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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Ohdang
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I hit level 20 and finally got around to doing the main quest and killing the first dragon, got sidetracked by leveling smithing, alchemy, and doing side/dark brotherhood quests. Not sure how I feel about these shouts yet but they seem a bit, I dunno, lame? Can't really put my finger on it, but I don't like them, at least not yet.
KCOTT
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i've already devoted way more hours into this game than i anticipated
the combat is the best i've seen from the elder scrolls games, however, my dude is still a pussy and gets killed by everything without potions to immediately restore health
what's the best city for looting and getting good stuff?
the combat is the best i've seen from the elder scrolls games, however, my dude is still a pussy and gets killed by everything without potions to immediately restore health
what's the best city for looting and getting good stuff?
CardiacCavs
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My guy is stealthy. The skills that i'm focusing on are Illusion, Archery, One Handed, light armor, sneaking, and smithing. Although restoration is very useful.
Backstage
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You people are enablers. All of you. Paying rent, loans, and now car should ensure I don't make splurge payments on video games. I already have Zelda coming for another $50 dent in the wallet. Why are you doing this to me?!
MRMsix6
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I'm playing as a Dark Elf focused on one-handed weapons, light armor and stealth - going for sort of a rogue build. I should probably start branching out soon (lvl 20). Stealth was pretty garbage for a while, it was nearly impossible to sneak attack/assassinate people below like 40 skill in sneak. But now it's pretty damn good at 50+ with stealth and light armor perks reducing noise from armor.
I found a pretty ridiculous sword with a shit-your-pants spell effect on it from a questline, let's just say near Solitude
The guy at the end of the dungeon you need to kill for the quest is no joke.
They really should have made mounting/dismounting quicker. So annoying when you're galloping along in the wilderness and want to dismount when something attacks you and you have to go through a mini dismounting cut scene. And then my horse, being the hero that she is, starts charging (insert creature here) and gets in the way. Oh and half the time the horse runs off like 100 yards in a random direction, making each time you dismount an adventure in itself. What the hell, horse?
Other than that the game is absolutely beautiful. The scenery and environmental effects are stunningly good. All of the dungeons and quests have a surprising amount of story behind them and depth. It's so easy to get sidetracked for hours doing some random quest lines.
I found a pretty ridiculous sword with a shit-your-pants spell effect on it from a questline, let's just say near Solitude
The guy at the end of the dungeon you need to kill for the quest is no joke.They really should have made mounting/dismounting quicker. So annoying when you're galloping along in the wilderness and want to dismount when something attacks you and you have to go through a mini dismounting cut scene. And then my horse, being the hero that she is, starts charging (insert creature here) and gets in the way. Oh and half the time the horse runs off like 100 yards in a random direction, making each time you dismount an adventure in itself. What the hell, horse?
Other than that the game is absolutely beautiful. The scenery and environmental effects are stunningly good. All of the dungeons and quests have a surprising amount of story behind them and depth. It's so easy to get sidetracked for hours doing some random quest lines.
Ohdang
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I'm playing an Imperial who looks almost identical to Sparticus from the TV show (the guy who was playing him before he got cancer, not the new guy). I like having the speech racial bonus, especially early in the game, because it helps get you better prices for your loot and it opens up dialogue options with people that aren't there with a low speech skill. Sometimes this just gives you more background on a character but other times it leads to side quests, which leads to decent loot. I talk to everyone and typically do everything they ask me to do, and with this games quest system I can probably keep playing forever if I wanted to.
I am playing a rogue-like assassin character, so I chose the Thief guardian stone at the beginning of the game to level my rogue-like abilities faster. I chose to put a lot of perk points in speech to charm information out of everyone and get better prices. Once I level it up all the way I can sell anything to anyone, and have merchants have a lot more gold, which so far has been a problem for me trying to find people to buy all my loot. Being able to sell stolen goods will be huge as I tend to have sticky fingers if nobody is around to watch me. I'm definitely maxing that tree out and I have a good head start from the racial bonus.
I'm leveling sneak as well. I pretty much sneak everywhere outside of towns and I stay off the roads a little and pick up flora when I see it, and hunt game with my bow when I come across it. This has gotten me a respectable sneak and archery skill as it levels both when you make a succesful sneak attack. I'm also leveling alchemy and smithing at a good pace just from all the flora I pick up while traveling and all the animal hides from hunting. Archery used to suck in Oblivion and Morrowind, but its much improved in Skyrim. I'm using it as my main source of offense; I start the fight from range while sneaking and get the big bonus damage, killing almost every regular enemy/animal in one shot. The tougher ones I keep pumping arrows into while they charge me then once they're in melee range I bust them in the face with my bow to stun them for a second, whip out my daggers and dodge and dip in and out while stabbing the shit out of them until they die. Most of my damage is done before they know I'm there though. I'm really rather weak against a heavily armored target, so I've been using some destruction magic a bit to compensate for that but its more of a secondary skill.
I also started in the Dark Brotherhood and got the first set of armor. Its made my life so much better, the set bonuses on the armor really help my type of character. I can pretty much stay hidden everywhere except right under a torch and it gives me an extra bonus to sneak attacks. I also just started the thieves guild, which will probably benefit my character a lot.
I'm pretty much going for the lovable rogue character. I talk to everyone, charm them, do their quests, etc. I have a decked out house and a lot of money, I'm starting to get rather famous, and I'm the Thane in Whiterun. What they don't know is I sneak into their houses at night and steal all their stuff, and kill them without hesistation if someone is paying me to. It makes for a pretty cool experience if you're the type to immerse yourself in the game.
I pretty much went all out in speech, sneak, archery, lockpicking, and have leveled one handed, light armor, alchemy, and smithing just from circumstances. I'm basically ignoring magic except destruction for heavy armored targets, I make enough poitions to heal myself. I'll probably play a mage on my second playthrough so ignoring magic in this one just means I'll have a less boring second game
I am playing a rogue-like assassin character, so I chose the Thief guardian stone at the beginning of the game to level my rogue-like abilities faster. I chose to put a lot of perk points in speech to charm information out of everyone and get better prices. Once I level it up all the way I can sell anything to anyone, and have merchants have a lot more gold, which so far has been a problem for me trying to find people to buy all my loot. Being able to sell stolen goods will be huge as I tend to have sticky fingers if nobody is around to watch me. I'm definitely maxing that tree out and I have a good head start from the racial bonus.
I'm leveling sneak as well. I pretty much sneak everywhere outside of towns and I stay off the roads a little and pick up flora when I see it, and hunt game with my bow when I come across it. This has gotten me a respectable sneak and archery skill as it levels both when you make a succesful sneak attack. I'm also leveling alchemy and smithing at a good pace just from all the flora I pick up while traveling and all the animal hides from hunting. Archery used to suck in Oblivion and Morrowind, but its much improved in Skyrim. I'm using it as my main source of offense; I start the fight from range while sneaking and get the big bonus damage, killing almost every regular enemy/animal in one shot. The tougher ones I keep pumping arrows into while they charge me then once they're in melee range I bust them in the face with my bow to stun them for a second, whip out my daggers and dodge and dip in and out while stabbing the shit out of them until they die. Most of my damage is done before they know I'm there though. I'm really rather weak against a heavily armored target, so I've been using some destruction magic a bit to compensate for that but its more of a secondary skill.
I also started in the Dark Brotherhood and got the first set of armor. Its made my life so much better, the set bonuses on the armor really help my type of character. I can pretty much stay hidden everywhere except right under a torch and it gives me an extra bonus to sneak attacks. I also just started the thieves guild, which will probably benefit my character a lot.
I'm pretty much going for the lovable rogue character. I talk to everyone, charm them, do their quests, etc. I have a decked out house and a lot of money, I'm starting to get rather famous, and I'm the Thane in Whiterun. What they don't know is I sneak into their houses at night and steal all their stuff, and kill them without hesistation if someone is paying me to. It makes for a pretty cool experience if you're the type to immerse yourself in the game.
I pretty much went all out in speech, sneak, archery, lockpicking, and have leveled one handed, light armor, alchemy, and smithing just from circumstances. I'm basically ignoring magic except destruction for heavy armored targets, I make enough poitions to heal myself. I'll probably play a mage on my second playthrough so ignoring magic in this one just means I'll have a less boring second game
Chris
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I'm doing an archer/stealth kind of guy. So far, it's kind of hard, but I'm still early. I'm only just now getting into the game. I get detected way too easily and it was getting on my nerves, but I got inspired when I got in a fight up on a tower in a mountain and shot some dude with an arrow from long range and watched him fly off. Totally jacked me up and I decided to stick with it and keep getting better with it. Maybe with more levels and perks I'll be slicing throats in no time. I'm a Dark Elf too.
Shit, seems like everyone is doing rogue/stealthy shit.
I thought everyone would be mages or warrior types. Dayum. Anything useful about daggers when you're a stealth guy? I mean, I have 1H Swords that do a shit ton more damage and daggers that do a lot less, but I figured daggers are more ... rogue like?
Man Called X
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Pfft, I always run through any Elder Scrolls game with my 1st character as a melee warrior style. My Nord busts out the one handed sword, and his fireball in the left hand. And I set fire to everything. Chickens, people, Anise the cunt hidden alchemist, etc.
Ohdang
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I'm doing an archer/stealth kind of guy. So far, it's kind of hard, but I'm still early. I'm only just now getting into the game. I get detected way too easily and it was getting on my nerves, but I got inspired when I got in a fight up on a tower in a mountain and shot some dude with an arrow from long range and watched him fly off. Totally jacked me up and I decided to stick with it and keep getting better with it. Maybe with more levels and perks I'll be slicing throats in no time. I'm a Dark Elf too.
Shit, seems like everyone is doing rogue/stealthy shit.
Anything useful about daggers when you're a stealth guy? I mean, I have 1H Swords that do a shit ton more damage and daggers that do a lot less, but I figured daggers are more ... rogue like?
The animation when you sneak up behind someone and slice their throat is much better with a dagger
SauDogg
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(Spoilers) I just completed this side quest like a boss. It's the one where a couple of guys are looking for a redguard woman. So, I find the woman and tell her that those guys were looking for her and then asks me to find and kill the leader of the guys that are looking for her. Since she's kind of hot I say ok and go to their hideout. After sneak killing just about all of them, I go to the last room where the leader is waiting for me. While he's telling me his side of the story, I notice there were like 6 guys waiting to easily kill me if I went hostile so I agreed to help capture the girl. I tell her to go to the ambush location and lead her to it where the leader is waiting....alone. I get a bright idea and immediately save. I then started whacking on him until he's finally dead and I complete the quest and save the hot chick.