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[forsaken1111]

RE: Dragons

Yes, sometimes they don't attack you. They're dragons. They don't care. Maybe they had an appointment? Maybe they're just smugly superior because you can't fly.

[Dutchling]

Finally got the game. But the resolution is incredibly low, it uses less than a quarter of my screen and there is no way to change it in-game it seems. Anyone knows how to change it?

[shadenight123]

hmmm dutchling, i'll give you a hint.
the solution to that problem is pretty basically to run by launcher and have it adjust the ini files.

[Dutchling]

Well, the launcher somehow starts Steam. And that won't work as I've buccaneered the game.
I'll see if I can manually reason with the init files.

[SP2]

Try SkyrimPref.ini inside My Games/Skyrim.

[Dutchling]

Thank you, that worked.

[LoSboccacc]

so, what does that dragon soul get them all does in the end? more powerful voice?

[Sirian]

About this frost troll issue, as i said earlier, this was my hardest fight. I managed to kill it by first shooting at it with an enchanted bow, then quickly climbing a rock, and shooting a few more arrows at it as it ran away, then going back on the road with a fire spell and a sword. Instead of emptying my mana bar at it, i used the fire spell every few seconds to keep it on fire, gulped down a couple health potions when he landed a hit, and otherwise just backpedaled and swung my sword at it, with an occasionnal shout in between to interrupt his attacks. It worked pretty well. There is also a troll hunting guide in the dragonsreach's mage quarters, which says basically that fire prevents trolls from regenerating (but only as long as you keep them under the effect, i guess), and that the longer the fight, the more the troll has an advantage.

Edit : now that i think about it, the "on fire" effect probably deals enough damage that you can only run away/dodge and use short bursts of fire spell to keep him burning. Maybe.

Edit 2: oh and while i'm at it, i noticed a message about unlocking the sky voice or something like that after reading all the 10 stone tablets on my way up the mountain, any idea what it does ? i couldn't find a menu referencing that, do i only need to go further down the main quest line or is it hidden deep in the menus ?

[head]

About this frost troll issue, as i said earlier, this was my hardest fight. I managed to kill it by first shooting at it with an enchanted bow, then quickly climbing a rock, and shooting a few more arrows at it as it ran away, then going back on the road with a fire spell and a sword. Instead of emptying my mana bar at it, i used the fire spell every few seconds to keep it on fire, gulped down a couple health potions when he landed a hit, and otherwise just backpedaled and swung my sword at it, with an occasionnal shout in between to interrupt his attacks. It worked pretty well. There is also a troll hunting guide in the dragonsreach's mage quarters, which says basically that fire prevents trolls from regenerating (but only as long as you keep them under the effect, i guess), and that the longer the fight, the more the troll has an advantage.

Edit : now that i think about it, the "on fire" effect probably deals enough damage that you can only run away/dodge and use short bursts of fire spell to keep him burning. Maybe.

Edit 2: oh and while i'm at it, i noticed a message about unlocking the sky voice or something like that after reading all the 10 stone tablets on my way up the mountain, any idea what it does ? i couldn't find a menu referencing that, do i only need to go further down the main quest line or is it hidden deep in the menus ?

You need to  continue on the main quest line to get it.

[nenjin]

Just did the Frost Troll part actually.

Killed him my first time in...yet ended up reloading about 6 times to try and get a Trap Soul off. But I think I lacked the necessary gem to do it. Anyways, after having him hand me my ass several times, I just said screw it. Having a companion helped a lot.

But I really can't complain about tough enemies. I took out two giants at level 6 (and was lvl 8 by the time they were dead) one at a time, using copious amounts of poison on ranged weapons and a lot of circle-strafing/jumping around/paralyzing poison. They actually weren't that tough.....other than the dozens of reloads so none of my poisoned shots missed, and the frequent missed/sloppy dodge that resulted in me getting rocketed toward the moon.

Not a big shock though. Trolls, bears, they were the SOBs of Oblivion. That they're the top of the food chain in Norse country too isn't a big shocker. We need some videos of Dragons versus Trolls to see if dragons are really that wussy.

[Dutchling]

I encountered a guy offering me a ride in his carriage so I obviously killed him so I could ride it myself. Turns out you can't ride them so I just took a normal horse.
Than I saw some mammoths so I rode towards them and suddenly a couple of giants started to chase me! Luckily they found another target: wolves. Those wolves were sent to space (literally, wtf..) and I was saved.
Than, this dude showed up:

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Cool stuff is happening everywhere it seems.

[Domenique]

Am I the only one that finds bows inferior to melee in all means? I use bows as much as I can but I do much less damage than I would with a blade. Is it the arrows (i use ebony bow and iron arrows) or the archery is really weak in Skyrim?

[Wolf Tengu]

You're right there. Ghosts are cool!
I'm going to buy it asap. I haven't turned my 360 on in more than a year though...

Are there any more/less guilds than in oblivion?
I've only ever used a bow twice in this series.Not two playthroughs. Times.
Both were in Oblivion for Thieves guild and assasin guild quests respectively.

[The Mechanical Man]

Am I the only one that finds bows inferior to melee in all means? I use bows as much as I can but I do much less damage than I would with a blade. Is it the arrows (i use ebony bow and iron arrows) or the archery is really weak in Skyrim?

I'm not quite sure. I think most of the effectiveness from bows comes from sneak attacks. I find that with a sneak attack I can take out a bandit with half as many shots as without one.

I'm not really playing a pure archer though, and I suppose with perks you could make bows much more powerful (there seems to be a perk for each type of weapon that makes them do 20% more damage with each upgrade).

Are there any more/less guilds than in oblivion?

The term 'guild' isn't really used that much, but there is

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a Thieves Guild and a faction called The Companions (similar to the Fighter's Guild in Oblivion). There is a college of bards and a college of magic, I believe, but I don't know much about either of those. You can also join the Imperial Legion or the Stormcloaks as part of the main questline.

[Dutchling]

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The headless ghost guy leaded me to some graveyard and disappeared. I killed the skeletons (just as weak as they were in oblivion) and walked towards the chest to claim my loot. Suddenly a zombie comes out of the closet and raped me with some kind of frost spell.

Ouch.

Also, I just realized I never actually chose a birth sign or starting skills? Not that it really matters but it's quite a change.