Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[apocrypha]

Yeah that is annoying. However, it's actually not much of a problem in the end because there's not much use for gold anyway and you soon find yourself swimming in it. Also it's easily moddable if it bothers you too much.

[Tebonas]

Or if you don't want to Mod the Game, sell stuff until the vendor has no Money left. Save - Quit - Restart Game - Continue saved Game - voila, vendor has his Inventory Reset and all his Money back.

Modding is less hassle, though.

[Sheepherder]

Sell stuff -> Quicksave -> Saw vendor's head off -> Quickload

[Bzalthek]

Sell stuff -> Quicksave -> Saw vendor's head off -> Quickload

I used this.  Very handy, thank you!

[Lucas]

 

Anyways, the more I play, the more I'm convinced this is truly the best CRPG since year 2000.

[Rendakor]

I see no pic besides your three hearts.

[taolurker]

Yeah, he remote linked a Steam cloud pic, and obviously doesn't know how to use image hosting sites.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596958827126899969/01601C51FA276F4FF8F9A220D224E9067ED8D842/

[Lucas]

Yeah, he remote linked a Steam cloud pic, and obviously doesn't know how to use image hosting sites.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596958827126899969/01601C51FA276F4FF8F9A220D224E9067ED8D842/

Bah, fixed in my previous post :P

[taolurker]

Where Skyrim Bugs Come From

[Rokal]

The mod community is turning out some promising stuff.

[koro]

Promising stuff indeed.

[UnSub]

So I got this for Xmas on my Xbox and have just started playing. Originally I was going for a lizardwoman ninja-esque character who uses only their fists, but was getting completely murdered by the tougher mobs even in the starter quest. For a while there, I understood where sinij was coming from.

... then I turned down the difficulty and picked up a bow and things are progressing smoothly. I'm not sure I'm that enamoured with it - I prefer being behind a pre-existing character such as in The Witcher or Mass Effect than the empty cypher I am here - but I'll keep going and see if things pick up.

[ashrik]

So I got this for Xmas on my Xbox and have just started playing. Originally I was going for a lizardwoman ninja-esque character who uses only their fists, but was getting completely murdered by the tougher mobs even in the starter quest. For a while there, I understood where sinij was coming from.

There are ways to go about these things

But I think the difference between sinij and you was that he turned the difficulty way up and then ran into a group of mobs with his thieve character and got chewed up.

The Macho Man and LMFAO videos are amazing

[Lucas]

Damn, what a gigantic game 

I'm playing (and, I must say, quite successfully for now, lv 17) a 1h sword + shield redguard, pure melee. If I stick to the plan, by the end of this playthrough I'll completely leave out:

- Mages guild storyline
- Thieves guild
- Dark Brotherhood
- Stormcloak storyline (I'm siding with the imperials)

Also, during this playthrough I haven't touched Alchemy and Enchanting, so with my next character/s they'll be two entirely new systems to me (smithing and chef extraordinaire with the redguard :P)

[UnSub]

Thanks for the video - I've been following it (just with fewer references to rape).

The only thing I ran into was getting my Heavy Armour skill up to to the point I could buy the Unarmed perk - the video doesn't cover that and I wondered what the problem was for a bit.

The only thing that I'm aware of is keeping my damage increasing as I level through smithing better gauntlets.

[Sheepherder]

You should be aware that hand to hand scales really poorly.

[rk47]

Get unarmed mod. Increased dmg as u level.

[Sheepherder]

So I got this for Xmas on my Xbox

The nice thing is that with Skyrim he can just pick up a bow again, no harm, no foul.

[UnSub]

You should be aware that hand to hand scales really poorly.

Thanks for the link.

[Sheepherder]

I'm pretty sure Hand to Hand was originally intended to be in the game as something other than a novelty, but got cut.  It's on my list of things to fuck with once the official modding tools are out.  I just hope the perk trees and skills can be manipulated in this game, though that sort of thing is usually not the case with Bethesda.

[Dren]

Got the game just before my holiday vacation/holiday break.  Played the crap out of it and burned out now.  Light Armor/Archer with a smattering in lots of other things.  The only problem I had was constantly killing my friends and having to reload saves.  Otherwise, OP for most anything in the game.  Of course, I did a good amount of enchanting to overpower my bows and other items.  That was probably a big factor.

[Bzalthek]

I've actively avoided enchanting.  I went with sneak/archery and light armor (kinda) and I still kill everything super fast with a plain old ebony bow so far.

[Sheepherder]

Protip: Dual wield is not much fun, especially with daggers.  You're constantly getting fucked over by the reach of the weapons, particularly when you power attack.  Swing a big fuck off two-hander.

Also, when rolling a thief character pickpocket may be somewhat dangerous to your enjoyment if you're not careful, as it levels extremely fast as has next to no combat utility.  Just something to watch out for.

[Ironwood]

In other news, I really, really hate it when the developers decided 'here's an anvil or a forge you can click on and here's an item lying on it that's stealable and will flag you as scum'.

Bad.

BAD.

[Sheepherder]

On the other hand, you know what's soothing?  Giving Grelod the Kind a left hook followed up by a chokeslam, followed by the laughter of children.

[Ironwood]

I dunno, I was rather dissappointed in the Grelod stuff, mostly because there wasn't a Silent Assassin version.

[Sheepherder]

The children not celebrating would ruin the fun.  But I have no clue why the other chick is scripted to freak out.

[Miasma]

I dunno, I was rather dissappointed in the Grelod stuff, mostly because there wasn't a Silent Assassin version.

Heh yeah I was not expecting that.  I sneak in at night, everyone is in bed, I one shot her from range and - bloodcurdling scream that goes on forever and wakes everyone up.

[Ironwood]

I thought we'd be able to slip some poison into the bitch quietly.

[koro]

Protip: Dual wield is not much fun, especially with daggers.  You're constantly getting fucked over by the reach of the weapons, particularly when you power attack.  Swing a big fuck off two-hander.

Also, when rolling a thief character pickpocket may be somewhat dangerous to your enjoyment if you're not careful, as it levels extremely fast as has next to no combat utility.  Just something to watch out for.

Yeah, daggers in Skyrim are just a confusing mess regarding what does and doesn't work with them. Dual wield power attack speeds are supposed to be determined by the speed of the weapon in your off-hand; a sword/dagger, axe/sword, or anything like that results in a pretty speedy power attack, but using two daggers is incredibly slow. It doesn't help that some one-handed perks work with daggers, but some don't, and the game does not specify which do or don't. Hell, there is at least one perk (Dual Flurry) that works if you have one dagger equipped, but not two! Of course, the one-handed (and two-handed, and to a lesser extent, archery) trees aren't that well-designed anyway, since the perks for things like bleeds, critical hits, or armor negation are nigh-on useless because they do their things based on the base damage of a weapon and not the actual current damage of a weapon. So you end up with a Daedric sword doing "crits" for single-digit damage bonuses.

Basically if you're playing a thief/assassin, you just use daggers for a sneak attack and if you need to get into actual stand-up combat, you switch your main hand to a sword or go sword/shield. Spellbreaker is excellent for this, especially against dragons.

[Ingmar]

The children not celebrating would ruin the fun.  But I have no clue why the other chick is scripted to freak out.

...

Seriously? I'm pretty sure I would freak the fuck out if some dude came in and murdered one of my co-workers, even if it was one I couldn't stand.

[Ironwood]

Not quite what he meant.

[UnSub]

In other news, I really, really hate it when the developers decided 'here's an anvil or a forge you can click on and here's an item lying on it that's stealable and will flag you as scum'.

Yes, same with shops with stuff all over the counter. I came in to dump all the daggers I've been smithing, only to end up in jail for stealing some lavender or something.

[Sheepherder]

Seriously? I'm pretty sure I would freak the fuck out if some dude came in and murdered one of my co-workers, even if it was one I couldn't stand.

She starts screaming and running around begging for mercy no matter what you do, what precautions you take, or the manner in which you kill (or assisted suicide) Grelod.  She'll wake up and start screaming the moment her feet hit the floor if you kill Grelod unobserved in another room.

[Ingmar]

Right but you can't kill Grelod undetected due to the old lady banshee wail?