Official Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim thread!

[Beskar]

A quick search on teh interwebz indicated that you and I aren't the only ones waiting for hot coffee ala Skyrim

There is a fallout one, it most likely will be transferred and adapted across.

[Vladimir]

I was wondering..

Do you guys read the in game books?

Cos they are pretty interesting.

I never have but there is a big lore loving community in TES. I use them for stat boosters and collections.

[johnhughthom]

The majority of the books seem to have been around since Morrowind, at least. I do read them if I don't recognise the title.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I will never read The Lusty Argonian.

[frogbeastegg]

I was wondering..

Do you guys read the in game books?

Cos they are pretty interesting.

I do, except for the ones I remember reading back in Morrowind or Oblivion. I like the way you can find mini quests in books now, as well as the traditional skill points.

[Lemur]

I will never read The Lusty Argonian.

You're missing out on the finer things in life.

-edit-

Also, some lovely person has assembled all of Skyrim's books into e-reader-friendly format, and is offering them here. A nice way to while away some bathroom or commute hours when you're away from your beloved RPG.

As the blog notes, if you do not own a copy of Skyrim you should not download the books. But I can't imagine why you would want to read the books if you don't own the game, so it's a bit of a non-issue.

[johnhughthom]

You're missing out on the finer things in life.

Yes, the double entendres are brilliantly terrible.

I'm off to polish my spear.

[Lemur]

Patch 1.2? Yes please.

Our current ETA for [...] PC players is this Wednesday, November 30th.

So what does the new update cover? Details below…

UPDATE 1.2 NOTES (all platforms unless specified)

• Improved occasional performance issues resulting from long term play (PlayStation 3)
• Fixed issue where textures would not properly upgrade when installed to drive (Xbox 360)
• Fixed crash on startup when audio is set to sample rate other than 44100Hz (PC)
• Fixed issue where projectiles did not properly fade away
• Fixed occasional issue where a guest would arrive to the player’s wedding dead
• Dragon corpses now clean up properly
• Fixed rare issue where dragons would not attack
• Fixed rare NPC sleeping animation bug
• Fixed rare issue with dead corpses being cleared up prematurely
• Skeleton Key will now work properly if player has no lockpicks in their inventory
• Fixed rare issue with renaming enchanted weapons and armor
• Fixed rare issue with dragons not properly giving souls after death
• ESC button can now be used to exit menus (PC)
• Fixed occasional mouse sensitivity issues (PC)
• General functionality fixes related to remapping buttons and controls (PC)

After releasing the 1.2 update, we will continue to monitor forums, blogs, etc. for issues you are reporting, and we will keep you updated on further updates to improve your gameplay experience.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Fixed occasional issue where a guest would arrive to the player’s wedding dead

I love patchnotes

[SwordsMaster]

Patch 1.2? Yes please.

Our current ETA for [...] PC players is this Wednesday, November 30th.

So what does the new update cover? Details below…

UPDATE 1.2 NOTES (all platforms unless specified)

• Improved occasional performance issues resulting from long term play (PlayStation 3)
• Fixed issue where textures would not properly upgrade when installed to drive (Xbox 360)
• Fixed crash on startup when audio is set to sample rate other than 44100Hz (PC)
• Fixed issue where projectiles did not properly fade away
• Fixed occasional issue where a guest would arrive to the player’s wedding dead
• Dragon corpses now clean up properly
• Fixed rare issue where dragons would not attack
• Fixed rare NPC sleeping animation bug
• Fixed rare issue with dead corpses being cleared up prematurely
• Skeleton Key will now work properly if player has no lockpicks in their inventory
• Fixed rare issue with renaming enchanted weapons and armor
• Fixed rare issue with dragons not properly giving souls after death
• ESC button can now be used to exit menus (PC)
• Fixed occasional mouse sensitivity issues (PC)
• General functionality fixes related to remapping buttons and controls (PC)

After releasing the 1.2 update, we will continue to monitor forums, blogs, etc. for issues you are reporting, and we will keep you updated on further updates to improve your gameplay experience.

Sounds very nice, but any news on the frequent crashes? That's the major breaker for me.

[naut]

UPDATE 1.2 NOTES (all platforms unless specified)

• Fixed rare issue where dragons would not attack

Yey! I've been experiencing this one recently. Dragons infinitely circling, causing fight music, but without the fight.

[Drunk Clown]

I do, except for the ones I remember reading back in Morrowind or Oblivion. I like the way you can find mini quests in books now, as well as the traditional skill points.

It's a shame you only need the book for initiating the quest, instead of also offering necessary information to complete the quest.

[thefluffyone93]

Sounds very nice, but any news on the frequent crashes? That's the major breaker for me.

Come now, that's an integral part of a Bethesda game!

[LeftEyeNine]

Quickie:

Is there any use in keeping books ?

[frogbeastegg]

Quickie:

Is there any use in keeping books ?

As long as it is not part of an active quest, and as long as you are certain it does not contain hints for the various mini quests, no. I do like to collect the volumes about the tougher enemy types as they contain some nice info for fighting them; I tend to find the books long before I encounter the enemies.

[Veho Nex]

Quickie:

Is there any use in keeping books ?

WHY YES DEAR LEN! Where else can you make your own library. I currently have my entire whiterun house filled with books. I cant even go into the second bedroom because of them.

[Vladimir]

WHY YES DEAR LEN! Where else can you make your own library. I currently have my entire whiterun house filled with books. I cant even go into the second bedroom because of them.

So true. They're invaluable collector's pieces.

[LeftEyeNine]

WHY YES DEAR LEN! Where else can you make your own library. I currently have my entire whiterun house filled with books. I cant even go into the second bedroom because of them.

This is madness !!111

[Veho Nex]

This is madness !!111

[Hamata]

I knew somebody was going to post something like that one day lol

[Veho Nex]

I knew somebody was going to post something like that one day lol

[frogbeastegg]

Where else can you make your own library. I currently have my entire whiterun house filled with books. I cant even go into the second bedroom because of them.

I wish you could fit more books onto the bookshelves you get with house upgrades. 15 books is not enough!

[Veho Nex]

I wish you could fit more books onto the bookshelves you get with house upgrades. 15 books is not enough!

No kidding! Lydia is a great librarian. She is holding upwards of 150 books for me.

[TinCow]

I wish you could fit more books onto the bookshelves you get with house upgrades. 15 books is not enough!

I completely agree. Even the fully upgraded Solitude house is woefully inadequate for storage. The alchemy and enchanting rooms don't even have any containers for storage of their respective ingredients/items! Ugh. No display cases, too few mannequins and weapon displays, and they don't even have any smithing areas! Oh well, I never use the OOB Bethsoft housing after my first play through anyway. Modded housing is always far superior in all Bethsoft games. At least in Skyrim they actually added built-in mannequins, automated bookshelves, and the various weapon/shield displays. It'll be nice to not have to download mods for that stuff again.

[Greyblades]

"I met my past self in Sollitude the other day, handsome fella, nice hair, no sense of fasion though! Thistle purple!? Doesn't he know it's royal purple with gold?! Bah, I distinctly remember my past self being a lot snappier dresser than that barbarian! Or was it my future self? Can never keep track of that one, allways zipping about, not a moment spent looking around or sniffing the roses. Not that you'd want to sniff the roses, mind, most are frozen."

[thefluffyone93]

I knew somebody was going to post something like that one day lol

[easytarget]

How did the patch turn out? Didn't one release today?

[rajpoot]

Oblivion added the wonderful Battlehorn castle with all the nifty things like personal trainers and taxidermists in a free DLC. Here's hoping Skyrim does something like that.

Also I got a question about a certain blade. Minor side-quest spoilers.

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The Ghostblade found in the barrow of Ansilvund. Is that weapon leveled? Because it looks cool, and has decent damage right now,(after improving it a bit), but if it's a leveled item, I'd rather leave picking it up till later.

[SwordsMaster]

Ok, so, what is the ultimate light armour and heavy armour? Not in terms of protection, but overall usability?

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I dont' want the Daedric vs Dragonbone discussion, I'm more questioning which one do you spend most of your game wearing?

I'm a big fan of the thieves' guild one, combined with nightindale gloves, and Dark brotherhood hood/thieves hood as required. (Does anyone else think the nightindale chestpiece is disappointing?)

In terms of heavy armour - I have a fully upgraded (flawless?) Steel plate with +50 health. Usually I carry a light set + heavy set so I don't need to choose between combat/noncombat situations.

[rajpoot]

Dragoneplate. Hehe. Dragonbone is in Dragon Age Origins.

IMO Steel plate works well until you can reach Dragonplate/Daedric. Orcish and Ebony armour are better than it in terms of protection, but I don't much like the look of Orcish and the total addition to armour value isn't that much anyway. Ebony armour looks good but then Ebony ore is so rare as it is that I'd much rather save it for crafting Daedric stuff later.
So despite having found bits of other higher tier armour, I'm still sticking with my steel plate at level 23.

I haven't looked into Light armour as much but Elven Armour is quite good. I use it to array my followers so that they can be better protected and still have a lot of surplus carrying space. And one can easily find tons of Elven armour by killing

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the Thalmor

so there isn't even any need to look for too much moonstone.


BTW Daedric armour models looks pretty awesome in Skyrim. It actually looks demonic, like it's supposed to look. The Daedric weapons look rather overdone though.