Parmenides
Supreme [H]ardness
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maybe the cell doesn't reset if you visit it frequently.
Yeah, I'm a "no beta drivers" person all the way.
Where did you get that idea? Steam workshop is just a way of easily organizing mods for games by giving them their own steam page so you can navigate through an organized list of mods and install them right into the game through steam. Half-Life has tons of mods through Steam workshop all free. It's the best thing that can happen to Skyrim.
am I missing out on quests by exploring areas on my own and killing all the creatures, bandits etc inside those areas?...or should I just wait for the quest to show up under Misc./Secondary before exploring?
also are enemies supposed to respawn in areas that you previously cleared out (and which show up as 'Cleared' on the Map)?...I went back to a few 'cleared' areas and see more enemies there
The "radiant" engine will actually still assign quests to "cleared" areas. The areas also respawn by themselves after awhile.
In terms of actual quests, you won't miss quests, but some will bug out when you do receive them. Basically it will be stuck on a stage where it asks you do something in that area, which you can't because you have already done it.
On the PC this can be worked around using "setstage" in the console, and using UESP for the refIDs.
I was also thinking about it in another way...suppose I go clear out an area on my own...I find some cool weapons and armor and decide to either disenchant it or sell it...what happens later on if a quest requires you to return to that cleared area and retrieve the item I just sold?...will the item respawn or will the quest be broken?
I was also thinking about it in another way...suppose I go clear out an area on my own...I find some cool weapons and armor and decide to either disenchant it or sell it...what happens later on if a quest requires you to return to that cleared area and retrieve the item I just sold?...will the item respawn or will the quest be broken?
I was also thinking about it in another way...suppose I go clear out an area on my own...I find some cool weapons and armor and decide to either disenchant it or sell it...what happens later on if a quest requires you to return to that cleared area and retrieve the item I just sold?...will the item respawn or will the quest be broken?
I've also had some items say they were "quest items" but really weren't. Like I had a couple of Giant's Toes in my inventory and for a long while it kept saying they were a quest item and couldn't be dropped. For no apparent reason, after some time had passed, I was able to drop them finally. No clue as to why.
Yes, that actually works, and works well. The chests also are relocked and contain new loot, leveled loot. recently found a black soul gem by redoing a bounty.I've noticed sometimes when I've already cleared out, say, a bandit hideout, and then I get a bounty to do the same or something similar, the bandits will generally respawn.
I don't know about quest items, though. I've found quite a few of like "So-and-so's Bow" or "So-and-so's Sword" randomly, but usually I keep that stuff in case it is a quest later on. Sometimes it will let you drop it, sometimes it does the "quest item, can't drop" thing. Kind of annoying all around. It would be preferable if, when you tried to drop a quest item, it would say "warning: this is a quest item, are you sure you want to drop" or something like that rather than taking up weight in your inventory that you can't get back because you don't even know what quest it's for.
As a person that only played Oblivion for xbox 360 a few times, and found it relativity fun, would you recommend buying Skyrim? Is it better?
Yes, and more yes. I was introduced to The Elder Scrolls games though Oblivion as well. I have since played many TES, Skyrim is by far better than Oblivion in my opinion and I would and, have been recommending it to anyone with any interest in the series.
Actually, i'm kicking myself for not being able to wait longer for the patches and the fixes
I think the game will be a lot more fun in 6 months to a year. The DLCs will be out and most of the bugs will be worked out by then.
That's nothing, I have been kicking myself for not breaking for food and sleep...
In reality I have gotten better about that, the first week Skyrim and I were inseparable. With time and completion of the main quest line I have returned to a more reasonable amount of time spent gaming.
am I missing out on quests by exploring areas on my own and killing all the creatures, bandits etc inside those areas?...or should I just wait for the quest to show up under Misc./Secondary before exploring?
also are enemies supposed to respawn in areas that you previously cleared out (and which show up as 'Cleared' on the Map)?...I went back to a few 'cleared' areas and see more enemies there
The key thing is probably to buy the right level spells - apprentice instead of novice, and so on, and the appropriate perks to reduce magicka use for the level of the spell.
I cannot for the life of me figure out why I'm leveling so slow with destruction. I'm lvl 11 and I only have lvl 34 destruction. I'm primarily a mage/archer. I'm a dark elf. Don't get what I'm doing wrong.
Please help?
Are you constantly using destruction spells? If so - is it against the right kind of enemies? In order to boost your destruction skills efficiently, you need to use destruction spells against enemies who use destruction spells. You won't gain as much destruction experience using destruction spells against a pure greatsword-wielding Orc as you would using the same spells against a Necromage.
Also - 34 destruction skill isn't TOO bad at level 11.
By the way, am I missing something, or is there no way to tell what level the spell the guy is selling me is? I can see the damage, etc, but it doesn't clearly say "Novice" or "Apprentice" or anything, at least not that I've seen. Or does it level with you?
Spells are novice, apprentice, adept, expert, and master.
The mage at the college who specializes in each spell type will sell you novice spells at 0 skill, apprentice at 25, adept at 50, and expert at 75. You can receive a quest for the master spell at skill level 90, after which you an buy master spells.
In terms of leveling destruction, basically the base MP cost of the spell affects how much you get per time you damage someone with that spell. So using the Rune spells (high MP cost) levels faster. There are some NPCs which you can level destruction on without worrying about them dieing if you want to look for an exploit. Destruction is the only school you have to level in "combat," all the other schools have at least one spell you can level out of combat.
Spells are novice, apprentice, adept, expert, and master.
The mage at the college who specializes in each spell type will sell you novice spells at 0 skill, apprentice at 25, adept at 50, and expert at 75. You can receive a quest for the master spell at skill level 90, after which you an buy master spells.
In terms of leveling destruction, basically the base MP cost of the spell affects how much you get per time you damage someone with that spell. So using the Rune spells (high MP cost) levels faster. There are some NPCs which you can level destruction on without worrying about them dieing if you want to look for an exploit. Destruction is the only school you have to level in "combat," all the other schools have at least one spell you can level out of combat.
I cannot for the life of me figure out why I'm leveling so slow with destruction. I'm lvl 11 and I only have lvl 34 destruction. I'm primarily a mage/archer. I'm a dark elf. Don't get what I'm doing wrong.
Please help?
But is there any way to know (besides the damage/price) which ones are which? I am apprentice level for destruction, so I can buy some apprentice spells, but it looks like they also still have the novice spells for sale as well. I can figure it out, it would just be nice if there was a way to tell at a glance what level the spell is (in the magic menu also).
do master level spells not unlock until you reach lvl 100?
Are you constantly using destruction spells? If so - is it against the right kind of enemies? In order to boost your destruction skills efficiently, you need to use destruction spells against enemies who use destruction spells. You won't gain as much destruction experience using destruction spells against a pure greatsword-wielding Orc as you would using the same spells against a Necromage.
Also - 34 destruction skill isn't TOO bad at level 11.
What's your source for this? I haven't seen any evidence of Destruction leveling based on anything other than damage done to your target.
Does playing on Master mean you level up faster?
Since the enemies have more HP, you can hit them more = more exp?
I'm going to do another play-through on Master without using fast travel. I kind of rushed through the game before (still took me 70 hours!) and I feel like I missed out on a lot.
Hey, question for all of you sissies playing Skyrim, which of you have been chasing butterflies?