Skyrim...what happened?

[macbone]

Yup, I still play Morrowind, too. The modding community is awesome!

[TA1LGUNN3R]

'sfunny, I just started a new character on Morrowind. Never got to beat it the first time cuz the original Xbox crapped out. Having a blast with it. I agree with BBS to some extent. The whole time I played Oblivion I really hoped for somebody who would could join my game.

I have mixed feelings on Dark Souls' multiplayer. On one hand it's a lot of fun, except for the annoying griefers that are present in any online game (looking at Forest Covenant fights), but I wish it was allowed for more specificity. Like, if I could just invite a friend through the menu rather than having to plan where you'd meet up and then summon them.

-TG

[InkL0sed]

I'm playing Skyrim right now. When I started out, I decided my character would focus entirely on Speech, avoiding all combat. Now my Speech is 95 and my Pickpocket 96, so I've switched focus to magic – and my Destruction is 70, Conjuration 66, and Illusion 59. All at level 35.

It's kind of obscene how fast I'm levelling skills. My only problem is I'm not getting perks fast enough to keep up.

[BigBallinStalin]

'sfunny, I just started a new character on Morrowind. Never got to beat it the first time cuz the original Xbox crapped out. Having a blast with it. I agree with BBS to some extent. The whole time I played Oblivion I really hoped for somebody who would could join my game.

I have mixed feelings on Dark Souls' multiplayer. On one hand it's a lot of fun, except for the annoying griefers that are present in any online game (looking at Forest Covenant fights), but I wish it was allowed for more specificity. Like, if I could just invite a friend through the menu rather than having to plan where you'd meet up and then summon them.

-TG

Yeah, exactly. And have the game prohibit red raiders (or whatever they're called) from joining in.

[CreepersWiener]

I'm playing Skyrim right now. When I started out, I decided my character would focus entirely on Speech, avoiding all combat. Now my Speech is 95 and my Pickpocket 96, so I've switched focus to magic – and my Destruction is 70, Conjuration 66, and Illusion 59. All at level 35.

It's kind of obscene how fast I'm levelling skills. My only problem is I'm not getting perks fast enough to keep up.

Illusion is the easiest to level up (especially if you are a High Elf). Go to your house, park your butt by your bed, and cast Muffle as much as you can (as a High Elf, use your magic regeneration power, you will be able to cast more spells this way). Once you have burned up all your magic, go to bed and wake up. Rinse and repeat...you will level up quick.

I find it interesting that you chose Speech to focus on. How is that working out for you?

[muy_thaiguy]

Let's face it. There's low replay value in this kind of single-player game.

I disagree.

If the game is well made, and there is a highly active modding community, then these types of games can have nearly infinite replay value. For instance, I still play Morrowind over 10 years after it was released. Granted, it's a heavily modded Morrowind, but you can do the same thing with Skyrim, and probably even cooler things since the engine is so much more powerful that Morrowind's.

I don't know though, since I only got to play it for about a week, you could very well be right about Skyrim. I do know that when you take an RPG game and strip it of most of the RPG mechanics, then it's not as good of an RPG as it could have been. I find it funny that one of the earlier mods made was one to add back in primary attributes (strength, willpower, etc.).

Oof, I forgot about the modding community. Yeah, for PC games, that community definitely increases replay value. I've had the lesser experience of playing Skyrim on PS3 instead, so that's where my criticism is rooted.

I just really want a good RPG with a reasonable co-op feature--similar to Baldur's Gate, where you can have a friend simply join your party and smash some innocent civilians. YES!!!

Can't kill some annoying brats though. They're immortal. You can wipe out just about any other character in the series (with a handfull of exceptions) but the children, who should be the weakest, cannot die.

BTW, has the Dragonborn DLC made it to the PS3 yet? I know they were having some coding problems due to the language stuff.

[Serbia]

I'm getting off CC to play it right now. BYE!

[kentington]

I am going to see if my brother will by it for my birthday. What are your favorite mods and do I need to implement them before I start a game or is during ok?

[muy_thaiguy]

I am going to see if my brother will by it for my birthday. What are your favorite mods and do I need to implement them before I start a game or is during ok?

I'd assume during would be alright, but you may want to check on that on the sites with the mods and ask the people there.

[Lootifer]

How many other [non-mmo] games have threads asking about it like well over a year after its release?

Not many.

[InkL0sed]

I'm playing Skyrim right now. When I started out, I decided my character would focus entirely on Speech, avoiding all combat. Now my Speech is 95 and my Pickpocket 96, so I've switched focus to magic – and my Destruction is 70, Conjuration 66, and Illusion 59. All at level 35.

It's kind of obscene how fast I'm levelling skills. My only problem is I'm not getting perks fast enough to keep up.

Illusion is the easiest to level up (especially if you are a High Elf). Go to your house, park your butt by your bed, and cast Muffle as much as you can (as a High Elf, use your magic regeneration power, you will be able to cast more spells this way). Once you have burned up all your magic, go to bed and wake up. Rinse and repeat...you will level up quick.

I find it interesting that you chose Speech to focus on. How is that working out for you?

The point is that at first I wanted to make a character that was just really good at making money, and who would be forced to avoid combat as much as any other normal citizen. Then, once I had all the Speech and Pickpocket I needed, I was going to buy all the skills from trainers and pickpocket some or all of the money back.

That part hasn't turned out as well as I hoped because you can only train five ranks in any skill per level, and ranks gradually get more expensive, making the money impossible to pickpocket back at a certain point. So now I'm running into this problem with perks.

I have a hard time fighting things but I get by – mostly because I can summon a Dremora Lord or Storm Atronach (with all of my magicka) even without the perks.

[InkL0sed]

Also, you're basically impossible to arrest with high enough Speech because you can persuade guards not to arrest you once per guard per day. That synergizes REALLY well with Pickpocket.

[notyou2]

Is everyone Skyrimmed out now? Nobody ever says anything about it anymore.

At one time it was made out to be the greatest RPG of all time...now, rarely a murmur--not even a whisper in the wind.

I lost interest in it when I took it out and didn't put it back in the case. I left it on the floor like a moron. Then...my dad stepped on it.

My dad stepped on my SKYRIM!

I never entered that world again after that.

Apparently the Elders took the scrolls back.

[notyou2]

I'm playing Skyrim right now. When I started out, I decided my character would focus entirely on Speech, avoiding all combat. Now my Speech is 95 and my Pickpocket 96, so I've switched focus to magic – and my Destruction is 70, Conjuration 66, and Illusion 59. All at level 35.

It's kind of obscene how fast I'm levelling skills. My only problem is I'm not getting perks fast enough to keep up.

Illusion is the easiest to level up (especially if you are a High Elf). Go to your house, park your butt by your bed, and cast Muffle as much as you can (as a High Elf, use your magic regeneration power, you will be able to cast more spells this way). Once you have burned up all your magic, go to bed and wake up. Rinse and repeat...you will level up quick.

I find it interesting that you chose Speech to focus on. How is that working out for you?

What are you trying to "muffle" while lying on your bed?

[xeno]

'sfunny, I just started a new character on Morrowind. Never got to beat it the first time cuz the original Xbox crapped out. Having a blast with it. I agree with BBS to some extent. The whole time I played Oblivion I really hoped for somebody who would could join my game.

I have mixed feelings on Dark Souls' multiplayer. On one hand it's a lot of fun, except for the annoying griefers that are present in any online game (looking at Forest Covenant fights), but I wish it was allowed for more specificity. Like, if I could just invite a friend through the menu rather than having to plan where you'd meet up and then summon them.

-TG

Yeah, exactly. And have the game prohibit red raiders (or whatever they're called) from joining in.

I don't know how much y'all played the multiplayer but I spent last summer getting indictments and I was in the top 1000 or so on ps3 it was intense. Lots of cigs weed and Mountain Dew and nothing is more annoying than some asshole health glitching. I hate griefers. Also bbs since I'm th red phantom you hate so much don't turn alive and I won't come kill your ass.