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Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

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Bucky Katt;2036942; said:
PCs are more expensive....although maybe it would run on my work computer?

Oh, that's a very, very bad idea.
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What are the specs on your work PC? I've got a Intel Core 2 duo, 4gb of ram and a Nvidia 8800 GTS video card and the game runs great on lowest setting. I haven't had the crashing problems that I had with Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Loving this game so far. I should have waited until christmas break to begin playing, I've got far to many projects for school to be doing. Now I only want to play this.
 
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My home comp is a Q6600, 4Gb RAM (32-bit, so only 3Gb usable), and a 1Gb 4650. Runs fine at low settings (1680x1050) with some draw-distance details bumped up a little to mitigate pop-in.

My work comp is an i5-760, 16Gb RAM (64-bit Win 7), and also a 1Gb 4650. Runs fine with all details on high (also 1680x1050).
 
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scooter1369;2037083; said:
Is the leveling system in the game like Oblivion? Where its better to never level up?
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No. I've never played Fallout, but I hear it's similar to that game in that some enemies are leveled and some are not. I don't think that not leveling is a good idea, since there are some enemies and some parts of the map that will quickly destroy low-level characters.

I like how they've done the process of leveling up. You don't have to find a bed, but you also don't have to level up instantly either. It's nice to be able to hold off on leveling up until you need your health replenished in the middle of a tough battle.

BTW, fire mages absolutely kick my Nord ass. I just had to clear out a cave full of 'em, where the floors were covered in accelerant. I died and started over so many times that it was like Groundhog Day, if Bill Murray had spent 90% of that movie engulfed in fiery napalm death.
 
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CentralMOBuck;2036990; said:
What are the specs on your work PC? I've got a Intel Core 2 duo, 4gb of ram and a Nvidia 8800 GTS video card and the game runs great on lowest setting. I haven't had the crashing problems that I had with Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Loving this game so far. I should have waited until christmas break to begin playing, I've got far to many projects for school to be doing. Now I only want to play this.
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My concern isn't so much whether the computer would be able to handle it as much as that I'd never, ever get anything done.....as opposed to now when I occasionally get something done.
 
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still looking for a place to stash my dragon scale and dragon bone till I get a house. My housecarl is dead and the place I have it (mages quarters in winterhold) apparently isn't a safe place. Anyone else have any ideas? Also any legit ways to quickly raise 4k in gold to buy a house?
 
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place I have it (mages quarters in winterhold) apparently isn't a safe place.

Oh crap. Hopefully my shit is still there. I just bought the house last night.

I've been using alchemy as a way to raise some money on the side.
 
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3074326;2036911; said:
I haven't been able to play for a couple days. If dealing with cocaine addiction is anything like this, I understand why it's so hard to stop. :lol:

I finished the mage questline. Pretty short to be honest, but I enjoyed it. Can't wait to start the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild stuff.
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I am pretty deep into the Thieves Guild quest line and some of them are VERY difficult. The first one of the line just to get into the line took me over an hour. You had better be very good at lockpicking by the time you start. After that quest, the rest have been fairly entertaining and straight forward.
 
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OneBuckeye;2037653; said:
still looking for a place to stash my dragon scale and dragon bone till I get a house. My housecarl is dead and the place I have it (mages quarters in winterhold) apparently isn't a safe place. Anyone else have any ideas? Also any legit ways to quickly raise 4k in gold to buy a house?
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I've just been piling stuff up by the bookshelves in the Jarl's place in Dragonreach/Whiterun. I figured Lydia would guard it since I left her there too, and nobody is going to touch the Thane's stuff.
 
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OneBuckeye;2037653; said:
still looking for a place to stash my dragon scale and dragon bone till I get a house. My housecarl is dead and the place I have it (mages quarters in winterhold) apparently isn't a safe place. Anyone else have any ideas? Also any legit ways to quickly raise 4k in gold to buy a house?
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Owned containers aren't a good idea since their contents respawn periodically, and anything you place there could disappear.

Dryden;2037728; said:
I've just been piling stuff up by the bookshelves in the Jarl's place in Dragonreach/Whiterun. I figured Lydia would guard it since I left her there too, and nobody is going to touch the Thane's stuff.
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I read somewhere that NPCs will pick up items that you drop sometimes. I think that was in a preview, a long time ago. I guess if you're gonna drop stuff somewhere, that spot might be as safe as any.

All of this is why I made buying a house one of my first priorities.

I took advantage of the fact that you can actually still walk, just not run, when overencumbered. I'll clear out an entire dungeon before looting any of it, then load up on everything I can find with a value-weight ratio of 10:1 or higher, then spend the extra time to walk back to town. If you do that and switch to third-person mode, it doesn't look like you're going as slow and you can take the time to enjoy the view. After doing this a couple times I was able to buy a house in Whiterun, and now that I'm over 10,000 gold I don't have to do that kind of thing as much.

Also, mining is a good way to make some money, especially if you've picked up the transmute spell. You need a heavy pickaxe to extract ore, but I've been able to find one lying around in every mine I've been in so far. I was able to mine iron ore, transmute it to silver ore, then gold ore, smelt it, then smith it into jewelery. One gold ingot will make two gold rings for you to sell.
 
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jlb1705;2037790; said:
I took advantage of the fact that you can actually still walk, just not run, when overencumbered. I'll clear out an entire dungeon before looting any of it, then load up on everything I can find with a value-weight ratio of 10:1 or higher, then spend the extra time to walk back to town.
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I load up on good-ratio stuff to my max carry then fast travel to sell it and fast travel back to stock up another 300 lbs worth.
 
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