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Red October1984 · 02-06-13, 10:41 PM

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Inner nerd?

INNER nerd?

Please. You are posting on a submarine simulations forum. Inner nerds, my arse. Our nerds are all outer and you know it.

B-bu-but.....oh wait. You are absolutely right.

Onkel Neal · 02-07-13, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Inner nerd?

INNER nerd?

Please. You are posting on a submarine simulations forum. Inner nerds, my arse. Our nerds are all outer and you know it.

frau kaleun · 02-07-13, 10:59 AM

Oh BTW in case you were wondering why I wasn't around for a bit... here's . I don't think I posted it here before, thought some of you might get a kick out of it.

It's far from perfect but as a first major production, I think it worked out well.

Takeda Shingen · 02-07-13, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Oh BTW in case you were wondering why I wasn't around for a bit... here's . I don't think I posted it here before, thought some of you might get a kick out of it.

It's far from perfect but as a first major production, I think it worked out well.

Nice work, frau!

I have Ulfric following me too. He is a busy man indeed, but shall we say that he finds himself compelled to serve my ends.......for eternity *Insert clap of thunder and evil laughter*

frau kaleun · 02-07-13, 11:35 AM

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I have Ulfric following me too. He is a busy man indeed, but shall we say that he finds himself compelled to serve my ends.......for eternity *Insert clap of thunder and evil laughter*

You Dead Thralled my Ulfric? YOU BASTARD!!!

Altho I have to say... any way you can get Ulfric as a follower is worth the effort. Unless... does he retain all his combat dialogue and antics and shouts and stuff as a thrall? Because that stuff is awesome.

That last game, the one I did the wedding vid from, I had him as a follower going through Forelhost and a number of other draugr/priest infested dungeons. I was leveled up enough that they were full of Deathlords and Death Overlords. Almost nothing but. Ulfric would Disarm them and then they'd stand there trying to win via pathetic b-slaps before giving up and taking off in the opposite direction.

And there is nothing quite as satisfying as watching a Draugr Death Overlord give up and RUN AWAY.

Takeda Shingen · 02-07-13, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

You Dead Thralled my Ulfric? YOU BASTARD!!!

Altho I have to say... any way you can get Ulfric as a follower is worth the effort. Unless... does he retain all his combat dialogue and antics and shouts and stuff as a thrall? Because that stuff is awesome.

That last game, the one I did the wedding vid from, I had him as a follower going through Forelhost and a number of other draugr/priest infested dungeons. I was leveled up enough that they were full of Deathlords and Death Overlords. Almost nothing but. Ulfric would Disarm them and then they'd stand there trying to win via pathetic b-slaps before giving up and taking off in the opposite direction.

And there is nothing quite as satisfying as watching a Draugr Death Overlord give up and RUN AWAY.

Absolutely. I keep a stock of thralls in the master's quarters cage in Castle Volkihar. Ulfric is probably my best thrall due to the fact that, you do get his shouts of Disarm and Unrelenting Force. Also fantastic is the fact that he doesn't moan. It gets old walking along and hearing uuuuuuggggghhhh every 10 seconds.

Ah, necromancer problems.

Skybird · 02-07-13, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Oh BTW in case you were wondering why I wasn't around for a bit... here's . I don't think I posted it here before, thought some of you might get a kick out of it.

It's far from perfect but as a first major production, I think it worked out well.

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Not your fault, Frau. GEMA and Google are lying in clinch since a long time over here. Both are salivating for more money than any of the two deserves. You probably used a copyrighted soundtrack, I assume. Wait - it's your fault after all, then.

frau kaleun · 02-07-13, 12:07 PM

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Also fantastic is the fact that he doesn't moan.

I take it you've never married him, then.

frau kaleun · 02-07-13, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Not your fault, Frau. GEMA and Google are lying in clinch since a long time over here. Both are salivating for more money than any of the two deserves. You probably used a copyrighted soundtrack, I assume. Wait - it's your fault after all, then.

Bummer. Just take it from me, then, I totally should be up for an Oscar for that masterpiece.

Red October1984 · 02-07-13, 05:27 PM

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I take it you've never married him, then.

HAHA!

I married Aela the Huntress...

A good follower for me!!!

Because that's totally why I did it...I did it for the Archery...

@Frau Kaleun Is that your Youtube channel?

frau kaleun · 02-07-13, 06:18 PM

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HAHA!

I married Aela the Huntress...

A good follower for me!!!

Because that's totally why I did it...I did it for the Archery...

I totally married Ulfric for the manflesh, but it turns out he's an awesome follower as well.

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@Frau Kaleun Is that your Youtube channel?

Yup.

Red October1984 · 02-07-13, 06:32 PM

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I totally married Ulfric for the manflesh, but it turns out he's an awesome follower as well.

Yup.

I'll subscribe to your channel...

And Ulfric? You can have him...I fought for his side in the War but I'll stick with Aela the Huntress...

frau kaleun · 02-07-13, 09:40 PM

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I'll subscribe to your channel...

And Ulfric? You can have him...I fought for his side in the War but I'll stick with Aela the Huntress...

Just goes to show, there's no accounting for taste. Maybe if I were a hetero dude I'd feel differently, but I wouldn't voluntarily have Aela as a follower for all the septims in Skyrim. She's very close to the top of the non-enemy NPCs I hate the most.

Red October1984 · 02-07-13, 09:42 PM

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Just goes to show, there's no accounting for taste. Maybe if I were a hetero dude I'd feel differently, but I wouldn't voluntarily have Aela as a follower for all the septims in Skyrim. She's very close to the top of the non-enemy NPCs I hate the most.

I thought she was perfect. Fellow werewolf, trains me in archery, can follow me, runs a shop, etc.

What's not to like?

I finished the TG questline yesterday. Time to start the Dark Brotherhood.

I'm still stuck on Daggerfall and Arena...

frau kaleun · 02-07-13, 10:48 PM

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What's not to like?

Well, first off there's the fact that she's so arrogant about her own abilities, and yet I have to take another follower along for *real* backup (thank Talos for UFO) on any quest that forces her "assistance" on my character. Except for the one time I didn't do them until I was leveled up high enough, with deliberately OPed gear, that I could do all the actual work myself.

Because her SOP in combat seems to be: ram into me from behind when I'm trying to line up a sneak shot, get in my way when I'm trying to cast a spell or engage in melee, block every doorway/tunnel/small space in which I'm trying to maneuver, and then take two hits and drop to one knee leaving me to deal with all the enemies who are still alive because she completely destroyed any chance I had of killing them before we reached that point.

Seriously, people complain about Farkas being useless in Proving Honor, but I haven't found that to be the case. Aela, on the other hand... utterly worthless. Maybe she's better if you take her as a follower later and give her better gear, but the way she is in the faction questline:

Words cannot express my horror when I got to the point in Glory of the Dead the first time where Farkas bows out of the mission. I thought I was gonna have some real help on that one, and still ended up with just Aela for the hardest parts of the dungeon. Ugh.

And then there's the fact that she uses what is probably my least favorite voice in the entire game. I hate almost every NPC who uses it and I've given up trying to figure out whether I hate them because of the voice, or hate the voice because of the NPCs who have it. I suspect it's a little of both.

There's also the fact that my own personal perspective on the faction questline itself and the way it plays out make her a very unsympathetic character IMO, in fact it makes her seem to me like a very selfish, manipulative, and underhanded person. Me no likey. I feel much the same way about Skjor in that respect, but at least he gets a bit of a pass because he doesn't have that voice and dies before he has the chance to really get on my nerves. And I'm never forced to have him as quest buddy for anything.

Long story short, I deal with Aela as little as possible and only when necessary, and make "outside arrangements" for a useful follower whenever I'm forced to use her as a shield-sister. Once I finish the questline and have only radiant quests left, I have nothing more to do with her unless I still need her for archery training and that's very rarely the case.

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Oh BTW in case you were wondering why I wasn't around for a bit... here's . I don't think I posted it here before, thought some of you might get a kick out of it. It's far from perfect but as a first major production, I think it worked out well.