Wow the iron dagger / leather bracer smithing got my smithing up to 80 and my level up to 30 in no time. I can't believe how much you can improve weapons. I'm dual-wielding ebony daggers each with a base damage of 37*, and that's not even legendary. The sneak attack multiplier uses only the base damage in its equation, so this is very important. I haven't had an enemy survive a dual power sneak attack yet.
Add some enchantments and poison to that (or even a pair of gloves that doubles your sneak attack damage again) and you're an instrument of death.
I've gotta say, stealth gameplay in Skyrim is hugely satisfying.
*I think. I'll confirm later.
Oh and to add to smithing power leveling, not sure if these bonuses stack but if they do it's +30% to the leveling rate.
Take the Lover's Stone bonus for +15% learning rate to all skills (located not very far east and a bit north from Markath, NW of a mine that's on the road directly east).
And do a quest for a female Argonian from the Riften docks. She will send you to a nearby dwemer ruin to clear and you will gain a +15% smithing learning rate too. Unfortunately I didn't do this quest until after I hit 100 smithing lol.
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Oh and to add to smithing power leveling, not sure if these bonuses stack but if they do it's +30% to the leveling rate.
Take the Lover's Stone bonus for +15% learning rate to all skills (located not very far east and a bit north from Markath, NW of a mine that's on the road directly east).
And do a quest for a female Argonian from the Riften docks. She will send you to a nearby dwemer ruin to clear and you will gain a +15% smithing learning rate too. Unfortunately I didn't do this quest until after I hit 100 smithing lol.
Nice! Found the lover's stone but didn't know about the quest in Riften.
The launcher comes up, I click play, then it asks me if I want this program to make changes to my computer, I click yes, then it just brings up the launcher again. A vicious cycle gaining no ground.
Trying to wrap my head around the levelling system.
So if you level up with Smithing/Pickpocket (or any other non-combat skill) does it hurt you in the long run combat wise like it would in Oblivion? Seems like it should, or do the perks, if applied properly, have a large enough effect that it really doesn't matter?
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Why would I buy the inferior version of the game when I can play it years down the road and have it modded to perfection with loads of free graphic updates, quests, bug fixes, total conversions, etc.?
Derp.
I don't quite get that mentality with this game... MMO's, maybe, but you're actually going to spend YEARS playing a single player RPG?
I'll be playing something else years down the road, and won't care that you have a shinier version of Skyrim. Yay?
The launcher comes up, I click play, then it asks me if I want this program to make changes to my computer, I click yes, then it just brings up the launcher again. A vicious cycle gaining no ground.
I personally rarely replay games, but I can see why they would with this one.. many different builds to try, many different quests to complete, jack up the difficulty, etc.
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Trying to wrap my head around the levelling system.
So if you level up with Smithing/Pickpocket (or any other non-combat skill) does it hurt you in the long run combat wise like it would in Oblivion? Seems like it should, or do the perks, if applied properly, have a large enough effect that it really doesn't matter?
Perks won't be able to be applied to combat skills unless you level up those combat skills too. Each level of perks requires a certain proficiency in that category (20, 30, 40, 60, etc. skill level). It would hurt you if you leveled up non-combat skills only AND took the level ups. As you would be level 15-20 with 20 skill in archery/one-hand/whatever.
In Skyrim you can skill up seemingly indefinitely before deciding to level up, so if you feel weak, it is better to skill up some combat skills before taking the next level.
Though it is not very fun to just level up through non-combat skills anyways so you probably won't do this. Just skill them up when you bring your loot back to town in between dungeons/quests and you will stay balanced and not have to stress about being weak.
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Though it is not very fun to just level up through non-combat skills anyways so you probably won't do this. Just level them up when you bring your loot back to town in between dungeons/quests and you will stay balanced and not have to stress about being weak.
If I level up in a dungeon I'll usually save it until the boss fight. Leveling up will restore your health, magicka and stamina to full, so you can save it for an opportune time if the boss is tough.
i wont spoil anything about it (and if you just read the few few sentences on that page you can figure out how to start it) but by finishing it you'll end up with 4 hearts
The launcher comes up, I click play, then it asks me if I want this program to make changes to my computer, I click yes, then it just brings up the launcher again. A vicious cycle gaining no ground.
Does anybody have a solution?
This is what worked for me, quoted from the Skyrim support page.
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If you're having trouble running Skyrim after today's small Steam patch, please try the following:
1. Right click on the game in the Steam library and select Properties
2. Navigate to the "Local Files" tab
3. Click "Verify integrity of game cache"
Also note that verifying your game cache will reset your SkyrimPrefs.ini file. If you are manually editing settings in that file, create a backup prior to verifying the cache.
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Oh man, I just got this game on the weekend and what a mistake. I fear my very soul may be consumed by it. I am in utter amazement at the level of detail in this game. It blows me away, the work that Bethesda put into this title. I mean writing full books? That's insane! Collecting ingredients to make supper? Nuts!
I must say I have tried to get into the RPG thang before, but I always lost interest. I played Fallout: New Vegas for about an hour before I got bored. This game though, seems to have pinpointed exactly what I want from an RPG. It seems like I put a bunch of time in but I'm only a Level 6 and haven't even sniffed a dragon yet. I guess my skills need some work, but man is this game fun.
It seems like I put a bunch of time in but I'm only a Level 6 and haven't even sniffed a dragon yet. I guess my skills need some work, but man is this game fun.
Dragons start appearing after a certain storyline event.
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I'm going to re-roll tonight. This whole thief/archer/mage thing is not the best idea I've had in a while...
That's actually how I'm playing, and I quite like it.
I snipe a few off long range, then if they're still alive I nuke the hell out of them before they get close to me... and if they do, i have an ok 1h weapon skill & light armor.
the rest of the time i spend sneaking around doing general thievery.
Which one? Maybe I totally missed the main quest of the game! I just headed to Whiterun and started doing the companions quests.
It'll be after the quest where you and a bunch of Whiterun guards investigate a watch tower that has seen a dragon...then defeat it. Once it's killed, dragons will occasionally appear as you travel (quite frequently, depending on where you go...I've seen about 4 near Whiterun so far).
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