SKYRIM - Page 42

BeerBaron · 05-24-2012, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by killxswitch

I have a PS3. I get nothing.

Well you're just uber-boned then. Did they ever fix that save file size issue that made the game unplayable after a few dozen hours?

Cigaro · 05-24-2012, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BeerBaron

Well you're just uber-boned then. Did they ever fix that save file size issue that made the game unplayable after a few dozen hours?

It was never a problem for me, so I assume so.

BeerBaron · 05-24-2012, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Cigaro

It was never a problem for me, so I assume so.

When it first came out, the PS3 version was a wreck. Some places, like in the UK, started offering the PS3 version at half price because of it.

Bethesda admitted the error but said it was something deep in the coding that they couldn't fix quickly. Players figured out that turning off autosave help alleviate the problem for a while, but once you got 100+ hours in, it became nearly unplayable.

I got bored with it back in January/February and stopped following the news on it. Was just curious because a lot of PS3 players were livid as **** about it.

TitanHope · 05-24-2012, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Cigaro

Also, accidentally saved over my level 36 character with a level 2. Well, at least I'll have more to do with the game.

What kinda character are you gonna make it?

Cigaro · 05-24-2012, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TitanHope

What kinda character are you gonna make it?

The level 36 was a Wood Elf stealth archer, this new guy is a Nord who smashes things with his two-handed warhammer.

BeerBaron · 05-24-2012, 01:17 PM

I always get bored with super melee characters. Something about the sneaking around, shooting things with bows and using melee as a last resort just kicks ass for me.

killxswitch · 05-24-2012, 01:17 PM

I never did run into the really bad PS3 errors. The last update they did with the new kill cams supposedly fixed the rest of the PS3 problems.

I've considered buying a new video card for my PC so I can play Skyrim mods but I don't want to spend the money on a new card AND to buy Skyrim again. Plus the rest of my PC is not that great so a lot of the graphics card mods wouldn't work.

killxswitch · 05-24-2012, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BeerBaron

I always get bored with super melee characters. Something about the sneaking around, shooting things with bows and using melee as a last resort just kicks ass for me.

I kept grinding til I got 100 in smithing, enchanting, and alchemy, and made some gear that makes destructive and alteration spells cost nothing. Also I can make potions worth thousands of gold with easily-found ingredients, so I can afford anything I want. So there isn't a ton of challenge. I may just finish the main story with that character and then start over with a steathy assassin type when the DLC comes out.

The_Dude · 05-24-2012, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TitanHope

I. Still. Love. This. Game.

Comes out this summer. XBox 360 gets it a month early. They'll release more info at E3, which is in, like, two weeks.

Players have dissected the 1.5 patch and found some clues in the coding names that have been put in place already prior to the DLC. Speculation is that the arc will feature...

oh, ****. this will really piss off the wife. nice.

Cigaro · 05-24-2012, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BeerBaron

I always get bored with super melee characters. Something about the sneaking around, shooting things with bows and using melee as a last resort just kicks ass for me.

I really miss my stealth archer. But I'm not going to play that whole method over again.

TitanHope · 05-25-2012, 08:29 AM

I have horrendous ADD, so I cycle between my melee/conjurer Nord (Lvl 60's), thief Argonian (Lvl 40's), and mage Breton (Lvl 10's). If I lose interest in one, I can switch and pick up a different one and play it. It helps in a lot.

Just save before you switch and don't leave it autosaved... :(

BeerBaron · 05-25-2012, 08:37 AM

I'd get so lost if I tried doing that. I need to stick to one character so I always know what I just did, am doing and am about to do.

bearfan · 05-25-2012, 09:13 AM

When I first tried the game I didn't really know what I was doing, so I had a heavy armor, one handed, blocking, and destruction heavy...kajiit lol.

Then I switched to playing on my PS3, and have a stealth based wood elf. I always tend to wind up with well rounded characters though, as my archery is 100, one handed in the 80s, light and heavy armor in the high 60s.

Game is too addicting.

BeerBaron · 05-25-2012, 10:25 AM

You know something I just realized...the leader of the assassin's guild in each game always dies a fairly gruesome death.

In Morrowind, you kill the Night Mother when she visits. She's in a Daedric ruin where you can pick up some fairly gnarly weapons, including Daedric ones to kill her with. Then, to take over the Morag Tong, you have to kill the old Grandmaster in combat. And then in Tribunal, the leader of the Dark Brotherhood there dies by your hand as you hack your way through all of his minions.

In Oblivion, Lucien Lechance gets strung up and skinned alive. And you kill the previous Listener.

In Skyrim, she burns nearly to death praying to the Night Mother and the you finish her off.

Hell...most of the factions in most of the games end with the previous grandmaster dieing in some way. You kill the previous leaders of all the guilds and factions in Morrowind except for the Thieves Guild (he retires) and the Temple (he retires.) (You get the option of killing or blackmailing the leader of the Commona Tong who has major pull over the Hlaalu councilors.)

Oblivion...two of the four faction leaders die and the other two retire.

Skyrim...they ALL die except for the leader civil war faction you support.

Being a faction leader in an Elder Scrolls game means you are extremely likely to die.

vidae · 05-27-2012, 08:38 PM

Some people are currently working on a multiplayer mod for Skyrim. It is still rough, but they're getting a lot of the stuff down and in place. I figured there'd be a few people who are interested in seeing that.

Cigaro · 05-27-2012, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by TitanHope

I have horrendous ADD, so I cycle between my melee/conjurer Nord (Lvl 60's), thief Argonian (Lvl 40's), and mage Breton (Lvl 10's). If I lose interest in one, I can switch and pick up a different one and play it. It helps in a lot.

Just save before you switch and don't leave it autosaved... :(

My mistake.

TitanHope · 05-27-2012, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by vidae

Some people are currently working on a multiplayer mod for Skyrim. It is still rough, but they're getting a lot of the stuff down and in place. I figured there'd be a few people who are interested in seeing that.

That seems like it'd be wicked fun, except when divvying up loot. :)

That reminds me of Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, and letting my friends and sister get the gold cause I used the 10000K cheat.

BeerBaron · 05-31-2012, 09:28 AM

That looks amazingly awesome actually. Ugh...I may have to get a character ready for this. Gotta get through the rest of FF7 first. I'll put my FF game marathon on hold.

Cigaro · 05-31-2012, 10:03 AM

Horse combat and crossbows. Sweet.

killxswitch · 05-31-2012, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Cigaro

Horse combat and crossbows. Sweet.

Horse combat is coming in the next Skyrim patch. To me the bigger deal was playing as a demon with flight capabilities.

Cigaro · 05-31-2012, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by killxswitch

Horse combat is coming in the next Skyrim patch. To me the bigger deal was playing as a demon with flight capabilities.

The demon thing is cool, but I assume it can only be used in the expansion area, whereas horse combat and crossbows will be available all around. Good to hear about that patch though.

BeerBaron · 05-31-2012, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Cigaro

The demon thing is cool, but I assume it can only be used in the expansion area, whereas horse combat and crossbows will be available all around. Good to hear about that patch though.

I doubt that, unless the expansion area is some kind of other realm where that magic works.

I bet it'll be like the werewolves from Bloodmoon. Once infected, you got to take that power with you everywhere else in the game, expansion or not.

BeerBaron · 05-31-2012, 02:30 PM

Another good thing about the break I took from the game was all of the new and better mods that have come out since then.

http://techland.time.com/2012/05/31/...im-monster-mod

ImBrotherCain · 05-31-2012, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BeerBaron

Another good thing about the break I took from the game was all of the new and better mods that have come out since then.

http://techland.time.com/2012/05/31/...im-monster-mod

I was just reading that. I may install the Monster and King of Riverhelm mods.

BeerBaron · 05-31-2012, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ImBrotherCain

I was just reading that. I may install the Monster and King of Riverhelm mods.

Monster looks slick as hell. I installed a few before I quit playing that were decent. A menu retool was one of them and it was amazingly nice. The default menu system is just ******** on the PC.