Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
11-21-11, 12:42 PM
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
No, there's nothing there. It was the first place I checked. And no one making comments about how sick I look (like the last time I caught something). Just a sudden drop (from around 30) to a red 15,
11-21-11, 12:48 PM
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I rented it this weekend and had fun. Got to lvl 8, but man how do you kill Trolls? I encountered 2, both saw me before I realized what they were, I got 3-4 frit hits and could not tell he took damage. Is there a way to tell if things are friend or foe from a distance? I would attack things that would end up being "friendly" and walk up on bad guys (the frost mages at an old fort).
11-21-11, 01:49 PM
#578
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11-21-11, 02:15 PM
#579
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11-21-11, 02:35 PM
#580
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
Just started playing this game this weekend. Really, really enjoy it -- much more than I did Oblivion which I couldn't get into at all. I think the lack of a stringent set-up and skill trees really make it appeal to me more - this feels more like Mass Effect 2 in being able to just get going (but not as linear, of course) and that's the sort of RPG I enjoy.
I must admit, I didn't feel very chivalrous while running like a scared schoolgirl away from the frost troll, leaving Lydia to fend for herself, but I couldn't figure any way to even hurt that troll with my low-level character this early in the game. I was sure I'd never see her again, but somehow she made it up the mountain shortly after I did.
I must admit, I didn't feel very chivalrous while running like a scared schoolgirl away from the frost troll, leaving Lydia to fend for herself, but I couldn't figure any way to even hurt that troll with my low-level character this early in the game. I was sure I'd never see her again, but somehow she made it up the mountain shortly after I did.
11-21-11, 02:36 PM
#581
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11-21-11, 02:38 PM
#582
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
Just started playing this game this weekend. Really, really enjoy it -- much more than I did Oblivion which I couldn't get into at all. I think the lack of a stringent set-up and skill trees really make it appeal to me more - this feels more like Mass Effect 2 in being able to just get going (but not as linear, of course) and that's the sort of RPG I enjoy.
I must admit, I didn't feel very chivalrous while running like a scared schoolgirl away from the frost troll, leaving Lydia to fend for herself, but I couldn't figure any way to even hurt that troll with my low-level character this early in the game. I was sure I'd never see her again, but somehow she made it up the mountain shortly after I did.
I must admit, I didn't feel very chivalrous while running like a scared schoolgirl away from the frost troll, leaving Lydia to fend for herself, but I couldn't figure any way to even hurt that troll with my low-level character this early in the game. I was sure I'd never see her again, but somehow she made it up the mountain shortly after I did.
11-21-11, 02:46 PM
#584
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
Ah. Makes sense since I haven't even done that yet for the main story. I just passed 40 hours and it'll probably be at least another 10 before I continue with those missions.
11-21-11, 04:13 PM
#588
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
Just started playing this game this weekend. Really, really enjoy it -- much more than I did Oblivion which I couldn't get into at all. I think the lack of a stringent set-up and skill trees really make it appeal to me more - this feels more like Mass Effect 2 in being able to just get going (but not as linear, of course) and that's the sort of RPG I enjoy.
I must admit, I didn't feel very chivalrous while running like a scared schoolgirl away from the frost troll, leaving Lydia to fend for herself, but I couldn't figure any way to even hurt that troll with my low-level character this early in the game. I was sure I'd never see her again, but somehow she made it up the mountain shortly after I did.
I must admit, I didn't feel very chivalrous while running like a scared schoolgirl away from the frost troll, leaving Lydia to fend for herself, but I couldn't figure any way to even hurt that troll with my low-level character this early in the game. I was sure I'd never see her again, but somehow she made it up the mountain shortly after I did.
11-21-11, 04:13 PM
#589
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
Yep. That's where. I assume running scared is the only option at that point? The closest I came to defeating him was having him chase me around a large rock while blasting him intermittently with fire and lightning bolts. That just pissed him off and he seemed to regenerate health faster than I regenerated Magica. I find that interesting. I always attack these games from doing the story missions first and then pick up other taskss along the way. It speaks to the freedom allowed in Skyrim that you can play for over 40 hrs without tacking even the early story missions yet.
11-21-11, 04:24 PM
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11-21-11, 05:37 PM
#593
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
This made me laugh pretty hard:
I have yet to do a single thing in Skyrim in the proper order. I'm constantly showing up to some dude's castle that I've never seen before, only to hand over a mystical item that I'd mentally scratched off as garbage hours ago, and then sit and listen to the story be retroactively explained to me:
King: Wanderer! Thank the gods you've come! The prophecy told us that a mighty warrior would arise, worthy of wielding Fjalnir, the God-axe, and slaying the evil Demon Prince Synraith. We believe you to be that warrior. What say you, traveler? Will you accept this task?
Me: Yea, verily I shall accept thine task and vanq- wait, Synraith? Fiery dude in a floating city? Cape made out of screeching souls? Ahhh, shit. I already killed that guy.
King: You ... already slew the Demon Prince, the Knife in the Dark, the Void at the Heart of All Men, whose identity you did not learn until just now?
Me: Yup. I saw that castle floating up in the sky, and I wanted to know if I could jump up the rocks to get in the back way. It took a lot of reloads, but I finally managed to hop on up in there.
King: You "hopped on up" into the Abyssal Palace?
Me: Yeeeep, yep yep yep. Just squat-jumped on in there and looted the place. Then I killed that Sydney guy-
King: Synraith, Demon Prince of the Abyss.
Me: -yeah him. I ganked that guy. Mostly just to see if I could. Plus he looked like kind of a dick.
King: Indeed, the Foulest of the Foul was "kind of a dick." But you vanquished him without the aid of sacred Fjalnir, the God-axe?
Me: Totally. It wasn't even a thing. I just hid on top of a bookshelf where he couldn't reach me and shot him with arrows. Then I waited until he forgot I was shooting him, and did it all again to get the sneak damage bonus. Took a while, but he died all the same.
King: Forsooth! Thine heroic deeds are ... well, that sounds kind of fucked up, actually. Never thought I'd feel bad for He Who Devours. So you have no need of our sacred totem weapon?
Me: What, the gold dealy, with the shiny bits? Nah, I already stole that out of the display case four hours ago, before I knew who you were. I gave it to Sven, but he Quantum Leaped out of the game with that shit.
King: Huh. So. I guess ... the bards will ... sing of your tale now?
Me: Oh yeah? Sweet, let's hear it.
Bard: The hero came with eyes aflame / his tasks already done / the land was rescued all the same / but 'tis kind of a shitty song.
Me: Word.
King: Wanderer! Thank the gods you've come! The prophecy told us that a mighty warrior would arise, worthy of wielding Fjalnir, the God-axe, and slaying the evil Demon Prince Synraith. We believe you to be that warrior. What say you, traveler? Will you accept this task?
Me: Yea, verily I shall accept thine task and vanq- wait, Synraith? Fiery dude in a floating city? Cape made out of screeching souls? Ahhh, shit. I already killed that guy.
King: You ... already slew the Demon Prince, the Knife in the Dark, the Void at the Heart of All Men, whose identity you did not learn until just now?
Me: Yup. I saw that castle floating up in the sky, and I wanted to know if I could jump up the rocks to get in the back way. It took a lot of reloads, but I finally managed to hop on up in there.
King: You "hopped on up" into the Abyssal Palace?
Me: Yeeeep, yep yep yep. Just squat-jumped on in there and looted the place. Then I killed that Sydney guy-
King: Synraith, Demon Prince of the Abyss.
Me: -yeah him. I ganked that guy. Mostly just to see if I could. Plus he looked like kind of a dick.
King: Indeed, the Foulest of the Foul was "kind of a dick." But you vanquished him without the aid of sacred Fjalnir, the God-axe?
Me: Totally. It wasn't even a thing. I just hid on top of a bookshelf where he couldn't reach me and shot him with arrows. Then I waited until he forgot I was shooting him, and did it all again to get the sneak damage bonus. Took a while, but he died all the same.
King: Forsooth! Thine heroic deeds are ... well, that sounds kind of fucked up, actually. Never thought I'd feel bad for He Who Devours. So you have no need of our sacred totem weapon?
Me: What, the gold dealy, with the shiny bits? Nah, I already stole that out of the display case four hours ago, before I knew who you were. I gave it to Sven, but he Quantum Leaped out of the game with that shit.
King: Huh. So. I guess ... the bards will ... sing of your tale now?
Me: Oh yeah? Sweet, let's hear it.
Bard: The hero came with eyes aflame / his tasks already done / the land was rescued all the same / but 'tis kind of a shitty song.
Me: Word.
11-21-11, 06:19 PM
#594
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I love this conjure flame atronach spell I have for my high-elf mage. Three bandits were coming toward me and I quickly cast the spell and the atronach killed them all. Loving it.
11-21-11, 06:23 PM
#595
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I still can't figure how to tell if I am diseased or what. There is nothing listed under magic effects. It seems like the only way I can tell is by looking at all of my skills and seeing if any are red. The problem comes when I don’t go to the Skills screen for a while because I’m not ready to level up. Yesterday I finally leveled up and noticed my one handed was in red at 15! What the fuck! I haven’t had the time to hit a church since I discovered it. I’m hoping that will “cure” it.
11-21-11, 06:36 PM
#596
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
Diseases are under "Active Effects" (or whatever it's called) in the magic menu -- the bottom-most choice. Somewhere in that list of active effects will be whatever effects of the disease. You can cure it by praying at a shrine/temple or by drinking a potion of cure disease.
11-21-11, 08:39 PM
#599
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Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
Damnit! I quit everything and fast traveled back to Whiterun to get a blessing. Even though it said all diseases and curses were cured my one handed skill is still a red 15. I hope this isn't a bug.
11-21-11, 08:52 PM
#600
Suspended
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
General consensus is that this is a glitch. The good news is that it appears to be limited to the display -- behind the scenes, the game still knows what your ability score really is.