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No such thing as a crap char. We all play differently. Also you can get the tusks from another location 😉 quite close to them. Makes it sense when you find them. No need to kill the wolly mammoths. Found the mob difficulty ideal so far to level 12 as a kitty cat sneak thief. I find the sneaking around and long shots with bow to suit my playing style. And I have learnt lock picking, pretty easy when you find out how.
560ti on ultra settings no issues.
Well my point with the crap char thing is more about if you level up using secondary skills (e.g. do a lot of smithing, enchanting, alchemy etc.) then you can end up gaining a few levels without raising combat skills and taken to extremes end up with a high level char that struggles when combat's required.
There's also stuff like I was specialising in fire and ice spells only to then read about lightning stuff being instant effect etc. so I'm now thinking perhaps I should start working on that and leave fire/ice alone for a bit. maybe it's covered in the manual better but I just did a Steam d/l so don't have anything more to go on than in-game tooltips really :p
Your not forced to level up in Elder Scrolls games. If for example you make a load of potions and you gain enough XP from it to level up, but your worried the next bandit you see will stab you up, don't take the level up till you have gained more combat/defence skills.
I like sneaking around with poison on my blades and arrows, so my character reflects that. Killed a few giants and mammoths with poisoned arrows, fatigue and paralysis are particuarly good.
There's also stuff like I was specialising in fire and ice spells only to then read about lightning stuff being instant effect etc. so I'm now thinking perhaps I should start working on that and leave fire/ice alone for a bit.
Hey? Why? Be what you want to be. Fire ice arcance whatever. Dont be forced in to playing a build just becasue its the 'best'. Play the one you like.
am having problems with the skeleton lich's.there are 2 quests in particular that i have been handed my arse by them.am currently level 11 now and mostly specialize in 1 hand blade/destruction magic mostly this 😉
they (the lich's) are hard as nails 😯
I ran from fighting 'red eagle' but I will be back for him...
Waiting for the kids to go to bed so Mrs Grips can fire up Skyrim.. it's really a bit too violent for them to watch.
Right - a question:
Mrs Grips would like to know how to quickly switch between a bow and a sword. We had a go at getting the favourites set up, but now the dpad hotkey just seems to flip between sword and nothing.
molgrips just show them the educational qualities of the game (all the wildlife) it will be like an interactive david attenburough documentary 😉 (nature in action as a huge dragon/giant/sabre tooth tiger e.t.c opens a big can of whupass on your character 😉
No idea how to equip weapons without going through the whole menu system 🙁
Favourite thing is either buggered or just shit it doesn't work well at all. Quicker just to swap as action stops anyway.
Faves is crap Mollie, I asked same question earlier. Hopefully a patch will sort it out. Waiting for girlfriend to go to bed so I can play it.
No idea how to equip weapons without going through the whole menu system
When in the items menu, select something to favourite. Then in the favourites menu you can hotkey them. Thats for PC don't know how it works for console.
unfortunately (on 360 anyways) you can only hotkey items with up/down d pad buttons) and you can only have on thing in each hand (either a weapon/spell or shield).it has taken me some time to get my head around it (as i come from the oblivion school of elder scrolls).it does get better though once you have played for a while 🙂
Right, thanks folks. There's meant to be a way of setting your two most favourite things to left and right d-pad but the instruction manual is completely vague about it and experimenting has revealed some really bizarre behaviour.
Loving Skim. Ranger class build and the slow mo when booming with a bow is awesome.horses are way better too than oblivionThat would be Skyrim and zooming
Add the item to favourites, press q to open favourites then highlight the item and press 1, 2, 3 etc
Archery is great whilst hidden 🙂 I spend most time in auto run sneak ha ha
Oh and attacking some mobs from behind allows you to cut their throat in slow motion - nice :-0
PB I have no such buttons.. this is PS3...
can i jump in please....
you seems all hard core people so be gentle...
Assasins creed annoyed me as i didnt have the patience (at the time)... i reeeeeeeeeeeally want to get an RPG type game but im guessing Skyrim is similar'ish to AC?
think ive answered my own question there!?
Skyrim is totally different to assassins creed. Assassins creed is more linear whereas skyrim you can literally do anything you want. It is a more hardcore rpg game.
My 12y.o son has expressed an interest in this and would like it for Christmas for his PS3. He has not played any of the Oblivion type games before and his main enjoyment is Cod. I think he has seen the ads on tele for it and thinks it looks good – but not sure if he has the right patience for a game like this.
Not being much of a gamer myself (I was playing proper D&D when a student and computer games were fighting mugwumps in text format).
So is this a good starting place? Is it good for short attention spans and is there a cheaper alternative for the complete newbie?
Skyrim carries an 18 certificate, does it not?
Age rating aside I'm not sure an open-world RPG like Skyrim is a good introduction to the genre. Although linear games (where you go through quests in a fairly rigid order and open up new game areas as you go along) can be frustrating they're also easier to get into IMO. With something like Skyrim you're kind of dumped in the middle of a new world with a couple of vague main quest lines you're aware of from the introductory stuff but what you do and where you go is largely up to you. Whilst the freedom is refreshing you can end up feeling a bit lost and unsure what quests are worth pursuing (depending on your personal goals) and what you can skip etc.
Skyrim carries an 18 certificate, does it not?
I think it's 15 in the UK, 18 in the rest of Europe.
EDIT: No, I tell a lie, it's 18 BBFC rated too.
Not entirely sure why it's 18 to be honest - at least so far. It's got gushing blood when you fight, but that's about it. Which is fairly pointless and unneccessary.
Skyrim is a BBFC 15 not 18. It's due to the beheading which means it's not allowed a standard PEGI rating. So no it's not suitable for a 12 year old.
It has some mild gore, a couple of mild swear words and people have their heads cut off and throats cut. It's up to you if you think this too much for your kid. My kids have seen me playing they're 5 and 8 they know fine well it's a game not real.
Skyrim is a BBFC 15 not 18. It's due to the beheading which means it's not allowed a standard PEGI rating. So no it's not suitable for a 12 year old
Pffft, when I were a 12 year old lass, I was merrily decapitating people in Moonstone on the Amiga. Kids today, bloody mollycoddled, the lot of them!
I should clarify,
I wasn't saying "ZOMG you can't buy it, he's too young," that's up to you. I was merely pointing it out as something you might want to take into account.
IIRC the Call of Duty series are all PEGI 18 too, so if you're happy with him playing those... <shrug>
I wasn't saying "ZOMG you can't buy it, he's too young," that's up to you. I was merely pointing it out as something you might want to take into account.
Heh, just joshing. I'm glad when people ask about game suitability and content for their kids so that they can make an informed choice, rather than buying little Timmy the latest GTA game then going all Daily Mail when they realise it's all about car theft, drug running and prozzies.
I used to work in Game when I was at uni, and some parents thought the age rating was a mark of difficulty. I also remember one 8-year old lad (who was actually called Tim) who gave me a death stare because I informed his mother of the nature of GTA Vice City. He'd told her it was a racing game...
Pffft, when I were a 12 year old lass, I was merrily decapitating people in Moonstone on the Amiga. Kids today, bloody mollycoddled, the lot of them!
And Barbarian too, then there was Mortal Kombat.
Pffft, when I were a 12 year old lass, I was merrily decapitating people in Moonstone on the Amiga. Kids today, bloody mollycoddled, the lot of them!
There's a subtle difference, I think, between craftily playing games that might not be wholly suitable, and having your parents buy them for you. The latter makes it 'acceptable.' I don't see as it's a problem that a young teen plays violent computer games (hell, I played enough of them), more that perhaps a parent should be setting examples.
Not that I'm a parent or in any way qualified to comment, of course.
some parents thought the age rating was a mark of difficulty.
Easy to think something is suitable for kids because "it's a game" or "it's a cartoon."
My character in Skyrim. Watch in HD! My settings are on Ultra.
agree with Mrs Toast, the only thing I've ever stopped little brov doing is some of the GTA levels and the airport on MW.
Level 17 - had a day off work caugh I'm ill you see caugh
Ha ha PB. Spent all day yesterday playing, man was coming at 10 am to fix the washer, didn't show up till 4:30! No really...
Would like to get this but can't see me playing it for than a week or so. Fall Out 3, Mass Effect 2 and Witcher 2 each grabbed me for about that long before turning into the same old same old.
Sure SR looks super lovely, but isn't that just glossing over yet another RPG full of incredibly dull NPCs, rinse-n-repeat side quests and an inventory list that forever requires tinkering with?
Level 16 at the moment, using 1 hand a shield which is quite fun. Spent yesterday evening making a full set of dwarven armour and mace, look cool as now!
Trying not to do the main story line too much, so just wandering round finding stuff and killing the dragons as they come. Got my arse handed to me after killing one dragon, some lich guy popped out of a coffin on top of a moubntian and nommed me.
Good fun though, until a giant kills your horse!
Yeah, my horse got killed at the start of Oblivion too, which annoyed me a bit. 😀
I've only just started on Skyrim, but have Friday off so am going to spend all day on it... 8)
Loved Fallout too, there's just something about the atmosphere in these games that is great.
My friend was on about the lich that comes out after you kill a dragon, I've not seen it yet. My characters an expert archer and alchemist, I like using poisoned arrows from afar. Enchanted all my armour and rings to suit that style of play.
GlitterGary, I think Fallout 3 has to be one of the most atmospheric games ever made. New Vegas was good too and took it to the next level, but i think I will remember 3 more for atmosphere as it was the first free roaming game of that genre done so well. STALKER was ok but it often felt more like operation flashpoint set in a wasteland with crap monsters.
Got distracted killing a dragon before then turned back to the screen to see me in it's mouth being flung around.
Happened a few times to me tonight, seems random if you get chomped, as i was at 3/4 health but still got eaten!
My friend was on about the lich that comes out after you kill a dragon, I've not seen it yet
Have you not got any shouts then? You need to do the main story line, I got distracted too but back on it now. The shouts are awesome I have one that knocks people flying.
I finally managed to get some time with Skyrim tonight. I'm currently full destruction (fire in the right hand, sparks in the left), and nauseatingly good. Unlike Mr Toast, who spends hours robbing people blind with his lizard wizard. Well, he's not really a wizard, but 'stealthy roguey archer type' doesn't rhyme with lizard.
Got some shouts Drac, not seen a lich though. I presume it's part of the main quest? I'm just in a dwarf cave, once I'm done on this quest I'm going to do more of the main quest.
I'm having too much fun playing Skyrim.
How do you go about adding more letters to your shouts though? I've been with the greybeards and improved my pushing-people type one but really want my firey shout to be better.
Also, as a bunch of left-leaning Guradian readers, are we all Stormcloaks or has anyone sided with the Empire?
Anyone been checking out the latest [url= http://www.skyrimnexus.com/ ]PC mods?[/url]
Worth using the Mod Manager and already seeing improvements in textures etc.
I'm struggling to care about it any more and am only lvl 14 :p I can't get over how weak a destruction mage seems to be, unless I resort to healing my companion (or tanking and chain healing myself whilst the companion does damage) I really struggle. Occasionally I'll 1-shot a bandit or some other weak thing but usually in dungeons I do about 10-15% dmg per hit and die if I get hit more than a couple of times.
It's a bit naff you can seemingly buy all the spells from the start to so as a mage only have armour to look forward to (assuming no one bothers much with staves).
The rag-doll stuff is annoying to if you're fighting on a mountain, I must have run miles chasing corpses rolling down them.
Not in a mean way, but how do you guys do anything productive when you like games like this?
I get well addicted to games like battlefield so I physically have to limit myself from going on them more than a few hours a week... surely these games are life stealers if your into them no?
Yes, they are life stealers. Thankfully I'm full on with everything else in my life right now so only get to play the odd session late at night. Twas different in my 20s.
FW, I'll probably get bored of it in a few days/weeks too. I'm kind of expecting to, but at the same time the non-linearity does mean you have huge variety in what you do and how you do it. Everyone playing the game is probably taking an entirely different path. And it does look damn fine. A much better experience that the Fallout series and other RPGs.
Not a gamer, but I did enjoy reading this after a mate posted it on fb.
Probably even better if you're "in" skyrim:
[url= http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-personality-flaws-skyrim-forces-you-to-deal-with/ ]http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-personality-flaws-skyrim-forces-you-to-deal-with/[/url]
someone might have posted already, I didn't check through.
Also, as a bunch of left-leaning Guradian readers, are we all Stormcloaks or has anyone sided with the Empire?
I sided with the Imperials, but kind of by accident as there were people talking in the room and I just picked the first option without realising what I was being asked. 😛
Loved the Cracked article! 😀
right.. been following this, and in other places....
Have no idea what I should play it on.. PS3 or XBOX, not a PC, as I only use a laptop at home.
I keep dying really easily and I'm only at level 7.
I'm not doing any magic things yet, should I be? I just try and block and fight, but then I almost always have to leg it from a fight. 🙂
Am I just rubbish?
I've found as I've got older my attention span for games has fortunately decreased significantly. I had over 100 days played in my first year in Everquest (as in I spent nearly 1/3 of the year playing it...), anyone else remember jboots lol? :p Fast-forward to now and I haven't even bothered finishing MW3 single-player as got bored, not played BF3 in a week and can't see me doing much more in Skyrim.
I keep dying really easily and I'm only at level 7.I'm not doing any magic things yet, should I be? I just try and block and fight, but then I almost always have to leg it from a fight.
Am I just rubbish
Depends what you're trying to focus on - if you want to be a warrior type character, you need to be using heavy armour, two handed swords, etc. If you want to be a roguey character, you need to sneak around a lot in leather (let's face it, we've all done it) with a bow. If you want to be a caster, you need the clothie stuff (as it normally has magicka regen or lower cast cost for certain schools of magic). The more you use something, the higher your skill in it.
Also, what are you putting your points into? If you're being a melee character and you're dying a lot, you might want to bunt some points into health to increase your max pool.
Cheers Mrs Toast, I'm trying to be a warrior type character and seem to be upgrading the right points, I think. I use a sword and shield though and haven't really got the best armour etc yet.
I've also gone off exploring a bit rather than doing the main quest and started bumping into dragons, giants, skeletons and mammoths that kill me quite quickly.
Maybe I'm just a softie? 😆
don't worry.i am playing on easiest difficulty level (i'm a rubbish gamer).i have been playing mostly 1 handed blade (have an ebony blade at present) and destruction magic (lightning bolt/fireball (XL5) i do wear heavy armour though (currently orcish armour).even though i am currently level 19,i break out into a cold sweat,every time i come up against a deathlord/skeletal lich 😯 they are by far the worst enemies in the game,that i have come up against so far 😯
I've also gone off exploring a bit rather than doing the main quest and started bumping into dragons, giants, skeletons and mammoths that kill me quite quickly.
There's your problem. You're gonna get your arse kicked if you mainly pick on big guys like these. Do some quests, up some powers and start kicking arse.
Same here Fuzzy - I'll put maybe 10-15hrs (these days) into what I think is a good game and then that's it. Tis a good thing though.
I reckon SR could easily pull a lot of people into it though. If I had absolutely nothing to do for a week I could play it a lot. But thankfully I have a life.
just saw this video.
have yet to come across a mudcrab that big 😯
have yet to come across a mudcrab that big
Its because you can't. They've used console commands to make the crab bigger.
Just like this 3X bigger dragon.
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ah! 🙂
Worth using the Mod Manager and already seeing improvements in textures etc.
Ooh nude female textures.
I have put way too much time into skyrim. Decided to finish off the main quest last night after spending ages doing side stuff. I'm level 40 one hand heavy armour with a full set of Daedric armour and my character looks proper mean. 🙂
Working on sneak now before I attempt the dark brotherhood and thieves guild stuff.
have just visited black reach for the first time.WOW! is all i can say (it is huge also.at least 1/8th the size of skyrim itself,according to someone 😯
Took the plunge on this game after reading this thread even though I've never played the previous instalments.
I have been signed off work for the past two weeks and all I've done is play this game. Absolutely love it.
Started out as a Nord warrior but quickly discovered this wasn't the direction I wanted to go. Started again but this time as a Dark Elf. I joined the College of Winterhold to train as a mage but I'm now concentrating on being a thieving, murdering archer assassin with Archery, Sneak & Smithing skills to make and upgrade my weapons/ armour.
Haven't really done much of the main storyline as I'm enjoying the smaller quests of the thieves guide and the dark brotherhood.
Holy thread resurrection, Batman!
Just got Skyrim. Anything I need to know before I roll a character?
if you've never played an elder scrolls game before,may i recommend being a fighter/warrior character first off (you can still use magic also if you want).you'll find it just a bit easier to get into understanding the game (have a better chance when fighting enemies/armour bonuses e.t.c).just have fun basically.oh and don't annoy the giants 😉 p.s i'm a bit sad as i sold my 360 and all games (including skyrim/oblivion) last friday (to pay towards a new guitar).i will be buying the game again though at some stage 🙂
I've gone down the imperial warrior mage route, mix of companions and winterhold quests, with some smithing and plenty of enchanted weapons with soul trap to keep everything charged.
Search every room, drawer, cupboard etc... there are plenty of skills books to be found to give good boosts to skills.
I appear to be rolling a Rogue type character. Just about to pull the trigger on a Wood Elf named Legoland.
Cougar - was the naming of your Wood Elf a nod to 'Bored of the Rings'?
'... rolling a Rogue type character' Are you a proper 'pencil and manuals' RPG'er!?
Hah, I'd forgotten all about that. And the Boggit.
I publicly deny ever GMing Shadowrun. Ahem.
But, yeah. "Warrior" classes never held much appeal to me. I've always subscribed to the Mr Myagi school of gaming; "best defence, no be there." Archer / spellchucker / sniper etc.
I started out as one of them cat things that's supposed to be good at sneaking around and robbing people.
As it turns out, he's not bad at a good honest rumble too. Level 20 or something now, plenty of dragons dead by my sword.
That cat thing was tempting, that was my second choice. Y'know, Cougar.
I love this game! Im currently level 28, and a right mongrel, I tend to shoot them with my bow a few times, then throw some fireballs, then finish them with my sword 🙂 It works for me.
I'm starting to get grumpy with the lag time issue
Ps3 by the way and level 11
🙁