Agreed on the d-pad thing. I wish they would have used the d-pad to let you switch between different sets of weapons/spells. I hate having to go into the menu to equip different weapons/spells in the middle of a fight when I want to change things up.
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Well, PC users thankfully can customize their favorites 1-9 so that you just hit one keystroke and bam, sword/shield/magic/potion/etc is used.
Makes it very easy to cycle through my important spells for casting
1/2/3 firebolt/icebolt/thunder bolt
4. chain lightning
5. ebonyflesh
6. frost atronoch
7. healingspell
8. healing hands for lydia
I also learned that double tapping 1 makes it go on both hands so you can hit 556 real quick and then cast ebonyflesh/summon at the same time.
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Makes it very easy to cycle through my important spells for casting
1/2/3 firebolt/icebolt/thunder bolt
4. chain lightning
5. ebonyflesh
6. frost atronoch
7. healingspell
8. healing hands for lydia
I also learned that double tapping 1 makes it go on both hands so you can hit 556 real quick and then cast ebonyflesh/summon at the same time.
[This message has been edited by Predmid (edited 12/20/2011 9:26a).]
Does a thrall count as one of the two souls you can summon for the twin souls perk?
*******it, my minion people keep perma-dying. first lydia, now uthgerd
oh and i agree wholeheartedly about the favorites thing for xbox. i'm basically limiting myself to only favoriting weapons and spells for really quick access, since i don't switch shouts that often or use potions very much, and that's making it bearable...but i think if i could customize it more i probably would use a wider variety of shouts
My companion is still stuck in the maze, by the way. I finally just told him to wait. Maybe in a few days he'll get tired of waiting and go back home.
PSA: if you go to Shalidor's Maze, DO NOT take your companion in with you. Dismiss them or make them wait outside. You dont need them, and they just end up getting stuck.
PSA: if you go to Shalidor's Maze, DO NOT take your companion in with you. Dismiss them or make them wait outside. You dont need them, and they just end up getting stuck.
Get near your companion, fast travel out.
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Also for X Box players (don't know how "favorites" works for PS3 and PC), I kind of wish they would've set up the different directions on the d-pad for different favorites. Like maybe up for equipment favorites, left for poisons/potions, right for spells, and down for shouts. Something like that. I have so many things favorited it takes forever to scroll up or down.
This. Or if they allowed me to save different set-ups like, sigh, in Call of Duty. I want my "sneaking/archery" weapons and equipment available at the tap of the d-pad. Same thing with close combat weapon/armor/equipment set-up. And even my "in-town" set-up.
That would be great.
Just started and I'm having a hard time getting into the game. Any thoughts on how I should proceed?
One step at a time.... Next thig you know, twelve hours will have passed and your eyeballs will feel like sandpaper.
Anyone dabbled in the gameplay mods yet?? I'm not interested in the graphics engines upgrades but the actual gameplay changes like the UI one or the new, not retarded, menu system.
the menu system works great when not using a mouse.
http://youtu.be/4z9TdDCWN7g
The Dragonborn comes & Main Theme. Awesome song that really captures the same feeling that the original them does. This girl has some talent.
The Dragonborn comes & Main Theme. Awesome song that really captures the same feeling that the original them does. This girl has some talent.
Fighting Dragons:
Got a question.
I am still a measly lvl. 10 Dragonborn. I came across my 3rd dragon (if you count that one at the very beginning) and he his lighting my tail on fire - seriously, he his breathing the fire on me and my character is a Khajiit.
How the heck do I kill this thing? I have a simple sword with a "spark" enchantment and a shield. Do I just wait till he lands, walk over to him and start beating the scales off him?
Would a double handed weapon work better? Equip some magic (fire or spark)? Run away?
Got a question.
I am still a measly lvl. 10 Dragonborn. I came across my 3rd dragon (if you count that one at the very beginning) and he his lighting my tail on fire - seriously, he his breathing the fire on me and my character is a Khajiit.
How the heck do I kill this thing? I have a simple sword with a "spark" enchantment and a shield. Do I just wait till he lands, walk over to him and start beating the scales off him?
Would a double handed weapon work better? Equip some magic (fire or spark)? Run away?
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wee_ag 8:44p, 12/01/11
I didn't read through the entire thread to see if this was posted... but even if it was - it bears a repost (it is epic btw):
Acoustic version of "The Dragonborn Comes"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4z9TdDCWN7g#!
did your follower die or did you just lose him?
at level 10, you're probably pretty weaksauce to take down a dragon.
I'd say you have two options if you insist on melee'ing the thing to submission:
1. lure it into a town so the guards can help
you
2. run away, run away, RUN AWAY!
3. wait until your armor/weapon skill is higher.
I'd say you have two options if you insist on melee'ing the thing to submission:
1. lure it into a town so the guards can help
you
2. run away, run away, RUN AWAY!
3. wait until your armor/weapon skill is higher.
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Get near your companion, fast travel out.
Does not work. Can't fast travel from inside the maze, and he doesn't get close enough to the door to do it from just outside the area. It's a glitch that several people have reported, so hopefully it gets fixed soon.
Thanks for the help Predmid!
Running sounds like a fine plan for my feline. He is very weaksauce right now.
Running sounds like a fine plan for my feline. He is very weaksauce right now.
i see one fix is to actually 'close' the doors so the companion is literally trapped in there. The game may teleport your companion out because it senses the companion is physically trapped and not just lost.
what system are you playing on?
Funny parody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_XMCSEYL6g
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_XMCSEYL6g
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at level 10, you're probably pretty weaksauce to take down a dragon.
I think I killed my first dragon (outside of the first story one) around level 10 or 11. just kept healing constantly while whacking with my mace and spamming the fire thu'um until it was available again. Having lydia helped, too. You just need to be overly cautious with your health and you're usually fine
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i see one fix is to actually 'close' the doors so the companion is literally trapped in there. The game may teleport your companion out because it senses the companion is physically trapped and not just lost.
That fix is for getting stuck in the maze itself. That's not the problem I'm having.
I'm talking about the door that leads to that area (the one that actually says "Shalidor's Maze"), not the maze found within that area. We're out of the maze (which isn't much of a maze anyway). The problem is that he won't leave the area with me. Go to Shalidor's Maze - alone! - and you'll see what I mean.
Anyway, it's damn frustrating.
Bah!
I meant to go there, but was distracted by a couple quests. Something about cannibals.
I meant to go there, but was distracted by a couple quests. Something about cannibals.
so question...i know for Unrelenting Force there are three words and you learn each one at a time for a progressively stronger Shout, but is that the same for all the other Shouts? i know 6 or 7 now but they're all only one word each...do they get any more powerful?
Yes, you learn the words at walls throughout Skyrim. A select few you learn all at once but the majority you learn one word at a time
the thing i like about the shouts is that it doesn't seem like any of them are really required, except fus ro dah. i've just stumbled upon just about all of them. really partial to the fire breath one right now, hoping to get more words to it soon
The Aura Whisper shout is a godsend and probably the only one I use on a regular basis. Shout that bad boy in a dungeon and I know where all my targets are and know when I can just run through a room/have to be careful. When I was finishing up the Lost Legends (I think it was), it really helped in the boss fight. Dumbass tried to summon all his butt buddies to try to kill me, but I had already methodically picked them off one by one.
hm don't have that one yet but it sounds awesome
It's basically a detect life shout; I think you get it on one of the Dark Brotherhood/Thieve's guild questlines...I think the former.
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