SKYRIM!

[shiv]

Just discovered how to allocate perks after I had accumulated 29 of them..

Instant SUH effect.. Muahahahaaaaaa

Still trying to figure this out, Totally mystified.

[titanic3]

Still trying to figure this out, Totally mystified.

Tab > Skill > Click on a constellation > ??? > profit

[APDrone]

Still trying to figure this out, Totally mystified.

You have to use 'e' key to activate the selection.  Not sure if that helps

[shiv]

Got it, thx fellas. Click on the constellations, then the stupid stars, lol.

[Tyrannis]

I picked it up about 3 weeks ago. Stunning game.


- Its kind of sad to see how badly he guilds have fallen apart since Oblivion. The mages guild is gone. the fighters guild is almost gone. the theives guild was torn apart by a civil war. and the brotherhood is on its last legs.  There really is no signs of the guilds we knew and loved from oblivion except for in books of their past glory.


-The mage college heavely dissapointed me. I went with an imperial (kratos) build like i did in oblivion.  I decided i'd give magic a try, and when i heard about the college decided i'd go there. When i had this "college" in mind, i was thinking of some harry potter-hogwarts style of missions. Where you have actual classes that you'd go too(one for each magic class). and that they'd give you assignments and such like gathering incrediants that would help you learn more magic.

But no, INSTEAD. they suck you into this storyline to save the college from destruction, and just pretty much pushes you right into it.

In short, i showed up to learn magic. Im suddenly pushed into this "Save the college!" storyline. then after its done, their suddenly like "your now arch-mage!" and the whole time im wondering whats going on, Because i haven't learned **** from that college, and yet im suddenly arch-mage the top magic caster in the school? Only thing i learned from the college was how to cast a lessar ward LOL.


-Horse physics need fixed. I wish they were more along the lines of RDR's horse controls.

-Im willing to bet that the Next elder scrolls game will be all out war with the empire and the admeri dominion.


-The dragons tend to become very easy to kill once you learn their weakness. For example, a 4 sec burst of magic fire can drop a blood dragons health from 100% to 0%.  Dragons just did not feel like much of a challenge. I had more trouble with the giants and mammoths than i did the dragons.

-Also with dragons, their starting to get very annoying with their spawning. it seems everytime i fast travel, they spawn for a fight. Ive had 5 spawn in dawnstar, 2 spawn outside solitude. and even had one spawn IN windhelm. when i fast traveled.

The game is fun and addicting. Ive completed the civil war quest (legion) and the main dragon storyline.Along with the brotherhood and theives guild storylines. and mage. Currently am lvl 32. Still so much more to discover <S>

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finally got my first decapitation 



fighting this dragon I jumped up on his head and rode it like a bull all the while smashing his head in







talking to this dragon was cool....Oblivion was awesome Skyrim is way beyond that

[Tyrannis]

finally got my first decapitation 

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fighting this dragon I jumped up on his head and rode it like a bull all the while smashing his head in

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talking to this dragon was cool....Oblivion was awesome Skyrim is way beyond that

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I use the steal plated armor aswell. Along with the dwarvin. The skyforge weapons go great with steal plated.

Try the giant axe finisher on a dragon. pretty cool.

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I use the steal plated armor aswell. Along with the dwarvin. The skyforge weapons go great with steal plated.

Try the giant axe finisher on a dragon. pretty cool.

once I started duel wielding the axes...man I am lovin it.....putting all my perks into the one handed weapons....awesome fun

I downloaded a couple mods now, one that makes the dragons different colors, a nude one that actually looks great, the no more blocky faces and hires textures for all races.....

Ill probably end up with over a hundred but I don't even know if the game needs it....its awesome in Vanilla.   

[PFactorDave]

I have a stash of the Blades katanas.  I have improved two of them and enchanted them both with Fire and Paralyze enchantments.  Duel wielding them is pretty fun, and they seem to be pretty effective too.

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I have a stash of the Blades katanas.  I have improved two of them and enchanted them both with Fire and Paralyze enchantments.  Duel wielding them is pretty fun, and they seem to be pretty effective too.

strange it wont let me duel wield the Blades Katana

[PFactorDave]

strange it wont let me duel wield the Blades Katana

Hmmm...  Well I don't actually have the duel wield perk.  But I am able to equip one in each hand with no problem.  The paralyze enchantment on each blade is really effective against most bad guys.

[Tyrannis]

I have a stash of the Blades katanas.  I have improved two of them and enchanted them both with Fire and Paralyze enchantments.  Duel wielding them is pretty fun, and they seem to be pretty effective too.

Did you happen to grab dragonbane while you still had the chance before it became a stolen item?

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Hmmm...  Well I don't actually have the duel wield perk.  But I am able to equip one in each hand with no problem.  The paralyze enchantment on each blade is really effective against most bad guys.

thats weird It wouldn't let me duel wield them...maybe im not strong enough....I think I read that if you get strong enough you can duel wield the two handed weapons....

I haven't really up my stamina much at all.

Did you happen to grab dragonbane while you still had the chance before it became a stolen item?

I got it.

[Tyrannis]

good man.

If you didnt grab it during the temple recovery mission, than it becomes owned by the blades, and the only way to receive it legit without it being considered stolen is by doing the blades mission where you must slaughter paarthunax.


So far, Chillrend and the Ebony blade make their return from oblivion to skyrim. Along with some of the special deadra weapons.



Also, a cool little easter egg:

You can meet your actual character from oblivion, in skyrim. If you guys remember the shivering isles expansion, The oblivion hero from IV becomes sheogorath in the end.


You can meet sheogorath in Skyrim. he's part of the "mind of madness" questline. in which the reward is wabbajack.

Sheogorath gives subtle hints that he is the character from IV.like how he  "Inherited" the job, and how he likes "martin septim" the most.



Theres many Real Life lore in skyrim. Like the headless horseman can be seen at dawn riding to a cemetary located outside solitude.

Also theres alot of king arthur references.


Outside whiterun is a pond. which a skeleton hand is holding a sword out the water. this is a reference to how king arthur received xcalibur.

Outside one of the mines, is a sword dug into a pile of rocks, With a skeleton that looks like its trying to pull the sword from the stone.

There is a staff thats named after the king arthurs wizard (Forget his name).

[ImADot]

If you guys haven't seen this, you need to get it. Do a quick search for "TESV Acceleration Layer - SKSE Plugin". It's totall worth it and will boost your FPS. Mine in Markarth went from 14-16 to 25-30. I'm running Ultra everything and also use the ENBSeries mod for better lighting and "mood" effects.