Dovahkiin! Dovahkiin! Something, something, [Daggerfall]!

Darth Waiter

Druhim wrote: »

It's skoomagate all over again!

This is not getting enough love.

BigDes

wait it breathes axes like how a dragon breathes fire or it actually uses axes for respiration?

Because they would require a lot of axes.

Dubh

Darth Waiter wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

It's skoomagate all over again!

This is not getting enough love.

Not nearly enough.

Druhim

BigDes wrote: »

wait it breathes axes like how a dragon breathes fire or it actually uses axes for respiration?

Because they would require a lot of axes.

Shoots axe-breath.

Dubh

This just in- the only ranged weapon in the game is a bag of rocks you find next to the exit of the first dungeon. Right next to where you find the DLC Dragon Spine Staff.

There's only eight stones, so make sure to pick-up after every fight.

Cilla Black

a spell that turns all the air around your enemy to axes

Wandering Hero

Cilla Black wrote: »

a spell that turns all the air around your enemy to axes

Wait wait... ALL the air? So molecule sized axes? Or larger axes? But then that begs the question what happens to the air in between those axes?

Gumpy

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

Dual shields

Zen you are a man with fine tastes

KrunkMcGrunk

Wandering Hero wrote: »

Cilla Black wrote: »

a spell that turns all the air around your enemy to axes

Wait wait... ALL the air? So molecule sized axes? Or larger axes? But then that begs the question what happens to the air in between those axes?

Infinitely smaller axes

Shazkar Shadowstorm

i'm quitting my job on nov 10th or something
gosh
that would be a terrible idea
is it november yet

Zay

This needs to be posted since it hasn't been yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9eGtyqz4gY

Platypus Beirut

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

Dual shields

Board 'n board

Wandering Hero

KrunkMcGrunk wrote: »

Wandering Hero wrote: »

Cilla Black wrote: »

a spell that turns all the air around your enemy to axes

Wait wait... ALL the air? So molecule sized axes? Or larger axes? But then that begs the question what happens to the air in between those axes?

Infinitely smaller axes

Skyrim profession: Physaxes

The study of smaller and smaller axes. They are looking to build a new facility where giants throw smaller and smaller axes at each other and when they collide they attempt to observe the smaller axes that form from those collisions.

Galy

Dual-wielding shields and then using them offensively like the Spartans would be sweet.

Also you know in Looney Toons when some poor sap gets his head smashed between two cymbals? Like that but with shields.

Druhim

Wandering Hero wrote: »

Cilla Black wrote: »

a spell that turns all the air around your enemy to axes

Wait wait... ALL the air? So molecule sized axes? Or larger axes? But then that begs the question what happens to the air in between those axes?

If all the air is turned into axes, then the space between the axes isn't air, it's vacuum.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

now i'm imagining if this occurred spontaneously and the horror of what everything would look like a few seconds after...

we have air in our lungs
and then it'd be axes
and all around us, axes

axes everywhere

Peccavi

Axes all the way down

Druhim

Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »

now i'm imagining if this occurred spontaneously and the horror of what everything would look like a few seconds after...

we have air in our lungs
and then it'd be axes
and all around us, axes

axes everywhere

like that comic about the girl whose power is to summon kittens, and the bad guy she's facing laughs at her..until she summons kittens inside his body.

Darth Waiter

Druhim wrote: »

like that comic about the girl whose power is to summon kittens, and the bad guy she's facing laughs at her..until she summons kittens inside his body.

Which is frightening, really. Kittens are adorable right up until the point they don't feel like being held or constrained in any way. They morph from fluffy bundles into fur-coated-needle-death in about half a heartbeat.

Rolo

Druhim wrote: »

Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »

now i'm imagining if this occurred spontaneously and the horror of what everything would look like a few seconds after...

we have air in our lungs
and then it'd be axes
and all around us, axes

axes everywhere

like that comic about the girl whose power is to summon kittens, and the bad guy she's facing laughs at her..until she summons kittens inside his body.

Kwoaru

Rolo wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »

now i'm imagining if this occurred spontaneously and the horror of what everything would look like a few seconds after...

we have air in our lungs
and then it'd be axes
and all around us, axes

axes everywhere

like that comic about the girl whose power is to summon kittens, and the bad guy she's facing laughs at her..until she summons kittens inside his body.

delightful

Rhesus Positive

Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »

i'm quitting my job on nov 10th or something
gosh
that would be a terrible idea
is it november yet

I've used holiday allowance to make the release part of a four day weekend. As November draws closer I might throw the rest of my holiday allowance at it.

If there's a delay, I'm going to be pissed. Hopefully I don't snap and go on a rampage at Gamestation wearing nothing but a horned helmet and lizard print underwear.

Also, much love for the thread title.

Tam

yay!

also I have decided not to order a video card until they release specs
I'm sure you all wanted to know that

Darmak

Tam wrote: »

yay!

also I have decided not to order a video card until they release specs
I'm sure you all wanted to know that

I went ahead and built a new PC a few months ago for this game. I figure an ATI 6970 should be able to at least run the game. If it can't well then fuck my ass, I'll have to upgrade again.

Tam

damn, if that turns out to be the minimum, I'm fucked

most guesses were going somewhere around the GTX 460

Maximum

November 11th is a Friday. Do games get released on Fridays? I always thought it was Tuesdays around these parts.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

i think i have a gtx460
i built my comp near a year ago or so

Rhesus Positive

MaximumJ wrote: »

November 11th is a Friday. Do games get released on Fridays? I always thought it was Tuesdays around these parts.

Fuck days of the week, it's all about the eleventh of the eleventh oh eleven.

I might try to get the time on the receipt to be 11:11.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

i will find a stone vertical epic 11.11.11 ale and will drink that while playing skyrim

Tam

there were specifics on the Wiki page I hadn't read before:

when the player enters a dungeon for the first time, the monsters within lock to the player's level permanently, even if visited later at a higher level

Shields can be used with a bashing attack, and timing is required for blocking with a shield. Blunt, bladed, hacking and stabbing weapons each have specific advantages and roles; as an example, the player is granted the ability to perform finishing moves. There are over eighty-five spell types, which can be used in ranged and close combat forms. Spell types have specific qualities; a frost spell slows and drains stamina, while a fire spell causes prolonged damage through burning, and may also ignite the environment. When practicing archery, arrows take longer to draw back than in previous Elder Scrolls games, but do greater damage. Because of this, arrows are expensive and considered rarities. A player equipped with a bow can use it defensively in close combat, in a charging counterattack. The player can sneak, and non-player characters (NPCs) become alerted if the player's movements are detected. Daggers are specifically effective when used in a sneak attack, inflicting devastating damage.

Events such as dueling are randomly-generated encounters, taking influence from Bethesda's previous game Fallout 3.

Zen Vulgarity

Tam wrote: »

there were specifics on the Wiki page I hadn't read before:

when the player enters a dungeon for the first time, the monsters within lock to the player's level permanently, even if visited later at a higher level

Shields can be used with a bashing attack, and timing is required for blocking with a shield. Blunt, bladed, hacking and stabbing weapons each have specific advantages and roles; as an example, the player is granted the ability to perform finishing moves. There are over eighty-five spell types, which can be used in ranged and close combat forms. Spell types have specific qualities; a frost spell slows and drains stamina, while a fire spell causes prolonged damage through burning, and may also ignite the environment. When practicing archery, arrows take longer to draw back than in previous Elder Scrolls games, but do greater damage. Because of this, arrows are expensive and considered rarities. A player equipped with a bow can use it defensively in close combat, in a charging counterattack. The player can sneak, and non-player characters (NPCs) become alerted if the player's movements are detected. Daggers are specifically effective when used in a sneak attack, inflicting devastating damage.

Events such as dueling are randomly-generated encounters, taking influence from Bethesda's previous game Fallout 3.

The first thing sounds awful.

Says nothing about create-a-spell, which is kinda worrysome.

How they fuck are arrows rare when trees are everywhere

I love randomly generated encounters

CorporateLogo

No fletchers to turn the wood into arrows

Zen Vulgarity

Pretty bad reason

101

I hope arrows aren't too rare/expensive.

Playing as a sneaky archer is fun

Tam

I like the specific advantage of different weapons
I didn't like sneak attacking being the same with a sword or a dagger in Oblivion

also yeah, the level lock (at least for me) and rare arrow system seem pretty bad
I like exploring broad areas even early on, and I want pushovers at high levels even less than I want god-beasts at high levels

and also yeah, I can see like, magic arrows being rare, but arrows in general being rare is ridiculous

Dichotomy

if you just found it on a wiki, are you sure it's reliable info

Tam

it's from Wikipedia
it's all sourced from interviews with Todd Howard and articles from GameInformer, I believe

CorporateLogo

If you don't have to turn an enemy into a porcupine to drop them with a bow then it might not be a huge deal, assuming this is accurate info

Zen Vulgarity

Or I could work as a woodcutter and then fletch some arrows

If I had to make the arrows myself and I couldn't just find them anywhere

That's fine

Can I help fund the forums in some way

I honestly wouldn't mind a $10 fee for this place at this point just for server stability

Tam

actually, yeah, if the forum administration asked for donations, I'd be ready to give some
the same way I give a few bucks to them libruls on NPR when they ask