The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ~|OT|~

[BobFromPikeCreek]

i'm only at 20 hours.

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[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Started the House of Horrors Quest. Jesus Christ. Daedra Gods are fucking SCARY in this game.

You get a seriously awsome mace after you finish that quest.  It's been my primary weapon ever since I got it.

[Himu]

27 hours, level 17 wood elf.

Crappy part time jobs.

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[Human Snorenado]

23 hours, level 18.  Probably played a couple more hours tho, there was a good hour plus that I lost wandering around the overworld and not saving then getting pwned.  :'(

[Mupepe]

I'm only around 7 hours in.  Stupid family responsibilities and work   I plan on putting another 4 or so in tonight. 

That douchebag mage from Whiterun sent hired thugs after me last night.  I had been on a bounty mission and was coming back to town after walking a REALLY long time.  3 hire thugs attack me and fucking slaughter me.  BAH!  I had to walk all the way back.  After I killed them I took some really cool shit off of them.  Ice swords, axes and bows.  And then I found the note on one of them from the dbag mage telling them to teach me a lesson because I stole from them.    Fucker

[Himu]

I found a sunken nord ship miles under water. How the fuck do I explore it without drowning?

[Van Cruncheon]

I found a sunken nord ship miles under water. How the fuck do I explore it without drowning?

amulet of underwater breathing, i've already found a couple in dungeons and there was one for sale in solitude for 2500ish.

also spells of underwater breathing, enchantments, yadda yadda

[Van Cruncheon]

24 hours, level 17 dark elf, specializing in destruction, speech, and enchantment. right now, i am a god. casting thunderbolt (expert) for 40 magicka a pop (115 dam a shot) at RANGE makes me a MONSTER. (i swap to fire when lightning resist becomes a problem. i am so loaded with destruction spell cost reduction enchantments it isn't even funny.) and the damage when i remove sparks and dual cast thunderbolt? OH MY. i watched a master vampire get thrown down a hallway and into a bunch of sarcophagii, which ALSO got launched from his impact, because my TWO HAND LIGHTNIN' HITS THAT HARD. (that was a crit which HAD to be in the 400-500 dam range. 115x2 x 2.0 OH YES :-O)

seriously, being a mage rocks in this game. oh, look, the little "master mage" is casting his ward, how ADORABLE. left hand sparks to sap it and pin him, right hand THUNDERBOLT TO THE FACE LOOK AT HIM GOOOOOO. the disintegrate effect as he pinwheels through the air is just the icing on the cake

[Himu]

Aight, I'ma steal the amulet in solitude with my trust pickpocket fingers.

[Solo]

I bet you get caught!

[Himu]

Naw, thief guild got me up to speed.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

the fuk are u guys finding expert level spells

[Himu]

i don't use spells except healing spells

[Solo]

I don't use spells either. I am a two-handed axe-wielding god/bringer of doom.

[Himu]

I snipe shit with my bow and go for back stabs, and if I need to, I bring out a 1h weapon and go to town with my shield + sword/dagger combo. If I need some range attack but don't have enough time to charge my bow, I use a shout. I'll occasionally use a Fire spell.

[fomalhaut]

i'm the definition of Spellsword.  I run in with a shield and fireball hand, whack goons with my shield and then fireball their asses.

ever since i learned fucking HO RA HO O or whatever, fucking firebreath of the dragons, i've been laughing at any enemies who dare come upon me.

[Mupepe]

fuck shields.  gimme a one handed sword, a summon and a destruction spell and let me go to town

[Human Snorenado]

I'm kind of a jack of all trades but my highest skills are one handed, destruction and heavy armor.  Once I started the thieves guild quests tho I started training really heavily in sneak.  Generally speaking I burninate things at range with firebolt and once they close I whack them to death with mah trusty one handed axe.  Seems to be working out ok for the most part!  I'll probably try a sneaky character and a more mage-y character in future playthroughs.  Seriously tho, this game is crazy awesome in that I'm already planning more playthroughs and how I'll do shit differently.  I'm not one to put numbers on games or yell goty, but I will say this is easily the best/most fun game I've played since Fallout 3 on a personal level.

[Himu]

Remember the other day when Bebpo said you can't role play in Bethesda games? Look at this page.

[Human Snorenado]

Bebpo is just confused by not being able to see a spiky haired, fey shemale protagonist.

Fun side note:  as awesome as this game is, there are still hilarious moments where I'm reminded that I'm playing a Bethesda game, like last night when I decapitated some dude wearing a cowl and the cowl stayed attached to the body w/ nothing in it.

[Himu]

Naw, he's an Obsidian fanboy.

[Himu]

wrong thread

[archie4208]

Starting to encounter item scaling   I don't want to buy Dwarven armor off a no name merchant, I want to loot it off the corpse of an evil skeleton overlord.  :'(

[Sho Nuff]

FUCK SOMEONE FIRE ME SO I CAN GO HOME AND PLAY MORE

[Van Cruncheon]

the fuk are u guys finding expert level spells

college of winterhold, second floor of hall of attainment, elthin or whatever the shady student that sells shit is called -- he's got expert level destruction

[Mupepe]

Last night I cleared out a bandit hideout.  There was a chest under some stairs and a deck.  I guess it was a trap where a spiked ball and chain falls and is supposed to hit you when you go to open the chest.  But instead I just got stuck behind it and I couldn't get out from under the deck.  Pissed me off.

[fomalhaut]

Starting to encounter item scaling   I don't want to buy Dwarven armor off a no name merchant, I want to loot it off the corpse of an evil skeleton overlord.  :'(

yep, this fucking sucks

it's like getting fucking T-51 B armor from a bandit once you pass level 30 or something, such horse shit. fuck you Bethesda......

[Himu]

I haven't seen one shop selling dwarven shit. Awesome, more shit to pickpocket

[MrAngryFace]

Starting to encounter item scaling   I don't want to buy Dwarven armor off a no name merchant, I want to loot it off the corpse of an evil skeleton overlord.  :'(

yep, this fucking sucks

it's like getting fucking T-51 B armor from a bandit once you pass level 30 or something, such horse shit. fuck you Bethesda......

Now now, let's not make the perfect the enemy of the good here.

[Great Rumbler]

[pilonv1]

It's 9am, just picked up my copy of Saints Row and all I want to do is go home and play this

[BlueTsunami]

Starting to encounter item scaling   I don't want to buy Dwarven armor off a no name merchant, I want to loot it off the corpse of an evil skeleton overlord.  :'(

I've actually found Dwarven stuff in chests (even an enchanted one that negates Shock damage by 50%) but I think looting higher level gear off of enemies is going to be more rare this time around. You either find it chests or in stores from what I've experienced so far.

And being an Alchemists, as always, is fun. You're rewarded for trekking around by building up a good cache of reagents that can be made into potions that'll net you 50 gold on average (and I'm just at lv50 Alchemy without some of the better perks checked).

Also remember to train between levels. You're able to train a skill 5 times each level which helps skills that are hard to train (or lag without the proper birthstone). Its why I've been able to get my Alchemy skill so high at lv16.

[Joe Molotov]

I have 50 people on my friends list that own Skyrim, and they've amassed over 800 hours of play time. That's an average of 16 hours.

[Eel O'Brian]

lydia got murdered by a snow sabre tiger, didn't help her that she was STANDING IN MY FUCKING WAY when i lit that bastard up with a stream of molten assburn

luckily i had just saved prior, i wouldn't really have bothered if i hadn't loaded her up with loot like a pack mule

[Eel O'Brian]

dark elf, going with a battle mage build focusing on one-handed weapons + destruction, minoring in two-fisted immolation and two-handed weapons

made my dude look like a cross between alice cooper and lobo, wish they had a screenshot feature in the 360 version

[Van Cruncheon]

yeah, i was trying to recreate my classic oblivion chara "ooga booga" but since that failed i went for a scarred, mohawked, patchy lookin' dark elf with bulging black eyes i named "creeper".

i left lydia dead. sometimes casualties happen. now i have a wizard apprentice i use as my pack mule, and he's smart enough to stay far behind me and just shoot his puny little fireball while i turn the surrounding environs into a rush concert x ragnarok.

[pilonv1]

The thing I love about this game is that if I decide to make my thief a magic user I can.

[AdmiralViscen]

I tried talking to Lod again and he still doesn't say shit about a missing dog.

Fuuuu

[BlueTsunami]

The thing I love about this game is that if I decide to make my thief a magic user I can.

Yep. I think they really made gigantic strides with the leveling system. Instead of conforming to some template you create you're able to turn into the character you instinctively play as. I think this is the ultimate form of whatever leveling system they initially wanted to implement.

[Shuri]

Very good game so far, but I don't personally feel like I'm going to play much of it. I got this as a rental because I had the feeling it will come to this. It's an amazing sequel to Oblivion, but Having played Oblivion and Morrowind religiously, my first few hours with the title gave me quite a feeling of deja vu.

I love the weapons reactions to combat. Swords will get stuck in ribs and shields and bouce off realistically; the fighting is really really fun so far. Presentation is perfect, even if there are some minor problems with it (I was in the middle of a snow storm and suddenly it stop..it felt like that scene in the movie Truman Show). The storyline has potential.

I recommend this title for fans of this style of game, but veterans beware; it might feel very much like the same thing; still this is top 5 titles of the generation material!

[pilonv1]

The thing I love about this game is that if I decide to make my thief a magic user I can.

Yep. I think they really made gigantic strides with the leveling system. Instead of conforming to some template you create you're able to turn into the character you instinctively play as. I think this is the ultimate form of whatever leveling system they initially wanted to implement.

Yep it's brilliant. I'm starting off with sneak+lockpick so I can get into all the good areas with good loot, using bow/sword to keep myself alive and adding health on every level up. Once I'm at a decent level with a good pool of HP I'm moving to magic to become a sneaky mage.

The fact the path isn't set and you can change is so great.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I wish this game had a tone more Fallout New Vegas style. The quests that are hilarious are funny and more fun then super serious land. The dog quests

I guess I just don't like Bethesda's own games on their own. Oblivion was meh, Fallout 3 was garbage. It's when other developers make their games for them it shines. New Vegas

[Brehvolution]

Good thing snow trolls aren't very fast.

[Human Snorenado]

I wish this game had a tone more Fallout New Vegas style. The quests that are hilarious are funny and more fun then super serious land. The dog quests

I guess I just don't like Bethesda's own games on their own. Oblivion was meh, Fallout 3 was garbage. It's when other developers make their games for them it shines. New Vegas

This because you're a pussy honky that got scared in the subways.  Oh, also an idiot.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I'm sorry I enjoy games to know their childrens entertainment products and not deep mystical theological explorations into the mystery of the vast nordic north. ~~

[BlueTsunami]

Lots of great artistic intent in this game where I believe Oblivion had almost none. One case is the almost monochrome look of Winterhold but then you get into the Mage's College and see the beautiful blue light flowing upwards casting its color on the statue. Great worldbuilding by Bethesda going on here in regards to the differentiating art styles and moods for each region.

[Human Snorenado]

...which has nothing to do w/ you slagging one of the best games of the past 5 years because you got scared of the subways.  (@mehtodis, obv)

[AdmiralViscen]

If I fuck up a persuasion attempt, can I ever try again? I tried talking to mail in Riften, failed a persuasion and now browsing even open a dialogue with me. Can I wait a few days and try again?

[pilonv1]

I think you fail permanently. Speech checks aren't handled as well as Fallout sadly

[MyNameIsMethodis]

...which has nothing to do w/ you slagging one of the best games of the past 5 years because you got scared of the subways.  (@mehtodis, obv)

In retrospect I was wrong, but cfallout 3 was still a boring snorefest and not fun. New Vegas was 100% masterpiece.

[MrAngryFace]

*cough* scaredofsubways *cough*

[Human Snorenado]

Nooooo, have to work until 3 in the morning, probably won't get to play any Skyrim today.  Will make up for it by stocking up on mtn dew and other nerd fuel for an epic all day Tuesday into early Weds run. #stereotypicalnerdgamer

[fistfulofmetal]

the mage college quest line is quite good so far

[fizzel]

game is at it's best when you're wandering around some tundra and come across something, a castle full of fire mages tossing out what appeared to be nuclear bombs. fucking hell those things hurt.

EDIT: The castle of which seemed to belong to stormcloaks because their bodies were thrown all over the castle innards. neat little touch.

What elf dude? What are you talking about? The mission I did after that threaten quest you mentioned was the one where you burn some bee hive farm.

That dude in the house was an elf in my game. It asks you to pickpocket some shit and burn the hives outside.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Man, there are a fuck load of shouts in this game.

[pilonv1]

Can't believe I forgot how shit the menus are.

AND THE MAP

[TakingBackSunday]

so this game is better than oblivion right

cause I was bored to tears with oblivion.  I loved morrowind, loved fallout 3 and new vegas...will I like this one?  It's on my christmas list.

[Human Snorenado]

so this game is better than oblivion right

cause I was bored to tears with oblivion.  I loved morrowind, loved fallout 3 and new vegas...will I like this one?  It's on my christmas list.

GOOD GOD YES GAME IS AWESOME.  I'm basically in the same boat as you except that I merely kind of liked Morrowind and thought NV was ok but a typical buggy Obsidian wankfest. 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

The quests are better, the dungeons are better, the art is better, the world is better, the combat is better, the skill advancement is better, the scaling is better... etc.

[Human Snorenado]

To be fair, there's no Capt. Picard voice acting but other than that it's a clear improvement all the way around.