Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Prydogga]

FUS ROH DAH

[Grand Moff Tim]

lol

[Prydogga]

I miss the days when a funny post got you rep.

First world problems....

On a related note, can't play the game all week because I'm going on a week long holiday to celebrate finishing school, I'm shattered.

[The Reverend]

Originally Posted by Prydogga

On a related note, can't play the game all week because I'm going on a week long holiday to celebrate finishing school, I'm shattered.

I hear you man. I'm going on a week-long vacation* to celebrate Thanksgiving* with my family.

* - The American, and thus right, translation of what you said.

I really am going back to my parent's house for a week, though. I can't bring my PS3 or Skyrim, so I'll have to deal without it. It'll be painful reading this thread, as it almost always gets me to stop dicking around on the internet and start playing the game.

[Grand Moff Tim]

Originally Posted by The Reverend

I really am going back to my parent's house for a week, though. I can't bring my PS3 or Skyrim, so I'll have to deal without it. It'll be painful reading this thread, as it almost always gets me to stop dicking around on the internet and start playing the game.

Ah, yes. Another benefit of having a gaming laptop .

[Thrashmanzac]

i had a moment of awe today playing skyrim. i had just finished looting a dwarven supply building and cracked some expert and mater locks to get some nice loot. when i went outside it was night time and stars were out, as i was looking at the stars the sky just lit up. like the nothern lights. it was amazing.

[Grand Moff Tim]

Originally Posted by Thrashmanzac

i had a moment of awe today playing skyrim. i had just finished looting a dwarven supply building and cracked some expert and mater locks to get some nice loot. when i went outside it was night time and stars were out, as i was looking at the stars the sky just lit up. like the nothern lights. it was amazing.

Did you remember to pick up as much dwarven scrap as you could carry to smelt into ingots?

[Sicarius]

I have a really bad habit of being over encumbered and end up having to drop decent 2h loot.

I really need to work on that. Just got to the Hrothgar stage, gotta go to some shrine I can't find. Then back to the Companions to get my Lyncanthropy on.

[BrainArt]

Originally Posted by Sicarius

I have a really bad habit of being over encumbered and end up having to drop decent 2h loot.

I really need to work on that. Just got to the Hrothgar stage, gotta go to some shrine I can't find. Then back to the Companions to get my Lyncanthropy on.

I got my Lycanthropy aaaaaages ago. Speed up, Clay!

[ittoa666]

Originally Posted by vampiregenocide

Any spells worth looking into? At the moment I'm just using flame on everything and it's starting to have trouble dealing with more powerful enemies. Besides, flame is a bit generic I want to try something more cool.

Chain Lightning!

[Prydogga]

Originally Posted by The Reverend

I hear you man. I'm going on a week-long vacation* to celebrate Thanksgiving* with my family.

* - The American, and thus right, translation of what you said.

I really am going back to my parent's house for a week, though. I can't bring my PS3 or Skyrim, so I'll have to deal without it. It'll be painful reading this thread, as it almost always gets me to stop dicking around on the internet and start playing the game.

Bah, thanksgiving is for crazy non Australians, this is simply a week of binge drinking and nothing more.

Also, Thanks for the reps. I lol'd.

[Thrashmanzac]

Originally Posted by Grand Moff Tim

Did you remember to pick up as much dwarven scrap as you could carry to smelt into ingots?

nah that shit is too heavy, i may head back there once i buy a house so i can store my loot. also, how the hell do you even buy a house?

[Grand Moff Tim]

Originally Posted by Thrashmanzac

nah that shit is too heavy, i may head back there once i buy a house so i can store my loot. also, how the hell do you even buy a house?

Heavy loot is what followers are for . Erandur is not only my battle buddy, he's also my pack mule.

To buy a house, you have to do a favor for a jarl. Once you've done that and earned a jarl's favor, he/she will allow you to buy a house from his/her advisor. If you've done enough of the early main questline to have killed your first dragon outside of Whiterun, you're already in good enough favor with the Jarl of Whiterun to buy a house there. Luckily, it's also the cheapest house in the game at 5000 septims (up around 7000 with all the upgrades, which you don't need but make it nicer and add more storage options).

[Grand Moff Tim]

Speaking of, I just bought the 25k septim house in Solitude today, and bought the ~10k septims' worth of furnishings. Shit's got three floors, and now I have my own enchanting and alchemy tables. ....in' pimp, y'all.

Oh, I also hit level 30 this evening. Woot woot.

[Thrashmanzac]

Originally Posted by Grand Moff Tim

Speaking of, I just bought the 25k septim house in Solitude today, and bought the ~10k septims' worth of furnishings. Shit's got three floors, and now I have my own enchanting and alchemy tables. ....in' pimp, y'all.

Oh, I also hit level 30 this evening. Woot woot.

how do you have so much money?
i spend alot of mine on smithing i guess

[ittoa666]

Just found a Katatonia reference on the final thieve's guild mission.

"He also mumbled some nonsensical phrases like 'night is the new day' and how he was the 'ghost of the sun.' I have no idea what these cryptic sentiments mean, but hopefully during tomorrow's ritual, Anders and I will put everything we've learned to the test."

I love Bethesda

[vampiregenocide]

I know there are some pretty cool armours in this game that I was thinking of tracking down, however should I wait until a higher level? If I get them they're presumably going to be levelled to my current level, and I don't want to track down an awesome armour only to have it be useless when I level up further. The nightingale armour in particular looks badass.

[Grand Moff Tim]

Originally Posted by Thrashmanzac

how do you have so much money?
i spend alot of mine on smithing i guess

When you get up there in level, you start finding some pretty valuable loot to hawk. I can't stress enough how important it is to get a hang of only picking up stuff with a good value-to-weight ratio. You also start getting like 1250 septims for even the smallest little bullshit side missions.

I've spent a fair bit on smithing too, but remember how I mentioned picking up dwemer scrap in the ruins? From one trip into a single ruin, I came out with enough scrap to make thirty-two dwemer ingots. Thirty-two! That was enough to make like six or seven sets of dwemer armor, and upgrade a few of them. That'll bring in a pretty penny, especially with the right smithing and speech perks.

Also, don't forget to check if you can make any jewelry the next time you're at a forge. I forgot for the longest time that I can make more than just weapons and armor, and since I was always randomly picking up gems and silver ingots (especially during the Companions/Silver Hand missions), I was pretty set once I remembered to make some. A silver ingot and a handful of gems can make a necklace that's worth 380 septims (MSRP ), even more if you find some gold.

EDIT: Hell, I'd wager the only three things I've regularly spent money on were housing, smithing, and arrows. I've picked up the random soul gem or training session here and there, but the lion's share of my money has gone to those three things.

[Grand Moff Tim]

Originally Posted by vampiregenocide

I know there are some pretty cool armours in this game that I was thinking of tracking down, however should I wait until a higher level? If I get them they're presumably going to be levelled to my current level, and I don't want to track down an awesome armour only to have it be useless when I level up further. The nightingale armour in particular looks badass.

I think the trick would be waiting a bit to level, but not waiting too long, because eventually you'll be regularly finding randomly generated loot that's almost as good as the unique stuff. You might also end up with a pocket full of filled grand soul gems, and paired with decent enchanting skills you can make some pretty sweet stuff on your own to hold you over until you find the uber stuff.

[vampiregenocide]

Originally Posted by Grand Moff Tim

I think the trick would be waiting a bit to level, but not waiting too long, because eventually you'll be regularly finding randomly generated loot that's almost as good as the unique stuff. You might also end up with a pocket full of filled grand soul gems, and paired with decent enchanting skills you can make some pretty sweet stuff on your own to hold you over until you find the uber stuff.

What sort of level would say it's worth waiting to before searching for these armours? I'm level 12 atm.

[SirMyghin]

Originally Posted by Grand Moff Tim

Speaking of, I just bought the 25k septim house in Solitude today, and bought the ~10k septims' worth of furnishings. Shit's got three floors, and now I have my own enchanting and alchemy tables. ....in' pimp, y'all.

Oh, I also hit level 30 this evening. Woot woot.

The house in Markarth has both those, but only 1 floor, 8k . It is a sweet hosue though.

I need to buy the manor yet, spent 10k on the expert spells not long ago. I could just sell most of my treasure, but generally I just throw it all in a chest in whiterun and go adventure more Probably 30k of gold in that chest alone.

Is there a merchant like 'the creeper' in morrowind anyone has found? aka one with enough gold to sell en masse,

[Thrashmanzac]

i always find shit thats worth alot (1000-2000 septims) but then when i try to sell it the bastards try to bend me over and give me less than half that

[vampiregenocide]

Urgh got my first annoying glitch. Every time I go to Solitude, this guy Jaree-Ra attacks me. He's invincible and won't stop attacking me. I tried shouting him off a cliff to an area he shouldn't be able to get back from, but he keeps getting me.

[Thrashmanzac]

where is the best area to sell apparell and misc items? the vendors in windhelm and whitrun have .... all money

[vampiregenocide]

Originally Posted by Thrashmanzac

where is the best area to sell apparell and misc items? the vendors in windhelm and whitrun have .... all money

Move between towns. When you return to the same one, they should have more money again.