SKYRIM

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Originally Posted by ImBrotherCain

Okay... Note to self and all that care. If you are still a low level don't **** with a Mammoth. They are big, fast, take a ton of damage and deal out more.

Did the Giants attack you?

[ImBrotherCain]

I haven't seen a Giant yet... I am far to weak at the moment to even consider it.

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Check my spoiler out. Maybe that can help with stuff!

[nepg]

Originally Posted by ImBrotherCain

I haven't seen a Giant yet... I am far to weak at the moment to even consider it.

They're right by the mammoths. They will attack you if they see you attacking a mammoth (so will other mammoths) or if you get close to things they don't want you near. Their curb stomp is far worse than the mammoth tusks. Trust me, I know! It's just a terrible idea to attack a mammoth.

I did manage to take one down, though. I got on a rock and it took about 100 arrows. Had to run around quite a bit. Worth it if for no other reason than to say I did it. Gained an entire level doing so, as well.

[Bulldogs]

8 hours in. This may honestly be my favorite ever gaming experience so far. Maybe exaggerating a little, but top 5 at least.

[Bulldogs]

Originally Posted by NY+Giants=NYG

Thanks! I tried that before and somehow it failed. But here is something players might like.

Video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZqbMDCZRd8

How To Become A Werewolf

Complete a quest for the Jarl of Dragonreach in Whiterun to begin your journey to lycanthropy. From there, drop by the Companions faction. They’ll give you a series of quests to complete.

Finish every quest they give you until you complete the chain, and the Companions will send you on one final job. To gather some items before meeting them in the Underforge.

In the Underforge, you’ll enter into the ritual to become a werewolf. Now, you’ll need to figure out where to find a cure…

The benefits of becoming a Werewolf are; your health and stamina increase by 100, your sprinting speed becomes faster than a horse’s gallop.

You gain a new shout that instills fear in enemies and summons wolves, while also gaining some hand-to-hand melee damage bonuses. You’re also a criminal, and will be hunted by guards while in werewolf form.

There are drawbacks; you can’t use spells, equip items, or loot corpses in wolf-form. You also won’t be able to talk to NPCs.

Your werewolf form will also scare away NPCs, or turn them hostile towards you. If you’re caught transforming into a werewolf, it’s counted as a major crime.

Beware, you’re also weak against silver!

Transforming into a werewolf is temporary, so the change isn’t permanent. If you do change into a werewolf, try to do it far away from civilization.

Yeah I'm a werewolf it's pretty awesome. Also just joined the Thieves and Dark Brotherhood in the same city.

Anybody else do The Hangover type quest yet? ******* badass, one of my top Elder Scrolls missions of all time I'd say, loved every second of it. I don't want to ruin it for you guys if you haven't done it yet, but you get into a drinking contest with somebody and awesomeness ensues.

[ImBrotherCain]

Originally Posted by nepg

They're right by the mammoths. They will attack you if they see you attacking a mammoth (so will other mammoths) or if you get close to things they don't want you near. Their curb stomp is far worse than the mammoth tusks. Trust me, I know! It's just a terrible idea to attack a mammoth.

I did manage to take one down, though. I got on a rock and it took about 100 arrows. Had to run around quite a bit. Worth it if for no other reason than to say I did it. Gained an entire level doing so, as well.

Well the giants weren't by these Mammoths... Or well not close enough for me to see them or vice versa. I hit the Mammoth with about 3 arrows realized I had no chance of taking it down with out a ton of arrows so I ran and got charged.

[nepg]

Yeah, they run faster than you!

[NY+Giants=NYG]

Originally Posted by Bulldogs

Yeah I'm a werewolf it's pretty awesome. Also just joined the Thieves and Dark Brotherhood in the same city.

Anybody else do The Hangover type quest yet? ******* badass, one of my top Elder Scrolls missions of all time I'd say, loved every second of it. I don't want to ruin it for you guys if you haven't done it yet, but you get into a drinking contest with somebody and awesomeness ensues.

Can you please PM me what that's like? Pros, cons, and what stuff one can do with those powers and abilities?

[ImBrotherCain]

Anyone start Smithing yet? This is the first game where I think its worth it.

[Forenci]

Haha, I'm so jealous. My brother grabbed it for the PC but I've held off getting it because I've got finals coming up in the next three weeks so I don't feel like I'd be able to put in the adequate time a bad ass/deep game like this deserves.

But, I have winter break after so I'll likely play the heck out of it then.

[nrk]

I told myself I wasn't going to get this game until a sale but I got sucked in to the hype. It feels painfully mediocre to me so far in all aspects other than visuals. I'm not that far in though.

I've only ran into one game ending bug so far, I got stuck in a wall. But somehow I find these bugs in almost every game I play. My friend was watching me at the time and just start laughing because he knows how much I ***** about that happening to me in games.

[ImBrotherCain]

Hows everyone doing? In my day off yesterday I got to level 10... Completed some companion quests. Also did a little bit of the main quest line.

Became a Werewolf and just found out I am Dragonborn

Took the day off for the GF and football.

[Bulldogs]

Originally Posted by ImBrotherCain

Hows everyone doing? In my day off yesterday I got to level 10... Completed some companion quests. Also did a little bit of the main quest line.

Became a Werewolf and just found out I am Dragonborn

Took the day off for the GF and football.

Level 20 right now, loving the Thieves guild, lots of fun. I'm slightly further than you in the main quest, there is just so much to do.

[Caddy]

I finish uni for the semester at 12pm tomorrow so I can't wait to get stuck into this game! Anyone recommend a race in particular or does it not really matter?

[ElectricEye]

Haven't gotten a chance to play a whole ton between thirteen and a half hour work days and football, but I'm enjoying the bits I've played so far a ton more than Oblivion or the Fallout games. Maybe it's superficial, but the new visuals really make it for me. Big worlds filled with people who don't look like total ass might be a revelation for Bethesda. The animations are a lot smoother too. I'm rocking a Nord(always played Nords in Elder Scrolls games, saw no reason to stop with the setting) and two handing.

Sticking mostly to the main quest. Just finished speaking with the Grey Beards and then doing Heath Barrow. Probably going to do some of the Companions stuff soon before anything else.

[The_Dude]

What's a "main quest"? ;) I always ended up getting lost in side quests in Oblivion and usually forgot about the main quest.

I am so excited to get my ps3 on Black Friday & this will be the first game that i get.

My wife is much less excited about my budding obsession with Skyrim (i've already been reading about the basics on a Skyrim wiki).

[ImBrotherCain]

I used to always play with Dark Elves but I switched to Nords when Bloodmoon came out.

So Obviously I am playing a Nord. I have been working on Waraxes... The perks are different but pretty cool. Also as I said before I recommend Smithing... Could be a huge huge bonus later on.

[DoughBoy]

I have faced Giants and this tree looking thing, both owned the **** out of me.

[ElectricEye]

Speaking of Giants, have you guys seen this?



It's not a bug, it's a feature.

[ImBrotherCain]

They have videos of that happening to the player.

[DoughBoy]

That happend to me like 5 times when I was fighting a Giant. I thought it was normal.

[nepg]

Just an example of how ridiculous Giants are... Half of my dragon kills are from the dragon (stupidly) attacking and landing near a giant. Giant takes him out in about 5 hits and I reap the benefits.

[nrk]

I've been playing more and I'm enjoying it a lot more. The melee still seems sloppy with lackluster customization. I also wish there were polearms/spears but oh well. The spell casting is enjoyable. The overall story is pretty interesting but the dialogue is often bland.

I love fighting the dragons. I would be content with just hunting dragons the whole time instead of playing through the main story.

[ElectricEye]

Originally Posted by nrk

The melee still seems sloppy with lackluster customization.

I agree with this. I'm coming off of Dark Souls and transitioning to this. Hard to get used to the combat being so much less involved and so much less to do.