This weekend was a blur with a sick kiddo, but resulted in a level 29 Breton sneaky guy (archery, 1h, light armor, stealth, pickpocket). Did the Dark Brotherhood line, a chunk of the thieves guild, etc. Loving backstab, can't wait to get my stealth up higher (only about 50ish right now) to start consistently seeing that 30x backstab modifier.
I second Smeltdown, makes the game make more sense.
Eventually, I'm going to have to give being a primary magic user a go. Thinking orc, just for giggles.
Full Version: Skyrim.
QUOTE (StealthSigma @ Aug 21 2012, 11:15 AM) 
It takes maybe a minute to accelerate 7 days.
And again, I'd rather spend my IN GAME time emptying dungeons/ruins/etc #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, and #9 ... than sit on my hands for an in-game week.
Meanwhile, my Argonian Mage has become a Vampire Lord. Join the Dark Brotherhood? Why YES, yes we do indeed plan to to precisely that. MUA HA HA HA.
QUOTE (taeksosin @ Aug 21 2012, 01:56 PM)
This weekend was a blur with a sick kiddo, but resulted in a level 29 Breton sneaky guy (archery, 1h, light armor, stealth, pickpocket). Did the Dark Brotherhood line, a chunk of the thieves guild, etc. Loving backstab, can't wait to get my stealth up higher (only about 50ish right now) to start consistently seeing that 30x backstab modifier.
I second Smeltdown, makes the game make more sense.
Eventually, I'm going to have to give being a primary magic user a go. Thinking orc, just for giggles.
I second Smeltdown, makes the game make more sense.
Eventually, I'm going to have to give being a primary magic user a go. Thinking orc, just for giggles.
Funny enough, the orc berserk racial power applies to magic damage. I do recommend something to beef up spells, however.
Does anybody know if you can get Night-eye on an equippable armor/clothing/jewelry piece?
Oh, and crossbows rock, nuff said.
Oh, and crossbows rock, nuff said.
QUOTE (crash2029 @ Aug 25 2012, 04:39 PM)
Does anybody know if you can get Night-eye on an equippable armor/clothing/jewelry piece?
Oh, and crossbows rock, nuff said.
Oh, and crossbows rock, nuff said.
Not without mods.
Wrong game. 
No idea what you're talking about.
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Dawnguard is downloading as we speak. I think I will start a new character. Farewell, Kyria; may the songs of your courage never fade.
Dawnguard is pretty awesome. Crossbows rock. And the old Snow Elf architecture has it's own, unique style to it, that I think fits what little we know of them quite well.
Also, it's got more than just the Dawnguard-vs-Vampires content, there's the AetheriumWars questline (you'll find books by that title laying about all over - read it, and you get the first quest. The final reward choices are all very very nice, without being very very powerful at the same time. More a "cool factor" nice, if you will.
Note that if the above sounds excessively cryptic, it's because I am taking pains to avoid unwelcome spoilers.
Also, it's got more than just the Dawnguard-vs-Vampires content, there's the AetheriumWars questline (you'll find books by that title laying about all over - read it, and you get the first quest. The final reward choices are all very very nice, without being very very powerful at the same time. More a "cool factor" nice, if you will.
Note that if the above sounds excessively cryptic, it's because I am taking pains to avoid unwelcome spoilers.
Well, my new character, Zarya, turns out to be an expy of Kyria: heavy armor-wearing, spellcasting, blade-wielding badass Nord Amazon. The only real difference is that she wields swords and light- ahem, magicka sabers rather than axes.
It seems I have a type.
It seems I have a type.
Hehehe. My default "type" is the sneaky archer-assassin-sniper type. For my most recent character, I had to really WORK at "not sneaking".
QUOTE (_Pax._ @ Sep 10 2012, 03:57 AM)
Hehehe. My default "type" is the sneaky archer-assassin-sniper type. For my most recent character, I had to really WORK at "not sneaking".
Well, if Sneaky Archer-Assassin wasn't so powerful in both Oblivion and Skyrim....
QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Aug 30 2012, 02:15 PM)
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/13133
also... since we're on the topic of Fallrim... *cough*
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23530
Hearthfire Mod - meeeeeh.
Some Spoilers: Currently buggy implementation of a reasonable manor house that's going to set you back some serious amounts of iron.
Pros: Us non-glorious-PC-master-race types get to build a home now. Huzzah
You can adopt kid/s. (The dialogue here was ripe for some hilarious choices. "What do I do for a living? Uh...")
Pretty views
Grow stuff, like ingredients!~
Cons: Seriously - I've seen the mods out there for "build yerself a home" and they're damned amazing. This one is a bare-bones pass.
You're going to need ~ 1000 iron bars, ~50 conundrum and about 80 steel bars. Oh and an absolute buttload of cash, mainly for buying finished wood for your home.
The stuff you grow, well, they're not going to be Crimson Neemroots. More like...cabbages.
Having a young child exclaim "Momma! I love you!" when I'm trying to put the final enchantments on my Daedric Dagger of Soul Eating Apocalypse is a little offputting.*
*Although the little tyke did love the dagger when I gifted it to her, and quickly put it to good use, setting fire to while and capturing the souls of some rats that got into the cellar.
First impressions:
Don't bother with the extra bedrooms or the trophy room. It'd be cool IF you could get all your companions back to your joint for some serious mead mayhem and then have them pike out halfway through "Louie, Louie" into one of the guest beds, only to wake up the next day without eyebrows...
And the Trophy room? Seriously, I killed every "trophy" species, apart from the Falmer, less than 60 seconds out from my front door. I love how bandits can randomly spawn on your front step.
The Library is...handy, frankly. Somewhere I can finally store the collected works of all Tamriel, it feels. Although it'd be awesome to be able to mount an elder scroll or two on a wall, for bragging rights. (Sure as hell beats, "So, wanna come up and see my etchings?")
You'll have the chance to install a smithy and a smelter in the basement, along with the exterior ones that come with the working/design area, so maybe building a large smithy extension (rear option) might be superficial.
The various weapon racks and shield/sword racks are numerous and a great way to show off your daedric weaon
Ulgh - the design stuff is very buggy and I'd strongly recommend a good save before you part with your shiny stuff. Be warned!
-Have fun y'all. Tiralee:P
Some Spoilers: Currently buggy implementation of a reasonable manor house that's going to set you back some serious amounts of iron.
Pros: Us non-glorious-PC-master-race types get to build a home now. Huzzah
You can adopt kid/s. (The dialogue here was ripe for some hilarious choices. "What do I do for a living? Uh...")
Pretty views
Grow stuff, like ingredients!~
Cons: Seriously - I've seen the mods out there for "build yerself a home" and they're damned amazing. This one is a bare-bones pass.
You're going to need ~ 1000 iron bars, ~50 conundrum and about 80 steel bars. Oh and an absolute buttload of cash, mainly for buying finished wood for your home.
The stuff you grow, well, they're not going to be Crimson Neemroots. More like...cabbages.
Having a young child exclaim "Momma! I love you!" when I'm trying to put the final enchantments on my Daedric Dagger of Soul Eating Apocalypse is a little offputting.*
*Although the little tyke did love the dagger when I gifted it to her, and quickly put it to good use, setting fire to while and capturing the souls of some rats that got into the cellar.
First impressions:
Don't bother with the extra bedrooms or the trophy room. It'd be cool IF you could get all your companions back to your joint for some serious mead mayhem and then have them pike out halfway through "Louie, Louie" into one of the guest beds, only to wake up the next day without eyebrows...
And the Trophy room? Seriously, I killed every "trophy" species, apart from the Falmer, less than 60 seconds out from my front door. I love how bandits can randomly spawn on your front step.
The Library is...handy, frankly. Somewhere I can finally store the collected works of all Tamriel, it feels. Although it'd be awesome to be able to mount an elder scroll or two on a wall, for bragging rights. (Sure as hell beats, "So, wanna come up and see my etchings?")
You'll have the chance to install a smithy and a smelter in the basement, along with the exterior ones that come with the working/design area, so maybe building a large smithy extension (rear option) might be superficial.
The various weapon racks and shield/sword racks are numerous and a great way to show off your daedric weaon
Ulgh - the design stuff is very buggy and I'd strongly recommend a good save before you part with your shiny stuff. Be warned!
-Have fun y'all. Tiralee:P
QUOTE (Tiralee @ Sep 12 2012, 04:15 AM)
Hearthfire Mod - meeeeeh.
Some Spoilers: Currently buggy implementation of a reasonable manor house that's going to set you back some serious amounts of iron.
Pros: Us non-glorious-PC-master-race types get to build a home now. Huzzah
You can adopt kid/s. (The dialogue here was ripe for some hilarious choices. "What do I do for a living? Uh...")
Pretty views
Grow stuff, like ingredients!~
Cons: Seriously - I've seen the mods out there for "build yerself a home" and they're damned amazing. This one is a bare-bones pass.
You're going to need ~ 1000 iron bars, ~50 conundrum and about 80 steel bars. Oh and an absolute buttload of cash, mainly for buying finished wood for your home.
The stuff you grow, well, they're not going to be Crimson Neemroots. More like...cabbages.
Having a young child exclaim "Momma! I love you!" when I'm trying to put the final enchantments on my Daedric Dagger of Soul Eating Apocalypse is a little offputting.*
*Although the little tyke did love the dagger when I gifted it to her, and quickly put it to good use, setting fire to while and capturing the souls of some rats that got into the cellar.
First impressions:
Don't bother with the extra bedrooms or the trophy room. It'd be cool IF you could get all your companions back to your joint for some serious mead mayhem and then have them pike out halfway through "Louie, Louie" into one of the guest beds, only to wake up the next day without eyebrows...
And the Trophy room? Seriously, I killed every "trophy" species, apart from the Falmer, less than 60 seconds out from my front door. I love how bandits can randomly spawn on your front step.
The Library is...handy, frankly. Somewhere I can finally store the collected works of all Tamriel, it feels. Although it'd be awesome to be able to mount an elder scroll or two on a wall, for bragging rights. (Sure as hell beats, "So, wanna come up and see my etchings?")
You'll have the chance to install a smithy and a smelter in the basement, along with the exterior ones that come with the working/design area, so maybe building a large smithy extension (rear option) might be superficial.
The various weapon racks and shield/sword racks are numerous and a great way to show off your daedric weaon
Ulgh - the design stuff is very buggy and I'd strongly recommend a good save before you part with your shiny stuff. Be warned!
-Have fun y'all. Tiralee:P
Some Spoilers: Currently buggy implementation of a reasonable manor house that's going to set you back some serious amounts of iron.
Pros: Us non-glorious-PC-master-race types get to build a home now. Huzzah
You can adopt kid/s. (The dialogue here was ripe for some hilarious choices. "What do I do for a living? Uh...")
Pretty views
Grow stuff, like ingredients!~
Cons: Seriously - I've seen the mods out there for "build yerself a home" and they're damned amazing. This one is a bare-bones pass.
You're going to need ~ 1000 iron bars, ~50 conundrum and about 80 steel bars. Oh and an absolute buttload of cash, mainly for buying finished wood for your home.
The stuff you grow, well, they're not going to be Crimson Neemroots. More like...cabbages.
Having a young child exclaim "Momma! I love you!" when I'm trying to put the final enchantments on my Daedric Dagger of Soul Eating Apocalypse is a little offputting.*
*Although the little tyke did love the dagger when I gifted it to her, and quickly put it to good use, setting fire to while and capturing the souls of some rats that got into the cellar.
First impressions:
Don't bother with the extra bedrooms or the trophy room. It'd be cool IF you could get all your companions back to your joint for some serious mead mayhem and then have them pike out halfway through "Louie, Louie" into one of the guest beds, only to wake up the next day without eyebrows...
And the Trophy room? Seriously, I killed every "trophy" species, apart from the Falmer, less than 60 seconds out from my front door. I love how bandits can randomly spawn on your front step.
The Library is...handy, frankly. Somewhere I can finally store the collected works of all Tamriel, it feels. Although it'd be awesome to be able to mount an elder scroll or two on a wall, for bragging rights. (Sure as hell beats, "So, wanna come up and see my etchings?")
You'll have the chance to install a smithy and a smelter in the basement, along with the exterior ones that come with the working/design area, so maybe building a large smithy extension (rear option) might be superficial.
The various weapon racks and shield/sword racks are numerous and a great way to show off your daedric weaon
Ulgh - the design stuff is very buggy and I'd strongly recommend a good save before you part with your shiny stuff. Be warned!
-Have fun y'all. Tiralee:P
You mean things like...
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/18480
or
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/13641
Have any of you experienced a dragon not skeletonizing and giving up its soul after death? I just killed one near Bonestrewn Crest, and its intact corpse is just laying there. I've tried saving, quitting, and reloading, but no joy. I suspect it might be related to the fact that it landed near a giant camp and one of the giants beat on it at the same time I was attacking.
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Sep 16 2012, 02:25 PM)
Have any of you experienced a dragon not skeletonizing and giving up its soul after death? I just killed one near Bonestrewn Crest, and its intact corpse is just laying there. I've tried saving, quitting, and reloading, but no joy. I suspect it might be related to the fact that it landed near a giant camp and one of the giants beat on it at the same time I was attacking.
As a matter of fact, that EXACT same dragon did that to me yesterday.
Had you cleared Bonestrewn Crest previously? This was my second dragon kill there.
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Sep 16 2012, 05:07 PM)
Had you cleared Bonestrewn Crest previously? This was my second dragon kill there.
Yup, exactly that.
I think if you clear a dragon lair, you only get that particular soul once. So the respawned(?) dragon doesn't give you a soul when killed.
QUOTE (crash2029 @ Sep 16 2012, 07:45 PM)
I think if you clear a dragon lair, you only get that particular soul once. So the respawned(?) dragon doesn't give you a soul when killed.
That, sir, is some unalloyed bullshit. When I jump on a dragon's head and stab it through the brain with a goddamned lightsaber, that motherfucker better damn well burn its own flesh off and give up its soul.
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Sep 16 2012, 06:25 PM)
Have any of you experienced a dragon not skeletonizing and giving up its soul after death? I just killed one near Bonestrewn Crest, and its intact corpse is just laying there. I've tried saving, quitting, and reloading, but no joy. I suspect it might be related to the fact that it landed near a giant camp and one of the giants beat on it at the same time I was attacking.
I've had a dragon skeletize and not give me a soul out in the wild.
How far were you from the corpse? I've had dragon corpses not give up a soul immediately, but when I moved in close I got the soul.
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Sep 17 2012, 05:29 PM)
How far were you from the corpse? I've had dragon corpses not give up a soul immediately, but when I moved in close I got the soul.
Jumping on it....
QUOTE (StealthSigma @ Sep 18 2012, 03:07 AM)
Jumping on it....
There are no Dragoons in Skyrim...
Has anyone else noticed that the Sphere Guardian delivery chutes in Dwemer ruins look a lot like the Little Sister chutes in Bioshock?
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Sep 19 2012, 05:55 PM)
Has anyone else noticed that the Sphere Guardian delivery chutes in Dwemer ruins look a lot like the Little Sister chutes in Bioshock?
Crossover DLC? 
Hey, they already did a crossover with Portal.
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So, at level 24, I finally got around to joining the Companions. I found it kind of hilarious when Viklas said he'd never heard of me, despite the facts that I:
Dude, where's my respect?
Public Service Announcement: TVTropes will ruin your life. But hey, at least they're honest about it.
- ...am a Thane of Whiterun (the city where Jorrvaskr is located)
- ...am Archmage of the College of Winterhold
- ...have slain three named dragons and nine or ten unnamed ones
- ...have slain two Dragon Priests, one of whose masks I was wearing at the time of this conversation
Dude, where's my respect?
Public Service Announcement: TVTropes will ruin your life. But hey, at least they're honest about it.
I'm finding that I like Mjoll the Lioness' boisterous attitude much more than Lydia's dour formalism.
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Sep 24 2012, 11:55 AM)
I'm finding that I like Mjoll the Lioness' boisterous attitude much more than Lydia's dour formalism.
"I'm sworn to carry your burdens...."
And she says it with such enthusiasm.
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QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Sep 26 2012, 08:45 PM)
And she says it with such enthusiasm.
/sarcasm
/sarcasm
I know, right? I mean, jeez, Lydia, you're only the huskarl to the freaking Chosen One, in addition to being moderately badass in your own right. Take some joy in your work. There needs to be an option to get Lydia drunk and/or laid.
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Sep 26 2012, 09:06 PM)
I know, right? I mean, jeez, Lydia, you're only the huskarl to the freaking Chosen One, in addition to being moderately badass in your own right. Take some joy in your work. There needs to be an option to get Lydia drunk and/or laid.
There needs to be lots more options for drunk/laid in video games, period.
The loss of the reputation stat is the whole reason I just stopped playing Skyrim all together. Level 22 Khaajit Spell dagger/assassin type. I HAVE SLAIN DRAGONS IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHO I AM????
Well, to be fair, all Khaajits look alike.
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Yes yes, I know, "The Special Hell".
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Yes yes, I know, "The Special Hell".
QUOTE (CanRay @ Oct 1 2012, 08:37 PM)
Well, to be fair, all Khaajits look alike.
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Yes yes, I know, "The Special Hell".
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Yes yes, I know, "The Special Hell".
You'll be joining the child molesters and those who talk at the theater.
QUOTE (X-Kalibur @ Oct 2 2012, 02:15 AM)
You'll be joining the child molesters and those who talk at the theater.
Replace child molesters with those who stealth link tvtropes and cracked, then you have his special hell.
QUOTE (X-Kalibur @ Oct 2 2012, 04:15 AM)
You'll be joining the child molesters and those who talk at the theater.
No no no. Hell is reserved for child molesters and those who buy Jakobs ammunition.
QUOTE (StealthSigma @ Oct 2 2012, 09:15 AM)
No no no. Hell is reserved for child molesters and those who buy Jakobs ammunition.
Munitions.
QUOTE (StealthSigma @ Oct 2 2012, 07:15 PM)
No no no. Hell is reserved for child molesters and those who buy Jakobs ammunition.
QUOTE (X-Kalibur @ Oct 2 2012, 08:08 PM)
Munitions.
And grammar nazis.
QUOTE (Halinn @ Oct 2 2012, 12:55 PM)
And grammar nazis.
Always happy to oblige. Although I was correcting the quote, not the grammar.
Hahaha, that's hilarious. Dippy musicians taking themselves *way* too seriously. Awesome <3
Attempt #3 in trying to get into Skyrim... Failed again.
Just can't get into the game for some reason. Funny, it should be my kind of game.
Just can't get into the game for some reason. Funny, it should be my kind of game.
QUOTE (almost normal @ Nov 18 2012, 12:38 AM)
Hahaha, that's hilarious. Dippy musicians taking themselves *way* too seriously. Awesome <3
Eh, the girl was a America's Got Talent finalist and has recorded with Bruno Mars.
So, minor fame but not completely a nobody.
I like this gal's Skyrim song cover. She got some notice from Bethesda for her talent.
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I prefer Legends of the Frost, done by her and Miracle of Sound. I like it enough I paid for it through iTunes, in fact.
QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Nov 18 2012, 07:59 PM)
Eh, the girl was a America's Got Talent finalist and has recorded with Bruno Mars.
So, minor fame but not completely a nobody.
I like this gal's Skyrim song cover. She got some notice from Bethesda for her talent.
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So, minor fame but not completely a nobody.
I like this gal's Skyrim song cover. She got some notice from Bethesda for her talent.
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I really enjoy Malukah in general, she has a nice quality to her voice.
Anyone else looking forward to Dragonborn? I'm looking forward to going back to Solstheim (and SPEARS! Finally!)
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