SKYRIM!

[ImADot]

The dragons are starting to get a bit annoying. They seem to spawn everytime i exit a dungeon/fast travel.

I've been fast traveling between Whiterun and Markarth to swap items between my houses. I've been exploring a lot lately (hardly any fast travel), cleared many dungeons, and haven't seen a dragon except one sleeping in front of a Word Wall. Haven't even seen or heard any flying around in the wild for a very long time.

I have not been doing any main story quests, past becoming Archmage and doing the Greybeards stuff.

[Tyrannis]

I've been fast traveling between Whiterun and Markarth to swap items between my houses. I've been exploring a lot lately (hardly any fast travel), cleared many dungeons, and haven't seen a dragon except one sleeping in front of a Word Wall. Haven't even seen or heard any flying around in the wild for a very long time.

I have not been doing any main story quests, past becoming Archmage and doing the Greybeards stuff.

Usually they start showing up in force after you meet the greybeards leader (paarthimux). Not every dragon you see will fight you tho. Alduin will show up occasionally and just circle above you to observe. You can also witness him ressurecting dragons at their burial sites from certain view points.


When i was fast traveling between whiterun and windhelm to switch out my stuff, i had like 6 dragons spawn when i went to windhelm. one even spawned IN the city, which caused a giant uproar. 

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Usually they start showing up in force after you meet the greybeards leader (paarthimux). Not every dragon you see will fight you tho. Alduin will show up occasionally and just circle above you to observe. You can also witness him ressurecting dragons at their burial sites from certain view points.


When i was fast traveling between whiterun and windhelm to switch out my stuff, i had like 6 dragons spawn when i went to windhelm. one even spawned IN the city, which caused a giant uproar. 

thas awesome

[ImADot]

Usually they start showing up in force after you meet the greybeards leader (paarthimux). Not every dragon you see will fight you tho. Alduin will show up occasionally and just circle above you to observe. You can also witness him ressurecting dragons at their burial sites from certain view points.

Yep, I've seen all that; had dragons everywhere for the longest time (even watched one from the top of a cliff as it attacked bunnies, deer and mudcrabs), had about 15 dragon souls stored up for when I stumbled across another Word Wall. I'm just saying I haven't seen ANY dragons for a very long time.

[titanic3]

 

[Tac]

Can one of you post a video of your mage character fighting a mob (using magic only)?

Ive seen many videos in youtube of this game and while it is visually improved magic-wise over oblivion I still see the same old bethesda brand copy and paste approach. It seems from the videos that every spell has the same animations and effect but with a different color & damage type. That..is so freakin' lame

[titanic3]

It seems from the videos that every spell has the same animations and effect but with a different color & damage type. That..is so freakin' lame

That shouldn't be. I know fire and ice spells might look the same with their cone of fire/ice, but lightning is different. As you go higher up in the spell levels, you can either launch fireballs, icicles, or lightning bolts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzYJ1vAxOI8 Lightning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI30YLLwJTY Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX-DaRp0_rA Ice

[Delirium]

The ice spike spell is particularly lethal. Once you land one spike, it tends to slow down the target so he cannot effectively dodge the rest of them. The other nice thing about it is that it doesn't affect a large area, so you don't kill off your minions.

Speaking of minions, nothing is better than using 'Dead Thrall' and bringing vampires back from the dead; instant 'win' button.

[shiv]

Haven't really used any magic yet except clairvoyance and healing. Swords and arrows seem more effective for now. Easier too. That's one of the fun things in the game, you can go do whatever you like and not bother with the other stuff.

Eventually I'll get to it; the only time I regretted not knowing any is when I accidentally killed Lydia. Would have been nice to bring her back to life. That ice troll was trapped on some rocks though so I had to let her die. I guess I can use Uthgerd for bait now, but I figure I have to do a decent bit of mourning for poor old Lydia first.

[Delirium]

Magic is a bit trickier than melee for the simple fact, you need to get it right the first time or you get overwhelmed and often the casters don't have the armor to deflect or absorb an attack.

I don't like the melee system much in Skyrim, far too often I swing outside the distance of my weapons so I prefer magic and bows.

[Tyrannis]

thas awesome

The Frost dragon killed 2 guards and that sword-to-the-chest begger guy before i was able to bring him down, everytime i hit him with dragonrend, He'd just land ontop of the meadhall out of reach, So i had to keep switching to bow 
Thankfully he eff'ed up and landed infront of it in which me and like half the town pummeled it to death. The skeleton is still pretty much hanging out right infront of the mead hall.

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[Hoffman]

Here, this thread needs more skyrim pictures.





After crushing some master Vampire and usurping his throne.

[EskimoJoe]

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Background. /drool/

[4deck]

What do you have to do to take a screen shot. Mine arent working.

Im on my 4th companion/sucker now. Its the EROL chick from the eating people quest. I'm gonna mod her when I get the chance and throw a pirate patch on her. I'm awiting the tools now. I got a small team to build the dwemer salt mine. Quests and all. Should be a 4 month project. If I get sucked into it, will probable take a break from AH for the time.

got my char to level 56, and think I found every area. Character is just to leet to play at normal mode though. Almost sad really, next build though is gonna be a nasty dual weilding dagger weilder. This was my first play through, and definitly enjoyed the eye candy, still wish it was multiplayer though. I mean realistically without multiplayers (people) the game just dies out for me.

Lovin the nice Ebony armor though. That stuff looks great enchanted.

Anyway, Happy New Year.
Cheers

[Tyrannis]

What do you have to do to take a screen shot. Mine arent working.

Im on my 4th companion/sucker now. Its the EROL chick from the eating people quest. I'm gonna mod her when I get the chance and throw a pirate patch on her. I'm awiting the tools now. I got a small team to build the dwemer salt mine. Quests and all. Should be a 4 month project. If I get sucked into it, will probable take a break from AH for the time.

got my char to level 56, and think I found every area. Character is just to leet to play at normal mode though. Almost sad really, next build though is gonna be a nasty dual weilding dagger weilder. This was my first play through, and definitly enjoyed the eye candy, still wish it was multiplayer though. I mean realistically without multiplayers (people) the game just dies out for me.

Lovin the nice Ebony armor though. That stuff looks great enchanted.

Anyway, Happy New Year.
Cheers

If you have it for PC, there are multiplayer mods out there.

There will be alot more mods popping up once bethesda releases the creation kit in January.