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General Malaise "vs." reading comprehension ; also some talk of skyim and the elder scrolls (3 Viewers)
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NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
So I'm getting sick of Lydia hanging out in my home and decide to take her with me on a quest. Stop by some giants and she gets absolutely clobbered. Oh well. I finish the quest, go home and go upstairs to unload my stuff in my OCD collection of stuff . . . dum de dum . . . and behind me comes "I honor you my Thune." I had to stifle a scream. Totally freaked me out.
I'm taking Lydia out to the woods and killing her tomorrow. If she's in my home when I return I'm not playing this game any more.
I'm taking Lydia out to the woods and killing her tomorrow. If she's in my home when I return I'm not playing this game any more.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
There is a quest line that allows you to kill a follower by sacrificing them. I took great joy in her death.
The Gator
Footballguy
I think there's a very good chance that this is the issue. I'm just not dealing enough damage when I do manage to close in. I have been using resistance to fire potions, but they run out after a minute and I have accomplished little in that time. I need to make myself keep chugging them. I tend to just forget about it after the first one. As for shouts, all I really have right now is the one you start with, one word of the fire one, and whirlwind. So nothing that is going to give me much other than a quick stun. I think I'm just not quite ready to fight these guys yet.
Yea, going to do this. Knock out a few more miscellaneous quests and stop and shop between them until I find what I need. Of course, this means I need to go to more cities. I have limited myself to Whiterun as I have been trying to clear the quest list before moving on. So I haven't even been to Riften, Windhelm, etc! I guess fighting mere mortal enemies got me cocky, making me think my character was powerful. And truth is, he just isn't up to dragon fighting yet. Though I was frustrated for a bit after the fight(s), the more I think about it, the more I like it. Dragons SHOULD be damn hard to kill!
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JerseyToughGuys
Tough Guy
awesome.
waiver wire
Footballguy
another noob question'AhrnCityPahnder said:I just made my second set of dragonscale armor, double enchanted it with +health and +archery so now I wear 4 or 5 things that supplement bow damage. Currently dealing out about 170 in damage with my good bow. There's very few people or creatures that survive a sneak arrow.'The Gator said:Any other archers think that archery is overpowered? Deadric bow + ebony arrows + archery perks(bows do 2x damage) + sneak perks(sneaking while shooting bows do 3x damage) = unstoppable. Nobody stands a chance if i'm sneaking and snipe them. Bosses at the end of quests =
just picked up the game the other day and have no clue on how to increase my archery power or enchant my armor to make it stronger really think i need to get the book to help me outCarl Spackler
Footballguy
I just picked this up this weekend. I'm going for a bad mofo orc wielding a two-handed sword. After leaving Helgen with the rebel, I did some smithing, made myself a set of steel armor, a set of leather for my wood elf companion, then set out to join the Stormcloaks.
Does it matter which faction you join?
Does it matter which faction you join?
Carl Spackler
Footballguy
Anyone know where a two-handed trainer is?
One of the Companions does it.
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GregR
Footballguy
And you probably need to join them to have access to training in their discussion menu.
Oh, ok. Yes, I've been doing this. I thought that you were saying that the armorers themselves did something to the armor and I had missed that option.By the way, getting better with the dragons. Reloaded my game and figured out to go in to the tower, give Lydia a "Stay put" order, then wake the dragon and just pop him from the doorway, retreating when I needed to heal. Takes awhile, but it worked. Ended up taking out two more random Red Dragons in the session using this same technique. I did smith a few items that each gave me 13% to archery. Unfortunately I ran out of cash to buy any more Grand Soul gems, so am waiting to enchant an amulet to get some more archery bump, and to enchant the Elven Bow I bought. It will add another 7 points or so to archery damage over the Forlorn Bow I am carrying now. Plus, once I have an extra gem laying around, I will enchant some Elven Boots. Once I do, my armor set will be completely Elven so I will go for that bonus on the Light Armor tech tree. That will be an extra 25%.'Matthias said:
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TexanFan02
Footballguy
I killed Lydia a long time ago. Golldir doesn't whine as much, but once I've have to go back to where I found him to pick him up again.'encaitar said:If you're complaining about how easy it is to kill everything with your bow now, you don't want armor enchantments. Especially if you have enchantment/alchemy/smithing maxed out. My daedric bow is at 200 base damage right now and when I had armor enchantment for =48% bow on there on a few items, it was over 500 damage without figuring in the (bow x 2) and (sneak x 3) multipliers in. I don't even use that armor anymore because if I'm sneaking I can one shot dragons. Though if you do go all out like that, don't take a follower with you because if they jump in your way as you're going for the kill... boom, no more Lydia.'The Gator said:Forgot about the armor enchantments. I'll redo my dragon scale armor after my next level and I can get the final enchantment perk(2x as powerful). Currently sporting a Helm, necklace, ring and gauntlets at +21% bow damage. I think my Deadric bow(legendary) is listed at 189'AhrnCityPahnder said:I just made my second set of dragonscale armor, double enchanted it with +health and +archery so now I wear 4 or 5 things that supplement bow damage. Currently dealing out about 170 in damage with my good bow. There's very few people or creatures that survive a sneak arrow.'The Gator said:Any other archers think that archery is overpowered? Deadric bow + ebony arrows + archery perks(bows do 2x damage) + sneak perks(sneaking while shooting bows do 3x damage) = unstoppable. Nobody stands a chance if i'm sneaking and snipe them. Bosses at the end of quests =
Carl Spackler
Footballguy
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Ignoramus
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
I loaded that tramp down like a mule. And then I accidentally killed her in a battle inside of a house. It sucked because I had forgotten to unload a whole bunch of good stuff from her into my house. I spent the rest of the mission at a glacier's pace as I was overweight by about 100lbs and I STILL lost some stuff. She reminded me of that guy in the MW3 commercial that just goes immediately charging into the throat of the battle with no clue as to what he is doing.Although it needs more sarcastic emphasis on the 'sworn'.
My biggest problem with her, she seems to be afraid of water. I only have her as a pack mule. I stumbled on an abandoned prison near a river. Went it, no Lydia. Went back out, she's on the other side of the river. So I fast travel to Whiterun, then fast travel back to the prison. Turn around, no Lydia, Look across the river and, yep, there she is. Same spot. If she's not going to share my damn burden, then I see no point to having her! Guess I'll just have to suck it up, solo that one, and hope I don't have to leave anything valuable behind.p.s. If anyone knows the place I am speaking of and knows how to get her to actually, you know, cross the river, let me know...'NorvilleBarnes said:
Kirby
Footballguy
Maybe check the water for slaughter fish... pretty sure she's afraid of them.
I did see a bunny flotaing by. Maybe she thought it was the one from The Holy Grail, and that death awaited her with nasty big pointy teeth.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night. 
hooter311
Footballguy
I've rolled solo the entire game except for the quests where someone is automatically assigned to you.I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
I had a mini army with me at one point. Me, Shadowmere, the dog, Belrand, that guy who's daughter was kidnapped, and Belrand and me both conjuring summoners. I was walking everywhere just looking for trouble.I've rolled solo the entire game except for the quests where someone is automatically assigned to you.I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night.
hooter311
Footballguy
I just recently finished the Dark Brotherhood quests. Shadowmere is the ####!I had a mini army with me at one point. Me, Shadowmere, the dog, Belrand, that guy who's daughter was kidnapped, and Belrand and me both conjuring summoners. I was walking everywhere just looking for trouble.I've rolled solo the entire game except for the quests where someone is automatically assigned to you.I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night.
If one were so inclined you can level your bow to infinity by plugging him with arrows. He regenerates almost instantly and he doesn't care if you attack him.
Bonzai
Footballguy
I'd love to roll solo but my stamina just isn't high enough. I am still early enough in the game to need cash and just can't afford to leave all that loot behind. So, I need my pack mule.
Drifter
Footballguy
Whiterun. The big guy whose daughter was killed can do it.
Drifter
Footballguy
I bring a companion with me in the wild and always have them wait outside the dungeon. In addition the Boethiah's Ebony Mail I enchanted a bunch of other ebony stuff with sneak enhancements so that they don't always give me away when we're sneaking in the wilderness.'Matthias said:Ditto. I prefer the sneak up and snipe approach but then the couple of times I've had companions they just rush in as soon as they suspect something. Although I will say the chick who joins you in one of the dungeons, looking for a family scrolls, did a ####-ton of damage. So that wasn't that bad.I've rolled solo the entire game except for the quests where someone is automatically assigned to you.I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night.
GregR
Footballguy
Just find the container nearest to the exit and whenever you're close to going overweight, return to it and dump your loot in and then head back in. When you've cleared the dungeon, then just make a couple of fast travel trips back and forth to the container as needed to haul everything off.Also, a couple of tips on increasing your carry load.
In addition to items you can get that increase your carry weight, like the Thieves Guild Armor, Volsung, and various boots you can find in stores, or make your own.... there is a Pickpocket perk that gives you +100 carry weight. You can also get the Steed Stone sign where armor doesn't slow your movement speed and you get another +100 carry weight. The Stone is northwest of Solitude. Between those two and my Ebony Boots of Brawn I've got a 540 carry weight all the time despite not having ever put any points into Stamina, plus can throw on a ring and amulet I made to further up it. I believe bracers can also be enchanted with it too.
You can also make potions for temporary increases. Ingredients that work:
Creep Cluster
Giant's Toe
Hawk Beak
River Betty
Scaly Pholiota
Wisp Wrappings
You can also make potions for temporary increases. Ingredients that work:
Creep Cluster
Giant's Toe
Hawk Beak
River Betty
Scaly Pholiota
Wisp Wrappings
GregR
Footballguy
I've mainly liked doing this solo for the extra challenge, but I used to do that in Oblivion. Anytime I'd come across an essential companion who can't be killed I'd have them along for the ride and not complete their quest so I could hang onto them. Martin, the twins looking for their family farm, and the one mage in Bleak Salt Flats were my private little army.I had a mini army with me at one point. Me, Shadowmere, the dog, Belrand, that guy who's daughter was kidnapped, and Belrand and me both conjuring summoners. I was walking everywhere just looking for trouble.I've rolled solo the entire game except for the quests where someone is automatically assigned to you.I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night.
GregR
Footballguy
So speaking of Stones, which signs do you guys find are most useful?
I've mainly been rolling with Steed since I found it. Lover seems pretty useful (+15% on learning all skills). Lord wouldn't be bad especially for a mage who isn't going to wear armor, +50 armor rating and +25% magic resistance.
Is anyone doing a melee build finding that Lady stone is good with the stamina regen bonus? I would go with Apprentice for a mage build but it has a huge weakness to magicka penalty that I don't want to deal with. And I don't know if Atronach's bonuses are worth the slower magicka regen.
I've mainly been rolling with Steed since I found it. Lover seems pretty useful (+15% on learning all skills). Lord wouldn't be bad especially for a mage who isn't going to wear armor, +50 armor rating and +25% magic resistance.
Is anyone doing a melee build finding that Lady stone is good with the stamina regen bonus? I would go with Apprentice for a mage build but it has a huge weakness to magicka penalty that I don't want to deal with. And I don't know if Atronach's bonuses are worth the slower magicka regen.
Card Trader
Footballguy
Finally went to Blackreach...WOW, amazing. Coolest thing in any of the Elder Scrolls games IMO.
The Gator
Footballguy
The Gator
Footballguy
That horse is a ####. He ruined my sneak one too many times. So right before one attack I was planning I rode him into a giant camp, ran into a giant and left him there to fend for his life.I had a mini army with me at one point. Me, Shadowmere, the dog, Belrand, that guy who's daughter was kidnapped, and Belrand and me both conjuring summoners. I was walking everywhere just looking for trouble.I've rolled solo the entire game except for the quests where someone is automatically assigned to you.I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night.
hooter311
Footballguy
Come back in 3 hours and that giant will be dead. I like walking into bandit camps with Shadowmere in front and just yelling "GET THEM HORSE!" while I enjoy a bowl of cereal.That horse is a ####. He ruined my sneak one too many times. So right before one attack I was planning I rode him into a giant camp, ran into a giant and left him there to fend for his life.I had a mini army with me at one point. Me, Shadowmere, the dog, Belrand, that guy who's daughter was kidnapped, and Belrand and me both conjuring summoners. I was walking everywhere just looking for trouble.I've rolled solo the entire game except for the quests where someone is automatically assigned to you.I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Yup. I have taken many a plunge off a steep cliff riding shadowmere, and while he whines about it, he's indestructible.Come back in 3 hours and that giant will be dead. I like walking into bandit camps with Shadowmere in front and just yelling "GET THEM HORSE!" while I enjoy a bowl of cereal.That horse is a ####. He ruined my sneak one too many times. So right before one attack I was planning I rode him into a giant camp, ran into a giant and left him there to fend for his life.I had a mini army with me at one point. Me, Shadowmere, the dog, Belrand, that guy who's daughter was kidnapped, and Belrand and me both conjuring summoners. I was walking everywhere just looking for trouble.I've rolled solo the entire game except for the quests where someone is automatically assigned to you.I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night.
The Gator
Footballguy
Come back in 3 hours and that giant will be dead.That horse is a ####. He ruined my sneak one too many times. So right before one attack I was planning I rode him into a giant camp, ran into a giant and left him there to fend for his life.I had a mini army with me at one point. Me, Shadowmere, the dog, Belrand, that guy who's daughter was kidnapped, and Belrand and me both conjuring summoners. I was walking everywhere just looking for trouble.I've rolled solo the entire game except for the quests where someone is automatically assigned to you.I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
I've killed him with some ill-advised cliff diving.Yup. I have taken many a plunge off a steep cliff riding shadowmere, and while he whines about it, he's indestructible.Come back in 3 hours and that giant will be dead. I like walking into bandit camps with Shadowmere in front and just yelling "GET THEM HORSE!" while I enjoy a bowl of cereal.That horse is a ####. He ruined my sneak one too many times. So right before one attack I was planning I rode him into a giant camp, ran into a giant and left him there to fend for his life.I had a mini army with me at one point. Me, Shadowmere, the dog, Belrand, that guy who's daughter was kidnapped, and Belrand and me both conjuring summoners. I was walking everywhere just looking for trouble.I've rolled solo the entire game except for the quests where someone is automatically assigned to you.I'm going solo. I had been carrying around the dog and Belrand around with me. I gave Belrand to the Boethian shrine last night and then finished the quest to return dog to owner. I was sick of that piece of #### running into me and pushing me anytime I was trying to do something precise with aim or picking something up. The final straw was him pushing me off a narrow stone bridge last night.
The Gator
Footballguy
Can't you kind of do this already? I know you get the main "Go find this book I misplaced", but then in the quest menu there is always more detail of where to go. I could be wrong, as I've only done that a few time(turning off the way points). I do, quite often, turn them of once I know where it is. Then getting there and making your way through the dungeon/hold is more fun.'Matthias said:
GregR
Footballguy
Here's a mod I'm giving my seal of approval. Better Females by Bella. It improves facial textures to the point that female characters actually look attractive rather than fugly.
I recommend getting the files for the main mod (Better Females by Bella Version 3) and installing it, then grab Makeup Version 1 and install it to overwrite that part of the original mod, and then grab No Shine and install it overtop of the other two. All three of those can be downloaded from the Files part of the page I linked to. The maker of the mod seems to have a glamazon fetish or something and he goes way overboard on the makeup, so the Makeup Version 1 is a version that looks a lot more natural than his normal version. The No Shine is to get rid of some extra shiny qualities the original had on people's faces. You can view before and after pictures at the link I gave in the Images tab.
For those (PC only) not familiar with mods, here's a quick primer on using them. The vast majority of the original files for skyrim are contained in archive files which generally end with extensions like .bsa. If you instead put an individual copy of the file in the directory stucture, it will use that in place of the original. So replacement mods like this generally just add files, and removing them is as simple as going and deleting the files added.
In this case, the 3 mod files are zipped and you unzip them. The main one has a top folder of Data, so merge this into your skyrim\Data folder. The latter two the top folder is Textures, which is a sub-folder of Data, so go there and merge them in. The latter two will want to overwrite the files from the first one, so accept.
A mod like this you can add and remove without any issues. Mods that change objects in the game, like a new sword, can impact you sometimes in that you may have the item and then later remove the mod and the item goes away so the game can't find it. It is able to recover from it, but you might get a message it had problems loading some objects when you first load a save that predated the mod.
After awhile someone will come out with a mod manager program that basically acts as an installer and manager for you, so you can just click and the mod manager will know all the steps to do to add or remove a mod.
I recommend getting the files for the main mod (Better Females by Bella Version 3) and installing it, then grab Makeup Version 1 and install it to overwrite that part of the original mod, and then grab No Shine and install it overtop of the other two. All three of those can be downloaded from the Files part of the page I linked to. The maker of the mod seems to have a glamazon fetish or something and he goes way overboard on the makeup, so the Makeup Version 1 is a version that looks a lot more natural than his normal version. The No Shine is to get rid of some extra shiny qualities the original had on people's faces. You can view before and after pictures at the link I gave in the Images tab.
For those (PC only) not familiar with mods, here's a quick primer on using them. The vast majority of the original files for skyrim are contained in archive files which generally end with extensions like .bsa. If you instead put an individual copy of the file in the directory stucture, it will use that in place of the original. So replacement mods like this generally just add files, and removing them is as simple as going and deleting the files added.
In this case, the 3 mod files are zipped and you unzip them. The main one has a top folder of Data, so merge this into your skyrim\Data folder. The latter two the top folder is Textures, which is a sub-folder of Data, so go there and merge them in. The latter two will want to overwrite the files from the first one, so accept.
A mod like this you can add and remove without any issues. Mods that change objects in the game, like a new sword, can impact you sometimes in that you may have the item and then later remove the mod and the item goes away so the game can't find it. It is able to recover from it, but you might get a message it had problems loading some objects when you first load a save that predated the mod.
After awhile someone will come out with a mod manager program that basically acts as an installer and manager for you, so you can just click and the mod manager will know all the steps to do to add or remove a mod.
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