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Yesterday, while climbing mount Arthor or whatever it's called, and I notice these three goats are running just ahead of me. So, I'm all like "goats! You gotta get out of here, there's a f$!+ing Dragon on top of this mountain!" But of course, goats are stupid, so they lead me straight to the Dragon. Turns out, every dragon is a f++$ing Blood Dragon now, so it's naturally a chaotic, pitched battle atop the mountain, me, running around, shooting arrows and summoning Flame Atronachs, and yet somehow, all three goats survive!
So, I decided to keep following the goats, over who knows how many mountain peaks (two) and suddenly, this cave bear jumps out and starts mauling the goats! Not even summoning a frost Atronach and wailing away with my Greatsword distracted the a@#&!$# from his goat mauling. The goddamn piece of shit killed two of the goats, and then, as the last living goat passes a tree a f!#~ing troll came out and killed it right in front of me!
Lessons learned, nature is hardcore, and all cave bears must die!
Rampageth!!!!
No, that was just a bear. Not a f!&*ing piece of shit cave bear.
It's just as well, I guess. Not long after I got into a huge melee with 3 bandit highwaymen (kind of a redundant title...), two sabre cats, a giant frostvenom spider, and two trolls, and three wolves that joined in at the end.
I doubt the goats would've survived that.
Nature's hardcore man!
F&%%ing dragon south of Riften had a trap (one of those shitty soul gem ice blastermajigs).
Alas, that was the only smart thing the dragon did. For some reason it decided melee combat was the way to go, which of course, with my Dwarven armor, enchanted ebony great sword, and predilection for summoning Frost Atronachs, is not the way to engage me.
I'll take that dragon soul, if you don't mind...
Yesterday, while climbing mount Arthor or whatever it's called, and I notice these three goats are running just ahead of me. So, I'm all like "goats! You gotta get out of here, there's a f+$@ing Dragon on top of this mountain!" But of course, goats are stupid, so they lead me straight to the Dragon. Turns out, every dragon is a f~#~ing Blood Dragon now, so it's naturally a chaotic, pitched battle atop the mountain, me, running around, shooting arrows and summoning Flame Atronachs, and yet somehow, all three goats survive!
So, I decided to keep following the goats, over who knows how many mountain peaks (two) and suddenly, this cave bear jumps out and starts mauling the goats! Not even summoning a frost Atronach and wailing away with my Greatsword distracted the a&*$!~% from his goat mauling. The g%$$$*n piece of s**+ killed two of the goats, and then, as the last living goat passes a tree a f$*+ing troll came out and killed it right in front of me!
Lessons learned, nature is hardcore, and all cave bears must die!
Rampageth!!!!
Those 3 goats get around. I've seen them in several places. Do note that goats and trolls are natural enemies if the stories of our youth are true!
For my part, I've seen a saber cat kill a rabbit, then get mauled by a cave bear. And if you haven't already, save the bear pelts. There's a woman who will give you a task to bring her 10 of them. She's at one of the mills, in one of the small towns. I believe not far from Riften, maybe Shor's Stone?
Ok Skyrim, WTH was that?
Nice frozen lake with some ruins on it. I got to take a look cause why not
Everything explodes around me I fall in icy cold water and by the time I pull myself out there is not one but TWO NAMED DRAGONS swooping around to Fire Breath me.
and to make things more fun these two buggers enjoy Smashing through the ice of the lake to try and Drown me
Seriously WTH Skyrim, WTH?!
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That fight against Voslaarum and Naaslaarum (the dragons from the frozen lake) seems like it should be really epic and exciting except, every time I fight them, they get stuck flying in super slow motion. I can just stand there plinking arrows or lightning bolts at them until they suddenly drop out of the sky like ragdolls. It's like the dragons are experiencing lag, and it's kind of underwhelming. Anyone else get this glitch?
I noticed a little lag on the 360 version of the fight, but not on XBOne.
Fun fight though. I usually just wait patiently for one to hover then shoot him. I like their diving and emerging; it added something different to the fight.
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Went home for my Carnage Armor - Kind of a mix of Ebony and Deadric Enchanted for 2Hander damage.
Then back to the frozen lake. That was kind of a harsh fight. Dragonrended one down for go ol' Axe to the Face and the other Straffs me with fire.
Occasionally falling into a hole in the ice didn't help
But VICTORY IS MINE
My prize - 2nd word of Drain Vitality.
Now Onward through Falmer infested ice caves....Stop shooting me ya god damned blind SOBs....As soon as I figure out how to get up there I am axing you in the face too.
Okay! Back in the saddle!... or something Skyrim equivalent.
Anyway, now that i've survived my week with the flu, I'm ready to wade through some troll guts!
By the way, throwing up 12 times in 48 hours, is not recommended!
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Foralhurst or whatever it's called is one long f#%!ing dungeon!
New favorite tactic, summon frost Atronach and use Haverroaks Staff to hit whatever he's beating up with a nice friendly wall of electricity.
Well, I finally finished that place.
I think I finally understand why people don't like megadungeons.
So many throne rooms and hallways filled with Draugr Wights and friends.
I realized while stocking up on potions, I'd never been to Rorikstead!
So, I started at the Western Watchtower, where I was immediately attacked by a dragon! Yay! I'd been looking for soul to learn my new storm controlling shout.
Strolling along a while after that I notice a dragon circling a hilltop, so natch, I set off for it.
Well, well, well! It's our old friend Anduin! And he's resurrecting a playmate!
Yes! Let's play!
Also, between all the masks, and wall o' hurt staves i've been collecting, what I really need is something to increase my carrying capacity.
So, I finally made it to Rorikstead and my two kids got in a fight that I had to mediate and when I got back I had died or something because it had reverted to it's previous save.
Not sure what happened, but I can only assume it was dragon related.
Walkin' the highways.
Thanks for the highways suggestion, it's actually been a ton of fun! Haven't found a way to increase my carrying capacity yet but I did buy 32 lock picks off this guy, and i've slightly lowered the population of ice trolls, ice wolves and saber cats.
Walked from the brewery all the way to the stormcloak city where apparently the KKK is taking root.
It's all fine if you want independence, but I'm not going help if you're going to be racist pricks about it.
There's a perk on the pickpocketing tree that ups carrying capacity I believe. It might be in my version of the perk tree though. Needs rank 50 IIRC.
I'll have to find another way, I don't pick pockets.
I'll have to find another way, I don't pick pockets.
That's up to you. I do it rarely. One game I think I had a guard in Falkreath weighed down with a dozen or so minor potions. Plus a few more on the rest of the crew. Just because I got tired of them.
There is a perk in the Armor trees that makes your armor not count towards carrying capacity. Not so much a boost in Light but very good for heavy.
Or you can do what I did and enchant a Ring and a Pendant for Carrying stuff. I named them Looter's Ring and Pendant
I haven't learned that enchantment yet. :-(
I'm a looking though. :-)
Good to know about the heavy armor. :-)
I forgot about those perks. Definitely worthwhile though.
I haven't learned that enchantment yet. :-(
I'm a looking though. :-)
Good to know about the heavy armor. :-)
Took me forever to find that enchant. And several thousand gold when I found it in a shop
Totally worth it
Got my shouting quests fixed!
It got stuck on Arcwind but if you go to Northwind Summit after that, finding the word at Northwind unsticks it.
About to lay waste to Hag's End.
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Also, between all the masks, and wall o' hurt staves i've been collecting, what I really need is something to increase my carrying capacity.
Have you found the Steed Stone yet? It's up around the Thalmor Embassy.
Interesting... I have not!
Something to look for after work.
Thanks!
That's a game changer right there!
Huge thanks!
In Labrynthian last I played, having a surprisingly easy go so far, which in itself makes me suspicious.
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I've seen those guys show up on the road headed west from Riften, for one. Since there are locations on all the roads, I can also say I've seen them west of Falkreath. Just make sure you're not engaged in combat at the time. They ran off after a cave bear reared its head.
Maybe I'll find them after I claw my way out of Labrynthian.
New carrying capacity (compliments of the Pinky Pie Monument*): 405 pounds.
*there's a religion to spread! Screw the Meridia chick! :-)
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Hag's End (or more specifically, the grounds outside) was a blast!
I went all ninja bowman on the chumps working the walls then summoned Frosty and pulled out my Ebony Flaming Greatsword (which I named Darkfire, cheesy I know!) And just waded in.
Forskins never knew what hit them! Towards the end, Frosty was chasing stragglers all over the grounds (as in they were literally trying to run away from it) while I cleaved the twits hiding in their tents. Then somehow, I found a secret little trail that let me sneak up on the Briarheart leader, where I hit him with a ice form and waited for the chump to get up where Frosty went all hulk vs Loki on him and started doing fist slams on his face.
That'll do Frosty, that'll do!
I really hope the end of Labrynthian is something fire related.
Because right now I'm at 90% resistance to fire.
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It turned out to be more endurance related. Dude loved his electroshock. And summoning shit. But he was a copy cat summoner and only summoned. What I summoned, so Frosty went back in the pocket and Flamey came out.
However, I didn't start to make headway until he discovered he'd let down his flank against a greater threat then myself.
Beware the Slaughterfish!! The true threat to undead dominance of Skyrim!!!!
That's right, dude spent five minutes, real time, blasting lightning at a pond of Slaughterfish as I slowly whittled him down with my Flaming Dwarven Bow. He didn't even turn around to look at me.
Alas, there was one Slaughterfish left flopping around the floor.
Rampageth!!!!
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I personally find slaughterfish to be a great way to keep a PC from teleporting around the world aka fast-traveling. Especially up near Windhelm for some reason. I guess Ulfric knows about the dangers of Dragonborn....
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So, I'm the archmage now.
It's got a cool apartment and all, but, you know, it's in Winterhole.
Now to go selling some of the junk I found.
Started playing Skyrim again. Building up my character to try to take Bleak Falls Barrow. Any advice?
I know a couple of guys who are Min/Maxers, they focused on "beating the game" and then complain at me that the game was no fun.
So my advice is, Don't be like them. Don't worry about a "right way" or "beating it", just have fun and find your own style.
also avoid trolls for a while. They will F' you up in the early game.
Anything big and stabby will do.
Ah, hubris, my old friend.
How you've done me in again.
I had a big sword... And a bow... no zombie bunnies... yet.
Wizard dude at Dragon Catchy Castle can sell you spell book for summoning flame Atronachs. An indispensable book.
Hey Cap. Are you on an X-Box 360 or an X-Box One?