The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim announced

[Amraam]

Thanks Mark,

Spoiler

I tried about 3-4 disposable followers but no joy, then killed everyone in the camp and the Daedra spawned and asked me to find a follower to kill.. so no result really. Might have to sacrifice someone decent.

Are you holding done E on the follow then pointing at the pillar and clicking "activate pillar" or whatever it says? You have totell them to interact with it, they won't just walk up.

I just realized that in the Bethesda Games such as Fallout 3/NV and Oblivion, if you were being chased and left an area (loading screen), the pursuers used to follow you through and chase you. This hasn't happened in Skyrim to me yet, they now just stay behind, sometimes waiting for me to return. Have you had someone follow you through?

You can't fast travel in Skyrim if enemies are nearby or if you are engaged in combat

I've been playing my second character (Khajiit thief/assassin) the past few days, and it's insane how much pickpocketing levels you. I've played for about 15 and a bit hours, and I'm already somewhere near level 30, with pickpocketing at aroung 95. By comparison, my Nord ranger that I've played for over 100 hours is only 45 or so. Admittedly I did more exploring as my Nord, but still, pickpocketing is so easy to level it's crazy, a level per piece of jewellery or so.

I'm about 134 hours and level 56 lol. been doing a lot of sneaking, alchemy, enchanting and smithing. Very soon I will have 6 skill on lvl100 lol

 

[Ezah]

Are you holding done E on the follow then pointing at the pillar and clicking "activate pillar" or whatever it says? You have totell them to interact with it, they won't just walk up.

yep, talk to them, ask them to do something and then click on the pillar.

It works on some followers, and not on others. usually the ones it works on for me are the ones I use most and dont want to dispose of.
No problem, ill keep trying different people.

cheers

 

[Amraam]

yep, talk to them, ask them to do something and then click on the pillar.

It works on some followers, and not on others. usually the ones it works on for me are the ones I use most and dont want to dispose of.
No problem, ill keep trying different people.

cheers

I used Marcurio, the guy for hire in one of the inns. Think it may have been in Riften, though I can't remember for sure.

 

[larryddd]

thieves guild

hi how do you become the boss of the thieves guild, I've done about eighty quests for vex and the guy, done the five special quests, do I have to return the skeleton key first. thanks

 

[Ezah]

The misc jobs for Vex and Devlin don't count towards that goal.. the main Q for Thieves Guild is with the Skeleton key, you should be questing for Brynold (?) iirc.

 

[larryddd]

The misc jobs for Vex and Devlin don't count towards that goal.. the main Q for Thieves Guild is with the Skeleton key, you should be questing for Brynold (?) iirc.

thanks for your reply, Brynjolf is no longer around the thieves guild I haven't seen him for ages. I though you had to do the special quests darkness returns, imitation amnesty,silver lining,somerset shadows and the dainty sload, which I have done.

 

[pingwing]

Well iv played about 13 hours so far and all iv done is started the dark brotherhood quests (best thing about oblivion), slain three dragons and killed my horse in some too extreme adventuring!

Love it but wondering if I'm missing a lot not bothering with the big stuff or saving to buy a house?? (mainly as I like wondering about and killing randoms as cpt cave man the dark elf is a bit anti-social)

 

[Ezah]

thanks for your reply, Brynjolf is no longer around the thieves guild I haven't seen him for ages. I though you had to do the special quests darkness returns, imitation amnesty,silver lining,somerset shadows and the dainty sload, which I have done.

Spoiler

It starts when the existing TG leader takes you on a mission, and ends up trying to kill you..after that the main quest for skeleton key etc starts. Sorry I cant remember the names exactly as I did this one ages ago

The related quests are, in this order (I think)

Scoundrels Folly
Speaking with Silence
hard Answers
The Pursuit
Trinity Restored
Blind Sighted

 

[Klo]

I've hit level 40, got to level 100 in heavy amour, one handed weapons and blocking. I don't smith or enchant, do you think its worth it now, considering it takes a long time to level up now and gain another point to spend.

 

[agnes]

I've hit level 40, got to level 100 in heavy amour, one handed weapons and blocking. I don't smith or enchant, do you think its worth it now, considering it takes a long time to level up now and gain another point to spend.

No reason why not I guess, will give you something to do lol.

 

[Amraam]

I've hit level 40, got to level 100 in heavy amour, one handed weapons and blocking. I don't smith or enchant, do you think its worth it now, considering it takes a long time to level up now and gain another point to spend.

I think so. Others may think it makes the game too easy, but I enjoy making the weapons, and enchanting them in different ways. I have a Daedric bow with 564 damage, and it is crazy powerful, but I'm planning on upping the difficulty again. I was on Adept for most of the game, but upped it to Expert about 5 hours ago. Gonna up it to Master and see how I get on.


Can't wait to invest in more sneak perks. The backstab is fun, but even though my sneak is 3/5 and level 96 or something, I still get seen by bandits when crouched and walking (slowest speed). I know there is a sneak level bug but I have nothing fortifying my sneak at all, so I haven't gone beyond 100. Any ideas?

 

[Calgar117]

anyone else got the shield ''spellbreaker''? mages and dragons alike stand no chance with that equiped

 

[robfosters]

Guys, what could have happened here.

I was playing Skyrim. Running along at 60fps. Nice experience. All of a sudden my framerate plummeted, and I mean plummeted. Went from 60fps to about 15fps. I was in a dungeon, so i loaded an outside save point and it was still the same. Exited the game completely, restarted the game and still the same.

Just restarted the computer and it has gone straight back to normal?????

What could cause this instant drop?

 

[matt_fsr]

anyone else got the shield ''spellbreaker''? mages and dragons alike stand no chance with that equiped

Where'd you find that?

I suspect its very similar to Oblivions' 'spellbreaker' in blocking 40-50% magical attack, am I right?

Still, I'm happy against fire breathing dragons with my 50% resist boots and 60% resist necklace

 

[GhostlyPea]

Guys, what could have happened here.

I was playing Skyrim. Running along at 60fps. Nice experience. All of a sudden my framerate plummeted, and I mean plummeted. Went from 60fps to about 15fps. I was in a dungeon, so i loaded an outside save point and it was still the same. Exited the game completely, restarted the game and still the same.

Just restarted the computer and it has gone straight back to normal?????

What could cause this instant drop?

Addons installed? Either that or sounds like a memory problem or an issues with the overclock. If it happens again try disabling addons or over clicks and see how you go

- GP

 

[Judgeneo]

Where'd you find that?

I suspect its very similar to Oblivions' 'spellbreaker' in blocking 40-50% magical attack, am I right?

Still, I'm happy against fire breathing dragons with my 50% resist boots and 60% resist necklace

daedric quest, peryite I believe.


I did it last night, as a mage, that was one tough boss. Took me a good 5 minutes to realise my spells weren't doing anything ( I assumed he had epic amounts of health), all the damage was done from my summon. Had to change to warrior armour and warhammer it to death, but even then he was immune to my steal health

 

[matt_fsr]

Guys, what could have happened here.

I was playing Skyrim. Running along at 60fps. Nice experience. All of a sudden my framerate plummeted, and I mean plummeted. Went from 60fps to about 15fps. I was in a dungeon, so i loaded an outside save point and it was still the same. Exited the game completely, restarted the game and still the same.

Just restarted the computer and it has gone straight back to normal?????

What could cause this instant drop?

I've had this a couple of times, seemingly at random - more so with earlier versions, i.e. during November.

Is your Steam version fully up to date? If not, update it. Other than that, it seems to be just a random hiccup that happens on some systems.

 

[yashiro]

That monumental FPS crash is usually addon related.

 

[Andy90]

Managed to get to level 52 with my Sneaky Rogue who wears full plate armour

I've been all over the game world first rather than doing the main quest

Got Lockpick and Archery to 100. The perk you can get at max Archery is quite good fun

Spoiler

a chance of paralysing the attacker - quite funny to see them fall over in mid charge as if they've been turned into a statue

Not hit too many bugs in game, got a couple of Bounty Quests that will not update, together with a book that needs to be turned into an Orc at the Mages college that I looted a while back prior to getting the quest. Biggest problem so far for me is the Companions Quest. I've run into the same problem a lot of people have had in that the Companions leader has been killed in Whiterun and I cannot get the next quest in the series - hopefully it will be fixed in one of the next patches.

 

[Klo]

anyone else got the shield ''spellbreaker''? mages and dragons alike stand no chance with that equiped

Where'd you find that?

I suspect its very similar to Oblivions' 'spellbreaker' in blocking 40-50% magical attack, am I right?

Still, I'm happy against fire breathing dragons with my 50% resist boots and 60% resist necklace

daedric quest, peryite I believe.


I did it last night, as a mage, that was one tough boss. Took me a good 5 minutes to realise my spells weren't doing anything ( I assumed he had epic amounts of health), all the damage was done from my summon. Had to change to warrior armour and warhammer it to death, but even then he was immune to my steal health

I do, its pretty awesome. It has a magical ward that absorbs 50 points of magic damage, and recharges instantly as soon as you put down your shield and put it back up again. Combined with the blocking perk that allows you to walk whilst having the shield up, it is pretty useful!

It slightly annoying though when a high level mage of some kind fires an attack that destroys it in one, you stumble a bit and can take damage whilst that is happening.