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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9705 on: December 30, 2013, 10:54:03 am »

Question for you vets who have played "evil" characters, how did you find it? I am thinking of replaying through as an evil vampire/warrior-mage dark brotherhood member and all-round wicked fellow in the future, right about when I get a better computer so I can enjoy the actual graphics also.
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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9706 on: December 30, 2013, 10:55:47 am »

Since I have not been playing Skyrim since early September.. I am wondering if anyone knows, of any newly released mods out there which I might not yet know of.
"Newly" as in "since early September"? ~2000. Of varying quality, of course. Just look in the latest files on the Nexus.
Ah, I forgot to include 'Interesting' in there somewhere.
As in, any interesting mods which might make the game.. live longer or so.
Or maybe even a mod which adds stuff to the leveled lists.
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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9707 on: December 30, 2013, 01:16:03 pm »

Question for you vets who have played "evil" characters, how did you find it? I am thinking of replaying through as an evil vampire/warrior-mage dark brotherhood member and all-round wicked fellow in the future, right about when I get a better computer so I can enjoy the actual graphics also.
You can't actually do anything inherently evil in this game.

You can do a lot of sadistic or sociopathic things, but being evil is outside its scope.

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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9708 on: December 30, 2013, 01:21:50 pm »

Question for you vets who have played "evil" characters, how did you find it? I am thinking of replaying through as an evil vampire/warrior-mage dark brotherhood member and all-round wicked fellow in the future, right about when I get a better computer so I can enjoy the actual graphics also.
You can't actually do anything inherently evil in this game.

You can do a lot of sadistic or sociopathic things, but being evil is outside its scope.
Killing a child's parents and/or dog while he/she watches?
That's pretty evil in my opinion.
« Last Edit: December 30, 2013, 01:39:26 pm by Ultimuh »
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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9709 on: December 30, 2013, 01:36:27 pm »

Question for you vets who have played "evil" characters, how did you find it? I am thinking of replaying through as an evil vampire/warrior-mage dark brotherhood member and all-round wicked fellow in the future, right about when I get a better computer so I can enjoy the actual graphics also.
You can't actually do anything inherently evil in this game.

You can do a lot of sadistic or sociopathic things, but being evil is outside its scope.
... How, exactly, do you define evil?
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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9710 on: December 30, 2013, 04:12:37 pm »

Personal gain is an important part of evil, usually, and this game don't have none of that in its evil. Kinda like Fallout 3. Why do you poison the entire capital wasteland? Because you're EEEEEEVIIIIIIIILLLLLLL.

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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9711 on: December 30, 2013, 04:15:29 pm »

You sure? When I kill children I get soul in my black soul gems which I use to make better enchantments to kill more children.
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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9712 on: December 30, 2013, 04:37:22 pm »

I just adopted that beggar girl in Whiterun.
I feel so goood...

That's going to last precisely until you have adopted two kids and have run into a third, at which point you realize the game arbitrarily doesn't allow you to adopt any more, so this one's going to have to keep sleeping in the street.
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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9713 on: December 30, 2013, 04:41:08 pm »

Personal gain is an important part of evil, usually, and this game don't have none of that in its evil. Kinda like Fallout 3. Why do you poison the entire capital wasteland? Because you're EEEEEEVIIIIIIIILLLLLLL.
Eh, Saturday-morning cartoon evil is still evil, albeit not of a particularly interesting variety.  It's pointless and flat, but still rather evil. 
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Actually, if I ever did an evil run in a Bethesda game, I would probably have to mod in a Snidely Whiplash outfit and mustache. 
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« Reply #9714 on: December 30, 2013, 04:54:12 pm »

It's part of the DLC and will happen on a percentage basis each time you kill a dragon until certain events are taken care of.

Well, it's supposed to. I've killed ~10 dragons so far with all DLC enabled and not once have I had a soul get stolen from me. Then again, I had a "recommended" script improvement mod installed that seems to have screwed up several scripts (and rendered the drunken romp quest unfinishable until I disabled it). It could just be that I haven't killed a dragon since disabling it.
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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9715 on: December 30, 2013, 05:21:39 pm »

Miraak's a dick.

But the reward for killing him is so worth it.

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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9716 on: December 30, 2013, 05:35:34 pm »

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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9717 on: December 30, 2013, 05:52:09 pm »

On evil:

Are we talking lawful, chaotic or neutral?
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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9718 on: December 30, 2013, 06:10:23 pm »

DB is pretty evil, no matter what pretentious goals they may claim ("a society of like-minded people" is not a justification for murder-for-hire, or anything really). Going around taking people out for infamy and glory could count as personal gain, though. And Astrid certainly wants power.

There's plenty of selfish options you can take at the cost of other people, too. Black Soul gems are, to put it lightly, fairly questionable as well.
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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
« Reply #9719 on: December 30, 2013, 06:15:46 pm »

Speaking of black soul gems..
Enchanting requires a soul, right?
If so, would the weapons/armor which has been enchanted, be alive somehow?
Imagine running around with a sword, which talks to you.
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