Official Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim thread!

[Lemur]

The Stormcloak story actually manages to tug at your emotions if you approach it from a roleplaying perspective, and you're playing a Nord.

You know, even though I was a fur-wearing, two-handed weapon smashing Nord, I sided with the Imperials. Mel Gibson would hate me SO MUCH.

[Vladimir]

You know, even though I was a fur-wearing, two-handed weapon smashing Nord, I sided with the Imperials. Mel Gibson would hate me SO MUCH.

[removed Backroom-worthy comment] -Husar

[Drunk Clown]

So, did anyone of you finish the companions quests and the thief's guild? If so what do you think of the story?

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I for one think both are poorly written

[lars573]

I've only done the Thieves guild so far, and I didn't feel it was poorly written. Taking the thieves back to being Tamriel's Mafia like they were in Morrowind was a good thing. I feel that the cursed Robin Hood thing they had in Oblivion was a lot weaker. Plus the lack of the whole independent thievery thing makes it much better to play through.

[rajpoot]

So, did anyone of you finish the companions quests and the thief's guild? If so what do you think of the story?

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I for one think both are poorly written

Didn't do the thieves guild quest. The companions quest-line though, was quite short, compared to Oblivion's Fighters Guild. As far as writing is concerned, IMO that was never a strong point with TES games.
What really bothers me is that lack of a 'Destroy the Thieves Guild' quest.

[Drunk Clown]

I do not think Oblivion's was better. I think Oblivion's thief's guild was poorly written too.

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What personally bothered me was that Maven is portrayed as a big and powerful woman and that you don't wanna mess with her. So when it turned out she has a meager role in the whole story I was kind of disappointed. They hopped to quickly to the nightinggale bull****. It was all about Maven and her wine with competition and then all of the sudden nothing. Guess we didn't need her help that much after all. IMHO just a weak bridge, really weak.

[LeftEyeNine]

Have you tried SkyUI for a much better organized inventory ?

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Have you tried SkyUI for a much better organized inventory ?

Some more minor (but useful) interface mods
Better sorting mod - Renames some items so that they are sorted better
Container categorization - Allows you to view containers the same way you view your own inventory, with the various categories (weapons, apparel, etc)

I highly recommend using them in conjunction with SkyUI (and to make it easier on yourself, use the Nexus Mod Manager, too).