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Cheese Mechanic

3,157 posts

168 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Well, rapidly learning what all the fuss is about . Bleary eyed, 02:30 when I turned in, just couldn't pull myself away from the game! biggrin

I've no real idea what I'm doing, I'm blundering around all over the place. I lost a good lot of gameplay owing to the game crashing on me, I had picked up too much for me to carry and it all locked up in the inventory screen. In the gameplay I lost I had killed a thief, 3 bandits and a witch , picking up some handy stuff. I had not saved since Dragon Bridge so it through me back there. Live and learn.

Having discovered the map function, and actually finding where I was going, I ended up in Solitude.

Any things I should definitely avoid there, and opposite things it would be best for me to do?

Cheers, thumbup

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Cheese Mechanic said:
Well, rapidly learning what all the fuss is about . Bleary eyed, 02:30 when I turned in, just couldn't pull myself away from the game! biggrin
Yes this game is, like Fallout 3 before it, a time vampire.

In solitude I'd say go have a chat to the Bard's College - there are some quests there.

Cotty

39,387 posts

283 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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You can get some free arrows in Solitude, iron or steel. There are a couple of guards doing target practice. Just stand by the target and take the arrows. They come back every day.

colonel c

7,888 posts

238 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Jasandjules said:
JonRB said:
FourWheelDrift said:
It's far more amusing to wear them. biggrin
rofl

I like the way you think. hehe
Yup, and no-one bats an eyelid at you. Or if you forget to put on your new outfit and are busy smithing in your underwear biggrin

In fact, I think they are blind because the Raimant (sp?) Woman was busy telling me how s**e my clothes were despite the minor fact I was wearing the outfit she'd given me!!
Some people will comment if you are not wearing any clothes. But you might miss it if you are running around and not listing to the their comments.

Goa'uld

645 posts

201 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Jasandjules said:
Cotty said:
When I first started I was a we for money (not literaly) I would pick up everything. Get halfway though a dungeon and have to back out as my companion and I were over encombered. Sell everything then complete the dungeon. I am a lot more selective in what I take now.
I've always looked at weight v price ratio...... Quite often go through an entire dungeon and only pick up a few things (usually the magic weapon at the end and the gold and jewels of course) - leave all the cr***y swords and axes that weight 10 and are worth 18.....

I also recently discovered that some potions I make at complete random are worth 300 each! So been making those and trading them for health potions etc... Oh and I found a Paralysis potion too, that was awesome nailing a giant with that and watching him fall.
With the companion you can drop the items and then select 'i need you to do something', then point at the dropped items and they will pick them up even if they are full, like an infinite donkey. I've only used it a few times as it feels a little like cheating (only cheating myself haha), but when you've put hours and hours into a session you don't want to be losing items or leaving them and forgetting to come back to them.

JonRB

74,389 posts

271 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Goa'uld said:
With the companion you can drop the items and then select 'i need you to do something', then point at the dropped items and they will pick them up even if they are full, like an infinite donkey.
Oh that's quite useful to know. Although probably a little late for me as money doesn't really have much of a meaning when you get to 600,000 septims. Although it might be amusing to make my first million. smile



Ved

3,825 posts

174 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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JonRB said:
Oh that's quite useful to know. Although probably a little late for me as money doesn't really have much of a meaning when you get to 600,000 septims. Although it might be amusing to make my first million. smile
How the hell have you got that much money? I'm just over 12k after buying a house in Riften. I do have a chest loaded with jewels though... should really get around to flogging those somewhere smile

JonRB

74,389 posts

271 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Ved said:
How the hell have you got that much money? I'm just over 12k after buying a house in Riften. I do have a chest loaded with jewels though... should really get around to flogging those somewhere smile
Level 49 and 186 hours of game play paperbag

jhfozzy

1,345 posts

189 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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JonRB said:
Ved said:
How the hell have you got that much money? I'm just over 12k after buying a house in Riften. I do have a chest loaded with jewels though... should really get around to flogging those somewhere smile
Level 49 and 186 hours of game play paperbag
I agree, after reaching level 59 and god knows how many hours, I've got more money and assorted stuff than I know what to do with.

I've got about 80 Glass bows worth about 3K each. I can't begin to think how long it would take me to flog them even using the Riverwood trader.

FourWheelDrift

88,375 posts

283 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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I don't bother selling any more either. But I dump everything I don't use or want into a re spawning chest (in NPC homes, Inns or forts), after 72hrs or so it's gone. I have some I keep for display the rest goes. Makes moving house easier if I get bored where I am currently based.

Or if you have new mod houses like I do, remove the mod, load game and the house and contents are gone, save game, exit and re-activate house smile

JonRB

74,389 posts

271 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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I think I have so much money because I still sell stuff. I seldom bother improving or enchanting it to increase its value now though, because my smithing and enchanting skills are so good now (both 100) that it then makes the item worth more septims than most merchants carry. Also I tend to only pick up high value items now, which would compound the issue if I improved them.

Cotty

39,387 posts

283 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Can't remember the exact level but its around 40 and have 200,000 gold but still only have two houses.

colonel c

7,888 posts

238 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Ved said:
JonRB said:
Oh that's quite useful to know. Although probably a little late for me as money doesn't really have much of a meaning when you get to 600,000 septims. Although it might be amusing to make my first million. smile
How the hell have you got that much money? I'm just over 12k after buying a house in Riften. I do have a chest loaded with jewels though... should really get around to flogging those somewhere smile
Not sure if that will always work. At least not on Xbox.

GingerWizard

4,721 posts

197 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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I have no idea how many houses i have, maybe 4?

Iv stored stuff all over the place, breezehomes chest in the apocathy room has over 1200kg of ingreidents.....

I also have 100kg plus of each metal type, and closing in on 500 dragon scales....

JonRB

74,389 posts

271 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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GingerWizard said:
and closing in on 500 dragon scales....
I recently flooded the market at Whiterun with something like 50 bones and 50 scales. All the merchants must think they've cornered the market only to find that everyone else has them for sale too now. hehe

FourWheelDrift

88,375 posts

283 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Got attacked by a goat this evening! Bloody thing ran straight up to me and bit me.

And a blast from the past (if you have done the quest) I found this guy dead on the road. I resurrected him for old times sake though. smile

LandR

6,249 posts

253 months

Friday 27th April 2012
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GingerWizard said:
I have no idea how many houses i have, maybe 4?

Iv stored stuff all over the place, breezehomes chest in the apocathy room has over 1200kg of ingreidents.....

I also have 100kg plus of each metal type, and closing in on 500 dragon scales....
http://kotaku.com/5897181/stop-hoarding-things-in-...

I never have enough stuff, but then I'm far too lazy to click on all the bodies.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 27th April 2012
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Ved said:
How the hell have you got that much money? I'm just over 12k after buying a house in Riften. I do have a chest loaded with jewels though... should really get around to flogging those somewhere smile
If you've not found the Kolskeggr Gold mine in the south east, do so. There's about 50 nuggets to collect, but if you totally clear it out it takes 40 days to regenerate. If you don't and leave some there it only takes 10! I tend to take half and then return to get done when I need it, but as I've got houses in Windhelm, Whiterun, Riften, Markarth and Solitude I don't need much cash anymore,

JonRB

74,389 posts

271 months

Friday 27th April 2012
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Simonium said:
If you've not found the Kolskeggr Gold mine in the south east, do so. There's about 50 nuggets to collect, but if you totally clear it out it takes 40 days to regenerate. If you don't and leave some there it only takes 10!
Oh that's worth knowing. Thanks.

Cotty

39,387 posts

283 months

Friday 27th April 2012
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JonRB said:
Oh that's worth knowing. Thanks.
Like you need any more money