The Smithing gear is actually much more effective on a +% basis. There's no enchantments that improve enchanting, but potions can be made.
Downside of the level advancement from learning crafting skills means I'm facing level 35 Elder dragons with level 25 combat skills (but good kit).
― Filled with Kolaveri (Sanpaku), Friday, 30 December 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
wait you can own property in this??
― river wolf, Friday, 30 December 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah... what did you think lydia was all about?
(jkjkjk!)
― Mordy, Friday, 30 December 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
Do quests for the jarl in each hold (or high monarch in Solitude) and you become thane and can buy houses, starting at 5k gold (unfinished) in Whiterun rising to 25k in Solitude. Double those figures for full furnishings.
You can also invest 500 gold in businesses to increase cash available for transactions, as a perk in the Speech tree.
The opposite of how I play Skyrim (I've yet to return to High Hrothgar): a speed run in 2 hours 47 minutes (the current record is 2 hours 13 minutes). Too many spoilers for me to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmg6H2qxFAw
― Filled with Kolaveri (Sanpaku), Friday, 30 December 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
speedrunning skyrim seems like totally missing the point
― Mordy, Friday, 30 December 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah but 2 hours and 47 minutes later you have plenty of time to play it the right way.
― polyphonic, Friday, 30 December 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
So far the only person or creature he has killed is the dude with the book and the king Draughr in Bleak Falls. He is finished with Dragonstone quest and is only like 1/4 of the way through L1.
― polyphonic, Friday, 30 December 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
Read the collected written works of Skyrim offline on your Kindle, iPad, or other device.
― Filled with Kolaveri (Sanpaku), Friday, 30 December 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
in addition to other treasures (including all my creative writing notebooks from grade school and all my sports + trading cards) i found these in my parent's garage while cleaning out my boxes this week
http://i41.tinypic.com/55gzfm.jpg
― Mordy, Friday, 30 December 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
sanpaku that is nuts. the writing in those books is so badddd
― slandblox goole, Friday, 30 December 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
Eh, they're quick reads, and its a better option for absorbing some of the background (this is my first Elder Scrolls game) than sitting at the desk.
― Filled with Kolaveri (Sanpaku), Friday, 30 December 2011 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=bPHtAHxB3iI
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 1 January 2012 07:08 (twelve years ago) link
arena!!! lulz
i kind of don't like enemy scaling, it can seem a little bit like it defeats the point. -- i mean then why even level at all.
― thompp, Sunday, 1 January 2012 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
ff8 had an interesting system but it was broken every which way.
whatever, i am going to start playing new vegas now
Killed the first Dragon last night at level 7. was hungry to get with that shouting that everyone is talking about... As a Melee character, you just have to stay away from the business end of the Dragon, but I'm not looking forward to the later much tougher Dragons..
Not sure whether to stick to 2-handed melee or go though a few dungeons building up the one handed just for a backup.
I swear I hear Colonel Tigh from Battlestar Galactica do one of the opening voices and now every new character is a game of "is it Tigh?"
― hamildad, Monday, 2 January 2012 10:49 (twelve years ago) link
One-handed is for wimps. Quit cowering behind a shield.
― ledge, Monday, 2 January 2012 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
i would use two shields if i could
― cutehound, Monday, 2 January 2012 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
Dual wield one-handed = 2x the chances to accidentally clap Lydia round the head.
― woof, Monday, 2 January 2012 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
one-hand + magic
rawwwwrr!
― Z S, Monday, 2 January 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
I swear I hear Colonel Tigh from Battlestar Galactica do one of the opening voices
Yeah, he's that imperial captain dude.
― JimD, Monday, 2 January 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
Is anyone crazy enough to attempt a complete game? I guess it would all locations discovered, all areas cleared, all main quests completed?
― calstars, Monday, 2 January 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
"frakkin nords"
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 January 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link