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I've decided to embark on a quest to buy a house, then steal everything from everyone and drop it into my house. I shall crush the economy of Skyrim and cause a famine without drawing my sword.

Soladrin wrote:Dragons aren't that hard IMO, I take most down with 2-3 power attacks.

Unless it's a blood dragon, not only are they the strongest, they have such a keen nose that they seem to sniff you out whenever you run out of healing potions.

You're forgetting Elder and Ancient dragons.

Haven't run into those yet, so my bad on that

Not doing main quest at all.

Soladrin wrote:Haven't run into those yet, so my bad on that

Not doing main quest at all.

That's the one thing about the Elder Scrolls, you can skip the main quest entirely and complete about 50% of the game. It just takes so long to do everything.

I did the main quest up until the graybeard stuff and the 1 or 2 after where you go with some girl to see a dragon and then kill it. The graybeard stuff is worth doing just because of all the shouts you get, and the full unrelenting force shout comes in real handy. And it's so much fun to use it to throw bad guys off a cliff.

I pretty much just have every quest (misc and normal) set to active, so my map is loaded up with markers. I just run off and do whatever is closest to me, go turn it in and then go do whatever is near the turn in place, and just keep exploring and picking up new quests.

without too many spoilers.. does anyone know how to be cured of werewolf?? I finished all the companion stuff, so I guess now im da boos.. but no options to cure myself, unless there was a glitch somewhere I didnt see

Ensis Ferrae wrote:without too many spoilers.. does anyone know how to be cured of werewolf?? I finished all the companion stuff, so I guess now im da boos.. but no options to cure myself, unless there was a glitch somewhere I didnt see

Nerivant wrote:

Spoiler:

Go back to the tomb, and throw another witch's head onto the fire. I haven't done it yet, but I assume you have to fight your spirit beast.

I did that, and nothing happened (I actually did this mulitple times during the initial quest, so maybe I glitched the system and lost the requisite items)

I'm probably wrong, but I think I remember reading that shrines in temples that cure diseases also cure werewolf and vampire too

Only one way to cure Lycanthropy




Dunno why you would want to though. It is easily ignored(since you have to activate the beast form) and you are immune to disease. Only downside is no extra EXP after sleeping.

This game is simpy and utterly, mind-bendingly awesome. Coming from the days of an Atari 2600 and Spectrum 48k, I can safely say that some of the experiences I have had in this game are up there in my 'top 3' of steps forward by gaming as a form of entertainment. 1 was Mario 64, and that opening level when you first experienced the wonder of a 3D environment, 2nd was Mass Effect, and I think the moment games became a legitimate and mature experience for adults (not just gore or sex, but as a storytelling medium) and now Skyrim.

Without giving anything away to the overall plot (although this is a tiny bit of a spoiler, for those who want everything in the game to be virgin-fresh) I have just played a bloody amazing section which I just have to recount.

Picture the scene: my Ork warrior, equipped with hand axe, shield and heavy armour, is involved in a Highlander-esque fight for the freedom of the Nords. Attacking an Imperial town, you are part of a mass of AI controlled warriors and other characters who are charging towards the town. Catapult bombs are flying overhead, farmers and plebians run screaming in front of you as the horde of soldiers cry out, all the time the smoke shrouded walls of the castle in front. Arrows (with the perfect sound effect) come thudding down, the screams of your colleagues as they get hit by them. I charge forward and cut down a couple of cowering Imperials, a backhander for one, and then it cuts to a cut scene as I plant my axe in the head of another and kick the body loose (this game is bloody - there is still blood spatter on the screen and on the axe as I continue forward). The commander of the attack calls that the ropes of the drawbridge need cutting for the army to gain entrance, so heroically I head for the rampart to one side that gains access, dispatching another Imperial on route. This one is a more difficult opponent, with armour and a tower shield. He swings at me and I block with my own shield, and use a counter ('shield bash') to the face that throws him off guard, allowing me to put several solid axe hits on him that smash him to the ground (if you have Dolby or a good pair of headphones the sound will leave you cringing! - I swear the sound people must have actually got some meat and got a weight-lifter to hammer it with an axe ) I charge up the stairs and face along the top wall where the ropes which hold the drawbridge are located. Two guards turn to face me as I run towards them and aim with bows. I'm probably not going to reach them before they fire, so I roar with my 'voice' (for anyone who doesn't know, play the game and you will understand) - a massive torrent of energy hits the guards, picks them up and hurls from the edge of the battlements. I run forward to the drawbridge lever, but as I reach it I see several guards down below turn to fire at me. I raise my shield, and am pushed back as they thunk into it but I'm unhurt. As they reload I hit the lever and the drawbridge falls to a cheer of the attacking army - they charge inside the castle, the archers try to let loose more arrows but are quickly swamped and brought down. The gates of the keep are in front of me, and after surveying the battle for a moment I run back to join the fight! ...

If you don't already have this game, I just can't recommend it enough. The attention to detail is truly staggering - the way characters carry on with their usual business as you talk to them, deer run from you as you move through the undergrowth, salmon jumping out of a river while a bear stands in the water trying to eat them. The way all the stories link into each other, and do so seemlessly. I think this game represents a labour of love by it's creators, and in terms of narrative and experience I can't ever remember getting so pulled into a game. Simply stunning, the closer you look the more things you see. I could never imagine when I was a kid that games would one day be like this.

Chrysaor686 wrote:Giants aren't that difficult, it's mainly getting the drop on them and keeping them at range that's important. I managed to kill two in a row at level 15.

Thats my problem, I have very little skill in stealth, very little skill in archery, and my "ranged" spells still require me to be close enough to get wailed on...

I agree.. usually when I buy a game I really love, it sucks me in but I'm still able to function and perform normal household tasks as they arise. Not anymore.

One of my favorite moments was wandering around some village chatting up people, asking everyone what they thought about dragons. After the 4th or 5th person, his response is something like "My father keeps saying we need to be careful, but I don't think dragons exist. They've been extinct for centuries, in fact--" and that was when a dragon landed right behind him, snatched him up, chewed him up, and spit him out. Then it proceeded to kill every last person in town, except for me, since I ran like a baby.

I just cannot wait to see what they will do for DLCs (it's a Bethesda game, there will be at least 4 DLCs)

Who else thinks they'll announce a Horse Armour DLC on the 1st of April 2012?

Avatar 720 wrote:Who else thinks they'll announce a Horse Armour DLC on the 1st of April 2012?

Dragon armor.

I just hope they add another Daedric Plane like Oblivion/Shivering Isles.

I doubt it, oblivion had a good lore excuse because the boundaries of oblivion had been damaged when sheogorath created the gateway to the shivering isles but skyrim has nothing of the sort.

Perhaps a huge underground dwemer plain?

So, I've never found the various types of Trolls to be a problem,

MrDwhitey wrote:So, I've never found the various types of Trolls to be a problem,

Spoiler:

but Dragon Priests...

Fast, close to unstaggerable, big magic, resistant to magic, summon pets. They make me cry.

I remember at level 7 killing a dragon that was sleeping quite happily on top of a mountain, then after the fight seeing a nice Word Wall. I ran to it, a coffin outside opened and bam. Dragon Priest Krosis "initiated" me to fiery death. I killed him long after at level 13 and took his staff, which is now my favourite babysitting device.

Really? I've found smacking them with mace power attacks staggers them every time.

I've never faced a Dragon Priest. The fact I rely on Stealth attacks to level the playing field early on will probably be my downfall unless I can throw Lydia at it early.

The problem was back then I was a wussy mage who was used to dual firebolting everything.

Now though... it's dual fireballing everything!

So far I've killed two of them, the mask of one allowing me to look like the original wearer of this garment:

I wish you could combine spells magicka style.

Sparks in one hand and flames in the other? Use both at once for FLAMING LIGHTNING MAGIC OF DOOM!

Anyone got the Disarm dragon shout?

corpsesarefun wrote:I wish you could combine spells magicka style.

Sparks in one hand and flames in the other? Use both at once for FLAMING LIGHTNING MAGIC OF DOOM!

They'd have to do it differently from Fable 3, that system was grossly overpowered when you got the paralysis of lightning coupled with the damage of fire, the paralysis lasting long enough to do another aoe blast and re-paralyse.

Obviously sparks don't paralyse here, but it could get overpowered very easily is what i'm saying.

The balance would be similar to how dual wielding any spell is balanced, increased power for increased vulnerability and decreased close range power.

So my First DB assassin tried to kill me today while walking down from the 7,777 steps made of 77 types of brick.


Also got to try out level 3 unrelenting Force, knocking said assassin down the mountain.

if you loot the assassin you find




So I made someone really mad and they are sending Dark Brotherhood at me.

Only just then? My first char got her first DB assassin after she'd cleared Bleak Falls Barrow and was on her way to ask for aid for Riverwood.

Avatar 720 wrote:Only just then? My first char got her first DB assassin after she'd cleared Bleak Falls Barrow and was on her way to ask for aid for Riverwood.

Weren't you supposed to ask for aid, and then clear Bleak Falls Barrow

I haven't had one yet...
Or i haven't seen them at any rate...