Matt Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 I finally got to play Skyrim over the weekend. I really, really suck with a bow. And on the opposite end of the spectrum of bow skills is the character in this video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 ROFL, that was awesome! I wonder how many practice shots that took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Some SS from the game, mostly of my dragon kills, though my revenge on chicken-kind is in there and a less tasteful happenstance of Skyrim's feminine hygiene products (or lack thereof). I have more, that are more interesting, but for whatever reason, imageshack won't detect them...I'll work on that. Skyrim SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I put Lydia in an orc helm and couldn't help but think of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fox Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Heh, I've got two characters now, my goodie goodie Nord warrior that is following the main quest line and saving the world from the Dragon menace. And my Dark Elf thief who decided to take it personally that the Imperials tried to cut her head off. She's decided to respond by assassinating every Imperial in Skyrim leaving Tullius for last. Also, since it was Ulfric's rebellion that caused her to be caught up in the Imperial net she's going to eliminate the Stormcloak rebels. Finally, just for good measure she'll throw in the Thalmor since they were manipulating Ulfric at one point. When she's done there should be no more war, the Dragon's are just a nuisance and will be dealt with if they get in her way. I love how open ended these games are! Edit: Legendary is the highest tier, it is above flawless according to what I just read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 That's odd, since I coulda swore Krosis was Legendary before I downed the potion. But that's good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 Who knew that there were hoarders in Skyrim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I don't even want to imagine trying to walk through Breezehome like that. The impacts would be crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fox Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Well, looks like I won't be playing Skyrim much this weekend... got my beta invite for SWTOR. Woohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Well, looks like I won't be playing Skyrim much this weekend... got my beta invite for SWTOR. Woohoo! Me too, me too! Stress test ftw! I'm in the looooong process of downloading the client and patches. (22gb) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 hahahahahahah http://kotaku.com/58...agons-in-skyrim <iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/doBGglOUOiE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fox Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I hate to use such language, but... that is Badass completely smothered in awesomesauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fox Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Incidentally the code to spawn dragons: player.placeatme 000FEA9B (unverified) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fox Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I'm very impressed by the animations for sneaky backstabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 And Skyrim has its first serial killer. The video below is pretty creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameson (ST) Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 That is seriously fucked up. Whoever did that should probably be on a watch list somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 What Jim said...that's all kinds of disturbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameson (ST) Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 By comparison this seems downright normal and ok: Also .... this is a really gorgeous screen cap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 That is a nice cap, wish I could run on Ultra, but my framerate drops down like crazy and my gfx card starts to sound like a jet engine. Also...Breezehome has some seriously disturbed renters...they need a better screening process in Whiterun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 <iframe width="853" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fCrhDamN82k?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fox Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Wow, that was good for a chuckle. I love the crazy stuff you can do in Skyrim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I thought it was pretty funny he almost died on one of his jumps, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameson (ST) Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I got sick of things being "easy" so I started a new character and put the difficulty to Expert. Combat can be much more challenging now (mitigated heavily by a stealth focus and 6x damage "backstabs" with my fine steel axe). Playing through the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood quests is also providing a nice change of play compared to the Mage's guild (where I felt like an errand boy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalmonMax Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Hee...in my mage game I did some quests, but mostly I went artifact hunting. It was kind of cool. I went around, looking for clues/rumors/quests about unique items...then I went and tracked the items down for storage at the college. Seemed a very 'archmagey' thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysti-Lynn Magnussen Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Daggers + Assassin's Blade (x15 damage Sneak Attacks with Daggers) + Dark Shroud Gloves (from the Brotherhood, doubles damage with Melee Sneak Attacks, and yes, this means attacks with Daggers do x30 damage) is completely gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 heh, that's awesome of course you have to be in sneak attack position to use it, and that's not always possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysti-Lynn Magnussen Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 True, I've seen my friend doing it, and my character is good enough at sneak (not even wearing my top Sneaking gear) that sometimes I can almost walk right up to someone and still not be seen. But I went the archer route - only x3 damage, but with Eagle Eye and Slow Time, I can bring down an entire room before they now what has hit them - or pepper one guy with 3-4 shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 It seems as though they may have over compensated with bows. They were weak to useless in Morrowind and Oblivion but now they seem almost broken powerful. I'm not sure what makes them so good, damage for the mace I was using was 11, vs 9 for the bow, but the bow took out a guy in two shots (this was level like 5) and the made took me a good amount of HTH and getting my health battered down, certainly not 2 swings of the mace that it "should" have been based on damage numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysti-Lynn Magnussen Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 You are also forgetting to add the arrows, yeah, bow is only 9, but you also add say another 10 from Iron or Ancient Nord arrows (IIRC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Bows are especially broken when you can have a companion + war dog to tank for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Wait ... you ADD the arrow damage to the bows damage?! WTF, I though that the arrow limited your damage i.e. if you arrow is 7 damage and your bow is 10 you only do 7 ... no wonder bows are so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Wait ... you ADD the arrow damage to the bows damage?! WTF, I though that the arrow limited your damage i.e. if you arrow is 7 damage and your bow is 10 you only do 7 ... no wonder bows are so good. That would be stupid...my glass bow is up around 100, and the best arrows in the game I've seen are 20. They have to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 wonder what a legendary ebony sword looks like on the damage front by comparison ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalmonMax Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Bows do a bit more damage per shot than an equivalent-level 1-handed weapon. They compare more favorably to 2H weapons, but do more damage there too. Why? Well, bows are 2 handed, but can't parry, and they have a fairly slow rate of fire if you want to do full damage. They are pretty brutal though, no question of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Note to self: Calling a storm in the middle of a town creates lots of bounty. I swear I heard the dragon laugh at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 <iframe width="853" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4z9TdDCWN7g?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GVQmYF35w74?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 For the PC users... The 10 coolest Skyrim mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 That crafting mod (#8) would be pretty cool. Though I imagine that you could rather quickly break the skill progression for Smithing by crafting armor, melting it down, and starting over in a loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fox Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Sweet! I want to try the crafting mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 That crafting mod (#8) would be pretty cool. Though I imagine that you could rather quickly break the skill progression for Smithing by crafting armor, melting it down, and starting over in a loop. I agree, though Smithing isn't exactly hard to max out with a either a penchant for hunting wild creatures, or looping through towns with enough coin to buy out the leather and iron. Once I set myself to it, I had 100 Smithing very quickly. Being able to make arrows seems logical, (since there are fletchers in the game). I'm not sure why they didn't add that as a perk of Smithing myself. It could have been down the center with crafting enchanted pieces, or even just an option of the various perks you get...once you can craft glass, you can craft glass arrows. Would have given me a reason to put perk points into the heavy side for the better arrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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