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agnes · 4 Jan 2012 at 10:39

Ezah said:
I never managed to one-shot a dragon, probably not enough Bow perks. but now I have my own pet dragon, I just watch them scrapping it out overhead and wait for it to land

How on earth did you get a pet dragon? lol

Deception · 4 Jan 2012 at 10:41

agnes said:
How on earth did you get a pet dragon? lol

Main Quest

Ezah · 4 Jan 2012 at 10:41

agnes said:
How on earth did you get a pet dragon? lol

complete the main quest, and choose the right options along the way when you are at the Dragons Reach stage

Amraam · 4 Jan 2012 at 10:47

I doubt it would be possible to one shot a dragon, even with 6 items giving fortify archery boosts with a daedric bow. Will let you know next time I encounter one. It may be possible to sneak attack a weak dragon (dragon or blood dragon) and get 3x damage. I'd be dishing out over 1000dmg per shot (assuming it works like 3x 346 bow damage?)

Mucky_Pup · 4 Jan 2012 at 10:49

I'm barred from Markath, might have to invoke god mode, and go for a stroll around see if there's anything I've missed

Ezah · 4 Jan 2012 at 10:49

Yeah, sneak attack and x15 Dagger damage must work on a Dragon.. in one quest there is a sleeping one, so thats worth a try.

Roadkillv1 · 4 Jan 2012 at 10:50

Amraam said:
I doubt it would be possible to one shot a dragon, even with 6 items giving fortify archery boosts with a daedric bow. Will let you know next time I encounter one. It may be possible to sneak attack a weak dragon (dragon or blood dragon) and get 3x damage. I'd be dishing out over 1000dmg per shot (assuming it works like 3x 346 bow damage?)

as far as i know the only legitimate way to oneshot a dragon is with maxxed sneak/one handed skill with all the dagger perks for 16x dmg and the best daggers you can make.

Ezah · 4 Jan 2012 at 10:50

Mucky_Pup said:
I'm barred from Markath, might have to invoke god mode, and go for a stroll around see if there's anything I've missed

Thats the town I have gotten myself into the most trouble too.. but bribing a guard will make it all go away.. they just keep asking "Dont I know you?" know.

Evilsod · 4 Jan 2012 at 10:59

You rarely get chance to sneak attack a dragon anyway unless maybe you're in town and they are a long way from you. But when you do 180 a shot (with some fortify items and a potion) plus 70-80 on 2 hits from a powerful damage health poison you do get some nice damage.

Does anyone else keep getting Dragons flying around over their heads while out and about and they just never notice you and eventually fly off? Happened a few times now. Too far to land a shot with a bow and Lightning Bolt just doesn't hit.

Ezah · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:04

I had one at Dragon Bridge who was out of range and wouldn't land, so I just rode off and left him to it. Though I have been fighting dragons at night and while sneaking they cant see you and attack everyone else.

Amraam · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:05

Roadkillv1 said:
as far as i know the only legitimate way to oneshot a dragon is with maxxed sneak/one handed skill with all the dagger perks for 16x dmg and the best daggers you can make.

awesome, I must give it a go

I just got that 15x sneak perk. By backstabbing I assume there's no special mechanics for this? Just sneak up behind someone with a dagger and attack?

Evilsod said:
You rarely get chance to sneak attack a dragon anyway unless maybe you're in town and they are a long way from you. But when you do 180 a shot (with some fortify items and a potion) plus 70-80 on 2 hits from a powerful damage health poison you do get some nice damage.

I've had a few opportunities where they're just curled up asleep or resting atop of the thu'um word walls.

Evilsod said:
Does anyone else keep getting Dragons flying around over their heads while out and about and they just never notice you and eventually fly off? Happened a few times now. Too far to land a shot with a bow and Lightning Bolt just doesn't hit.

Some times, but not often. I usually run towards them like an annoying an insect. An insect that does the killing, not getting squished that is

Ezah said:
Thats the town I have gotten myself into the most trouble too.. but bribing a guard will make it all go away.. they just keep asking "Dont I know you?" know.

Strangely enough, Solitude was like that for me. Every time I walked past a guard I'd get "Wait, I know you..." then if I interact, I'd get the same comment but I'd have to pay a fee or whatever. I just said I was with the guild and persuaded him to let me go free of charge. Happened with every guard (I was able to do it twice per guard too) until after about 10 persuades when I must have paid all my bounty (I wasn't aware I had any which is why I think it was more of a glitch - no guards have every caught me stealing in solitude)

Ezah · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:06

Amraam said:
awesome, I must give it a go I just got that 15x sneak perk. By backstabbing I assume there's no special mechanics for this? Just sneak up behind someone with a dagger and attack?

yes, from behind while undetected. I think you get additional damage with a dagger though over a regular one-handed weapon.

platypus · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:07

15x for dagger, 6x for everything else.

platypus · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:07

Roadkillv1 said:
as far as i know the only legitimate way to oneshot a dragon is with maxxed sneak/one handed skill with all the dagger perks for 16x dmg and the best daggers you can make.

I've one shotted a dragon in the face with a Mehrune's Razor proc.

Amraam · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:13

Isn't Mehrune's razor the one that has a small chance of insta killing the target anyway?

Ezah · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:15

Amraam said:
Isn't Mehrune's razor the one that has a small chance of insta killing the target anyway?

Thats the one you need to assemble right? My quest bugged out and the Razor is still sitting broken on the table and I cant activate it

Amraam · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:27

Ezah said:
Thats the one you need to assemble right? My quest bugged out and the Razor is still sitting broken on the table and I cant activate it

You may be able to got to the walkthrough on a wiki and progress the quest using the set stage console command.

Or if you just want the weapon but aren't fussed about the quest, you could just use player.additem <razor's ID> 1.

I'd recommend doing the quest however as I got two daedra hearts from killing the two summoned daedra

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Ezah · 4 Jan 2012 at 11:32

Thanks. Ill try to spawn the item as the quest is complete and no longer active in my log, but when I go to pick up the Razor the "E" is greyed out and wont work.

cheers

Antar Bolaeisk · 4 Jan 2012 at 12:07

Evilsod said:
Does anyone else keep getting Dragons flying around over their heads while out and about and they just never notice you and eventually fly off? Happened a few times now. Too far to land a shot with a bow and Lightning Bolt just doesn't hit.

I've had a dragon fly away from me mid-battle. It decided that the mud crabs on the river were a greater threat, oh and then that skeever and the wolves.

Obviously the guy hurling lightening wasn't a concern anyway.

Bloody annoying though as I couldn't keep up with it to continue the battle, had to give up.

Evilsod · 4 Jan 2012 at 12:20

Amraam said:
I've had a few opportunities where they're just curled up asleep or resting atop of the thu'um word walls.

Well other than those. There aren't exactly many of them and you tend to find most of them early on before you even have a powerful weapon. Think the only time you really have a chance is when they fly off and attack something else mid-fight or crash land miles from where you are.

Antar Bolaeisk said:
I've had a dragon fly away from me mid-battle. It decided that the mud crabs on the river were a greater threat, oh and then that skeever and the wolves.

Obviously the guy hurling lightening wasn't a concern anyway.

Bloody annoying though as I couldn't keep up with it to continue the battle, had to give up.

Hehe, they do enjoy randomly flying off to attack things sometimes. Normally its a Giant though so by the time I find it again its half dead.