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[Greiger]

Since my main guy is apperantly kill on sight by everyone in the overworld because he decided to breath fire on some elf goons instead of talking to them and killing them the way you are 'supposed to', I started a new character.  Hunter type, stealth and bows, probably a little magic too, but I haven't decided on a type yet.

Stealth sniped one of the first bandits inside bleak falls burrow and their ragdoll went flying like they were hit with that one bow with the massive knockback from oblivion. 

Level 2 char.  This build could be fun.

[forsaken1111]

There are three major groups of enemies immune to Ice and the many more resistant.

And only ONE enemy immune to fire.

It isn't horrible... I just wish they didn't translate things as "It isn't alive, why would ice hurt it?" for things like ALL GHOSTS!

Hm.. well I don't worry about it now. Since switching to a 95% archer build I've been destroying everything forever. I took out 8 deadies with 8 arrows and then 2 for the boss while they were stumbling around looking for me.

Hint: I was on a ledge with no way to get to me because I closed the portcullis. Oh yes. Also they never saw me because stealth.

[Azkanan]

Whenever I try a pure-build character, it *always* winds up stealthy. I tried a warhammer-tossing merchant, and now she sneaks around in a dungeon with a warhammer. Sigh.

The stealth damage multiplier and heart-stopping sneaking around is just too priceless to give up for WAARGH gameplay.

[Dutchling]

Are those weird magical words useful to use? I have half a dozen of them but the game keeps bugging me about dragon souls if I try to use them, and the only dragon I have seen so far is the one at the start of the game.

[Rose]

I was pretty much always using a shout that gives a huge boost to attack speed, but then I enchanted my off-hand sword to steal souls (The other one was already an ice sword that paralizes)

'This weapon is already enchanted'

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Cthulhu]

Are those weird magical words useful to use? I have half a dozen of them but the game keeps bugging me about dragon souls if I try to use them, and the only dragon I have seen so far is the one at the start of the game.

Yes, they're useful.  You may as well do the main quest up to

Spoiler: Early game spoiler, not a big deal (click to show/hide)

killing Mirmulnir

Once you do that Dragons start spawning, you use dragon souls to unlock the words for shouts.  That's really early in the main quest, you can probably get to that point after an hour of play if you're quick.

[LoSboccacc]

The stealth damage multiplier and heart-stopping sneaking around is just too priceless to give up for WAARGH gameplay.

stealthing around has no direct drawbacks so it ends up to be a matter of taste instead of a character build

[cerapa]

Are those weird magical words useful to use? I have half a dozen of them but the game keeps bugging me about dragon souls if I try to use them, and the only dragon I have seen so far is the one at the start of the game.

Ironically I have more dragon souls than I have useful words of power.

Dragons are generally around mountains, but I had one suddenly show up at the city with the college when I first traveled there. If you see a dragon head marker on your compass then theres a word of power there and a dragon.

[Dutchling]

Are those weird magical words useful to use? I have half a dozen of them but the game keeps bugging me about dragon souls if I try to use them, and the only dragon I have seen so far is the one at the start of the game.

Yes, they're useful.  You may as well do the main quest up to

Spoiler: Early game spoiler, not a big deal (click to show/hide)

killing Mirmulnir

Once you do that Dragons start spawning, you use dragon souls to unlock the words for shouts.  That's really early in the main quest, you can probably get to that point after an hour of play if you're quick.

Ah thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to know.

[Johuotar]

I thought that my char sucked, but then I started to use those grand soul gems I had been hoarding and used few perks I had saved to get smithing perks.  I also happened to find items that boost smithing and enchanting (armor/potions) which I used to make ridiculously overpowered armor and weapon set. I used to play on expert with great amount of painful deaths but now I play on Master, and only dragon has given me trouble so far. Absorb health enchantments and increase attack damage enchantments are awesome. I haven't used my shouts much so far, except that one which allows to travel faster.

Azkanan, whats that armor with mask and cape?

[cerapa]

Spoiler: Early game spoiler, not a big deal (click to show/hide)

killing Mirmulnir

Once you do that Dragons start spawning, you use dragon souls to unlock the words for shouts.  That's really early in the main quest, you can probably get to that point after an hour of play if you're quick.

Ive killed a bunch of dragons way earlier than that.

I actually killed a dragon while travelling there from Riften.

[forsaken1111]

I thought that my char sucked, but then I started to use those grand soul gems I had been hoarding and used few perks I had saved to get smithing perks.  I also happened to find items that boost smithing and enchanting (armor/potions) which I used to make ridiculously overpowered armor and weapon set. I used to play on expert with great amount of painful deaths but now I play on Master, and only dragon has given me trouble so far. Absorb health enchantments and increase attack damage enchantments are awesome. I haven't used my shouts much so far, except that one which allows to travel faster.

Azkanan, whats that armor with mask and cape?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Its nightengale armor, which you get during the thieve's guild quest line. Its quite useful, though mostly for the boots which give you a constant muffle effect.

[Rose]

I love how people actually pay attention to what you wear.

like that armor, where people will react rather negatively to you.

[forsaken1111]

I love how people actually pay attention to what you wear.

like that armor, where people will react rather negatively to you.

And yet nobody reacts to you walking by in a full suit of daedric or glass armor looking like some mythical figure from an ancient legend. Its almost like they see people all the time wearing these things.

[shadenight123]

a smoother gameplay of skyrim, a guide that friggin works without even touching the ini files.

so i tinkered around SKYRIM!
and guess what.
yeah, i uncovered a little smoothing.

which is quite basic, really.

First off:
remove EVERYTHING pleasant to the windows aero interface.
really. place the tick on "performance" and remove everything.
you won't be seeing your desktop, so it won't matter to you.

secondly:
if you have microsoft security essential, there is a little something you should know:
he hates your guts.
really.
he friggin hates you to the deep.
he has a nice way of doing so, though, and that's by checking himself every program that runs on your pc, and every movement that goes on your pc.
so guess what, yeah, it slows you down.
now, you must not uninstall it, or remove internet, you must pretty simply go where there is the "exclude process" and exclude path, and exlude tesV.exe, the path of tes, and also the following path for some extra little space:
c/program data/microsoft/security essential and similar.
it won't bugger your pc, won't stop it, make it slower, and it will do something. you are aiming to make it into a 45k memory process.

then, we proceed to something better:
if somebody has microsoft upload center, uninstall it.
then deactivate the bluetooth from your pc.
that's all. the game now goes real smooth, without problem or qualms or tweaking.
and if it buggers you the desktop way, just place it back once you finish playing.

then, reduce the shadows, from medium make them go down to low, there's no difference and it's a nicer smoothing.

that's quite frankly all.