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Strenuous Manflurry posted:I'm think of restarting as a 2-handed warrior. Any suggestions on choosing warhammer, greatsword, or battleaxe? Be as superficial as you prefer. 2H axe perk gives you a chance of decapitation on a standing power attack. Don't see how hammer or 2h sword could top that. edit: fact checked myself.. you can apparently decapitate people with any 2h weapon... even the hammer. 
Mizar fucked around with this message at Nov 18, 2011 around 15:59 |
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Anyone know if you can improve the damage of a warhammer so much through smithing that it becomes as powerful as the giants are against you at low level?
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 16:02 |
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Mizar posted:2H axe perk gives you a chance of decapitation on a standing power attack. Don't see how hammer or 2h sword could top that. I've decapitated people with the one-handed mace before.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 16:03 |
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It seems my Azura Quest has glitched out a little bit; I found the mage to talk to and got the lowdown on where the Star is, and the blurb in the Journal mentions the dungeon I have to go to by name, but the quest marker is still pointing at the mage and a scan of my map shows that no new areas have been added. Even worse I can't remember if he mentioned even a general direction for where I'm supposed to go next and that dialogue tree is gone now, he only gives the general background about the Star. Can anyone point me in a direction to look for this place?
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 16:13 |
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The godforsaken unable to equip spells two handed without de-equipping and re-equipping a one handed weapon is going to drive me to loving skooma. Is there any way to fix this nonsense?
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 16:17 |
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In case anyone doubted the superiority of the Thieves' Guild, finishing their optional quest lines to become guild master gives their fence in the Ragged Flagon 4k gold for bartering.
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Where the hell is Maramal at? I want to put some moves on some NPCs and I can't find him in the Temple OR the Inn in Riften. I'm going nuts looking for him!
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I've been using a 2h hammer exclusively but I think I'm going to switch to sword. The hammers are really skinny, and the fatalities aren't as cool. Though it is fun getting the rare decapitation, more often its the kneesweep then faceplant. 2h hammer is also kind of slow, which means its tricky trying to time it to hit kiting mages and archers. I also more than once have charged (edit: sprint+power attack perk) someone and watched them dodge at the last second while I slowly swing the hammer around and momentum carries me past them and forces me to slide down a nearby slope or staircase - pretty hilarious when you flail yourself off a keep wall. Thats admittedly probably my own lack of skill and slow computer shining through. 2h sword gets a sweet fatality where you stab them in the stomach and lift. Not sure about axe as I haven't used it much.
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It's true that the 2-handed hammer is slow, but what it hits, stays hit. Question: I've escaped most bugs, but I think I've got two now. 1. The merchant in Whiterun seems to have disappeared and the shop is always locked. I broke in at night but he wasn't there. 2. The last two dragons I've killed have not dissolved and I'm pretty sure I didn't get their souls. Is there a known solution to this/cause I should be aware of?
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:I'm think of restarting as a 2-handed warrior. Any suggestions on choosing warhammer, greatsword, or battleaxe? Be as superficial as you prefer. Two-handed swords get a variety of gnarly slashes and decapitations, plus a decidedly brutal abdominal impalement kill. It was one of the first canned kill animations my brother and I saw in this game, and we both let out one of those shocked/appreciative "awwwwwgh!" noises when we saw it. Hacking and slashing are all well and good, but sometimes you just want to stab the poo poo out of someone, and seeing your Sword of gently caress You +5 burst from that obnoxious necromancer's back is a pretty good catharsis. I tend to prefer swords in general, due to their higher attack speed. Some of the higher-level warhammers look rad as gently caress though.
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Question about 1-handing swords. Right now I just run around with a sword and magic, but to be able to block I need to open up the quick menu and deselect the spell I have on. Is there anyway to hotkey 1-hand only with nothing in my off hand so I can block? I don't really want to use shields because I am going for a duelest-agile-stabby-burny-man.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 16:59 |
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Mizar posted:2H axe perk gives you a chance of decapitation on a standing power attack. Don't see how hammer or 2h sword could top that. Also if you are a Nord and use the Hammer you are literally Thor.(make sure to put a wicked lightning enchant on it) greatn fucked around with this message at Nov 18, 2011 around 17:03 |
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How do I get my future read by olava? I have the quest for it, but all she ever says is some variation of "not now". Am I supposed to have some sort of quest item that has bugged out? If so, can anyone what's it called so I can console it in?
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 17:07 |
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Seems to me that swords have way kill animations than anything else. At least among one-handers. My favorite is the ol' sword-through-the-clavicle.
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Some of the sword-and-shield cinematic kills are amazing. You get your share of neat little swordplay moves like well-timed stabs or a two-slice coup de grace, but my favourite is the one where you just smash them over the head with your shield, step closer while they kneel in a daze, stab them in the heart like a stone cold motherfucker, and then kick their body off of your sword. It's just so callously brutal.
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Angry Diplomat posted:Two-handed swords get a variety of gnarly slashes and decapitations, plus a decidedly brutal abdominal impalement kill. It was one of the first canned kill animations my brother and I saw in this game, and we both let out one of those shocked/appreciative "awwwwwgh!" noises when we saw it. Hacking and slashing are all well and good, but sometimes you just want to stab the poo poo out of someone, and seeing your Sword of gently caress You +5 burst from that obnoxious necromancer's back is a pretty good catharsis. Thank you for this! Greatsword it is, then.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 17:29 |
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So I'm winding down on quests and am trying to clear my quest backlog and inventory. I have one quest item that I have no idea what to do with, an Amulet of Talos. Any pointers on where to go?
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 17:32 |
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Are there any programs that I can run to help boost a games performance? My computer is barely above minimum specs and I want to be able to get all that I can out of it.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 17:32 |
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so I've only been using Lydia as a companion so far. how do the others compare as far as plowing down mobs and doing other useful things? I don't think that she's very useful for much beyond just hauling my gear and running in front of me to kill things. I think I'd rather have a pocket healer if possible, are there any that do this?
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Telex posted:so I've only been using Lydia as a companion so far. There are few mage companions, but i don't think there is a healbot sorry 
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Mr. Sunabouzu posted:Question about 1-handing swords. Right now I just run around with a sword and magic, but to be able to block I need to open up the quick menu and deselect the spell I have on. Is there anyway to hotkey 1-hand only with nothing in my off hand so I can block? Pressing any equiped item or spell's hotkey puts it away again. Edit: Of course it would have be a spell that you've got hotkeyed, natch.
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SterlingSylver posted:So I'm winding down on quests and am trying to clear my quest backlog and inventory. I have one quest item that I have no idea what to do with, an Amulet of Talos. Any pointers on where to go? Are you sure that's a quest item? I found one of those and it was just a neat enchanted necklace, unrelated to any quests. Maybe someone mentioned that he'd like one? My best guess would be to go talk to that eternally yelling priest of Talos in Whiterun and see if he has anything to do with it.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 17:54 |
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They're not quest items. I had two, but sold one off, and don't use the other one. Amulet of Akatosh or bust!
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 18:05 |
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Telex posted:so I've only been using Lydia as a companion so far. I exclusively use Lydia, as when I gave her some good weapons/armor she became a murderdemon. I imagine followers all have varying stats, but can anyone confirm this? Is there like a list anywhere?
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I don't know what their stats are like, but different followers definitely have very different abilities and "playstyles." My wife has been trooping around with this insanely good ice-mage lady who double-fists Ice Storm all day and annihilates entire rooms by herself. It's pretty ridiculous.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:I exclusively use Lydia, as when I gave her some good weapons/armor she became a murderdemon. I imagine followers all have varying stats, but can anyone confirm this? Is there like a list anywhere? Lydia makes an excellent meat shield if you just toss her a 1h and a shield. But if she says "A healing spell. Are you a priest?" when I'm healing her one more loving time I'm going to shout her off the throat of the world.
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Nuclearmonkee posted:Lydia makes an excellent meat shield if you just toss her a 1h and a shield. But if she says "A healing spell. Are you a priest?" when I'm healing her one more loving time I'm going to shout her off the throat of the world. If you mean a meat shield to protect my enemies from me by walking in front of every god drat power attack I make, then yes she's really good at it. If she wasn't always carrying 300 lbs. worth of expensive gear, I'd have left her to rot ages ago.
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Lydia ain't bad, but in a world where no one really has unique dialogue besides.. 2 companions I can think of.. "I am swooooorn to carry your burden..." will get you loving kicked out of my entourage. Yeah I mentioned this earlier, but Swords have like 4 (that I've seen) unique finishers, then it also has the Axe and Mace ones. Axe has Axe and Mace finishers, and 1 unique. Mace just has 2 finishers. This is echoed in the two-handed weapons.
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SlightlyMadman posted:If you mean a meat shield to protect my enemies from me by walking in front of every god drat power attack I make, then yes she's really good at it. If she wasn't always carrying 300 lbs. worth of expensive gear, I'd have left her to rot ages ago. this is how it goes for me all the time. I am the heavy plate 1H+Shield user. I am the tank. You find a way to hack someone's head off but don't jump in front of me to do it AND don't act like a bitch when I give you 300 lbs of dwarven scrap metal to haul. I hate her so much and I want a mage instead so I think tonight I'm gonna hit up mage land and find a mage to hang with me. But, the mages are going to be unable to haul my gear as efficiently aren't they?
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 18:56 |
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Where's the Jarl of Markrath located? That city is extremely hard to navigate, and nothing sticks out as the This Is The Center Of Government.
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MisterBibs posted:Where's the Jarl of Markrath located? That city is extremely hard to navigate, and nothing sticks out as the This Is The Center Of Government. He's in the cave where you can go into the dwarven ruins at the far edge of one of the sides basically. You can go one way to get to the ruins, the other way gets the throne room and the dwarven museum. i'm drawing a blank on the name underwood or something?
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phosdex posted:With the item highlighted and showing on the right-side of the screen, move your mouse over there and mousewheelup. It should zoom in and let you use the mouse to spin it. Just posting that this didn't work for me. Mouse-wheeling up does nothing. E: Seems others are having this issue and it's pretty sporadic. Shazzner fucked around with this message at Nov 18, 2011 around 19:16 |
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Is there a way to hotkey your fists? Having to unequip everything and readjust everything is really killing the whole monk playthrough for me.
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Angry Diplomat posted:Are you sure that's a quest item? I found one of those and it was just a neat enchanted necklace, unrelated to any quests. Maybe someone mentioned that he'd like one? My best guess would be to go talk to that eternally yelling priest of Talos in Whiterun and see if he has anything to do with it.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 19:17 |
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:I'm think of restarting as a 2-handed warrior. Any suggestions on choosing warhammer, greatsword, or battleaxe? Be as superficial as you prefer. 2h axe and hammer both have literally the same animations when it comes to finishers, it is very disappointing
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People are speaking about their character's armor ratings - where can I actually see how much armor does my character have? The tab menu only seems to show health and magicka. It'd be handy to see how much my total armor is after perks and other stuff.
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Dropbear posted:People are speaking about their character's armor ratings - where can I actually see how much armor does my character have? The tab menu only seems to show health and magicka. It'd be handy to see how much my total armor is after perks and other stuff. just select apparel and it will be displayed right next to health
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| # ? Nov 18, 2011 19:38 |
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So do you get anything for finishing the main quest other than that dragon dude? In Oblivion you got that armour set.
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Do companions use up charges on enchanted weapons if given to them? If so, can they be given soul gems to recharge or what? It'd be pretty sweet if they were infinite, I'd have Lydia carrying the Wabbajack around all day erryday.
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:I exclusively use Lydia, as when I gave her some good weapons/armor she became a murderdemon. I imagine followers all have varying stats, but can anyone confirm this? Is there like a list anywhere? I am currently seeing just how well Iona does with an ebony waraxe I enchanted with paralysis. Seems to be going pretty well so far; she won't attack a downed foe, but every guy laying stunned on the ground is 1) a guy not hitting her and 2) a perfect target for my arrows.
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