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On December 09 2011 00:55 -Archangel- wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2011 23:38 Shyndashu wrote:
So after patch 1.3, I'm still having crashes to desktop randomly. Bethesda forums now has over 50 pages of replies with DxDiag reports as they requested and there still is no official moderator or admin response from them yet. I haven't been able to play the game since 1.2 and this has the most irritating experience with a game. I wish I could just do a fresh install and play from my saved file, but unfortunately we have to be connected through steam to even play the game. Woopty freakin doo 60.00 harddrive paper weight. Now I'm hoping 1.4 will fix the issues for those crashing to desktop randomly. 1. Download the game from piratebay or demonoid. 2. Download the patch of your choosing and a crack for it (usually same torrent). 3. win.
Does the crack fix the crashes and any new problems introduced in the past few patches? Still running 1.1 and too scared to patch as hordes of people complain about major bugs being introduced.
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Does anyone else end up with a bunch of quests you cannot complete for some reason? I can't become the Thane of Riften because of the quest bugging out on me. My earlier character had like 15+ quests he was unable to complete, and he was only L57 at that time.
It seems like if you mess up and don't do certain quests in the right order, you're out of luck and will forever have that quest in your journal, I know you can fix it with console commands but I'd rather not go there, I'd probably mess up even worse.
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Ok so I've been avoiding this thread for fear of spoilers but I've decided I need help! Two questions:
1. I'm hoarding dragon souls. I'm afraid to spend them in case I find a better shout.
Question: are there sufficient numbers of dragons to kill in the game to fully upgrade all the shouts? Or do I have to be selective? Yes or no will suffice, please don't answer if you are going to spoil quest plotlines 
2. Is there any way you can create your own spells, like in Oblivion with the spellmaking altar at the Mages Guild? Please only yes or no
I should state that I'm on the xbox360 rather than computer if that makes a difference and I've been avoiding all quests other than finding words of power so far.
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On December 09 2011 01:03 OFCORPSE wrote:
Does anyone else end up with a bunch of quests you cannot complete for some reason? I can't become the Thane of Riften because of the quest bugging out on me. My earlier character had like 15+ quests he was unable to complete, and he was only L57 at that time.
It seems like if you mess up and don't do certain quests in the right order, you're out of luck and will forever have that quest in your journal, I know you can fix it with console commands but I'd rather not go there, I'd probably mess up even worse.
Yes and it annoys the shit out of me, I want to be able to complete all the quests in a town before I move on to the next, Skyrim will not let you do this though. T_T
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1) I believe you can suffer an infinite amount of random dragon attacks, so yea you can probably max everything if you hunt long enough
2) Not without modding and no idea if you can atm with modding either.
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On December 09 2011 01:02 Hikari wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 00:55 -Archangel- wrote:On December 08 2011 23:38 Shyndashu wrote:
So after patch 1.3, I'm still having crashes to desktop randomly. Bethesda forums now has over 50 pages of replies with DxDiag reports as they requested and there still is no official moderator or admin response from them yet. I haven't been able to play the game since 1.2 and this has the most irritating experience with a game. I wish I could just do a fresh install and play from my saved file, but unfortunately we have to be connected through steam to even play the game. Woopty freakin doo 60.00 harddrive paper weight. Now I'm hoping 1.4 will fix the issues for those crashing to desktop randomly. 1. Download the game from piratebay or demonoid. 2. Download the patch of your choosing and a crack for it (usually same torrent). 3. win. Does the crack fix the crashes and any new problems introduced in the past few patches? Still running 1.1 and too scared to patch as hordes of people complain about major bugs being introduced.
He meant do what you're doing, stay on 1.1 and never update untill they come out with a proper patch.
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On December 09 2011 01:07 daemir wrote:
1) I believe you can suffer an infinite amount of random dragon attacks, so yea you can probably max everything if you hunt long enough
2) Not without modding and no idea if you can atm with modding either.
Thanks man, I'll start spending them then  I had only used 2 of my dragon souls, have 15-20 saved up lol
Sucks about magic, I've been focusing purely on destruction, alteration and enchanting. Might have to diversify a bit it seems
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On December 09 2011 01:09 DropBear wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 01:07 daemir wrote:
1) I believe you can suffer an infinite amount of random dragon attacks, so yea you can probably max everything if you hunt long enough
2) Not without modding and no idea if you can atm with modding either. Thanks man, I'll start spending them then I had only used 2 of my dragon souls, have 15-20 saved up lol Sucks about magic, I've been focusing purely on destruction, alteration and enchanting. Might have to diversify a bit it seems
I think dragons become more common after you finish the main quest. I always somehow end up running into one between every quest... (fast travel takes away some fun from the game). I don't bother hunting them down after I got my 15th extra soul.
I feel that alteration isn't rly that useful as a mage (and tbh it sucks until you get master spells).
Too much diversity actually makes the game harder as you level faster (ie: some people gets archery along with destruction and swap to bow and arrow when they run out of magika: but you can't really use archery and magic at the same time. Lockpicking, pickpocketing and smithing doesn't help a mage kill things quicker. Enchanting and Conjuration both will help you kill things faster by making spells more cost efficient and summons do damage alongside of your spells).
One thing which is somewhat disappointing when I play a mage is that there is very little to look forward to in terms of equipment. I have more fun playing as a summoner that maintains an army of followers...
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On December 09 2011 01:08 daemir wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 01:02 Hikari wrote:On December 09 2011 00:55 -Archangel- wrote:On December 08 2011 23:38 Shyndashu wrote:
So after patch 1.3, I'm still having crashes to desktop randomly. Bethesda forums now has over 50 pages of replies with DxDiag reports as they requested and there still is no official moderator or admin response from them yet. I haven't been able to play the game since 1.2 and this has the most irritating experience with a game. I wish I could just do a fresh install and play from my saved file, but unfortunately we have to be connected through steam to even play the game. Woopty freakin doo 60.00 harddrive paper weight. Now I'm hoping 1.4 will fix the issues for those crashing to desktop randomly. 1. Download the game from piratebay or demonoid. 2. Download the patch of your choosing and a crack for it (usually same torrent). 3. win. Does the crack fix the crashes and any new problems introduced in the past few patches? Still running 1.1 and too scared to patch as hordes of people complain about major bugs being introduced. He meant do what you're doing, stay on 1.1 and never update untill they come out with a proper patch.
That is why I meant. From torrents you get get basic game and whatever patch you want (in this case you probably want 1.1) and then with a crack it works normally and without steam (and offline). Since you bought the game there is nothing morally wrong with this (and in Switzerland it is even legal :D).
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On December 09 2011 01:44 Hikari wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 01:09 DropBear wrote:On December 09 2011 01:07 daemir wrote:
1) I believe you can suffer an infinite amount of random dragon attacks, so yea you can probably max everything if you hunt long enough
2) Not without modding and no idea if you can atm with modding either. Thanks man, I'll start spending them then I had only used 2 of my dragon souls, have 15-20 saved up lol Sucks about magic, I've been focusing purely on destruction, alteration and enchanting. Might have to diversify a bit it seems I think dragons become more common after you finish the main quest. I always somehow end up running into one between every quest... (fast travel takes away some fun from the game). I don't bother hunting them down after I got my 15th extra soul. I feel that alteration isn't rly that useful as a mage (and tbh it sucks until you get master spells). Too much diversity actually makes the game harder as you level faster (ie: some people gets archery along with destruction and swap to bow and arrow when they run out of magika: but you can't really use archery and magic at the same time. Lockpicking, pickpocketing and smithing doesn't help a mage kill things quicker. Enchanting and Conjuration both will help you kill things faster by making spells more cost efficient and summons do damage alongside of your spells). One thing which is somewhat disappointing when I play a mage is that there is very little to look forward to in terms of equipment. I have more fun playing as a summoner that maintains an army of followers...
Alteration would be awesome if Telekinesis somehow worked directly on enemies.
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I think dragons become more common after you finish the main quest. I always somehow end up running into one between every quest... (fast travel takes away some fun from the game). I don't bother hunting them down after I got my 15th extra soul.
I feel that alteration isn't rly that useful as a mage (and tbh it sucks until you get master spells).
Too much diversity actually makes the game harder as you level faster (ie: some people gets archery along with destruction and swap to bow and arrow when they run out of magika: but you can't really use archery and magic at the same time. Lockpicking, pickpocketing and smithing doesn't help a mage kill things quicker. Enchanting and Conjuration both will help you kill things faster by making spells more cost efficient and summons do damage alongside of your spells).
One thing which is somewhat disappointing when I play a mage is that there is very little to look forward to in terms of equipment. I have more fun playing as a summoner that maintains an army of followers...
Personally, I think alteration is the best school of magic. Protection spells that you need to survive and paralyze is probably my favorite spell in the game, especially when its free to cast late game with Enchanted armor.
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On December 09 2011 01:05 DropBear wrote:Ok so I've been avoiding this thread for fear of spoilers but I've decided I need help! Two questions: 1. I'm hoarding dragon souls. I'm afraid to spend them in case I find a better shout. Question: are there sufficient numbers of dragons to kill in the game to fully upgrade all the shouts? Or do I have to be selective? Yes or no will suffice, please don't answer if you are going to spoil quest plotlines 2. Is there any way you can create your own spells, like in Oblivion with the spellmaking altar at the Mages Guild? Please only yes or no I should state that I'm on the xbox360 rather than computer if that makes a difference and I've been avoiding all quests other than finding words of power so far.
1) there are more than enough dragons. Some are random encounters that respawns like elder dragons and blood dragons with a chance to have them every you fast travel to a fast travel point (can be annoying at times).
2) I finished the whole mage school quest line and wasn't able to find anything of the sort inside the college.
Edit : Bethesda will be releasing the complete tool they used to make the game early next year so it is likely we will see spell mods because the selection is low in my opinion at the moment.
I want to add that some quests do unlock access to certain dungeon and caves which contain shout words inside. Sometimes to get these quests, you must complete stupid quests (like kill bandit leaders or dragons) to gain reputation and access to better quests.
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On December 09 2011 02:12 meathole wrote:Show nested quote +
I think dragons become more common after you finish the main quest. I always somehow end up running into one between every quest... (fast travel takes away some fun from the game). I don't bother hunting them down after I got my 15th extra soul.
I feel that alteration isn't rly that useful as a mage (and tbh it sucks until you get master spells).
Too much diversity actually makes the game harder as you level faster (ie: some people gets archery along with destruction and swap to bow and arrow when they run out of magika: but you can't really use archery and magic at the same time. Lockpicking, pickpocketing and smithing doesn't help a mage kill things quicker. Enchanting and Conjuration both will help you kill things faster by making spells more cost efficient and summons do damage alongside of your spells).
One thing which is somewhat disappointing when I play a mage is that there is very little to look forward to in terms of equipment. I have more fun playing as a summoner that maintains an army of followers...
Personally, I think alteration is the best school of magic. Protection spells that you need to survive and paralyze is probably my favorite spell in the game, especially when its free to cast late game with Enchanted armor.
The only spell i use from the whole alteration line is transmute iron to silver to gold.
The wards have to be maintained and drain mana fast to resist spells unless you got divine timing on cast time when projectiles are coming toward you.
The other spells that add armor rating are useless if you dont get the duration perks that are kindof high within the tree just for the 60 rating it gives.
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On December 09 2011 02:12 Sated wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 00:14 Hikari wrote:On December 08 2011 16:38 Isualin wrote:
i am trying to play on master difficulty as a mage but a "falmer"(not skulker, prowler or anything) two shots me while i have to use all my mana twice to kill him. what am i doing wrong? 1) Stack mana reduction equipment. You can pick up enchanting and get -100% destruction reduction if you wish to do so. 2) Train conjuration. The things you summon are pretty useful. 3) You may want to play a sneak mage style. 4) Your spells do not really scale. You can boost your damage (outside of perks and new spells) via i) drinking potions (fortify destruction) ii) Giving your follower a weapon coated with weakness to fire/frost/whatever poison. On December 08 2011 23:37 Sated wrote:On December 08 2011 16:38 Isualin wrote:
i am trying to play on master difficulty as a mage but a "falmer"(not skulker, prowler or anything) two shots me while i have to use all my mana twice to kill him. what am i doing wrong? Alternatively, the only thing that gives me trouble as a 2-Handed Warrior is Forsworn ice-mages... and destruction-mages in general. If I can't get close enough to Fus-Ro-Dah them to the ground for an easy kill, they obliterate me... You can potentially refine armor several times, as it allows you to do so whenever your skill is modified to be higher. There's no step higher than Legendary, but there are several grades within Legendary that you can hit with 100 skill, the perk for that material, and equipment/potions that fortify Smithing.
The absolute best you can get is to use enchanting/alchemy to make five pieces of gear with +29% Alchemy on them (Falmer Helmets are compatible with Circlets and Krosis, in addition to the gloves, ring, and necklace), which you use to make a +37% to Enchanting potion, which you use to make four pieces of gear with +29% to Smithing, and potions with +147% to Smithing. Then you use all of the above to upgrade your armor and weapons and thrill to the thought of walking through the game on Master Difficulty like it's on Easy.
And those items are still considered Legendary even though they're oftentimes several orders of magnitude more powerful than legitimately Legendary items. I haven't used that trick and I'm still dangerously close to the armour cap with legendary Daedric Armour and everything else being legendary Ebony stuff. Once I get a full Daedric Armour set, I'm pretty sure I will hit the armour cap due to their increased AR (obviously) and the increased AR I will get from wearing a complete set. I haven't used anything but normal smithing to make my armour pieces - smithing is legitimately awesome for any melee-oriented character Time slow shout fixes everything. Get the great charge perk. I am able to 1 shot mages on masters with only a flawless sword (given that my weapon skill is pretty high). You should have +weapon damage enchants on all your equipment. I value a pair of store-bought light armored gloves with +30% weapon damage > a pair of heavy armor gloves with +20% damage. The faster things die the less damage I take (use positioning so you are not fighting 4 enemies at once). My warrior is already level 100 in the two-handed weapon skill. He has all the perks activated, save for the perks that make 2H-axes and 2H-swords more powerful since he uses warhammers, and both his bracers and his ring are enchanted with "+2X to 2H Damage". Damage output isn't a problem because, as you say, Great Critical Charge will either kill a mage outright or leave them with so little health that you can kill them before they get back up. The problem is frost-mages who join a fight late, if you understand what I mean. He'll be derping along, crushing some faces, when an ice-bolt will come out of nowhere and sap half of his health. Very annoying. Once you've died the first time and worked out where the ice-mages are, it isn't that hard to deal with, and if you see them in advance then that isn't hard to deal with either... it's just the ones that surprise you that are hard to deal with. But I guess it isn't that annoying.
Try activating the steed stone since it increase your base speed and will conter the slow movement of ice. The other thing is you can use words to stagger your opponent and even whirlwind directly on him to get to him and stagger him. The other option is using frost breath to slow him down considerably or a simple frost spell but with a 2h might be a pain.
These are my suggestions to you.
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On December 09 2011 01:44 Hikari wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2011 01:09 DropBear wrote:On December 09 2011 01:07 daemir wrote:
1) I believe you can suffer an infinite amount of random dragon attacks, so yea you can probably max everything if you hunt long enough
2) Not without modding and no idea if you can atm with modding either. Thanks man, I'll start spending them then I had only used 2 of my dragon souls, have 15-20 saved up lol Sucks about magic, I've been focusing purely on destruction, alteration and enchanting. Might have to diversify a bit it seems I think dragons become more common after you finish the main quest. I always somehow end up running into one between every quest... (fast travel takes away some fun from the game). I don't bother hunting them down after I got my 15th extra soul. I feel that alteration isn't rly that useful as a mage (and tbh it sucks until you get master spells). Too much diversity actually makes the game harder as you level faster (ie: some people gets archery along with destruction and swap to bow and arrow when they run out of magika: but you can't really use archery and magic at the same time. Lockpicking, pickpocketing and smithing doesn't help a mage kill things quicker. Enchanting and Conjuration both will help you kill things faster by making spells more cost efficient and summons do damage alongside of your spells). One thing which is somewhat disappointing when I play a mage is that there is very little to look forward to in terms of equipment. I have more fun playing as a summoner that maintains an army of followers...
Dragons become mroe common as you level up and explore more areas. I have a character lvl 35 that has godly sneaking and archery skills that has yet to turn the dragon stone from bleak barrow falls but I get dragons all the time.
It was a pain with the backward flying bug but its fixed now for pc! :D
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On December 08 2011 21:50 Ketch wrote:By the way, I was thinking about this, does it matter where you hit an enemy with an arrow? In other words, does a shot in the head do more damage than a shot in for example, the torso? + Show Spoiler + I already know that an arrow in the knee has a high chance of incapacitating the opponent....
I noticed that an arrow from behind is always a backstab if undetected no matter what when in the front, only the first shot while completely hidden gives the sneak bonus.
I haven't noticed much change besides this.
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Mages are pretty easy once you get to always carry a pair of +resist boots and 5 or so +resist potions for each element. You can also add some +magic resist potion, and + resist amulet if you need even more. The cap for resist is 85% I believe, magic and elements being separated, you can get VERY tanky against mages.
Playing on master as 2H char, this changed the game for me ^^
EDIT : Seeing the other solutions offered, wow, really, try just using resist gear. Doesn't even matter if they slow you down, considering you have high hp and get to a decent lvl of resist (60% is doable only with loots from what I've seen, and not counting that dragon priest mask that adds to every resist), they'll take forever to kill you.
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On December 09 2011 00:18 Antifate wrote:
Silly question, but how does one skip speeches without exiting the dialogue menu? I want to see if particular options lead to quests, but I don't want to sit through people's rambling.
If you have a computer and want to shut down any dialogues, press tab, it'll free you from any conversation and allow you to walk away completely.
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On December 08 2011 22:20 mordk wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2011 16:38 Isualin wrote:
i am trying to play on master difficulty as a mage but a "falmer"(not skulker, prowler or anything) two shots me while i have to use all my mana twice to kill him. what am i doing wrong? Get Lydia, makes the game playable for a mage at low levels
Uthger the unbroken in the inn has better gear (steel plate armor) and takes only a button mashing brawl and 100 gold (you get 200 back after the brawl) to obtain. Lydia costs no gold but requires you to advance in the main quest line.
There is also Faendal in Riverwood (even earlier than Uthger) by doing the simple quest of the letter who helps you with his bow and arrow.
There is even a witch you free from a cave early on but you do have to kill quite a few monsters to get there and might get tricky.
Depends if you really use companions or not. Also, smithing gear early on in the game gives you an edge offensive/defensive wise. Try using a shield to reduce damage of incoming attacks and use spells from your main hand while he staggers. If you have PC version, simply assigne numbers to favorites to change quickly between shield and spells for dual cast.
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