I've gone pure mage... haven't bothered to lift a sword so I can't comment on the clunky melee, but I can tell you magic is pure awesome. Having a mage duel, or dodging for your life that massive two hander just to spin around and pat him on the back with lightning is such a joy. Very smooth very grand, love it.

I am tempted to make a wizard class character, but dont want to lose the 20 hours I've put into the game so far, it'll definitely be my next play through though.

I just learned a dragon shout that lets me blow flames, and I'm highly impressed. :haha:

I wouldn't start over on account of that... there is SOOOO much cool stuff in this game... it has thus far really worked its way into my heart. I can't put this thing down, hitting a dragon with a two hand shot of lightning and watching him literally stutter in the air then twist about and crash land has pretty much made my day.

I was strolling along the river and I heard a familiar hum...

http://i.imgur.com/J3MJ8.jpg



It's baaaaaack! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to find 100 of them.

Which is your favorite follower so far? Honestly Lydia is pretty much the one I have with me the most, but I have met a few others. So far Sven seems worthless in a fight, and Balimore(sp) is great but since shes a mage it turns into a caster fest, awesome in the open world but in tight caves she tends to get me killed getting in the way.

where are screenshots saved? F12 or PrtScrn doesn't save my shots. Do I have to add something in the skyrimPrefs.ini file?

Got myself a retail copy yesterday merchant was selling xbox versions and had one pc so I told him to hold on to it im coming now!:) Drove to Auckland (60k) just to get this damn game. Glad I did.

This game is jawdropping amazing I stuck to skyrims gfx recommendations at menu startup medium settings the detail is still very nice. That water detail :rock:. Have done one main quest in the dungeon - golden claw and dragonbon or something but now Im just going to head of anywhere and explore & brought a horse for 1k, Age of Conan could learn heaps from Skyrim's horse riding how to do it right. Even the horse is amazing to ride. lol.

Sleek UI, smooth gfx, damn realistic world that its quite scary at times. Only gripe I have is the weapon sets there is none, instead we have this save to favorites then Q key to change. But who cares the game is awesome. :D

[QUOTE=kiwi_2005;1786856]where are screenshots saved? QUOTE]

Program Files(x86)/Steam/Steamapps/Common/Skyrim.

Took me a while to find them as well. Saved BMP format.

I'm getting used to the interface now and the more I use the favourites menu the more I like it.

Who else has seen the northern lights yet? My jaw dropped when I came out of a building and looked up.

You can add weapons to the 1-8 keys. Make the weapon a favorite, open the
favorites menu, equip the weapon and while still in the menu, press 1-8. :up:

I threw up a little in my mouth the first time I saw one (or heard, to be more accurate) one of those things. I hate gathering quests. Couldn't stand getting them the first time, hated gathering Nuka Cola Quantum, detested gathering Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Caps, so I'll be staying away. Plus, the rewards are never very good--a potion (not very useful), grenade schematics (that you can find elsewhere) and a laser pistol (which isn't all that powerful). Maybe Skyrim will change the trend, but I'll still avoid them for now.

On the plus side, the number of 'fetch' quests seem much lower in Skyrim. And those spiders are ever-so-creepy. They even move like real spiders, makes my skin crawl, which I suppose is the intended effect.

Hagraven... that freaked me out.

Put an arrow into it to stop magicka regenerating, so once I dodged a few fireballs it tried to close the distance. I'm backpedaling, pelting arrows while that wheezing breathing sound gets louder and louder, this thing drawing closer and closer...

So I turn tail and leg it, screaming "Stay away from meee!", huddling behind a rock some distance away to continue the barrage.

Normally I'd go to a sword, but I ain't going near those things. :haha:


And yeah, not a fan of the collector quests either. I'll pick stuff up when I find it, but I won't go searching specifically for it. Don't think I've ever finished one of those.

Hah, first thought it was just another "normal" mage there, then came the fireballs. :haha:

Took cover behind the rock, took a sip from a regeneration potion and sprinted
over the log. Shout + shield bash did the job, it didn't really do anything once
I got close to it.

LOL, she is very attractive. I dropped a my big frost buddy ontop of her then strolled casually over to her while she was beating on him tapped her on teh shoulder with some lightning and gagged a little when her corpse wiggled about seductivly. She does have pretty feet though.

A laser pistol in Skyrim could definitely change the trend... :hmmm:

I just ran into a Hagraven by complete accident trying to find a way up to High Hrothgar, which was rather unpleasant. Eventually I managed to avoid the fireballs of doom for long enough to get close and hack her down with my sword.

Thanks. :up:

I killed my 2nd dragon last night bags was full picking up what the dragon dropped so I was standing there choosing items to drop where this giant turns up and smashes me senseless before I could react. :dead: :DL .What are you guys playing it at I found apprentice too easy one swipe with the two handed axe and its all over I stuck to adept which I think is classed as normal.

I didn't touch the preset difficulty so Adept I believe.

I really like the system for followers in Skyrim. Its set up really well, you can hire mercs, make friends, or pick up comrades with similar goals... and each one is a detailed person in the game.. Like I can go pick up a few different mages now but each one is a person studying at the college and they all have their own stories and lives. Very nice touch instead of "MAGE A FOLLOWER" "SWORD GUY FOLLOWER B" etc.

I've been using Lydia, although right now she's in my Whiterun home awaiting my return. I like the fact that followers are a bit harder to kill, at first I thought Lydia was invincible, but I finally managed to get her killed. Luckily I had saved a minute before as the enemy that I was fighting had killed me 2-3 times before.


Damn dragons, just killed my third one, I came out of a cave(beautiful cave that had a forest in it :o) and I'm climbing up a mountain, I hear a roar and think I'm about to encounter a bear, and then I hear the flapping. I turn around just as ice breath hits the wall near me. I whip out my bow and we go toe to toe, eventually I kill it with a barrage of arrows, some good ole swinging of my axe, and fire breath.

I think it may have been one of the easier ones, it did have less loot than the others I've encountered.

I've also encountered my first troll(bit scary in the middle of the night) and shortly after I killed the troll, I'm attack by an assassin. Apparently someone put a hit out on me, I'm not even sure what I did to warrant it.




As for the nirnroot, I've been saving mine, but after seeing some sold in a nearby store, I'm starting to think there may not be a collection quest for them.

I was attacked by a Dark Brotherhood Assassin and a group of particularly well armed thugs in rapid succession. The Assassing had a note that just says someone wants me dead, but the thugs' contract was signed by one of the Battle-Borns. I'll have to head around there and slit their throats when I have the time.

Battle-born's comment on the fact that I've been a good friend, so I don't think it was them. Speaking of attacking groups, I was attacked by a group of Thalmor, I'm tempted to attack their headquarters in Solitude, but that wouldn't go very well with me being an Imperial Soldier and all.

It could be the Grey-Manes and that if you help one of the families the other sends Assassins after you.