Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

i never played this past the patch where you could go legendary and turn your perks in. i did have carefully worked out character development plans; alchemy, smithing and enchanting at 100 were always part of it. the interactions of those three at max levels was just unholy.

i don't even really need the stealth at this stage! i wander about in the open and anything that comes at me gets fucked up sword and shield style pretty quickly so it's not like i can't do this but it's not like i need to really, just have a yen to make a ridiculously enchanted suit of armour

wow - what is that?

Its the Prima special edition guide for the new re release. Hard cover, 1200 pages, weighs a ton. Heaps of excellent info.

BTW downloaded and installed the new versh from steam on weekend and tried to run it - ASUS laptop with NVidia GT720M.

It wont run - wont even fucking *start* - and I dont know if its a too low specced card, or some random windows or nvidia bug.

too bad one can't transfer saved games from PS3 to PS4 - not sure I have the heart to start from scratch on the new version

Yeah same :/ I mean i wasnt massively far in, but ugh, it seems silly.

Ugh this thread is making me wanna buy skyrim for the 3rd time.

I got the new download working on my PC. Bye bye life.

BTW this is lovely for stressed out days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPZtRmx1Dyk

I've picked this up again over the past week. I'm still shocked that, after playing it for hundreds of hours, there are still places I haven't seen and quests I haven't started and doors I haven't figured out how to unlock and stuff I haven't leveled up, etc. I think you could easily milk this game for a decade (assuming continued interest in doing so).

Picked up the remaster at Gamestop's Black Friday (Weekend) Sale yesterday. Trepidatious about playing it again.

£3 on steam right now

I got that and the 2k texture pack mod, feeling that the remastered edition might be a bit of a scam that should contain a mandatory warning on the box that it has been rendered obsolete by the witcher 3

I also got the mod that lets you have a cloak

The sunsets are very nice

Did the OG game used to have rain and fog? It seems thats new, but maybe I'm just not remembering.

going back round again to play levels I haven't previously and, albeit the Stormcloaks are mostly pretty racist, the game doesn't give you much reason to join the Legion imo, torturers, appeasers, general douchebags as they are. would appreciate a bit more incentive to join up early on, apart from that one guy who you escape Helgen with being hospitable. even he sits around going "I love massacring me some Stormcloaks" once he gets home.

actually I only want a better reason to join up for dubious reasons of character internal role-playing consistency, I'm fairly comfortable with the way the Elder Scrolls consistently portrays the colonial power as torturers, appeasers, douchebags etc

joined the Legion simply cuz they were the first ones to ask me to join

Bumping this as I begin my journey, which was partly inspired by watching a Youtuber play on Survival.

Journey on, it's the bestest

Ohhh bud, you're in for a treat. The closest I've come to 100%-ing a game. Still just dip in from time to time, craft some armor, ride a dragon, murder an entire town.

does this suck on twitch?

i probably put like 90hrs into it on a slightly dodgy mac port, and made it maaaaaaaybe halfway through the main story

by twitch do you mean switch or do you mean watching other people play it which yes does suck

the switch version is good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jgwdkxzg78

God, the Companions are douchebags.

lol, that video is fantastic. That mirthful giggle when she first kills someone.

I got bored of her rambling before it got that far

I crawled my first dungeon last night and totally enjoyed it! I did bring a companion along, don't know if that's considered cheating, but I've got my first shout now is the important thing.

I'm not too sure why I enjoyed this so much more than Witcher 3, but I'm going to chalk it to to the combat mechanics. Janky as it is in Bethesda games, it at least didn't grind to a halt. Oh, and the loading times!

Taking somebody with you is totally not cheating but I find it really annoying, they fuck up my stealth

Companions are fine + perfectly acceptable except for the rare companion who won't hang the fuck back when you tell them to. In those cases, I advise Unrelenting Force shouting them off a cliff at every opportunity (once you unlock the majesty of that particular shout, of course).

Any general suggestions on perks to invest in? Is the strategy similar to Fallout New Vegas (speech, pickpocket/lockpicking, bartering, etc.)?

There's one good one in - I think - the Illusion tree that lets you spellcast silently. Combined with invisibility makes you a total ninja

by twitch do you mean switch or do you mean watching other people play it which yes does suck

― ciderpress, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 3:31 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

lol yes switch

Are you aware of Skyrim's Legendary leveling, Leee? Once you hit level 100 on any skill tree, you can opt to go 'Legendary', at which point your perks under that tree can be redistributed wherever you like.

Generally, though, yes: leveling sneak up to the point of becoming invisible is well worth it. Smithing and enchanting if you want to construct all of your own equipment rather than relying on whatever's lying around. I also like keeping my archery leveled all the way up. Otherwise, I'll max out, like, heavy armor, make it Legendary, redistribute my perks, and then use light armor for a while until it's maxed out. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Also, if you haven't yet, save your game (I reemphasize: SAVE YOUR GAME), and go throw a punch at a giant to see what happens. It's a gas.

Make sure you install the Thomas the Tank Engine mod as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNaTZV8qS1I

I miss this game. Left it at 60% when I transitioned from PS3 to PS4. Been meaning ever since to give it another go but kids got in the way.

My saves on ps3 got corrupted :(

Oh noooo, my deepest condolences.

I forgot to mention I'm going for a mage build as a Dark Elf. I already put a perk into Destruction, and I've got one more point banked.

Are you aware of Skyrim's Legendary leveling, Leee? Once you hit level 100 on any skill tree, you can opt to go 'Legendary', at which point your perks under that tree can be redistributed wherever you like.

I didn't know that -- thanks for the tip!

go throw a punch at a giant to see what happens

I've had this spoiled, but have yet to actually witness the outcome. Throwing that onto the to-do list!

I killed Lydia! D:

lol, I think I accidentally did that, as well.

Serana or gtfo.

hmm, somehow I never got a companion. I'm not sure where I went wrong and perhaps might explain why I never got more into this game

I always play with companions since my tactics is generally to get someone else to do initial damage while I spell long distance casts from a safe distance. I also like to taunt giants to lure them toward enemy camps and watch the chaos unfold

Ste, you just have to talk to a bunch of people. A lot of the towns will just have some random dude sitting around bored off his ass and itching to die horribly amid your quest for a new sword.

Worth a revisit then, if only to try the house building dlc I recall having.

I believe my previous game was halted when I got stuck on some off map area, I was invading some fort with some other guys, but my skills were rubbish and I couldn't defeat them. Somehow I couldn't get out of the area and back to the main map without completing the quest.

I did try the VR mode, but combat just makes me a bit sick if I'm honest.

Dipped back in this afternoon. Remembered that I was a werewolf, ran around for a half hour indiscriminately devouring every living thing I encountered, took a header off a cliff and died. Good times!

omg yeah that reminds me when i had contracted Vampirism, waht a bloody nightmare!