Skyrim

[hi19hi19]

Re: Skyrim

Morrowind is the best game in the Elder Scrolls in terms of atmosphere and setting, but it is not even a competitor when it comes to gameplay. Skyrim has far more natural and enjoyable combat and magic and isn't going to make you wanna quit early on. It won't baby you too hard either. Morrowind is my favorite game of all time, but you'll enjoy all the improvements to combat they made from Morrowind to Oblivion and then to Skyrim.

Ah okay. I usually don't play Elder Scrolls games for combat (thieves guild #1) but based on this kind of review I think I still could enjoy it. ty for the opinion

I tried really hard to enjoy Oblivion but the scaling everything kinda ruined it for me. What was the point of leveling up if EVERYTHING leveled up with you? lol bandits in Daedric armor, completely ****ing stupid

[Izzi]

Re: Skyrim

I tried really hard to enjoy Oblivion but the scaling everything kinda ruined it for me. What was the point of leveling up if EVERYTHING leveled up with you? lol bandits in Daedric armor, completely ****ing stupid

This is what I don't understand about Skyrim. I can understand why they do this but it is very poor gaming structure. I was killing bandits at level 2 just fine with my iron battleaxe, but then later in the game I'm fighting bandits with my legendary deadric battleaxe and bandits are still taking 10-15 hits to kill and they 3 shot me.

[fido123]

Re: Skyrim

This is what I don't understand about Skyrim. I can understand why they do this but it is very poor gaming structure. I was killing bandits at level 2 just fine with my iron battleaxe, but then later in the game I'm fighting bandits with my legendary deadric battleaxe and bandits are still taking 10-15 hits to kill and they 3 shot me.

Are you sure you're not just fighting tougher bandits? When I go start new questlines that start out killing lower level bandits I feel OP as **** to the point where it's boring.

[Izzi]

Re: Skyrim

Are you sure you're not just fighting tougher bandits? When I go start new questlines that start out killing lower level bandits I feel OP as **** to the point where it's boring.

Are you playing on master? I feel like some of the scaling on that difficulty doesn't make any sense at all. It took me 30 minutes to a kill a dragon with 350 arrows.

[fido123]

Re: Skyrim

I'm playing on Adept. If its too hard just roll back tube difficulty.

[Izzi]

Re: Skyrim

I just wish they spent more time thinking about their difficulty ratings. Instead of it being legitimately more difficult they just took the enemy values and multiplied them by 1000. They should have made the AI better in combat and use healing abilities etc..

A bandit is still easy regardless of how much health it has, its just stupid that it takes so long to kill a bandit when it doesn't make any sense.

[champda]

Re: Skyrim

I'm doing the lost legends quest (on master) right now, and yet again I'm stuck!
The Draugr I'm fighting right now is virtually impossible to kill. Just about every time I have the oppurtunity to hurt him, he disarms me and teleports, making two copies of himself and taking me out from a distance.

Despite the fact that I have full Daedric, (with all sorts of nutty enchantments) he still kills me in 5-6 shots. When I summon atronachs or daedra, they just run around in circles and die right away. And when I use a bow he disarms me with a shout almost immediately and it takes me a minute or two too find my weapon in the foot-deep water that permeates the cave, by which time I'm usually dead.

I need help :/

[MrGiggles]

Re: Skyrim

The thing that bothers me most about this game is how often I have to delve into the console to attempt repairing a bugged quest, clipping problems, graphical glitch, etc. It's not really a problem for me, but I can't help but feel bad for less technically inclined people who may never finish the game because it breaks every hour or so.

champda: get a companion, the only reason they exist is to soak up damage. Paralysis potions/enchants are great too. Draugr are weak to fire, I think, so keep that in mind. If you really can't kill this cocksucker no matter what, and disarm is the gayest thing so I wouldn't really be surprised if that was the case, you can open up the console(`/~), select the guy, and proceed to play god with him. 'kill' is the obvious solution, but there's more entertaining ways to get it done. Spawn twenty imperial guards or stormcloaks on him, make him half-size (this doesn't make him easier but it's hilarious), or give yourself the wabbajack or some other cool item ("help wabbajack 4" to get the obj ID, then "player.additem *obj ID* *quantity*").

[Izzi]

Re: Skyrim

Occasionally I have to just put on my sneak gear and go 1 shot the enemy if they are to overpowered. I've run into people that shoot me with 1 arrow and kill me as soon as I enter the room.

[champda]

Re: Skyrim

The thing that bothers me most about this game is how often I have to delve into the console to attempt repairing a bugged quest, clipping problems, graphical glitch, etc. It's not really a problem for me, but I can't help but feel bad for less technically inclined people who may never finish the game because it breaks every hour or so.

champda: get a companion, the only reason they exist is to soak up damage. Paralysis potions/enchants are great too. Draugr are weak to fire, I think, so keep that in mind. If you really can't kill this cocksucker no matter what, and disarm is the gayest thing so I wouldn't really be surprised if that was the case, you can open up the console(`/~), select the guy, and proceed to play god with him. 'kill' is the obvious solution, but there's more entertaining ways to get it done. Spawn twenty imperial guards or stormcloaks on him, make him half-size (this doesn't make him easier but it's hilarious), or give yourself the wabbajack or some other cool item ("help wabbajack 4" to get the obj ID, then "player.additem *obj ID* *quantity*").

Oh god I never even thought about a companion, I just beat him after firing a good 400 arrows at him and hiding behind Lydia for an hour. Thank you so much!

[hi19hi19]

Re: Skyrim

Posting because I got this game and have absolutely not been disappointed. Much more like Morrowind than Oblivion was, and that's a good thing. Only level 14 so far but I've enjoyed every second.

As always, thieves guild is the best part of the game so far.
I'm basically roleplaying a kleptomaniac ninja catman- break into house, steal ALL THE ITEMS, run away. Endless fun
My lockpick skill is like 55, sneak and pickpocket are over 40, and everything else is still around 20 lol

[sticklydude]

Re: Skyrim

I wish I hadn't started playing on the PC. My laptop doesn't handle it very well and I don't want to start over on the console.

[phe0nixblade]

Re: Skyrim

i lost my 100+ hour save because of the new xbox dashboard making me recover my profile

[AlexDest]

Re: Skyrim

game is amazing, level 52 high elf right now

learned all 20 shouts, but can barely find a dragon to defeat easily for a soul. ancient dragons showing up and killing me in 30 seconds opklakqjdfkjadf

[hi19hi19]

Re: Skyrim

I wish I hadn't started playing on the PC. My laptop doesn't handle it very well and I don't want to start over on the console.

Solution: get a new PC, copy over your save file