By Jim Rossignol on November 17th, 2011 at 8:20 pm.
So, that’s close to a week of Skyrim under our collective belts of minor loafing, which means we’re hitting Skyrim content saturation point. Or we will tomorrow, anyway. Maybe. In the meantime: what have you all been doing in Skyrim? I spotted Alec installed new poll software, which means I can have a go at doing a poll to find out! Yay. Actually, I mean I’d been planning to do a poll anyway, but was too confused by the poll plugin. Anyway… What have you spent the majority of your time doing in Skyrim? Vote below!
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Vote! Hooray!
17/11/2011 at 20:23 Icarus says:
I’ve been playing a sneaky-archery type, but went with Warrior because there’s been more ‘shooting things in the face’ than ‘sneaky sneaky’.
17/11/2011 at 20:27 heyitsdan says:
I’ve been doing pretty much exactly the same thing… but the real freaky part?
My character’s name is Daedelus!
18/11/2011 at 03:04 starclaws says:
Sneaky-archer is still the best possible way to play the games. You take down weaker enemies in 1 shot and stagger bosses and end up being able to nearly hold them in place while you stand 5 feet away and shoot them in the face and taking a step back every few arrows. But I always leave archery for the more fun gameplay once I get around 80. Though in boss battles I sometimes switch back to archery. And now I’ll be moving to 1-handed sword and shield light armor until light armor is pretty high then moving to heavy armor… Basically I work on getting everything to above level 80 so that I get majority of the benefits from all and it’s only a little ways away from getting it up to 100.
18/11/2011 at 09:02 President Weasel says:
Archery, schmarchery. With my ginormous two handed sword (cough*notovercompensatingforanything*cough) I can chop someone’s head clean off. Well, I say clean, it’s actually quite messy.
Admittedly it’s proving quite hard to wade through streams of pesky magic from pesky magic wielders, but the payoff is you get to maim them when you catch them and then say “not so pesky now, are you?”
18/11/2011 at 10:18 TheEndlessGrey says:
I’ve been doing the sneaky archer with a shiny equipment fetish for the last several entries in the series, and I don’t think it’s ever been this effective. Between smithing improvements, armor enchantments, and the relevant perks, plus the possibility of chugging one or more potions to further boost all your important abilities before you take that first shot at a dragon priest, I’m very happy with the state of the sniper in Skyrim.
18/11/2011 at 11:34 Myles says:
Archery-dominated-sneaky-archery with extreme alchemy and +90% diseased-character-duration.
I will become a bard. I carry a lute, a drum and a flute in preparation.
18/11/2011 at 15:36 UmmonTL says:
I also tried the sneaky archer but I diversified too much. In the end I pretty much couldn’t win any battle against stronger foes unless I was hiding after every sneak attack shot. Any tips for getting a higher damage output?
In the end I was able to do two or three sneak attacks in a row with the zoom-bullettime but fights where I couldn’t start in stealth like the dragonfights were almost unwinnable.
18/11/2011 at 16:20 Magnetude says:
Turn the difficulty down I guess? There’s no shame in it. I had the same problem in Oblivion, having to avoid a lot of fights on normal difficulty because I’d tried a bit of everything.
18/11/2011 at 22:30 TheEndlessGrey says:
@UmmonTL: If dragons are the biggest problem, buying or enchanting some good magic resistance jewelry will help with the fire/frost breath. Helps with the dragon priests too, if you can’t back away from them before they spot you. Oh, and paralysis poisons, haven’t actually tried that on a dragon but it works great when you find a difficult mage.
With the dragons, I usually end up finding a large rock and just running circles around it so that I’m always on the opposite side from the dragon, putting arrows in it when I can and drinking health potions when I have to. I should probably fraps that sometime, speed it up, and play the Benny Hill music over the whole thing.
20/11/2011 at 01:54 Felixader says:
I am going mostly one handed with shield (blocking) and a bow. I add to this sneaking.
What i want to and actually do is like starting with some skirmish over distance and than poking, slicing and bashing them apart with Sword and Shield.
So far it is working very well and Lu from Whiteflow is a very nice help overall, she has actually kinda grown on me so much that she has mostly the same gear as me.
I am not that strong with magic aside from the fast healing and throwing some light around but i brew, craft and even cook everything that isn’t on the trees on the count of three.
17/11/2011 at 20:24 Faldrath says:
I mostly steal books. Main goal is to buy the house with the most bookshelves and have Skyrim’s largest private library.
17/11/2011 at 20:30 deanb says:
I really want help on this. Anyone know which hold has the best house for book worms like ourselves? I only have the Whiterun house, and it has a feeble collection of two shelves, that’s barely enough for the complete works of Crassius Curio, never mind my collection of The Song of Pelinal and The Wolf Queen. I could attempt to woo the Orc librarian at the mages college but I’m not that much into books. No offence to Orcs of course.
At the very least I’m hoping for some kind of Frostrag spire type mod.
17/11/2011 at 20:32 Ushao says:
I’ve been a book fiend since Morrowind. I’d love to know the best location to stash my ill-gotten library.
17/11/2011 at 20:51 TheBigBookOfTerror says:
I love the new bookshelves, I like that they’ve looked at the mods made for Oblivion and worked some of them into the homes. I’m mostly walking the land and fighting beasties and learning the way of the Dragonborn, but I’ll head home after a week and spend the night in my Whiterun home, sitting in front of the fire reading all my books. Sadly the two bookshelves are now full and I a lot of them get stashed in the trunk. Looking forward to a nice user made country home with a massive library.
17/11/2011 at 20:58 Buttless Boy says:
While we’re at it, where the hell are the bookstores? I haven’t found a single one.
17/11/2011 at 21:03 simonh says:
You should really check out the College of Winterhold, they have a massive library!
17/11/2011 at 21:06 kristian says:
Most likely the apartment with most book shelves is the one you get after finishing the mage guild quests in winterhold
17/11/2011 at 21:10 Buttless Boy says:
@simonh: Sweet, I’m there. Do they also sell the Invisibility and Cure Disease spells? Those are usually my first purchases in an Elder Scrolls game, but for some reason I haven’t gone to Winterhold yet.
17/11/2011 at 21:15 ScottTFrazer says:
@kristian: Nope. I’ve become the Arch Mage and I don’t think there’s a single usable book shelf in that room. I was actually surprised when I bought the furniture for my Whiterun house that bookshelves were inventory containers.
17/11/2011 at 21:39 FunkyBadger3 says:
I intend to fill my entire house with apples.
Are there any houses with sub-basements?
17/11/2011 at 22:12 iisjreg says:
^ THIS. Definitely, this.
17/11/2011 at 22:49 Carra says:
So I’m currently walking around with about 80 books in my inventory. That makes me want to buy a house, I want to store my books! I’d better go steal some more stuff so I can afford a house.
17/11/2011 at 23:05 changeling101 says:
Well I’ve bought the house in Solitude, to become the Jarl there, and it seems to have at least 3 usable bookcases, probably more, but only after a) spending 25000 to buy the damn thing and b) spending around 9000 more on each room decoration. All the same, armour stands make me a happy panda
17/11/2011 at 23:22 BuGi says:
From what I can remember I think solitude has 4 book shelves with 2 shelves each, Markath on the other hand has 3 book shelves with 3 shelves each.
18/11/2011 at 09:12 valouris says:
Sh1t! I didnt think many more would share my book obsession!! For the time being I stash them in a cupboard in the Thieves guild, owning multiple copies of multiple books. A good library always has multiple copies!
I dont think there is any place where you can place them all though…damn you OCD!!!
18/11/2011 at 15:15 DigitalSignalX says:
Collecting books is the best! I do miss the old “grab a collision corner” style of moving things – it’s much harder to place books on non specialized shelves since the game only grabs center of mass now. Still, we need to start a decorated house picture thread in forums :)
17/11/2011 at 20:25 PoulWrist says:
Waiting, cause why would I play it now when in 2 months it’ll be way better ? :|
17/11/2011 at 20:27 sPOONz says:
Without playing it perhaps you would not know what needs to be better? I think in a year, all the mods will make this game truely special. Yay modders!
17/11/2011 at 20:34 LionsPhil says:
Waiting, because I remember Oblivion getting one hell of a lot of positive feedback in its honeymoon before the bitter trudgery of dull repetition set in and people realised it was a bit wank.
Budget pricing + patches/mods + maybe a hardware upgrade by then + hype died down and replaced with properly British jaded “yeah, it’s a bit iffy, but ‘salright sometimes I guess” = much better deal.
17/11/2011 at 20:40 sPOONz says:
“Budget pricing + patches/mods + maybe a hardware upgrade by then + hype died down and replaced with properly British jaded “yeah, it’s a bit iffy, but ‘salright sometimes I guess” = much better deal.”
Heh, you made that sound pretty good. I did consider playing all the way through the Elder Scrolls series and then starting Skyrim. But now Im going to do that in reverse. Happy days either way.
17/11/2011 at 20:41 ulix says:
I’m waiting too.
Just got Anno 2070, and already have Batman in my Steam list, so enough to play the next few weeks.
I just hope they’ll shelve over the Creation Kit soon.
17/11/2011 at 20:53 kikito says:
I’m waiting until the Scrolls case is properly closed.
17/11/2011 at 21:07 Pardoz says:
What have I been doing with Skyrim?
Same thing I did with the last two Elder Scrolls games – waiting a year until the goatse edition crops up in a Steam sale for under $10. Not only do I get the entire package for less than the early adopters paid to armour their horses, I get the benefit of a year’s worth of mods and fixes for the bugs the developers couldn’t be arsed to look for, much less actually fix. Only sane way to approach any Bethesda game, given their track record.
17/11/2011 at 21:07 skorpeyon says:
Waiting, ‘cuz why should I spend $60 when $20-30 is a way better deal? Seriously, I haven’t paid full price for any of the Elder Scrolls games. I pick them up after the expansions and all, and the inevitable DLC. Wish I’d done that with the Fallout games, too. I do regret that since they’re so similar (though I like Fallout’s world far better than the Elder Scrolls’ so I don’t mind too awful much).
That, and because I’m just not as into the Elder Scrolls as most people seem to be. I’ve got Morrowind and Oblivion and I pretty much run around and steal random shit, get killed by the guards, and then get bored soon after.
Edit: and for all the reasons Pardoz mentioned above.
17/11/2011 at 21:15 Buttless Boy says:
Y’all are missing out on some great bugs. Yesterday I ran into a talking werewolf chilling with the cops, and today I found the Cave of Inevitable CTD.
17/11/2011 at 21:45 153351 says:
Holy crap you guys are boring. What is this, the grumpy old men’s club? It’s fun to swap stories with other folks who are playing the game, not in two years when no one cares anymore. And if YouTube is right, the only bugs you’re missing are flying horses and epic Giants swings anyway.
WHICH I HAVEN’T EVEN SEEN YET.
So I guess you guys just started playing BioShock then? Enjoy that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17/11/2011 at 23:07 VelvetFistIronGlove says:
Waiting. I’m not sure whether I’ll get it during the Christmas break, or later next year, but I don’t feel a need to rush out and play it.
If it’s a good game, it’ll still be good this time next year, or in five years. If the stories are good, they’ll still be good this time next year, or in five years.
I read books and watch films made before I was born, even. I’m not planning to wait as long to play Skyrim, but there’s no rush of any sort.
And I’ve already got a tall pile of unplayed or unfinished games—why jump the queue with a 100+ hour game?
18/11/2011 at 01:34 Frank says:
Yeah, I agree with Phil. I got Oblivion for $5 and was still disappointed. I’m confident enough that anything more than $2 of my money would be better spent elsewhere to wait for that price point, or more information, anyhow.
18/11/2011 at 02:07 DrGonzo says:
I hated Oblivion but I’m enjoying Skyrim a lot. I mean I really hated Oblivion. It’s probably the most boring experience someone can have.
18/11/2011 at 03:32 innociv says:
Yeah, I was looking for the “game sucks right now” option, and there was nothing like that.
I can’t stand the bad ui and everyone I want to kill being arbitrarily immortal.
18/11/2011 at 04:51 gwathdring says:
I played Bioshock a fair while ago, I’ll have you know. And this past fall break was as good a time as any to finish Alpha Protocol. Heck, I might even make some progress on Amnesia this weekend. Once the semester is over, I’ll dig back into Dragon Age: Origins and do some more side-questing with my second character in Fallout: 3.
I’ve purchased games at full price, recently, but mostly independent games that did something truly special or that I tried a demo of first and fell in love with. So many AAA titles have stopped doing demos … I try to bum play time off my friends where possible (console version or PC version depending on the friend), but this depends on them liking the same games as I do and having time to let me crash in their dorm room when they don’t ALSO want to be playing that or other games. I don’t feel like the industry is wronging me. I simply choose not to buy many games because I can’t justify the purchase–or at least not without a trial. If these games never went on sale, I would either never buy them or eventually get a chance to play a friend’s copy and decide to make a purchase. Games going on sale simply changes the value equation at that moment–I have yet to neglect buying a game in anticipation of it going on sale (consciously, at least … o.0).
Mostly, I have a lot of games and am quite content. Two years or more from now when I’ve gotten around to upgrading my computer a few cycles after most gamers, if I have the spare cash, I would love to buy a game like Skyrim. I might miss server populations for Battlefield 3 and other major multiplayer games, but I can live without playing every game I have the potential to love. There will be more games, some better and some worse, for me to buy later. Right now, I’m saving up for graduate school, that PC upgrade, some new at-home recording equipment for my music in order of necessity. I’m sure I’ll find someone to rave about Skyrim to when the time comes … at the very least, my cat will listen. :D
18/11/2011 at 05:15 Zaboomafoozarg says:
I am sitting in my cave, eating my gruel, and waiting for my miserable existence to end with an inevitable and most likely painful demise.
BECAUSE ITS JUST CHEAPER THAT WAY
18/11/2011 at 08:39 qwiggalo says:
I saw a mammoth teleport way into the sky, crash land and die.
18/11/2011 at 11:49 sneetch says:
That’s not a bug, spontaneous teleportation is what made the mammoths here on earth extinct. How do you think the mummified mammoths got onto the moon?
I’ve said too much.
18/11/2011 at 14:29 ineffablebob says:
Likewise. I’m having a hard time thinking of a PC game released in the last 5 years that wasn’t better after the first patch, and cheaper within six months. So why not wait? Besides, I still have Batman to play. No, not Arkham City. Arkham Asylum.
17/11/2011 at 20:25 Echo Black says:
As I see it, bow (and possibly magic) are the only mechanically rewarding ways to play. The melee combat is, as in all TES titles, crappy. Bethesda could learn quite a bit from Mount & Blade’s combat. It does the whole directional attack (and block) with actual accuracy, purpose and finesse.
17/11/2011 at 20:29 lasikbear says:
I don’t mind the melee combat, but the amount of times I have tried to do a directional attack because someone is blocking is embarrassing.
18/11/2011 at 03:28 stillwater says:
Yeah, Bethesda could certainly learn a lot from a lot of other games. There’s just no legitimate reason in 2011 for the UI to be so flawed, the melee to be so vague, the textures to be so low-res, for the water to glitchy whenever you go underwater, or for jumping over objects to be so damn frustrating.
But sadly, Bethesda games are always about quantity rather than quality, and trying to do the best possible job for individual elements by looking at industry best-practice just doesn’t seem to be an option for them. The tsunami of praise they get after each launch doesn’t help either – it just seems to make them rest on their laurels and neglect to properly identify the crapload of problems their games have (and often the same exact problems that recur from one project to the next)
Don’t get me wrong – I’m LOVING Skyrim. I’m usually of the “wait at least 12 months before buying a Bethesda game” camp, yet I bit the bullet this time and got it. And despite spending heaps of time on Google looking for bug fixes and graphics tweaks, I’m still genuinely LOVING it.
But I do kinda wish that we were all less collectively forgiving of them, and that one day Bethesda did a launch where they get their arse kicked by a massive consumer and critical backlash, to put a bit of fear of God back into them. It’s just so frustrating to see a company that does so much of the hard stuff right, yet consistently fucks up so much of the easy stuff.
18/11/2011 at 05:31 ancienttoaster says:
@stillwater: I think the reason we are so forgiving is that Bethesda seems at least to be TRYING to make unique, player-driven experiences in an industry where the mainstream is increasingly dominated by thoughtlessly linear and bombastic design.
18/11/2011 at 06:14 Tacroy says:
If Skyrim had (Demon|Dark) Souls style melee combat, it would probably be GOTY for all the years.
18/11/2011 at 11:49 AyeGill says:
Agreed. I mean, i play a badass viking with a two-handed axe, but i realize this is not the most efficient means of combat.
17/11/2011 at 20:25 deanb says:
I voted for “wizardy stuff” but I’ve done soo much blacksmithing I actually ended up levelling up twice in one fairly epic session of blacksmithing. I’m slightly worried that may have screwed me over a bit, cos enemies scale up but my destruction isn’t much more improved and all I was making was iron daggers and leather bracers. I should stop going “elk!…Z!” when out in the wilderness.
18/11/2011 at 01:13 Phantoon says:
I started doing the same, then just devolved into Alchemy buggery by buying cheap ingredients, making poisons with a lot of beneficial effects, then getting the idiot shopkeepers to pay way too much for a rather useless poison.
Now I’m doing the fishstick.
18/11/2011 at 06:34 LostViking says:
Haha, leveling up twice in a single smithing sessions is quite impressive :D
Hopefully you can make some bad ass armor and weapons with your improved smithing skills.
Personally I try not to go overboard with the smithing and alchemy just because I am afraid of leveing up too much.
In Oblivion I usually made alchemy a non-class skill, so I didn’t have to worry that much about it ;)
17/11/2011 at 20:26 WMain00 says:
I’ve been playing a sort of Battle Mage class: heavy armour, 1 handed sword, destruction magic, death to my foes.
17/11/2011 at 20:53 Nemrod says:
THIS, and bard things…
17/11/2011 at 22:04 Petethegoat says:
Exactly that, including the bard things.
17/11/2011 at 22:46 aserraric says:
THIS; with some archery on the side.
18/11/2011 at 04:28 DOLBYdigital says:
I’ve also been battle maging it… Although I use a variety of spells in one hand, not just the destruction ones.
18/11/2011 at 13:24 Khatzen says:
This, Heavy Armour, Bound (Summoned) Swords, Fun times :>
17/11/2011 at 20:26 EC- says:
I’ve been fighting a street war against militarized luchadores, changing my sex and skin color every hour and….oh wait, this is the wrong game, isn’t it?
17/11/2011 at 21:18 ScottTFrazer says:
Yes, but that’s what I’ve been doing when I need a break from giants and dragons :-)
18/11/2011 at 02:35 P4p3Rc1iP says:
I should be buiding a game, not playing one. Damn you Skyrim!
I should also not drink as much beer as I’ve done tonight and go to bed. But maybe I can play 30 minutes of Skyrim now and be at uni tomorrow at 9…
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
18/11/2011 at 06:36 LostViking says:
Just … one …. more …. quest …. (and a beer while I’m at it)
Take it from me. It does NOT help your grades :P
17/11/2011 at 20:26 Bellowhead says:
You need to add a new option to the poll:
“Deciding that university education is important, and resolutely deciding to finish all four autumn term essays before buying the game. Then, whilst stubbornly trying to write your third 3,000 word essay in as many days, slowly get driven to madness by all the great news and highlights brought to me by RPS’s twitter feed telling me about how great Skyrim is.”
:(
17/11/2011 at 20:30 westyfield says:
This, but without the essays. Although only three 3000 word essays in 3000 days doesn’t sound too bad. :)
17/11/2011 at 20:38 Bellowhead says:
Haha, well it feels like a lot to me! Getting through the third one now, and my half term is next week so if I get the fourth done I’ll have a whole week with Skyrim and no education to worry about…
17/11/2011 at 20:52 Unaco says:
My PhD Supervisor is away for a month. I am playing Skyrim now. I really need a healthy dose of willpower to get some work done in the next 4 weeks.
17/11/2011 at 21:01 Nim says:
Right, I’m supposed to write an essay right now, not read rock-paper-shotgun…
:(
17/11/2011 at 22:25 AmateurScience says:
@Unaco I *wish* my supervisor was away – playtime is severely limited by a need to write a thesis.
18/11/2011 at 01:03 Saldek says:
Damn, this game is deep. I haven’t even discovered the university quest line, yet. Looking forward to the essay mini-game. Not sure if I’m keen on the 4th wall breaking, self-referential “RPS talking about Skyrim” angle, so I might avoid the Twitter perk.
18/11/2011 at 03:32 stillwater says:
I feel ya. And it is kinda fun to play the game at the same time as everyone else. But for consolation, just do a bit of reading on the nexus and user forums, to see how many bugs, crashes, and infuriating design choices there are too. And be glad that some of those things will be addressed (mainly by modders, of course) by the time you buy the game
19/11/2011 at 13:47 Punchbowled says:
I can’t play as much as I would like because I’ve had too many PhD supervisees to condole.
17/11/2011 at 20:26 thekeats1999 says:
I have mostly been playing a hybrid. Sword in onehand and fireball in another. Next time around i am going for a ranger/archer and slaughter most of the wildlife.
18/11/2011 at 06:39 LostViking says:
I use the same combo, works great. Usually I switch to a shield when I’m out of magic (I really need to get enough skill for that ‘adept spells costs half’ perk).
17/11/2011 at 20:30 elfbarf says:
I’ve been doing a lot of sneaky archer business mixed in with a bit of illusion magic and constant bitching at Lydia.
17/11/2011 at 20:30 homerus says:
I’ve been doing mostly wizardy, assasin, thief, smithing, dungeon crawling and dragon slaying badassery. Unfortunately no option for that, there rarely is, so difficult to define what you do in a game like this so easily.
17/11/2011 at 20:31 mmalove says:
Very Magey-like atm. You did of course mean playing Oblvion modded with the unofficial oblivion patch closing 2200 bugs they somehow forget to close, further modded with extra spells, elimination of the game’s powerlevel all my enemies so leveling makes me weaker, and a glorious, glorious revamp of the in game textures, right? If not, please disregard.
17/11/2011 at 20:35 Morlock says:
Sorcery. I recently finished the College questline, which was fun despite the story being terribly bland. I don’t feel like starting the main quest yet, though after reading Addendum 2 I feel like I shouldn’t wait that long.
17/11/2011 at 20:46 Eskatos says:
I was pretty disappointed with the College storyline. The only terrible power of the Eye is that some dickass elf decides to take it for himself. I was expecting some magical apocalypse to threaten to destroy the world. Also the benefits of passing the storyline were pretty lame. You don’t get any fancy benefits from Oblivion like a chest that multiplies alchemy ingredients.
17/11/2011 at 20:59 Jesse L says:
Hello spoilers Eskatos! Some of us just joined, thanks!
17/11/2011 at 21:23 MrDreadlock says:
College quest line had, I think, one of the worst plots ever! It felt like:
-”Hey, we’ve got a bunch of fancy dungeons, lets try to connect them into quest line”
-”We tried, it doesn’t make sense”
-”Forget it! we are going to say it’s a mysterious plot. All in all, it’s all about becoming a new archmage”
-”Shit! We forgot about that! Old archmage is still alive!”
…
Playing pure mage right now, I must say that without spell crafting , spamming the same spell for last 30 levels gets a bit boring.
18/11/2011 at 06:14 Burning Man says:
I just finished the College questline too. Worst. Questline. Ever. I don’t think I’ve ever seen worse writing. They never explain the presence of the Psijic Order or the Thalmor. They never explain what the artifact is, how it was being abused, what those random floaty things you fight were, how using the staff helped, why the artifact had to be brought in to an obviously public place despite nobody understanding it in the slightest and why it had to be taken away.
And worst of all, why my character, despite having zero magical prowess and infinite resist magicka, was made Archmage. Because the old Archmage was killed in a freak accident (where nobody saw anything, so you can create your own explanations!) despite being (presumably) unimaginably powerful, and you always pick the closest newcomer who has cleared 3 or more dungeons to become Archmage. But you all knew that was going to happen anyway.
(Some minor spoilers. But really, if you care about the story, or anything else for that matter, just leave the college alone. Add spells with the console)
18/11/2011 at 06:33 Morlock says:
You guys all summed it up. It’s just plain silly that my character, who barely knows how to cast Adept spells, becomes Arch Mage. Especially since he solved half the quests in this little campaign with the help of a mercenary he hired for 500 gold.
[SPOILERS]He should have become arch mage, having killed more foes than I did, but it seems that whoever is with you auto-dies in the last battle.[/SPOILERS]
Anyway, I had fun, despite the plot being disappointing. I am a mage, dammit, not a warrior. I deserve a smarter plot!
18/11/2011 at 09:57 MrDreadlock says:
@Burning Man
They didn’t explain anything.
That’s why i loved archmage character, it became quite funny that the great, wise patron of college started every conversation with “uhh, I really don’t know..” that was reassuring cause, neither did I:)
17/11/2011 at 20:36 Jubaal says:
Hmmm I’ve been playing a sneaky archer summoner. I don’t know which box to tick!
I’ve mainly been travelling the wilderness doing side quests with my trusty companion Lydia (Who loves to carry a tonne of firewood I don’t even know what to do with!).
17/11/2011 at 20:36 Metonymy says:
You missed
screwing around with video settings and config files
rerolling and sitting through the intro yet again
experiencing stealer’s remorse
18/11/2011 at 03:31 Grygus says:
Maybe you already knew this, but from one inveterate character creator to another, you can save the game once you get off the cart but before the guy asks you who you are; still have to watch the dragon attack and do the whole escape from Helgen thing, but at least you miss out on the cart ride.
18/11/2011 at 10:37 berecsl says:
I must join you guys here. I`m closing in on 48 hours of gameplay, but I`m started again with so many characters that I barely played anything after the first dragon kill yet.
17/11/2011 at 20:36 Joseph-Sulphur says:
The Companions stuff. Its quite fun actually, especially compared to the Fighters Guild in Oblivion.
17/11/2011 at 20:36 Brun says:
Bowsniper + Illusion and Alteration when I can find decent spells for them (which ain’t often, WTB Detect Life or Invisibility?). Roughly equivalent to the Nightblade preset from Oblivion.
No house yet, I’m holding out until I can buy one in Solitude. Definitely the best city out of all that I’ve seen (which is all but Dawnstar).
17/11/2011 at 23:06 etho says:
I have Detect Life, but it is a shout (or rather, a whisper, for us sneaky types) called Life Aura I think. It’s pretty effective. I have two of the three words for it, and it has a better range now than my Detect Life spells in ‘blivion ever did.
Don’t get your hopes up for Dawnstar, it’s not much to write home about.
As for me, I’ve just finished up the Dark Brotherhood quest line. It was pretty awesome. Partway through you get a spell to summon the ghost of Lucien Lachance to fight for you. I’ve also done the first couple steps of the Thieves Guild, and a few of the main story quests, enough that there are infinite dragons flying about trying to eat me.
19/11/2011 at 13:50 Punchbowled says:
[possible despoilage]
I’ve found dragon words that take care of Detect Life and Invisibility. If you ask nicely, I might even tell you where they are.
This is because I’ve spent most of my time just burning through dungeons, hitting and burninating and shouterising things with whatever comes to hand or tongue first. Happy times.
[despoilage ends]
17/11/2011 at 20:43 vecordae says:
I mostly play as a sneaky archer/conjurer. Bound sword/bow and summons for offense and light armor for defense. The lack of summonable armor makes me sad as I would use that and otherwise run around naked instead.
17/11/2011 at 20:46 db1331 says:
Crying over my dead horse. That little guy stuck by me for 30-some hours. Countless times I thought for sure he would be killed. A dragon or a roving party of bandits would attack him, and he would run off and I would be unable to find him. But every time, I would fast travel, and when I arrived at my new location, there he was. Then, one time…
I left him on top of a mountain ridge while I climbed my way down into the giant ruin below. As I was sneaking in, suddenly all the bandits starting running OUT. I had no idea what got them so worked up. Then I heard my horse freaking out on the mountain above. I couldn’t get back up to him. I told myself he would be fine. After I was done in the ruin, I fast traveled somewhere, and my horse was not there. I went back to the mountain where I left him, and found his arrow-riddled corpse. I never got to say goodbye…
All in all, it worked out for the best, because I got a MUCH cooler horse from a quest not an hour later. That would have been an awkward situation, had my old horse still been standing around…
17/11/2011 at 20:58 Nemrod says:
ooooh my. Reminds me of that poor lad “Nemrod’s ride” who got lost idunnowhere.
and the one that got killed by 3 bears.
and the one that I thought was dead, didn’t quickload (for immersion purposes) and found back some 300 meters away… never been so happy in a game in my life!
17/11/2011 at 22:27 AmateurScience says:
I feel your pain man, lost my faithful steed in a giant attack. Miss that guy.
18/11/2011 at 00:14 Ajh says:
My horse died to saber cats. I was staring at the screen, jaw dropped. “They..killed my horse! I liked that horse!!” Now I’m almost afraid to buy another one..I don’t want it to die too.
This makes my favorite hobby (roaming the countryside and getting into trouble) a little slower.
18/11/2011 at 03:33 Grygus says:
I have lost three horses to various misadventures and now I just walk.
19/11/2011 at 16:24 Trigunvts says:
for all you poor fellows that are buying horses from the stables I will tell you this. Stop buying squishy horses…there is a horse in this game that is the complete opposite of all other horses. In other words instead of running from fights like a scared little milk drinker it chases after stuff and beats the crap out of it….and lives! The horse I currently have has tanked dragons (mainly ran right up to the dragon and started clubbing it in the face with its hooves and taking its breath weapon like a champ while I was either shooting away with a bow or slightly of to the side of its face hacking away with my daggers/swords. I won’t give anything away truely only a hint…you need to join the Dark side …..so if your a goodie 2 shoes and simply refuse to be at least somewhat questionable for awhile…well…your gonna be spending alot of money on horses getting eaten by dragons.
17/11/2011 at 20:47 Sheps says:
I started out as an orc but had a major identity change through my experience. I’m still true to my Orc roots by being a black smith but I’m possibly the only Orc in all of Tamriel that runs around in shiny Elven armor, shooting animals in the face with my flawless Elven bow.
I don’t think I’ve used magic once. An Elven bow with any arrow is all you’d ever need.
17/11/2011 at 20:49 BurningPet says:
I am a sightseer, i go to places and see them. that’s all i do in this game. i haven’t even finished one quest yet and i think i already passed the 10 hours mark.
i think i am skyrim’s first tourist.
17/11/2011 at 20:51 Casimir's Blake says:
Where is the “sneer at the dungeons for being less fun or interesting than Daggerfall’s” option?
17/11/2011 at 20:55 vecordae says:
It is where it has always been: A little ways behind you, supporting you through thick and thin. You and “sneer at the dungeons for being less fun or interesting than daggerfall’s” are true bros.
17/11/2011 at 21:01 Jesse L says:
Ah hahaha
18/11/2011 at 02:33 pipman3000 says:
i sure miss the days of randomly generated hallways connected to even more randomly generated hallways
19/11/2011 at 08:13 Harlander says:
It’s right in the middle of the dungeon, in a room which is unconnected to any other walkable space.
17/11/2011 at 20:53 Snargelfargen says:
My dunmer has been doing the melee stealth thing, bolstered by illusion spells. When things go bad (he is spotted) he runs around insanely casting fury on everything in sight and then throwing firebolts at his berserk foes.
Quite a bit of fun, and it’s given me a satisfying mix of stealthing and berserking.
17/11/2011 at 20:57 Goosetipher says:
I wanted to be a proper Nord Warrior, with a big sword and a bigger beard, with a very proper disgust for “fancy magic”. Unfortunately, I keep wanting to make said sword bigger and shinier though, so I was seduced by the magical mysteries of enchantment. Then I started healing myself with that way too convenient healing spell. And transmuting iron to keep stacking that paper (bars, discs?). So character concept gone, though I still have the beard.
17/11/2011 at 20:58 2late2die says:
I’m going for thief/assassin-y type character but with moderate use of magic, whether it’s to enhance thieving capabilities or give me a bit of a boost in something I might be lacking. So far I love using Fury to turn enemies on each other. I wish there was a way to block with a sword without having to clear left hand of magic, and even more importantly, I wish there was a way to block with two weapons.
17/11/2011 at 20:59 FecesOfDeath says:
I completed the Dark Brotherhood quest, and my Sneak perks combined with the Dark Brotherhood armor has made the dagger backstab arguably the most powerful attack in the game.
17/11/2011 at 21:11 Nighthood says:
Really, it’s not even arguable.
With the sneak perk, and the dark brotherhood armour, and a 25 damage dagger, I do 750 points of damage every time I stealth hit.
I can one hit kill ANYTHING, if I can get them to forget where I am. Even Steam Centurions and Dragon Lords.
18/11/2011 at 01:27 FecesOfDeath says:
I haven’t played any other style but stealth assassin, so I can’t say definitively that it’s the most powerful attack in the game, but the 15x dagger backstab Sneak perk plus the 2x dagger bonus of one of the shrouded armor pieces makes for a devastating attack. You can make the attack even stronger by equipping stronger daggers and/or putting a couple perk points into One-handed Weapons. I’ve definitely taken “boss” characters down with just one sneak attack.
17/11/2011 at 21:00 NarcoSleepy says:
I’ve mostly been doing sneaky thief stuff, but last night I devoted an embarrassingly long time to catching butterflies.
18/11/2011 at 00:16 Ajh says:
My friend spent about half an hour catching butterflies. It would have been longer, but she wandered face first into a giant while not paying attention to anything but butterflies.
17/11/2011 at 21:01 cptgone says:
haven’t got it yet, cause i’m still playing Discount Hunter instead. it’s an enhanced reality game, and much much cheaper. last thing i did in Discount Hunter was buy
OblivionSimcity.and when i’m dead, i’ll finally have time to play that too! :holds breath:
17/11/2011 at 21:02 Galaxy613 says:
I roll an Orc who mainly dual wields, but I dabble in everything else except for two handed weapons.
17/11/2011 at 21:02 Buttless Boy says:
I play an archer who steals everything that isn’t nailed down, crafts a lot of armor that he can’t use, and turns iron into gold. What do you call that, is that a class?
17/11/2011 at 22:42 Hoaxfish says:
A charlatan?
18/11/2011 at 01:44 vecordae says:
An assault leprechaun?
Edit: I was wrong. That makes you an Honorary Nac Mac Feegle.
17/11/2011 at 21:05 PaulMorel says:
None of the above.
I’m a sneaky archer. I’ve done the entire Companions quest line, a handful of side quests, and killed a few dragons on the main quest line.
I can’t get enough of this game …. and that will probably be the death of me this weekend when my wife is out of town… ;)
17/11/2011 at 21:09 H.P Kraftwerk says:
Rerolling… I get to level 10-15 and go.. oh wouldnt it be cool.. let me see… So now I have a Tank Summoner, a Pure Destro Mage, and now a Archer / Trickster
17/11/2011 at 21:11 Drake Sigar says:
I’m a thief, and I’m going to steal everything in the world.
17/11/2011 at 21:12 Obc says:
i combat as a mage but most of the time i am pickpocketing everyone and stealing every town clean (level 20 so far with pickpocketing at 70 while desto (40-something) conj(36))
next playthrough (if i ever finish this one, the game is HUUUUGE) i will be a sneaky archer
17/11/2011 at 21:12 Njordsk says:
Sneaky heavy armor bow dude.
well… let’s say some kind of discreet warrior.
17/11/2011 at 21:14 KlaxonOverdrive says:
Crashing to desktop, mainly.
18/11/2011 at 06:46 LostViking says:
Ah, you are an honorable Desktop Crasher of the first order?
I am pretty good at it too, crashing a couple of times an hour.
The good thing is my F5-reflex is up 10 points ;)
17/11/2011 at 21:20 Leprikhan says:
I finished leveling up enchanting and smithing to 100 each, prepared a suit of armor (chosen entirely for looks rather than effectiveness), and made a sword (ebony instead of daedric, because I think daedric looks silly). Enchantments, improvements and all, I cast destruction spells for no mana cost and swing my sword for almost 300 damage on a normal attack (with a two-handed skill of about 40, too).
It is roughly as godlike as it sounds. Feels like cheating, really, but no actual cheats or even exploits were involved whatsoever, so I feel okay about it.
17/11/2011 at 21:21 Maldomel says:
I am a Bard, and I am very pleased to be one.
Otherwise I’ve been exploring the world a lot, doing weird quests to get powerful magic staves (I love the Wabbajack), and also I developped a tendency to get lost, or rather to search for places and people I don’t find.
17/11/2011 at 21:21 Batolemaeus says:
Sneaky Bow Alchemist with some magical trickery. I have a poison for every enemy, except the many ones that are immune…
18/11/2011 at 20:15 AyeGill says:
must suck when you go into EVERY DUNGEON IN THE GAME and encounter a ton of draugr
17/11/2011 at 21:21 frenz0rz says:
My Imperial Battlemage (Heavy Armour, 1H, Destruction and Restoration) has had quite the adventure so far. It seems all it takes is one little quest that takes me near a town I havent visited yet, and I’ll suddenly find myself meeting Daedric princes, thwarting necromantic plots and solving murder mysteries there for the next in-game fortnight.
Bollocks to the main quest, I’m having too much fun without it.
17/11/2011 at 21:21 wengart says:
I’m essentially playing as Aragorn if he dabbled in poison making.
17/11/2011 at 21:23 Big Murray says:
Where’s the option for “None of the above, because I’m broke”?
17/11/2011 at 21:23 asshibbitty says:
35 hours and I haven’t done much. Running around looking at stuff, not using fast travel. Hoarding gold and rarer ingredients, looking for certain books. The world has started to level up and I’ve pissed away the perk points at random stuff, had to get a companion to tank out. getting one-shotted by roadside mobs.
Here’s a hint: stealing in TES games is the surest path to getting dead bored.
E: 45 hours actually, been leaving the game on standby a lot, guess steam counts even the main menu as playtime.
17/11/2011 at 21:24 Roseiar says:
I’ve done mostly smithing. Hard as heck to find higher level materials for high level armor at level 14-ish, but that dragon scale (superior) is well worth it.
17/11/2011 at 21:26 Jeremy says:
I put warrior, but really I would say I’m more “explorer, adventurer” than anything else. Sure, I smash faces with my axe, but I’m not just out to kill stuff, I’m out to see the landscape and explore towers, caves, Dwemer ruins, etc. Bashing faces is just an unfortunate side effect of my occupation.
17/11/2011 at 21:29 Guyver says:
well i voted for widardy stuff because im mostly a mage, but the 70% of the time i was stealing everything on every store. :D
17/11/2011 at 21:32 Raiyan 1.0 says:
Jim is just looking for excuses to mess around with his new-found poll plug-in. ;)
17/11/2011 at 21:33 zakihashi says:
Assassin, mostly with daggers, it’s so op, that it’s funny.
17/11/2011 at 21:39 McDan says:
My silly internet won’t let me vote. But so far I’ve been magicking it up! But that’s beause I’m doing a mage playthrough first, then a theif/assassin, then a warrior. I have played about 25 hours and still only done 3/4 main quests. It’s great.
17/11/2011 at 21:40 Archonsod says:
Mainly I’m rolling through the Radiant quests in the Thieves Guild so I can finally get the last one I need to dominate Markath and completely finish the guild. And being annoyed that the larceny stuff bugged out when I stole a second object while having one in my inventory, so I can’t complete that trophy shelf.
17/11/2011 at 21:41 Zealuu says:
I voted warrior stuff, but you can’t really skip the crafting bit if you want the best armour (which, ironically, is the one at 90 rather than the one at 100). My only complaint with that is that levelling blacksmithing feels way too much like levelling Blacksmithing in WoW did. I’ve never been forced to grind – not referring to the grindstone here – a skill in a TES game before.
23/11/2011 at 12:05 theblazeuk says:
I’ve certainly not been forced to. Granted i don’t smith much – but then I’m not being forced to…
17/11/2011 at 21:41 pmouse says:
killing my compaions it not in this poll!??
17/11/2011 at 21:45 Easydog says:
I did the Bard thing first and am dissapointed in that, unless I am missing something, you never learn to play a lute. All I seemed to do was fetch quests and make up bad poetry. Really, really bad poetry. That the Jarl of Solitude (or widow of the Jarl. I think.) really seems to like for some reason. There’s something wrong with her.
And now the crushing dissapointment has led me to the Dark Brotherhood in the hope that I will learn the skills needed to avenge this slight and murder the entire guild, whilst yelling through the microphone that all I ever wanted was to play a lute.
Plus mucking about with the wabbajack.
17/11/2011 at 21:46 MonolithicTentacledAbomination says:
I’ve been trying to finish Nehrim, actually. Then I need to stop by Morrowind and do that for a hundred hours or so… I’ll get back to you, Jim.
17/11/2011 at 21:47 brulleks says:
I Shizzkara Talonscratch. I do bit dis, bit dat.
You like some Skoooooma?
17/11/2011 at 21:47 Gwog says:
For a while I was running around getting satisfactorily murdered by random higher level enemies. Then this morning I finally started the my first quest, which is the Hircine ring one. Trying not to think about why Sinding could just hand me the ring but for some reason I can’t take it off.
Oh and I’ve also been trying to learn how to play using WASD because the custom key configuration I’ve been using for a very, very long time has apparently been banned by the Bethsoft Ministry of Public Security. I’d like to think that the fact they grossed a quarter of a billion dollars in three days will allow them the luxury of releasing an ESVI that is something to be proud of from day 1… few to no bugs, no painful animations and ice-skating mammoths, no sheep walking face first into a fence endlessly, etc. I’d also like to think that this year Santa is going to finally bring me a pony.
23/11/2011 at 12:08 theblazeuk says:
You can be proud of things that aren’t perfect. Or so my mum tells me.
17/11/2011 at 21:49 deadly.by.design says:
I enjoy archery and lockpicking, but not pickpocketing. What does that make me?
18/11/2011 at 17:54 Qazinsky says:
A somewhat picky guy with a bow?
17/11/2011 at 21:51 DogPawHat says:
Light Armored axe/destruction magic thingy with some archery, sneaking, muffle illusion to help with the sneaking and a bit of enchantment. Works ok so far, although I wish I was better at enchantment and had more soul gems.
17/11/2011 at 21:52 DeathCarrot says:
I like to think up a character, pick a few skills and stick to those exclusively. I also don’t do any quests that the character wouldn’t be interested in.
First char is a high-elf pure mage (primarily destruction, conjuration and restoration), no physical weapons, no armour, no potions (just high magicka regen). Did College of Winterhold and main quest. Leaning slightly towards Stormcloaks politically as I’m not a fan of the Thalmor, regardless of them being high-elves.
Second guy is a strict dual war-axe redguard warrior with smithing skill (one-handed, heavy armor, smithing), no magic, bows primarily just to get dragons to land. Doing Companions and Stormcloak questlines.
Very different play styles, but the mage seems a more powerful and versatile character on the whole. Some things take a bit longer to kill as you have to wait to regen magicka, but you take a lot less damage. Also pure melee isn’t very good against dragons, as you might have guessed :)
Might roll a bow and daggers thief (khajiit or argonian) to do the Thieves’ Guild, Dark Brotherhood and Imperial questlines.
17/11/2011 at 22:04 Brun says:
I’ll add that after I enjoy my time as an assassin, my next character will be a Death Knight. Heavy Armor, 2H, Conjuration (for raising zombies only), Destruction.
17/11/2011 at 21:58 Chizu says:
I am lord of the thieves.
And also murdering people for money.
But I also like to explore and randomly poke around in dungeons I see appear on the compass.
And relieve the dead of their belongings.
I wish the fences had more money, I have too much stolen stuff to sell.
17/11/2011 at 22:15 Wulf says:
That’s one thing that needs fixing, even by me. For ‘successful merchants,’ some of them are amazingly poor, almost all of the time, and that’s just silly. I mean, I can get behind the idea of limited money, I dig that. But that limited? It is just silly.
So it’s on the list of far too many things that need to be fixed. I had the same problem in Fallout 3 (but strangely, not New Vegas). In Fallout 3 I ended up buying ammo just to even things out, since ammo was like a second currency. I suppose it’s just a lack of foresight, but the economy is just not quite right, it can be improved.
17/11/2011 at 22:13 Wulf says:
Mostly werewolfy stuff. I like dungeon delving. If things leave me be then that’s fine, unfortunately far too many people and things love rushing me, so I often have to keep them afraid whilst I explore the place. Sometimes I take one or two down if the situation becomes dire, but generally it’s absolutely hilarious to have a dungeon filled with fleeing bandits.
Generally, giants are smarter than most people. Giants won’t bother me if I don’t bother them, even if I’m a werewolf, so that works out well for both of us. I can continue collecting strange things from dungeons. When I’m not doing that and I feel like it, I sometimes help the Stormcloak rebellion, since the incredibly fascist and arrogant Thalmor bother me a lot. And I have no issue punching someone in the face if they happen to be yelling “ELVEN SUPREMACY IS THE ONLY TRUTH!” whilst trying to kill me.
Often though, I just like collecting things, and using enchanting and smithing to improve the same set of armour that I’ve been using for ages. Sometimes I’ll run into an Imperial controlled town, fear everyone, and then run off cackling. Just because I can. And then I’m off into the night again, like I was never there. Generally, I find it hard to be interested in things, and I don’t want to kill dragons, so…
Well. I do the one thing I am interested in, I climb into interesting holes as a werewolf. I sniff and collect flowers. I sniff and collect random things. And I make people run away a lot.
18/11/2011 at 01:53 Starky says:
opps replied to the wrong post :P
17/11/2011 at 22:16 JonClaw says:
Went Spellsword, or rather, Spellmace.
One-handed with Destruction & Restoration magic.
17/11/2011 at 22:23 iisjreg says:
I’m a Pagan Druid type: Conjuration/Destruction w/ bow and fur armour. LOVING the fur.
17/11/2011 at 22:25 Museli says:
I was a thief, a soldier of the Legion, and a bard, but then I made some new friends and found my true calling as an assassin. When I first realised that a combination of perks and gear allowed me to multiply backstab damage with a dagger by 30, I felt like a god. If I can get behind someone now, I can send over a thousand points of pain their way in one stab.
Sneak was unsurprisingly my first skill to hit 100. Pickpocketing should be second, but Smithing is closing fast.
17/11/2011 at 22:30 AmateurScience says:
I’ve been playing as a crotchety old Breton Wizard. Conjured swords and atronachs combined with a sprinkling of lightning death backed up with various sparkly laser shields.
Never played as a caster in TES and I’m absolutely loving it so far, despite it still mostly being melee sword death (magic summoned sword makes a big difference).
17/11/2011 at 22:34 Jesse L says:
Being a werewolf sounds awesome. Anybody doing vampire stuff yet?
17/11/2011 at 22:47 Wulf says:
I looked at a vampire once whilst wandering around as a werewolf and he actually crumbled to dust! (I wish I were joking.) I’m not sure why. I’d assume he died of fright, because it couldn’t have been anything else. He was there with his little enchanted dagger, all up in my face, then I turn and look at him and he just… poofs, and then he’s a dust pile on the floor.
I wouldn’t count on the vampires having too much power in Skyrim if my initial encounter with them is any measure.
17/11/2011 at 22:46 Wulf says:
One thing I will add to this? Those using weapons and magicks. Phbbt. You pansies! :P If anything is fool enough to attack me then they get my fists/claws, and I always win.
(There’s a silly stacking bug with hand-to-hand skills that results in the player being ridiculously overpowered. To the point where even giants fall in a few punches, if you’re skilful enough to avoid their clubs. Srsly.)
But yeah, I haven’t used a single weapon thus far, of any sort, and even on the higher difficulty levels I haven’t found that I’ve actually needed one. When I charged Whiterun, I did so with my fists, and I knocked out all the guards before my silly compatriots could kill them.
It’s just funny, since no matter the mage, the warrior, or the size of weapon, an easily amused unarmed Khajiit can take them all out. Even naked, if necessary. Perk trees? Who needs ‘em! I’ll keep that stuff for smithing.
Really though, I’m amused at how horribly overpowered it is.
18/11/2011 at 01:54 Starky says:
Fun fact, that racial stacks wit the heavy armour perk that adds your gauntlets armour rating to your unarmed attack.
Smith yourself up some high quality heavy gauntlets and fortify unarmed enchant and you can easily be doing around 100 damage per attack.
Of course that pales next to the 400+ you can do with a 1H sword late game.
18/11/2011 at 02:15 Wulf says:
Oh, there’s even more to it than that.
But I’m hesitant to talk about it until the CK gets released in case it’s fixed. :| There has already been so much talk of the werewolf eat-howl exploit, and I fear that the next patch will fix that before I can add a mod in to reverse it. This isn’t an MMORPG, but Bethesda does have a habit of fixing the fun bugs that most wouldn’t actually want fixed.
So I’m staying tight-lipped about my discovery until the CK arrives.
(Obsidian do that as well, come to think of it. It happened with the New Vegas patches. I’ll never really understand that mentality, of just shoving in a fix that could lower the QoL of a player in a single-player game. When you’re dealing with balance issues like that, it makes more sense to make them optional, like community patches do.)
17/11/2011 at 22:47 d34thm0nk3y says:
I’ve been punching people. And dragons. And pretty much anything else that pops up.
17/11/2011 at 22:55 MrPants says:
Hmm, the shoehorn wielded by your poll is a poor fit for my creme brulee. My primary attack is stealthed bowshot, and then I generally keep firing until they close to melee, at which point I switch to 1H weapon + spell. I wear Light armour and my sneak/lockpick skills are pretty good but I try not to steal much outright.
17/11/2011 at 23:13 NothingFunny says:
waiting for mods to make a better game from it
17/11/2011 at 23:32 Wulf says:
Waiting for the chance to help fix it myself.
So. Many. Things…
Literally, I have a list that’s almost reaching a hundred now of stuff I want to see fixed, expanded on, and/or done right. I won’t be able to do it all myself, but I’ll be sure to contribute.
This isn’t like New Vegas where adding mods was fun, and where I could have fun playing even before the GECK came along, here I’m longing for the release of the damn CK, I’m checking the Nexus every day and hoping for the best. It direly needs improvement. Sooo many questionable choices that amount to bad design. MUST fix. I’m OCD about this.
17/11/2011 at 23:14 Chaz says:
This week, I have been mostly stripping dead people down to their underwear.
18/11/2011 at 05:07 robotslave says:
This. They’ve almost but not quite got rid of the granny panties this time round. Rowr.
17/11/2011 at 23:22 Sharzam says:
I have actually been doing a bit of Battle Mage stuff, using light armour with 1 handed weapon and spell casting. Put that down to wizard stuff thourgh as seams i seam to mix up the spell casting a bit more.
Finding the game actually getting quite hard now, taking the middle road seams to of been a bad idea as i dont have the armour to go toe to toe but dont have the magic BOOM to take out from distance. Perhaps specalise a bit more hmm but alteast iam versatile and only lvl15. I refuse to wear heavy armour and i refuse to wear robes i will make this build work dammit.
Oh and the minor issue that i cant/wont use bows either, its either Ice or Sword you die by.
17/11/2011 at 23:23 James G says:
A’bey has been sneaking yes, A’bey uses her bow to harm enemies, they don’t see her coming. A’bey is sneak-thief sometimes yes, but has trouble finding other sneak-thieves to make her at home. Magic users and fighters try to make her feel at home.
A’bey doesn’t remember what she did last night, but A’bey amused that it was shortly after sobering up that she ended up in jail though.
17/11/2011 at 23:26 ArchAngel76 says:
They left out an option for those of us who can’t decide what we want to play. I personally have made it about 5 hours into the game with 10 different characters and decided I wanted to do something different.
18/11/2011 at 02:06 henben says:
It seems like it would be fairly easy to change what “type” of character you’re playing without needing to start again from scratch – certainly if you’re only 5 hours in. If you’re a wizard and you decide you want to be a thief, you can replicate the thief powers with spells, Stone perks and potions enough to do some of the thief quests or loot some shops, and as you spend more time sneaking around and breaking lockpicks you will automatically level up to become a decent thief.
I started out thinking I was going to be a sneaky assassin type, then found that the conjuring spells were really fun and useful and did some of the Wizard University quests until I was basically a wizard, then did the whole Thieves’ Guild storyline… Now I am training up the hand-to-hand skills. Having a rag-bag of skills doesn’t seem to break the levelling system at all. The trick I use is to get a companion and give them a staff of summoning, and make sure I have a zombie escort at all times – that way I never draw too much enemy attention.
17/11/2011 at 23:28 sbs says:
I made some warrior stuff, and then i discovered smithing, and i saw this awesome daedric armor, and then i spent ages smithing and smithing all kinds of shit, dwarven, ebony, orcish gear until i finally could level up to daedric, and then i had to kill some mofos to get their hearts for my armor.
Now i discovered enchanting.
17/11/2011 at 23:34 malkav11 says:
Wizardy stuff. And by wizardy stuff I of course mean a lot of faffing around lighting things on fire in dungeons. I’ve….done one sidequest and gotten as far as entering Whiterun on the main quest. I am way too easily distracted.
17/11/2011 at 23:52 Man Raised by Puffins says:
Thief-y things. Though I shall soon be moving on to dragonbothering and assassining.
17/11/2011 at 23:58 Quinnbeast says:
Going by my skills – Sneak, Illusion and Archery, Conjuration.
There’s something uber satisfying about clearing a room without actually dealing any damage yourself. Sneak in, throw a rage spell on anyone weak enough to succumb to it, then cast a few raise dead spells as the bodies start to fall. Add in a flame atronach (magicka permitting) or an arrow or two of your own, and watch the show…
…not that it goes as smoothly as that half the time, but ending a fight without having used a weapon of your own *or* having been detected does make you feel pretty smug. And you get to play the inevitable Benny Hill chases when it all goes horribly wrong.
18/11/2011 at 00:01 greg_ritter says:
I’m a proud and honourable Nord, with sword in hand and no magic whatsoever. But GODS OF THUNDER! WHY IT IS SO HARD NOT TO STEAL AND BACKSTAB?! But I must endure. It is in Nord’s nature – to endure hardships and temptations. I will not backstab like a lowly elf!
18/11/2011 at 00:29 Inglourious Badger says:
Hey! Less of the elf bashing! *Backstabs*
18/11/2011 at 00:11 FieldOfTheBattle says:
[x] Boycotting Skyrim because of Steam.
18/11/2011 at 00:27 HothMonster says:
have fun not playing an awesome game while nobody notices
18/11/2011 at 00:42 ArchAngel76 says:
Given the fact that Skyrim broke the steam record for most players playing at one time by a factor of 4, I don’t think they are going to get that message. You should boycott CoD 4 or something instead and join the fun.
18/11/2011 at 00:12 widowmaker says:
I really wanted to play an assassin and wipe out towns as I played, but there is very little reward for doing so.
In the first town I entered the first house you come to and there was a lady sleeping there, so I killed her. I then went to the inn and slowly killed everyone aside from the quest innkeeper woman that can’t seem to be killed. She was sleeping at the time so she didn’t see any of this happen. A little while later I went back into the first house and a guy (her husband?) was sleeping in the bed next to first lady I killed. Why would this dude go to sleep with a dead woman in the next bed? So, I killed him and slept next to the dead woman in her bed for the night.
When I woke up I went back to the inn and the innkeeper woman was walking around like nothing had happened, even though there were 3 corpses next to her. This kind of thing completely ruins the immersion of playing an assassin. I want people to frantically scream and panic when they see dead bodies, and have guards and other people come investigate the murder scene. Makes it really boring.
The same thing can apply to stealing as well. If there are people 2 feet away from me when I’m stealing everything in sight, I want some kind of reaction. Even successfully stealing from a person should cause some kind of response.
18/11/2011 at 00:27 Inglourious Badger says:
…and in the game
18/11/2011 at 00:26 Inglourious Badger says:
Well, I’ve been a sneaky, stealy, shooty, one-hand stabby, lockpicky, light armour craftingy, occassionally conjuring explorer/Thieves Guild member/Companion companion.
I’m terrified of going to sleep, because I’ve had a note from the Black Brotherhood (I assume), and Oblivion taught me what’s going to happen!
And I’ve been running away from every dragon I see like a little girl, even though I named myself George.
18/11/2011 at 01:40 HelderPinto says:
Same here! :P
18/11/2011 at 00:30 dangermouse76 says:
I am going to open a fishmongers and kill all of skyrim with food poisoning !
18/11/2011 at 00:36 Jim9137 says:
Where is the walking option? I’m level 99 in Walking, I’m the Elder Walker Guild’s Honorary Member and dem dragons? I’ll just walk away, baby.
18/11/2011 at 01:11 Curly says:
Posing people.
18/11/2011 at 07:23 LostViking says:
LOL, funny stuff :D
You can get some funny poses by standing over a dead body and going into the stealth mode ;)
18/11/2011 at 01:39 HelderPinto says:
I’m a sneaky fucker.
18/11/2011 at 01:51 Chris D says:
I’ve been doing mostly warrior stuff, which is unusual for me as generally I prefer something with a little more finesse but really this time I just wanted to make a sexy lady orc who could crush you like a walnut.
I’d say it’s been a qualified success so far. Succeeded reasonably well on the sexy (but still classy) lady orc front( assuming you have a thing for tusks) although even with the weight slider set to max she’s still disappointingly vulnerable looking. Stop being so chauvinistic Bethesda!
Life as a warrior is also a bit mixed. While once you have a few block and power attack perks you can eek a little more depth out of the combat system most fights are usually over in one or two hits. The problem is sometimes it’s me, sometimes it’s them and there’s usually no easy way to tell which it’s going to be until one of you is lying on the floor.
Of course being an orc it would be remiss of me not to take advantage of smithing and enchanting and so actually I’ve become something of an itinerant blacksmith as that aspect has taken over somewhat. Stuff this business with dragons this is a story about me, my soul-stealing battle axe and the search for the ultimate armour.
I’m probably making life harder for myself by attempting to role-play the part more than is strictly necessary although I am actually reasonably decent a lockpicking without really trying just because I can’t stand the thought of a chest that I don’t know what’s inside. Yes, it’s almost always three gold coins and a turnip but you never know.
18/11/2011 at 01:53 magnus says:
Well Nigella the female Orc has been mostly Warrioring with the odd brawl, a bit of very usefull smithing and skull collecting, they make interesting conversation pieces for visitors you know.
18/11/2011 at 02:05 bleeters says:
Chopping wood and robbing everyone – everyone – blind.
I’m probably going to end up feeling considerably guilty when I later get married to someone I’ll inevitably have broken into the home of and stolen everything that wasn’t nailed down. Sorry about that, dear. But in my defence, you only had adept level locks on your door. Might as well put all your stuff outside in a bag labeled ‘steal from me’.
18/11/2011 at 02:08 pipman3000 says:
i’m playing a warrior/thief khajiit wih the intention of getting the zero weight heavy armour, fist of iron(sic? the unarmed damage increasing perk), silence, and the invisible when sneaking perk so i can be a plate armoured ninja who punches people in the face and vanishes into the shadows.
18/11/2011 at 02:14 pipman3000 says:
death to the stormcloaks
18/11/2011 at 08:35 Wulf says:
Ooh, roleplay!
Gah, filthy Thalmor lapdog. Instead of barking at us real warriors here, shouldn’t you be lapping at the feet of your milk drinking high-elven masters? I’m surprised they let you off the leash enough to even open your mouth, or you may just be showing ‘initiative.’ So, how’d the Thalmor buy you out? Or are you just a base coward? Well, either way, yer still an elf slave, and I’m a freer man than you’ll ever be.
18/11/2011 at 02:10 DrGonzo says:
Gone for Archery. My biggest problem is I’m about level 20 and I can kill almost anything in one shot. Anything I can’t gets stunned, stumbles and is frozen after every shot. I think I broke the game unintentionally.
18/11/2011 at 02:11 henben says:
How does marriage happen? I mean, in the game. I’m playing as a lady catlady – does the racist and homophobic and species-chauvinist culture of Skyrim mean that I can’t marry anyone?
18/11/2011 at 02:19 pipman3000 says:
you have to go to riften and buy an amulet of mara from some lady there then wear it, if people are interested they’ll say so when you talk to them.
skyrim is actually pretty cool with same-sex couples and inter-racial relationships, unless they’re stormcloaks then you should just kill them and toss their body in a river.
18/11/2011 at 13:19 TariqOne says:
You can marry any of the marry-able NPCs, without regard to gender or species.
And there’s even a console fix for Lydia making her marry-able (marriageable?) as intended. It’s harder to get mad at her blocking doorways and halls when she calls you “Love” and gives you money and meals.
18/11/2011 at 02:14 henben says:
Why isn’t this post titled Skyrimjobs? It would be totally justifiable.
18/11/2011 at 02:21 EBass says:
Dissapointed at how hilariously unbalanced Bethesda made this game, considering alchemy potions stack effects on top of each other, you can basically craft armour of uber invinsibility. All you need to do is make blacksmith potions and quaff them all at once before improving your armour, or wear a set of armour that fortifies the smithing skill and craft wearing that.
I know its sort of exploity but considering they put these things into the game………… well I’ve never liked game design where the PLAYER has to decide how far they exploit mechanics which were knowingly put into the game.
Added on to that is the fact that magic becomes increasingly useless as the game goes on because the spells do “flat” damage which doesen’t level up with you, whilst the creatures you fight become more and more powerful. I started wanting to play a pure mage but have found myself by level 55 basically just spamming destruct spells until I’m out of mana maybe killing one guy and finishing off the other 4 or 5 with my trusty mace.
So in conclusion, I’ve been doing a bit of everything, except pickpocketing, risk always seemed greater than the reward. Not the bounty to pay if you get caught, thats childs play, more the guards irritatingly taking all your stolen goods.
18/11/2011 at 08:30 Wulf says:
Shhhh!
<_< >_>
I kind of like being able to stack ridiculous effects on top of the werewolf form.
18/11/2011 at 02:27 assassinslover says:
Actually most of what I’ve been doing is faffing about with side-quests and steadily exterminating the deer population. Also having my face smashed in by giants and accidentally aggroing mammoths.
18/11/2011 at 03:00 Yargh says:
Murdering much of the wildlife for leather and stew.
Obsessively gathering alchemy components.
Same with books
Lots of sneaking
Lots of leather gauntlets created
18/11/2011 at 04:24 Snake22345 says:
I’ve been playing a Khajiit Assassin. So far, it’s going pretty well. Dark Brotherhood questline was pretty awesome ^^
18/11/2011 at 04:29 CountessOfOle says:
I’ve been sneaking around, stealing everything I can lay my sneaky little hands on and stuffing it all into my sneaky little house. Does that qualify as Thief Stuff? I think it does.
18/11/2011 at 04:46 Muzman says:
I’ve been mostly reading Skyrim articles on every goddam gaming website on planet earth. Plus a few not so gaming web sites.
I generally miss every big game, so not sharing the annual fuss over something or other isn’t unusual. There’s quite often some aspect of lukewarm response where it seems like not entirely my thing. This one does seem to be saying “It’s the one you should have actually caught, for a change” however.
18/11/2011 at 05:30 robotslave says:
This time, I says to me, this time there will be no Thiefing nonsense.
No sex-predator creeping and peeping. No cowardly bow-twanging from a safe, glitchy perch. No anti-capitalist wealth appropriation. No hitting a man when his back is turned. And most of all, none of that horrible, horrible, obsessive-compulsive fiddling with tiny little mechanisms in a %$#^!! mini-game just to get 7 gold out of a flimsy wooden container.
And then I discover lock-picking is MANDATORY, they’ve taken away every wizardy and smashy way of dealing with locks.
I almost, ALMOST quit in fury when it dawned on me that they’d done this monstrous thing.
All that keeps me going is eagerly attacking every giant I can find, because the best views by far are the ones you get when you are launched into low orbit after mister giant gives you a little tap with his bat. Unfailingly hilarious.
18/11/2011 at 05:46 Kringlorr says:
Harassing clowns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnTJEHQr__E
18/11/2011 at 06:46 aeromorte says:
Hmm i made a wizardy thief assasin that enchants everything … didnt saw that option so i went with wizard.
18/11/2011 at 06:59 wicked_weasle says:
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I DID TODAY ON SKYRIM OK! so i was walking around minding my buisness when i started a scrap with a giant. Me and him duked it out for a good five minutes then a random frost dragon drops down to help kick this giants ass. Me and him double team that fuckin giant after which he was dead. The dragon then takes off towards WhiteWatch Tower and starts attacking the gaurds WHO just so happen to be in the middle of a bandit assault. I proceed to snipe the bandits from the ridge then go in to help out my homies. I grabe my Axe of Whiterun and (fine) Elven Dagger and start slashin that old dragon to bits with dual flurry combos. I shout fus ro dah and stagger the dragon then i rush in for the final epic finish move. and slice the dragons throat to bits. So you want to know what im doin in the greatest game ever built by man? IM HAVIN THE MOST EPIC FUCKIN TIME THATS WHATS HAPPENING AND MODS WILL ONLY MAKE THIS ALREADY GODLY GAME ASCEND TO EVEN FURTHER HEIGHTS!
18/11/2011 at 08:37 Drayk says:
Yeah the life of the dragonborn is one worth living !
18/11/2011 at 14:16 Kestrel says:
Dovahkiin! Dovahkiin! Da Da DA Da Da Dah!
18/11/2011 at 07:44 vexis58 says:
I have been trying my best to do everything at all except for warrior and assassin stuff. Mage-thief who almost exclusively picks up crafting materials from the dungeons she loots and then spends hours making useless potions and helmets for resale back in town. Why am I even wanting all of this money? I don’t even have anything I want to buy! I think this, but it doesn’t stop me from going “ooh, that’s worth a lot of money, I need to pick it up.”
18/11/2011 at 07:52 Nesetalis says:
battlemage + bow + crafty :D
18/11/2011 at 08:34 Drayk says:
I have been doing many things and quickly became a jack of all trades (no much stealthy things because I am a orc in heavy armor… I’ll keep that for a possible 2th playtrough with a dark elf assassin ) but even with no really strong point i don’t feel gimped at all.
I have roamed (?) the land, discovering areas, beacame a Werewolf, killed 4 dragons, crafted some armor, started enchanting, shot some arrows. I recently discovered the joy of bounded weapons which might become my main mêlée weapon. I still don’t know what elemental magic to upgrade. Fire seems perfect but a bit generic maybe lighting… I love the two weapon fighting animations but will keep that as a perk for my assassin. I still do it with berserk when a dragon lands !…
oh, and I have lots of books in my house too…
I did not play any other games since it came out. I even lost all interest in Dark souls…
18/11/2011 at 08:44 neolith says:
I usually do a lot of yelling at Lydia.
18/11/2011 at 09:11 Jams O'Donnell says:
I have mostly been living vicariously through the experiences of others because I’ve just not had time to play. It is almost the weekend though. Beautiful weekend. I will rim the sky.
(I racked up about four hours of Skyrim last weekend, and I’m going down the mage path for some undiscernable reason. I meant to go thief/assassin, but I suppose it’s not too late to change.)
18/11/2011 at 09:37 Dzamir says:
I don’t play Skyrim and I want to see the poll results without voting!
18/11/2011 at 10:16 Drayk says:
Mostly warrior stuff.
29%
Mostly wizardy stuff.
22%
Mostly assassin stuff.
14%
Mostly thief stuff.
14%
Mostly crafty stuff.
6%
Bard stuff, actually. Is that even possible? Apparently it is.
3%
I have no discernable bias.
14%
18/11/2011 at 09:55 sinister agent says:
I have been doing mostly peasant stuff. I suppose the closest thing would be thief, as it consists of a lot of avoiding things.
18/11/2011 at 10:22 amorpheous says:
Went with Warrior stuff, but I think I should’ve chosen the last option. I’m playing a mix of one-handed, light-armoured warrior/destruction mage/sneaky archer.
18/11/2011 at 10:50 aircool says:
Archmage, Yeah! Best thing about being the Archmage is you get a huge room to you yourself with a large regenerating garden of ingredients and all trappings of being awesome.
I’ve been stealing a lot of expensive clothes. Originally they were to be used in Enchanting experiments, but I’ve now got a taste for the fine stuff. Other hobbies include making sculptures from dead dudes riddles with ice bolts and laughing at being able to blast a dragon skeleton to the other side of next week with a firebolt spell.
Once I’ve cleared my diary of one off, or small quest chains, I’ll concentrate on some of the more shady aspects of the game, notably, The Black Hand. I think I’ll take out a few more racist Nords as well. Us Argonians have to stick together, and when you’d rather spend your time with a Kajit rather than in company of Nords, you know things are bad. Oh, and double, double crossing quest givers who want someone hunted down :))
Despite zillions of bugs, graphical problems, random crashes and annoyances, it really is a fucking awesome game!
18/11/2011 at 10:54 n0s says:
Voting thingie tells me i shouldnt be here :)
18/11/2011 at 11:16 Bluerps says:
I haven’t played that much. Damn you, work! Damn you! *shakes fist*
In the ca. 10 hours I managed to play, I’ve done some crafting and some exploring, and the exploring included some roasting of enemies and some hacking them to bits with a sword.
18/11/2011 at 11:22 MannyCalavera says:
I have been wandering around aimlessly, trying not to get involved in the war, and trying to become a rock star. So I went to Bard college. I am going to try and be Sleater Kinney of Skyrim.
18/11/2011 at 11:31 xcopy says:
Running around the countryside, dual wielding my dwarven war axe and mace, collecting every ingredient I could find. Finished the main quest in Whiterun, but not visited the Greybeards yet. I want to finish every quest in Whiterun first and also get my crafting skills up.
I want to be a dual wielding warrior, who can craft and enchant his own weapons und armour, and create his own potions.
But I really, really have to get more sleep…
18/11/2011 at 11:45 merc-ai says:
Spent an evening exploring that first fortified town, stealing things, crafting and brewing potions. Did some town quests, joined Companions. Will probably go exploring further away from town and cleaning some caves before I commit to main quest.
Skill-wise, I wanted to be a destruction mage but ended up having higher archery (via trainer) and smithing (via practice). I’m trying not to break game balance too soon, but the temptation of alchemy is too strong. Plus it might be useful to have few overpowered potions for these enemies that are too deadly for my lvl 14 char.
18/11/2011 at 11:50 innokenti says:
I think I’ve gone with a combination of the different things.
It’s the reliable three-step method to killing things very dead:
1) Shoot things in the head after you’ve snuck into position. Extra damage, and they’re dead. If anyone else comes running, pop some poison onto the arrow (alchemy!) and soften them up.
2) Fry their faces off with force lighting. Erm… I mean lightning spells.
3) When you run out of mana, grab the two-handed sword out and start smashing. Things should be softened enough that you can deal enough damage to them before they kill you.
Combination of all these elements seem to work well. On another playthrough I might go more the heavy armour/weapons route. Also will want one where I play around with a lot of conjuration. Mmmm. So many things to do!
18/11/2011 at 12:02 Zinic says:
Missing an “All of the Above” option. I had a vacation this week.
18/11/2011 at 12:29 Paxmayne says:
Started off determined to be a light armor wearing Battle Mage, with a bit of necromancy and alchemy….
I ended up being a full blow fire mage in a robe with no alchemical or conjuration skills at all.
I’ve also been collecting books and stashing them in a pile in the corner my whiterum shack for now….
Oh and I’m still not sure who to side with the in the civil war! Who would a Breton side with??? Being neutral isn’t an option.. far to boring :p
*SPOILERS*
Oh and those Dwarven ruins! WOW! the one with the archeology team that you slowly find bits of? It begain with an A i think…. This was the probably greatest moment in the game so far for me! finding the diaries and reasearch notes spread around in blood stained halls, only to find it was those g worshipping Falmer that massacred them!
18/11/2011 at 13:17 TariqOne says:
Yep. I have a battlemage (plate, sword, spells) running the Dark Brotherhood, and a archer/thief guy working his way up the Thieves Guild.
It has its flaws, but best game this year in my book.
18/11/2011 at 13:32 zind says:
I put my vote into thief stuff, because I think I’ve done more hours of Thieves’ Guild work than I have Dark Brotherhood. However, I run both factions now and have both of their hideouts fully decked out. I’m also a Thane in Whiterun and Riften, with fully decked-out houses in both cities. The Riften house is pretty swank, I love having my own arcane enchanter. Could use more weapons racks though.
In any case, my playstyle has definitely been focused on the path of the thief. Sneak is my highest skill, sitting at 70-something, with me at level 28. The Assassin’s Blade perk with high stealth (especially if you’re a Nightingale “Agent of Stealth”) is wicked. I just walk around slitting peoples’ throats with my 30x sneak attack damage glass dagger. I’m actually kind of a fan of the finishing moves, I look like a major badass doing that with the mask of Krosis.
I have been considering going back to the guardian stones and switching to mage, and going and doing the College quests AS a mage on the same character, but I am worried that my voodoo will be way weak since I am already such a high level with NO focus in spells.
18/11/2011 at 13:43 Quine says:
I mostly sneak around robbing peoples’ gravy.
I’m nothing but a parasite and a petty thief.
18/11/2011 at 13:52 tehfish says:
Remarkably balanced poll results there :)
Myself it’s a case of:
1 – kill it with fire!
until my magika runs low, where i panic and swap to:
2 – 1h sword + healing spells
Have a weird combination of cloth magika regen gear plus plate boots and gloves
On a side note, attacking undead with a turn-undead enchanted weapon is utterly hilarious, completely dissolves onto benny hill-like running about :D
18/11/2011 at 14:25 Saiko Kila says:
I think the poll is biased towards one-dimensional characters. Two dimensional characters can be biased towards two different approaches, and three dimensional… Well, assuming that they are possible in Bethesda games – they can be biased towards whatever the player wants. Personally, no matter whether TES or Fallout, I always play battlemage thief.
18/11/2011 at 15:11 Kestrel says:
Dual-sword wielding, heavy sneak Redguard werewolf warrior early, plinking away at dragons with my bow and pining for that random market waif, Ysolda.
Then I spent about 20 hours as a blacksmith and came out the other side with Legendary Weightless+Maximum Carry Enchanted Dragonbone Armor (TM). Now I trim my nails until the dragons land and spank them once or twice so they disintegrate, yawning the whole time to show how jaded I am.
I got tired of telling giants to stop tickling me, so now I just put them down gently and eat their toes.
The only punks who I still have to sneak up on are arch-necromancers and the like, skewering me in place with their tacky lamppost icicles. And man are they tight with the loot. Stupid cheapskate mages and their stupid dollar store robes.
I’ll hit level 45 and 60 hours in a couple of hours now, then it’s off to see what all the fuss is about at this High Hrothgar place everyone is shouting about. Or maybe I’ll try one of the non-frat faction quest lines.
18/11/2011 at 17:18 Pasperix says:
I found a standing stone thing devoted to the steed. Instant increase of carrying capacity by 100.
Makes the Dwemer ruins more about exploration and less about inventory management.
19/11/2011 at 16:32 Trigunvts says:
If anyone know who Artemis Entrari is…thats pretty much what I have for a character….might do Drizzt next just cause you can make it pretty damn accurate in this game as far as race and weapns and armor etc.
As for the dwemer ruins I don’t usually find myself picking everything in sight up there like those giant struts that sell for 25 gold that weigh 25lbs…maybe if they were actually used for something I would pick them up …you know like making your own mechanical creations with all the cogs and plates and so on you find in there otherwise I just pick up stuff thats worth picking up.
25/11/2011 at 15:40 Contextual Entity says:
Most Dwemer metal pieces are used for smelting down into dwarven iron that you use to make dwarven armour.
19/11/2011 at 15:08 Trigunvts says:
Ok so I started out trying magic. I totally nerded out using the shock spell cause it looked like force lightning from star wars. Once I got to a point where that wasn’t killing thing fast enough i settled in to playing a stealthy character. Maxed out the stealth tree 1 shot anything, something sees me i can stand up and crouch again and hide. So I’m mostly 1 handed swords/daggers and archery for weapons and I finally found the invisibility spell so I do some illusion, and Im working on resto for that save you from dying talent. Also been doing blacksmithing/enchanting alot. I found a transmute spell so Ive been buying all the iron ore i can and turning it to gold and making jewelry. I read most of the posts and I seen a few poor bastards that bought a horse. Horses are basically cannon fodder in pretty much every RPG theres horses in however….the horse I have…when it seees a dragon instead of running away like a scared little girl it charges at it head on and proceeds to pummel its face in with its lucky horseshoes. So I basically have a horse tanking most of my dragon fights while im sitting there either unloading on it with my bow or chopping at it within melee. The horse I have….is the chuck norris of horses and I know some people probably have it already but I’m not gonna spoil it for others….all I will say is…sometimes its good to be evil…at least for awhile =P
20/11/2011 at 18:00 ranivus says:
Why isnt there an option to “vigioursly fine tune your Skyrim Graphics”
I’ve realized for the past week that i’ve been playing with the skyrim.ini and skyrimprefs.ini more than i’ve been playing the actual game. Its amazing how changing a few numbers can alter the visual appeal to the exact same game i’ve been playing for 100+ hours.
In game, though, what i’ve been spending most of my time on is thieving and sniping. Nothing like being able to call your bow “Massive Boomstick” and shooting bad guys in the eye with one shot. Or sneaking up to them and with soul soaking assassin blade on my left hand and a flaming hot katana on my right, murdering them with one feel swoop across their necks.
Definitely feel sgood ^_^
23/11/2011 at 14:25 kitsuneknight says:
I mostly play a conjurer/healer/archer. I heal and support my minions. I also work on smithing, enchantment, and speech.