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Post by scamander on Feb 23, 2018 13:01:10 GMT
You can get the house for free. Make sure you talk to avenici near a chest. When you buy cancel out quick, open chest, diposit money. The game gives you key before taking money so then go back in chest, get your money. This works for upgrades too. Bit cheaty? I am aware this might break irony coming from me but Skyrim is the closest I'll get to home ownership, I like to work for it. Plus getting the cash together requires a few tasks to be undertaken which will level up a few skills. The other issue is whether this still works, they patched up a number of cheats a while back. |
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Post by lonewolf on Feb 23, 2018 13:06:44 GMT
You can get the house for free. Make sure you talk to avenici near a chest. When you buy cancel out quick, open chest, diposit money. The game gives you key before taking money so then go back in chest, get your money. This works for upgrades too. Bit cheaty? I am aware this might break irony coming from me but Skyrim is the closest I'll get to home ownership, I like to work for it. Plus getting the cash together requires a few tasks to be undertaken which will level up a few skills. The other issue is whether this still works, they patched up a number of cheats a while back. I hear you on home ownership. Non game advice, get house before kids. Skyrim makes it a requirement for a reason. |
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Post by scamander on Feb 23, 2018 13:14:10 GMT
Bit cheaty? I am aware this might break irony coming from me but Skyrim is the closest I'll get to home ownership, I like to work for it. Plus getting the cash together requires a few tasks to be undertaken which will level up a few skills. The other issue is whether this still works, they patched up a number of cheats a while back. I hear you on home ownership. Non game advice, get house before kids. Skyrim makes it a requirement for a reason. The kids can be unnerving, returned the other day and prompted by the 'did you get me a present?' the only option I had was a dagger and an iron ingot. Then she adopted a fox and yesterday I revisited Breezehome to hear an odd noise from the child's bedroom. Upon looking in she was slashing away at a straw mannequin (I never built this) whilst the fox barked at it. I turned and left. Do they have social services in Winterun? |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Feb 23, 2018 13:26:46 GMT
Top 5 things to get out of the way before kids:
1) Womanising
2) Hatred of children
3) Gaming PC
4) Alcoholism and/or substance abuse
5) Aspirations
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Post by cobblers on Feb 23, 2018 13:48:55 GMT
Kids? In Skyrim? Fuck that.
Can you kill them?
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Feb 23, 2018 13:50:26 GMT
With a mod on the PC you can, not sure about consoles.
And in real life, usually no.
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Post by cobblers on Feb 23, 2018 13:58:23 GMT
One good thing about Red Lucy/Fisto/ghouls in New Vegas is that you can be pretty confident the radiation will have done for the swimmers. In Scrolls you’d have to take a halberd to the nutsack before you could really relax.
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Post by scamander on Feb 23, 2018 14:04:10 GMT
Kids? In Skyrim? Fuck that. Can you kill them? Presumably so, it's with Heathfire DLC, you adopt them and if you have built rooms in your houses they stay there. |
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Post by amipal on Feb 23, 2018 14:21:38 GMT
It's good to have land.
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Post by amipal on Feb 23, 2018 14:25:04 GMT
In all of my Skyrim play throughs I have never once adopted a child.
Marriage is bad enough - poor Ysolda, stuck at home after running her own business for years. Such bitterness in her voice when you return after many days and nights of adventuring.
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Post by scamander on Feb 23, 2018 14:25:22 GMT
Hearthfire's a cracking DLC, sort of sums up the game, spending several hours collecting and mining for iron ingots in order to make a house for no real reason. There's usually a clay deposit and quarry area nearby, the only thing you need to buy is sawn logs.
Trophy rooms/armouries are the best, you really end up with a lot of fancy weapons along the way. Building houses also helps levelling in smithing too.
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Post by cobblers on Feb 23, 2018 14:29:09 GMT
I no longer want to play Skyrim. Good work, gang.
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Post by Destry on Feb 23, 2018 14:48:08 GMT
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Feb 23, 2018 14:51:35 GMT
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Post by tenthenemy on Feb 23, 2018 14:53:11 GMT
All this advice is very timely and I'll bear it in mind. I'm not sure what skills I'll cultivate, there are so many... but I already noticed that Sneaking is levelling up fast. I normally like to have a well-rounded character, but I suppose I need to specialise in something.
As for the Breton, yes, the magic resistance looked like a good choice. That and the fact that they are not ugly buggers like the Elves in this game. ("Oh look! I could play as a pretty Elf..." [checks out all variants of Elves] "Ayyeeeee! Poor things, whoever designed them bore a grudge...")
I was a bit surprised to see that one can adjust the dirt levels on one's face, considering that one could just wash. Does this actually have any effect? Will NPCs wrinkle their noses and hold their breath in your proximity if one plays with maxed out dirt? Will it impede the pick-pocketing as your targets can smell you upwind?
The combat is made a bit more bearable in the Switch version by implementing motion controls, so that's okay.
As for how the game looks, I've recently been spoilt rotten by BOTW (see today's Chatterbox picture for reference), so the attempt at photorealism makes me feel that I've arrived in deepest, darkest Uncanny Valley. I'll get used to it, no doubt.
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Post by scamander on Feb 23, 2018 15:02:17 GMT
the only time someone will comment on you is in relation to you joining a group (e.g. Companions) or completing a daedric quest. If you are ill and haven't checked they might also mention that you don't look good.
sneaking levels up very quickly, particularly if you are an archer and land a few shots whilst in sneak mode. There's a few quests and fights which offer the chance to make a sneak kill, making things much easier. Keep an eye out for lamps hanging from ceilings (essentially pots), if they are above a pinkish fluid on the floor that's oil and hitting the pot with an arrow will cause it to drop taking out a fair bit of health from anyone below.
You can improve block by using a shield and when fighting weaker enemies letting the fight last a bit longer. The more you block the more you level, likewise with being hit and your armour skill. The armour you prefer will dictate the sort of fighter you become. Light armour is probably the most versatile, heavy really only favours a tank build.
anyway....enjoy!
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Feb 23, 2018 15:17:10 GMT
The best bit about Skyrim were the weird glitches in the original release, like a mammoth floating up to the heavens and then dropping down.
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Post by scamander on Feb 23, 2018 15:26:59 GMT
even after the patches it was common to have dragons fall randomly out of the sky
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Post by Pyjakson on Feb 23, 2018 15:29:21 GMT
Are we not done with the Skyrim chat yet?
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Feb 23, 2018 15:33:18 GMT
Apparently if you climb high enough up the mountains you can creep on top of the eagles and ride them across Skyrim like a hoverboard.
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Post by stxdpr on Feb 23, 2018 15:33:27 GMT
Skyrim chat or kid chilling chat?
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Post by Faceless on Feb 23, 2018 15:35:04 GMT
Skyrim chat!
Tent Hen - the best approach is to completely disregard stealth, archery, dialogue, and concentrate solely on double handed weapons and heavy armour.
Also, if in doubt, kill everyone
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Post by cobblers on Feb 23, 2018 15:37:49 GMT
Are we not done with your face yet?
No. No we are not.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Feb 23, 2018 15:41:21 GMT
concentrate solely on double handed weapons and heavy armour. kill everyone This is genuinely how I play. Just twat everything. |
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Post by scubar on Feb 23, 2018 15:43:20 GMT
I always start with the best intentions of doing something different, but always end up as a stealth archer. Every time. Usually with a crossbow.
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