Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[UnSub]

I got the bug where one companion wanted to kill a dragon at a set place but the dragon doesn't spawn, so you're stuck with the companion. (Farkas?)

Anyway, during my assassination missions for the Dark Brotherhood (?) he'd inevitably attack me for killing the target. That was irritating.

[Paelos]

My last weird companion incident was quick travelling back to my house with the vampire chick from Dawnguard following me. I proceed to stumble on a bandit attack on my livestock at my house.

Now normally the vamp chick rezzes a thrall to fight as her pet from one of the dead. And she reacted similarly in this battle against the bandits.

By rezzing a chicken.

[Merusk]

The Rez spell automatically selects the highest level NYC in the area I thought.  It's my understanding that the chickens in Skyrim are not to be fucked with.  Like the chickens in Link to the Past.

ed: Just googled and found that's not the case.  My daughter lied to me, surprise!

Pae: The wiki says that chickens get rezzed if no other bodies are available when the spell is cast.

[Paelos]

The battle was over and I looked at her, and there she was with her pet chicken.

This was after I'd been beaten within an inch of my life because they caught me out of stealth.

It was one of these moments.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Poor girl was probably thinking "WTF do you want from me, only dead thing here is chickens"

[PalmTrees]

I was playing with a follower overhaul mod that allowed you to set your followers in a "wander around a bit like you weren't an active follower" state. So the dark elf chick you can recruit from the Azura quest was in that state wandering around my home and started to argue with my house carl. I had decorated my home with a pile gold bars and gems and they had started it's a "it's mine, no it's mine" arguement(with voiced dialogue) over the loot. They started to fight and my house carl killed my dark elf mage. He had a two handed axe that did paralysis, and maxed magic resists. Reload and forget that feature exists. Still, it was a nice surprise to see something new.

[Mrbloodworth]

lol, that's awesome. 

[Khaldun]

My last weird companion incident was quick travelling back to my house with the vampire chick from Dawnguard following me. I proceed to stumble on a bandit attack on my livestock at my house.

Now normally the vamp chick rezzes a thrall to fight as her pet from one of the dead. And she reacted similarly in this battle against the bandits.

By rezzing a chicken.

Yeah, she's done that with me twice.

[Rasix]

I think I put too much shit in my house.  I can't seem to stay long without CTD'ing.

[Rasix]

Found out it's a common bug with the Lakeview Manor house. The house gets bugged and just turns into a CTD fest.  I managed to try some things and got some of my more prized possessions out, including the pile on ingots that got me to 100 smithing.  Luckily Breezehome has my other stack of dragon scales/bones.  I'm pondering on whether to put in the effort to go whole hog and enchant a suit of +blacksmithing to get the most out of my upgrades.  I don't think it'll matter, as I'm not really struggling with any part of the game.  Even switching from heavy  armor + shield to light armor + dual wield hasn't mattered much.

Completed:
Mages
Thieves
Companions
Main to post Elder Scroll
Lots of side shit.
Completely built mansion I can no longer use. ><

I think I'll do Dawnguard next before finishing off the main plot.

[Rendakor]

Do the Dark Brotherhood if you haven't, that questline is awesome.

[PalmTrees]

I've never done the join them version, but the kill them one was kinda meh. Really only good in that the option was there and supported, even if only in a bare bones fashion.

[Sir T]

Yeah, she's a hard fight after that animation finishes so that animation is the recommended way of killing her. The join them version has a fairly long spread of really cool missions. Even the Elder scrolls wiki says its a lot better to join them for goodies. You even get the shadow armour you can loot off her as part of your first mission.

[Rasix]

Since the game mostly doesn't care if you're good, bad, or just amoral, I've started doing the quest.  They're pretty well done.  Most of the Dark Brotherhood have pretty interesting dialogue, and Cicero is a hoot.

[DraconianOne]

Fuck the Dark Brotherhood. They keep spiders as pets. 

[JWIV]

The Dark Brotherhood quest is probably going to drive me insane - I refuse to indulge the stereotype that Argonians are all thieves, so I'm trying to avoid doing it, but it's also triggering my OCD for trying to clear out my quest journal.

[koro]

The quest railroading is one of my least favorite things about Skyrim.

[Khaldun]

Yeah, she's a hard fight after that animation finishes so that animation is the recommended way of killing her. The join them version has a fairly long spread of really cool missions. Even the Elder scrolls wiki says its a lot better to join them for goodies. You even get the shadow armour you can loot off her as part of your first mission.

It's a fun questline, but obviously doesn't fit with every character conception. (I think it's much easier to justify a highly moral character hanging with the Thieves' Guild, not the least because Mercer Frey is such a colossal douche.) At least in the kill them one you can get into their secret HQ to get one of the stone fragments and all that, plus all the shadow armor you might want.

[Lantyssa]

The Dark Brotherhood quest is probably going to drive me insane - I refuse to indulge the stereotype that Argonians are all thieves, so I'm trying to avoid doing it, but it's also triggering my OCD for trying to clear o

Khajit are all thieves.  Argonians are just all slaves.  So it's okay if you go all Django Unchained on Tamriel.

[Merusk]

Just started the Dark Brotherhood line myself and got the first legit assassination contract.  Now I'm pondering if I should do the optional kill or not. Seems like the main kill is pretty justified but the optional is just petty & short-sighted on the client's part.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Of the guild questlines, I have to say I felt the Dark Brotherhood was the most expansive.  In a way it sort of makes me feel bad about the wasted potential for the other ones.

[Paelos]

I liked the Thieves better than Dark Brotherhood.

[Nayr]

Shame the entirety of the thieves guild is Essential.

Be awesome to take out both the Guild and Brotherhood, then go up to Maven Black-Briar, tell her and say "what else ya' got, bitch?".

[Rasix]

Just started the Dark Brotherhood line myself and got the first legit assassination contract.  Now I'm pondering if I should do the optional kill or not. Seems like the main kill is pretty justified but the optional is just petty & short-sighted on the client's part.

I just went whole hog on the entire thing.  Hell, I killed anyone that they hinted could be killed. Well, except one person, but that's because Lucien Lachance (your summoned spectral assassin) said it wasn't a great idea. 

My character is a total walking contradiction.  I've been very noble, mostly at the start, but now I'm somewhat of a kill crazed lunatic.  One of my last kills in the plotline was justified with "yah, he's kind of a dick. Lucien, no opinion?" *murderdeathkill*

Now, I'll probably go back to being noble and eradicate some vampires.  Because, really guys, stop attacking me in town. 

[Merusk]

They're already on my list for that.  I've got the Dawnsinger, too, so that'll be a lot of fun once I do it. Undead just EXPLODE.

[Ingmar]

The Dark Brotherhood quest is probably going to drive me insane - I refuse to indulge the stereotype that Argonians are all thieves, so I'm trying to avoid doing it, but it's also triggering my OCD for trying to clear o

Khajit are all thieves.  Argonians are just all slaves.  So it's okay if you go all Django Unchained on Tamriel.

More like Rango Unchained, am I right?

[JWIV]

The Dark Brotherhood quest is probably going to drive me insane - I refuse to indulge the stereotype that Argonians are all thieves, so I'm trying to avoid doing it, but it's also triggering my OCD for trying to clear o

Khajit are all thieves.  Argonians are just all slaves.  So it's okay if you go all Django Unchained on Tamriel.

More like Rango Unchained, am I right?

 

[Lantyssa]

+1; Would laugh again.

[Khaldun]

Just started the Dark Brotherhood line myself and got the first legit assassination contract.  Now I'm pondering if I should do the optional kill or not. Seems like the main kill is pretty justified but the optional is just petty & short-sighted on the client's part.

I just went whole hog on the entire thing.  Hell, I killed anyone that they hinted could be killed. Well, except one person, but that's because Lucien Lachance (your summoned spectral assassin) said it wasn't a great idea. 

My character is a total walking contradiction.  I've been very noble, mostly at the start, but now I'm somewhat of a kill crazed lunatic.  One of my last kills in the plotline was justified with "yah, he's kind of a dick. Lucien, no opinion?" *murderdeathkill*

Now, I'll probably go back to being noble and eradicate some vampires.  Because, really guys, stop attacking me in town. 

Plus stop killing non-Essential civilians. That always bums me out when a named person is lying face down after a vampire attack. If anybody is going to kill townpeople, it'll be me, you jerks.

[Rasix]

I'm not sure if it was me when I went on my first werewolf rampage or it was vampires, but someone fucking killed the blacksmith lady in Whiterun.  FFUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!

[Xuri]

That wouldn't be so bad if some other NPC saw the job opening and took over the job after a while :P

Edit: Someone should make a mod out of that. Thinking about it, I really want it now!

[tazelbain]

I thought that was a feature.

[Xuri]

It is? Goes to show how much attention I pay to these things (none). Oh well.

[Nayr]

According to the ES Wiki, the DLCs for PS3 are finally coming out.

Feb 12 - Dragonborn

Feb 19 - Hearthfire

Feb 26 - Dawnguard.

Reverse order, it seems. lol

[Hawkbit]

I started this most recent playthrough with the intention of finally beating the main story.  I planned to go light armor/conjuration, but I find that right now I'm using mostly conj/dest/alteration skills, so I may just write off the 2 points I put into 1hd and go full mage. 

1.  How do mages hold up on a full lvl 50+ ride?

2.  What's a great way to spice up the build, knowing I'm concentrating on conj/alteration?  Archer maybe?  I'm currently using Lydia as my shield and flame atronach.