Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[djbhammer]

£19.99 on 360 & PS3, I cracked at that price:

http://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?showtopic=256085

[Broker]

more world depth - own a store, sell junk you've found - see other people buy (and use) the things you've found. Help the towns function.

I'd really like to own a store or just have more options in terms of doing "normal" jobs for extra cash. I'd also like it if the things that shops have in stock were the actual items in the store, so when you buy a weapon they go get it for you and if they have an awesome weapon for sale you can sneak in and steal it at night.

[SpagMasterSwift]

SPAGGLEHORN was a little hungover and decided that instead of just sitting around looking off into space he'd use this time to become an excellent blacksmith. Knowing that his beautiful wife Uthegerd was busy in their shop (she knits great jumpers), he decided to just wait around for a bit and then collect the coin, spend it on leather and then make a shit load of Hide Bracers.

So he waited and waited, time passed and the money steadily came in as the Hide Bracers flowed out. He grew impatient and began supplementing the income with the sale of weapons, armour, dragon bones and scales that his companion, the beautiful Aela The Huntress had been holding for him...then, safe in the knowledge he had some other bits and bobs stashed in a chest in Uthegerd's house up the road he started selling his own items. Eventually 100 Smithing was achieved, but as he walked in his pants to Uthegerd's place he started to get a horrible feeling...had he filled up that chest on a different now defunct file save? Didn't he actually sell all that stuff a while back after his old friend Erandur - Priest of Mara had met his maker? Sure enough the chest was empty and SPAGGLEHORN MASTER OF SMITHING had only a few hundred Hide Bracers to show for it.

Practically naked he set off in search of some dragons to punch.

[JoeK]

I'm intrigued by what this could involve - surely not an old fashioned Rpg expansion where the difficulty level is cranked up and there are new weapons and armours to use. They have to somehow cater to the folk who run multiple medium level characters to slice up the gameplay, the ones like me who try to cover all bases in a single run and get to a pretty high level, and those who have only dabbled in the game.

The great thing about the world they've made up is that I could quite happily leave out dragons entirely (well, maybe keep them as random encounters, just to make sure you know they're still about), and go with more civil war stuff, or elf stuff, or more cool Dwarf stuff, or...well, the possibilities are pretty much completely open. There's so much stuff in Skyrim that I think they could spin anything up and it would be suitably cool!

And this is me speaking from a position when I've probably only done 1/3 of the main quest after around 70 hours of journeying around the place!

[Moostapha]

They're talking about analysing what people are doing in the game, reacting to it and creating DLC from that. While I honestly don't think that's possible since the earliest they could have something out with reasonable quality would be 2014, we'll be able to tell for sure soon.

In short, if we get a Lydia DLC which completely expands her character then we know he wasn't talking bollocks. I'm thinking a militant womans rights activist that struck a bargain with a clavicus vile who tricked her into becoming subservient. Or something.

[Broker]

I hope that there's stuff like the castle/wizards tower plug-ins for Oblivion, where you get to have a fucking awesome house which perfectly suits your character. I'd actually be much happier with new content (houses, weapons etc) and some extra jobs and stuff than I would with new quests and storys.

[b00dles]

Speaking of Markarth

After seeing a woman getting stabbed the second I stepped in the city I began a quest to find out the truth behind the Forsworm and why the guards don't seem to give a shit.

After much snooping I seemed to have caught the attention of some of the higher ups in Markarth, and the guards themselves.

It all came to ahead when I found out who was really all behind everything but was arrested and had all the recent murders pinned on me.

Whilst in Chidna Mine I found a way to meet with the leader of the Forsworn with every intention of getting revenge on him for getting me sent to this shit hole.

I soon discovered there was more to the Forsworn than meets the eye so after much deliberation I agreed to help the leader escape Chidna Mine and take back Markarth.

That'll teach the city guards to cover up blatant murders and pin them on me!

....Who did it on orders of the Forsworn.

......Who I just helped escape from prison

I didn't think this one through, did I?

This quest line has resulted in me inadvertantly being responsible for the deaths of almost everyone of any note in Markarth, I keep on then somehow finding more quests which seem to implicate local residents negatively. I'm not sure if I just did a lot more talking to the locals while I was there (it was something like the third place I visited) but they're generally not a very nice bunch in Markarth. My next plan is to cast Frenzy in Silverblood Inn because the barkeep there is a dick.

[Puck]

I killed my horse Shadowmere last night. Recovering arrows from his corpse shows that I accidently shot him at least three times. Good riddence to bad rubbish I say. I never rode him, all he did was turn up like a bad penny everywhere I fast travelled and stand there like a massive enemy beacon. Stupid horse.

130 hours played, level 52 and I've still yet to visit the greybeards.

[fasteasyfree]

I killed my horse Shadowmere last night. Recovering arrows from his corpse shows that I accidently shot him at least three times. Good riddence to bad rubbish I say. I never rode him, all he did was turn up like a bad penny everywhere I fast travelled and stand there like a massive enemy beacon. Stupid horse.

130 hours played, level 52 and I've still yet to visit the greybeards.

The main quest is going to be stupidly easy for you now

[MrPogo]

I killed my horse Shadowmere last night. Recovering arrows from his corpse shows that I accidently shot him at least three times. Good riddence to bad rubbish I say. I never rode him, all he did was turn up like a bad penny everywhere I fast travelled and stand there like a massive enemy beacon. Stupid horse.

130 hours played, level 52 and I've still yet to visit the greybeards.

I've warmed to him a bit after he kicked a dragon in the face a few times, then chased an angry child about until the kid fell off a bridge and was swept away in a raging river. Then Shadowmere followed him in, and the they both disappeared downstream. Haven't seen him since though.

[Puck]

I should have taken his hide and incorporated him into an awesome set of enchanted leather armour.

I should have cooked and eaten some of him too.

Life's missed opportunities. Next time.

[Ferine]

I'd like the first batch of DLC to be about enhancing the world rather than adding new dungeons or whatever. The game already has an obscene amount of content so it would be nice to see them expand things more generally, such as adding more ballads for the bards, have somewhere you can change your hairstyle, add new random events when you're roaming the plains, etc.

Also, an option to hide your helm. As is I just forego wearing one.

[Kelthink]

Is there any reason why the price has dropped so quickly? It seems unusual considering it's sold pretty well already.

[Broker]

Apparently Game are discounting it heavily now to shift all their stock so that it's unavailable briefly and then they can have it advertised as "finally back in stock" two days later and sell it for £50 in the run up to Christmas. CEX have had to alter their cash price for it, but I think it's only Game group who are selling it that cheaply?

[Teeohbee]

Marketing at its best/worst!

[sofasurfer]

Right...I'm at the end of my fucking tether with The Black Star mission. I'm now inside

Azura's Star

and getting my arse handed to me on a plate by three Dremora. They just launch fire attacks at me and even though I am apparently a higher level than them noting seems to work. They just kill me and I get more and more frustrated with the game to the point where I might just give up. Can anybody help me out on this one please?

[Schnibbles]

Right...I'm at the end of my fucking tether with The Black Star mission. I'm now inside

Azura's Star

and getting my arse handed to me on a plate by three Dremora. They just launch fire attacks at me and even though I am apparently a higher level than them noting seems to work. They just kill me and I get more and more frustrated with the game to the point where I might just give up. Can anybody help me out on this one please?

I had the same problem as you, and the only thing I could do was cast Invisibility on myself then Frenzy on the target, meaning his minions murdered him. Unfortunately if you're not a high-level Illusion mage this tactic is not possible! Depending on your level you could go and buy Fury, which even without invisibility might mean your target is killed by his minions instead of killing you.

[sofasurfer]

I had the same problem as you, and the only thing I could do was cast Invisibility on myself then Frenzy on the target, meaning his minions murdered him. Unfortunately if you're not a high-level Illusion mage this tactic is not possible! Depending on your level you could go and buy Fury, which even without invisibility might mean your target is killed by his minions instead of killing you.

Cheers will give that a go.

[Schnibbles]

His minions are fucking HARD AS NAILS, it's ridiculous.

[Mr.Jeff]

If you're a sneaky type, if you have any invisibilty potions, quaff one of those then sprint all the way to final chamber. Crouch down there behind one of the pillars and wait till you go back into hidden mode. Then sneak out and pop a couple of arrows in the mage's face.

[robdood]

What playstyle are you following?

I'm a sneaky archer type, quaffed some invisibility potions til the daedra lost sight of me, then just stealth attacked my way through. Still battered through a good few health potions mind.

Make sure you have a Ward spell handy no matter what style you're playing.

[Jimmy Shedders]

Am I right in guessing that the College in Winterhold is the best place to buy spellbooks?

I've got about 6,000 gold and fancy buying some stronger destruction spells.

[Kelthink]

Apparently Game are discounting it heavily now to shift all their stock so that it's unavailable briefly and then they can have it advertised as "finally back in stock" two days later and sell it for £50 in the run up to Christmas. CEX have had to alter their cash price for it, but I think it's only Game group who are selling it that cheaply?

Amazon have dropped the price too, though. But that sounds like a decent theory anyway.

[MrPogo]

There was a similar priced drop with both Fallout games as well, which I think was also spearheaded by Game/station and then copied at most other retailers. Based on those the prices are due to shoot back up again any time now.

[b00dles]

I went in crouched, hit the bloke once and he ran off and the first minion took a few arrows to the face but I did need some potions ot stay breathing but his other little minions didn't know where I was, I sneak shotted both of them and looked behind me and down and the chap was stood at the bottom of the stairs and arrowed him through the icicles.

I don't actually know what the thing does though?

[sofasurfer]

What playstyle are you following?

I'm a sneaky archer type, quaffed some invisibility potions til the daedra lost sight of me, then just stealth attacked my way through. Still battered through a good few health potions mind.

Make sure you have a Ward spell handy no matter what style you're playing.

I'm playing more like a barbarian with a hint of magic.

[robdood]

I went in crouched, hit the bloke once and he ran off and the first minion took a few arrows to the face but I did need some potions ot stay breathing but his other little minions didn't know where I was, I sneak shotted both of them and looked behind me and down and the chap was stood at the bottom of the stairs and arrowed him through the icicles.

I don't actually know what the thing does though?

lol dude. Did you take it to the fella in the inn or the lady at the statue? The bloke explains what it does fairly clearly I thought.

[b00dles]

I took it to the lady, the bloke seemed like a bit of a dick and I didn't want to wind up any daedra... I may have been slightly distracted when she was talking, probably by the forum

I thought it was going to be some sort of militant shuriken like the weapon in Krull but no luck.

[Cosmic_Guru]

Right...I'm at the end of my fucking tether with The Black Star mission. I'm now inside

Azura's Star

and getting my arse handed to me on a plate by three Dremora. They just launch fire attacks at me and even though I am apparently a higher level than them noting seems to work. They just kill me and I get more and more frustrated with the game to the point where I might just give up. Can anybody help me out on this one please?

What I would do is use whirlwind shout to quickly get up close to the mage and kick his ass, ignoring the daedra. Obviously it would help if you had something equipped with fire resistance enchant, and also a shock or ice enchant on your weapon. I am usually a sneaky sort but in this case the more direct approach paid dividends.

Alternatively, turn the difficuly down just for this one fight.

[SpagMasterSwift]

Obviously it would help if you had something equipped with fire resistance enchant

I need to get this sorted out soon, at the moment I've been using pillars.