skyrim

Freebase Dali · 12-23-2011, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by RezZ

No but you could be. Sadly mine are on low/medium.

Honestly, I haven't noticed the slightest difference. For all it's worth, shadows could be capped at High with no repercussion.

Chanchibar · 12-28-2011, 03:49 PM

I'm loving Skyrim. I'm not playing it endlessly at the moment cause the new game feeling kinda wore off. It's still amazing, I just hop on for a little bit every day and mess around.
I'm playing a warrior at level 33, got black smithing capped at 100, and my other main skills are around the 75 mark.

midnight rain · 01-11-2012, 07:58 PM

So am I the only one who played this game as a mage? Being a warrior is just too stale and boring for my liking. The only problem with being a mage is that the destruction spell damages don't scale so it gets pretty tough in the higher levels. And I never cheated the system with smithing/enchanting whoring, though I did max out my enchanting skill, to stay in line with my pure mage class

Ready for some DLC soon Bethesda!

Freebase Dali · 01-11-2012, 08:55 PM

I never even touched mage. I think the only time I ever even used magic (beyond shouts or powers) was when they made me do it at Winterhold those few times. I don't even use my healing magic. I do enchant the balls out of stuff, though.
I dunno what it is, but I'm on my second character and I still love being a warrior. Maybe it's the sadist in me, but there's nothing more satisfying than strategically (yet quickly and ruthlessly) wrecking an entire camp full of Foresworn and decapitating nearly a third of them... with a sword enchanted with absorb health and enchanted Daedric armor with all sorts of stamina buffs.

DLC is yes. I'm waiting.

RVCA · 01-11-2012, 10:35 PM

I'm just waiting for the creation kit to be released so the modders can do some serious modding

**Yac** · 01-12-2012, 01:22 AM

Playing a mage is ... well, not as fun as I was hoping it would be. The mage quest line is as fun as it is short, if it lasted 3 times as long I'd be praising it. Plus to me, it was kind of too easy - cast a dual hand flame cloak, ice cloak, run around and enemies die. Around lvl 26 with the archmage robes, the dragon mask that gives you +100% magicka regen, a full set of 20-40% resistance boots and roughly 20k in cash, I decided this is no fun. Sure I could have increased the difficulty level, but that wouldn't really be more fun, just frustrating.
So I created yet another, at this point lvl 22 Imperial archer/soldier/assasin and it's been a blast. I might be alone on this but to me both regular combat and spellcasting suck - only archery gives me the satisfaction and makes me feel I'm actually using skill, not just button mashing.
As for DLC, from what I heard they're not going to be releasing a ton of small 9$ add-ons that will add amazing stuff like horse armor

They're planning to do something similar to what they did with Oblivion - "old school big" add ons.

Guybrush · 01-12-2012, 03:24 AM

The sad thing for me is that by the time the add-ons come, I've already played Skyrim until I got pretty fed up with it. It was a blast, but I won't need another fix in a long time. Possibly not before the next Elder Scrolls is out!

Astronomer · 01-12-2012, 03:50 AM

I still love archer/thief class - same as I rolled in Oblivion. At this point I'm a level 37 wood elf archer/thief. I like being all stealthy-style. Siiiiick game.

midnight rain · 01-12-2012, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

I never even touched mage. I think the only time I ever even used magic (beyond shouts or powers) was when they made me do it at Winterhold those few times. I don't even use my healing magic. I do enchant the balls out of stuff, though.
I dunno what it is, but I'm on my second character and I still love being a warrior. Maybe it's the sadist in me, but there's nothing more satisfying than strategically (yet quickly and ruthlessly) wrecking an entire camp full of Foresworn and decapitating nearly a third of them... with a sword enchanted with absorb health and enchanted Daedric armor with all sorts of stamina buffs.

DLC is yes. I'm waiting.

That sounds kind of like what I rolled with in Oblivion and was mainly the reason I avoided it, I was looking for a new style of play. Still have yet to go the role of the thief, though, may run a second playthrough just to see how I like it. Magic just gives the variety in spell casting that I enjoy, each magic skill is pretty damn unique from the other. Sure destruction and restoration are standard stuff, but illusion and conjuration can be game changers. Illusion especially can be a gamebreaker if you know how to use it right (I don't use it this way cause it removes any challenge at all from the game).

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Originally Posted by Yac

Playing a mage is ... well, not as fun as I was hoping it would be. The mage quest line is as fun as it is short, if it lasted 3 times as long I'd be praising it. Plus to me, it was kind of too easy - cast a dual hand flame cloak, ice cloak, run around and enemies die. Around lvl 26 with the archmage robes, the dragon mask that gives you +100% magicka regen, a full set of 20-40% resistance boots and roughly 20k in cash, I decided this is no fun. Sure I could have increased the difficulty level, but that wouldn't really be more fun, just frustrating.
So I created yet another, at this point lvl 22 Imperial archer/soldier/assasin and it's been a blast. I might be alone on this but to me both regular combat and spellcasting suck - only archery gives me the satisfaction and makes me feel I'm actually using skill, not just button mashing.
As for DLC, from what I heard they're not going to be releasing a ton of small 9$ add-ons that will add amazing stuff like horse armor

They're planning to do something similar to what they did with Oblivion - "old school big" add ons.

Like I said though, destruction spells don't scale so level 40-50 would've been a much greater challenge for you then level 20-30 as a mage.

Also (*OVERUSED JOKE ALERT*), I'm holding out for some special $10 knee armor that Bethesda releases, can't take too many more arrows.

midnight rain · 01-12-2012, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

I still love archer/thief class - same as I rolled in Oblivion. At this point I'm a level 37 wood elf archer/thief. I like being all stealthy-style. Siiiiick game.

So do you just use archery for long range and dagger/sneak for close up killing? I'm trying to lay out how I'm gonna do my second playthrough.

I do find it odd though that not a single combat skill falls under the thief constellation (not even one-handed)

01-11-2012, 08:55 PM	#144 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	I never even touched mage. I think the only time I ever even used magic (beyond shouts or powers) was when they made me do it at Winterhold those few times. I don't even use my healing magic. I do enchant the balls out of stuff, though. I dunno what it is, but I'm on my second character and I still love being a warrior. Maybe it's the sadist in me, but there's nothing more satisfying than strategically (yet quickly and ruthlessly) wrecking an entire camp full of Foresworn and decapitating nearly a third of them... with a sword enchanted with absorb health and enchanted Daedric armor with all sorts of stamina buffs. DLC is yes. I'm waiting. __________________

01-12-2012, 03:24 AM	#147 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	The sad thing for me is that by the time the add-ons come, I've already played Skyrim until I got pretty fed up with it. It was a blast, but I won't need another fix in a long time. Possibly not before the next Elder Scrolls is out! __________________ Something Completely Different

01-12-2012, 03:50 AM	#148 (permalink)
Astronomer we are stardust Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,894	I still love archer/thief class - same as I rolled in Oblivion. At this point I'm a level 37 wood elf archer/thief. I like being all stealthy-style. Siiiiick game. __________________

12-28-2011, 03:49 PM	#142 (permalink)
Chanchibar Groupie Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 11	I'm loving Skyrim. I'm not playing it endlessly at the moment cause the new game feeling kinda wore off. It's still amazing, I just hop on for a little bit every day and mess around. I'm playing a warrior at level 33, got black smithing capped at 100, and my other main skills are around the 75 mark.

01-11-2012, 07:58 PM	#143 (permalink)
midnight rain Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,711	So am I the only one who played this game as a mage? Being a warrior is just too stale and boring for my liking. The only problem with being a mage is that the destruction spell damages don't scale so it gets pretty tough in the higher levels. And I never cheated the system with smithing/enchanting whoring, though I did max out my enchanting skill, to stay in line with my pure mage class Ready for some DLC soon Bethesda!

01-11-2012, 10:35 PM	#145 (permalink)
RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	I'm just waiting for the creation kit to be released so the modders can do some serious modding

01-12-2012, 01:22 AM	#146 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	Playing a mage is ... well, not as fun as I was hoping it would be. The mage quest line is as fun as it is short, if it lasted 3 times as long I'd be praising it. Plus to me, it was kind of too easy - cast a dual hand flame cloak, ice cloak, run around and enemies die. Around lvl 26 with the archmage robes, the dragon mask that gives you +100% magicka regen, a full set of 20-40% resistance boots and roughly 20k in cash, I decided this is no fun. Sure I could have increased the difficulty level, but that wouldn't really be more fun, just frustrating. So I created yet another, at this point lvl 22 Imperial archer/soldier/assasin and it's been a blast. I might be alone on this but to me both regular combat and spellcasting suck - only archery gives me the satisfaction and makes me feel I'm actually using skill, not just button mashing. As for DLC, from what I heard they're not going to be releasing a ton of small 9$ add-ons that will add amazing stuff like horse armor They're planning to do something similar to what they did with Oblivion - "old school big" add ons.