Gorvar
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No goverment plus econocmic depression= Profit? Silly Belgium!
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Post by Gorvar on Nov 26, 2011 20:19:23 GMT -5
I just finished beating the snot out of Alduin (for the 2nd time) and saved Tamriel, Skyrim and all the other good places. Damn do i feel epic.
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Post by Feral Female on Nov 27, 2011 5:15:17 GMT -5
Way to go Gor and Dark! Skyrim is littered with skeletal dragon remains!
What I got accomplished last night was killing an ice wraith as a test of worthiness to join the rebellion, taking my oath to Ulfric and going on a mission with the Stormcloak`s to get the Jagged Crown. My Jarl now has it and next I have to run a mission for him. Then I may slip back to the Companions and do some stuff with them so I can get closer to werewolf status. I too have a dragon bounty to fulfill, thanks for reminding me of that, Dark!
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Post by darktruth on Nov 27, 2011 8:06:43 GMT -5
I absolutely hate ice wraiths, they're right up there with frost trolls as my most hated enemies (trolls are even worse in narrow tunnels, no room to manoeuvre).
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Post by Feral Female on Nov 27, 2011 8:11:43 GMT -5
Ugh, frost trolls! I run from then if I can. Lydia seems to be infatuated with the darned things and will charge in while I`m running backwards screaming at her to 'Come on you dolt!'
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Post by darktruth on Nov 27, 2011 8:58:54 GMT -5
Hahah, yeah I haven't taken Lydia with me as much with my newer characters. With my mage I'm too worried about her getting in the way of spells, and my stealth-ranger she tends to attack enemies I don't want to fight yet.
Once again had to protect Marthal from a dragon attack (I assume it's random since nobody mentions it at all). Fortunately this time nobody was killed since it was four in the morning and the only people out were guards.
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Gorvar
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No goverment plus econocmic depression= Profit? Silly Belgium!
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Post by Gorvar on Nov 27, 2011 10:35:14 GMT -5
Riverwood, Whiterun and Winterhold are also big examples from my playthrough's and others.
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Post by ravenswald on Nov 27, 2011 15:50:15 GMT -5
I* sometimes wonder whether companions are really that useful. They charge in when you want to be stealthy, shoot you in the back when you charge in and they hang back and just get in the way. Fallout was the same. And you feel really bad when they get themselves killed!
By the sounds of it you are all doing very well. I take it the ice wraths are like the Tomb liches of Oblivion? Also very nasty.
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Gorvar
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No goverment plus econocmic depression= Profit? Silly Belgium!
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Post by Gorvar on Nov 27, 2011 16:29:03 GMT -5
Bathesda has a history of buggy npc's.
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Post by Feral Female on Nov 27, 2011 17:22:46 GMT -5
They are buggy NPC`s, no doubt! I do feel terrible when I leave Lydia behind or she dies, but 99% of the time its her own doing. When I`m all hunkered down, that means you should be hunkered down too, Lydia. *Rolls eyes*
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Post by darktruth on Nov 27, 2011 19:18:49 GMT -5
I've actually found Lydia quite useful for stealth sometimes. When the enemy is real close to spotting me, they spot her and it distracts them completely. Then I shoot them in the back.
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Post by Feral Female on Nov 28, 2011 6:24:30 GMT -5
I can see where she`d be useful for that. I`ve now joined the Companions and will take them along I think. They`re much faster and stronger fighters. And when cornered, as Farkas was last night, they can pull out a HUGE can of whoop-ass! I may do some of thier quests and leave the main political storyline for awhile. My Jarl can just sit and simmer until I take his axe back to him.
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Post by ravenswald on Nov 28, 2011 6:43:25 GMT -5
DT - letting a woman be bait for you! Tsk, tsk. Still from reading the wiki it seems Lydia is too dumb to do anything else but charge. Annoying as she is supposed to be protecting you. Sounds like the dog from Fallout. Nice pooch but he was alwsy charging in when I just wanted to satnd bak and gun down aeverything with my trusty gatling laser. Still that dog was a tough one. I never actually lost old Dogmeat though every adventure. Loved that dog. Actually how is the romance going. That was always something of a disappointment in the Fallouts. The hero never got the girl (come to the think of it there wasn't a girl to get in Oblivion!)
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Post by darktruth on Nov 28, 2011 7:50:23 GMT -5
She's actually surprisingly restrained in my games, not charging off until the enemy is basically about to spot us anyway. Besides, she can defend herself. Actually the only times I can recall her being killed was during boss battles when I'd accidentally hit her with my arrows, which would be followed swiftly by the boss tearing me limb-from-limb.
I remember hoping there could be a possible romance with Amata in Fallout 3, and being very dissapointed that after we met again and I helped her fix everything she locked me out forever. I can see romance and marriage working with some characters in Skyrim, and not with others. Some the dialogue works, especially in context of what quest you did for them, and it feels like an actual romance. Others it just plain doesn't, for instance Temba Wide-Arms who wanted me to kill bears.
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Post by Feral Female on Nov 28, 2011 8:14:56 GMT -5
I think Dark has the right of it with the marriage aspect of Skyrim. I`ve set my cap for one of my fellow Companions and that should work well. From what I`ve seen of my daughter`s recent journey into marriage it`s pretty much like having a room-mate. Now there may be more and I just wasn`t there to witness it, but from what I`ve seen of her marriage the relationships aren`t anywhere near what Bioware gave us in Dragon Age Origins or Mass Effect 2. That is one thing you can`t take away from Bioware, they know how to give us adult, steamy relationships. If there is bedplay, I haven`t seen it.
Anyone else who is married, can you give us any more on the subject?
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Post by ravenswald on Nov 28, 2011 16:58:44 GMT -5
For me it was Sarah Lyons in Fallout 3. I was rather put out when my "child hood sweetheart" Amata locked me out of the vault even after I saved her bastard of a father. In Oblivion there really was no one who you could say you would romance and in Fallout Las Vegas I grew fond of both Rose and Veronica but the whole point of these post-apocolyptic games is that your the Lone - unkown man with no name doomed not to have any permanent ties or relationships.
I'll be curious to see how this whole relationship works out in Skyrim. Actually I rather like what I've read about Lydia but I understand she's the one npc you can't actually have a relationship! Ah me another unattainable romance.
Ah you are a Romantic at heart My Lady.
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