Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[hostage_85]

Anyone heard about this, looks to be due Novemeber this year. Anyone else love open ended RPG'S

I was a huge fan of Morrowind & Oblivion. Hopefully this is going to smash it :D

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

[confuzion]

Awsome!! Used to love Oblivion.. must keep away from fear of losing sense of time and day !

[Phyber]

I've upgraded screen and vid card (23" 1080HD/ GTX460 overclocked) so just started playing Oblivion again with the OOO mod, time vampire that game! Must try the addons. Is this standalone?

[hostage_85]

Yeh this is going to be standalone, there designing a whole new graphics engine for the game.

[Soul]

Been a fan of TES series since Daggerfall..... such amazing games. Thinking about the Dark Brotherhood quest line just makes me want to play Oblivion all over again. Can't wait for the next one!

[Phyber]

I remember falling through the world floor in the Daggerfall demo. Oh how I wanted to like that game. In the end I still liked it actually, just never got to play the damn thing due to my buggy copy!


New engine eh? Cool!


Just watched the teaser, it comes out on 11-11-11, my mum's birthday. "Happy BD mum here's your copy of Skyrim!... Oh that's OK I'll play it for you."

[ho57ile]

This, gt5, diablo 3, dc universe online and test drive unlimited i am going to have zero life :(

[TheChad]

This, gt5, diablo 3, dc universe online and test drive unlimited i am going to have zero life :(

post exam present to myself 2010, gt5.
post exam present to myself 2011, ES5.

fuck yes, will probably have to update my pc for this, it could run oblivion on max everything, but it would shit itself every 10 mins or so, on mediumish, with a few higher settings it ran perfectly, i want to experience this new one like it's meant to be.

maybe get it for the PS3 instead to save myself 2.5k? can anyone compare ES4 on PC to PS3

[Soul]

PC version is always 100x better due to mods.

[Phyber]

Can get a really good pc for like 1500 if you shop around places like Austin/Netplus etc, or staticice (though I worry about online buys when warranty is required).

My bits are wholesale through work but often places like netplus are the same price to public :/

[TheChad]

Can get a really good pc for like 1500 if you shop around places like Austin/Netplus etc, or staticice (though I worry about online buys when warranty is required).

My bits are wholesale through work but often places like netplus are the same price to public :/

wow thats cheaper than i expected... i couldnt get below 3k when i was pricing up a gaming rig at the end of 2009, quad core was pretty newish back then so i can see how possibly the price might be lower now. but you're talking $1500 for just the tower, i'd probably need a better monitor/sound system etc etc too lol.

[Risk10k]

I built a quad core water cooled system for a few hundred dollars. Insurance paid out on a dropped tower.....

[Phyber]

Yeah no screen. Of course if you want the bleeding edge tech then yeah it's $1000+ for CPU alone, but I've always shopped smart and bought value like the GTX 460. Still using the old 775 socket E8400, simple OC to 3.6GHz from 3.0. Had the same Altec Lansing speakers for like ten years! 2.1 system goes loud enough for me in my old age, heh.

Upping my LCD to a 23inch 1920x1080 has taken up the new GPU power though that's for sure!

Plus I plug it together myself, don't pay to have it assembled/installed, that certainly helps.


Cars have become a far worse hobby $ wise :(

[TheChad]

http://youtu.be/ic6dKnv3WdU

15 mins of gameplay. looks like everything that was awesome about oblivion time 1000. i have butterflies in my stomach i am that excited.

currently still considering PC vs PS3.
the monitor i have i'm pretty sure goes up to 1080 but i am not sure if its 1080i or p.

either way i would likely at a minimum be requiring a new tower to run this and i would want to near max it. so yeah, $1500.

OR just buy it for the ps3 at about $90 and know that its basically good to go, will always be played at max, assuming its in full HD as i expect, and unlikely to be a pingpingpingping and randomly shut down on me.

in the above vid it looks awesome for what they say is on the 360. thats pretty epic because no console game looks that good... and i didnt think xbox did 1080p, or do they now that they have bluray drives?

[n1ghth4wk]

With the massive amount of entertainment Oblivion has given me, I am scared to think about what this will do to me :S
New spell system looks epic
Dual wield looks epic
Dragons look epic
Game will be epic

[Passage GT]

wow that looks awesome, might have to fix and upgrade the computer i got off alem all that time ago, the one i'm on now would have no chance.

[Phyber]

Here be dragons? FUCK YES!

Needs moar dragons.

[kurbn]

Probably the most anticipated game of the year for me

[mitchsterbrau]

that's a fuckload of dragons!
dragon, bam, dragon, whammo, dragon, smash.
fucking dragon dragon dragon, then bam mo' dragon.

seriously, how many dragons are sufficient?

[Stealthed]

Dragons, the only thing that can make this game better is a space battle (On dragons)!

No, Seriously though, this game should be quite good. Hoping the load times are a little better for the real world as that was my only let down in the previous game was going 10 feet and having it load then another 5 feet then bam, loading again!

[TheChad]

No, Seriously though, this game should be quite good. Hoping the load times are a little better for the real world as that was my only let down in the previous game was going 10 feet and having it load then another 5 feet then bam, loading again!


Not sure what you are talking about, mine never did that and I was on an average rig. Are you talking about some dungeons where you would go through and every door you went through it would load? I had that.

[Stealthed]

Not sure what you are talking about, mine never did that and I was on an average rig. Are you talking about some dungeons where you would go through and every door you went through it would load? I had that.

Yea, just for some reason it would randomly stop to load so it would be annoying but you dealt with it then 10 steps later it would load again, but that was my only issue, the game was fantastic overall!

FYI - PC was a Gateway FX-6840 (Nvidia version) so it handled well but the graphics card was maybe a let down doing everything with brute force..

[adrenalin]

WTF happened with new diablo still waiting for it

[Stealthed]

WTF happened with new diablo still waiting for it

You and everyone else, I heard Beta testing was in mid august but I doubt we will see it this year, that makes me sad.

[Passage GT]

yeah i want diablo 3 as well, i'm actually considering not getting the 360 i was planning on and upgrading my pc for elder scrolls and diablo 3, also got a recaro so if i get a decent wheel i could get the live for speed etc cranking
anyone got recommendations on pc stuff i'd need for these games??

[Slip_]

Probably the most anticipated game of the year for me

+1

Recently purchased a 250hd 360 solely for this and forza 4

[hostage_85]

Can't freakin what for this... Will be taking time off work in november for when we have a new addition to the family. So i'll try and get some time playing this, see how much I can get in before the missus tells me off lol

[Phyber]

:)
Honey our new baby is gorgeous, look at the detail in the model and shading! Framerate could be higher though.

[Niksmo]

looks insane, goodbye life... again.

[hostage_85]

Just put a Pre-Order down on this yesterday. 11.11.11 here we go ;P

[TheChad]

words cannot express my excitement. still not sure what would be better, PS3 or PC...

have a ps3, so its reliable

also have a 4C (2.0ghz) hp laptop with 1 gig of graphics and will have 8gb ram by then...


ps3 is easy. no mods, etc and can play it on my 52" LED, however pc has mods and free shit... tough call

[Jaak]

I will have to go with PC , with my experiance with oblivion was that unless you are melee only , combat sucks on tthe consoles , and i have around 300hours + extended game play on pc mods.

But for the ease of it I will prob buy a ps3 version , and get a cracked pc one



words cannot express my excitement. still not sure what would be better, PS3 or PC...

have a ps3, so its reliable

also have a 4C (2.0ghz) hp laptop with 1 gig of graphics and will have 8gb ram by then...


ps3 is easy. no mods, etc and can play it on my 52" LED, however pc has mods and free shit... tough call

[mr m00se]

I more or less built my new rig just for skyrim. Ive played Arena, Daggerfall, The Redguard, Morrowwind and oblivion so its fair to say im a fan of the series.
Game
http://www.game.com.au/skyrim
has a good pre order on atm where you get 2 elder scroll universe books with your pre order. I've booked the 11th off work to play this beast of a game, so god damn excited

[thrtytwo]

so do you pronounce it "Sky-Rim" or "Skih-Rim" ??

[Jaak]

ah I am gunna have to wait until the 24th to get my copy ,if I get it any sooner I fail my units -_-

[hostage_85]

I'm 90% sure its Sky-Rim.

I'm going Xbox Version for ease of use, as my pc isn't really a Gaming PC just a general Purpose one so it'll look better on my 42" Viera. But at some stage I might look at trying a cracked one.

[Risk10k]

Sky-rim according to the trailers.

[confuzion]

Oblivion was wicked on PC, but cbf building another gaming rig (only have laptop now) so will probably just get it on PS3.. should be good!

[John Butler]

Was a big fan of Oblivion. Pretty keen for this, now that i built a gaming rig.

Between this and BF3 im gonna have 0 social life. lolol

[Phyber]

Gaming also costs less than cars, I should go back to it as my hobby full time.

[masTers]

Out this week, have preordered a copy, but will most likely stay boxed until I finish Uncharted 3.

[thrtytwo]

and i didnt think xbox did 1080p, or do they now that they have bluray drives?

Did they add the blue ray drive to the xbox before, or after they added the blender and martini maker?

[MirKz]

Looking forward to this one also.
Have preordered through Steam, hoping they allow preloading in the next day or so...
Want to get into it as soon as its released haha.

[Justooon]

Anyone reckon they will break street date on this ?

So keen.

[mr m00se]

Id expect to see copys start to apear thurs arvo but I dont think you will see them much earlier. I preordered mine thru game online so I'm hoping they dispatch it today (says packed in the order status).

Edit : Shes shipped ^_^ with any luck i'll see here late tomorrow

[Slip_]

Looking forward to this one also.
Have preordered through Steam, hoping they allow preloading in the next day or so...
Want to get into it as soon as its released haha.

Imma bring around me setup, coke & chips and we can get a little l33t about it all.

[Supatafe]

Game was street broken today, people in NSW have it already, EB in Canberra is letting pre-orders collect tomorrow morning

[MirKz]

FFUUUCKKKKK hope steam releases it :/

[Stealthed]

Sweet, hope gametraders do the same. Looking forward to this so much... Must test everything at MAX for Skyrim.

[hostage_85]

Man, my Pre-order is through Game... From the looks of it there not breaking the release... I'll have to wait till tomorrow!!!

[masTers]

Looks like EB WA aren't going to break the release either :(

[MirKz]

Whether it's broken or not I'll be playing my Steam copy from about 9pm tonight.

[masTers]

Release date broken, go load up :)

[Risk10k]

Have it. Steam version wont be up until tonight, so I grabbed ps3. More chance of me playing that way!

[Risk10k]

LOOOOOL, update already needed....

[hostage_85]

Lol... just checked the GAME website, theres is still on for tomorrow DAMMIT!

[Risk10k]

Yup, dragons and shit!

[RELEASE]

Lol... just checked the GAME website, theres is still on for tomorrow DAMMIT!Don't worry bout the website, they announced on there Facebook page that it broke release date and now available. Same as eb did on there fb page.

[Stealthed]

Trying to ring Game-traders in joondalup, No one seems to like answering a phone there. Damnit I want to know if I can get my copy today!!!

[n1ghth4wk]

Was discussing this with a mate this morning at work, saying Harvey Norman was breaking release, then not 2 seconds after, get a text from EB saying it was ready :D
Just picked it up on my lunch break and got told I was the last person to collect my preorder...lol. I know what I'll be doing after work.

[Niksmo]

love the fact that races accualy look proper now, and dragons! so good.

[Risk10k]

A few hours in, completed the first dungeon. WOW.


The linear boxy dungeons that put me off oblivion are no longer here, the scenery is absolutely epic with the contrast of snow and thick forests. Definitely nailed the Norse vibe!

[Slip_]

Pretty much shitting myself with anticipation.

[Stealthed]

FFFFFFUUUUUU Went to Game-traders in joondalup, they have closed down.. pingpingping's

Picked up a copy from GAME instead, will hit it up tonight, should be able to max everything. Looking forward to this tonight!!

[duste]

Got an SMS from EB today, will head down soon and grab my copy.

So keen to not have a life this weekend!

[Risk10k]

Now stuck on a quest involving a stupidly powerful witch, need to find how to conjour armour.

[hostage_85]

Have just past the first dungeon... Wow, the world looks so crisp... I can see me having no life for a while :D

[confuzion]

fakkkkkkkk keen :(

[Passage GT]

will be picking this up as soon as any store in this neck of the woods has it, will start calling around tomorrow.

[Stealthed]

Loving it so far, Forging is fucking awesome. Dragons and dragon shouts are pretty boss, I have noticed some random bugs in the game but overall very nice!

Also Dual spell casting looks insane when you cast two different spells simultaneously haha

[JBAE]

so what is this some kind of WOW type crap? or is it like a first person kind of shooter/sword swingen cool shit?

[Wozzernux]

Best description would be... a single player FPS version of WoW.

Noticed there's already a patch out for it haha, there's a sure fire sign the game was rushed for the release date!

[JBAE]

so its stop start go to menu select a fcuking fairy spell BS? or it it running around like a mad dog in first person with a fcuking sword killing ghekkos?look scool if its the later

[duste]

You could probably describe it as being the best of both worlds?

[Stealthed]

Yea sort of, I'd say once you hotkey things it's really just a first person hack/slash with spells + dragons thrown in for good measure, you can also play 3rd person. Really it's on it's own level, and you'll have to play it to see if you'll like it or not. I'd reccomend it though and I've only managed 2 hours of play! haha

[Phyber]

Blaaa you can take clothes off the females once you kill them (bra and panties stay on but there should be a nude patch soon) and move the bodies/limbs around into lesbian fisting poses...at least give it a try! lol.

When I get around to this it's going to hammer my PC, but should make the move to DX11 on windows 7 worth it?? I hope.

[Passage GT]

so who ended up going with pc and who went with xbox or ps3?
my xbox 360 is munching my usb sticks so i keep losing my saved data, not going to play the xbox again (really can't be fucked starting forza 4 over again..) until i get a hd for it next week so thinking of getting skyrim on steam tonight, this pc meets minimum requirements and i'm not overly fussed on perfect 1080p images etc and i also have a better pc i can repair in the coming months... think i just talked myself into the pc version haha.

[duste]

PC!

My personal ruling: PS3 for Racing/Sports, PC for FPS+RPG.

[Stealthed]

Good Rule, I'm basically the same.

I've got mine on PC with settings on Ultra, game runs fine! looks amazing too :)

[Risk10k]

Went with PS3, as I have a big ass tv and surround sound. PC gaming is a little to hard now, as my Mrs views as anti-social. But console is OK because she can watch... Go fucking figure.

[Niksmo]

xbox, racked up 23 hours so far... addictive!

[Passage GT]

85% downloaded on steam, gonna be a late night i think!

[Stealthed]

Lol Nik, it only came out yesterday? 23 hours... man that's intense.

[duste]

Yeah, pretty bombed! It auto-detected ultra high settings for my 550Ti, not bad at all.

[TheChad]

I got it for ps3. Doesn't look that awesome on the 52", because it's only 720p. Already had about 5 freezes and 3 of them resulted in crashes. Brand new ps3 too. I agree it seems to have been rushed. That said... Still the best game I've played lol. As far as I was concerned even if it was just oblivion 2 I'd be happy. It eclipses oblivion.

Just got up to the first dragon, already have about 9 or 10 side quests ready to go lol. Going to be a long summer. Just need some time to play it!

[TheChad]

Also, what is the"grab" button on ps3? Like to pick up objects and move them? Was awesome on pc as said, Funny poses and piles of items.

[Stealthed]

Killed 3 dragons so far, 2 scripted I believe. 1 was a random encounter.. pretty neat!

on another note, anyone notice that every guard you talk to sounds like The governator? (Arnold Schwarznegger)...

[Risk10k]

3 dragons, damn son. I'm doing the mage's guild thing, 1 dragon and 2 dragon shouts so far. Having the lesser ward spell is a bonus!

[Stealthed]

Ah, I haven't even touched guilds yet.. I want to join the blades or something similar if I do. Just doing 1 main story quest then about 3 side quests then repeat.. I've got heaps of Dragon bones and they weigh a fuck load... need me to murder some slut and squat in there house so I can store this shit...

so far I'm

1x Black dragon @ Tower next to main town (1st one you fight)
1x Brown Fire dragon @ a buriel mound (Part of main quest)
1x Brown Frost Dragon @ heading to Riften (Random encounter)

I've completed all 3 words of the first Shout..

FUS RO DAH - Unrelenting shout. (Pretty Over powered at knocking opponents onto the ground)

WULD NAH _ _ _ - Whirlwind sprint (Awesome for moving around, need to find last word though)

P.S Frost dragons will fuck your shit up...

[duste]

I swear after the first main quest (or during), Jarl mentions you can now get a house in his city...cannot find where the fuck to though.

Me being a noob, I didn't realise you could make armour with dragon bones and didn't retain them. :( Only killed 1 dragon so far though, so no biggy.

[Risk10k]

You need to speak to the Jarls advisor, and have 5000 gold handy.


I also did not know about dragon bone armour!! Damn!

[NVIOUS]

Yeh you buy the house off the Jarl's assistant, forget his name, father of the blacksmith chick in town. 5k though, i've just bought it with some furniture to store my dragon bone/scales & other heavy stuff. This game is going to ruin me, havent even taken MW3 out of the plastic yet cant seem to put this down. Ive now got some freaky werewolf powers, awesome fun!

Game looks/sounds epic through big projector/home theatre setup! Missus keeps thinking im watching some movie

[duste]

Yeh you buy the house off the Jarl's assistant, forget his name, father of the blacksmith chick in town. 5k though, i've just bought it with some furniture to store my dragon bone/scales & other heavy stuff. This game is going to ruin me, havent even taken MW3 out of the plastic yet cant seem to put this down. Ive now got some freaky werewolf powers, awesome fun!

Game looks/sounds epic through big projector/home theatre setup! Missus keeps thinking im watching some movie

LOL! Yeah, I had my monitor set to 'scenery' mode and fuck it looked good, even on just a 24"!

Going to be a good boy and get some work done this morning before I jump on.

[hostage_85]

I got it on Xbox, havent had a single problem (YET). Set up on my 42" and Surround Sound... Scared the crap out myself last night as I was walking through the jungle and I could hear scuttering behind me. thought there was some bugs in the house and realised it was coming from the speakers lol

[Stealthed]

Wow, and I thought Frost Dragons were hard! I just had a random encounter at the worst possible time (Raiding a fort) and a fucking Blood Dragon showed up....

It did fuck my shit up on 3 occasions.. also Don't run from a blood dragon, it will follow you where ever you go.

Well that's 4 fuckers down so far! :)

Edit* Here is a shot of my Character after 11 hours of play. All crafted leather Armor, Purchased Elven shield and the sword is known as "DragonBane" Which I found in some sky temple, does extra 20dmg to pingpingping's (Dragons) and 10 shock to everything else.

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-12_00001.jpg

Probably doesn't look the best on a screen shot but everything is running at ultra within the game, it's mental!

[Phyber]

Cummon man at least move the camera against the wall to force it to zoom in :)

[Stealthed]

This is about as good as my camera skills get, zoom in any more and you lose like half the body for the shot. It looks worse on screen shots compared to in the game.

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-12_00002.jpg
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-12_00003.jpg

[Risk10k]

I wish I could of taken a shot of the nothern lights when I was on last night, EPIC, especially with giants running around!

[Stealthed]

I can imagine we'll see some nice screenshots in this thread, I wish I had taken a screenshot of the Blood dragon I fought, it was intense!

I'm just using the Steam F12 function and photobucket for photos, so I don't know if any of you blokes are using something better to get some better results, Chuck some decent ones up if you take them.

[Passage GT]

god this game is crazy addictive, having some combat issues though, in the quest where you gotta beat someone up with your fists, was like no reaction to inputs, took a long time with me standing there getting punched wondering why i wasn't throwing any.
same thing happened when i was in werewolf form, once he gets into them he owns hard but was more than a few times where i was getting no responses at all and i was getting smashed, he has basically no defence so doesn't take long, and yes i was taking into account my stamina meter.
had ww form run out halfway through too, left me standing there naked with fists lol, another ownage my way.

on a lighter note, what kinda builds are you guys going with?
i noticed stealthed mentioned the leather armour and seems to be a ranged plus quick melee?
my guy is an orc wearing steel plate with a shield and mace combo, a nicely timed block and counter pretty much finishes a fight instantly, only lvl 9 atm though.
back to work monday which sucks! need more play time haha.

[Stealthed]

I know right? Normally I don't get so into games but this and BF3 at the same time... man I've never been playing so long haha Diablo 3 is going to wreck me. Werewolf? You must be doing some crazy shit Passage, I'm Lvl 16.

Anyway, yes my build is like a hunter of sorts, I damage with my bow then head in with the sword/shield. Depending on the enemy I may throw in some fire or frost spells and also have 1 resto spell for health. I'm levelling smithing also, as you noted I wear light armour and the leather look is good, just unlocked Eleven, although I'm not a big fan on the look especially with my current character who like I said, is bit of a hunter so the leather suits well for now and hunting deer from afar with a bow is mint, Need to see what Glass armour looks like then eventually Dragon scale through my Smithing. :)

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-12_00010.jpg

Pic of the northen lights, also I'm still at 4 kill counts for Dragons, had another 2 random encounters but chose to hide.. Dragons are a pain in the ass to fight sometimes haha.
Also a pic of my latest crafted Armour and I've improved it including the shield through blacksmithing!

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-12_00012.jpg

[Risk10k]

Just about to finish up the Collage of Winterfall main story, playing as a Conjourer + Destruction mage. Also seem to find things stupid easy with a companion, Lydia does a good job!




Edit; Just as I was about to finish up, fucking dragon! 3 double cast fireballs and gone :D

[Milhouse]

Currently Level 4 and heading upto the Greybeards, i took the long route around the mountain and am currently stuck facing off against some ghost chick who comes out the ground, and has 3 floating light orbs around her. Keep getting my arse handed to me. Any ideas ? Or should i teleport back to the village and take the 7000 steps up the mountain ?

Loving the game so far, lost about 4.5hrs this evening without even realising !

[Risk10k]

Currently Level 4 and heading upto the Greybeards, i took the long route around the mountain and am currently stuck facing off against some ghost chick who comes out the ground, and has 3 floating light orbs around her. Keep getting my arse handed to me. Any ideas ? Or should i teleport back to the village and take the 7000 steps up the mountain ?

Loving the game so far, lost about 4.5hrs this evening without even realising !

Do some side quests! I'm upto level 11 and I havn't made it to the greybeards yet...

Also, bring along your housecarl :D

[Milhouse]

Yeah might give that a go, ive got the housecarl with me but tbh shes fucking useless. Keeps lagging behind and wont keep up.

Also do they level up ?

[Stealthed]

Take the steps, I counted and their was only 6,897 so it's not as bad.

Frost trolls along the way, just keep running past them, get your skills then do a whole bunch of sidequests/exploring before continuing on with the main quest line as it involves another dragon to kill and after him it increases random encounters. ( The story explains how the dragons are appearing)

[duste]

Killed a second dragon, then a couple seconds later I got raped by a Giant who literally sent me flying 100ft in the air... Died instantly and lost the dragon kill, fml!

Finally sorted myself a house so I've been able to stash a lot of shit there. Anyway, I'm pretty much going to the same route as Stealthed (archer + warrior combo) except with heavy armour - may switch to leather soon as the heavy armour is taking up way too much "space".

[TheChad]

I have killed 2 now. 2nd one was a random frost one outside the town right near the first. Managed to kill it around lvl 8 by making it lock onto other npcs like horses and bandits and then raiding it from behind with sword swinging and fire at the same time. Shout it and run. Rinse repeat. Climbing the mountain I needed help with that troll so I ran back to that kneeling bitch, unfortunately I also hit her with my fire so she ended up coming after me after I dealt with te troll. She wouldn't back down so I killed her and she had scale armour... Surely thats not dragon scale? I'll be bummed if that's the best looking armour I get...

[Stealthed]

5th Dragon down, encountered it while passing a village.. tried to go 3rd person mode for some pics, sadly they don't come out good. I'm determined to get a decent dragon pic!

Also, I doubt it's "Dragon Scale" as that calibre of armour normally looks pretty boss, and hers looks like some steel scale poo.

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-13_00001.jpg

[Passage GT]

wow i'm only down to one dragon lol, i keep getting side tracked by offshoot quests, i joined the companions so i kind of have a room i can store shit in atm and that's where the werewolf form came in, i think it can seriously own once i learn how to play with it properly, it's hard though cause in the form you don't have access to any menu's etc, so no healing potions or food or shouts etc...
gonna head off to the greybeards soon, got a full day ahead of me before work this week!
going to start training with my bow more though, facing a dragon by myself with a mace is intimidating haha, don't want to get too close.

[hostage_85]

Take the steps, I counted and their was only 6,897 so it's not as bad.

Frost trolls along the way, just keep running past them, get your skills then do a whole bunch of sidequests/exploring before continuing on with the main quest line as it involves another dragon to kill and after him it increases random encounters. ( The story explains how the dragons are appearing)

I went the 7000 Steps route and Frost Trolls were fuckign my shit up good lol... Had to find a way around it, everthing else I ran into wasn't too difficult. I'm only level 9 at the moment going for Warrior + Mage I think. Heavy armor is taking up some space though. Probably should have brought my housecarl along with me

[Milhouse]

The part where the "witch" ? is, is as you leave North Skybound Watch. Ive since teleported back down to Ivarstead to climb the stairs, when i got there a courier gave me a letter basically saying people are not happy about Dragonborns returning, and my use of the shout has angered people.

Maybe thats why they put a witch up there that i couldnt kill...

Now to find these stairs.

[Jaak]

Lvl 11 with full scaled light amour , elvin war axe + fireball. I got me a motherfucking horse ,because I will not be using the teleport system to maximize the experiance of the game. downed 4 dragons ,only one Quest related, but all fire dragons. I love this game , but time to study now :(

[Passage GT]

where and how did you get a horse?
much want for a mount lol

[Risk10k]

You can buy one at the Windhelm stables for 1000g.


LOL at no fast travel, fuck that!

[duste]

I stole the horse from the bandits just outside Whiterun.

Every time I hopped off it, it would start walking back to the bandit camp. Once, I let it walk for a couple metres, hopped back on, and suddenly I was a good 100m+ away...lol. There's a few tiny bugs like that in the game, but nothing major for me so far.

Soon after that, whilst climbing up a mountain on the horse, I had the urge to jump down the side of a cliff...sadly the horse took the brunt of the fall and died, and now I has no stolen horse. :(

[Jaak]

You can buy one at the Windhelm stables for 1000g.


LOL at no fast travel, fuck that!

playing on master lvl aswell ,I died like 7 million time . but it helps saving a lot and have a companion. downing n dragon takes like 15-16mins and a fuck load of potions

[NVIOUS]

Level 12 Nord Warrior, just made a full dwarven armour set w/ two-handed Skyforge Steel Greatsword, power swings own most lower level baddies in one hit. Trying to use a little bit of destruction magic & bow to mix skills up abit though. Downed 3 dragons, 1 fire, 1 frost & 1 blood dragon.

Crappy iphone pic:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y236/VNAero/Games/IMG_0088.jpg

[Stealthed]

The dwarven armour looks pretty decent! Well done. I just bought a house, finally had somewhere to store all my dragon bones/scales..

Now I'm actually keen to take down some more dragons! Currently lvl 18 and just found an elven bow, improved it through smithing and it's pretty decent now! I've almost completely stopped using magic besides Restoration. Need more gold, I'm broke as f*ck after buying a house..

also anyone know If you can re-name a house?

Edit* Just took down my 6th dragon literally as I walked 200m away from whiterun to a bandit camp it flew over a mountain and spotted me... got some better pic as I had "Lydia" with me this time which helped as a distraction!

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-13_00003.jpg
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-13_00004.jpg
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-13_00006.jpg
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-13_00009.jpg
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-13_00010.jpg

This guy was just a Brown frost dragon, pretty easy when he stopped doing hit/runs!

[Passage GT]

nice shots dude!
i finally got to eh greybeards and learnt a couple new shouts, lvl 12 now and found some dwarven armour, switched to a sword now and does some decent damage, ice trolls are pretty tough but berserk knocks them down nice n quick.

[Risk10k]

Going to learn the conjour weapons spells now, see how that plays out. I can dual cast a fire bolt and it will kill most things (on Adept), but things like to run up a bit fast and I need to switch to melee gear. I can always make them flee with battle cry if needs be..

[Stealthed]

I don't know about you guys but I seem to be getting a lot of dragon encounters, just downed my 7th. I was lucky as it was a Blood Dragon and I stumbled upon it attacking some mammoths which were doing some decent damage to the dragon so I seized the moment.. wait.. what's that hovering around in the top right corner?.... soooo many dragons!

http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-13_00019.jpg
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-13_00020.jpg
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv220/Stealthed33/2011-11-13_00021.jpg

Yes as you can see, I've crafted a full set of superior elven armour, was hard finding moonstone etc also yes that is a 2nd dragon hovering around a mountain in the 1st/3rd pic :)

[Risk10k]

Arch mage now. Wish I could get rid of the damn quiver on my back!



Just took the 7000 steps, geared up for the frost troll like it was a big deal - two fire balls and gone :D

[JBAE]

fcuking Nerdy homos! FUUUUU actually considering buying this in the next few day now! looks cool!

[Gr3mlin]

Got it today, played it for like 3 hours....felt like 10 minutes xD

Joined the Companions aswell, though I have not made it to the "inner circle" to get the werewolf feature. Seen no dragons yet either other then the black one which I ran away like a little bitch :P

[Passage GT]

Arch mage now. Wish I could get rid of the damn quiver on my back!



Just took the 7000 steps, geared up for the frost troll like it was a big deal - two fire balls and gone :D

yeah fire owns them hard, i have the flame shout atm and it's very handy against anything frosty, i haven't stumbled across fuck all dragons, just found my second and it was super easy, had a bear attacking me at the same time lol.
i think i'm going to start looking for them so i can start activating the shouts i've found.
my missus was talking to some nerd mate of hers who downed his 58th dragon this weekend, he pretty much hasn't stopped playing it since release...

[duste]

Finally downed my second dragon (and this time I didn't die a few seconds later!)...pretty sure my horse was on fire the entire time kek.

Stealthed, where did you find the moonstones?

[Milhouse]

Level 6 now, taken down 2 dragons.

As for bugs what have people noticed ? I saw 2 mammoths walking around and as i got closer, one of them shot 50+ft into the air and landed in a heap on the floor.

[Stealthed]

Finally downed my second dragon (and this time I didn't die a few seconds later!)...pretty sure my horse was on fire the entire time kek.

Stealthed, where did you find the moonstones?

I unfortunatly couldn't find anywhere to mine it, yet. I found a few ingots of it on some necromancers in some cave and also purchased a lare amount from the chick in whiterun next to my house. I'm about to start making plate armour as my smithing is at 47 (50 needed for advanced armours). So will probably do a little bit tonight after work.

I've hardly been playing skyrim as much as some on here, however in the time I have played I've seen the mammoth in the air bug. I've also had a tower glitch out and when you entered you fell through the floor onto rocks, as well as random game crashes from time to time for no reason (Although I do alt+tab a lot).

[NVIOUS]

For anyone trying to plan out their skill tree:

http://www.anuconsulting.com/skyrim/skyrimperkpicker.html

Its a simulator that lets you choose the perks as you level up, i just turned the "race" to "turn off simulator" and you can easily choose whatever perks you want until you reach level 50.

[Gr3mlin]

Seem to be stuck on the "golden claw" mission where you need the owl,moth,bear combination.

Anyone know it?

[duste]

Seem to be stuck on the "golden claw" mission where you need the owl,moth,bear combination.

Anyone know it?

It's the order in which they appear on the wall engravings as you walk in to the room - I can't remember the exact combination at the moment though.

[Passage GT]

just look at your golden claw in your inventory and it shows the order on there
there's another similar dungeon with a sapphire claw also

[MikeS14]

just look at your golden claw in your inventory and it shows the order on there
there's another similar dungeon with a sapphire claw also
Oohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fark hahahaha
Got it with trial and error, didnt want to google it.
So who actually looked on the claw?

[hostage_85]

lol... I used the Claw, I went into a dungeon last night just below the 7000 steps mountain and got stuck at one of those, had 4 pillers, but I had no idea how to work out the combination. Ended up just restarting from before I went in there lol

[TheChad]

This game is absolutely ridiculous. I really like how it differs from oblivion. Was kind of shit how everything leveled up with you in that game. Now there are still areas where as a lvl 17 I get 1 hit killed. Really appreciate the difficulty. To whoever said the frost troll is easy, you probably are a higher level than most, so it's easy. I went up there at lvl 8 and nearly got owned. had to stand on rocks and bathe it in fire untill it died.

Slain a few dragons now, I'd say about 8? I'm strong enough to take them by myself. Finnaly got around to starting the mages guild. Destruction level 45 and still only have the three base spells lol. Keen to get some fireballs!

I am training:
Light armor
One hand
Destruction
Restoration
Sneak

With supporting
Blacksmithing

Also got a cOuple of points in lock picking and archery but not likely to pick many perks untill later, especially with archery.

[JasonSS]

All this sounds pretty cool, im interested in getting it but is it a game i can just go pick up and play?? I used to love Final Fantasy on old PS, but just unsure whether i should give it a shot or not.. Cheers fellas.

[TheChad]

Yeah, takes about an hour to design your character and get into the world, but after that it's a matter of finding things you like and using them, and perking up the relevant skills. Doesn't require any previous knowledge and it teaches you how to play.

[Passage GT]

if it helps i've played other rpgs before but this was the first elder scrolls game i've played before, and it's awesome.

[Stealthed]

Well according to most people (Including myself) it's a very exciting and enjoyable game. Here is a video of my reaction when I found out it was being released!

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OK maybe not to that extent (I didn't ride a horse)

[hostage_85]

Lol... that was so me!!!!

[Niksmo]

downed 14 dragons so far. got 3 shouts fully unlocked and nearly got the a third, need to find the final word to the fire breath!!!!!! toon is a level 22 cat thing archer/dual wield one handers with fully enchanted gear. archery/sneak are my main atributes with afew points in black smithing. been playing about 40 hours so far, done bulk dungeons + clearing out tower and camps.

[JasonSS]

LOL guess i could just try it on EBs game return policy.. dont like it take it back. Cheers

[Milhouse]

I wonder what would happen if you took the game back saying you didnt like it, the teenagers behind the counter would implode most likely...

[Risk10k]

I wonder what would happen if you took the game back saying you didnt like it, the teenagers behind the counter would implode most likely...


LOL, happened with Demon souls. Super impulse buy, didn't even play it and I returned - Kid had smoke pouring out of his ears :D

[TheChad]

so who here is playing on ps3? ive had a heap of freezes and glitches. a few crashes or never ending loading screens... is it just me?

i have a brand new ps3 so i would like to know so i can take it back if it is defective

[NVIOUS]

Not too many problems so far on PS3, freezed after entering a new area once, and had a loading screen that wouldnt end once. Its just the game, wouldnt stress out about your console. I just save very regularly & it doesnt bother me.

[Stealthed]

PC ftw.

**Possible spoiler for part of the main quest line**


















Also, decided to do a bit more of the main quest, just had an epic battle of the ages with Alduin (The big black ancient dragon) at the top of the Throat of the world, You guys will love that part if you're not up to it, take plenty of health pots. Ye olde "Dragonbane" (Sword I found) performed magically! Don't worry though, if you've been doing the main quest you'll know he can't be killed by normal weapons so still more fights to go... this one was just epic!

[n1ghth4wk]

Finished the companions quest line last night (and married aela lol), and the dark brotherhood today. Lvl 24 prot pally (resto, block, heavy armour, 1Hander.
Frost trolls are still bullshit to fight (half the time I have to fight 2 though) and dragons are easy. I just run around belting things until half health, then run and dual heal until full HP, rinse and repeat.
Been a werewolf (had to cure it sadly to get well rested to begin dark brotherhood quest line).
Been a vampire.

[TheChad]

might sound a bit retarded but why did you have to give up being a werewolf to get well rested? Oh wait nvm, read it in the book, no bonuses.

i havent become one yet, so i guess ill do the dark brotherhood questline first, untill i do that mission. im sick of getting diseases from animals so i want to be a werewolf soon!

Getting pissed off by the lag and freezing. Definitely worse around the first city, is it likely because of how much shit I have sold the blacksmith at the front gate? And how much stuff I have stored in my house?
My save file is about 7,500 kb now, so not that big, considering all the items I have and the ones I've sold.

Small SPOILER: (low lvl and possibly related to my glitching issues)


Also, kind of annoyingly, those two "alkaji" or whatever they are, guys that were looking for the black chick in town? I finished that quest and wiped out all of the guys from their group but they are both still there? Wtf? Considering killing them, but they are right infront of the guards and it will be a massive bounty...

[cplagz]

Just picked this up for PS3. OMG. Also bought Saints Row The Third.... not sure when I'll get to play that and BF3 anymore!

[maximus]

Yeh, I pre-ordered Saints Row ages ago, so went and picked it up yesterday, but I can't bear to put it in knowing I could be playing Skyrim. So addictive. I liked Oblivion but this is just leagues ahead.
Level 17 now kicking ass with archery and sneak, found some ring that added like 20 to my already high sneak and dudes walk into me and don't notice. It's good. Too much stuff to do, haven't even gone for the 7k steps yet, about to start the thieves and Brotherhood quests.

TheChad - I hear a lot of people on PS3 are getting major slowdowns and there's not really any generally accepted explanation, most people are getting by rebooting every now and then, but that's obviously a pain in the ass.

(I'm on 360 by the way, so no personal accounts)

[Riggs]

Played this last night for an hour or so at my brothers, if i bought a copy myself I would have taken it back. Not a fan.

[Risk10k]

Played this last night for an hour or so at my brothers, if i bought a copy myself I would have taken it back. Not a fan.


I had the same reaction when I played Morrowind and Oblivion the first time. Even with Neverwinter nights 1/2, Buldars gate, Icewind dale etc.



For whatever reason it is now, I enjoy them to nerd gasm levels... :/

[hostage_85]

TheChad - I hear a lot of people on PS3 are getting major slowdowns and there's not really any generally accepted explanation, most people are getting by rebooting every now and then, but that's obviously a pain in the ass.

(I'm on 360 by the way, so no personal accounts)

I've only had 1 Freeze on the 360 so far, but Have been looking after my Son all Week so havent really had a much of a chance to get far yet. Reached lvl 12 last night and got to the book mission at Fellglow dungeons for the Mages.

My son go's back to his mums this weekend, so then there will be bulk playing getting done lol.

[TheChad]

Finally bought some good destruction spells lol, didn't realize the guy at the first town who sends you off to the dragon sold them. Fireballs overpower most enemy's as an apprentice spell, looking forward to the adept fire!

[SircatmaN]

I got the game on PC but only got to play for 5-10 minutes because I also got my animus edition of Assassins Creed Revelations yesterday and couldn't stop playing until I was passing out. Although somehow I have a feeling I will be the same with Skyrim once I start playing. To many good games out! I'm glad this is it for my preorders!

[Matty180]

loving skyrim atm. still trying to find side quests to level up more. ran into 4 dragons so far. saving up for a house atm so can store shit in it lol

[Risk10k]

loving skyrim atm. still trying to find side quests to level up more. ran into 4 dragons so far. saving up for a house atm so can store shit in it lol


Doing the Mages College in Winterfall nets you a free room from the get go, and a nice big one once you have finished it. Upto 16k saved for the house in Solitude now :D

[MirKz]

I bought myself a house in winterfal or is it winterrun... fk knows.
It's a shitty shack right now...

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/Mirkz/2011-11-16_00001.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g237/Mirkz/2011-11-16_00002.jpg

[maximus]

It's called Whiterun. And did you do the scammy thing where you can buy the house and all the decorations without spending a cent? You should have. I love exploits

[MirKz]

Nope, didn't know I could.
I'm new to the elder scrolls games and know fk all about how to do pretty much anything in them.
I'm not good with smithing or anything and can only make shitty weapons/apparel etc.

Have HEAPS to learn.
I should actually buy the guide or something to get the most out of it.


I basically hack and slash my way through the game with the odd fireball or healing spell.

[Passage GT]

It's called Whiterun. And did you do the scammy thing where you can buy the house and all the decorations without spending a cent? You should have. I love exploits

do tell!
i've got a room with the companions and been storing all my shit in the cupboard there, doesn't get touched so works for now, i pretty much only go there to drop off shit i can use later, certain ores etc and dragonbone and dragonscale.
lvl 15 and dragons are easy, gonna start completing the quests i have now instead of roaming around picking up new ones lol.
still loving the game.
i'm also going to find a cure for the werewolf thing, i rarely use it cause youc an't do anything, can't loot, heal, eat (apart from corpses) seems to be more of a novelty than actually useful

[MirKz]

I wanna find some hot chick to shack up with for the lulz.. take her back to my house to clean the cobwebs there :P

[maximus]

do tell!

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SYs20vLng2A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

You do the same method when buying the interior stuff later, you just have to chat to him, select the buy thing option, exit talk immediately, sprint to a cupboard or something and dump all your gold in it before it's subtracted. Rinse and repeat for each item.

If the video doesn't embed properly for some reason, (it's not for me in preview post) here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYs20vLng2A

[Stealthed]

Personally I don't use exploits/glitches or anything like that, I feel it ruins what you've worked hard for. Plus gold is so easy to make, just go to some high end dungeon and raid it... soo much stuff to sell if you do it right! I've got like 12k spare at the moment.

[Passage GT]

http://www.noob.us/entertainment/how-to-steal-in-skyrim/

mate just showed me this, i had no idea you could do shit like that, it's funny as, i'm gonna go put buckets on peoples heads

[hostage_85]

HAHAHAH... Bucket Heads FTW

[TheChad]

Spent, no exaggeration, over 4 hours on that mages guild quest in the woven ruins running back and forward to empty all of the scrap metal into ingots into my storage... Used my housecarl for the second two hours as a mule but she still didn't help too much.

Just got to what I'm pretty sure is the final room with the big puzzle, however we are both overloaded and there is still heaps more to pick up in the area before looks like ill be doing another run and smelt lol.

Will have about 300+ dwarven ingots, problem is I perked up the light armour side so I need to waste some perks on the other side... Will pay off though, making shitloads of dwarven armours should move me closer to dragon stuff !

[Niksmo]

got full dragonscale armour after spending about 12k gold grinding my blacksmithing level up. plus if you want to upgrade shit dont forget to get +% upgrade enchants and potions before you do it... makes it way better. got a glass bow that does 82 damage with a firey enchant on it, so pimp.

[TheChad]

Surprisingly a guy I work with who is a massive elder scrolls fan told me today he exploited the game too. I think it takes away from the experience and he regrets it already. He went into a hotel and backed up into a corner, crouched and wedged his control to walking backward. Leveled up sneak from the teens to the 60's and got a few lvls all in 1 hr.

I personally reckon it's not worth it, and would rather level up sneak by shooting and stabbing pingpingpingpings in the back.

[maximus]

Yeh I'd never use exploits to level up or scum through gameplay, only it was early in the game and I'd been raiding an assload of dungeons and didn't want to lose all my cool shit. Basically just did it for the chest, rest of the game has to be played legit, otherwise you're wasting the experience.

[MirKz]

I made it to the Gray Beards last night. Epic trip up the mountain haha.
I hope there's more involved with the training of the voice, I found that part to be quite interesting.
I have to go fetch something from on the previous elders tombs now.

I definitely like the quick travel. I can see the positive and negative side to this.
Positive obviously not having to waste 30 mins to travel to the other side of the map, if not longer.
Negative being that it takes away from the game and the adventure, stops you from gaining as much loot along the way or getting involved in various fights etc.

[TheChad]

If I am close I generally walk it, or if I can see that there is a large open space between me and my destination I will walk it. More leathers and the odd bandit, also find places. If I have already walked that whole way and discovered everything around I'll normally just fast travel it.

[Matty180]

how often do the ore rocks replenish? tried sleeping for 2 days but didnt work

[TheChad]

Its like 1 game month or so.

Starting to get pisses off with the bugs, locked out of Mage guild progression because the spells won't effect the crystal in the dwarven ruins, and it keeps freezing and crashing at the worst times.

[anton]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE4uzGaQDQg&feature=player_embedded

Skills

[duste]

Its like 1 game month or so.

Starting to get pisses off with the bugs, locked out of Mage guild progression because the spells won't effect the crystal in the dwarven ruins, and it keeps freezing and crashing at the worst times.

Crash bugs are annoying me slightly, particularly when you're in the middle of fighting a dragon lol.

Also having issues with that Thieves Guild dude Brynolf (?) not going down in to the Flagon in the sewers...

Still thoroughly enjoying the game, though.

[TheChad]

News is ps3 patch is done, been sent to Sony for certification. Could take less than a week, could take until after Xmas... Surely would hurt Xmas sales if there is known global issues..

[Butcher]

Stupid game is ruining my life.

[Stealthed]

Just started a new character, Wood Elf - Following suite of one I did on Oblivion, An Assassin.

Just been initiated into the Dark Brotherhood.... such a good way of finding out about them and being approached compared to other games, Very fun if your building a somewhat Dark character!! As for my Hunter spec character he's lvl 33 and towards the end of the main quest so I'll finish that later haha

The video that made me jump the gun on my Assassin...
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[Passage GT]

that is cool, i'm very happy with my current toon but really thinking about starting another just to go down a completely different path, dragons are now easy and i've gone from one handed and shield two dual one handed and fuck i do some damage!
brilliant game, wish i had the pc hardware to really reach it's limits but even with my basic system i'm addicted to it.

[SircatmaN]

Is there any way on PC to get the game to autosave every 2-5 minutes? I'm sick of getting all the way through a dungeon and stepping on a trp and getting killed then restarting at the entrance and doingit all over again, also ruins the pace of the game when I have to pause and save it myself every few minutes!

[Niva]

I just did a couple of upgrades to my pc, anyone running anything similar?

2 x HD 4870x2 in crossfire
i3 2100
768 P-UD3 mobo
4 gig of some top of the line ram

anyone playing on similar spec?

[Torquen]

3 days till exams are over and I can buy this game!

[Stealthed]

Is there any way on PC to get the game to autosave every 2-5 minutes? I'm sick of getting all the way through a dungeon and stepping on a trp and getting killed then restarting at the entrance and doingit all over again, also ruins the pace of the game when I have to pause and save it myself every few minutes!

You can just hit F5 for a quick save feature.

[duste]

3 days till exams are over and I can buy this game!

So 3 more days of sunlight, nice!

[Passage GT]

You can just hit F5 for a quick save feature.
this, i constantly hit f5 during game.
watched that video above, i'm making an assassin next!

[JBAE]

anyone keen to do a brief run down/summary of the characters types and shit you can build? i under stand there is different races ect but i mean relating to the above assasins ect does it change game play and such? looking to finally buy tomorrow was keen this weekend but looks dangerous as i have an assessment to complete!

[Stealthed]

lol good call on waiting, ensure at least 1 week of your time is free from commitments, it should be a pre-requisite when you buy skyrim.

In regards to character building, the best thing about Skyrim is their is no set class, you level up whatever you use, so it suits your play style. Example: If you like to run into an enemy and smack it on the head with a huge sword, then chances are you'll be wielding a 2H sword and wearing Heavy armour which will level as you use it, vice versa if you like to sneak with a bow or daggers etc

[Stealthed]

LOL! Just realised on the Forsworn bandits, I can pick pocket their leaders Hearts! so funny to sneak up then watch them drop dead with a gaping hole in their chest haha

[Risk10k]

LOL! Will have to try :D


Just bought the pad in Solitude, did not realise I was going to have raise another 20k to finish it!

[Passage GT]

i'm hugely frustrated right now, finally successful on killing a forsworn magic user (insane damage) and her chronies and my fucking game/computer freezes, took me a good 5 attempts to make it that far.
had this computer for a few years now so it's nothing flash but it's never froze before and skyrim hasn't frozen on me and i've been playing it all week, only started doing it today.
was on my way to get the red dudes sword for that questline but going to bed now.
if it wasn't for xmas coming up i'd be smashing down some cash on seriously needed computer hardware.

btw i can't wait to make an assassin type character just for the fun stealthed has been having.

[TheChad]

i dont know why you guys are talking about "making" an assassin, if you really want that character why not just start working on that shit now? if you are like lvl 40 then obviously would take to long to perk up sneak etc, but surely you could just level up those things...

i started oblivion a few times again but i found that after the first restart it was a slippery slope, you end up wanting all these different things, and you try too hard to get certain skills up that you end up ruining the game. and replaying the same missions can be tedious.

personally i just got "the black star" going to enchant myself some glass to wear for a while now, took my smithing from 52-80 in 1 hour. been collecting heaps of stuff, especially dwarven metal and some leather. basically made a shitload, improved it, and sold it back to the bitch and her guy inside the shop at whiterun, then bought all their ores when their cash got low. basically leveled up twice, got heaps of skill in smithing and got a bunch of sweet ore to up some other items as i come across them. only 1 perk away from dragon!!! unfortunately that is going to be the hardest part, as the last levels always take AGES.

[duste]

x2

I started off being a Heavy Armour-based, One-Handed-only character, and now I'm slowly switching to Light Armour and a mix of One-Handed/Archery/Magic. To hell with starting all over again...

[maximus]

Yeh, levelling up sneak is crazy powerful. Get the back stab with daggers do 15x damage perk, then grab the double back stab damage gauntlet things from the Dark Brotherhood and you're rolling with 30x damage. With high sneak you can just walk around crouching 1 hit killing almost anything.

[Passage GT]

fair enough, i figured the game is good enough that i wouldn't mind doing it again, i'm in heavy armour and dual wielding atm but i've got quite a few perks in heavy armour but put most into one handed which should be fine if i do go that way with daggers etc, might just work on levelling sneak as high as possible in this form and then work on changing my armour and skills.

[Stealthed]

personally, I started again as your max level is lvl 50 (I think) so even if you turned your character into an assassin style you'd have wasted perks in things you don't need.

Plus, I made decisions that were different from my "Good, Dragon slaying hunter" since I'm all "Evil, Assassin of the night" Spec now.

[confuzion]

Cool video.. +1 on the Evil assassin character ftw :)

[Stealthed]

Best mod ever,

http://kotaku.com/5861327/the-loneliest-skyrim-mod-of-them-all

[TheChad]

game guide says there is no max lvl, theoretically max lvl is around 80

[JBAE]

The fuck! khunts just alittle protective of their fcuking chooks!

[_oz]

hahahaha, same thing happened to me, whole village came after me as I cooked the chicken into flames

[duste]

LOL!

[Stealthed]

We've all been through that stage, I think it stems back to N64 Legend of Zelda days... Don't ever fuck with the chooks!

[JBAE]

its seriously too fucking tempting! forbidden fruit spec! like feathered little soccer balls there purely as a temptation to hack up or scewer! lol

[Stealthed]

LOL!!! "Feathered little soccer balls"

**Ponders making a Chicken killing montage, stealth spec** (Blame it on the foxes)

[TheChad]

Got my chap in a full set of legendary glass armour, mildly enchanted. Went from 131 to 310 defence lol. That was with the 60% and all light armour bonus. About 10 skill points away from matching set and about 17 smith skills away from being able to make dragon stuff. Level 30, skills evenly spread and finding some parts hard but some parts really easy!

For anyone thinking of doing the mission from azura. Not a big mission but I think you should read the spoiler, worth knowing. Has no bearing on main quest. I did it wrong the first time and when I found out I went back and did it right lol.




this mission is worth doing, especially before the dark brotherhood. The statue is located on the mountain a bit away from the city where the mages guild is.




SPOILER ALERT
I won't ruin the whole thing, it's only a 30min mission anyway.

Make sure after you get the star, and you are presented with the choice, you choose to take it back to the elf in the inn, not back to the bitch at azuras shrine. Take it to the elf, it goes black and you can trap only black, aka humanoid souls, they are always grand and are great for enchanting. Take it to azura and you get a normal type star gem and can't trap humans, you will find enough normal gems to cover that anyway.

Just my 2c. Starting dark brotherhood, each mission = new grand soul

[Passage GT]

^^ haven't got to that yet, i'm lvl 26 and just finished the forbidden legend questline
the illusion dude was a pingpingpingping until i figured out the stupid easy way of killing him
my skills are kind of all over the place, definitely going to start a new toon, too many perks gone into heavy armour and smithing to work for a complete change, i still really enjoy playing this guy anyway, i'm in full steel plate armour that's at superior and enchanted
i've got an insane amount of gear to get smithing etc up but just been having too much fun questing to really get into it atm
i made a point of trying to finish up some quests before taking on new ones, but the way it's working one quest gives you two new ones, i've got a stupid amount in my quest log now.

[n1ghth4wk]

Just started again last night as an assassin character as pally was getting a bit boring. Doing the dark brotherhood first for the ancient armour and then companions for the werewolf. Sneak>dual wield>bow.

It's a lot easier once you've done most of the quests before.

[Slip_]

Found myself compelled to smash the main quest. Lvl 20 with me Dunmer battle mage. Without revealing any spoilers, you definately want to complete the main quest sooner rather than later.

[syther]

Quick question.
is this game worth getting on ps3, i don't have a pc that will run it.

[TheChad]

Quick question.
is this game worth getting on ps3, i don't have a pc that will run it.

yes, by the time you put enough hours into it/save file gets big enough to cause the ps3 lag issues, the new patch will be out.

it looks great on ps3 untill i starts to lag and drop framerate, controlls are good, slight difficulty in aiming bows and spells over very very long distances, but doesnt take away from the game

[Justooon]

Quick answer.

Yes.

EDIT: MY PS3 Save has exceeded 6MB. No Issues.

[cplagz]

Do you guys do one quest at a time? I seem to have about 9 quests queued up and probably 12-15 Misc quests LOL.

My ps3 save is at 5mb and I find it drops frames after autosaving then clears up about 10 min later.

I also have a bug with one of the quests now - at Winterhold College after clearing out the Midden, Tolfdir tells you to talk to Mirabelle.... I had Jessna as sidekick and whilst I was talking the c*nt decides to shoot a dragon with a bow so it lands and starts fucking me up while I was stuck in dialogue, bailed out of dialogue now I can't get Mirabelle to talk about the quest, she only gives me the 4 normal generic questions..... FUUUUUUUUUUU

[Slip_]

Give it 3 days, apparently any greivance caused will be resolved and dialogue returns to the quest objective.

[Evman]

Do you guys do one quest at a time? I seem to have about 9 quests queued up and probably 12-15 Misc quests LOL.

My ps3 save is at 5mb and I find it drops frames after autosaving then clears up about 10 min later.

I also have a bug with one of the quests now - at Winterhold College after clearing out the Midden, Tolfdir tells you to talk to Mirabelle.... I had Jessna as sidekick and whilst I was talking the c*nt decides to shoot a dragon with a bow so it lands and starts fucking me up while I was stuck in dialogue, bailed out of dialogue now I can't get Mirabelle to talk about the quest, she only gives me the 4 normal generic questions..... FUUUUUUUUUUU

Yeah this is me as well. Only just decided to individually select one quest at a time and fast travel to complete it. Shit is getting chockers in my Journal.

[cplagz]

Give it 3 days, apparently any greivance caused will be resolved and dialogue returns to the quest objective.

I can see you playing this with a big slice of your special nuclear cake for hours upon hours and waxing lyrical about the prophecies that should be written about your character. hahaa

[Milhouse]

Big Image - This person has stored every weapon from people he has killed so far in the game hahah

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

Or hoarding shit loads of random crap haha

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

[Stealthed]

Lol fucking hoarders.

[masTers]

That's awesome

[TheChad]

not sure how many hours i've put in now, i'd say close to or just over 50. save file is 89XX Mb and the lag is absolutely unbearable at times. i do switch it off and start it again sometimes, but i need this patch so badly lol.


anyone got dragon armor yet? my smithing is at 94, lvl 33. glass armor is already so ridiculous for defence.
i have a ridiculous amount of quests open lol, too many things going on. i always make sure to ask innkeepers for info, so many rumors and bounties for killing things..

[Passage GT]

Just started again last night as an assassin character as pally was getting a bit boring. Doing the dark brotherhood first for the ancient armour and then companions for the werewolf. Sneak>dual wield>bow.

It's a lot easier once you've done most of the quests before.

i did the exact same thing on monday morning, did start the companion quests but going to do dark brotherhood asap, he's only lvl 3 so far but i'm pretty much doing all my travelling in sneak and killing anything that moves which levels up sneak nicely

pics of the hoarder are hilarious, i've got heaps of shit (not that much) but it's all stored in the cupboard in the companions room.
my computer is very old and average, not built for gaming in anyway, i grabbed one of two gtx7800's from my 'gaming' computer which is currently fucked and the game plays...just, i get random pauses and it's frozen my computer in a couple of occasions, but it's not disruptive enough to take away from the game and the pause only happens for a second or two, can't wait to play once i get the good one cranking again.

[Passage GT]

just got home to find i've accidently saved over my original toon, i've just done the f5 quick save but somehow the auto in game saves haven't been updating, i've lost ten levels and so many hours of work :(
i really can't see myself doing the same things over again with the same toon, i think my baby assassin just became my main.
seriously fucking pissed right now.

[mr m00se]

Im on about 80 hours atm, full dragon plate armour, smithed to ledg and 2 daedric ledg swords.
Finished the dark brother hood, mages guild and companions. Im just about to start the theives guild, but only got 3 main quests (as opposed to misc quests to go).
Also got all 9 dragon priest masks and own all the houses (except windhelm cause the place is a shithole).
Still have to chase down a couple of shouts and a couple more dungeons but getting pretty close to finishing all the obvious things up. Pretty damn good value for money id say.

[AGIT8D]

I'm not gonna scroll back pages to see if this has already been posted:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6650344/skyrim-headshot-like-a-boss

[cplagz]

How do you guys get so much money? I never seem to be able to carry more then a few hundred (Lv12)

[n1ghth4wk]

How do you guys get so much money? I never seem to be able to carry more then a few hundred (Lv12)

Don't spend it on anything you can live without unless you have shitloads (mats, pots, training etc). I managed to get to lvl 34 with just steel armor and a steel sword. Just spent 10k power leveling to dragon plate at 2am this morning.

Honestly, loot everything that has a good value to weight ratio, for example; don't bother picking up a war hammer that weighs say 35 and is only worth 50, but do pick up a scaled armour piece that weighs 5 and has a value of 75. Do the dark brotherhood quests, they are piss easy compared to obliviion and you get up to approx 22,000g at the end of the chain just from the last quest.
If you need money, go hunting for dragons. Sell all the bones and scales as they are worth a lot.

Those having trouble with smithing, make ~400 iron daggers=cheapest and easiest way.

[mr m00se]

Ya'll seen this?
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/11/report-skyrim-contains-the-entire-elder-scrolls-land-mass/
Basically it looks like the entire land mass for Tamriel has been build into the game... Theres a good chance that we will see DLC letting head back into Morrowwind and more..
They will just need to fix the item leveling and put in some perk caps, atm things become way too powerful thru enchanting and high level smithing.

[TheChad]

Im on about 80 hours atm, full dragon plate armour, smithed to ledg and 2 daedric ledg swords.
Finished the dark brother hood, mages guild and companions. Im just about to start the theives guild, but only got 3 main quests (as opposed to misc quests to go).
Also got all 9 dragon priest masks and own all the houses (except windhelm cause the place is a shithole).
Still have to chase down a couple of shouts and a couple more dungeons but getting pretty close to finishing all the obvious things up. Pretty damn good value for money id say.

Wow! Grats.

Sounds like you're heaps of the way through, when you say all the obvious things, are you talking about all the main quests? At ~50 I only just met delphine and got the horn lol! I keep getting side tracked!

Quick question, without ruining it, can I join both the storm cloaks and imperials? And therefore sack one town, then go back to the other team and re-sack it?

[Slip_]

Negative.

Morrowind maps content is fkn outrageous!!!

[Milhouse]

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

Hoarding dead bodies

[TheChad]

So there is no enchantment for enchanting, however.

It is possible to make a very strong potion of alchemy, that when consumed can make a very very strong potion of enchanting, which in turn can be consumed to make very very strong smithing enchantments, which again allows for rediculous item improving...


I made myself a set of dragon stuff, however my enchanting is only just above 50 so I don't have strong perks yet. My alchemy is low so I cbf. When I maxenchanting I will make the gloves armor and helmet, possibly a ring if I can. And then chug a blacksmiths draught and make some boss dragon armor then enchant the hit out of it with 2x enchantments.

I think there is a cap at 29 for some improvements, so might not be worth it. Also, there is a bug that allows calmer helmet and a circlet on at the same time, I won't use it, but one of you might exploit this for a bonus smith or something.

[hostage_85]

lol.. Off topic here, but spent the night watching movies with the missus. We finish up and she says "I'm sorry you didnt get to play your game tonight babe" i was like DAMN RIGHT!!!

[TheChad]

lol.. Off topic here, but spent the night watching movies with the missus. We finish up and she says "I'm sorry you didnt get to play your game tonight babe" i was like DAMN RIGHT!!!

Marry that bitch! Mine just moans at me when I play.




In other news. PATCH!

[Passage GT]

ooh patch, i'm really enjoying my new character, he's lvl 20 now and i have sneak up to like 64, she kicks serious ass!
funny thing is, i read all the lore in the game and it really makes me want to play the previous games, seeing as i've always been a kicker for gameplay over the latest and greatest graphics etc means it's probably realistic.
though if any expansions include the other realms from the game i'll just do that!
it's so good doing everything on a completely different tangent though, i'm doing quests i've never seen before and going in a whole different direction to my original character.

[Niva]

anyone tried the AMD crossfire fix?

[mr m00se]

All in all oblivion is a fantastic game, and considering that ive spent over 100 hours on it for $88 Im pretty happy.
However I think if they capped enchanting allot lower the game would flow allot better, also if they had creatures that didnt appear till the player was +40 level that would be sweet. I can kill a giant/dragon with one blow so theres not many battles that I need to sweat over.
And once you get to the point where you get the best perks, ie speech 100 you dont actually need it anymore. I think a few outrageously expensive things/items would be great, say a 100k farm or brewery or island. As it is ive got 150k and full speech but no incentive to buy/sell/trade as i own everything I need and theres nothing more interesting to buy.

[hostage_85]

I have thought about putting oblivion on and see how it goes in comparison, but i think i will wait till i complete skyrim first.
While my son has been home and watching his kids movies etc, i've messing around with Morrowind a bit. But I just can't seem to get into it like I was when it first came out...

[hostage_85]

Marry that bitch! Mine just moans at me when I play.

Lol... BTW I did :p

[Passage GT]

i stumbled across a draugr death overlord or something like that the other day, he did the disarm shout and then killed me in one hit, tried him again all sneaky like but he found me instantly and handed me my arse, i barely scratched him, will look for him later on though!

[TheChad]

i stumbled across a draugr death overlord or something like that the other day, he did the disarm shout and then killed me in one hit, tried him again all sneaky like but he found me instantly and handed my my arse, i barely scratched him, will look for him later on though!

was this in the galdaur (or however you spell it) amulet quest? i came across one and it did the same thing to me in about 2 hits, found him harder than the boss at the end of the dungeon lol! lvl 38 now, so those guys dont give me much trouble.

had the same thing with a bandit chief at around lvl 28, at lvl 38 i snuck up with brotherhood handwraps and 30x damaged his arse, fuck taking them on properly...


my light dragon armor is giving me over 450 defense now, cant wait to get it above 500 with some smithing enchanted items and then begin enchanting it. ive already saved like 8 grand souls ready to make another set bullshit enchanted!

[JBAE]

draugr deathlord with the ebony bow (best bow out i think full of win) i killed by one shot at a time with bow and arrow if you have a follower make them wait out side the dungeon room where the dude is sneak out shoot him with an arrow and bolt back to the cage lock self in cage let him walk back and keep repeating till dead only way i could do him in as i was like level 4-5 or something lame at the time you get an awesome bow out of it and there is another deathloard below in the well with a ebony axe so beware YOOO my personal hate atm is that KRONIS bastard!
so far i just stole the shout and gave it legs boy!

[TheChad]

draugr deathlord with the ebony bow (best bow out i think full of win) i killed by one shot at a time with bow and arrow if you have a follower make them wait out side the dungeon room where the dude is sneak out shoot him with an arrow and bolt back to the cage lock self in cage let him walk back and keep repeating till dead only way i could do him in as i was like level 4-5 or something lame at the time you get an awesome bow out of it and there is another deathloard below in the well with a ebony axe so beware YOOO my personal hate atm is that KRONIS bastard!
so far i just stole the shout and gave it legs boy!

Kronis is up with a dragon and word wall thing yeah? I was like 25 and he was bullshit powerful! I led 2 giants and 2 mammoths in to kill the dragon, dragon took out one of each, then that pingpingpingping popped out of the chest and I legged it, managed to catch him tangling with the mammoth and I hammered him from behind. His mask is gay, it's like archery locks and alchamy or some gay mix, keen for the other masks though, sure to be a good combo.

Unlocked matching set light armor perk, at 71 in light armor now and have over 550 defence!


New patch seems to have fixed the long play time lag, but not the general lag and freeze that still occurs. Also still stuck with the mages guild quest that won't let me focus the crystal...

[JBAE]

yeh thats the bastard! i couldnt figure out spells lol so ive been rolling all upto near level 17 with just flames and a few shouts figured out buy books n shit last night (dumbass i didnt realise you had to buy books ect FML) so now got a heap of bad juju to dish out in the way of spells n shit so may go back and have a chop at that kronis fcukker!

[mr m00se]

if your playing on pc you can use the console commands to move the quests on

[Crispymk2]

I've only just started out. Thought I was even clever by waiting until Arcadia or whatever the alchemist/herb shop lady is called was asleep then cleaning out her shelves while hidden. Next day I go back and she has hired thugs to kill me.

How did she know I did it if I was hidden the whole time?

[Matty180]

^ lol same happened to me. They were to strong for me so i legged it out of town haha

[cplagz]

fark i wish this wouldnt keep crashing my video drivers on my PC.

[Matty180]

tried updating to latest? i have no issues with mine