularly interesting (you hit him, is he dead? if no, repeat).
Potions make it almost impossible to die if you're paying attention.
The animations suck.
Horses (except Shadowmere) suck
Your choices carry almost no weight morally speaking.
People react hilariously nonsensically to you (So you're the new member of the companions. What do you do? Fetch the meed?).
Guild missions are retarded (lol be archmage dovakin).
There are two models for (only human) children.
15 voice actors for a 500+ NPC's.
A lot of thing that should be in the game simply aren't (dragon flying, advanced lycanthropy, spears, AO lighting)

and much more I can't think of off the top of my head.

I find the game entertaining, but it would sit so much better with me if they just fixed all this dumb shit and put a bit more effort into it.

[Rook]

Having only played FO3, I can say that it's certainly better than that (but I'd enjoy FO4 a lot more than Skyrim) but saying it's better than their past works doesn't make it a good game on its own.


There are sooo many bugs; quests don't work, houses break, the game freezes, etc.
The dungeons are almost always totally linear.
The combat is really simple (stealtharrow, wack shield wack, pewpewlightling, lolbounddaedra) and not particularly interesting (you hit him, is he dead? if no, repeat).
Potions make it almost impossible to die if you're paying attention.
The animations suck.
Horses (except Shadowmere) suck
Your choices carry almost no weight morally speaking.
People react hilariously nonsensically to you (So you're the new member of the companions. What do you do? Fetch the meed?).
Guild missions are retarded (lol be archmage dovakin).
There are two models for (only human) children.
15 voice actors for a 500+ NPC's.
A lot of thing that should be in the game simply aren't (dragon flying, advanced lycanthropy, spears, AO lighting)

and much more I can't think of off the top of my head.

I find the game entertaining, but it would sit so much better with me if they just fixed all this dumb shit and put a bit more effort into it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYOFLqItuW4

One week well spent vs five years jacking off.

[n00b1n8R]

Yeah, that video is exactly what I'm alluding to.
Tbh, there's only one man to blame..
http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/files/2012/01/ToddHoward_Pic1.jpg

[Zeph]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYOFLqItuW4

One week well spent vs five years jacking off.

Keep in mind that beyond that first week of jacking off, not much else comes out. Case in point: Halo 2 E3 2003.


Heh, comes out.

[TVTyrant]

Heh, comes out.
:parrot:

[DarkHalo003]

Pl6AivipFQA

A breath of fresh air into this game. It's an awesome mod.

[cheezdue]

HOLY HELL WHERE CAN I FIND THIS UI MOD?

2637

[Amit]

Ever seen any one of those amazing BF3 UI concepts made by the community? Yeah, so this Skyrim UI shares something in common with the BF3 ones: It doesn't actually exist.
(http://&quot;http://http://www.gamefront.com/and-heres-how-a-modder-will-fix-skyrims-ui/)
This is the list view:

http://i.imgur.com/LvUlP.jpg

[cheezdue]

Aw :c This would make navigating through all the junk I have so much more easier and have all the menus in one spot.

[Zeph]

How do you even go about making UIs with creation kit? It's not Flash based or anything, is it?

[Cortexian]

Started playing this a lot today, biggest issues all revolve around the failure of a UI, specifically the quest-tracking system. To sum it up, I ended up hiking to Solitude to do "Join the Legion" before I even started the Whiterun stuff. There doesn't seem to be a main-storyline quest chain to take you from area to area (is it the Dragonborn ones??).

Then I had this awesome bug where I entered Dragonsreach and everyone inside tried to kill me, yet outside I was fine. I had to fix this by punching a guard in the face, disarming, and then serving time in jail. WTF?!

Game seems like a pile of shit so far, not seeing the hype lol.

At least the crafting system is decent, I used "player.additem" to give myself a bunch of mats and level up crafting to Daedric armor or w/e it's called haha.

[neuro]

yeah there's some REDICULOUS bugs in this game, but if you can manage to look past that, its actually a good game.

you sort of have to TRICK it into not bugging the fuck out, and it's a typical bethesda-game thing.
some people might even arge that it's part of it's 'charm' but saying the game-breaking bugs make a game better is fucking rediculous.

[Cortexian]

One thing I don't get about the crafting, there are enchantments which you can place on some armor that increase all the stats of the armor you make with it... Does this stack forever? IE: Make armor 1 with bonus stats, use armor 1 to make armor 2 with more bonus stats, user armor 2 to make armor 3, 4, 5, etc...

[TVTyrant]

One thing I don't get about the crafting, there are enchantments which you can place on some armor that increase all the stats of the armor you make with it... Does this stack forever? IE: Make armor 1 with bonus stats, use armor 1 to make armor 2 with more bonus stats, user armor 2 to make armor 3, 4, 5, etc...
I'm not sure I understand your question. Any piece of apparel that DOESNT already have an enchantment can be enchanted.

[Cortexian]

No I mean, there's an enchantment that if applied to an armor, makes new armor you create better/more upgradeable. So if you were to just keep applying that same enchantment to all the new armor you make could you make infinitely good armor?

I think it's called Fortify Smithing or something like that.

[Timo]

I think so, that's how some people ended up with weapons that could one shot anything in the game.

e: at least that's how i'm guessing king_nothing_ got his bow so powerful earlier in this therad

[TVTyrant]

No, it stops at some point. You can only raise so high from the base attack I believe.

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

yeah there's some REDICULOUS bugs in this game, but if you can manage to look past that, its actually a good game.What are the bugs? I haven't encountered any "ridiculous" bug yet.

[Cortexian]

What are the bugs? I haven't encountered any "ridiculous" bug yet.
I've had a few, the Dragonsreach one made it impossible to finish the main quest chain where you come back from killing your first Dragon. Had to find the solution to fix it online, and what a dumb solution it was.

Also, am I the only one who after being turned into a Werewolf, decided that the Companions were creepy furfags and never went back there? Is there a way to un-werewolfify my dude? Werewolves/wolves in general creep me out in this game.

[neuro]

yeah you can un-wolf yourself.

keep going on the companion questline and you'll find out how.

[ICEE]

What could you people possibly be doing to trigger these "rediculous bugs" of which you speak? Aside from a few humorous graphical glitches (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004377171/screenshot/631862291218131610?tab=public) and repetitive voice acting, I've had no issues with this game.

[TeeKup]

^ Same. I swear its like you people are playing it on the PS3.

[HDoan]

Godly equipment
Step 1) Enchance armor for "Fortifying Alchemy"
Step 2) Create a "Fortifying Restoration" potion
Step 3) Use the potion, unequip all of your armor, and re-equip it right away
Step 4) Repeat Step 2-3 about 3-6 times depending on wanted results (frequently save as it can crash the game or cause negative numbers if you do it too many times)
Step 5) When satisfied with "Fortifying Alchemy" percentage in the armor, make a "Fortifying Enchantment" and "Fortifying Smithing" potion
Step 6) Use the potion and make armor/weapons and use the grindstone or the workbench to upgrade them
Step 7) Enchant armor for additional Godly Fire/Ice/Lightning bonuses.

[TeeKup]

Been known for a while. I refuse to do that to any extent, I don't feel like making my game boring.

[TVTyrant]

What could you people possibly be doing to trigger these "rediculous bugs" of which you speak? Aside from a few humorous graphical glitches (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004377171/screenshot/631862291218131610?tab=public) and repetitive voice acting, I've had no issues with this game.
This. Other than falling into a crack in a cliff one time (which was unescapable, but luckily had a treasure chest inside :D) I haven't had any glitches.

[Cortexian]

All I've been doing is playing the game normally. I hadn't even played with the console when I got that Dragonsreach glitch, and as a matter of fact I didn't learn about all the console commands until I tried searching for a way to fix my issue via console.

Now I've granted myself a bunch of perks voa console though and everything is on easy-mode. Probably going to re-roll in a bit here now that I know how the game is supposed to work. I also have that awesome map mod that shows all the roads now, so much better. Then there's the Nude Females mod, that one's good to. Sneak up behind chicks, steal their clothing, and run away. My Whiterun is populated by nudist females it's pretty awesome!!

[TVTyrant]

All I've been doing is playing the game normally. I hadn't even played with the console when I got that Dragonsreach glitch, and as a matter of fact I didn't learn about all the console commands until I tried searching for a way to fix my issue via console.

Now I've granted myself a bunch of perks voa console though and everything is on easy-mode. Probably going to re-roll in a bit here now that I know how the game is supposed to work. I also have that awesome map mod that shows all the roads now, so much better. Then there's the Nude Females mod, that one's good to. Sneak up behind chicks, steal their clothing, and run away. My Whiterun is populated by nudist females it's pretty awesome!!
The definition of PC gaming lol.

[Timo]

Has anyone else had problems signing up at nexusmods.com? Still waiting for the admin to confirm my registration, and it's already been a week. It's my second time signing up too :\

[Cortexian]

I had issues getting files downloaded last night/this morning. Seems like they're having issues, I was getting lots of MySQL Database errors and failed redirects.

[Cortexian]

Another question: Is there a mod out there that improves on the dragon realism? They're usually decent when on the ground but the flying is a heap of hilarious failure.

[neuro]

yeah the whole flying-fight-code is pretty fucking awful.

there's a few mdos that make them harder, but i don't think there's any around that'll improve their actual behaviour

[Siliconmaster]

Yeah, the behavior is pretty much unfixable, but I downloaded the harder dragons mod, and it makes it far more entertaining and challenging. I'm currently playing on master difficulty with that mod, and if a dragon comes flying by I run as fast as I can. I'm a level 50 btw.

[DarkHalo003]

Yeah, the behavior is pretty much unfixable, but I downloaded the harder dragons mod, and it makes it far more entertaining and challenging. I'm currently playing on master difficulty with that mod, and if a dragon comes flying by I run as fast as I can. I'm a level 50 btw.
I'll probably download that mod once I'm officially done with toying around in the high amount of New Vegas Mods I just downloaded. Is the lightning dragon fixed? Last I saw, it was glitchy as all get out.

[Siliconmaster]

Not sure, haven't seen one yet. I saw a magma dragon, which was awesome, but otherwise I've only seen modified normal dragons, no other special dragons.

[Cortexian]

DRAGON MOUNTS WHERE ARE YOU!!!!!!

[ICEE]

I've encountered two ancient dragons at the same time. It was bad. I did not win. When I loaded my new game, I grabbed my wife to help me and headed back. The dragons didn't show up that time. I was sad.

[TVTyrant]

I've encountered two ancient dragons at the same time. It was bad. I did not win. When I loaded my new game, I grabbed my wife to help me and headed back. The dragons didn't show up that time. I was sad.
Never lost a Dragon fight.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyfnwkheRH1qhv6pa.jpg

[Cortexian]

Never lost a Dragon fight.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyfnwkheRH1qhv6pa.jpg
You fought two ancient dragons and won?

[TVTyrant]

You fought two ancient dragons and won?
Yes. It wasn't easy, and the town I was in had almost everyone else die, but I have done it.

[Cortexian]

I just fought a Dragon and Frost Dragon and won. Partly because the Dragon flew into the Frost Dragon and then seemed to collide with the ground and lose most of its health. I killed it with a single arrow.

[Higuy]

Well after about 6 weeks I got this beautiful piece of art... :

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/493/skyrimf.jpg

I'll say right off the bat, this is quite possibly the best video game soundtrack I've ever encountered, and thats saying something. There are many other soundtracks that are simply awe-inspring to me, even ones from previous Elder Scrolls games, but this is by far the best. It's hand signed by Jeremy Soule, the composer, and contains 4 discs of simply excellent music. Each disc contains about 20 tracks, and alot of them you will NOT recognize from the game (Not to mention said tracks are freaking amazing...). The last disc however, is all the ambient pieces, which is still just simply amazing and captures the imagination. If you like the music in the game, get this for $30. The wait is long and brutal, but it pays off with all the excellent music.

The only downside to the entire soundtrack is the case to be honest, its made of paper/plastic and is pretty flimsy. Alot of people have said stuff about there box getting ruined in the mail, and im not surprised. However, the art on it is the prophecy mural inside the Blades temple (in a much better resolution and looking condition compared to the game and even trailer, even on this box) and like said before, signed by Jeremy Soule himself in a golden pen.

[DarkHalo003]

Where'd you get it? Barnes and Noble? I'm a sap for Video Game soundtracks and I do agree Skyrim has one of the bests of all time. I'll debate you with it being the best, but it's definitely a top contender in my book.

[Higuy]

Where'd you get it? Barnes and Noble? I'm a sap for Video Game soundtracks and I do agree Skyrim has one of the bests of all time. I'll debate you with it being the best, but it's definitely a top contender in my book.

I got it from Direct Song, the official company of Jeremy Soule and his brother. I ordered it back in January but it took 4 - 6 weeks to arrive. This was, simply put, the first time they did a non-digital soundtrack release.

[=sw=warlord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&amp;feature=fvwp&amp;v=wOXDb-xWEQY

[DRL333]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQzTpkL9xH8&amp;feature=player_embedded
Fuck energy swords.

[TVTyrant]

Lol. Base level 1 guy almost gets killed by Draugr.

[Tnnaas]

Superbump. Here's some info.

- - - - -

According to CVG.com (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/) news about Skyrim DLC should be coming out today.

This be the article:First Skyrim DLC info coming today (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/345881/first-skyrim-dlc-info-coming-today/)
And the original Twitter post (https://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/197062024801435649).

Yesterday, @ElderScrolls had this to say (https://twitter.com/#!/ElderScrolls/status/197060710528851971).

The last update apparently hinted at this (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/345595/skyrim-dlc-snow-elfs-vampires-discovered-hidden-in-new-update/).

Everyone jump on any information about the new DLC.

- - - - -

Also: Skyrim now supports English voice commands for Kinect. Here's a list of things (http://cdnstatic.bethsoft.com/akqacms/files/tes/extras/skyrim-kinect-voice-commands.pdf). Look for an update.

[BobtheGreatII]

http://kotaku.com/5906699/skyrim-dlc-is-called-dawnguard-coming-this-summer

[TVTyrant]

So exciting I almost shit myself

[TeeKup]

GAWD. Fucking finally. I was wondering when Skyrim was going to get some love.

[Tnnaas]

Here's a video about the Kinect Update from the boys in blue over at Rooster Teeth.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qk5TljuJtE

[PlasbianX]

Has anyone tried out dawnguard yet? I've been playing it and it definitely seems like its worth the $20 so far. They added dragonbone weapons in this which surprisingly.. are stronger than daedric weps.

[DarkHalo003]

Has anyone tried out dawnguard yet? I've been playing it and it definitely seems like its worth the $20 so far. They added dragonbone weapons in this which surprisingly.. are stronger than daedric weps.
I'm mad that it isn't on PC. TAKE MY MONEY BETHESDA.

[TVTyrant]

I'm going to find all the Thumes.

ALL. OF. THEM.

[DarkHalo003]

I'm going to find all the Thumes.

ALL. OF. THEM.
I'm trying my damn hardest, but there are just so many locations!
:pcgaming:

[Pooky]

It's Thu'um you seeping anal sores.

[TVTyrant]

It's Thu'um you seeping anal sores.
Fuck off lol

[ODX]

Well, this was kind of predictable. You can build your own house now and adopt children (Sept 4th on 360, fuck other platforms for now):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzNcDwN9RPY

I say predictable because this is now the second DLC to have come out of the "Game Jam" that Bethesda did after Skyrim's release. It was pretty much a week after Skyrim's release where everyone got to do whatever they wanted. It pretty much had the vampire lord, vampire/werewolf perk trees, horse combat, ranged combat killcams, Kinect shouts, etc. You can watch the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGIgXeGC6Dg

[Pooky]

Xbox 360 seriously needs to go die in a goddamn fire.