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Alfster Posted Nov 18, 2011
Yup that's the problem with Skyrim...goodbye life, hello Wood Elf Acrobat(or similar class)!
I seem to always play a Wood Elf but then ignore all the potion making skills and just use the sneakiness of the race and go archer assassin thief.
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Nov 18, 2011
Another sneaky type!
There's only myself and (I think) one other on hootoo who have spoken of playing Elder Scrolls games who don't go sneaky archer thief.
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HonestIago Posted Nov 18, 2011
I like to be a magical tank: subtlety is not a skill I possess but setting things on fire with the power of my mind is something I can get onboard with.
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Nov 18, 2011
yep, heavy armour, decent sword (oh how I miss the dai-katanas from Daggerfall!) and some healing/lockpick magic. Run up, hit them lots, then heal.
And in Skyrim you get oe-handed feats and criticals that includes a decapitation move! Either a back-handed decap or a windmill decap. Fun when it happens!
"I like to be a magical tank"
This is a phrase which does not occur enough in the English language!
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Alfster Posted Nov 18, 2011
I've started AC - I'd like to know where the story goes and also I actually have a bit of a life at the moment hence Skyrim will have to wait a bit...I'm even a bit wary about just setting up my Skyrim character in case I get hooked and have to go cold turkey! Darn you, Bethesda!
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sprout Posted Nov 18, 2011
I'm another blast em with fire and then thwack at the smouldering bits.
Battlemage, Breton - oblivion and Morrowind only - not sure my computer will deal with Skyrim...
sprout
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Vip Posted Nov 19, 2011
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/CYRI/download.aspx?name=The-Elder-Scrolls-V:-Skyrim&id=11231
The link above doesn't appear to have put any malware on my computer but use your own judgement etc. etc. It does work for other games as well, by the way.
I like this one because not only does it tell you if you pass/fail but which components pass/fail so you know which one to upgrade.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Nov 19, 2011
>>I'm even a bit wary about just setting up my Skyrim character in case I get hooked and have to go cold turkey!<<
My skyrim sessions keep on being interrupted by having to leave my flat to go to work.
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Otto Fisch ("Stop analysing Strava.... and cut your hedge") Posted Nov 19, 2011
I always seem to be several games behind the cool kids... I'm currently playing Fallout 3. It took me a while to get into, as it seemed like a bit of a step backwards after Dragon Age/Mass Effect 2, but it's growing on me. I haven't got into much of the plot yet, but the way there seems to be a story behind each of the locations is pretty cool.
Dunno if it's just me, but I'm finding I can only play Fallout in fairly small doses. There's something deeply melancholy about walking around the spectacularly-rendered post-apocalyptic world where everything is just.... ruined. Probably something to do with the music on the in-game radio stations as well....
I think Fallout 3 will keep me busy for a while, but I'd like to try Skyrim, having played a little bit of Morrowind years ago (with a computer not really powerful enough to run it). But Mass Effect 3 looks like it's going to be spectacular....
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Mistadrong, (Count vonCount.)the last Gog standing Posted Nov 19, 2011
"I'd liken it more to something like the Mass Effect type games."
Good point and I would agree with that. I think the reason I'm a
little bit negative about Skyrim is that I had not long finished Dragon
Age 2.
Assassin's Creed is turning out to be ok but still has a few bugs
and things that frustrate at times.
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Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Posted Nov 19, 2011
I am moving hoose in a couple of weeks and thus have had to not play Skyrim for fear of being physically dragged out of current digs by landlord having "forgotten" to move due to playing Skyrim.
I mean seriously do Bethesda infuse the code with Crystal Meth or something?
FB
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Nov 19, 2011
Skyrim may well have ruined computer games for me. I cannot see how any game I play in the future could be even a fraction as awesome.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Nov 19, 2011
NO! Off to go fight giant spiders in the catacombs of the drwarfen dungeons...
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Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Posted Nov 19, 2011
I bought a new PC in anticipation of Skyrim, then a bloody house move got in the way. Grrr...
FB
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Nov 20, 2011
there's a lot of bilge spoken over skyrim specs. I'm playing in high quality mode 1920x1080 HD under win XP 32bit with 2GB of ram, a Q6600 dual core processor and an old Geforce 8800. Yes, it lags a bit catching up on new area loads, but combat and general wandering about is fine. Plenty playable.
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Nov 20, 2011
Yeah, my PC which for a lot of bits only just goes over the minimum spec is happy running on High quality too... I've reduced some of the detail levels to improve performance but yeah, despite what a lot of hardware snobs are saying you don't need top of the range gear to play it.
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- 686: Alfster (Nov 18, 2011)
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- 690: Otto Fisch ("Stop analysing Strava.... and cut your hedge") (Nov 19, 2011)
- 691: Mistadrong, (Count vonCount.)the last Gog standing (Nov 19, 2011)
- 692: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Nov 19, 2011)
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- 695: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Nov 19, 2011)
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- 698: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Nov 19, 2011)
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