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On November 17 2011 09:32 travis wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2011 09:25 Cyro wrote:On November 17 2011 09:09 Cyro wrote:
Can someone PM me some info on enchanting if they know how it works?
I read a few times of people enchanting massive amounts, like -95% cost for destruction spells across their gear, but when i disenchanted a -12% cost +50% regen thing, i can only enchant -1% cost and like +3% regen. Is it because of levels etc? what enchanting do i need? Im ~40 dest on this char since i rerolled recently after learning that perks were limited and i shouldnt throw them around into random shit like i was before still looking for info I am very bored and even though im not playing this I looked on this page: http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Enchanting_(Skyrim)at the bottom under notes it says "With 100 skill level and grand soul "Fortify magic school" results 25% power. Which means with 4 items (chest, ring, amulet and head) you can cast spells for free. "
you mean this?
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/DdoId.jpg)
you can stack % mana cost reductions till it hits 100% in this game.
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I've run into a bug and I'm wondering if anyone can fix the problem. I bought a house in Winterhold and when I go in there it says my bed is owned so I can't use it. I'm still able to store items there, so the game recognized I've bought the house, I just can't sleep in my bed which is a minor annoyance. Does anyone have a fix?
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On November 17 2011 09:53 sc4k wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2011 09:47 sob3k wrote:
The enemy AI is just so poor, I can kill 5 mammoths with sparks if I have a little tree to hide behind....and theres no way to really not abuse the AI. What am I going to do? Just sit there as a mage and engage in hand to hand combat? The fact that no enemy in the game seems to be able to catch a sprinting char makes kiting way too strong. Well...give me an example of a game like Skyrim where the AI is better? Sad fact is that AI in most video games sucks balls. You're complaining about computer games, not about Skyrim. If you are desperate for competition you shouldn't be playing singleplayer RPGs... (Although I will admit they should make an -ultra- difficulty with things like hard caps on bonuses to skills, enemies who have spells like lower resist, enemies having 3x as much HP and 3x as much damage, etc.)
Think about it this way, the combat in skyrim is just an FPS.
You want a list of FPS'swith better enemy AI?
FEAR
FarCry
COD
Deus Ex
Half-Life
Having enemies that will never hit you with any amount of cover usage/kiting but if they do kill you in one hit is a sign of reallly bad AI.
I literally haven't been hit by an enemy in the last hour of play, that wouldn't be possible in any other major FPS title.
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I also was drawn into the game and it was a super time the 4 days it lastes but after playing through it I am done.
I got to level 28 as a shield/mace imperiao with heavy armor and the harder I made the game setting the more binary the game was. Basically any foe that didnt use magic did 0 damage agsint me as getting full dadric gear is so easy, but because I didn't enchant mages were frustratingly hard.
I might play the game again in a few months but right now I have no interest.
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On November 17 2011 09:59 Tewks44 wrote:
I've run into a bug and I'm wondering if anyone can fix the problem. I bought a house in Winterhold and when I go in there it says my bed is owned so I can't use it. I'm still able to store items there, so the game recognized I've bought the house, I just can't sleep in my bed which is a minor annoyance. Does anyone have a fix?
Try the other bed 
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On November 17 2011 09:25 Cyro wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2011 09:09 Cyro wrote:
Can someone PM me some info on enchanting if they know how it works?
I read a few times of people enchanting massive amounts, like -95% cost for destruction spells across their gear, but when i disenchanted a -12% cost +50% regen thing, i can only enchant -1% cost and like +3% regen. Is it because of levels etc? what enchanting do i need? Im ~40 dest on this char since i rerolled recently after learning that perks were limited and i shouldnt throw them around into random shit like i was before still looking for info
You need all the pertinent enchanting perks to get good results, and use a grand soul. Even at that, the guys you're referencing used the potion loop to get really high temporary bonuses to alchemy and enchanting to max out the bonuses on the final product. Convoluted process but very powerful.
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On November 17 2011 10:01 IMABUNNEH wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2011 09:59 Tewks44 wrote:
I've run into a bug and I'm wondering if anyone can fix the problem. I bought a house in Winterhold and when I go in there it says my bed is owned so I can't use it. I'm still able to store items there, so the game recognized I've bought the house, I just can't sleep in my bed which is a minor annoyance. Does anyone have a fix? Try the other bed
does the house have two beds? if so, than, lol, my bad
Also, does anyone know how to put souls into my soul gems. I believe I need an item for it but I don't know where to get said item.
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On November 17 2011 10:08 Tewks44 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2011 10:01 IMABUNNEH wrote:On November 17 2011 09:59 Tewks44 wrote:
I've run into a bug and I'm wondering if anyone can fix the problem. I bought a house in Winterhold and when I go in there it says my bed is owned so I can't use it. I'm still able to store items there, so the game recognized I've bought the house, I just can't sleep in my bed which is a minor annoyance. Does anyone have a fix? Try the other bed does the house have two beds? if so, than, lol, my bad Also, does anyone know how to put souls into my soul gems. I believe I need an item for it but I don't know where to get said item.
Either buy the right spell or pick up an item that says something like "bounds soul to soul gem if target is killed in x seconds"
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On November 17 2011 10:00 sob3k wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2011 09:53 sc4k wrote:On November 17 2011 09:47 sob3k wrote:
The enemy AI is just so poor, I can kill 5 mammoths with sparks if I have a little tree to hide behind....and theres no way to really not abuse the AI. What am I going to do? Just sit there as a mage and engage in hand to hand combat? The fact that no enemy in the game seems to be able to catch a sprinting char makes kiting way too strong. Well...give me an example of a game like Skyrim where the AI is better? Sad fact is that AI in most video games sucks balls. You're complaining about computer games, not about Skyrim. If you are desperate for competition you shouldn't be playing singleplayer RPGs... (Although I will admit they should make an -ultra- difficulty with things like hard caps on bonuses to skills, enemies who have spells like lower resist, enemies having 3x as much HP and 3x as much damage, etc.) You want a list of FPS'swith better enemy AI? FEAR FarCry COD Deus Ex Half-Life Having enemies that will never hit you with any amount of cover usage/kiting but if they do kill you in one hit is a sign of reallly bad AI. I literally haven't been hit by an enemy in the last hour of play, that wouldn't be possible in any other major FPS title.
Ok. How many of these games are expansive non-linear swords and shields quasi-medieval hack and slash FPSs?
Hmm yes...on closer inspection...0%. So none of those examples work.
Second point. None of those games have particularly good AIs. They are all batshit poor really. Evidence is the way they play in comparison to the way humans play. The only reason you think they are challenging is that the enemies have guns. You think Deus Ex would be hard if all the enemies just had batons and the occasional bow + arrow?
If 100% quality AI is human level, and 0% is a rock...I would say all games we have now are between 1-2%.
But don't worry! If you hate the Skyrim AI you can always go and play all of those other non-linear swords and shields quasi-medieval hack and slash FPSs!!!
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On November 17 2011 10:00 sob3k wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2011 09:53 sc4k wrote:On November 17 2011 09:47 sob3k wrote:
The enemy AI is just so poor, I can kill 5 mammoths with sparks if I have a little tree to hide behind....and theres no way to really not abuse the AI. What am I going to do? Just sit there as a mage and engage in hand to hand combat? The fact that no enemy in the game seems to be able to catch a sprinting char makes kiting way too strong. Well...give me an example of a game like Skyrim where the AI is better? Sad fact is that AI in most video games sucks balls. You're complaining about computer games, not about Skyrim. If you are desperate for competition you shouldn't be playing singleplayer RPGs... (Although I will admit they should make an -ultra- difficulty with things like hard caps on bonuses to skills, enemies who have spells like lower resist, enemies having 3x as much HP and 3x as much damage, etc.) Think about it this way, the combat in skyrim is just an FPS. You want a list of FPS'swith better enemy AI? FEAR FarCry COD Deus Ex Half-Life Having enemies that will never hit you with any amount of cover usage/kiting but if they do kill you in one hit is a sign of reallly bad AI. I literally haven't been hit by an enemy in the last hour of play, that wouldn't be possible in any other major FPS title.
If you die in one hit you're playing the game wrong rofl; either you're a melee character with not nearly enough health, or a ranged character who's getting too close. As for those AI's, Skyrim is not a FPS lol. Also most if not all of those games work in highly scripted/contained situations in which the player's angle of approach and methods are highly predictable; in a game like skyrim where the player literally has millions of options as for when, where, how, etc. he will attack programming AI that feels good is alot harder. It's one thing to program enemies to roll around and take cover when they know when, and at what door, with which weapons out of a list that you will attack with, how fast your can move, how much damage you can take, etc. It's an entirely different matter when you know virtually none of those things.
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On November 17 2011 04:15 leBIGcrab wrote:
Well, i play a dual wield axe orc wearing light armor (true role play berserker type) and i have a lot of difficulty to beat Dragons or Trolls, and when i pull 2 mages i instantly die. At the time, i'm getting one hand perks, and starting to gather light armor one too. I'm level 15.
I play on second hardest difficulty, and whenever i switch to normal mode, it's just laughable...
Is it normal or is my light armor warrior build not viable at all?...
Oh and berserker rage is so good it's unbelievable. I can go to any boss, freeze him with shout or stamina double hit, and smash him to death when it's on. And it's on 2nd hardest difficulty.
Light armor = sneak. If you != sneak, then don't use light armor.
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what? light armor is fine for melee combat, it has bonus to stamina regen.
though light armor AND no block AND short weapon reach might be a bit too much.
yeah, real mages are dangerous, you need magic protection.
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On November 17 2011 10:19 AutomatonOmega wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2011 04:15 leBIGcrab wrote:
Well, i play a dual wield axe orc wearing light armor (true role play berserker type) and i have a lot of difficulty to beat Dragons or Trolls, and when i pull 2 mages i instantly die. At the time, i'm getting one hand perks, and starting to gather light armor one too. I'm level 15.
I play on second hardest difficulty, and whenever i switch to normal mode, it's just laughable...
Is it normal or is my light armor warrior build not viable at all?...
Oh and berserker rage is so good it's unbelievable. I can go to any boss, freeze him with shout or stamina double hit, and smash him to death when it's on. And it's on 2nd hardest difficulty. Light armor = sneak. If you != sneak, then don't use light armor.
Oh. :o I decided to use Light on my Nord melee-only warrior-like character because I thought it looks more reasonable and realistic than wearing all that metal around, and light armors usually look cooler.
Am I basically fucked in the long term then? -_- I thought it would provide reasonable protection.
Ah, the post above me makes me feel a bit better then. That said, I do struggle big time vs dragons and it's only the potions that keep me in it. -_-
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I'm currently playing with a tank of an orc that I'm focusing on heavy armor, one handed weapons, blocks, and archery. I've also dabbled in forging. I think my next character is going to be a master archer wood elf that is really sneaky and good at assassinating ppl.
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On November 17 2011 10:36 Talin wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2011 10:19 AutomatonOmega wrote:On November 17 2011 04:15 leBIGcrab wrote:
Well, i play a dual wield axe orc wearing light armor (true role play berserker type) and i have a lot of difficulty to beat Dragons or Trolls, and when i pull 2 mages i instantly die. At the time, i'm getting one hand perks, and starting to gather light armor one too. I'm level 15.
I play on second hardest difficulty, and whenever i switch to normal mode, it's just laughable...
Is it normal or is my light armor warrior build not viable at all?...
Oh and berserker rage is so good it's unbelievable. I can go to any boss, freeze him with shout or stamina double hit, and smash him to death when it's on. And it's on 2nd hardest difficulty. Light armor = sneak. If you != sneak, then don't use light armor. Oh. :o I decided to use Light on my Nord melee-only warrior-like character because I thought it looks more reasonable and realistic than wearing all that metal around, and light armors usually look cooler. Am I basically fucked in the long term then? -_- I thought it would provide reasonable protection. Ah, the post above me makes me feel a bit better then. That said, I do struggle big time vs dragons and it's only the potions that keep me in it. -_-
It's definitely doable- I'm doing it, although admittedly with block and some points into Restoration.
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After a while, I don't find that game challenging anymore. I'm level 33 atm, with legendary daedrik armor and weapons, max/nearmax smithing/enchanting and a sickton of good items. If you run around as a "Battlemage" like I do, you don't have to worry about anything. Cast some spells and kill stuff and have high +mana. Once you're out of mana, change clothes in the middle of the battle, and 1-3 hit everything with your swords. Items create way too much bonuses and easily compensate any missing skills.
So what I do atm is bartering and makin' moar gold. I got close to 100% better prices and close to 100k gold. Most of the time, I can "rob" a smith of all his money by buying ingots and a weapon/armor. Buy that armor, make it better using the smithsskill, sell for a profit. And then, the smith has the weapon back, without the "legendary upgrade", so you buy it again, make it better, sell for profit again until they run out of money or ingots.
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The enemy AI is just so poor, I can kill 5 mammoths with sparks if I have a little tree to hide behind....and theres no way to really not abuse the AI. What am I going to do? Just sit there as a mage and engage in hand to hand combat? The fact that no enemy in the game seems to be able to catch a sprinting char makes kiting way too strong.
Well...give me an example of a game like Skyrim where the AI is better? Sad fact is that AI in most video games sucks balls. You're complaining about computer games, not about Skyrim. If you are desperate for competition you shouldn't be playing singleplayer RPGs...
(Although I will admit they should make an -ultra- difficulty with things like hard caps on bonuses to skills, enemies who have spells like lower resist, enemies having 3x as much HP and 3x as much damage, etc.)
Think about it this way, the combat in skyrim is just an FPS.
You want a list of FPS'swith better enemy AI?
FEAR
FarCry
COD
Deus Ex
Half-Life
Having enemies that will never hit you with any amount of cover usage/kiting but if they do kill you in one hit is a sign of reallly bad AI.
Wow you are reallly ignorant and stupid, the games such you just mentioned are all scripted AI's that the developers took time into what they are supposed to do, and with a huge open world like skyrim a AI like that would be next to near impossible with the current technology
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So my pickpocket/smithing/lockpicking to the point where they are all over 60 (90+ pickpocket) gaining me tons of levels, but making combat stupidly difficult. (default difficulty) All my combat skills are under 35. The only way I can kill some of the harder bad guys is to bug them out in water or pathing or run around for 10 minutes throwing down summons to chip at them. This is the same reason I stopped playing oblivion too. Non-combat skills shouldn't make combat more difficult arhg. Think I might just reroll or turn the difficulty down to the lowest.
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On November 17 2011 10:59 randombum wrote:
So my pickpocket/smithing/lockpicking to the point where they are all over 60 (90+ pickpocket) gaining me tons of levels, but making combat stupidly difficult. (default difficulty) All my combat skills are under 35. The only way I can kill some of the harder bad guys is to bug them out in water or pathing or run around for 10 minutes throwing down summons to chip at them. This is the same reason I stopped playing oblivion too. Non-combat skills shouldn't make combat more difficult arhg. Think I might just reroll or turn the difficulty down to the lowest.
Yeah there is the issue in level scaling in this game and how you gain levels non combat skills tend to hurt you more then help you and their are usually easier to level.
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On November 17 2011 10:55 Kwanny wrote:
After a while, I don't find that game challenging anymore. I'm level 33 atm, with legendary daedrik armor and weapons, max/nearmax smithing/enchanting and a sickton of good items. If you run around as a "Battlemage" like I do, you don't have to worry about anything. Cast some spells and kill stuff and have high +mana. Once you're out of mana, change clothes in the middle of the battle, and 1-3 hit everything with your swords. Items create way too much bonuses and easily compensate any missing skills.
So what I do atm is bartering and makin' moar gold. I got close to 100% better prices and close to 100k gold. Most of the time, I can "rob" a smith of all his money by buying ingots and a weapon/armor. Buy that armor, make it better using the smithsskill, sell for a profit. And then, the smith has the weapon back, without the "legendary upgrade", so you buy it again, make it better, sell for profit again until they run out of money or ingots.
Are you on highest difficulty? If not, turn it up. If yes, challenge can be found by role-playing a certain character. Or wait for ultra-hard balance mods or something.
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