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General Malaise "vs." reading comprehension ; also some talk of skyim and the elder scrolls (2 Viewers)
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NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
'flysack said:
It doesn't sound that impressive but it seems like a world of difference when some tanks/melee can't even reach you and archers never get a second shot off.
EYLive
Footballguy
I made some pretty gnarly magic reducing poisons that looked to be very valuable (~350 gold), but my speech skill sucks and got squat for them.
flysack
Footballguy
Yep. Free copy found in a bandit cave NW of Whiterun early on. There's quest to wipe out the bandits, but I forgot where you get it.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Am I the only person playing this game that didn't realize the answer to all the 'claw' puzzles is actually on the claw itself if you look at it in your inventory?? 
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
LOL - it took me a while to figure out that myselfAm I the only person playing this game that didn't realize the answer to all the 'claw' puzzles is actually on the claw itself if you look at it in your inventory??
-QG
Chaka
Footballguy
This is a very difficult way to play Skyrim. Not sure I can manage it on Master difficulty.
The Gator
Footballguy
flysack
Footballguy
Am I the only person playing this game that didn't realize the answer to all the 'claw' puzzles is actually on the claw itself if you look at it in your inventory??
What the hell have you been doing up until now? Random chance?
flysack
Footballguy
Thanks for the bump. That vid is definitely the best Skyrim video. That and the Skyrim COPS clip.
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
These vids are just a little funnier when they have a presidential candidate advertisement right before them
-QG
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
Trial and error will do it - I mean it's only 27 combos.-QGAm I the only person playing this game that didn't realize the answer to all the 'claw' puzzles is actually on the claw itself if you look at it in your inventory??
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
I saw a video earlier where a guy was using a legendary Longbow. I thought this seemed interesting so I decided to purchase one and when I attempted to smith it (my smithing is like 70) the highest it went was epic. Anyone else try this?
Skylord
Footballguy
What type is the bow (glass, ebony, etc)? You need to have that type unlocked in your tree to get it to legendary.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
If you pay attention the solution is often elsewhere in the dungeon.Trial and error will do it - I mean it's only 27 combos.-QGAm I the only person playing this game that didn't realize the answer to all the 'claw' puzzles is actually on the claw itself if you look at it in your inventory??
Chaka
Footballguy
If you pay attention the solution is often always elsewhere in the dungeon.Trial and error will do it - I mean it's only 27 combos.-QGAm I the only person playing this game that didn't realize the answer to all the 'claw' puzzles is actually on the claw itself if you look at it in your inventory??
What the hell have you been doing up until now? Random chance?
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
I don't think they have a type. Not one that I could find anyway.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Has anyone got the Dawnguard plug in?
Skylord
Footballguy
I'm playing it and about half way through. Its certainly different so far. Worth playing though.
Everything I own is legendary. Get your smithing to 100 (easy enough to do), and aquire a few pieces of equipment that amplify your "improvement" abilities (I have a necklace, a ring, and gauntlets that each add 15 to 30%), down a blacksmith draught, and watch the miraculous crap you can improve!
GregR
Footballguy
Get Stagger as quickly as possible.Frenzy is helpful for dealing with groups, especially if you can hit them at long range before they know you're there.Oakflesh is essentially armor... you have your casting cost and then you can focus on other things and it keeps protecting until it runs out.Wards are essentially a magic shield. It starts as soon as you hit the button/trigger, stops as soon as you let up on it, and drains magic constantly in between. So it's not cast and it lasts for a duration.
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
Does Kinect add much to this game? I'm thinking of trying it and debating whether to get the XBox or PC version.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
Anyone?
goonsquad
Think different.
I'm a 360 gamer that doesn't have a Kinect but if everything else is equal the available graphic mods for the PC version seem to make it far superior to the Xbox version. Of course, I would hate to spend so many hours playing at a PC, so the comfort of TV/sofa/Xbox wins out for me.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
anyone know if the DLC will allow you to respec?
gandalas
Footballguy
Heh, I just finished building my new gaming PC, and I hooked it to the same TV I play xbox on, and got the wireless adapter to use my 360 controller to play on it.Best of both worlds! Sitting on my couch playing with 360 controller, but have all the improved PC graphics.
GregR
Footballguy
The 360 controller with the PC is a definite big leap up for the gaming experience.I'd suggest downloading some of the mods that let you change your controller mapping, and even add new button combinations.I haven't played in a long time so don't remember all the details, but on my controller I could for example hit "B" + the directional pad to get an additional set of hot keys. I think I edited the menus so it would never take me to that annoying "choose the menu you want screen", and instead I added button combos that would take me right to each of the 4.Heh, I just finished building my new gaming PC, and I hooked it to the same TV I play xbox on, and got the wireless adapter to use my 360 controller to play on it.Best of both worlds! Sitting on my couch playing with 360 controller, but have all the improved PC graphics.
Copeman
Footballguy
I also posted this in another thread, but this thread is more suitable for this:
I tried Skyrim a couple weeks back again after not playing for many months. The load times seem to have gotten worse (when you enter/exit buildings and stuff). It would be a top 5 game of all time for me if it wasn't for the load times. I play on the XBox.
I tried Skyrim a couple weeks back again after not playing for many months. The load times seem to have gotten worse (when you enter/exit buildings and stuff). It would be a top 5 game of all time for me if it wasn't for the load times. I play on the XBox.
flysack
Footballguy
I'm so pissed that they botched the PS3 version. It's still one of my top 3 favorite games ever.
Hawks64
Footballguy
A buddy of mine is really pissed as well, he's likely going to re-buy it for the Xbox when the GOY edition drops.
GregR
Footballguy
A game like Skyrim just screams to be played on a PC with a solid state hard drive. Almost difficult to read the tips on the loading screens the load times are so fast.
gandalas
Footballguy
This, by far. That was the biggest difference for me (other than the graphical upgrades) - literally no loading times for anything when playing off my 256 GB solid state drive.
Copeman
Footballguy
I'm a pc gamer. Always was, always will be. But last year my pc died and I really wanted to play Skyrim, so I bought an xbox to check it out figuring I can always buy some other games down the road should the mood strike me, plus I can connect to netflix (before I bought a blu-ray that can do it too). Wish I would have just saved up at the time for a new gaming pc. A year later, I fixed my old gaming pc. Maybe I'll think about buying it for the pc now.ETA: since I bought the xbox, I have indeed bought a few other games, so it wasn't a waste. I like FPS's though, and playing those types of games on the pc are MUCH better than on a console. Mouse-keyboard combo rules over a controller. I do like the sports games on xbox though.
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GregR
Footballguy
So posting in here, plus having some vacation time coming, decided to fire up Skyrim.
I'm so many patches and mod levels behind, was worried I might have issues, and I did. Wouldn't launch, giving an "unable to initialize renderer" error. Googling, no one seems to have a good handle on cause.
So I go for a quick reinstall, including all the .ini files and my Saves folder which I wipe out (though I archived everything, .ini files and the entire game install plus all the mods I was using). I was using such an old patch level of the game, would need to update my mods and the third party utility to have it work multi-monitor.
Seems to have fixed it. Using Hayden's "Flawless Widescreen" to make it work right on the 3 monitors. Though soon as I started a new game, it was moving horribly slowly. Utterly unplayable.
Dropped my old SkyrimPrefs.ini in place of the new default one it created and it runs like a charm. So took the one that worked and went through changing 2 parameters at a time. Turns out "iMultiSample=8" was in the default file, while "iMultiSample=4" is what I had in my old one that works. Changed it and I'm back in business.
Thought the shadows looked really crappy though, so need to tweak some of those .ini settings now.
I'm so many patches and mod levels behind, was worried I might have issues, and I did. Wouldn't launch, giving an "unable to initialize renderer" error. Googling, no one seems to have a good handle on cause.
So I go for a quick reinstall, including all the .ini files and my Saves folder which I wipe out (though I archived everything, .ini files and the entire game install plus all the mods I was using). I was using such an old patch level of the game, would need to update my mods and the third party utility to have it work multi-monitor.
Seems to have fixed it. Using Hayden's "Flawless Widescreen" to make it work right on the 3 monitors. Though soon as I started a new game, it was moving horribly slowly. Utterly unplayable.
Dropped my old SkyrimPrefs.ini in place of the new default one it created and it runs like a charm. So took the one that worked and went through changing 2 parameters at a time. Turns out "iMultiSample=8" was in the default file, while "iMultiSample=4" is what I had in my old one that works. Changed it and I'm back in business.
Thought the shadows looked really crappy though, so need to tweak some of those .ini settings now.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
GOY edition?
flysack
Footballguy
Short for GOYIM edition. i.e. a newly released version for people who don't like stepping on glasses during their character's wedding.
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GregR
Footballguy
For anyone using a 360 controller with a PC, if you'd like a copy of my config file with the extra button combos, PM me an email and I'll send it. I'd cut and paste here but it has tabs and the forum is converting them to spaces even if I put them in a code block.
The button setup in addition to the normal:
Left bumper: Sprint (as normal)
Left bumper + A = Quick Inventory
Left bumper + X = Quick Skills menu
Left bumper + Y = Quick Map
Left bumper + B = Quick Magic menu
(with these you never need to go into that intermediate menu to select from the 4)
Directional pad is hotkeys 1-4 as normal.
Left bumper + directional pad is hotkeys 5-8.
Back: hotkey/favorites menu
Left bumper + Back = Wait menu
Start: Pause/save/quit/etc
Left bumper + Start = Quicksave
The combo for Quicksave is especially nice. Easy to get in the habit of doing it every couple of minutes.
While technically you could add functionality for Right Bumper + key... I found I ended up dragon shouting by accident too much. The Left Bumper just makes you sprint, and so most of the time even if you hit it too quick it won't have any noticeable effect.
You could probably do some combos of directional pad plus buttons though I can't think of anything else I'd really want to have in there. Maybe if you had a mod that expands hotkeys past 8 (don't know if there is such yet).
The button setup in addition to the normal:
Left bumper: Sprint (as normal)
Left bumper + A = Quick Inventory
Left bumper + X = Quick Skills menu
Left bumper + Y = Quick Map
Left bumper + B = Quick Magic menu
(with these you never need to go into that intermediate menu to select from the 4)
Directional pad is hotkeys 1-4 as normal.
Left bumper + directional pad is hotkeys 5-8.
Back: hotkey/favorites menu
Left bumper + Back = Wait menu
Start: Pause/save/quit/etc
Left bumper + Start = Quicksave
The combo for Quicksave is especially nice. Easy to get in the habit of doing it every couple of minutes.
While technically you could add functionality for Right Bumper + key... I found I ended up dragon shouting by accident too much. The Left Bumper just makes you sprint, and so most of the time even if you hit it too quick it won't have any noticeable effect.
You could probably do some combos of directional pad plus buttons though I can't think of anything else I'd really want to have in there. Maybe if you had a mod that expands hotkeys past 8 (don't know if there is such yet).
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Hawks64
Footballguy
Game of the Year edition if they wind up releasing one, typically it will have all the DLC with it as well.
flysack
Footballguy
When Grand Theft Auto meets Skyrim -
1. Go to a city in the daytime.
2. Shoot a guard in the back. If you're playing on "Master," he should live.
3. When he turns, shoot him in the face. This should kill him.
4. When the other guards come running, use the CALL DRAGON shout.
5. Then cast Frenzy on as many guards as possible.
6. Find some high ground, get some popcorn and watch total chaos.
1. Go to a city in the daytime.
2. Shoot a guard in the back. If you're playing on "Master," he should live.
3. When he turns, shoot him in the face. This should kill him.
4. When the other guards come running, use the CALL DRAGON shout.
5. Then cast Frenzy on as many guards as possible.
6. Find some high ground, get some popcorn and watch total chaos.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Bueller?
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I had a blast killing 150 or so hours with a Battle Mage. http://www.toptiertactics.com/10505/skyrim-strategy-revisited-a-better-battlemage/
inca911
Footballguy
Suggest that whatever you play, you try to stick to the quest line for that character type (e.g., Mage College for magic-types, Thieves' Guild for thief-type). I think you'll feel like you get more out of the game by NOT doing everything with one character, and going through several characters.As to your question of what character type:Want to violently crush things up close and personal? WarriorLike the idea of dispensing silent death to others? Assassin (or Archer)Don't want to get your hands dirty and prefer to dispense unlimited power from afar? Destruction MageLike playing mind games? Conjuration/Alteration/Illusion MageCool weapons and armor your thing? EnchantingWant to make them yourself? SmithingFancy a good potion effect or two (and near unlimited gold)? AlchemyAnd the sub-themes only add to it all:
Have any Werewolf, Vampire, or Marriage thoughts you'd like to explore?
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
Bought an Xbox for Christmas and was thinking if getting Skyrim for that system. I currently have a ton of time into my guy on PS3...is there ANY way to get that info from the PS3 to the Xbox?
GregR
Footballguy
Not positive but I sincerely doubt it. Not sure you could get the file off the PS3, and even if you could, don't think you could get it into the right spot on the Xbox without hacking the Xbox's hard drive.Even then, there could be differences between the platforms in the save files.
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