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And that is where the "drop the soul gem and pick it back up to empty it" trick is VERY useful. This is a trick I wish I had known early in the game. Waste a bunch of valuable (at that time) common soul gems that could have been reused.But you can waste a grand soul gem on a petty soul
"I'd be a lot warmer and a lot happier with a belly full of mead." (maybe change "mead" to something else, given the age of the kids).There's probably a few kids in class that need to work on their "Speechcraft" skills - should be some shtick opportunities.'Crazy Canuck said:My wife has been channeling her Skyrim hatred into shtick at work. She's a high school English teacher. Her sophomore students all play Skyrim and talk about it endlessly. Some examples of her work -*students talking when they're supposed to be reading*"If you all don't start reading someone is going to get an arrow to the knee!"Students:
Another -*whiney student who whines about everything raises hand to whine about the homework assignment*Mrs. CC: "Let me guess, somebody stole your sweetroll?"Students:
My linkAnd that is where the "drop the soul gem and pick it back up to empty it" trick is VERY useful. This is a trick I wish I had known early in the game. Waste a bunch of valuable (at that time) common soul gems that could have been reused.But you can waste a grand soul gem on a petty soul
I didn't know that until I read it here a few days ago, so you are not alone! But hey, now you know!!
If I find I sniped a named character, I will usually reload. Also, I sniped what I thought was just an enemy mage once and got an immediate indictaor that I had failed a quest. I hadn't received this actual quest, so I assume the game was just telling me this had been a quest character and I shouldn't have done that. So I think they ATTEMPTED to cover this in the game. But as we know, there are numerous glitches, so I doubt you can ever be too safe.
this is also a problem when your exploring these places with sneak because it won't alert you if someone is an enemy until they are triggered of your presence, or if you already clocked them upside the head for double damage
I took out some lady the other day, when i searched the body I found some ring with a name on it, thought oh this can't be good....
One thing you can do is cast detect life before attacking. Enemies and friendlies are shown in different colors.this is also a problem when your exploring these places with sneak because it won't alert you if someone is an enemy until they are triggered of your presence, or if you already clocked them upside the head for double damage
Can anyone lend a hand with #1?'Bigboy10182000 said:
as in you select it, the enchantment and the gem and the rating is lower than it started? Haven't seen that one yet
I don't have a hard drive. The only problem that seems to present is slower loads when you go through entrances/exits and occasional slow loading landscape. I have been told getting a hard drive would help with both.
When are you seeing this? During the enchanting process? I'm guessing not as I have never noticed it showing the rating during the enchanting process, only the enchantment affect. If it is, I wouldn't worry about it as it ls likely just a display bug or something, maybe showing the armor's raw, unupgraded value or something while enchanting. If you are saying something has an armor value of 84, then you enchant it and it dropped to 60, then I definitely think that is a bug. Obviously that shouldn't happen.One other thought. Are you looking at your TOTAL armor value? If so, maybe it drops because, as you are enchanting, the armor becomes "unequiped," so the armor value of the piece itself is being taken out of the total value. But that's just a guess. If you can describe exactly what is happening in a bit more detail, we might be able to figure it out.
No. For instance I have Steel Plated Armor that is Epic and has an armor rating of 86 (I think)....if I go to enchant it with something like Fire Resistance the armor rating drops to like 65 or something. ETA-- It is during the enchanting process. I may have to save it and see if it's what TxBuckeye mentioned about being a bug
I think the load times are pretty slow using the HD as well. The system is much quieter though, but that's true in some fashion for any game played from the HD.
Sure which part though?
From the Xbox Live main menu...find the game and there is an option to load the game to your hard drive. You need a certain Gig of space, depends on the game. I usually only have one loaded at a time (the game I'm currently playing the most) since it does eat up alot of memory. I think I did have 2 loaded for a short period of time.
Wow, my wild *** guess wasn't to far off as far as armor values go! But yes, I think it likely just displays the original forged value of the armor on that screen for whatever reason. Save, enchant the armor, and then go to the apparel screen and see what it really shows. Odds are, it will still be 86 when you do.
You don't have to know any effects to make a potion or use an ingredient.When making a potion, at the top of the effects list is an option to view all ingredients. You can select any two ingredients from there, and even if you don't know any effects for either, if they both have the same effect it'll make a potion and then that effect will be known for both ingredients.'Joseph said:
are you saying the actual armor rating? or the initial enchantment rating you are applying to the armor, which could drop depending on the gem size you select. I have not gone back and checked the actual armor rating after an enchantment, it should not be doing that.
man I'm gonna have to go back and look into this.
I have really just stuck to magic so far. But in past Elder Scrolls games, I would have went with Paralyze and a damage effect. Even 1s of Paralysis is enough for you to hit someone one or two more times, and that will do more damage than a 2nd damage effect would.If you want to go with 2 damage effects though, I'd probably go with fire (for the extra burning) plus ice (to knock down their stamina and make them move slower). They also are the first two perks, so you can use those and not have to spend a perk on the shock enchantment for weapons.
I haven't ever noticed this myself. I'd save and enchant the item, then check it in your inventory. It could be that it isn't accounting for your perks or something when displaying in the Enchanting menu.The other thing to check is maybe you need to go Smith it again after the Enchantment. It shouldn't need it, but as a programmer I could see a developer messing up and using the stats of the base object you're enchanting instead of keeping the stats of the actual object. Easy kind of mistake to make.
I find the same thing. If I put an enchantment on armor that I've upgraded, the armor rating will revert back to the original rating (non upgraded). So I always make sure to enchant first and then upgrade afterwards. I didn't realize this was not supposed to happen.
I haven't selected any of those. I actually stayed away from the middle of the perk tree and went up the sides. I didn't even think about how that would effect the enchantments. Dang, now is my OCD going to kick in and make me chase two more upgrades so I can get those?
Magic 8 Ball says very likely
Good find, thanks!
This honestly makes a lot of sense when you consider you can't even smith enchanted armor without a perk. I've never honestly noticed the drop though. That may be because I just didn't pay attention and have often reworked my armor after various level-ups. So maybe it dropped, I smithed it up again, and therefore just blew past the bug without noticing.Is this a platform specific bug? Or is it for every system?
I'd hang on to that 8-ball. I'm guessing it's fairly accurate. Damn, I'm NEVER going to get back to the main quest. Time to load that two handed battleaxe back up and head back to Draughrville.
"If you don't stop talking while I'm trying to teach, the next words you hear out of me are going to be Fus-Ro-Da.""You need to clean up your mess. Because unlike Lydia, I am NOT sworn to carry your burdens."'Crazy Canuck said:My wife has been channeling her Skyrim hatred into shtick at work. She's a high school English teacher. Her sophomore students all play Skyrim and talk about it endlessly. Some examples of her work -*students talking when they're supposed to be reading*"If you all don't start reading someone is going to get an arrow to the knee!"Students:
This is good.I forgot to mention that the first time she tried this was a Fus-Ro-Dah shout. They were all messing around not listening, so she stood up and shouted, "FUS-RO-DAH!""If you don't stop talking while I'm trying to teach, the next words you hear out of me are going to be Fus-Ro-Da."'Crazy Canuck said:My wife has been channeling her Skyrim hatred into shtick at work. She's a high school English teacher. Her sophomore students all play Skyrim and talk about it endlessly. Some examples of her work -
*students talking when they're supposed to be reading*
"If you all don't start reading someone is going to get an arrow to the knee!"
Students:
Another -
*whiney student who whines about everything raises hand to whine about the homework assignment*
Mrs. CC: "Let me guess, somebody stole your sweetroll?"
Students:
She's been fishing me for more material. Any of you guys got some ideas?
"You need to clean up your mess. Because unlike Lydia, I am NOT sworn to carry your burdens."
and paid attention.
I didn't even think of that. Is it possible to put the game on the HD and still use my current save file or do I have to keep playing from the disc?
My guess is you would be fine. All the game saves are on the HD either way.
Not sure. Hopefully on of our other Xboxers can answer that.
Can you be more specific?If you load the game to the HD you still have to have the disc in the drive to play. The system doesn't copy everything to the HD.
Just asking if I will lose my current save file if I copy the game to the HD. I know you need to disc to start the game, but it then runs off the HD. I would think I would be ok, but was hoping for confirmation before I do this.
If you are nervous you can dump to a USB stick for backup first. I seriously don't think it will be an issue.
"I am a high school teacher, not a pack mule"...Not sure how you'd work that inThis is good.I forgot to mention that the first time she tried this was a Fus-Ro-Dah shout. They were all messing around not listening, so she stood up and shouted, "FUS-RO-DAH!""If you don't stop talking while I'm trying to teach, the next words you hear out of me are going to be Fus-Ro-Da."'Crazy Canuck said:My wife has been channeling her Skyrim hatred into shtick at work. She's a high school English teacher. Her sophomore students all play Skyrim and talk about it endlessly. Some examples of her work -
*students talking when they're supposed to be reading*
"If you all don't start reading someone is going to get an arrow to the knee!"
Students:
Another -
*whiney student who whines about everything raises hand to whine about the homework assignment*
Mrs. CC: "Let me guess, somebody stole your sweetroll?"
Students:
She's been fishing me for more material. Any of you guys got some ideas?
"You need to clean up your mess. Because unlike Lydia, I am NOT sworn to carry your burdens."
They all
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Never underestimate the power of a good shout.
I hadn't logged in to this site since May of 2010 before this stupid thread sucked me back in. Thanks guys (and Bethesda).thread skill increased to 100 (pages)
eff, trolls, dragons, giants, no problem, bandit chief corners me and i'm dead in 2 hits, level 7
