SKYRIM!

[titanic3]

Like others have said, PC is the best option since it has better graphics, mods, and you can adjust a lot more things with it.

[4deck]

Anyone around or past lvl 50?

First char was level 54 when I created my new bad arse. I just dumped it cause I had to turn up the settings to max difficulty. Then it was hard. So I created a new char that Im leveling now. But playing hard from the start. Sleep, food, bad guys are tough as nails. So more slower play now. Much more challeging though. I made a cat char. And not wasting any perks either.

I'll be modding a huge salt mine/dwemer salt production facilty with the aid of 3 other people when we get the creation kit. I have a 3d modler to boot, so we can make dwemer evaporators.


Keep u posted.

[shiv]

Oh boy... a new one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNDT7EInclo

Ah, she must be a true Imperial...

[wil3ur]

I have to say... I wish I'd stuck to the main story line before getting invovled in the Civil War...  Hopefully I have a chance to set things right at the Moot.

[Tyrannis]

Ah, she must be a true Imperial...

I just finished the markarth forsworn mission.

Did you know a "shiv" is the elder scrolls version of a shank? 

[PFactorDave]

I just finished the markarth forsworn mission.

Did you know a "shiv" is the elder scrolls version of a shank? 

I wouldn't give Bethesda/TES so much credit.

A shiv (possibly from the Romani word chivomengro, "knife"[1]) is a slang term for any sharp or pointed implement used as a knife-like weapon. However, the word in practical usage is frequently used when referring to an improvised bladed weapon. Shivs are commonly made by inmates in prisons across the world. A shiv can be anything from a glass shard with fabric wrapped around one end to form a handle, to a razorblade stuck in the end of a toothbrush. Synonyms include shank and chib (from Scottish slang, as exemplified in the novel Trainspotting, "chib" was originally a name for a blunt weapon such as a baseball bat or tree branch). These terms, along with "shiv", can be used either as a noun or a transitive verb, referring to the weapon or the act of attacking with such a weapon respectively.

[wil3ur]

I wouldn't give Bethesda/TES so much credit.

A shiv (possibly from the Romani word chivomengro, "knife"[1]) is a slang term for any sharp or pointed implement used as a knife-like weapon. However, the word in practical usage is frequently used when referring to an improvised bladed weapon. Shivs are commonly made by inmates in prisons across the world. A shiv can be anything from a glass shard with fabric wrapped around one end to form a handle, to a razorblade stuck in the end of a toothbrush. Synonyms include shank and chib (from Scottish slang, as exemplified in the novel Trainspotting, "chib" was originally a name for a blunt weapon such as a baseball bat or tree branch). These terms, along with "shiv", can be used either as a noun or a transitive verb, referring to the weapon or the act of attacking with such a weapon respectively.

Indeed, Shiv and Shank are interchangeable, normally it's a gererational thing.  I hear more older folks refer to it as a shiv, I hear the younger generation call it a shank.  Personally, I thought Shanking was what you did with a shiv...

[shiv]

Indeed, Shiv and Shank are interchangeable, normally it's a gererational thing.  I hear more older folks refer to it as a shiv, I hear the younger generation call it a shank.  Personally, I thought Shanking was what you did with a shiv...

I'm with Wilbur on this.

Haven't found the shiv yet, that quest looks like fun.

[Tyrannis]

I'm with Wilbur on this.

Haven't found the shiv yet, that quest looks like fun.

be arrested after completing the mission in markath that involved the forsworn and you investigating  the killing in the market.


At the end, the guards will frame you for murders, When your given the option choose to go quietly. You'll  Be locked in the jail Mine. There you can talk to a guy with the nickname "unlucky".Do his little miniquest, and you get one.

Dont get your hopes up tho. nothing special. Just a little hidden blade that does very little damage.

[jeep00]

I thought "shank" was a golf term. Sure is in my lexicon. Along with worm burner........

Bob

[PFactorDave]

I thought "shank" was a golf term. Sure is in my lexicon. Along with worm burner........

Bob

Ah, the worm burner...  I know it well...   

Usually a result of not keeping your head down.

[shiv]

Ah, the worm burner...  I know it well...   

Usually a result of not keeping your head down.

In my case it's from swaying off the ball and lunging back toward it. Still, thin to win, better than a duff.

[APDrone]

My best golf swing was when I hung my clubs on a hook in the garage, where they stayed for 5 years before I sold them.  My quality of life skyrocketed after that.

Started  another nord warrior.  This time leaning towards stormcloak, but really working on smithing to improve the weapons instead of relying on' luck of the loot' for lethal stuff.

I still bring up a round or two of my lvl 47 guy to keep him in the save game rotation.   May go see if I can eradicate that thief-backing family in Riften..

[Ack-Ack]

Its not a rumor. Bethesda is going to release the creation kit this month. PC only of course.

Gaidin: PC. If your system can run it, get the PC version. Believe it or not, skyrim isnt that demanding. I'm running it at max graphic settings in a quad core amd 2.8ghz with a GT240 vid card and 4 gigs ram. A friend of mine runs it at low settings in a dual core amd 1.8ghz, 2 gigs ram with a GT260.

The difference between high and low graphic settings is hardly noticeable however. Of course there is a difference but its not like dragons look choppy or cartoonish. Its mostly anti-aliasing visual and texture decoration in objects that is lost.

PC version of the game lets you add insane amount of mods and best of all, you can keymap the game to your likings. I havent played skyrim on a console but i have played Fallout 3 on both systems and its just irritating to be locked into a gamepad control set when you have SO many things to do and manage in the game. Heck, inventory management itself is hell using a gamepad.

... and on a PC you can use the multiplayer mod

The PC version also lets you use more than 2Gigs which fixes a lot of problems with running the game if you have more than 2 gigs of memory and want to use it.

ack-ack

[Ruah]

finished the stealth character - level 50-something, did all the quests.  Made a Breton mage and to be frank magic is pretty overpowered.  For one thing, you can power-level it, which is massive.  then take Conjuration to 100, get the twin-souls, get the dremora-lords, drop 2 of them and assist with your lighting bolts (Destruction) or whatever.  I miss the stealth stuff, but if I ever really need to go stealthy, I have muffle and invisibility (illusion) . . .dragonskin armor (alteration) has an 80% reduction in damage which is the max you can get with any armor anyway - so basically, you can do anything the other class' can do.

my build is illution to silent casting (yes, magic does double damage in stealth too), destruction to expert (master level stuff has too much of a ramp-up to be useful imo), conjuration to max, and maxed out alteration.  With the 30% reduction from magic from alteration, the 25% you get from the gift of mara, and the 25% from Breton blood - I have an 80% magic damage reduction off the bat - after I get enchanting to 100, I will make me some nice robes and gloves and boots that have magica, magica regen and a little fire and ice damage reduction. . . and you can easily become immune to magic and almost immune to physical damage. 

the first 10 levels are tough. . .