TES V: Skyrim

[Cthulhu]

First DLC announced / almost about to be announced, 's called Dawnguard, no clue what it is . I should get to finishing the main quest already.

 

[Hisako]

I've been recently picking this game up again, modded some graphics/lighting details (and some extra armors and weapons but nothing too game-breaking) in order to freshen things up for me.

 

[Vendel]

I finished up the main quest a couple nights ago.

Oh well, nothing left but to storm call in all the major cities.

 

[Dawnbreaker]

I've been busy getting enough monies to buy Proudspire Manor. God that's taking a long time!

 

[Hisako]

you can make a lot of monies power-levelling enchanting iron daggers,

Proudspire is about 25k or something? With an enchantment like Absorb Stamina you can sell improved iron daggers for like 300-350 a pop
Higher-level enchantments like Paralysis even moar

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Or upgrade your mercantile skill and just rob the shit out of everything you kill.
I literally have more gold than I know what to spend currently.

 

[Cthulhu]

alternatively, hax.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Bethesda is adding mounted combat in a new update.

Also, some bug fixes:

-General stability and memory optimizations
-General AI pathfinding optimizations and bug fixes
-Optimizations and crash fixes for data leaks
-Fixed rare crash with lighting
-Fixed crashes related to loading and saving games
-Fixed crash with summoned creatures/NPCs
-Fixed rare issue where saves would be corrupted
-Improved logic for when ranged kill cams are played
-Fixed issue with ranged kill cams while killing a dragon
-Fixed rare issue with certain ranged kill cams not playing properly
-Fixed issue with nirnroot lighting not properly cleaning up
-Fixed issue where bow damage was being calculated incorrectly
-Fixed rare problem with werewolf kill moves would not finish animating properly
-In “The Break of Dawn” fixed rare issue where Meridia’s Beacon would disappear from player’s inventory
-Fixed occasional issue where followers would disappear after player pays off a county after committing a crime
-Fixed issue where certain creatures and NPCs would fail to respawn properly
-Fixed rare issue with dialogue subtitles not displaying properly
-Fixed issue with water appearing blurry when loading a saved game after creating a save underwater
-Fixed issue where map cursor would occasionally disappear after closing a message box with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
-Fixed rare issue with shouts only performing the first level and not other unlocked levels with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
-Fixed issue where the shout buttons would stop working properly if users mashed LB and RB during cooldown with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)

 

[Cthulhu]

I did miss that in the game, . I can definitely see it work. I - and the internet bitchers - do wonder why they didn't add it for magic users as well though.

 

[CK]

I hope they fixed the issue on the PS3 where if you try to swim in water the game freezes. >:

 

[Cthulhu]

Dawnguard trailer:

Summary:

* Vampires, transformation, flying / hovering, consuming the weak
* Crossbows
* Horseback fighting (added in recent or upcoming patch)
* Some map / scroll thing, no clue really.

Looks good, in any case, and more than just a "here's a new quest and some gear, have fun" like the Oblivion DLC / addons - which, for the record, I never even got around to, .

Speaking of, I haven't even gotten around to finishing Skyrim, .

 

[Joe]

* Some map / scroll thing, no clue really.

Spoiler

That was an Elder Scroll. Kind of iconic

 

[Hisako]

CROSSBOWS

its funny how hundreds and thousands of mods with guns and chainsaws
and not a single crossbow

 

[Zee]

i need to pick up skyrim again but i'm afraid i will but sucked into the black hole of which there is no escape

oh god this just looks so cool i can't wait

 

[Cookie Monster]

Bethesda is launching a beta for Dawnguard on Xbox 360.

Visit DawnguardBeta.ElderScrolls.com to apply. Bethesda says applicants need a registered account on its official forums. Applicants will be selected in the next week. If you're accepted, you'll get an Xbox Live code to redeem Dawnguard.

The beta is the full version with achievements, so if you participate in the beta you will not have to buy Dawnguard.

 

[Vendel]

Just curious, for those of you who have completed the main quest line. Did you just run past that guy and jump in the portal to Sovngarde like I did?

 

[Hisako]

Still haven't finished the actual game; been playing around with lighting and HDR mods

before and after i think i might have a dark nights mod clashing with that HDR mod, those bars are a bit absurd

 

[Cthulhu]

Still haven't finished the actual game;

This is me, . I have three characters, each halfway down some questline or another. Actually, I only really finished the Mage's Guild (or w/e)'s quest, since it's also the shortest one of the lot, (and one with

Spoiler

kind of a disappointing / anticlimatic ending

).

 

[Lord Noctis]

Just curious, for those of you who have completed the main quest line. Did you just run past that guy and jump in the portal to Sovngarde like I did?

Yup. Kinda reggreting it though. IIRC correctly he carries an item or two you can only get from him and I don't think theres a way t go back there after leaping in the portal.

 

[Vendel]

Yup. Kinda reggreting it though. IIRC correctly he carries an item or two you can only get from him and I don't think theres a way t go back there after leaping in the portal.

Well I noticed the dragon staring at me before this guy showed up. So when he did my fist instinct was to run for it.

 

[Ryushikaze]

Yup. Kinda reggreting it though. IIRC correctly he carries an item or two you can only get from him and I don't think theres a way t go back there after leaping in the portal.

His mask as a dragon priest.

And no, short of CoC or a mod, you can't go back.

 

[Russell]

The crossbows are

 

[Ryushikaze]

I'm enjoying the Dawnguard storyline siding with the vampires. I'll have to see what the Dawnguard side is like at some point.

 

[Obsidian Fire]

A bit late to the party, but anyway...

For once I can actually sit down and play an ES game without worrying about what I'm leveling and when. So less tedious! I'll write more, but for now...

Imperials vs. Stormcloaks (or How much influence will the Aldmeri Dominion have in Skyrim?)
The way I saw this, the idea of Imperials vs. Stormcloaks is a red herring to the real issue of how much influence the Aldmeri Dominion will have in Skyrim. I got the idea from reading the Thalmor dossier on Ulfric (very, very, interesting). In there, the Thalmor say what they would prefer would be the continuation of the civil war. What they want the least is for the Stormcloaks to win. So in the middle must be the Imperials gaining control. Interestingly, if you just play the main quest line, Skyrim is still divided into Imperials and Stormcloaks, which is just what the Aldmeri Dominion want. Just my thoughts on that whole situation.

Deadria
Really like how they did the Deadric quests this time. They sound more like something you read in the books lying around Skyrim. The shout-outs to Oblivion and Shivering Isles were fun to find.

 

[Russell]

So moral grey area: Who do you side with, Stormcloaks or the Empire?

Methinks the empire is the right choice, once you take the (I forget it's name) old stone city the new Jarl sets to work renovating the grey quarter, the empire isn’t racist like the Stormcloaks. Plus a united empire is better to stand against the elves who are clearly trying to take over everything.