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General Malaise "vs." reading comprehension ; also some talk of skyim and the elder scrolls (1 Viewer)
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Notorious T.R.E.
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I usually end up selling most of them. Some are with quite a bit of jing.
GAlmgren
Footballguy
So Markarth..
I'm pretty much responsible for decimating the town's population. First I let the forsworn out of the mine and they went on a murderous rampage. Then I got roped into becoming a cannibal. After tasting the flesh I felt pretty disgusted and wiped out the feast attendees, who were all Markath residents. All in all I don't feel too bad because that whole town is pretty weird.
GregR
Footballguy
As mentioned, Orc is good for a combat based character because of their double damage, receive half damage ability. Argonian is also good as they have a +100% healing, and the water breathing can be decent too.Mages I'd stick with Altmer for the extra magicka and the Highborn for quick magicka regen in a tough fight. Breton used to be the best race in Oblivion, but they took away the magicka bonus. They do still have Resist Magicka, and normally an always-active ability like that trumps the once per day powers. But I really am not finding magick resistance very necessary. Against dragons I'm sure it helps, but I really haven't had much difficulty with dragons after figuring out how to fight them.
GregR
Footballguy
Remember that some areas set themselves to the level you are when you first enter them, while other areas are always the same level.So if you stop in a cave at level 10 and then leave and come back at level 20, the cave might still be level 10. Or, if it is an area with a static level, you might go explore it at level 10 and be fighting level 30 critters.'Sand said:
GregR
Footballguy
One thing I wondered on the perks. If you go up one side of the perk tree and hit the 100% perk, can you then start down the other side from the top? Like can I go up the middle of Enchant for bonuses in armor, then when I hit the top, go down the left side for weapon enchantments to grab the Shock perk without needing to spend anything on Frost and Fire which I don't plan to put on weapons much? Or do you have to move up from the bottom along any path to get at things higher up the path?
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
bottom up only. I have the left path of Smithing up to 100 but to get daedric unlocked on the right side I'd have to spend I think 5 perks. pretty sure I'm not going to bother.
GregR
Footballguy
Pickpocket can be a really great ability, or a really game-unbalancing ability.
It's awesome for making money. Doesn't take much to be able to pick pocket jewelry off of people that sells wells.
But if you use it to steal back money from trainers... you gain pickpocket levels so fast that you get in this vicious cycle of trying to get in your 5 trainings and steal the money back, but in doing so you advance enough to hit the next level. So when you try to get in those 5 trainings and steal your money back for that level, you again hit the next level, etc. I had a new character and I went from level 1 to level 19 in about a couple hours, without really doing any quests but the one to get access to the Thieves Guild. Ended up trashing the character and starting over, vowing to either not use training anymore, or not to steal my money back if I do.
It's awesome for making money. Doesn't take much to be able to pick pocket jewelry off of people that sells wells.
But if you use it to steal back money from trainers... you gain pickpocket levels so fast that you get in this vicious cycle of trying to get in your 5 trainings and steal the money back, but in doing so you advance enough to hit the next level. So when you try to get in those 5 trainings and steal your money back for that level, you again hit the next level, etc. I had a new character and I went from level 1 to level 19 in about a couple hours, without really doing any quests but the one to get access to the Thieves Guild. Ended up trashing the character and starting over, vowing to either not use training anymore, or not to steal my money back if I do.
AcerFC
Footballguy
yes and noThere is some lag issues that PS3 is dealing with. They are releasing patches but if you want a game with very few issues, the Xbox is the way to goMaybe they can switch consoles for a bit
Todem
Footballguy
Ahhh yes I understand that. But it also becomes quite the money maker (not like smithing of course). It is a quick and easy way to raise gold when your mines are dry of raw materials for your smithing business.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
If my sneak is at 100, does wearing muffled shoes help me to sneak better?
If my sneak is at 100 and wearing muffled shoes helps me sneak better, does casting the muffle spell while I'm 100 sneaking and wearing muffled shoes help me sneak even more? or is the muffle an "on/off" only thing?
If my sneak is at 100 and wearing muffled shoes helps me sneak better, does casting the muffle spell while I'm 100 sneaking and wearing muffled shoes help me sneak even more? or is the muffle an "on/off" only thing?
Thorn
Footballguy
Haha you wear slippers
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Eh, not too crazy about having a 'job' in Skyrim. I go around and kick ### and take anything with a 20:1 gold-to-weight ratio. I enchant some of it when I remember and then sell it off. I guess I might be doing it wrong, but after buying two houses and all the spells I need, I haven't found too much that actually need gold for.
Notorious T.R.E.
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I'm pushing 20,000 right now. I guess I'm saving for retirement.'Matthias said:
Kanil
Footballguy
I don't know if I've just been lucky or what but I've had very little lag from my PS3. I did have one lockup at one point but that was before the patch. My wife said she had a lockup once also so I guess that's 2 lockups total and both of us have main characters over level 40 and several other characters we are playing around with.
Todem
Footballguy
Yeah my goal is to own 2 homes. I have one in Winterhold like everyone else but I want one over in either Solitude or Riften and Solitude is 25K before furnishings! But that is the Beverly Hills of Skyrim.Like I said i am playing the game at a good pace with no rush to level up at super human speed. to me it takes away from the total immersive experience. I am 65 plus hours in and only a level 23 and I still have not seen the entire kingdom.I love it.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Same here. I'm level 44, and I've only had one freeze and no serious lag -- just some minor stuttering in cities when they're first loading. Load times are longer since the patch IMO, but still not a big deal.So basically I've had no issues at all, but other people are encountering game-breaking framerate drops. It's weird and seemingly random. If a person has a choice, I'd recommend getting it for the 360 because Bethesda is probably the single worst (major) PS3 developer in the industry right now, but having said that I haven't had any problems and have found this to be much more stable than Fallout 3.
Todem
Footballguy
I have had 2 freezes, some framerate issues here and there and the backwards Dragon pop up 2 times.
I know another patch is dropping (maybe it has already as I have taken a much needed 2 day break from this game) to help with some stability issues and the resistance bug.
But overall 95% of the time the game has been stable for me on my PS3.
I know another patch is dropping (maybe it has already as I have taken a much needed 2 day break from this game) to help with some stability issues and the resistance bug.
But overall 95% of the time the game has been stable for me on my PS3.
Jobber
Footballguy
No issues for me since the patch.
The Hank
Footballguy
I've had 0 freezes on 360, but that backwards dragon #### is p###ing me off.Hopefully they get that addressed soon, probably wont play tonight because of Steelers game so hopefully its done at some point between tonight and tomorrow afternoon.
ETA: Had no issues before the patch.
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AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
****.
Arsenal of Doom
Footballguy
The Solitude house is awesome.
encaitar
Footballguy
Yeah, the patch has not been my friend either. No freezes before the patch on PS3 with only minor lag issues in the towns. Now, 5 freezes since the patch. Can't move further in a quest because of the buggy dragon that can't be killed. And I still have minor lag issues in town. Patch was a great help for me, thanks Bethesda.
Ignoramus
Footballguy
I bought the property in Solitude. It's very nice. Other than that, gold is plentiful. Never bought a horse. Trained maybe five skill levels.I'm with you on the levelling... I think I'm 28 now and am trying to clean up my misc quest list. I love walking and discovering. I've only got one perk left on the destruction tree and am working up the conjuration one next.
Copeman
Footballguy
Still trying to get used to the xbox controller, having not owned a console since the 1st playstation. Been a pc gamer all these years. Does the d-pad not do anything in this game?
Enjoying the game very much, but need to get used to the controller. So used to the precision of the mouse in these types of games.
Enjoying the game very much, but need to get used to the controller. So used to the precision of the mouse in these types of games.
AcerFC
Footballguy
For the guys who don't want to make money or buy houses you can get a free place to live that is pretty sweet
complete the college of winterhold quest line and you get the archmages place. Equipped with chest, enchanting and alchemy stations and a pretty sweet ### tree in the middle of your room. Great for bringing hot chicks to
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
For those of you who have finished the Dark Brotherhood quests ....
the 20k purse for killing the emperor -- did you use it to revamp the 2nd DB sanctuary? Is there any benefit to me doing that other than checking off the "where you hang your head" quest ?
Kanil
Footballguy
It's just like a house but not as good as the Solitude house. And that creepy vampire girl is always in your damn bedroom. Creepy.
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CBusAlex
Footballguy
The D-Pad doesn't do anything in any game. I don't know why they even put it on there.
Notorious T.R.E.
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The d-pad is how you cycle through your favorites.
The Real Hipster Doofus
Footballguy
Uhhhh....The favorites menu is accessed by using the D-pad. Unless you plan on going to the main menu to switch items every time, it is incredibly useful in this game.'CBusAlex said:
GregR
Footballguy
Heads up on a pickpocket bug.
It seems like if your bonus in it gets too high, it drops your chances to pickpocket an item to 0%. Example, I have it perked up to 80%, plus the 25% sleeping bonus and 50% coin bonus. That was ok, and I had a 38% chance to steal a large amount of gold. But when I put on an item with +20% to pickpocket, it dropped my chance to steal the gold to 8%. When I put on a second item with a +15%, it dropped it to zero.
I googled and found other people have hit it too. Some people hit it just by maxing out that first pick to level 5 and +100%. So beware maxing out that first perk.
It seems like if your bonus in it gets too high, it drops your chances to pickpocket an item to 0%. Example, I have it perked up to 80%, plus the 25% sleeping bonus and 50% coin bonus. That was ok, and I had a 38% chance to steal a large amount of gold. But when I put on an item with +20% to pickpocket, it dropped my chance to steal the gold to 8%. When I put on a second item with a +15%, it dropped it to zero.
I googled and found other people have hit it too. Some people hit it just by maxing out that first pick to level 5 and +100%. So beware maxing out that first perk.
Notorious T.R.E.
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Have you been to the Greybeards yet?There are random encounters and a few areas that always have them I believe. However, I think you need to do a little bit in the main quest to start seeing them, iirc.
Mile High
Footballguy
Not sure how it works. I'm level 20 to and have killed like 9-12 of them. Even had 2 come down at once.
Yes I've been to the Greybeards. They asked me to go pick up some horn and I haven't done that yet. I've seen a one in the distance a couple of times but they always fly away. I've checked the Wiki and it seems I should be getting interations. I also have 4 or 5 shouts that I can't unlock because I have no souls. Irritating.
Notorious T.R.E.
Showdown!™ Administrator
Sometimes if you see them in the distance you just have to go make your move I think. Run those mofos down.
MasterofOrion
Footballguy
Good place to find dragons is at the Mage base in Winterhaven. In fact it gets irritating because it is hard to do business in courtyard without a dragon interrupting everything. It is also a good place to fight a dragon because there are places to hide when does his breath weapon.
GregR
Footballguy
Some seem to be random. Others are definitely not random. Anytime you see a dragon head on your compass, that's a lair with a dragon flying around. Some lair locations in spoiler.
Those are also places you can pick up new shouts. On the mountain above Shor's Stone or whatever that mining town down southeast is called.Little mountain in the middle of the area full of lakes and geysers south-southwest of WindhelmNext mountain to the west from the Shrine of Azura.Mountain south of Riften.
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GregR
Footballguy
Patch 1.3 is out for PC. The list of fixes includes:
General stability improvements
Optimize performance for Core 2 Duo CPUs (PC)
Fixed Radiant Story incorrectly filling certain roles
Fixed magic resistances not calculating properly
Fixed issue with placing books on bookshelves inside player purchased homes
Fixed dragon animation issues with saving and loading
Fixed Y-look input to scale correctly with framerate
The bold is the dragons flying backwards.
Apparently they also said they are working on a patch that will allow the game to make use of a full 4GB of memory. Right now you can download a user mod that will do that for you, but good that Bethesda is getting to it. Hope they get around to fixing the HUD for multiple monitors, though Hayden's fix has been working great for me in the meantime.
I haven't downloaded the patch yet... I disabled auto-updating in Steam so I can back up the directory before getting a new one in case it breaks anything I don't want broken. Will probably do it tomorrow and give it a try.
General stability improvements
Optimize performance for Core 2 Duo CPUs (PC)
Fixed Radiant Story incorrectly filling certain roles
Fixed magic resistances not calculating properly
Fixed issue with placing books on bookshelves inside player purchased homes
Fixed dragon animation issues with saving and loading
Fixed Y-look input to scale correctly with framerate
The bold is the dragons flying backwards.
Apparently they also said they are working on a patch that will allow the game to make use of a full 4GB of memory. Right now you can download a user mod that will do that for you, but good that Bethesda is getting to it. Hope they get around to fixing the HUD for multiple monitors, though Hayden's fix has been working great for me in the meantime.
I haven't downloaded the patch yet... I disabled auto-updating in Steam so I can back up the directory before getting a new one in case it breaks anything I don't want broken. Will probably do it tomorrow and give it a try.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
My dragons are bugged. when one appears, it shoots fire, then will just fly in place, but never gets farther or closer, even if I run towards them. I ended up just rolling a pure mage and might go back go that character later. This is the 360 version, btw.
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