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FourWheelDrift

88,670 posts

285 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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You won't drown mid-pick though once you've started.

EDLT

15,421 posts

207 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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JonRB said:
Cotty said:
Do you actually need waterbreathing? I have been lugging around potions of waterbreathing but so far never found the need to use them. Is there some flooded cave that I have not encountered yet?
Yes, there are a few. The Volsung mask gives you waterbreathing though, and also Fortify Barter, so I tend to carry that instead of waterbreathing potions.
There are a few waterbreathing helmets dotted around, I managed without one except for exploring a deep shipwreck in the far north.

GingerWizard

4,721 posts

199 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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EDLT said:
JonRB said:
Cotty said:
Do you actually need waterbreathing? I have been lugging around potions of waterbreathing but so far never found the need to use them. Is there some flooded cave that I have not encountered yet?
Yes, there are a few. The Volsung mask gives you waterbreathing though, and also Fortify Barter, so I tend to carry that instead of waterbreathing potions.
There are a few waterbreathing helmets dotted around, I managed without one except for exploring a deep shipwreck in the far north.
one of the dragon masks does it. I have swam all over the place, lots of goodies for the wizard

JonRB

74,846 posts

273 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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GingerWizard said:
EDLT said:
JonRB said:
Cotty said:
Do you actually need waterbreathing? I have been lugging around potions of waterbreathing but so far never found the need to use them. Is there some flooded cave that I have not encountered yet?
Yes, there are a few. The Volsung mask gives you waterbreathing though, and also Fortify Barter, so I tend to carry that instead of waterbreathing potions.
There are a few waterbreathing helmets dotted around, I managed without one except for exploring a deep shipwreck in the far north.
one of the dragon masks does it. I have swam all over the place, lots of goodies for the wizard
What, like the the Volsung mask? readit

Jasandjules

70,012 posts

230 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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JonRB said:
What, like the the Volsung mask? readit
No, not that, a dragon mask.... ;-)

BTW - I heard the guard say today "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee" so it's definately in there!!

I am still enjoying this game - what is the most powerful LIGHT armour out there?



FourWheelDrift

88,670 posts

285 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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Volsung is a dragon priest mask.

EDLT

15,421 posts

207 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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Jasandjules said:
JonRB said:
What, like the the Volsung mask? readit
No, not that, a dragon mask.... ;-)

BTW - I heard the guard say today "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee" so it's definately in there!!

I am still enjoying this game - what is the most powerful LIGHT armour out there?
No you didn't, you heard a guard say "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee" wink

Also, Dragon Scale is the best light armour. Unless you want some nasty manga inspired mod st.

Jasandjules

70,012 posts

230 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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FourWheelDrift said:
Volsung is a dragon priest mask.
Could I get an order of wooshparrot..........

FourWheelDrift

88,670 posts

285 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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Whatever.

Jasandjules

70,012 posts

230 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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EDLT said:
No you didn't, you heard a guard say "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee" wink

Also, Dragon Scale is the best light armour. Unless you want some nasty manga inspired mod st.
I was close. I got so excited that I was right when I thought I heard it before that I missed that bit.....

Ta for that, so now I need to get some serious smithing sorted out, I have dragon scales and bones clogging up my home in Solitude.

And I spent ages clearing it up as well now, finally..... No more junk just lying around (though I swear it's lost some of my weapons).

BlackVanDyke

9,932 posts

212 months

Saturday 31st March 2012
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Cotty said:
Do you actually need waterbreathing? I have been lugging around potions of waterbreathing but so far never found the need to use them. Is there some flooded cave that I have not encountered yet?
There's at least three or four quests you'll be very glad of it for - I've enchanted a ring instead as it's lighter than carrying potions and has unlimited duration.

FourWheelDrift

88,670 posts

285 months

Saturday 31st March 2012
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Seriously impressive mod addon - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=...

It's a player home as you first go in, but there is a door on the far side that leads into other areas. As you progress through you have to fight your way past giant spiders, Thalmor and others to get a quest. There are some bugs that I had such as the load problem of missing textures causing you to fall down when you got to another area which just needs a quick save, exit Skyrim and reload the save to load everything in properly.

Few screens.

As you enter your home is below, with Tiger Guards and friendly Khajiit and a trader in a boat.



After fighting past some Spiders you see the first friendly base, where there are two exit doors into other areas.


One of the doors out


One of the many friendly Tiger guards, red crabs are also non-aggressive.


The Thalmor airship.

FourWheelDrift

88,670 posts

285 months

Saturday 31st March 2012
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Just installed Skyrim on my laptop, let it update, put latest SKSE on and NMM v 1.16.4 and a few house mods that were broken before and it all seemed to be ok. So I've backup up my install on my Desktop and going to update the game, NMM and SKSE.

FourWheelDrift

88,670 posts

285 months

Monday 2nd April 2012
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It all appears to be working after the big updates.

Found a new mod too that is one of the very best so far in terms of quality and detail - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=...

Not for new characters as it contains a lot of things but as long as you don't use some of the automated systems it would make a great base for storage and testing as it has a combat arena where you can spawn any number of creatures. Of course it has auto-sorting buttons for inventory items but lots more. One to give yourself after you become Dovakhiin and complete the main quest line.

From what I read it's the first Skyrim mod from a very well established Oblivion modder.

Jasandjules

70,012 posts

230 months

Monday 2nd April 2012
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FourWheelDrift said:
It all appears to be working after the big updates.
Good stuff. I think I am glad I don't have this on PC as I dread to think how much time I would lose playing with these things!

I already spend far too long f***ng and farting about with smithing/alchemy/enchanting/making soups........ Let alone wandering around caves killing bandits/skeletons!

EDLT

15,421 posts

207 months

Monday 2nd April 2012
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FourWheelDrift said:
It all appears to be working after the big updates.

Found a new mod too that is one of the very best so far in terms of quality and detail - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=...

Not for new characters as it contains a lot of things but as long as you don't use some of the automated systems it would make a great base for storage and testing as it has a combat arena where you can spawn any number of creatures. Of course it has auto-sorting buttons for inventory items but lots more. One to give yourself after you become Dovakhiin and complete the main quest line.

From what I read it's the first Skyrim mod from a very well established Oblivion modder.
The arena idea sounds good, is there one where you can pick what you fight? All the arena mods I've seen focus on surviving waves of enemies, I just want to get into a massive fist fight occasionally.

Cotty

39,659 posts

285 months

Monday 2nd April 2012
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EDLT said:
I just want to get into a massive fist fight occasionally.
Max out your pickpocket. Go to any town and steal all the guards weapons from them. Then start a fight.

FourWheelDrift

88,670 posts

285 months

Monday 2nd April 2012
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Arena area


Switches to produce enemies in the arena


When you click a switch, you get some options with some enemies


You can throw anything in, Giants, Mammoths, Vampire, Falmer, Spiders, Dwarfen constructs everything.

Jasandjules

70,012 posts

230 months

Wednesday 4th April 2012
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Last night, it was getting late, and it's a school night, but I couldn't resist a game. Then I notice, hey, 94 smithing.. I go to Proudspire, I put on my best blacksmith outfit (all glass armour) and I collect all ingots and leather I can lay my hands on. And I set to work. I smith like I've never smithed before, hats, boots, gloves, armour, daggers and bows are produced and sold to mugs who buy my shoddy work. I clean out the local smith of raw materials, and I get back to work. It's getting really late now, but I don't care, blacksmith skills are at 99, almost there. A quick travel to another city to buy some more materials, and back to solitude I go, and I make another set of Glass Armour, and I hear the magic sound, Smithing 100. I can't contain my excitement, I rush to my house, collect dragonscales by the armful and I rush back to the smithing place (still in my best blacksmith outfit with necklace and ring too, just to make sure). And so I begin, and then lo and behold, I have a set of finest dragonscale armour. I place it carefully on my elf, and I take a deep breath as I look. And think, that's pretty s**t. I look at the armour rating and think, my Glass armour is not much worse than that, and it weighs less. I went to bed..........

FFS, anyone else a bit gutted with dragon armour!?!?!

And to make matters worse, I can't just zip across from Dragon and add daedric and ebony with my perks points.....

JonRB

74,846 posts

273 months

Wednesday 4th April 2012
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Jasandjules said:
I place it carefully on my elf, and I take a deep breath as I look. And think, that's pretty s**t. I look at the armour rating and think, my Glass armour is not much worse than that, and it weighs less. I went to bed..........

FFS, anyone else a bit gutted with dragon armour!?!?!
hehe Thanks for that - made me chuckle.

Ebony armour is my character's look of choice - complete ebony armour set (with a mod that makes all helmets open face), ebony bow, ebony arrows. Looks badass.

I agree that dragon armour looks rubbish.

Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 4th April 11:39