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Gear up for the first expansion DLC add on thingy for Skyrim where it seems like Vampires are going to take over the world!

Oh yea theres also crossbows




Edit I keep spelling dawn guard wrong

In the words of the kool-aid man "Oh Yeah!"
I like the look of this greatly.

Seems not curing the were curse was the right choice after all.

You can FLY??

HOLY gak! WHAT IS THIS?

I have a story to tell:

In every ES game I've Played, my first character has Always been Sol Tar: Albino Argonian Vampire Assassin.

Skyrim he had a Very Interesting journey: Killing the Emperor, becoming a Guardian of Nocturnal, Slaying Paarthurnax(Rule one of Skyrim: All Dragons are bastards), Defeating Alduin(ADAB), and Liberating Skyrim(Felt silly saying For the Empire after killing the emperor).

So as He sits in the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary, He wonders... Why did I save the World and why did I weaken the Empire as I did. Well If the DLC really gives us a crazy evil option (Something that has been missing from Elder Scrolls games since at least Morrowind) to drag the world into eternal Darkness, He will have his reason. It may be a Tzeentchian "Just as Planned" reason, but a much weakened Empire would make dooming the whole world a lot easier. And to top it off, He Already has an Elder Scroll.

I'm also looking forward to the Super Vampire form thing.

I have a super-undead slaying paladin character and a evil vampire thief character, this DLC is perfect for that

Crossbows and Mounted combat (bit pointless) aren't quite enough for me, i hope it adds a few more gameplay additions beyond the weird Hover Vampire.

Corpsesarefun wrote:I have a super-undead slaying paladin character and a evil vampire thief character, this DLC is perfect for that

I have a Dark Elf Rapper...
Do I fit in anywhere in Skyrim?

Perkustin wrote:Crossbows and Mounted combat (bit pointless) aren't quite enough for me, i hope it adds a few more gameplay additions beyond the weird Hover Vampire.

I don't need any gameplay additions at all, all I want from this expansion is new places to explore and stories to play though.

@purps, you kinda fit in at the bards college

You can do bugger all at the bards college...
I did steal everything though...

I didn't say it would be fun Just that you fit in.

I had a sneaky lizard assassin that stole everything that wasn't nailed down. Finished all of the main stories with him, then accidentally copied over his save with a noob character I made :( So the new character is a nord smith in dragon armor and a ginormous hammer

Necros wrote:I had a sneaky lizard assassin that stole everything that wasn't nailed down. Finished all of the main stories with him, then accidentally copied over his save with a noob character I made :( So the new character is a nord smith in dragon armor and a ginormous hammer

That happened with my pally :/

Might remake him for this expansion.

Yeah, I've saved over at least 3 characters. Right now I still have a Bosmer Bowsassin, Argonian Thief, Orc Dual Wield, Nord Battlemaiden Werewolf, Bret Conjurer spellblade... I think that's it. I've been leaving it alone for a while waiting for the DLC so I don't burn out too bad.

Crossbows.
Finally more dakka for skyrim

Crossbows? Excellent

Mounted Combat? Excellent

Mounted Crossbow Combat? Excellent.

Karon wrote:Crossbows? Excellent

Mounted Combat? Excellent

Mounted Crossbow Combat? Excellent.

Definitely +1 on that

The vampires in the standard game are pretty appalling, basically anaemic weaklings who get killed by the sun, so this update will be interesting!

The DLC will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 for a month, until going live on both PC and PS3. The price on the Xbox is 1600 Microsoft Points (~$20). No release date has been set yet.

Oh wow I hate you so much Microsoft.

So much.

I'm crazy psyched for this! Been waiting for a trailer. The way Bethesda has been supporting this game after launch, I have no problem giving them my $20 on Day One.

Now if only they could make it multiplayer...

Karon wrote:Oh wow I hate you so much Microsoft.

So much.

Look on the bright side, we get to sit and watch as the console folk pay $20 to find out if its worth it

(which it probably is, but as a general situation)

Karon wrote:

The DLC will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 for a month, until going live on both PC and PS3. The price on the Xbox is 1600 Microsoft Points (~$20). No release date has been set yet.

Oh wow I hate you so much Microsoft.

So much.

Gives them time to find glitches that PS3 and PC players can then exploit. Otherwise can't wait to put crossbow bolts into a vampire like a regular Van Helsing. In fact who wants to bet that a Van Helsing clothing mod comes out soon after the DLC does if not earlier.

On the bright side it'll likely be VERY reduced in the steam summer or Christmas sales

I hope we dont have to be vampire.
If so, I will not get it probably.

It looks like there will be the Vampire faction and the anti-vampire faction. But the vampires look like they're getting beefed in this, which frankly they need. There's so many down sides to being a vamp in Oblivion/Skyrim and so few upsides its silly.

Hopefully it won't be too long before this is released.

Huh, mounted combat is gonna be patched in

So clunky though

That's a terrible video.

Do people really expect mounted combat to be effective in a tiny little camp?

I dont want mounted combat. Like crossbows, its un-TES-y. Hope they wont add spears..
And that you dont need this for other expansions.

Mounted ranged combat (bows/crossbows/magic) look like they'll be much more effective than mounted melee. I do agree that the video was a poor explanation though.