InvisibleMan

ive got a number of games i need to play first then theres Mass Effect 3. I'll play that first then i'll get skyrim and spend the next 3yrs wondering around like i did with Oblivion.

bigsinky

well I am at level 50 now and have only done one main storyline quest. I have completed the Companions side story as well though. i will get to Delphine and the embassy when I can. I have a list of miscellaneous quests and missions the length of my arm now. Slowly working through them.

HPLovecraft

Detect life and detect dead are low level and you should be able to pick them up from one of the mages in Winterhold.

They are not single cast spells with a duration, instead you have to pull and hold in the right/left trigger which continuously drains your mana but lets you see any living/dead things around you - even through multiple floors/levels.

Hostiles and guards glow red. Neutrals and friendlies glow blue.

Using it also causes your alteration skill to go up quite quickly - as I was exploring towns I used to keep casting it, along with the 'muffle' spell to send my illusion skill up too. For conjuration I bought 'bound sword' and would cast it, sheathe weapon, recast etc when facing down enemies that are little threat.

Wait until you get to 100 sneak with all the perks - some enemies can come right up to you to the point where they push you along the floor and still not see you lol

Kieran_Burns

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Do some of the Dwemer ruins - the underground locations on some of them are really really impressive

HPLovecraft

Got to agree Kieran - Blackreach especially is one of the biggest and best looking locations in the game

Kieran_Burns

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Crimson thingy-ma-bob place?

I stood just looking around when I walked into that particular cave... It's not often you really do notice the background as much as I did when that vista stretched out in front of me.

Some nice fights as well

Oh, one quest series to do: Assassins guild, just do it until you get the horse... that horse is worth having. If only for the sheer "WTF!!!" factor

InvisibleMan

This is very funny. One of skyrim bugs - flying horse.

The song is funny and fits perfectly.

[url/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awm6lNOpGq8]Amazing horse[/url]

HPLovecraft

Thats the one ! The artist must have actually been on mushrooms when he came up with that place lol

In fact it was at times like those I forgave the game its many annoying bugs.

Can't say my mate was so forgiving though.

He got to level 50 before deciding to do the companions quest line. On his meandering path to one of the quest caves, with the female companion in tow, he visited several cities, went in and out of many buildings, and saved over each of his save slots. By the time he got to the cave found that the game crashed every time upon trying to enter. He ended up with an indestructible companion shadowing his every move and no back-up - all the saves crashed going into the cave!

Ahh Musn't laugh really

ScoobyWon't

Ayup stranger! Thought you'd abandoned SN. Hope you're well.

This game is proving slightly addictive.

bigsinky

well **** me that was one long *** night for 1 measly level. The Staff of Magnus quest at Winterhold. They don't half make you run around. Another nice Dwemer ruin to roam around in. I am now the Arch-Mage. How good am I A few more spells under my belt and a few new goodies plundered. That mask of Morkai is the biz. Looks really cool and 100% mana regen. win win.

Trout

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I have just got to level 12!! Killed my first giant and mammoth last night - got a couple of dragons too.

Giant just stood there while I hackedhim to pieces.

Mammoth was easy once I had worked out a strategy. I stood on the opposite side of the giants fire and the mammoth just there whilst I plugged it with a score of arrows.

Need to get on so I can understand a fraction of what you lot are talking about

bigsinky

I am surprised the giant stood there and let you do a load of damage. They usually beat the crap out of me if I even look sideways at their mammoths. I tried upping my block using giants. I just stood there with shield up while they battered me. Not the smartest thing I have Done. I didn't last long and they tend to chase you while your health is low. It's as if they seem to know you're going to croak it and just want that final swing with their stone clubs to splatter your brains all over the show. I went back to tickling mudcrabs pretty sharpish I can tell you.
Sensible. Unlike me who thought he could take one on with a waraxe. Wrong. Pretty predictable outcome.

InvisibleMan

hey SW, yeah blame oblivion for that, now theres skyrim, so see you in another 3yrs

ScoobyWon't

Just got to the city where you can get your speach to 100. Completed a couple of quests there and then went out of the city.

Within a few minutes a dragon came from nowhere and picked my character up by his head! So much for getting to the people who summoned me after killing the first dragon...

Hopefully when I do get there I can learn what to do with the dragon scales etc.

Ant

Level 7 now did a few enchantments .

How can I get more storage?

ScoobyWon't

I need to learn that too.

Use a companion to carry things for you. Some apparel allows you to carry more.

Kieran_Burns

iTrader: (1)

Stamina.


(and store the dragon scales and bones somewhere in a house you own until you get 100 smithing - collect them all you will need lots)

craigo

iTrader: (1)

level 49, still not enchanted one thing ! 37 dragons killed !

bigsinky

either take a companion or buy the house in whiterun. you will need the house if you want to stock up on dragon bone and dragon scales.

bigsinky

i am and i have created a set of dragon plate. BUT it is actually not as good as my Daedric armour. whats up with that?

Kieran_Burns

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Daedric is the best Heavy Armour (does weigh more than Dragon though) but Dragon Scale is the best light armour, so it really depends which tree you take

HPLovecraft

Theres not that much in it really.

Daedric plate has a higher base value than dragon plate, but when both are upgraded to legendary I think the dragon plate just pips the daedric.

bigsinky

it doesn't, the dragon plate amour is 10 points short of daedric in legendary form

bigsinky

i have Hadvar shooting arrows in me for the last 10 hours health doesn't go down but now have 2500 ebony arrows. light armour gone up from 25 to 75. xbox controller switches off every 30 mins so i have to keep pressing a button to keep it alive.

bigsinky

heavy armour for a heavy guy. i haven't even considered dragon scale yet. maybe when i do the thieves guild quest line i will try it. good for sneaking i suppose?

Kieran_Burns

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I got all the light armour bonuses (matching set etc etc) and my armour rating is 800 something.

However - I then left the armour set on a dummy and am using the Ancient Assassins armour as it looks so damn good and the shoes have muffle enchanted on them

Dragon Scale is good though (and looks good too) plus you get scripted praise from the guards as you past with it.

(I did do ALL the Smithing perks so I could make a daedric bow - most powerful bow in the game)

Trout

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Still early days for me - but had a very productive hour and a half with mudcrabs and a mad bandit with a hammer.

Up three levels; up over 20 on blocking from 20to 40

I have some enchanted mace that looks pretty low in terms of damage but it just kills everything. Even a bear only needed three or four hits and it was down. Makes all my enemies glow in the dark when I hit them.

bigsinky

good ain't it

enchanted mine with fire and the x3 damage perk, coupled with ebony or daedric arrows and you can dish out a world of hurt.

HPLovecraft

Not for me

Maybe it's because they were forged or improved at different times with different skill levels/buffs etc but my dragon stuff is better than the daedric of the same type (improved to legendary).

The Wiki entry is wrong as well then - as it states that fully upgraded dragonplate is better than daedric.

Kieran_Burns

iTrader: (1)

I enchanted mine with Fire and Ice damage - that tends to stop any immunities spoiling the party

Have you gone back in time with all the masks yet btw? I keep meaning to do that but haven't yet.