Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Chaos111]

Also I haven't totally decided about the new duel wielding system, I expect it's something I'll have to get used to, but the fact that if I have a sword in one hand and a spell in one hand meaning that I can't block (at least that I've worked out) is something that bothers me.

Well it's gonna be a bit hard to hold a shield and cast some complicated magic WHILE fighting to the death, don't you think?
Another thing is that when casting a heal spell while using a one handed sword, you can't move, i have died a few times due to this happening

[Lucifer]

One thing I've noticed, and I am unsure if this is true for all companions, but Lydia is a !@#$ing badass. I decked her out in the same gear as me, Exquisite Dwarven Armor, and gave her an Exquisite Dwarven Battleaxe. She can tank ten times as much as me, whilst dealing the same if not more damage. I just battled my way through a Justiciar Prison with her leading the way, since the Justiciar Mages would one-shot me, but she can absorb at least 5-6 blasts. She also spontaneously full-heals herself.

I'm beginning to think SHE is the !@#$ing dragonborn, and I her housecarl.

Also been running into a strange glitch with my two-handed weapons, where my power attacks will do normal damage and not use any stamina. Anyone else encounter that? It usually fixes itself over time, or when I restart the game, but it's happened at least three times so far.

[Mr Pwnage]

One thing I've noticed, and I'm unsure if this is true for all companions, but Lydia is a !@#$ing badass. I've decked her out in full Dwarven, with a Exquisite Dwarven Battle axe on top, and she can tank 10 times better than me whilst dealing just as much damage. I just battled my way through a Justiciar Prison, with her leading the way, since the mage's lightnings would one hit kill me; but she could take five or six blasts before going down. She also occasionally full-heals herself, and I am unsure why.

I'm beginning to think SHE is the !@#$ing dragonborn, and I her housecarl.

Ah, see apparently when you attack civilians (b/c I'm an evil mage/asshole) your follower decides to leave and attack you...since apparently they don't like seeing people die... So yeah, Lydia turned on me and I kinda killed her....damn.

[Chaos]

One thing I've noticed, and I am unsure if this is true for all companions, but Lydia is a !@#$ing badass. I decked her out in the same gear as me, Exquisite Dwarven Armor, and gave her an Exquisite Dwarven Battleaxe. She can tank ten times as much as me, whilst dealing the same if not more damage. I just battled my way through a Justiciar Prison with her leading the way, since the Justiciar Mages would one-shot me, but she can absorb at least 5-6 blasts. She also spontaneously full-heals herself.

I'm beginning to think SHE is the !@#$ing dragonborn, and I her housecarl.

Also been running into a strange glitch with my two-handed weapons, where my power attacks will do normal damage and not use any stamina. Anyone else encounter that? It usually fixes itself over time, or when I restart the game, but it's happened at least three times so far.

Which is why I left her in my Whiterun house.  She's cramping my style.  She also sucks at sneaking and kept getting me detected, lol.

(Playing a 'Ranger'.  Focusing on Two-Handed, Heavy and Light Armour, Archery, Sneaking, and Smithing, at this point. :3)

[Lucifer]

I'm thinking I'm going to have to do that, its gotten to the point that I'm no longer running from or adapting to situations which should overwhelm me, and the game has become a lot less difficult.

[Chaos]

I'm thinking I'm going to have to do that, its gotten to the point that I'm no longer running from or adapting to situations which should overwhelm me, and the game has become a lot less difficult.

Yeah, that's the other reason I did it.  She just charges in and kills everything and steals all my experience.  :T

[Jake]

Is anybody else playing on Expert? I find the standard difficulty for any bethesda game way too easy, and I have to say it really increases the fun. Dungeons take longer to complete, and battles take way more strategy. Unfortunately, I also end up using cheap tactics at points, but I try to stay away from doing so unless I have to.

[Lucifer]

Is anybody else playing on Expert? I find the standard difficulty for any bethesda game way too easy, and I have to say it really increases the fun. Dungeons take longer to complete, and battles take way more strategy. Unfortunately, I also end up using cheap tactics at points, but I try to stay away from doing so unless I have to.

I've been playing from the start at Master, and I definitely agree. I find the game the most enjoyable when I actually have to use up resources against difficult enemies, instead of just stocking my supplies and selling them. It doesn't make the game unrealistically difficult like Oblivion's difficulty slider, it just makes those difficult monsters all the more difficult, and sometimes you have to decide you just aren't powerful enough for the area.

[venuse]

im playing on adept and that is plenty hard for me.

[Chaos]

im playing on adept and that is plenty hard for me.

I'm playing on adept too and I've died a least a dozen times now.  I seem to keep running into things that hit me like, 3 times and I'm dead (seriously, !@#$ snow sabre cats and frost trolls.)  I'm tempted to try hardest and just be a lot more careful.  Though, I think that would probably cater better towards either a Thief cause they can stealth kill or a mage who can deal out lots of damage from a safe distance.

What 'class' are you guys playing?  As I said, I'm doing a 'ranger' type class atm.  Two-handed, Heavy and Light armour, Archery, Sneaking, and Smithing have been my focus thus far.

[Chaos111]

I'm going for sort of a warrior type, that's what i usually do in most rpg's, even though afterwards i switch to a mage as they seem to be badass in everything.

[T-Rok]

One-handed dual wielding, sneak, pickpocket, heavy/light armor are what I'm mostly looking at. So I guess a Rogue. Also, Frost Trolls can burn in hell. Took me 6 tries to beat one. I eventually made it chase me down the mountain and had it target innocent people while I killed it. Stupid Gray Beards.

[Jake]

Is anybody else playing on Expert? I find the standard difficulty for any bethesda game way too easy, and I have to say it really increases the fun. Dungeons take longer to complete, and battles take way more strategy. Unfortunately, I also end up using cheap tactics at points, but I try to stay away from doing so unless I have to.

I've been playing from the start at Master, and I definitely agree. I find the game the most enjoyable when I actually have to use up resources against difficult enemies, instead of just stocking my supplies and selling them. It doesn't make the game unrealistically difficult like Oblivion's difficulty slider, it just makes those difficult monsters all the more difficult, and sometimes you have to decide you just aren't powerful enough for the area.

Yup, I came across a situation that was part of the winterhold college quests, and realized that I just wasn't strong enough, so I left the dungeon. I don't think I've ever done that in Fallout 3 or Oblivion.

[Lucifer]

Warrior, definitely warrior. Heavy Armor, Two-Handed Weapons, and Smithing. I'm in full orcish armor at the moment, still swinging my dwarven warhammer; apparently dwarven is worse than orcish in terms of armor, but better in terms of their weapons?

I dilly-dally a little in Alchemy and Enchanting whenever the supplies for such make themselves readily available, but only occasionally.

I love enabling the orc's berserker rage and literally taking out a fifth of a dragon's health with a power swing. Badass.

~Spoiler~
Recent Epicness - Encountered a Dwarven Steam Centurion, and it kicked my ASS. I tried picking at it from afar with my pathetic bow skill, and it barely dented the freaking thing. So, I led it into one of the many dwarven traps laying about, slaughtering it outright :D.

[Matty_Richo]

Another issue I have is that taking books, no matter where they are, doesn't seem to count as stealing, what's up with that, though there'll be a mod for that I'm sure.

I found places where taking the book is stealing. It's just that most books say "Read", and people don't seem to mind you reading their books. It's just when you hit the "steal" button while the books open do they get annoyed.

Ahh yes, I have found it to be stealing now, I think the people i took some books from just really liked me so they didn't care.

I'm playing it on Expert at the moment and it's definitely got a fair bit of challenge that oblivion didn't have.