Skyrim

[The-Doctor]

I used Faendol's training to his limit. I have 50 archery now in the first few hours of playing a new character.

Also, although I'm quite good at alchemy, I never noticed a really, really, really good combination of reagents that are mostly very easy to find. Its so simple: Blue Butterfly Wing + Blue Mountain Flower = Fortify Conjuration (I think) and Damage Magicka Regen. I had no alchemy perks, very low skill (15 I think) and no alchemy skill enchantments on and it came to be a value of 303 before haggling.

I know of a few more of those trainer companions, and I'll be striving to get them enlisted soon. First though I want to do some side quests, and skill reward quests.

I have decided to go with heavy armour. Balgruuf gave me a suit of Elven armour, and it looked ridiculous on my male Nord. So, I imagine glass would look even more out of place. Just like Alvor the smith from Riverwood said the first time I met him "Iron or steel is what you need. Leave that fancy Elven stuff to the Elves.". I'm just pondering how to incorporate heavier armour into a viable suit for sneaking. Maybe...maybe light chest armour and heavy gauntlets, greaves, and a helmet, with a cuirass in reserve for when I'm detected.

If you join the dark brotherhood you get a set of shrouded armour (true its light armour but can be upgraded) and makes a significant difference to sneaking especially the boots. you also get paid significant amounts of money to kill people!

If you level up the sneaking skill you can get a great perk like dagger damage times 15...provided you sneak up and kill them...only the most powerful foes are still standing once you slit their throats. (though I wouldn't want to chance my dagger against a dragon!)

Joining the thieves guild is fun too...get paid to burgle peoples houses...provided you don't get caught!

Dragon armour is pretty handy but you have to have 100 on your smithing

 

[The-Doctor]

Let me guess...someone took your sweetroll.

"Dragons you say?"

If you use a dragon shout too much in town such as Spirit wind to move quickly the guards come and tell you not to.

"My favorite drinking buddy?"

 

[WalksWithChrist]

"Dragons you say?"

If you use a dragon shout too much in town such as Spirit wind to move quickly the guards come and tell you not to.

"My favorite drinking buddy?"

Oh, sounds like you're just scratching the surface of Skyrim!

"Let's get some mead."

 

[Crujir]

Skyrim's DLC was announced. "Dawnguard."

I found some info about it while back, but it was officially revealed the other day. I'm ridiculously excited.

 

[Frocus]

Hi guys. I just got this game a week ago and I'm really enjoying it.

I made a Reguard warrior focusing on archery, block, enchanting, heavy armor, and one-handed skills. Can anyone give me some tips on them and also which weapon to specialize in (sword or ax I don't really like maces that much).

 

[The-Doctor]

"Hands to yourself sneakthief!"

Frocus EXPLORE build up your fighting skills...especially the archery before you go after any dragons (trust me I died enough times trying to stab a dragon) try building up you smithing too to make your own armours and combine that with the enchanting.

I'm more the sneaking around assassin so I went for a Khajit (night vision and claws)

"Those Redcar they have curved swords, curved swords!"

 

[SionDS]

Skyrim's DLC was announced. "Dawnguard."

I found some info about it while back, but it was officially revealed the other day. I'm ridiculously excited.

There have been clues in Skyrim patches about updates to come. Some are more vampire animation. That along with the name "Dawnguard" lead me to believe it's some kind of vampire hunting faction.

 

[Frocus]

I just found out that skyrim has a short story line (3 acts) and a LOT of side quests. So should I do side quests first or wait till I finished the main story line while doing side quests along the way.

 

[The-Doctor]

I'm mixing them doing parts of the main story line then going off and exploring, you'll have plenty to do if you talk to people. If you just do the storyline you will miss sooo much. EXPLORE! Skyrim is waiting for you.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

I just found out that skyrim has a short story line (3 acts) and a LOT of side quests. So should I do side quests first or wait till I finished the main story line while doing side quests along the way.

It's completely up to you how to proceed. What I realized pretty quickly is that there's no way you can do everything with one character and not have a completely unbalanced/unrealistic character. I finished the main quest with my first character and also did a fair number of side quests on that playthru. Then I did separate characters for the Mage's Guild, Fighter's Guild, etc.
And separate characters for different playstyles and races I wanted to try.

The opposite extreme would be to do what my brother did. He actually did play just one character and maxed out all the skills and tried to do pretty much everything. But to me that takes all the fun and spirit out of the game.

 

[Crujir]

I just found out that skyrim has a short story line (3 acts) and a LOT of side quests. So should I do side quests first or wait till I finished the main story line while doing side quests along the way.

Do it how you want; once you beat the main story, you're still free to explore the world, do all the side quests, and generally live in the world of Skyrim however you wish.

 

[Crujir]

There have been clues in Skyrim patches about updates to come. Some are more vampire animation. That along with the name "Dawnguard" lead me to believe it's some kind of vampire hunting faction.

That would be totally wicked. I love vampires. I hate Twilight, though. Real vampires don't sparkle. Just ask Angel.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

I'm playing a thief dual-wielding Orcish daggers. Why did I not try this before??
FUN!
Love the power attack. It's like you're weaving a pattern of Win.

Tips for dual-wielding:
-Don't smith or enchant your weapons or else you won't be able to Favorite them properly.
-They have to be the *exact* same weapon to Favorite properly. Two steel swords, two Elven daggers...you get the picture. You can dual-wield with any two one-handed weapons. But if you want to switch your offhand weapon to a spell or switch altogether to a bow you'll be pretty annoyed.

 

[Timothew]

I'm playing a thief dual-wielding Orcish daggers. Why did I not try this before??
FUN!

My son plays that way. It's cool to watch him sneak and slash.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

My son plays that way. It's cool to watch him sneak and slash.

I haven't actually managed to sneak up on anyone with the daggers yet. I did with my old steel swords...but that's not the same.

I'm on that long and winding road to Riften and mostly fighting outside. Not a great place to sneak.

 

[Timothew]

I haven't actually managed to sneak up on anyone with the daggers yet. I did with my old steel swords...but that's not the same.

I'm on that long and winding road to Riften and mostly fighting outside. Not a great place to sneak.

There's something like a X15 Bonus for daggers right?

 

[WalksWithChrist]

There's something like a X15 Bonus for daggers right?

Yes there is. I believe it's called Assassin's Blade and it's a perk. Once you get that, and if you're pretty decent at sneaking, you can basically kill anything with one swipe.

It worked well enough with one dagger. I can't wait to try it with two.


You have to have your sneak skill boosted up a bit to get it and there are prereqs for it as well...and they are good ones to get as well. So it's *totally* worth it to get that perk. A win/win.

 

[Timothew]

I'm on that long and winding road to Riften and mostly fighting outside. Not a great place to sneak.

There's a castle next to a bridge on that road, full of bandits. really fun.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

There's a castle next to a bridge on that road, full of bandits. really fun.

I think I know which one you're talking about...cleared it out last night! Lots of straight combat, not much sneaking. And I had to reload a few times.


There's another fort that's full of mages further to the west. Now that's tough for a thief! I used my bow while sneaking then charged in with daggers drawn. That worked well enough, but still a tough fight. Lost of charred flesh...mine!

 

[The-Doctor]

I have the X15 damage for one handed sneak kill...haven't met anything yet that it doesn't kill in one go..other than a Dragon. I prefer to use a bow and arrow when sneaking and take them out from a distance but use a powered up great sword when I'm forced to fight one on one.