Skyrim Noob (spoilers)

[Kagatob]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

so as far as grinding .. level goes up indefinitely, as long as there is a skill to raise, and the 1.9 patch makes skills resettable, so that you can regrind a skill to get more levels?

Don't know about specific patches, haven't touched the game in a year, but the well known method to break the 'soft' level cap was to go to prison, you lower skills without losing lvl/perks.

[Hasbinbad]

also i just heard taking an arrow to the knee is a euphemism for marriage .. lol

[Kagatob]

That's the rumor yes. I've yet to hear the game designers confirm such though. They could of known the phrase but not understood it's deeper meaning and stuck it there to be literal. In the end it changes nothing though.

[Swish]

Also bought the Legendary Edition for PS3 last week. Was great to pick back up, though I have to admit I haven't looked at any expansion content as of yet.

Hit level 64 last night, my lizard stealthy thief/archer has got to the point where he's maxed everything that's useful so I'm having to run around shooting shitty low level fireballs and throwing light beacons everywhere to do the magic skills [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Great game though, pisses all over Fallout: New Vegas.

[Hasbinbad]

Yeah? I have been thinking about picking up fallout as well, but you're the third or fourth person i've heard say skyrim ruins it.

[Ahldagor]

how many dragon masks do you have?

[MrSparkle001]

Level alchemy and enchanting and you can do crazy things like this:

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Not that that makes the game any more fun. Completely breaks the game.

And level conjuring so you can have bandit chief and bandit marauder permanent zombies to do your bidding, plus Aranea as a kickass mage follower if you don't go the pussy route and get the black Azura's Star.

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I haven't played Skyrim over a year now.

(holy shit those screenshots are huge. I forgot)

[Sirken]

Saguine Rose is awesome, but beware, after all its petals fall off, it dies. (every time u recharge this, it loses a bit of its max recharge. after many recharges it will be useless.


also,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpRu4...layer_embedded

and http://www.gamefront.com/skyrim-best-weapons/

[Ahldagor]

WABBAJACK!

[Decad]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes. That is the point of the OP.

Can you please be a bit more specific? :P

Are the "dragon masks" the high stat headgear that drops from these liches that like to unexpectedly pop up? I haven't seen any lore on them yet.

Yes.

There are 8 in original Skyrim and 4 in expansion.

They are all ridiculously powerful. All are magical monsters and are ridiculously vulnerable to close range melee combat. Most (not all) of them can be killed abusing sneak attacks.

As for your original post, you can either have the Azure Star or the Black Star.

You will lose the skeleton key if you decide to be the leader of the thieves guild..you can of course ignore the quest and continue holding onto the key but opening locks is easy enough with or without the skeleton key =P.

One of the daedric quests rewards you with a powerful helmet or powerful axe as well as a follower that will never die. You can simply hide in some corner and go AFK and that follower will plough through dragons for you. To obtain the former requires you to complete the quest while the latter no.

To power up the ebony blade requires you to kill people you know. The easiest way to do this is to obtain the blade prior to doing any Imperial or Stormcloak quests as well as the thieves guild quests. This way you are essentially killing people "you know" even though they are your enemies. Another really cheap way to do so is to finish miscellaneous quests and then kill the NPCs there or be friendly with innkeepers at some wilderness prior to sending them to paradise. =P

It is advisable in Skyrim to be at least the Archmage as well as the leader of the Dark Brotherhood as both NPCs sells a rather good deal of items.

If you are a melee character that enjoys using 2 handed weapons you will want to finish the Companions quest line as the axe obtained does disgusting damage to Falmer monsters even if you do not improve/refine it.

Some dragonshouts are abuse-able, especially if you dont mind not having treasure. It helps a GREAT deal =P

If you are playing the Dawnguard expansion as well you MUST have Auriel Bow as well as Zephyr, the 2 bows turns any wimp into a ranged killing machine

If you are a light armor wearer, Ancient Shrouded Armor is the best light armor hands down in the game unless u dont like to be sneaky. But then again, if you are not sneaky you wont be wearing light armor.

If you are a vampire, you will want a homebound spouse who will sleep at your home or her home that you can access freely. Absolutely nothing wrong in feeding on your spouse blood =P

If you are a normal married person, choose a follower that can fight to marry. You can sleep with him/her anywhere and get the lover buff which helps a great deal with skills.

That is all for now. Cheers