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Oh dear god. Every TES game I hope this one thing doesn't return. IT ALWAYS COMES BACK!

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The Lusty Argonian Maid

In other news Lydia got hit by a giant, and I think she somehow got stuck in the skybox or something. Poor girl hasn't come down yet.

Just wait until you read the third volume....

*shudders*

But man, I love reading the books on this game! So clear and crisp, it's much easier than on Oblivion.

Also note: My companion Orc Beserker guy (Grub-something?) took on a giant by himself, easily. When I logged off, he was killing a dragon.

ALONE. Also note: He has two staffs (WTF?) and kills everything with them, along with his huge artifact two-handed magical axe "Aegisbane" or something. SO BADASS!

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Am I the only fucking person on the forum that doesn't have a fetish for killing elves?

I like the elves, they tend to be really helpful. I've never been at war with them, and I hate any unnecessary loss of life, so I tend to avoid killing them. The again, I've never used magma in my life, and I'm vegetarian.

Some dwarf I am...

Wow, something really lame just happened. My badass Sword/dagger dual-wielding warrior-mage who's also an archer just got one hitted...By a bandit. The dude was on a freakin' bridge, and I could barely see him. I was staring at him, and then I saw a small streak coming closer and closer, then BAM!

Deeaaad.

Quote from: Dave1004 on November 13, 2011, 03:22:38 pm

Only problem is, I need more defense on the guy. I'm getting raped by long-ranged weapons. I set the aiming to the heart, which works well (Most of the time), but the guy dies -immediately-...

It doesn't help that he runs out ahead of everybody else, then stops and waits for his enemies to fire a volley into him.

That's probably gonna happen until your army gets hats. Comms can help your assault troop act faster, saboteurs screw up the enemy's guns, or make him a spy and he'll show up in pistol range immediately

HP and armor can be pretty decent if you get to stack them – there was my post upthread; you can't see the battle anymore, but the guy ate three rockets, he has 27 hit points and heavy armor – but, generally, yes, evasion and initiative are better. Zigzag would be good for your pistol guy. So would the motorcycle, Twinoid, Sprinter, On Point, Dodger, Tuck & Roll, probably Camouflage, a bunch of other stuff.

That's mostly what I meant by defense, a la dodging things. Once I get these "Hats", I'll definitely get him the Spy one. His combination of Hydroshock shells and Explosive shells means an almost guaranteed kill every shot. Maybe an initiative booster, and there you go, a literal glass cannon. Thanks for the information though! ^_^

I live in Canada, in the far north, on a farm. The closest civilization is a town ~90 miles south. My father runs a cattle farm, and we have fields upon fields of wheat/alfalfa/lentils. An underground river as well, plus an old-fashioned "Water-wheel" (I know, I forgot the name..) Oh, and don't forget the back-up pump well (Power outages are fairly common here.)

We could survive pretty well. I have my own crossbow (Which is a bitch to use, I mean, it's almost impossible to load it! Thing's hardcore), and a few simple rifles. Bucketloads on munitions although, and lots of stored food. We've always stockpiled things like candles, food, toilet paper, batteries, flashlights, etc etc. We have a strong wood stove and a literal forest surrounding us, plus a surprisingly large amount of game.

I would find myself a shark suit, grab a hunting crossbow, and stay home. I estimate that we could survive about two years on initial resources, and up to half a decade with farming and ranching.

dave you should patch your game.
that bug of spell dualwielding  has been fixed with the recent patch.

that said, for the trolls (hah the pun!) haters:
it was a feature requested by the game/people. Certain areas where monsters are above your level, and certain areas where they are underneath.
If your bandits won't get glass armour when you're level 15, it's because there are level restrictions and areas where trolls are for level 29.
and ice trolls are terrible.
i died too, and quite a lot to them.

finally for dragon battles: still consider them epic.
why? SPOILER for Brotherhood quests!

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i was happily going back to base after surviving the fake emperor death.
SO i fight my way through penitus oculatus, and who roars in the bushes?! yeah, a friggin dragon! i quickly enter the brotherhood sanctuary, but i still hear the friggin dragon fighting from upstairs and the epic music goes on as i fight all the bastards of the penitus oculatus, finally reaching salvation after a while.
it was friggin epic. and i also had lachance ghost form with me, who was all "the dark brotherhood hangs on the verge of abyss once more, it reminds me of another listener, one i knew a long long time ago"

second non spoiler why:
a dragon i doubt would land on a small speck of dirt. or in the water. that's why i consider it pretty normal if they circle around without landing down.
furthermore, if they can escape, it means you aren't doing your jobs, because once their life goes down they end up grounded to the earth.
>.>
*goes back to epicly playing skyrim*

Cool, cool, and cool beans. Before I get my sleep* , I just have to say, I understand the whole "Farther out = stronger enemies", but what I don't understand is why they stuck a high level creature on the main questline so early on. I blasted the troll with two full bars of magicka (I was using the default fire and shock spells), plus my scroll of summon frost atronach and two scrolls of firebolt (50 damage each), and a companion, plus hit him with my swords and drinking potions until I ran out. Guy (er, thing) wouldn't die! Argh.

And the dragon didn't even freaking attack me. He literally circled me. I was heading to that Solemn-place-whatever-it's-called, and there was a lot of open ground. Some small swamp pools, but that's it. My companion even hit the bastard with some well-placed arrows and it still just ignored me.

About the "patch": When my legit copy arrives on Tuesday, I'll patch. I'm using a pirated version 'till then.

I really like this game, but...I don't know. I just don't feel excited playing it. The really annoying part was that damned Ice Troll on the road to the GandalfBeards, who almost ripped me and my servant to shreds. I just ran away, since it would kill me in 2-3 hits, and even blasting it with every scroll and point of magic I had, it just wouldn't die. I had killed a normal troll, but...Yeah.

Also: The Bard's Guild is really, really lame. You don't even get to be a bard, you just go around doing stupid quests. Ugh. I really like dual-wielding a sword and a dagger, it works well. The dagger has a stamina sapping enchantment, and the sword has a strong fire attack, so it makes things a LOT easier.

Note: When I found my first dragon (NOT counting the quest one at the west-tower-place), it just...Flew in circles. Around me. I hit it with a shout, and blasted it with magic, but then it just flew off at roughly Mach 10. That was disappointing.

Will continue playing tomorrow, it is now time for sleeps...Alsodon'tgetmewrong, but I am using the pirated version. My legit copy will ship on tuesday, and I wanted to see if my computer could run it. Surprise surprise, my five-year-old PC can run it smoothly on low settings. Great optimization! I've seen a few strange graphical abnormalities, including a flying mammoth. Seriously. It was in a river, then suddenly floated up, spun around and landed on the ground...Then left.

Oh! Does anybody else equip dual fire spells and blast them off really fast? If you click right, you can shoot them like a freakin' Ki cannon. You know, think Dragon Ball Z. Amazingly badass, if I may say so for myself! Too bad the range sucks.

One final note: I seriously do have my copy shipping. I bought Morrowind and Oblivion, which are still sitting on my shelf, looking beautiful.