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

HugmasterGeneral

Stilts wrote:

Dichotomy wrote:

I really really really like the idea of wards

but

they just eat up too much magicka too fast to be worth it

maybe things are different once you get to 70+ restoration, but on my mage character, it was vastly more efficient to use my mana pool obliterating the shit out of my enemies right away and healing after the fight is done than trying to block their spells and attacks with wards
even getting the ward absorb perk wasn't enough, I fought a goddamn dragon priest and absorbing his spells didn't refill my mana faster than the ward consumed it

plus the fact that you need reflexes good enough to allow a second or two for the ward to charge up
I put it to best use fighting dragons, and yeah it's cool holding up your hand and having a rippling wall of energy stop a fire breath, but I could just as easily cast a fast heal after taking the hit and end up at 100% health with far more available mana

I feel like instead of constantly draining your magika while it's up, the ward should drain magika proportional to the spell it gets hit with. The more powerful the ward, the more damage it can absorb and the more magika it can drain from you.

Basically, just make the thing that's supposed to be a magic shield work like the normal shield does with stamina.

[edit disclaimer]I didn't read your thing right. my suggestion has nothing to do with this[/edit]

I think Bioshock had something like this, a defensive spell that basically transforms HP damage into MP damage. It makes a lot more sense

Dichotomy

see on an intellectual level I recognize that 100% restoration reduction would make wards a potent tool (ebonyflesh + three ranks of mage armor + greater ward + lord stone would be 430 armor, which is pretty solid for a dude wearing robes) but

but

when it comes to actually being a wizard my simple, violent brain can only process CRAM MORE DAMAGE DOWN THE ENEMY'S THROAT LOWER ALL DESTRUCTION COSTS MORE THUNDERBOLTS

Dichotomy

also from the UESPwiki page on alteration

Candlelight can actually be used outdoors at night to attract insects for use as alchemical ingredients.

this game.

thedude_frombaywatch

Dichotomy wrote:

also from the UESPwiki page on alteration

Candlelight can actually be used outdoors at night to attract insects for use as alchemical ingredients.

this game.

What. awesome

Ledneh

Dichotomy wrote:

see on an intellectual level I recognize that 100% restoration reduction would make wards a potent tool (ebonyflesh + three ranks of mage armor + greater ward + lord stone would be 430 armor, which is pretty solid for a dude wearing robes) but

but

when it comes to actually being a wizard my simple, violent brain can only process CRAM MORE DAMAGE DOWN THE ENEMY'S THROAT LOWER ALL DESTRUCTION COSTS MORE THUNDERBOLTS

The thing is I was going to agree with you, but then I got Impact and a piece of destruction cost gear (an amulet, if memory serves)

And the game went from 'jesus this is fucking impossible' to 'jesus it is impossible for me to die' with no reasonable inbetween, where the difficulty slider only really seemed to adjust time to live/time to die

I guess I'm just not wired right to be a big stupid magical Hulk or something

Day of the Bear

If you could stagger dudes without doublecasting wards might be interesting, but instead of casting a ward you can just hit the enemy with a staggering doublecast spell and not only stop them from hitting you with a spell but also hurt them a bunch.

Dichotomy

it's interesting you bring that up

as in this thread folk had mentioned how easy impact made things

plus I wasn't sure about dualcasting anymore
so I just didn't take those perks on my shock mage
and were I pressed to say something I'd say that it dramatically improved the experience

godmode

Now that I have twin dremora lords, I think I need to turn up my difficulty to make the game fair for the bad guys.

HugmasterGeneral

I actively avoid impact doublecast unless I'm in a really tight spot, just because I was murdering pretty much everything without any challenge. Although Krosis the Dragon Prince didn't seem to stagger at all from my magic, so he was my most difficult foe. For him I ended up casting the shock field thingy, then casting invisible and standing next to him as his health went down slowly.

Ledneh

Dichotomy wrote:

it's interesting you bring that up

as in this thread folk had mentioned how easy impact made things

plus I wasn't sure about dualcasting anymore
so I just didn't take those perks on my shock mage
and were I pressed to say something I'd say that it dramatically improved the experience

oh? what do you do then, have lightning or whatever in both hands and just alternate between them?

I think all told I like the idea of playing a mage the most in most games, this one included, but the typical mage difficulty swing of 'start less powerful than a fart, end more powerful than a tornado' is usually a turnoff for me

Day of the Bear

On my dual wield swords and maybe some magic on the side character I don't have impact.

I still kill things real good with spells, but I also have legendary dragonplate and some nice daedric swords to fall back on if a guy gets up in my face.

thedude_frombaywatch

What effect does turning the difficulty up do? Should I be playing it that way?

I somehow contracted vampire disease and now I have an option to "feed" when I do it subsides my disease? How's that work?

Orikaeshigitae

well, i gave the copy i had back to my friend and bought this on steam

goodbye forever

HugmasterGeneral

I had that in Oblivion. It was great, I never wanted to get rid of it. (I know nothing of Vampiric Hemophilia or whatever in this one)

godmode

thedude_frombaywatch wrote:

What effect does turning the difficulty up do? Should I be playing it that way?

I somehow contracted vampire disease and now I have an option to "feed" when I do it subsides my disease? How's that work?

I think the difficulty adjusts the stats of foes, not sure if it increases their thinking ability or number, though.

As for vampirism, it's pretty crazy. I would recommend checking out the TES wiki for that.
Basically...

You get new powers and new drawbacks each day after you become infected. For the first three days, it can be cured like any disease. On day 4, if you haven't fed, you become a full-fledged vampire, with new powers and drawbacks.

End

Orikaeshigitae wrote: »

well, i gave the copy i had back to my friend and bought this on steam

goodbye forever

it was a pleasure knowing you

kill some dragons for us

thedude_frombaywatch

Oh i see. Thanks.
Anyone else thinking of changing timescale? I want to do 5 min for each real minute. Will this cause me to lose the ability to win achievements because i'm using the console? Will using the console cause the game to disable cheevos?

godmode

That's a good question. I've been avoiding the console myself wondering that very thing.

Ledneh

Far as I've seen across the internet, console fuckery has no effect on earning cheetos whatsoever

#pipe

I really wanna play but my roomate is hogging the tv

webofink

#pipe wrote:

I really wanna play but my roomate is hogging the tv

Get a large sized pan and SHIELD BASH them off the couch

Day of the Bear

Kill your roomate

Day of the Bear

Assuming no one else is around you should get off scot free

godmode

Make sure you loot the body.

B.C.

godmode wrote:

Now that I have twin dremora lords, I think I need to turn up my difficulty to make the game fair for the bad guys.

Twin Souls made this game go from "Oh jesus no run awaaaaay" to "Aaahahahaha you are fuuuuucked"

I've found that against the higher level mages characters (ascendant/arch/etc) it's actually better to Shout them into a corner and then dual summon Potent Frost Atronachs. They lock them into that corner and they take turns power attacking to stagger the bitch.

#pipe

Aw he only had iron arrows.

godmode

B.C. wrote:

godmode wrote:

Now that I have twin dremora lords, I think I need to turn up my difficulty to make the game fair for the bad guys.

Twin Souls made this game go from "Oh jesus no run awaaaaay" to "Aaahahahaha you are fuuuuucked"

I've found that against the higher level mages characters (ascendant/arch/etc) it's actually better to Shout them into a corner and then dual summon Potent Frost Atronachs. They lock them into that corner and they take turns power attacking to stagger the bitch.

I've actually been super poor on my mage, so I haven't been able to afford all those extra spells! Maybe someday soon, though :P

RubberAC

I have definitely used power attacks successfully as sneak attacks im not sure what you guys were talking about

B.C.

godmode wrote:

B.C. wrote:

godmode wrote:

Now that I have twin dremora lords, I think I need to turn up my difficulty to make the game fair for the bad guys.

Twin Souls made this game go from "Oh jesus no run awaaaaay" to "Aaahahahaha you are fuuuuucked"

I've found that against the higher level mages characters (ascendant/arch/etc) it's actually better to Shout them into a corner and then dual summon Potent Frost Atronachs. They lock them into that corner and they take turns power attacking to stagger the bitch.

I've actually been super poor on my mage, so I haven't been able to afford all those extra spells! Maybe someday soon, though :P

Man just smith some Iron Daggers then enchant them with all the petty soul gems you've got laying around. 5 daggers should net you 1k.

godmode

Oh yes! I had forgotten about that!

B.C.

Also spamming all your ingredients into random potions/poisons is pretty good for quick cash.

The best potion I ever made was Wheat/Vampire Dust/Glow Dust/Nirnroot

Dys

B.C. wrote:

godmode wrote:

B.C. wrote:

godmode wrote:

Now that I have twin dremora lords, I think I need to turn up my difficulty to make the game fair for the bad guys.

Twin Souls made this game go from "Oh jesus no run awaaaaay" to "Aaahahahaha you are fuuuuucked"

I've found that against the higher level mages characters (ascendant/arch/etc) it's actually better to Shout them into a corner and then dual summon Potent Frost Atronachs. They lock them into that corner and they take turns power attacking to stagger the bitch.

I've actually been super poor on my mage, so I haven't been able to afford all those extra spells! Maybe someday soon, though :P

Man just smith some Iron Daggers then enchant them with all the petty soul gems you've got laying around. 5 daggers should net you 1k.

If you have the Banish enchant, use that.

I have put zero points into speech, but a petty enchant of that on daggers I make is getting me about 700 per weapon sale.

Falx

Ok these crash to desktop things are getting to me now. Last few days I've never ended a day's playing without at least one, and it's always right when I'm enjoying the game most.

thedude_frombaywatch

There should be a mod that lets you wear your staff on your back like great swords when you're not wielding it. It just disappears.

Al_wat

The most expensive potion is apparently Wheat + Giants toe.

godmode

thedude_frombaywatch wrote:

There should be a mod that lets you wear your staff on your back like great swords when you're not wielding it. It just disappears.

Are you playing a female character?...

Al_wat

hold on... wait..

WTF?!

blackreach:

theres a fucking dragon in here?!

thedude_frombaywatch

godmode wrote:

thedude_frombaywatch wrote:

There should be a mod that lets you wear your staff on your back like great swords when you're not wielding it. It just disappears.

Are you playing a female character?...

I'm playing a dude.

#pipe

thedude_frombaywatch wrote:

godmode wrote:

thedude_frombaywatch wrote:

There should be a mod that lets you wear your staff on your back like great swords when you're not wielding it. It just disappears.

Are you playing a female character?...

I'm playing a dude.

godmode

That is the best gif I've seen all day.