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[Mephisto]

Damn, Whiterun takes petty theft seriously. I accidentally stole a plate while trying to sit down. That's a 1 gold fine. So the guards begin streaming in, trying to cut me down. Apparently guards are only willing to speak to you if you have weapons out. They wouldn't stop attacking until I brought out my swords and then put them away.

[SquidgyB]

I just played the first 30 minutes of this.

All other games before and after are now a disappointment.

Wait till the Bugs, crashes and crappy quests kill you down.

Really, the only "Generated" quests I've enjoyed so far are the thief runs, and that's because there's not much you can improve or not improve on them.. sneak in, grab, leave.

Even then - I keep having a nagging feeling that I want to play the Theif series again each time I do a sneaky mission in Skyrim.

[nenjin]

I think the Thieves Guild quest line is actually pretty decent. There's a whole lot more to it than just the guild, or at least there's a lot related to the questline and it's had me to go pretty much every corner of Skyrim. The main thrust of the questline is kind of a cliche, but meh, most RPG storylines are in some way. I think when it comes to quests, Beth has gotten a little too obsessed with plot delivery, so all the beginning quests to get you situated are kind of shunted to the side quickly to get you into the story.

I remember when I first encountered the Companions, my thoughts were: "They just killed what? Yeah, fuck that, it's clearly not the "go kill skeever rats to prove you're a fighter" fighter's guild." I was surprised they threw something like that in your face so quickly.

It sucks the Mage's Guild questline is lame. It should be the easiest quest series to make cool.

And re: Generated Quests. Once again, Bethesda took something good and under-delivered on it. These quests could not be more basic and ultimately forgettable. It's like, congrats Bethesda, you learned how to script a fetch quest on the fly. It's the Radiant AI pitch, all over again.

[Greiger]

Just went on a killing spree in whiterun.  More NPCs were non-essential that I thought, but the few that were still kinda killed the fun of it.

Still killing one guy in particular felt goooooood.

Spoiler: Do you get to the cloud district often?  What am I saying, of course you don't. (click to show/hide)

[nenjin]

Epic pic is epic.

[Glowcat]

Still killing one guy in particular felt goooooood.

Spoiler: Do you get to the cloud district often?  What am I saying, of course you don't. (click to show/hide)

That must've been extremely satisfying. Oddly, NPCs seem almost eager to piss off the Thane/Dragonborn/Badass Hero. No respect I tell ya, no respect.

[Nilocy]

Apparently shooting a chicken is punishable by death in a village.

[umiman]

Just went on a killing spree in whiterun.  More NPCs were non-essential that I thought, but the few that were still kinda killed the fun of it.

Still killing one guy in particular felt goooooood.

Spoiler: Do you get to the cloud district often?  What am I saying, of course you don't. (click to show/hide)

Too epic! That guy had it coming!

[Flying Carcass]

Markarth is an interesting city... blood and silver indeed! The first time I stepped foot in the city, I marveled at how beautiful the city was with its unique architecture and pristine flowing water, certainly this city would be worth saving from dragons' fire! Now that I've done many quests in and around the city, I know better and wish to purge it for justice!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Granted, my character is in no position to judge others, what with being a werewolf, cannibal, daedra consorter, horse thief, and serial lollygagger.

[MorleyDev]

He actually is a god, since you meet his aspects in a few of the games (He gives you a "Lucky Coin" in Morrowind, and is hinted to be The Prophet in Oblivion Knights of the Nine). Talos became a divine by "walking like a god" in the backstory. It's one of the recurring themes of The Elder Scrolls: "Walk like them until they walk like you". It doesn't matter if you are a truly chosen by destiny, a god, a hero: If you act as one, you shall be remember as one and hence always have been one.

Of course in TES it's more metaphysical, basically being a hardcoded aspect of the design of the universe of the games, where if you walk the path of a god you actually do become one. Basically Talos managed to become a root user for the world  xD

[Kivish Zokun]

Gar I have 7 of the dragon cult mask, I've been looking for ages and cant find the 8th . Some of their enchancements are pretty damn good though.

Also how does one actually join the Dark Brotherhood? It's been 2 days since I butchered the entire town of Rorikstead but no letter yet?

[Glowcat]

Also how does one actually join the Dark Brotherhood? It's been 2 days since I butchered the entire town of Rorikstead but no letter yet?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I received my offer after I helped the boy in Windhelm who was attempting to perform the Black Sacrament eliminate a very mean person.

[Shadowlord]

Markarth is an interesting city... blood and silver indeed! The first time I stepped foot in the city, I marveled at how beautiful the city was with its unique architecture and pristine flowing water, certainly this city would be worth saving from dragons' fire! Now that I've done many quests in and around the city, I know better and wish to purge it for justice!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Granted, my character is in no position to judge others, what with being a werewolf, cannibal, daedra consorter, horse thief, and serial lollygagger.

I've done one quest in that city. As a result,

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm effectively kill-on-sight in the entire territory around it, and had to fight my way out of the city through legions of guards and mages. I held my own against 3-to-1 to 6-to-1 odds in melee (and spellcasters) while carrying out a running battle through the city streets, cut down several guards, and was eventually able to break out, but there was a price... My ever faithful companion Uthgerd the Unbroken was struck down either by the enemy mages, or by my own ice form shout, when I used it on a group of about 10 enemy guards and mages. She wasn't visible, but I found her body at the very end of where the group had been (a minute or two later when I was retreating back that way). If she had been kneeling behind them, and if it CAN do damage, then... Either way, it was the city guards' betrayal of us and attempt to murder us that led to her death. Of course we could have surrendered and been sent to rot in a very secure mine/prison, but... Yeah. I don't think so.)

Side note: Horses are worthlessly slow. I stole a horse on my way out and attempted to ride away at high speed... Instead it trotted away at medium speed and occasionally sped up to "I could give you maybe 120% for about 5 seconds." I got away, but probably could've gone faster by running normally and using whirlwind shout repeatedly.

[SP2]

Spoiler: Direct entry to the DB (click to show/hide)

In Windhelm there is a kid who is performing the dark ritual. When entering through the main gates, turn right and follow the path upwards and you'll see a bridge-like house over the path, that's the kid's house. You'll know you've got the right one when you enter.

EDIT: Wow, slow internet for me today. Oh well.

[Flying Carcass]

Markarth is an interesting city... blood and silver indeed! The first time I stepped foot in the city, I marveled at how beautiful the city was with its unique architecture and pristine flowing water, certainly this city would be worth saving from dragons' fire! Now that I've done many quests in and around the city, I know better and wish to purge it for justice!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Granted, my character is in no position to judge others, what with being a werewolf, cannibal, daedra consorter, horse thief, and serial lollygagger.

I've done one quest in that city. As a result,

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm effectively kill-on-sight in the entire territory around it, and had to fight my way out of the city through legions of guards and mages. I held my own against 3-to-1 to 6-to-1 odds in melee (and spellcasters) while carrying out a running battle through the city streets, cut down several guards, and was eventually able to break out, but there was a price... My ever faithful companion Uthgerd the Unbroken was struck down either by the enemy mages, or by my own ice form shout, when I used it on a group of about 10 enemy guards and mages. She wasn't visible, but I found her body at the very end of where the group had been (a minute or two later when I was retreating back that way). If she had been kneeling behind them, and if it CAN do damage, then... Either way, it was the city guards' betrayal of us and attempt to murder us that led to her death. Of course we could have surrendered and been sent to rot in a very secure mine/prison, but... Yeah. I don't think so.)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 Yeah, with that particular quest the game really wants to force you into the jail (where the quest continues). I also resisted arrest and hid in the hall of the dead until the heat wore off and then tried to break into the jail without being arrested. Unfortunately there is a door that doesn't open for anything, preventing one from just breaking in. Eventually I let myself get arrested to continue the quest.