The BIG Skyrim Thread

[Gundam Eclipse]

Question, do the rate at which dragons appear increase as you progress in the Main Quest?
So far i have only progressed to the point where

Spoiler

You kill your first dragon outside Whiterun

Recently, after a long while, a dragon(only the second i have faced) came outta fucking nowhere in some village i don't remember. I came out of the inn, and bam, landed right in the middle and vomited fire everywhere.
Was easily defeated due to, well, easy difficulty settings, and because every single guard was after it. 'Twas a blood dragon IIRC, and i was around lvl 20.
Jesus, this game is addiction incarnate. Haven't played any other game at all @@;

 

[Sterling]

The dragon encounters are unscripted, so it's impossible to say. Some people get 10 dragons before level 20, and if you're like me, only one or two dare show their faces.

 

[AlanJohn]

Can someone explain how exactly do I recharge enchanted weapons?

 

[Sterling]

Can someone explain how exactly do I recharge enchanted weapons?

Select the weapon in question and press right bumper (or was it left). It will then prompt you to select a filled soul gem to do the charging.

 

[Gundam Eclipse]

The dragon encounters are unscripted, so it's impossible to say. Some people get 10 dragons before level 20, and if you're like me, only one or two dare show their faces.

Oh, i see...
Would raising the difficulty help by any chance? I am on the easiest >>; Not too confident in my skills, but i still wanna face moar dragons :C

 

[Satangel]

Question, do the rate at which dragons appear increase as you progress in the Main Quest?
So far i have only progressed to the point where

Spoiler

You kill your first dragon outside Whiterun

Recently, after a long while, a dragon(only the second i have faced) came outta fucking nowhere in some village i don't remember. I came out of the inn, and bam, landed right in the middle and vomited fire everywhere.
Was easily defeated due to, well, easy difficulty settings, and because every single guard was after it. 'Twas a blood dragon IIRC, and i was around lvl 20.
Jesus, this game is addiction incarnate. Haven't played any other game at all @@;

I'm pretty sure the dragon appearance rate increases with the main story, almost 100% sure it does. I'm a bit further in the main quest than you, and an NPC said something like 'Keep your eyes open for Dragons, their appearances will only increase from now on'. Also I've read that by the end of the main quest, you'll be fighting dragons very frequently.

Raising difficulty won't help, just make them harder to kill. I suggest you do that though, I'm playing on Expert now, and it's still pretty easy. Put it on Adept (I think that's the middle option of the 5 difficulty options), it's more fun that way.

 

[AlanJohn]

Can someone explain how exactly do I recharge enchanted weapons?

Select the weapon in question and press right bumper (or was it left). It will then prompt you to select a filled soul gem to do the charging.

Thanks.

 

[raulpica]

Question, do the rate at which dragons appear increase as you progress in the Main Quest?
So far i have only progressed to the point where

Spoiler

You kill your first dragon outside Whiterun

Recently, after a long while, a dragon(only the second i have faced) came outta fucking nowhere in some village i don't remember. I came out of the inn, and bam, landed right in the middle and vomited fire everywhere.
Was easily defeated due to, well, easy difficulty settings, and because every single guard was after it. 'Twas a blood dragon IIRC, and i was around lvl 20.
Jesus, this game is addiction incarnate. Haven't played any other game at all @@;

I'm pretty sure the dragon appearance rate increases with the main story, almost 100% sure it does. I'm a bit further in the main quest than you, and an NPC said something like 'Keep your eyes open for Dragons, their appearances will only increase from now on'. Also I've read that by the end of the main quest, you'll be fighting dragons very frequently.

Raising difficulty won't help, just make them harder to kill. I suggest you do that though, I'm playing on Expert now, and it's still pretty easy. Put it on Adept (I think that's the middle option of the 5 difficulty options), it's more fun that way.

Yep, I didn't almost get any dragons at the beginning, now I'm getting a few every now and then. And if you really want dragons, just go on one of the "nests" and you'll find plenty

Be aware that most of them are Ancient Dragons and will whoop your ass ruthlessly.

Playing on Expert here too, the game is not too easy, nor too difficult (even if I have to reload quite a bit in some situations).

 

[Hells Malice]

The dragon encounters are unscripted, so it's impossible to say. Some people get 10 dragons before level 20, and if you're like me, only one or two dare show their faces.

Oh, i see...
Would raising the difficulty help by any chance? I am on the easiest >>; Not too confident in my skills, but i still wanna face moar dragons :C

Make your way to the Mage College. Dear freakin' god do lots of dragons raid that place.

 

[Chikaku-chan]

 

[Satangel]

The dragon encounters are unscripted, so it's impossible to say. Some people get 10 dragons before level 20, and if you're like me, only one or two dare show their faces.

Oh, i see...
Would raising the difficulty help by any chance? I am on the easiest >>; Not too confident in my skills, but i still wanna face moar dragons :C

Make your way to the Mage College. Dear freakin' god do lots of dragons raid that place.

I've just done some quests for the Collego of Winterhold (after 90 hours I just decided to go have a look ), but didn't get any attacks near that location. Maybe it's just your game. I did encounter an epic Vigilant of Stendarr vs some kind of special Vampire breed though, was amazing and that Vampire was really strong! At least as strong as a Dragon Priest, I had to sneak/shot her all the time, incredibly strong magic. I really need to start investing in Magic Resistance or so, it's just about the only thing that can hurt me atm.

Also, this is a mod that adds an enchanting table to the Whiterun house, which is INCREDIBLY handy. I still don't get why the fuck they didn't give us that option natively, so annoying to run up to Dragonsreach to get my enchantment fix
Lvl 55, 260k gold, 90 hours of gaming time.

 

[Zalda]

hey, got a question;

do you, in any quest/storyline, get a horse as a reward? ever? like in the DB in Oblivion you got shadowmere, a free horse, which was pretty damn handy.

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

hey, got a question;

do you, in any quest/storyline, get a horse as a reward? ever? like in the DB in Oblivion you got shadowmere, a free horse, which was pretty damn handy.

With the Dark brotherhood quest you get a horse also called shadowmere.

 

[Gundam Eclipse]

Hey, whats a good way to get Grand soul gems filled with grand soul? Just got an awesomefuck conjuring staff which summons a Daedric...something, which is powerful as fuck. The charge is really low now though, need to fill it up, and also need the gems for future use so i don't end up in a bind midcombat.

 

[Hells Malice]

Get the Black Star.
It fills with grand souls from any human killed. Shitty you can only do it one at a time...but yeah. That's how I got grand souls, aside from finding or buying pre-filled gems.

If you wanna flll charges, just pick up any and every soul gem you find. You don't want to waste big ones on it, even if it takes several smaller ones to fill it. Or get a Black Star...because it's easy to fill, lol.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/The_Black_Star

 

[Gundam Eclipse]

Shit that sounds fucking amazing. MUST HAVE.
Thanks!

 

[machomuu]

Can't wait until January when the Creator's Kit comes out, what's basically the reason I bought it for the PC.

 

[Sterling]

Hey, whats a good way to get Grand soul gems filled with grand soul? Just got an awesomefuck conjuring staff which summons a Daedric...something, which is powerful as fuck. The charge is really low now though, need to fill it up, and also need the gems for future use so i don't end up in a bind midcombat.

You can also get Grand souls by trapping Mammoth souls. I do that by buying the unfilled souls from Farengar. I also make use of the clean Azura's Star, which is the reward you get for not pissing off Azura.

 

[Satangel]

Get the Black Star.
It fills with grand souls from any human killed. Shitty you can only do it one at a time...but yeah. That's how I got grand souls, aside from finding or buying pre-filled gems.

If you wanna flll charges, just pick up any and every soul gem you find. You don't want to waste big ones on it, even if it takes several smaller ones to fill it. Or get a Black Star...because it's easy to fill, lol.

http://elderscrolls..../The_Black_Star

Hey, whats a good way to get Grand soul gems filled with grand soul? Just got an awesomefuck conjuring staff which summons a Daedric...something, which is powerful as fuck. The charge is really low now though, need to fill it up, and also need the gems for future use so i don't end up in a bind midcombat.

You can also get Grand souls by trapping Mammoth souls. I do that by buying the unfilled souls from Farengar. I also make use of the clean Azura's Star, which is the reward you get for not pissing off Azura.

Azura's Star is basically the other option you get near the end of that quest, I liked the Black Star more but it sort of acts as the same thing.
Black Star/Azura's Star is incredibly handy, probably the handiest item I've encountered, just amazing.

Also, I found the soul gem has more fills-perk very handy too, you can unlock it in enchanting pretty easily, it was worth it IMHO.

 

[Gundam Eclipse]

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