The lack of death animations for ranged and spell combat is annoying, as is the fact that boss kills don't force a death animation (like Dragon Age, for example). Hopefully a patch or mod will add some in later.
So, a question about houses. What is the best possible house to have? I recently bought a home in Whiterun, fully furnished it and everything, and it's nice, but... I don't know. Not Dragonborn material.
So which is the best buyable house in Skyrim? Oh, and can I have an enchanting table in it? I only get to have an alchemy lab in my Whiterun home, and my lizard doesn't use alchemy.
The lack of death animations for ranged and spell combat is annoying, as is the fact that boss kills don't force a death animation (like Dragon Age, for example). Hopefully a patch or mod will add some in later.
I consider the ranged "death animation" walking up to your now dead victim, slumped over the table they were sitting at and finding just how good of a shot you made due to an arrow sticking out of their eye/throat/crotch. But yes, a slow-mo arrow following camera shot would be nice every once and awhile.
So before release someone from Bethesda said that the further your progress in the main quest is, the more dragons will spawn.
As far as I can see in my playthrough, that's definitely the case..however I'm now at a point where it's almost annoying to constantly have to battle dragons and I already have unused 7 dragon souls.
My current main quest is "Alduin's Wall"..could anyone who's a bit further along tell me if the dragon spawn rate will be even higher if I continue the main quest? Could you point to a specific quest after which the spawn rate increased again?
Anyone?
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it's weird they didn't have the arrow kills given they had them in fallout
Firebolt is cheap and it staggers, which is rather awesome. Incinerate is the "YOU DIE NOW" spell that eats mana for breakfast but drops your target like a rock.
With enchanting, incinerate and firebolt cost the same amount of mana... 0.
Enchant wins this one I'm afraid.
Enchanting doesn't make destruction stronger though.
Besides, mana? Really? It's a nigh infinite resource as an alchemist.
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So I know that for 1h weapons
Swords: fastest, smallest damage, perk for crit damage
Axes: slower, medium damage, perk for bleeding damage
Maces: slowest, highest damage, perk for ignore armor
Is there a clear best choice? Also, Savage Strike can decap with a mace right? Seems a little weird, but it doesn't specify, so I figure it works or else that'd kinda blow for mace users
It's really just personal preference more than stats. I prefer the sword because I get to swing it more in battle and it looks cooler.
Hmm
Just kind of curious how good the perks were mostly I guess
Ignore armor seems pretty damn nice, whereas bleeding seems not that useful, unless it's a pretty good amount of blood, and crit it nice but random
also who knows if any of it applies to a dual-wield power attack, uggggghhhh
It's been said MULTIPLE times that it absolutely does. Not sure how you're missing that...
Where? When I was asking about the decap attack, Evangir said:
I'm pretty sure it does not work with the two-weapon power attack. I have had the animation trigger when dual wielding and doing a standing power attack with only one of my two weapons, but never when I do a power attack with both weapons at once. Pretty disappointing really, considering it has an animation specifically for dual wielding.
And Preacher said it DID, but didn't realize dual-wield had a special power attack besides the standard 1h power attack
soooo
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Anyway, I still have this problem on my Thief: my One-handed skill is displayed in my stats as red, and 30 points below what it should normally be. There is nothing in my active effects list that would explain the sudden drop.
Anyone have any idea what's going on?
I'm behind a bit, so it's probably already answered. I had this happen with Archery early on in the game, and the solution was to skill it up one more time and it will go away. You won't be penalized while using it though it is in Red.
Yeah, I did that earlier. I figure it's some bug with passing over to 50 skill, and it reverting to my original value for a level for no real reason.
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Hurm.. so dual wield power attack is a flurry? IS this with any weapons? ie.. dual daggers work as well? ANd do I just press both buttons and HOLD till it activates? Reason I'm asking, is I use dual daggers and dual swords(When my stealth gets busted) and have held both buttons down many many many times, and only get the two sword attack, not a flurry, and I'm pretty sure I perked for it.
Hurm.. so dual wield power attack is a flurry? IS this with any weapons? ie.. dual daggers work as well? ANd do I just press both buttons and HOLD till it activates? Reason I'm asking, is I use dual daggers and dual swords(When my stealth gets busted) and have held both buttons down many many many times, and only get the two sword attack, not a flurry, and I'm pretty sure I perked for it.
The dual wield power attack animation is the same for all weapons, I believe. I have absolutely no perks invested in One-Handed, and I can do the three-hit power attack with any dual weapon combo, including dual daggers; I can one-shot Dragon Priests using it.
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Doing the Dark Brotherhood quests has me killing some duders who I know from other quests and makes me sad for just a slight second before the arrow hits them in the chest.
And the Dual Weilding sword decap is choice.
This was a post immediately following yours from 2 hours ago.
...dammit. Why do most of them have to be on the cities I like the least? I'm not settling in Markarth ever, and I'd rather not give my house budget to Ulfric's racist ass. I should head to Solitude and see how stuff is there, if it looks like a decent investment.
Doing the Dark Brotherhood quests has me killing some duders who I know from other quests and makes me sad for just a slight second before the arrow hits them in the chest.
And the Dual Weilding sword decap is choice.
This was a post immediately following yours from 2 hours ago.
That was referring to the kill animation when wielding two swords. It doesn't say whether it happens for the dual-wielding power attack, which is the question being asked. The only direct answer to that so far has been a "not that I've seen."
Am I right that I should try to get the perk which allows bound weapons to cast soul tap? I don't seem to understand how Soul Tapped weapons recharge themselves? Does a Grand Soul Gem absorb souls of mudcrabs? I'm essentially stumped on all of it. The wiki didn't help to much either.
Help.
You should only get the perk that allows Bound Weapons to cast Soul Trap if you use Bound Weapons, they're in the Conjuration magic tree.
Weapons that are enchanted are recharged by applying a Soul Gem with a soul trapped in it
I'm pretty sure Soul Gems will fill intelligently, so if you have an empty Petty Soul Gem, the mudcrab soul will fill that first before a Grand Soul Gem. If a Grand Soul Gem is all you have open, then it'll get put in there.
On the subject of soul gems, is anyone else completely annoyed that filled gems don't stack in your inventory? When going through the "misc" section with a vendor, I sit there and scroll through pages and PAGES of stupid soul gems.
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Doing the Dark Brotherhood quests has me killing some duders who I know from other quests and makes me sad for just a slight second before the arrow hits them in the chest.
And the Dual Weilding sword decap is choice.
This was a post immediately following yours from 2 hours ago.
Am I right that I should try to get the perk which allows bound weapons to cast soul tap? I don't seem to understand how Soul Tapped weapons recharge themselves? Does a Grand Soul Gem absorb souls of mudcrabs? I'm essentially stumped on all of it. The wiki didn't help to much either.
Help.
You should only get the perk that allows Bound Weapons to cast Soul Trap if you use Bound Weapons, they're in the Conjuration magic tree.
Weapons that are enchanted are recharged by applying a Soul Gem with a soul trapped in it
I'm pretty sure Soul Gems will fill intelligently, so if you have an empty Petty Soul Gem, the mudcrab soul will fill that first before a Grand Soul Gem. If a Grand Soul Gem is all you have open, then it'll get put in there.
On the subject of soul gems, is anyone else completely annoyed that filled gems don't stack in your inventory? When going through the "misc" section with a vendor, I sit there and scroll through pages and PAGES of stupid soul gems.
Soul gems also weigh more than you think. Petty gems only weigh .1, so you don't think about it and loot any soul gem you find. Then you find out an hour later you have 80 pounds worth of .3 and .5 weight soul gems.
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Is the only way to get the windhelm house joining the storm cloaks? I really don't like them, but desire every thane title possible.
I've heard you can get it if you join with the Imperials and do their questline all the way through, but I've heard different accounts on that. I'll have to try it with a character some time.
it's weird they didn't have the arrow kills given they had them in fallout
Different team. But I did so love V.A.T.
V.A.T.S. is what made Fallout 3 and NV unplayable for me. You play the game in pause and slo-mo, basically.
The slow-motion stuff annoyed the hell out of me, but the pausing to aim didn't bug me at all. The actual real-time shooting is kinda crap in Fallout 3/NV, plus I'm used to the much slower pace of the old Fallouts.
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I'll have to try and see if changing the ownership of windhelm lets me get the title and house from a none complete pole smoker. It might be just me, but most of the stormcloak leaning jarls are real jerk offs.
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Is the only way to get the windhelm house joining the storm cloaks? I really don't like them, but desire every thane title possible.
If only you could be like Yojimbo and play both sides to get the most from both.
"Did I mention I kill dragons with my bare hands? How much do you want to pay for my help?"
Honestly it already kind of feels like you do that when you do certain quests as it is.
Though as the Dragonborn I definately feel like who I choose in the conflict would have serious heft based on all of the things I've already done on my character.
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Damn this thread moves fast, so many questions!
1. Can someone explain why it's not good to fill up (for example) a grand soul, with a lot of lesser souls? All your really trying to get is the soul gem filled correct? If they aren't the same thing, how can you tell what the soul gem is filled with, and is there any way of emptying those gems to fill it up with something better?
2. Also, is sneaking at all hindered by armor type? I'm thinking about capping out enchanting and enchanting a bunch of plate for sneaking/bow skills if not. At this point I'm almost level 30, still wearing Leather Armor, simply because it has a really nice +20% damage to bows on it.
The lack of death animations for ranged and spell combat is annoying, as is the fact that boss kills don't force a death animation (like Dragon Age, for example). Hopefully a patch or mod will add some in later.
I consider the ranged "death animation" walking up to your now dead victim, slumped over the table they were sitting at and finding just how good of a shot you made due to an arrow sticking out of their eye/throat/crotch. But yes, a slow-mo arrow following camera shot would be nice every once and awhile.
I very much agree. Using the hold command to lift them from their slumped over position at the table to see you did indeed place the arrow just under their chin to sever the aorta. Or coming up to the person you shot in the heart as they rose from their chair, only to be sat back down by the arrow. One of my favorites is climbing a tower and peering over the edge to see where they landed after they had taken an arrow in the back and pitched over the side.
Ranged death can be very amusing. Also, placing the death shot in a dragons eye after they were forced to crash and land at your feat... wonderful.
Damn this thread moves fast, so many questions!
1. Can someone explain why it's not good to fill up (for example) a grand soul, with a lot of lesser souls? All your really trying to get is the soul gem filled correct? If they aren't the same thing, how can you tell what the soul gem is filled with, and is there any way of emptying those gems to fill it up with something better?
2. Also, is sneaking at all hindered by armor type? I'm thinking about capping out enchanting and enchanting a bunch of plate for sneaking/bow skills if not. At this point I'm almost level 30, still wearing Leather Armor, simply because it has a really nice +20% damage to bows on it.
1. A soul gem can only hold one soul, regardless of size. So obviously it's preferable to put the largest soul a given gem can hold in it, so as not to waste an expensive gem on a crappy soul. When you examine a soul gem in your inventory it will say whether it has a soul in it, and what size that soul is.
2. Yes, naked sneaking is best, followed by light armor, followed by heavy. Armor makes noise. Heavy armor also slows you down, which hurts you obliquely by causing you to spend more time in motion. Motion kills stealth until you get the perk that compensates, which doesn't come until near the end of the stealth tree.
Once a gem is filled with a lesser soul it becomes a single use item with that crappy soul and use lose the gem once you use it. When you are on the inventory screen it lists the gem and then what soul its filled with.
Heavy armor sans the perk to reduce noise in sneak is louder and thus you are spotted more often.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
I do enjoy walking up to a seated corpse that I shot and seeing that my arrow has gone completely through the skull and is sticking out of the other side.
Damn this thread moves fast, so many questions!
1. Can someone explain why it's not good to fill up (for example) a grand soul, with a lot of lesser souls? All your really trying to get is the soul gem filled correct? If they aren't the same thing, how can you tell what the soul gem is filled with, and is there any way of emptying those gems to fill it up with something better?
2. Also, is sneaking at all hindered by armor type? I'm thinking about capping out enchanting and enchanting a bunch of plate for sneaking/bow skills if not. At this point I'm almost level 30, still wearing Leather Armor, simply because it has a really nice +20% damage to bows on it.
The quality of the soul determines the quality of the enchant. Filling a grand soul gem that cost 900g or so with a Lesser Soul that can go into a 200g Lesser Soul Gem is ultimately a waste because it doesn't give you a better quality enchant.
It is harder to sneak around in heavy armor, but if you invest heavily in that tree you can essentially remove any penalty for doing so.
I do enjoy walking up to a seated corpse that I shot and seeing that my arrow has gone completely through the skull and is sticking out of the other side.
Or when you're arrow sends them flying somewhere else. Like I shot a draugur from stealth onto a fire trap where he remaind burning. It was hilarious.
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I'm getting pretty annoyed at how dragons are spawning for my character. I'm level 38 and the vast majority of the dragons I'm getting are the low level, unlabeled kind. I've fought maybe three Frost Dragons total, a few Blood Dragons, and that's it. My little brother's level 18 character is already seeing Blood Dragons start to replace all his lower level dragons. What the hell is the deal? Is there some skill or something I can level up that will start triggering higher level spawns?
I'm still getting tons of dragons, they're just all the piddly little baby ones that are extremely boring for me at this stage. I have something like 13 dragon souls stockpiled, plus a bunch of shouts unlocked with 'em.
Ahhh, got it, thanks everyone. So yet another thing to watch out for... is there a general rule of thumb for which creatures have which level of souls?
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So which is the best buyable house in Skyrim? Oh, and can I have an enchanting table in it? I only get to have an alchemy lab in my Whiterun home, and my lizard doesn't use alchemy.
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I consider the ranged "death animation" walking up to your now dead victim, slumped over the table they were sitting at and finding just how good of a shot you made due to an arrow sticking out of their eye/throat/crotch. But yes, a slow-mo arrow following camera shot would be nice every once and awhile.
Anyone?
Enchanting doesn't make destruction stronger though.
Besides, mana? Really? It's a nigh infinite resource as an alchemist.
Where? When I was asking about the decap attack, Evangir said:
And Preacher said it DID, but didn't realize dual-wield had a special power attack besides the standard 1h power attack
soooo
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Yeah, I did that earlier. I figure it's some bug with passing over to 50 skill, and it reverting to my original value for a level for no real reason.
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There is a shout that does that. But you have to progress the main quest quite a bit.
The dual wield power attack animation is the same for all weapons, I believe. I have absolutely no perks invested in One-Handed, and I can do the three-hit power attack with any dual weapon combo, including dual daggers; I can one-shot Dragon Priests using it.
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This was a post immediately following yours from 2 hours ago.
...dammit. Why do most of them have to be on the cities I like the least? I'm not settling in Markarth ever, and I'd rather not give my house budget to Ulfric's racist ass. I should head to Solitude and see how stuff is there, if it looks like a decent investment.
That was referring to the kill animation when wielding two swords. It doesn't say whether it happens for the dual-wielding power attack, which is the question being asked. The only direct answer to that so far has been a "not that I've seen."
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On the subject of soul gems, is anyone else completely annoyed that filled gems don't stack in your inventory? When going through the "misc" section with a vendor, I sit there and scroll through pages and PAGES of stupid soul gems.
Yes, and then Preacher went on to say
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V.A.T.S. is what made Fallout 3 and NV unplayable for me. You play the game in pause and slo-mo, basically.
Soul gems also weigh more than you think. Petty gems only weigh .1, so you don't think about it and loot any soul gem you find. Then you find out an hour later you have 80 pounds worth of .3 and .5 weight soul gems.
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I've heard you can get it if you join with the Imperials and do their questline all the way through, but I've heard different accounts on that. I'll have to try it with a character some time.
The slow-motion stuff annoyed the hell out of me, but the pausing to aim didn't bug me at all. The actual real-time shooting is kinda crap in Fallout 3/NV, plus I'm used to the much slower pace of the old Fallouts.
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If only you could be like Yojimbo and play both sides to get the most from both.
"Did I mention I kill dragons with my bare hands? How much do you want to pay for my help?"
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Honestly it already kind of feels like you do that when you do certain quests as it is.
Though as the Dragonborn I definately feel like who I choose in the conflict would have serious heft based on all of the things I've already done on my character.
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The old lady and the White Run Jarl are the only two who are decent and also competent.
The Jarl of Solitude is nice, I mean, she clearly means well. But she's silly.
1. Can someone explain why it's not good to fill up (for example) a grand soul, with a lot of lesser souls? All your really trying to get is the soul gem filled correct? If they aren't the same thing, how can you tell what the soul gem is filled with, and is there any way of emptying those gems to fill it up with something better?
2. Also, is sneaking at all hindered by armor type? I'm thinking about capping out enchanting and enchanting a bunch of plate for sneaking/bow skills if not. At this point I'm almost level 30, still wearing Leather Armor, simply because it has a really nice +20% damage to bows on it.
I very much agree. Using the hold command to lift them from their slumped over position at the table to see you did indeed place the arrow just under their chin to sever the aorta. Or coming up to the person you shot in the heart as they rose from their chair, only to be sat back down by the arrow. One of my favorites is climbing a tower and peering over the edge to see where they landed after they had taken an arrow in the back and pitched over the side.
Ranged death can be very amusing. Also, placing the death shot in a dragons eye after they were forced to crash and land at your feat... wonderful.
1. A soul gem can only hold one soul, regardless of size. So obviously it's preferable to put the largest soul a given gem can hold in it, so as not to waste an expensive gem on a crappy soul. When you examine a soul gem in your inventory it will say whether it has a soul in it, and what size that soul is.
2. Yes, naked sneaking is best, followed by light armor, followed by heavy. Armor makes noise. Heavy armor also slows you down, which hurts you obliquely by causing you to spend more time in motion. Motion kills stealth until you get the perk that compensates, which doesn't come until near the end of the stealth tree.
Heavy armor sans the perk to reduce noise in sneak is louder and thus you are spotted more often.
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The quality of the soul determines the quality of the enchant. Filling a grand soul gem that cost 900g or so with a Lesser Soul that can go into a 200g Lesser Soul Gem is ultimately a waste because it doesn't give you a better quality enchant.
It is harder to sneak around in heavy armor, but if you invest heavily in that tree you can essentially remove any penalty for doing so.
Or when you're arrow sends them flying somewhere else. Like I shot a draugur from stealth onto a fire trap where he remaind burning. It was hilarious.
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+1 for excellent reference.
So I finally did the first quest to kill a dragon (level 22, lulz) and now dragons are just everywhere. I've killed like, 5 in an hour of gameplay.
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