Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Ultra Plinian]

The Elder Scrolls Online is coming to XB1/PS4 on June 9th and it will be free-to-play instead of requiring monthly subscription on top of your PSN Plus or Xbox Live Gold subscriptions. The new free-to-play version will launch for PC on March 17. I had quite a bit of experience as a beta tester last year and spent several months later playing it on PC. In my opinion, it was released too soon. It had a lot of problems. However, Zenimax has done a lot of work to rectify many of them and get it ready for the console releases later this year. If you like MMORPGs then it's definitely worth your time. What it absolutely is not is a completely immersive RPG experience like the Elder Scrolls series of games by Bethesda Studios (i.e. Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim). I'll toss Fallout 3 in there as well since it was also made by Bethesda and is of the same vein. You cannot have those kind of experiences in an MMO world for obvious reasons. If you want that, wait on Bethesda to release Fallout 4 or Elder Scrolls VI. There's also the massively huge modded remake of Morrowind called Skywind that looks awesome and is coming out hopefully by the end of this year. Or you could just play the new Witcher game that's about to come out. Anyway, yeah.... ESO is not a bad MMO at all. In fact, it's pretty damn good. Enjoy...

 

[SWIL]

If it's free to play I'll change my mind about giving it a go

 

[thehardknoxlife]

If it's free to play I'll change my mind about giving it a go

It'll follow in the footsteps of almost all these so called "free to play" games. Sure it's free to play, but you'll have to pay to win.

I haven't check out the details of it, but I'm pretty sure it will have limitations of it's "free-ness" like most games of this genre.

 

[SWIL]

It'll follow in the footsteps of almost all these so called "free to play" games. Sure it's free to play, but you'll have to pay to win.

I haven't check out the details of it, but I'm pretty sure it will have limitations of it's "free-ness" like most games of this genre.

I'd rather get owned than give in and encourage the "micro transaction" trends of the gaming industry.

 

[TOP]

I'm up to level 45 and a centimeter away from being 46. Elder Dragons destroy the s*** out of me unless it's in a village with people helping. And man, fire destroys me like no other. Fire and magic... I'll just say that this is a really long game as far as building all of your stats up goes. And you have to put in a lot of time to figure out all of the aspects of the game. -- I do agree with it getting repetitive. All games do, even GTA and Red Dead. Sports games... same thing over and over again. Idk if I'd ever play this game again because you can play all day, every day and you'd probably only be to level 30 after two weeks of devoting your time to it. That or I suck at the game.

 

[RetardedElf]

I'm up to level 45 and a centimeter away from being 46. Elder Dragons destroy the s*** out of me unless it's in a village with people helping. And man, fire destroys me like no other. Fire and magic... I'll just say that this is a really long game as far as building all of your stats up goes. And you have to put in a lot of time to figure out all of the aspects of the game. -- I do agree with it getting repetitive. All games do, even GTA and Red Dead. Sports games... same thing over and over again. Idk if I'd ever play this game again because you can play all day, every day and you'd probably only be to level 30 after two weeks of devoting your time to it. That or I suck at the game.

What are you using to attack? I was maxing out my archery and smithing and halfway through the game I couldn't be killed unless I fell off a mountain

 

[TOP]

What are you using to attack? I was maxing out my archery and smithing and halfway through the game I couldn't be killed unless I fell off a mountain

Usually just glass or ebony bow and blades, nordic or ebony sword depending on the armor i have on. No special abilities on them. But for the one suit of armor I have boots that carry 30 points more, armor that has 15 points heavy armor increase, two sets of bracers i carry one with 30% bow damage and the other 20% one-handed attacks. then for rings and necklaces i have all sorts but usually only use 25% one handed necklace, 25pt heavy armor necklace, 40% bow ring, 70 pt health necklace, 70pt health ring. All of my armor and weapon are epic.

 

[TOP]

Oh and for my skill levels it looks like heavy armor is 96(and green?), block is 100, one-handed is 83, archery is 70.

 

[RetardedElf]

Oh and for my skill levels it looks like heavy armor is 96(and green?), block is 100, one-handed is 83, archery is 70.

I think I might have lucked up and found all the armor, apparel, and potions that helps with smithing so my ebony bow dealt over twice as much damage and my nightingale armor was just as strong if not stronger than heavy armor. I can't remember if all the stuff that helps with smithing is rare because for about a month and a half I played skyrim every second of free time I had

 

[pinfish09]

You probably exploited alchemy/enchanting/smithing. Can make insanely powerful stuff by looping the alchemy/enchanting circle.

 

[TOP]

You probably exploited alchemy/enchanting/smithing. Can make insanely powerful stuff by looping the alchemy/enchanting circle.

You mean my armor having a green number? I bought the Steel Plated +15 armor. Guessing that's why the number was green. It could actually be 115 if I got it to 100. I've still never really used scrolls, spell books or even potions. Never enchanted anything, only made potions. I think I saved most of my perks but I think I burnt some early on for sneaking/pickpocketing to steal. I'm still not sure I fully understand how to redo perks.

 

[TOP]

I think I might have lucked up and found all the armor, apparel, and potions that helps with smithing so my ebony bow dealt over twice as much damage and my nightingale armor was just as strong if not stronger than heavy armor. I can't remember if all the stuff that helps with smithing is rare because for about a month and a half I played skyrim every second of free time I had

I definitely need to play with the smithing, enchanting etc. aspect of the game, even if I don't save it. I've never messed with some of it really so I'm just clueless.

 

[pinfish09]

I was referring to Elf if his bow was that powerful. Crafting is so powerful in Skyrim it takes all the fun out of finding nice rare stuff. Basically all you do is:
Make a potion that boosts enchanting(forgot the ingredients, they are online)
Drink potion, enchant 4 items (ring(x2), helmet, Bracers) with fortify alchemy.
Put on the gear and make another potion.
repeat until you get bored.
Then with your super powered fortify alchemy gear, make one last potion that forties enchanting and another potion that fortifies smithing. Use the enchanting potion to make 4 pieces of armor have "fortify smithing" on them.
Go to a blacksmith station, put on the smithing armor, drink the smithing potion and create weapons that are literally 1000x stronger than anything else in the game.

It makes the game super easy tho. You can one hit some dragons. Or you can sell that gear for all of the money to buy all of the housing stuff.

 

[SWIL]

yep - you can also just grab OP daedric weapons and armor

 

[RetardedElf]

I was referring to Elf if his bow was that powerful. Crafting is so powerful in Skyrim it takes all the fun out of finding nice rare stuff. Basically all you do is:
Make a potion that boosts enchanting(forgot the ingredients, they are online)
Drink potion, enchant 4 items (ring(x2), helmet, Bracers) with fortify alchemy.
Put on the gear and make another potion.
repeat until you get bored.
Then with your super powered fortify alchemy gear, make one last potion that forties enchanting and another potion that fortifies smithing. Use the enchanting potion to make 4 pieces of armor have "fortify smithing" on them.
Go to a blacksmith station, put on the smithing armor, drink the smithing potion and create weapons that are literally 1000x stronger than anything else in the game.

It makes the game super easy tho. You can one hit some dragons. Or you can sell that gear for all of the money to buy all of the housing stuff.

I never really did the alchemy stuff just potions and what I found. I crafted my weapons, weapons to sell, and jewelry to get the smithing up and killed everything with a bow to get it maxed out. I think the only enchanted armor I ever wore was the nightingale. I guess I played it as close to being a sniper as you can in a game like that

 

[TOP]

So is it worth getting the deadric smithing perk so I craft my own? I have yet to see any daedric stuff.

What are the best perks? Aside from leving back down to 15 or whatever to re-do perks, I think I saw you can sacrifice a dragon soul to remove a perk and use it somewhere else? I read you have to finish the dragon born dlc or something? Honestly, I'm not even sure I know what dragonborn dlc added to the game/what tasks are related to it to finish. Does anyone know how moving perk points around works or are they just gone once used?

 

[RetardedElf]

So is it worth getting the deadric smithing perk so I craft my own? I have yet to see any daedric stuff.

What are the best perks? Aside from leving back down to 15 or whatever to re-do perks, I think I saw you can sacrifice a dragon soul to remove a perk and use it somewhere else? I read you have to finish the dragon born dlc or something? Honestly, I'm not even sure I know what dragonborn dlc added to the game/what tasks are related to it to finish. Does anyone know how moving perk points around works or are they just gone once used?

I didn't have any of the dlc because I planned to wait until the price went down but it never did. I got that daedric perk just so I could make the bow, I found it to be the easiest to get powerful without messing with alchemy and enchanting. Never messed with moving the perks either so my only guess would be max a state out and moving those points around

 

[pinfish09]

Once a skill is level 100, you can reset it to level 15 and get all those perk points back. you also generate new perk points as you re-level the skill. Allows you to get every perk in the game (if you really hate yourself). Be warned tho, taking a skill like archery or one handed back down to 15 at higher levels can really make the game hard again.

If you just have to have all the perks, you can level stealth. Then reset it, go to an area where there are friendlies, enter stealth and then tie the joystick up with a rubber band. Then go to work or school or take a 3 week vacation somewhere. Whatever. When you come back stealth will be leveled again. It's by far the "easiest" way, but the perks arent really that important.

 

[TOP]

Once a skill is level 100, you can reset it to level 15 and get all those perk points back. you also generate new perk points as you re-level the skill. Allows you to get every perk in the game (if you really hate yourself). Be warned tho, taking a skill like archery or one handed back down to 15 at higher levels can really make the game hard again.

If you just have to have all the perks, you can level stealth. Then reset it, go to an area where there are friendlies, enter stealth and then tie the joystick up with a rubber band. Then go to work or school or take a 3 week vacation somewhere. Whatever. When you come back stealth will be leveled again. It's by far the "easiest" way, but the perks arent really that important.

Ah, I got it now. Thank you. I think two easy ones could also be redoing smithing and blocking with shield. I cheat on the shield at one point to get it to 100 by taping a piece of tape on the shield button and it leveled up for me. My armor and rings are probably strong enough I can start over and go to an easy place that won't get me killed. And for smithing, I ended up with an insane amount of dwarven metal to smelt. I've used quite a bit and still have 240 ingots for dwarven left I think. Smith a bunch of iron until I get back to a high enough level to craft a bunch of dwarven items to built my smithing back up. Then go back to that place where I found it all and wipe it out for a ton more. I assume it regenerates. If I do redo smithing, I might as well perk up to to Daedric to build armor and weapons before leveling back down. I'll get my perk points back anyways you said. So far I've only found a Daedric Bow and Arrows.

 

[TOP]

I didn't have any of the dlc because I planned to wait until the price went down but it never did. I got that daedric perk just so I could make the bow, I found it to be the easiest to get powerful without messing with alchemy and enchanting. Never messed with moving the perks either so my only guess would be max a state out and moving those points around

I'm guessing you no longer play? I got Skyrim the legendary edition or whatever it was called for like 15 bucks and it had all 3 dlc with it. I don't know what they cost by themselves but yeah, might be able to buy the game with all of them for 15.


Has anyone done essentially every mission and joined every group? Including talking to people in town and the work they offer. I have yet to join a group. Should I? What groups did you guys join?

 

[pinfish09]

I did the same, got the GOTY edition for $10. The online store still sells DLC for close to $30 I think to get them all.

I did almost every quest on my first play through, there were a few I missed so I went back and cleaned them up when I got the DLC. There is a particularly fun murder investigation in winterhold that you can miss if you trigger a specific event and dont check into it. Also only way to buy a house in that city I think. Sorry if that needs spoiler tags...

You definitely want to do the Dark Brotherhood quest line, tho it is nowhere near as good as the one in Oblivion. I didnt care for the champions guild or the thieves guild too much in skyrim either. But they are all worth doing. I think I had over 200 hours in my first play through....oh to be a bachelor again.....

 

[RetardedElf]

I'm guessing you no longer play? I got Skyrim the legendary edition or whatever it was called for like 15 bucks and it had all 3 dlc with it. I don't know what they cost by themselves but yeah, might be able to buy the game with all of them for 15.


Has anyone done essentially every mission and joined every group? Including talking to people in town and the work they offer. I have yet to join a group. Should I? What groups did you guys join?

Naw I quit playing when I got the xbone. I was thinking about starting up again but they had a sale on dragon age inquisition deluxe for $40 so I'm playing that now.

Besides the dlc I pretty much did every mission you could do in the 250+ hours I put in that game. I joined the stormcloaks, the blades, and every faction that had missions in the game. I had a friend pick to be the vampire and he said he didn't like it. Like was already said make sure to do the dark brotherhood it's fun and you get pretty cool looking armor. You should definitely join as many groups as you can most of them give you perks. If I remember correctly the bards college is the best perk but I think biggest pain in the @ss as well

 

[SandoVOL]

if you want to get the "best" armor you need your blacksmithing maxed for the armor you want.

Then, if you REALLY want to get technical, max your alchemy and your enchanting skills. You can create a potion that makes your Enchanting better for a short amount of time. Drink the potion, and then enchant some garbage armor and jewelry with the "better blacksmithing" enchantment.

It took me several months to perfect my pattern, but I was crafting some insane numbers by the time I was finished!