Skyrim: Make sure to inspect the smell of your children’s finger nails on a daily basis.

Wren

VoproSTEIN wrote:

Every time I kill a dragon with a Shout.

you dress your dog up in a silly christmas costume?

Stale

VoproSTEIN wrote: »

Every time I kill a dragon with a Shout.

I let my Haters be my Motivators.

IpseDixit

Downloading PS3 update

92MB patch, hopefully this will make the game run smoother and fix the annoying whoop everything stops working except the music crash.

Langly

Buddies wrote:

Langly wrote:

i've been having lots of fun just going to the greybeards and asking for shout locations and fast traveling there. Finally got enchanting up and put three pieces of +archery on and am now wrecking things more than before.

I wonder if there is a way to add health to companions vis the console? It is pretty fucking dumb that companions don't level with you, and I like lydia but she just gets hammered in one hit these days.

Does +health armor work on them?

What level are you and how far into the game are you?

My Lydia is practically unkillable. I've hit her multiple times with my 2 Hander that does 533 damage and I've never seen her fall to a knee since I gave her Dragonplate Armor and a Daedric Shield.

I got her almost instantly, at like level 9 or 10. I am now level 46 and she is wearing full dragon plate and a dwarven shield of blocking, and she gets killed by bandits.

Langly

Deicist wrote:

Buddies wrote:

Langly wrote:

i've been having lots of fun just going to the greybeards and asking for shout locations and fast traveling there. Finally got enchanting up and put three pieces of +archery on and am now wrecking things more than before.

I wonder if there is a way to add health to companions vis the console? It is pretty fucking dumb that companions don't level with you, and I like lydia but she just gets hammered in one hit these days.

Does +health armor work on them?

What level are you and how far into the game are you?

My Lydia is practically unkillable. I've hit her multiple times with my 2 Hander that does 533 damage and I've never seen her fall to a knee since I gave her Dragonplate Armor and a Daedric Shield.

you can use the console to make your followers level up.

from UESP

If you have an attachment to a certain follower and wish to continue to use him or her after he or she has become obsolete, you can update his or her stats by dismissing the companion, then opening the console, clicking the follower in question, typing "disable" and then typing "enable" without the quotation marks, then ask them to rejoin. The follower's inventory will remain unaffected, but his or her stats will all be updated to match the player's current level.

THANK YOU HOORAY

Hobnail

So is the companion not leveling thing a bug or what? Cause man if that was intended

Dichotomy

it could very well be intended, to try to provide an incentive for players to switch out followers


I mean to read this thread you'd think that lydia is the only follower in the game

Langly

she is

NinjaSquirrel

When does their level get set? When you first meet them or the first time you tell them to follow you or some other time?

Stale

She's the only one worth having.


Until she gets depressed in Blackreach and dives to her death for no reason.

Hobnail

I guess. I need to get myself into an Orc stronghold and find someone who can hold a shield.

moocow

Lydia holds a shield.

Dichotomy

I need to track down that dog follower and just fight dragons with my dog


possibly with a khajiit character

Stale

The dog was by far the worst fucking thing to ever accompany me.

Hobnail

moocow wrote:

Lydia holds a shield.

Well yeah but she must be stuck at level 5 or something and I'm on console.

FirmSkater

I hate having followers in any game. I'm very glad that the game isn't so difficult to make them super useful.

Dichotomy

alternately

(clavicus vile quest)

Spoiler:

just get to the part where you have to track down the guy in the cave for the axe

and just never do it, and have barbas follow you around forever

the last time I hung around with barbas he took on two dragons at once without flinching

jwalk

anyone try this patch yet?

http://international.download.nvidia.com/geforce-com/international/comparisons/skyrim-AO-comparison-1.html

Mysst

someone, somew

Langly wrote:

Deicist wrote:

Buddies wrote:

Langly wrote:

i've been having lots of fun just going to the greybeards and asking for shout locations and fast traveling there. Finally got enchanting up and put three pieces of +archery on and am now wrecking things more than before.

I wonder if there is a way to add health to companions vis the console? It is pretty fucking dumb that companions don't level with you, and I like lydia but she just gets hammered in one hit these days.

Does +health armor work on them?

What level are you and how far into the game are you?

My Lydia is practically unkillable. I've hit her multiple times with my 2 Hander that does 533 damage and I've never seen her fall to a knee since I gave her Dragonplate Armor and a Daedric Shield.

you can use the console to make your followers level up.

from UESP

If you have an attachment to a certain follower and wish to continue to use him or her after he or she has become obsolete, you can update his or her stats by dismissing the companion, then opening the console, clicking the follower in question, typing "disable" and then typing "enable" without the quotation marks, then ask them to rejoin. The follower's inventory will remain unaffected, but his or her stats will all be updated to match the player's current level.

THANK YOU HOORAY

wait does this work on console by just telling them to leave and then picking them back up again?

jwalk

I dunno whats up with Lydia either, I think she stops levelling after about 30-35. I'm 46 now and she gets killed pretty fast by anything remotely dangerous. She has fully upgraded Dragon plate, I even threw a few enchantments on it like +health and +magic resist.

Also just got my enchanting to 100 and.. whoops turns out you can't add a 2nd enchantment to already existing gear.. sooo now my quest for Daedra hearts begins anew, joy!

Hobnail

Apothecaries have a daedra heart or two, usually.

Stale

Dichotomy wrote: »

alternately

(clavicus vile quest)

Spoiler:

just get to the part where you have to track down the guy in the cave for the axe

and just never do it, and have barbas follow you around forever

the last time I hung around with barbas he took on two dragons at once without flinching

he can't die, so he's an invincible companion.


But he's fucking awful. Especially if you're a sneak.

Langly

Mysst wrote: »

someone, somew

Langly wrote:

Deicist wrote:

Buddies wrote:

Langly wrote:

i've been having lots of fun just going to the greybeards and asking for shout locations and fast traveling there. Finally got enchanting up and put three pieces of +archery on and am now wrecking things more than before.

I wonder if there is a way to add health to companions vis the console? It is pretty fucking dumb that companions don't level with you, and I like lydia but she just gets hammered in one hit these days.

Does +health armor work on them?

What level are you and how far into the game are you?

My Lydia is practically unkillable. I've hit her multiple times with my 2 Hander that does 533 damage and I've never seen her fall to a knee since I gave her Dragonplate Armor and a Daedric Shield.

you can use the console to make your followers level up.

from UESP

If you have an attachment to a certain follower and wish to continue to use him or her after he or she has become obsolete, you can update his or her stats by dismissing the companion, then opening the console, clicking the follower in question, typing "disable" and then typing "enable" without the quotation marks, then ask them to rejoin. The follower's inventory will remain unaffected, but his or her stats will all be updated to match the player's current level.

THANK YOU HOORAY

wait does this work on console by just telling them to leave and then picking them back up again?

No, what you are doing is re-implementing the leveling that happens when you first spawn the character. You aren't just telling them to go home.

Companions are frozen from the first time you enter their zone.

Usagi

Stale wrote:

The dog was by far the worst fucking thing to ever accompany me.

Agreed

Yappy motherfucker

Buddies

You can buy a dog from dog breeders if you want one after you finish that quest line.

Hobnail

The worst one for me is (Dark Brotherhood Spoiler)

Spoiler:

Lucien FUCKING LaChance, goddamn man SHUT UP. Just constantly, constantly with the patter

captaink

The priestess of Azura is a badass companion, if Lydia is too wimpy anymore.

Oden

The one time Lydia died was when she started brawling with the frost troll in the cave under the embassy. I thought she was a Dremora Lord because it was dark and she was wearing Dragonplate armour, so in the midst of battle I tried to backstab the troll. But, just as I did that she killed it, so I ended up slitting her throat open.

Halfway through the finishing animation I realised who I had killed.

Now Lydia just sits in my house all day, after I reloaded the game. I'm going to put her to good use again and sacrifice her to Boethiah.

Walt

jwalk wrote:

Also just got my enchanting to 100 and.. whoops turns out you can't add a 2nd enchantment to already existing gear.. sooo now my quest for Daedra hearts begins anew, joy!

Well now I am really pissed that I used all those hearts to make potions.

Druhim

captaink wrote: »

The priestess of Azura is a badass companion, if Lydia is too wimpy anymore.

Yeah, but then you don't get the black star.

Mysst

Langly wrote:

Mysst wrote: »

someone, somew

Langly wrote:

Deicist wrote:

Buddies wrote:

Langly wrote:

i've been having lots of fun just going to the greybeards and asking for shout locations and fast traveling there. Finally got enchanting up and put three pieces of +archery on and am now wrecking things more than before.

I wonder if there is a way to add health to companions vis the console? It is pretty fucking dumb that companions don't level with you, and I like lydia but she just gets hammered in one hit these days.

Does +health armor work on them?

What level are you and how far into the game are you?

My Lydia is practically unkillable. I've hit her multiple times with my 2 Hander that does 533 damage and I've never seen her fall to a knee since I gave her Dragonplate Armor and a Daedric Shield.

you can use the console to make your followers level up.

from UESP

If you have an attachment to a certain follower and wish to continue to use him or her after he or she has become obsolete, you can update his or her stats by dismissing the companion, then opening the console, clicking the follower in question, typing "disable" and then typing "enable" without the quotation marks, then ask them to rejoin. The follower's inventory will remain unaffected, but his or her stats will all be updated to match the player's current level.

THANK YOU HOORAY

wait does this work on console by just telling them to leave and then picking them back up again?

No, what you are doing is re-implementing the leveling that happens when you first spawn the character. You aren't just telling them to go home.

Companions are frozen from the first time you enter their zone.

goddamit lydia

Langly

One time I was shooting a deathlord through a doorway, and lydia ran in right as I was firing/ She is so hilariously low level now that, from zero hits, she instantly died and ragdolled through the door.

Kwoaru

black star is the best star

captaink

Druhim wrote:

captaink wrote: »

The priestess of Azura is a badass companion, if Lydia is too wimpy anymore.

Yeah, but then you don't get the black star.

Yeah that's rough. It makes it a tough decision, which is kind of nice. My non-enchanter, Daedra-loving Khajiit helped Azura.

KrunkMcGrunk

Hey guys, look at my awesome house!!!

Spoiler:

Not my house. Please don't call the police on me.

[L]

I think I'm going to have to see if I can figure out the console commands to remove perks... I hear destruction dual-casting is either buggy or not worth it, and impact has just made almost any fight a bore, with practically no risk to myself at all as long as I have mana. I think it'd be a lot better, or at least not as terribly gamebreaking, if it was just a chance, percent based thing, like crits with swords.

Kwoaru

if you go melee and want to at least pretend it's a fair fight then don't do any smithing to improve your weapons (or at least don't stack +smithing gear and potions when you're upgrading a weapon)

godmode

Is there a super simple Barney-style guide to modding the game? Last time I tried modding, with New Vegas, I couldn't get anything to work properly even after following all the directions I found.

KrunkMcGrunk wrote:

Hey guys, look at my awesome house!!!

Spoiler:

Not my house. Please don't call the police on me.

Jesus, that is creepy as fuck.

BEAST!

IpseDixit wrote:

Downloading PS3 update

92MB patch, hopefully this will make the game run smoother and fix the annoying whoop everything stops working except the music crash.

I'm pretty amazed that I've got over 50 hours into this and have had zero issues, no crashes, no slowdown, nothing. And yet everyone else has problems.
Hopefully it fixes things for you!

Langly

hahahah what the fuuuuuuck