DuPz0r 5361 Report post Posted December 5, 2011 I've not had a huge amount of time to play games lately,but what time I have had, I've put into Skyrim. I made myself my first enchanted Soul Trap bow yesterday. Called it a Soul Reaver. I got the Azura's Star and got it converted into a Dark Star. So now i can get grand souls from bandits in one shot from my bow. /800th post! Trust it to be a Skyrim post! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stoic Person Eater 159 Report post Posted December 5, 2011 As Psy said, there has been so much rimming - what to share? Right now, my guy is well on his way to becoming a powerful wizard; attending the College of Magic. I think I may have just stumbled on my first Daedra quest with Azura(?) and the disbanded wizard in the inn at Winterhold. I haven't pursued it too far yet, but I think it's the one Dupz was talking about. I've started the quests for the college so I can become a sexy magician. I've spent a lot of time exploring; more so than questing. I haven't been doing most of the main quests in the storyline, but I have been doing everyone's errands like retrieving magical staffs, rings, and other stuff from skeleton infested dungeons. I've also made a point of doing all the bounty missions - fuck the bandits. My guy is wearing magic regenerating elven armor, pickpocket enhanced elven gauntlets, sneaky elven boots and I switch between the Volkun mask and the Dwarven Helmet of Rebreathing depending on what the situation is. It's pretty nice to be able to swim without having to worry about surfacing. With my sneak skill as high as it is, I'm like a fucking navy seal. I focus on a lot of sneaky archery when not flaunting my magical skills. Right now I have a Glass Bow that burns and a Dwarf bow for capturing souls. I am still mostly using steel arrows, dwarf ones on dragons and bigger creatures. I try and leave the arrows in peoples faces if I kill them with a headshot. I am trying to get my conjuration boosted so I can add the Bound Bow to my arsenal. I have an elven sword that burns and an orchish battle axe that freezes. I just got the perk for decapitating people, so that's been my favorite method of dispatching an enemy. My main spells are as follows; Destruction: Flames (I want the fireball!), Sparks, Ice Spike (to the FACE!) ; Conjuration: Bound Bow, Flame Atronach, Raise Corpse; Restoration: Fast Healing; Lesser Ward and the Alteration one for turning iron ore to silver and then silver to gold. Any mission I get, I usually fast travel to a close location and then walk the rest of the way there; the most fun experiences for me are the random things you come across - yesterday, I did a "wait save" near the dragon burial place by Saarthal/Winterhold and came across a snow bear fighting a couple of Imperial guards who were escorting a Stormcloak prisoner. The bear royally fucked everyone and then came after me. I reloaded a few times and tried to save the Stormcloak prisoner (who was unarmed and bound); but it was to no avail. I couldn't kill the bear before he wrecked the prisoner; but it was a hell of time trying. Best I did was distract the bear enough to save two of the Imperial guards which I FUS-DO-RAH'd off the cliff and straight to hell. After completing a mission and/or clearing a dungeon; I have a pretty standard routine; I travel back to Whiterun and buy all the iron and silver ore possible - the rest of my time in Whiterun I am casting the alteration spell to change the iron to silver, and then silver to gold. I buy any ingots I will need for upgrading the weapons/armor I have looted/found in that dungeon. I then proceed to upgrade them at the grindstone/workbench. I sell anything magical right away; otherwise I take the recently upgraded equipment to Dragon's Reach to enchant it (anyone know of an enchanting table in lower Whiterun closer to the house?) and buy all the soul gems I can (I prefer buying the empties and filling them myself). I sell any magic related shit to the guy there; he'll take all my enchanted jewelry and armor/clothes. I sell off any additional weapons to the guy and girl at WarMaidens. I stock up on anything else I need supply wise, iron ingots and leather strips to craft some daggers. I smelt all the gold ore I have accumulated; then head to the forge and create any gold jewelry I can (going for value) but gold necklaces go for the most sans jewels and use the least amount of resources (the iron daggers of gold jewelry). Then I make a bunch of iron daggers. I don't bother enchanting them; that's a waste of soul gems for me. I sell them back for meager (or no) profits. I hang on to the jewelry for my next trip to the enchanting table. I then go back to my house and drop any loot I want to save; unique weapons (I have about 12 stolen staffs/swords chilling in the corner next to the broom); dragon scales (I sell the dragon bones; not planning on making the heavy armor) and ingredients for making potions (I don't really make potions other than the restore health. Anything else I make, I usually sell off. I steal all the potions I need; plus there are spells for healing). If the dungeon had a lot of equipment I couldn't carry, I go back with one of the mercenaries as a mule to carry shit back, then go back through the process. I've only had to return with a merc on some of the Dwemer Ruins where there is a lot of heavy ass scrap metal to bring back. Pretty fucking tedious, but I net a ton of gold each trip. I also do shit around the house IRL or do my Skyrim workout (more on that in a minute) while taking care of business around Whiterun. It's kind of my homebase and I haven't found another city with the same features as Whiterun (yet). Both Dawnstar and Winterhold are pretty small. I haven't really come to any other major cities other than that. I think I've been to Windhelm, but that was part of a quest and I didn't spend much time there. Riverwood is good too, but ever since the dragon killed the blacksmith there, it's been less of a hot spot for me to visit. The trader there gives me a good deal for the Dragon Bones and has a good variety of spells and miscellaneous wares (soul gems, ore and ingots). I had my first glitch yesterday - related to a dragon flying. I was up by the aforementioned Dragon Burial location near Winterhold where there is a Blood Dragon that perches over the ruins. I had tried fighting him a few times and got the shit kicked out of me each time. I was at the mission where I was supposed to meet the other mage students at Saarthal for the escavation; so I figured I might be able to lure the dragon over that way and have the other mages assist in killing it. I engaged the dragon with some arrows and started making my way down the cliff towards Saarthal, however the dragon didn't seem to follow, but I could see his red dot on my HUD. I went back up the hill, and came over a rock and saw him in the sky, going round and round, like he was going down a drain; right over his perch. He was flying, but his circles were very, very tight. It was pretty funny. I tried to get my cell phone out to film it; but he finally landed on the perch. I snuck up on him while he was perched, fired a few arrows and he disappeared. So I waited for a few hours just down from his spawn point on the perch and after the wait menu dropped, he was back on the perch. I was able to fight and kill him afterwards, it was just very weird. Game certainly isn't broken, but it was hella weird. Last thing, I spent a good amount of this weekend playing Skyrim and not doing much else, so I figured I would work a little real life exercise into the game. I got an exercise ball to sit on and I knock out crunches during loading screens. When I am in between quests, doing my "errands" in Whiterun, I knock out some pushups and curls during loading screens. Since there is no threat of being attacked within the city, I don't have to worry about entering a door and then getting killed. The extra time on the pushups or curls also gives me time to charge my magic back up for my alteration spells. I was getting a sore neck from sitting on my couch so long, but the Skyrim Workout has definitely made me feel better about sitting around all day. Don't even get me started on skyrim lol Your gamertag suggests you haven't even started on Skyrim. yah pal I haven't been online to play. Go troll your ass Is it because you're too poor to afford Gold Membership? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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DuffMan 266 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 Saw on HotUKDeals that Gamestation was selling Skyrim for £22.49 today. Quite handy on the day I finish uni work for the Christmas period. I guess I'll be playing it solid for the next two weeks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massacre 7646 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 Looks like a good way to dispose of my unwanted housecarls. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 350 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 Did a misc quest last night that gave me a passive magic effect of +10% health from restoration spells. Look up Frostflow Lighthouse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Marney1 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 Saw on HotUKDeals that Gamestation was selling Skyrim for £22.49 today. Quite handy on the day I finish uni work for the Christmas period. I guess I'll be playing it solid for the next two weeks. Cheers Duff I'm ordering it now from here. Fuck waiting for Christmas. Vowed never to deal with Gamestation again after my RDR incident but a deal is a deal. *Starts reading thread from page one* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaPn bOnEs 8527 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 wow, sounds like a lot of PS3 users are having the same damn problem i had with fallout new vegas... once the game save file size reached a certain point, the framerate dropped and the game froze every 10 minutes... welcome to last year fellas, bethesda will never solve this issue because they couldn't figure it out with the fallout's either... i am a little pissed now, because i know i am going to have this issue as soon as i reach the 50 hour mark ... ohh well, they've got a few more weeks to figure out this issue before i get to play... if this issue isn't solved, i might not play much past that point unless the game is really just that damn good... it was frustrating to deal with in fallout, but i loved it sooooo much that i overlooked having to restart 5 times a session... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Marney1 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 I managed to catch up by reading this entire thread and I feel slightly excited that my copy will be coming through my door in the next few days, haven't had any post (not even junk mail) for over a week though so if it's not here by Saturday I'll be kicking my postman's front door down and rummaging through the pile of mail he's hid under his bed. If Gamestation fuck up again I'll seriously consider assassinating their CEO. With an arrow to the face. Edit: Hopefully this game and thread will save me from the inevitable ban for the flame of the century which is bound to happen if I continue to click on the GTA V threads. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psy 350 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 I managed to catch up by reading this entire thread and I feel slightly excited that my copy will be coming through my door in the next few days, haven't had any post (not even junk mail) for over a week though so if it's not here by Saturday I'll be kicking my postman's front door down and rummaging through the pile of mail he's hid under his bed. If Gamestation fuck up again I'll seriously consider assassinating their CEO. With an arrow to the face. Edit: Hopefully this game and thread will save me from the inevitable ban for the flame of the century which is bound to happen if I continue to click on the GTA V threads. You read the whole thread, yet you want him to take an arrow to the face?!?!?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Marney1 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 I managed to catch up by reading this entire thread and I feel slightly excited that my copy will be coming through my door in the next few days, haven't had any post (not even junk mail) for over a week though so if it's not here by Saturday I'll be kicking my postman's front door down and rummaging through the pile of mail he's hid under his bed. If Gamestation fuck up again I'll seriously consider assassinating their CEO. With an arrow to the face. Edit: Hopefully this game and thread will save me from the inevitable ban for the flame of the century which is bound to happen if I continue to click on the GTA V threads. You read the whole thread, yet you want him to take an arrow to the face?!?!?! Well where do you suggest? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 350 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 The knee my dear friend. We take the arrow to the knee. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edgecrusher 91 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 Ie: I used to fulfil my real world responsibilities, then I took an arrow to the knee... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psy 350 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 Marney was going to say the CEO will die from an arrow to the knee, then he took an arrow to the knee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DuffMan 266 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 I've been looking up all the glitches to boost ranks and stuff. I want to play legitimately first time though but I'm such a dirty cheating whore in video games I don't know how long that will last Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psy 350 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 Don't worry, apart from the glitch to re-read the book over and over (which you need to be level 15 to do anyway), the rest of the tricks still take plenty of hours to max out stats. Far as I'm concerned if it's in the game, use it. Don't care if it's an exploit or bug, it shouldn't be possible in the game if the devs didn't want you to do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stoic Person Eater 159 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 The knee my dear friend. We take the arrow to the knee. This is the best arrow to the knee ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psy 350 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 Despite the fact that's clearly 2 spears in his THIGH 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiO 4730 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 Despite the fact that's clearly 2 spears in his THIGH HAA. semantics....semantics. fawk. moar whistling I might get this game for Christmas. then again i enjoy having a social life Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asthenia 138 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 wow, sounds like a lot of PS3 users are having the same damn problem i had with fallout new vegas... once the game save file size reached a certain point, the framerate dropped and the game froze every 10 minutes... welcome to last year fellas, bethesda will never solve this issue because they couldn't figure it out with the fallout's either... i am a little pissed now, because i know i am going to have this issue as soon as i reach the 50 hour mark ... ohh well, they've got a few more weeks to figure out this issue before i get to play... if this issue isn't solved, i might not play much past that point unless the game is really just that damn good... it was frustrating to deal with in fallout, but i loved it sooooo much that i overlooked having to restart 5 times a session... I'm 130 hours in with no lag. Bethesda didn't make NV, they just let Obsidian tinker with the engine. The dude from Obsidian saying it can't be fixed has nothing to do with Beth and hasn't used the engine the way that Skyrim runs it. Regardless of the fact it made it in, it's half as infuriating as NV and they're working on a patch for it that we'll have soon. Not that it matters to me any more, I'm migrating to PC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Marney1 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 An arrow to the knee it shall be, Stoics mentions of arrows in the face somehow seemed more satisfying though. I've never been into science fiction/fantasy type games especially ones with Harry Potter style magic but after reading this thread I'm going in open minded and have to admit I'm actually looking forward to mixing potions, catching salmon and preparing my own meals. I've no idea how I'm going to play my game yet but it's looking like I'll be an adventurer who'll just run away from every living thing that looks as though it could smash my head in. Even just walking round villages taking in the medievil smell appeals to me but I'm hoping I'll enjoy every aspect of Skyrim, just hope I can accept magic wizard-like weapons of fire and the like instead rolling my eyes at them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psy 350 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 I'm like you Marney, I can't stand magic and unrealistic stuff like that, but you get used to it and realise that in some cases, you need to use it. You can of course go completely Warrior and only use physical attacks, which is what I do (mainly Bow & Arrow), but a little bit of magic helps a lot too, especially for stuff like healing yourself or spawning an NPC who fights for you etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massacre 7646 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 Why do you QDs use Harry Potter as your example for using magic? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stoic Person Eater 159 Report post Posted December 7, 2011 Why do you QDs use Harry Potter as your example for using magic? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
