Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
#1501
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I would definitely wait for the civil war quest until the end. Slight spoiler but while you can do it any time the NPCs just don't react as would expect them to following the end of war. You go back to these towns on other quests and its like it never happened.
#1502
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
Yeah, there's a cool mission in the main quest that gets skipped if you get too far into the civil war questline first.
#1503
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I liked the game, but I honestly thought the dragon encounters became overly annoying and way too frequent, especially after beating the main dragon. It seemed like every time I wanted to fast travel a dragon or two would appear. It made me quit playing.
#1504
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
i got this back at release and I have put only a couple of hours into it. I don't know what it is exactly I didn't like but i was bored to death. A big thing that turned me off was travel time. I remember having to do alot of walking to get to some of the quests at the beginning. I have limited gaming time nowadays with 2 young kids so I don't want to spend my time walking trying to get somewhere. Maybe there is fast travel a little later?
#1505
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I've been playing through this again with some mods on the PC and it's like an entirely new game. It's certainly keeping my interest more than anything on the newer consoles... which is a damn shame, because my PS4 will go back to collecting dust until Destiny is out.
#1506
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
What mods are most of you PC guys running? I picked up the base game during the summer sale and looking through Nexus, good lord there are a lot of mods. I think I've installed 'the patch' and a few of the graphical ones, but what are the other must haves?
#1507
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
i got this back at release and I have put only a couple of hours into it. I don't know what it is exactly I didn't like but i was bored to death. A big thing that turned me off was travel time. I remember having to do alot of walking to get to some of the quests at the beginning. I have limited gaming time nowadays with 2 young kids so I don't want to spend my time walking trying to get somewhere. Maybe there is fast travel a little later?
#1508
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
i got this back at release and I have put only a couple of hours into it. I don't know what it is exactly I didn't like but i was bored to death. A big thing that turned me off was travel time. I remember having to do alot of walking to get to some of the quests at the beginning. I have limited gaming time nowadays with 2 young kids so I don't want to spend my time walking trying to get somewhere. Maybe there is fast travel a little later?
#1509
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
Dragon Break
Falskaar
Dark Brotherhood Resurrection
Wyrmstooth
and so on...
The Deadly Dragons mod is great fun although a little frustrating until you level up.
These work well with the mods I've installed, so I caution others to check in on what they have installed before adding any like these.
#1510
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
My list of mods:
Realvision ENB
Monster mod
Audio overhaul
Quiet Dungons
Bigger trees
TreesHD
Vivid Landscapes
Camping kit for the Northern Ranger
Immersive patrols
Shooting stars
Skyfalls and windmills
Grass on steroids
Serious HD retexture
Skyrim Flora Overhaul
Project Reality - Climates
Cinematic fire effects
Dust effects
Pure waters
Static mesh improvement.
Frostfall
Wet and Cold
*edit to add a few more*
Immersive weapons
Skybirds
101Bugs
Skyui
Locational damage
Merry Taverns
RealShelter
Immersive travelers
Immersive Battles
Immersive Brigands
Immersive Mercenaries
Climates of Tamriel
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#1511
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
i got this back at release and I have put only a couple of hours into it. I don't know what it is exactly I didn't like but i was bored to death. A big thing that turned me off was travel time. I remember having to do alot of walking to get to some of the quests at the beginning. I have limited gaming time nowadays with 2 young kids so I don't want to spend my time walking trying to get somewhere. Maybe there is fast travel a little later?
I have only one mod installed and that's disable fast travel. Once I finish my vanilla playthrough I'll be downloading some Mods. My first mod will be Falskaar
#1512
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
If your computer can support it, definitely add a few of the high rez graphic mods (towns, waters, lighting, weather, skies) and some more immersive mods (like armors, weapons, patrols, etc.) ... but there's some real fun to be had in the user-created quests:
Dragon Break
Falskaar
Dark Brotherhood Resurrection
Wyrmstooth
and so on...
The Deadly Dragons mod is great fun although a little frustrating until you level up.
These work well with the mods I've installed, so I caution others to check in on what they have installed before adding any like these.
Dragon Break
Falskaar
Dark Brotherhood Resurrection
Wyrmstooth
and so on...
The Deadly Dragons mod is great fun although a little frustrating until you level up.
These work well with the mods I've installed, so I caution others to check in on what they have installed before adding any like these.
#1513
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I used to like that too. I played oblivion years ago and enjoyed doing that, however my gaming time was very high. Not so much now with a baby and toddler
#1514
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I just picked this up during the summer sale and am getting into it, I'm level 15 now, running a two handed mace barbarian build. I pretty much kill things in just one or two hits, it's pretty amusing. How do I obtain a horse? Also I think you can buy a house in Whiterun for 5,000 gold, should I do this as soon as possible or are there alternative options in other cities?
#1515
DVD Talk Hero
#1516
DVD Talk Legend
#1518
#1519
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
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Last edited by Oliver Clothesoff; 07-29-14 at 08:10 AM.
#1521
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
Agreed. While I like a lot of the mods (like the graphical enhancements), I feel that shit like this just cheapens the game, and keeps me from getting into it.
#1522
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I started playing this game recently, as well, after picking it up on the steam summer sale.
I'm playing a wood elf thief character. sneaking around, sniping with my bow or attacking with dual wield daggers. I barely know what i'm doing.
I wish there was a way to bind a weapon to an off hand. I had favorite and hot key a dual weapon set up that will work between going to bow/arrow and back but if i cast a spell, i cant get dual wield back via hot key again.
Where is the quest line to start the Assassins guild? I just got in the Thieves Guild and am in the guild that fights the Silver Hand guys.
I'm playing a wood elf thief character. sneaking around, sniping with my bow or attacking with dual wield daggers. I barely know what i'm doing.
I wish there was a way to bind a weapon to an off hand. I had favorite and hot key a dual weapon set up that will work between going to bow/arrow and back but if i cast a spell, i cant get dual wield back via hot key again.
Where is the quest line to start the Assassins guild? I just got in the Thieves Guild and am in the guild that fights the Silver Hand guys.
#1523
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I started playing this game recently, as well, after picking it up on the steam summer sale.
I'm playing a wood elf thief character. sneaking around, sniping with my bow or attacking with dual wield daggers. I barely know what i'm doing.
I wish there was a way to bind a weapon to an off hand. I had favorite and hot key a dual weapon set up that will work between going to bow/arrow and back but if i cast a spell, i cant get dual wield back via hot key again.
Where is the quest line to start the Assassins guild? I just got in the Thieves Guild and am in the guild that fights the Silver Hand guys.
I'm playing a wood elf thief character. sneaking around, sniping with my bow or attacking with dual wield daggers. I barely know what i'm doing.
I wish there was a way to bind a weapon to an off hand. I had favorite and hot key a dual weapon set up that will work between going to bow/arrow and back but if i cast a spell, i cant get dual wield back via hot key again.
Where is the quest line to start the Assassins guild? I just got in the Thieves Guild and am in the guild that fights the Silver Hand guys.
And If you wanna hold off on the Main quest make sure you at least get up to the point where you meet the Greybeards. They teach you a shout that
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#1524
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I just picked this up during the summer sale and am getting into it, I'm level 15 now, running a two handed mace barbarian build. I pretty much kill things in just one or two hits, it's pretty amusing. How do I obtain a horse? Also I think you can buy a house in Whiterun for 5,000 gold, should I do this as soon as possible or are there alternative options in other cities?
Most cities have a house you can purchase. But I highly recommend getting the Whiterun one as soon as you can afford it. It's the cheapest. Having a place to stash your stuff is critical. Even when I bought other houses, Whiterun stayed my "home" throughout the game. The city is centrally located in Skyrim, and Breezehome is really close to where you pop up fast-traveling to Whiterun. And if you're into Smithing, there's a set-up you can always use right next door.
And if you like the other houses more, you can always move. Later in the game, 5,000 isn't going to seem like much money. And I think you'll get your money's worth out of Breezehome in the meantime (even if you do decide to move your home base).
#1525
Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- November 2011
I played the game for the first time in a while a couple of weeks ago. My character is level 71 and its amazing that i was still finding new things to do. I want to get to Level 80 just so i can fight the Ebony Warrior.