The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Catch-All

wordsmythe wrote:
Demosthenes wrote:
Prozac wrote:

What? no Redguard?

You spoke the unspeakable game!

Racist. :P

Hey, some of my best friends are redguards, I'm even friends with an orc and a khajiit.

There’s nothing about me that would be discriminatory. I know Redguards. I practice curved sword-fighting every Sunday with a Redguard. He’s a great friend of mine.

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Crossbows or bows for a sneak character with archery skills.

Balthezor wrote:

Crossbows or bows for a sneak character with archery skills.

Both? Each has their uses. Bows get longer range and faster reload, Crossbows can potentially do a lot more damage with the armor piercing. I usually care one of each. Bow for the long range sniping and actual combat (should that happen) where I need to get off shots fast (usually when a legendary dragon has decided to pay me a visit while I'm soul gem hunting with mammoths, as that's a situation that gets out of control fast). Crossbows, however, I great for sneak attacks when you're dungeon crawling.

Balthezor wrote:

Crossbows or bows for a sneak character with archery skills.

Yeah, those are usually a good bet.

Crossbows are not in the main game right? You need some DLC for that I think. Dawnguard?

Heretk wrote:

Crossbows are not in the main game right? You need some DLC for that I think. Dawnguard?

Yup, Dawnguard. Or a mod /InBefore"OrAModLOLHerpDerp"

I preordered the game, started playing on launch day... and just got my first character up to level 50!

misplacedbravado wrote:

I preordered the game, started playing on launch day... and just got my first character up to level 50!

Did you raise all those skills naturally or just put off the grinding for that long?

Demosthenes wrote:

Did you raise all those skills naturally or just put off the grinding for that long?

Smithing is the only skill I really ground, and there have been two other characters that I took up to level 20+ along the way.

200+ hours in and I still don't have a character at 50. Making alts will do that to you...

Redwing wrote:

200+ hours in and I still don't have a character at 50. Making alts will do that to you...

I had to really buckle down and grind to get one to 50... and even then, Alchemy was a SLOG (120 hours on a character, and I didn't have enough alchemy reagents with Thief + Rested from sleeping with my lady, buh). It's not something I see as particularly naturally occurring and I would totally never do it again.

Demosthenes wrote:
Redwing wrote:

200+ hours in and I still don't have a character at 50. Making alts will do that to you...

I had to really buckle down and grind to get one to 50... and even then, Alchemy was a SLOG (120 hours on a character, and I didn't have enough alchemy reagents with Thief + Rested from sleeping with my lady, buh). It's not something I see as particularly naturally occurring and I would totally never do it again. :P

My issue was losing my first character to a pre-cloud save hard drive crash. My guy is in the high 40's and I still haven't done the civil war quest... had to uninstall so I could actually work on my pile a little.

Phew, after a couple days of work and setting up 179 mods, I'm finally back to playing my Nord caster. Right out the gate, Vampires attack Rorikstead (during the day?)

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While I'm observing Lydia and her Vampire slaying skills, I spontaneously combust. Looking around, I see this guy:

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Damn, Rorikstead has some bad luck.

This is one of the many things that makes the game fun. Randomly getting into horrible situations and sometimes getting out alive.

I love the story + screenshots.

"It's fun getting into Trouble!"

Rorikstead really *does* have rotten luck. Even in the vanilla game, I routinely travel there only to find it under attack by a dragon.
Seriously, that place is cursed. ^^

Eleima wrote:

Rorikstead really *does* have rotten luck. Even in the vanilla game, I routinely travel there only to find it under attack by a dragon.
Seriously, that place is cursed. ^^

Based on my experiences with its people, its full of horse thieves and inattentive goat herders... they deserve what they get!

Makes Dawnstar look like Paris.

davet010 wrote:

Makes Dawnstar look like Paris.

During or post nightmares?

Apparently it looks better while the nightmares are going on, but I've stopped them now. The locals still look like they are huffing that Miasma though.

Whoa, how? That is....damn...

Apparently this is Skyrim, somehow : O

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edit: Here's the rest, if you're feeling like modding... http://imgur.com/gallery/kedmC

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List of mods (from IMGUR comments)

  • Project ENB - Fantasy Climates of Tamriel
  • Skyrim Flora Overhaul
  • Skyrim HD - 2K Textures
  • Ultimate HD Fire Effects
  • Better Dynamic Snow
  • Crimson Tide
  • HD Enhanced Terrain
  • Skyrim Distant Detail
  • Static Mesh Improvement Mod
  • Enhanced Night
  • Better Distant LOD Waterfalls
  • HQ Snow Texture
  • HQ LODs
  • WATER
  • Real Snow

And supposedly all running on a 650 Ti 2GB 0.o

... my 8800 GTS 512 just won't cut it any more.

McIrishJihad wrote:
  • Project ENB - Fantasy Climates of Tamriel

I can state with certainty that this is the one doing most of what you see. The rest are all part of STEP, and while they are great mods that do improve the visuals, that ENB preset is doing the sky, horizon and ice.

Personally I'm a bigger fan of SkyRealism or Project ENB, both of which are great ENB presets.

The various ENB mods always make For extremely pretty pictures, but I've given up trying to actually play the game with them. The performance usually suffers a lot, the game tends to get much buggier, and the balance is never quite right. For all the beautiful vistas you often wind up with pitch black caves that even a torch can't help.

Gorgeous pictures though.

MojoBox wrote:

The various ENB mods always make For extremely pretty pictures, but I've given up trying to actually play the game with them. The performance usually suffers a lot, the game tends to get much buggier, and the balance is never quite right. For all the beautiful vistas you often wind up with pitch black caves that even a torch can't help.

Gorgeous pictures though.

I have a response to this, but it's more appropriate for the Skyrim Mods thread, so I've moved it there.

The back of my head screamed in pain. Forcing back tears, I opened my eyes to see the sun over the mountains to the east, and the wreckage of a caravan to the west.

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It slowly came back to me. I had been traveling with goods to Falkreath from Riften. Along the road to to Windhelm we were assaulted by... something but what I could not remember. The pain in my head, and dried blood in my hair, proved that whatever it was had taken what was wanted and left me for dead. I thanked Talos I was still alive, for the same could not be said of my partner laying dead amongst the destroyed wagon and barrels.

Left with nothing, I took in my surroundings. A nearby sign-post pointed the way to Riften and Windhelm. I noticed a note pinned to the post with a dagger. The note warned of a nearby Giant who should be left alone. Looking past the wagon wreckage, I saw the Giant's bonfire and Mammoths. Was this what attacked my caravan? If it was, I had no means of reclaiming my lost belongings. I took the dagger from the post, it was better defense against the wilds than my bare fists.

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I sifted through what little remained of my caravan. I salvaged a broadsword and iron armor from my fallen comrade, another stroke of luck in this bad fortune. I decided to take the road to Windhelm, judging that to be a safer place to recover than Riften, and took my leave of the end of my previous life. Along the road, I encountered a Khajiit enjoying the sun by the roadside. I asked his name, he said some call him M'aiq. He also said some claim Alduin is Akatosh, and that he'd been soul trapped once. He was clearly a liar, speaking such nonsense, so I took my leave.

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Rounding the next bend, I saw the mountains overlooking Windhelm. I hoped my fortunes would turn for the better once I arrived.

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Death Count - 1 (wolves by M'aiq got me)