Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[sinij]

Flickering textures are an AMD issue.

I figured as much, every time I buy AMD card I _heavily_ regret doing so. When I was making purchasing decision for my video card it was by far the best performance, plus Nvidia had overheating issues. Still, Is hould have just picked up overheating NVIDIA and put water cooling on it or something. This is _THE VERY LAST TIME_ I ever purchase AMD card. Clowns and nothing but clowns.

[lamaros]

Is there anything you enjoy in life, apart from complaining?

[rattran]

He's Karl Pilkington, isn't he?

[Lakov_Sanite]

It's like you're not playing the same game, seriously.

[Paelos]

Is there anything you enjoy in life, apart from complaining?

No, his posts are an endless parade of misery.

[Fabricated]

I haven't had problems with ATI or rather, AMD cards for a while now...I'm waiting for a new chipset to come out from both NVidia and AMD to see what I do next.

In terms of performance it's a bit of a push right now between AMD/NVidia, with some games heavily favoring one or the other and most being give or take a few FPS.

I guess if you want "features" the Nvidia cards support that silly Physics stuff?

[Nija]

I am playing new character and I must say Skyrim melee combat system is LOUSY.

Doing it wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uhBiNx749Zw&hd=1

[pants]

That is a thing of beauty.  I now know what my 2nd runthrough is going to be.

[lamaros]

I've been saying this for the last 10 pages!

Except I'm pretty sure the perk just works off the base armor, not the smithed bonus.

[sinij]

I watched unarmed video, he doesn't take much damage. This is very unlike my experiences, must be console thing? When I fight enemies armed with 2-handed weapons I take _TONS_ of damage. If I have any less than 80 hitpoints left I am in danger zone of execute, where any attack can lead to "critical strike/special animation" that cannot be blocked or avoided. This is what annoys the fuck out of me, fact that I can be randomly forced to reload the game without any ability to prevent it (other than always staying at full health, but that is not practical).  Now when I use 2-handed attacks of my own couple things annoy me - a) forward-charge attacks lock me into movement that I cannot stop, its like having your auto-move stuck on for duration of animation, b) once I initiate swing I can't cancel it by going into block c) I cannot go into attack from block, other than bash, without dropping block first d) I cannot control type of attack (overhead bash or swipe) without going into power move.

I guess what I expected is mount&blade melee combat system, but Skyrim is a lot short of it.

[tmp]

It definitely looks odd and quite unlike my experience. Especially at early level, when he doesn't even have the "bonus damage from armour" perk yet and still does chunk of damage with each swing.

re: critical strikes being impossible to block or avoid -- that's quite wrong in my experience. They can be blocked/countered like everything else since they are like every other hit, just with flavour animation triggered (because they happened to hit you hard enough to kill) Just need to remember to keep your block up in the first place when facing these 2h people.

also, that you can only bash from block or have to drop block in order to attack doesn't seem like a problem to me -- bash staggers the opponent and allows to hit them freely right after, so it's an useful move, and dropping block -> starting attack is very much instant. Of course, if you choose to do it at the exact moment you see a swing coming in, well.

[Tebonas]

You can either evade or block power-attacks. You have ample time to do both with the right skills. (Weapon and shield/ 2h) You can kill those enemies from afar/stealthed so that they won't even be able to come near you (Stealth/Archery). You can freeze/paralyze/lure them into a trap(Magic, Dragon Shouts). You can bumrush them so that they are dead before they get in one significant hit (2 1-handed weapons). You can sidestrafe them so they never get in a good hit (all melee fighting styles).

I tried all of them, they all work. And I'm not a twitch gamer. In fact, I suck at everything but turn based fights.

[lamaros]

The unarmed video, he probably put the difficulty down.

A lot of npcs are easy to kill unarmed, especially stealthed, but I expect there was much other stuff used with bosses, like shouts or potions, unless it was on easy.

Or unless the perk is wrong and it doesn't go off base gauntlet armour like it says it does.

[taolurker]

[NowhereMan]

Note on power attacks: It is possible to block them but if you're unarmed/2H and your block skill sucks they'll probably still do enough damage that you can go from half health to decapitated. I found that was true up to early/mid 20's and my defensive skills and health stat were high enough that I could take a lot more punishment. I was also hesitant to put perks into block initially but if you're 2H since blocking sucks a bit anyway it's a really necessary tree to put points into, especially the slow time one that lets you interrupt power attacks. Really I found that 2H took a while to get the hang of but once you do it's really not that bad, although you still have to deal with messing up your timing and getting two shotted until your stats get to the point most fights aren't much of a bother. On the other hand fights are pretty quick so reloading isn't too bad as long as you're F5'ing like a motherfucker.

[rk47]

Improving block is such a bore - anyone know a trainer? I really can't see how much you'd train up block manually since offense is the best defense. Why attack up close when you can sneak arrow attack, THEN draw your greatsword?

[Ironwood]

Train block and heal at the same time.

Find a wolf or a rat.

[Fabricated]

Train block and heal at the same time.

Find a wolf or a rat.

Pretty much this. Raising armor skills is worse IMO since you need to take a lot more damage. I got fed up trying to train it "naturally" and just had an epic 30-minute battle with a mudcrab to get the job done.

[tazelbain]

Farkas has been kind enough to give me 40 points of heavy armor training for free.

[Sky]

Sword and board is really awesome in this game, especially early on when you really can't take the big hits. Even later on it can still make a difference in some fights. I enjoyed the melee quite a bit, which was surprising.

I put skills pretty evenly between 1h, block and heavy armor; putting points into smithing as I could. Other than a couple points into resto, I didn't stray from that formula. Block perks are pretty awesome, too. I loved the slo-mo and the disarm, which I took late because I wasn't convinced of its awesomeness and the game could use a respec option. I mean even a daedric shrine or something.

[Miasma]

I can't believe that has turned into a meme, I'm seeing "arrow to the knee" all over the place.  It doesn't seem that special.

[Zetor]

I can't believe that has turned into a meme, I'm seeing "arrow to the knee" all over the place.  It doesn't seem that special.

I saw a mudcrab the other day. Disgusting creatures.

[Hawkbit]

The difference being that mudcrabs were a LOT funnier than the arrow-knee meme.  The absurdity of someone yelling "I've fought mudcrabs tougher than you!" was magical.

[Fabricated]

My favorite insults in Morrowind were all of the silly made-up racial slurs and swears. "YOU N'WAH!" "DIE, SWIT!"

Also the weird orgasmic noises Nords made when you killed them in Morrowind. "Mmmmmmm~!"

[Ironwood]

the game could use a respec option. I mean even a daedric shrine or something.

I said the same thing, maybe a quest or something.

It's so annoying to have wasted points.

I'm alllllmost to the point of rolling a second character anyway, though, so at least I'll go into this one forearmed and warned.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Just did the entire dark brotherhood storyline and OH MY GOD was that awesome. Paid off more than any of the other questlines in the game so far.

[Miasma]

As a last resort you could add/remove perks using the console if on the PC.

[Ironwood]

Indeed, but not only is it fiddly, but someone said that it fucks you for achievements forever.

That's....Strange coming from Bethesda.

[Murgos]

Indeed, but not only is it fiddly, but someone said that it fucks you for achievements forever.

That's....Strange coming from Bethesda.

Using the console does not do anything to you your achievements.

[rattran]

Any playsession that you open the console, you cannot get achievements. Same as Fallout. So if you need to tweak something in the console, save, quit and reload to get back on the achievement horse.

[Ceryse]

Any playsession that you open the console, you cannot get achievements. Same as Fallout. So if you need to tweak something in the console, save, quit and reload to get back on the achievement horse.

Incorrect. I've used the console almost every play-session and I have had zero issues unlocking achievements. I've unlocked achievements directly after using the console for even the 'dirty cheater' stuff like level and stat manipulation, as well as more benign affects like timescale settings.

[Sparky]

I can't believe that has turned into a meme, I'm seeing "arrow to the knee" all over the place.  It doesn't seem that special.

Speaking of memes I find Fus Ro Dah videos way more entertaining than they should be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip7QZPw04Ks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOxVjbGvUpI

[caladein]

Any playsession that you open the console, you cannot get achievements. Same as Fallout. So if you need to tweak something in the console, save, quit and reload to get back on the achievement horse.

Nope.  I've had achievements trigger as a direct result of using console commands.

[NiX]

Any playsession that you open the console, you cannot get achievements. Same as Fallout. So if you need to tweak something in the console, save, quit and reload to get back on the achievement horse.

Nope.  I've had achievements trigger as a direct result of using console commands.

This makes sense when you think about it. The EXE wasn't even checking with Steam before the second patch.

[Reborne]

Was going through Skyrim Nexus the other night looking for interesting mods.
Found a couple that tweak the game in ways that I enjoy, then found a mod that taolurker mentioned a few pages back

Tytanis - The Ultimate Mod - Crafts - Spells - Items - MORE

Decided to start over and see how it goes.
By the divines the crafting  

It looks like they are updating fairly frequently and getting help from people that have made other mods.
Worth checking out if you enjoy modding games, though with how much everyone is absorbed in all the normal content of the game I can understand not feeling the need to do so yet.