[ALL] Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Maynard]

any tips on leveling up? im 14 hours played and still just level 2. i did a few of the beginning missions stopping the main quest after find the heir

did a few side quests and 2 parts of joining the mage guild.

is leveling up just a slow go in this game? yes i have slept when i am supposed to.

if i remember, this game allows you to level up your skills just by using them...is that right?

 

[Saluki]

any tips on leveling up? im 14 hours played and still just level 2. i did a few of the beginning missions stopping the main quest after find the heir

did a few side quests and 2 parts of joining the mage guild.

is leveling up just a slow go in this game? yes i have slept when i am supposed to.

if i remember, this game allows you to level up your skills just by using them...is that right?

Yeah you just have to do stuff. 1st time around i got alot of levels by doing thief type stuff, sneaking around, picking locks, that kinda thing. But you have to actually DO stuff to get your level up. If you want your sword skill to go up sword fight, bow skill to go up shoot stuff, ect. So really how fast you level depends on what your doing.

 

[killgod]

because of enemy scaling, don't rush leveling up.

i.e. don't go around jumping like a retard and leveling up acrobatics, or you basically are going to fuck yourself.

 

[jms493]

because of enemy scaling, don't rush leveling up.

i.e. don't go around jumping like a retard and leveling up acrobatics, or you basically are going to fuck yourself.

dungeon hunters...:|]

 

[killgod]

dungeon hunters...:|]

YES!

This weekend?

 

[killgod]

http://kotaku.com/5815032/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-has-a-cloth-map-naturally

<3

 

[jms493]

YES!

This weekend?

i can play late sat night or sunday

 

[killgod]

sat night is probably good for me.

 

[Maynard]

this game is just crazy huge. i think about all the comparisons to fallout 3 and this game is just incredibly deep. after 16hours of playing i dont feel like i made even a dent into the game

 

[j.hen]

this game is just crazy huge. i think about all the comparisons to fallout 3 and this game is just incredibly deep. after 16hours of playing i dont feel like i made even a dent into the game

Skyrim is going to be on a whole new level.

 

[Swarley]

Skyrim is going to be on a whole new level.

I can't even imagine how massive that game is going to be.

 

[killgod]

Yeah take Oblivion, add vertical size, more creative and varied dungeons, improvements to the core gameplay and skills and most importantly, UNSCRIPTED DRAGONS.

That one video of the dragon just blew my fucking mind. BLEW IT.

 

[Maynard]

Yeah take Oblivion, add vertical size, more creative and varied dungeons, improvements to the core gameplay and skills and most importantly, UNSCRIPTED DRAGONS.

That one video of the dragon just blew my fucking mind. BLEW IT.

yeah that gonna be insane. hard to believe they can fit it all on 1 disc.

any word if the leveling will be the same as is in oblivan? i like how they make u use a skill to level it up. its like a true role creation cause your role evolves based on how u play.

i also hate the level cap they had in FO3. im a level whore and its one of the funnest things about an RPG. i love being able to level up as high as i can and i hope there is no cap in this one

 

[killgod]

yeah that gonna be insane. hard to believe they can fit it all on 1 disc.

any word if the leveling will be the same as is in oblivan? i like how they make u use a skill to level it up. its like a true role creation cause your role evolves based on how u play.

i also hate the level cap they had in FO3. im a level whore and its one of the funnest things about an RPG. i love being able to level up as high as i can and i hope there is no cap in this one

I'm sure jhen knows best since he seems to be a walking Skyrim encyclopedia, but I believe they tweaked things to better balance the enemy scaling and condensed some skills (like the aforementioned acrobatics) to alter how you progress.

P.S. If you have a PC that's midrate, it would likely handle Morrowind, which is just as spectacular of a game if not better than Oblivion. Not sure your gaming schedule over the rest of the year since these games are massively time consuming, but absolutely worth a go if you have the time for it.

 

[j.hen]

They've said that they modeled the leveling for Skyrim more like how it was in FO3 and less so Oblivion but it's still an entirely different system. And I think I remember hearing in a Q&A interview that there isn't a leveling cap in this game.

 

[Maynard]

im reading these wikis about how leveling works. it took me awhile to go from 2 to 3...but then i jumped from 3 to 4 real fast. So im trying to get a better understanding of how i should be leveling up and get the +5 bonus each time.

then i see all this stuff on over leveling and efficient leveling and the thing killgod mentioned about jumping around raising your acrobates. I walk alot so i see my athletics going up.

im wondering if i need to start over and do this right, or if i can fix it now while its still early on

Is it the 7 major skills that cause you to level up?

How do i make sure i get a +5 bonus every time - for example if i want the +5 in intelligence, willpower and strength what do i need to do to make sure thats what i get?


EDIT - just slept to check my level up from 3 to 4 and i dont have a +5 in anything. i have a +3 in intelligence and will power...how do i get those up to +5?

 

[Maynard]

omg...i found another wiki that explains leveling better. it sounds like a major pain in the ass to try and level up in this game and get the +5 bonus each time.

then i see i chose major skills that seem worthless to have....FUUUUUUUUU

 

[Maynard]

im kind of discouraged by this leveling system now that i see how it works. Do i really want to spend all my time managing how i level efficently? is it really needed? this concept is all about using specific skills and making sure to only level up each skill this many points so you dont over level and you make sure you get a +5 bonus each time out.

im sitting here with my game reloaded in the before i come out of the sewers re making my guy wrtting notes and making spreadsheets so i can manage how i level up properly so i dont fuck things up when im 50 hours in.

on one hand i feel like fuck this cause its not abotu playing the game, its about leveling your guy. On the other hand i love making sure i get the most out of leveling....but this feels way to complex to want to deal with.

how did you guys play the game? did you just play or did you also play this manage your leveling thing?

 

[killgod]

My advice, just play the game and make your choices.

The more you read about how you could have made your character "slightly" more of the "perfect build" the more you're going to annoy yourself.

Clearly you were having fun and enjoying the game, looking into this stuff is turning you off. So simply put, stop browsing, just kill some baddies and enjoy the ride.

 

[j.hen]

My advice, just play the game and make your choices.

The more you read about how you could have made your character "slightly" more of the "perfect build" the more you're going to annoy yourself.

Clearly you were having fun and enjoying the game, looking into this stuff is turning you off. So simply put, stop browsing, just kill some baddies and enjoy the ride.

Exactly. It's impossible to fuck yourself later in the game, if worse comes to worse just bump the difficulty down a bit.