Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

With Playstation Plus, the patch downloaded automatically, so I'll either wait for the next patch to play or try to delete the patch off.

I am back up to level 5 and everything is back to normal. I hate stealing things because you can't sell them. Unless there is a black market I am not aware of.

I have to give the devs some credit for creativity.

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Anise's Cabin - I killed the old lady, figured she was a witch and went down to the cellar and found the letter that she has a sister named Moira. I figured that would come back to haunt me. After defeating the first dragon, I had back to town and three thugs try to kill me (they failed, fortunately) but one of them had a note from Moira where she hired them to do bad things to me, killing me would be acceptable but not required.) All this in a side story is pretty damn impressive.

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Originally Posted by bdoughty

I am back up to level 5 and everything is back to normal. I hate stealing things because you can't sell them. Unless there is a black market I am not aware of.

I have to give the devs some credit for creativity.

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Anise's Cabin - I killed the old lady, figured she was a witch and went down to the cellar and found the letter that she has a sister named Moira. I figured that would come back to haunt me. After defeating the first dragon, I had back to town and three thugs try to kill me (they failed, fortunately) but one of them had a note from Moira where she hired them to do bad things to me, killing me would be acceptable but not required.) All this in a side story is pretty damn impressive.

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Head to Riften, and join the Thieves Guild. Once you're a member of the Guild, two of the thieves down in the Ratway will buy stolen items from you. I was completely loaded down with things I'd stolen in Whiterun, so I decided to completely bypass the greybeards for the time being and travel to Riften so I could sell off my stolen items to the Thieves.

I've made a nice little profit by going around at night and stealing things from the merchants in Riften, then going down and selling them to the Thieves. Some really expensive things that I've stolen too. It works double nice. You get a lot of easy money from selling the stolen goods, and you get a lot of practice in lockpicking. I'm over level 30 in lockpicking right now.

I'm an Elven Assassin at around 40 or so and the thing I hate is that my speechcraft is kinda low comparatively because all of the items I find and want to sell, are too expensive for shopkeepers. So I suppose I need to start selling really cheap shit like apples and stuff so I can build that up and eventually invest in one. :rolleyes:

How to sit like a Jarl...

Next update to fix what v 1.2 broke should be here next week...

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...ps3-skyrim-lag

Digital Foundry vs. PS3 Skyrim Lag

Embarrassing videos at the link.

Again, none of those issues at all on the PC. ;)

v 1.3 is now on Steam, hopefully very soon on consoles.

Any hacked patches lmao

So I guess I beat the game but it's quite a let down...

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disappointed after finishing the major campaign, there wasn't anything that told me it was all over (like in Fallout 3).. I completed presumably all of the major quests and the only side quests remaining are find quests (find jazbay berries, etc.)

Now I guess all that's left is to start a new character.

My first character was a sniper/assassin. I think my next one will be primarily a conjurer, something I never really dabbled in Oblivion.

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Originally Posted by gschwendt

So I guess I beat the game but it's quite a let down...

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disappointed after finishing the major campaign, there wasn't anything that told me it was all over (like in Fallout 3).. I completed presumably all of the major quests and the only side quests remaining are find quests (find jazbay berries, etc.)

Now I guess all that's left is to start a new character.

My first character was a sniper/assassin. I think my next one will be primarily a conjurer, something I never really dabbled in Oblivion.

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Maybe a spoiler alert for those of us who have not finished the main campaign. For fucks sake, I paid $59.99 and would have like to have found out on my own.

360 patch is out, PS3 is out in Europe...hopefully later tonight in NA

The Collector's Edition Hardcover Guide is back in stock at Amazon for $23.99

Sweet. I've sort of become a sucker for collector's edition guides lately. I got the Assassin's Creed Revelations hardcover collector's edition guide, and still have it unopened in it's plastic sleeve.

I really need to get back into this. I haven't played Skyrim since December 7th, haven't even installed the damn thing on my new Xbox yet. I was just thinking about this game last night. And with it Douchebag Hour(s) on MW3 right now, Skyrim is sounding even more better.

Finally playing this again. Was waiting for the 4th patch. Took a little bit to get my bearings back, but jumped in and defeated my 2nd dragon. And now am up to level 11.

Ever since I found this video (NSFW because of audio):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBiNx749Zw

I've had to play a Nord unarmed fighter. Talk about NEVER getting tired of beating the shit out of people. :deadhorse: :nod:

:D awesome

I put in a nice work shift on Skyrim yesterday, 9 hours. Went from level 11 to 16 I think. Did a lot of side shit like joining the Companions.

I'm up to level 23 or 24 in Skyrim.

41. i'd kick all of your guys' asses. :D

the best part about it though, is that you'd never see me coming, since i've maxed out my sneak attack

Yeah I had a big gap since I played. Wanted to wait for patch 4 to fix what patch 3 broke.

I'm doing some business in Winterhold, and it's the middle of the night so everyone is sleeping. So I woke up this chick I had to talk to, and as I was talking to her, someone else walks into the room and goes to sleep on the bed :D

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41. i'd kick all of your guys' asses. :D

the best part about it though, is that you'd never see me coming, since i've maxed out my sneak attack

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Lvl 43, you can try a sneak attack but with my Legendary Glass Armor and light armor/one hand at 100, you would not make a dent in my guy. :P Using my Legendary Glass sword on the other hand, well I would see a beheading in your future.

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Then I would drink your blood as I am a Cannibal and carry the Ring of Namira and even get an increase in stamina and HP to boot.

Sweet Pac-Man Easter Egg on Skyrim...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYV4WFMa3RE&feature=player_embedded

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Lvl 43, you can try a sneak attack but with my Legendary Glass Armor and light armor/one hand at 100, you would not make a dent in my guy. :P Using my Legendary Glass sword on the other hand, well I would see a beheading in your future.

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Then I would drink your blood as I am a Cannibal and carry the Ring of Namira and even get an increase in stamina and HP to boot.

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Ha...this game would've made for good online pvp...

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Originally Posted by Marlowe

Ha...this game would've made for good online pvp...

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There's a mod that's trying to do just that. It's in VERY early alpha stages, but, if it gets anywhere close to what it did in Oblivion, it'll be pretty damn interesting.

I get too easily distracted to level up past 35. I feel like doing something else and maximizing my efforts so I end up starting over (this will be the 4th time I've started over with my unarmed Nord Badass).

Sometimes I wish I played this game on a PC. I have a house in Windhelm with a serial killer living in the back room because Bethesda can't take the time to make sure that quests are bug free. The game just skipped over a step in the quest line making it impossible to deal with this person. I am going to move my wife there and see what happens next. ;) As much as I love the game, the amount of bugs and freezes make me want punch something.

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Originally Posted by bdoughty

Sometimes I wish I played this game on a PC. I have a house in Windhelm with a serial killer living in the back room because Bethesda can't take the time to make sure that quests are bug free. The game just skipped over a step in the quest line making it impossible to deal with this person. I am going to move my wife there and see what happens next. ;) As much as I love the game, the amount of bugs and freezes make me want punch something.

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And, yet, me, on the PC, hasn't had any of those issues since switching to a mod manager program. I was having crashing issues to begin with, but since installing all of my mods via the manager program, I've had zero issues with the game and it looks better than ever with the mods that I'd added.

In my younger days I would be right there with you. I just do not play games on the PC anymore. I spend enough time on the PC as it is and when it comes to games I like kicking back in the recliner and playing on the big screen. I just have to live with the issues and it could always be worse, I could be playing it on my PS3. :D

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Originally Posted by bdoughty

In my younger days I would be right there with you. I just do not play games on the PC anymore. I spend enough time on the PC as it is and when it comes to games I like kicking back in the recliner and playing on the big screen. I just have to live with the issues and it could always be worse, I could be playing it on my PS3. :D

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Well, I do usually play kicked back on a big screen. ;)

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Originally Posted by bdoughty

In my younger days I would be right there with you. I just do not play games on the PC anymore. I spend enough time on the PC as it is and when it comes to games I like kicking back in the recliner and playing on the big screen. I just have to live with the issues and it could always be worse, I could be playing it on my PS3. :D

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Yeah, I've become the same way. About the only games I play anymore on PC are the ones that are available only on PC. If it's available on 360, that's what I get it for. Like you, when I'm feeling like gaming, I want to relax in the recliner, kick up my feet, and enjoy the game on the big screen. While my laptop has a pretty large screen, it's just never really been my preferred device for gaming.

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Yeah, I've become the same way. About the only games I play anymore on PC are the ones that are available only on PC. If it's available on 360, that's what I get it for. Like you, when I'm feeling like gaming, I want to relax in the recliner, kick up my feet, and enjoy the game on the big screen. While my laptop has a pretty large screen, it's just never really been my preferred device for gaming.

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100% agree. Just not as comfortable, so that's why I'm not a PC gamer. I sit at a computer 40 hours a week as it is.

Anyone still playing? I restarted and created a new bad boy.

Bjorn the Borg lvl 50

Full Dragon Armor (light) Armor rating 823 plus enchantments on each
Deadric Sword (Legendary) 91 damage + 52 plus enchantment on this my Deadric bow and Dagger (all Legendary)

This is my second character over lvl 45. I am glad there is not way to tell how much time you play this game on the 360.

I do occasionally. I'm really bored of it though. It's still HORRIBLY uninteresting story-wise, which just kills it for me.

I am not much of a story line guy to begin with. The Metal Gear games ruined me on gaming and stories, though I found Red Dead Redemption to be okay, up to the last part of Mexico where it got a bit odd.

I just can't expect something too compelling from a game that let's me join two Colleges, Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood, The Champions and The Blades, not to mention running though the civil war story line and dragon story line; all at the same time.

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I do occasionally. I'm really bored of it though. It's still HORRIBLY uninteresting story-wise, which just kills it for me.

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i agreed with this until i reached a certain point last night....

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where you learn that the dragon you saw at helgan, is bringing other dragons back to life :o:o:o

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i agreed with this until i reached a certain point last night....

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where you learn that the dragon you saw at helgan, is bringing other dragons back to life :o:o:o

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Yeah, but nothing really happens with it that's all that interesting. It's really just more silly stuff that is half-baked to begin with. I mean, sure, Alduin is bad ass and everything, but, it's really silly that he just so happens to be sent forward in time to the time in which the Dragonborn is reborn into the world to stop him. It's just so 5th grade writing.

Funny (well not for me) little story about how developers can make the game a bit too real.

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I spent an hour trying to figure out how to buy the house in Riften. I have spent a ton of time helping the people in the area, did all the requests from the Jarl and Steward, still no mention of the house. So I jump online to see who I need to talk to get my house, become a thane, get me a house carl and all the wonderful glory that goes with it. Come to find out one NPC is required to start a chain of events to get all this fun stuff. Problem is, and I recall this happening early in the game on my first visit to Riften. A dragon attacks me just outside Riften in the Fishery. It is early and it was an elder dragon so it took some time to finish him. During this time a few guards and one lady die in the attack. That lady happens to be the one who sets the chain of events.

I have seen a few NPC's die in dragon attacks but why would you have one that is so important to the storyline die?

While I have no issue with the story, being a video game and all... There are a few quests that you just have to imagine the writers were on shrooms. Just so far out there you could not help but laugh.

Examples - no spoilers, if you have been on these quests you will understand.

Most of the Dark Brotherhood Storyline
Wabbajack - we get it, someone is really into Lewis Carrol.
A dog you find outside of Falkreath