[Megathread] Skyrim Discussion

[Lizbeth]

I'm seriously doubting that rumor...

All it is was the press taking an old trademark of Bethesda (one that was made BEFORE Skyrim even launched) and inventing a rumor around it - JUST to keep some Skyrim news spin going in a drought of any Video Game news.

I sort of believe it. It comes from the same people who predicted Dawnguard and Dragonborn correctly, they also reserved the brandname recently like prior to other DLCs, then there's the road that leads to Hammerfell near Riften and a lot of other things.

[Venziir]

I sort of believe it. It comes from the same people who predicted Dawnguard and Dragonborn correctly, they also reserved the brandname recently like prior to other DLCs, then there's the road that leads to Hammerfell near Riften and a lot of other things.

Well if it really is this "Redguard" DLC, then finally - a DLC which actually seems important, and not just silly vampires or other silly dragonborn - back to the main story thank you!

[Lizbeth]

Well if it really is this "Redguard" DLC, then finally - a DLC which actually seems important, and not just silly vampires or other silly dragonborn - back to the main story thank you!

Well, the main story is killing Alduin and it's over already, the rest are all side stories or long term thing. Civil war and the Thalmor have really nothing to do with the Dragonborn unless they reveal something we dont know yet.

[mvallas]

I sort of believe it. It comes from the same people who predicted Dawnguard and Dragonborn correctly, they also reserved the brandname recently like prior to other DLCs, then there's the road that leads to Hammerfell near Riften and a lot of other things.

No they did not... no one set of "people" predicted those. EVERYBODY predicted Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn correctly because all three were trademarked shortly after Skyrim's release.

PS. Riften's road leads to Morrowind, not Hammerfell. The road to Hammerfell you're looking for is actually by Falkreath. :P

http://images.wikia.com/elderscrolls...elWorldMap.jpg

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Well if it really is this "Redguard" DLC, then finally - a DLC which actually seems important, and not just silly vampires or other silly dragonborn - back to the main story thank you!

...one would argue the whole point of the story is the Dragonborn. :P

[Flaks]

Well if it really is this "Redguard" DLC, then finally - a DLC which actually seems important, and not just silly vampires or other silly dragonborn - back to the main story thank you!

Seriously. They NEED to address the Thalmor issue more in Skyrim. Adding in the one region that's managed to successfully fend off the Thalmor SOLO makes a lot of sense.

I was hoping that with the Dragonborn's help we'd be able to oust the Thalmor from Skyrim (which would seem more in line with helping the Stormcloaks since the Empire still honors the concordat) and ally with Hammerfell.

---------- Post added 2013-01-18 at 06:33 PM ----------

Well, the main story is killing Alduin and it's over already, the rest are all side stories or long term thing. Civil war and the Thalmor have really nothing to do with the Dragonborn unless they reveal something we dont know yet.

In the grand scheme of things, the return of the Dragons is actually a smaller concern than the war between man and mer.

[Venziir]

Well, the main story is killing Alduin and it's over already, the rest are all side stories or long term thing. Civil war and the Thalmor have really nothing to do with the Dragonborn unless they reveal something we dont know yet.

True, but honestly - that seemed so... Urgh I don't know - secondary really, when compared to the real conflict, being the whole Empire/Stormcloak/Thalmor thing, the fact that assassination the emperor had no effect was utterly shocking to me, and just reeked of bad story telling.

[Lizbeth]

No they did not... no one set of "people" predicted those. EVERYBODY predicted Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn correctly because all three were trademarked shortly after Skyrim's release.

PS. Riften's road leads to Morrowind, not Hammerfell. The road to Hammerfell you're looking for is actually by Falkreath. :P

http://images.wikia.com/elderscrolls...elWorldMap.jpg

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...one would argue the whole point of the story is the Dragonborn. :P

Oops, yea, I meant the one near Falkreath. I guess we'll see shortly if it's true or not anyway.

[unholytestament]

In the grand scheme of things, the return of the Dragons is actually a smaller concern than the war between man and mer.

That's a big fat NOPE.

The war wouldn't mean squat if the dragonborn hadn't stopped Alduin.

[Lizbeth]

In the grand scheme of things, the return of the Dragons is actually a smaller concern than the war between man and mer.

I haven't finished the main story yet but I think Alduin was actually supposed to bring the end of the world so some little war is hardly more important than that.

[Flaks]

I meant in how lengthy it is. Yes Alduin was significant but the mer vs. man thing's been going on for thousands of years and is coming to a head right now especially since the Thalmor have gotten control of so many towers. The Thalmor are also attempting to and capable of bringing about the end of the current reality.

[unholytestament]

True, but honestly - that seemed so... Urgh I don't know - secondary really, when compared to the real conflict, being the whole Empire/Stormcloak/Thalmor thing, the fact that assassination the emperor had no effect was utterly shocking to me, and just reeked of bad story telling.

The sense of scope and conflict has always been poorly represented in TES games. In each game everyone will cslmly go about their business despite whatever major conflict or crisis is going on. You drive the plot and very little happens when you aren't around.

In Skyrim alone I am just baffled at stuff like Thalmor hit squads being sent after you but none of the static Thalmor NPCs knowing or caring who you are. Plus the changing of leadership in the holds based on which side you support in the war has so little effect on anything it's frustrating.

And then there's how underwhelming the final battle with Alduin is...

[aikoyamamato]

Cool looking stuff there Gecko!

Every time I make a character to play through it ends up being a sneaky one with archery max. I'm determined to not touch either tree this play through. Going to try a barbarian warrior type with a 2-H weapon and light armor.

Funny enough, even if I try my darndest to create a sneaky Vampire like character I always end up in full plate with a sword and shield. There's just something about being a tank in Skyrim that I really, truly enjoy.

On that note, perhaps I can share an armor mod I'm working on myself. It's a heavy WIP and is inspired from Chris Lightfellow's armor in Suikoden III. I've been working on it on and off for the last 5 months, since I'm a novice to modding and stuff. I'm also a little embarrassed to share this as it's really not in a pretty state right now. I'm having a realllllllly hard time understanding how to properly apply weights to the mesh, so a lot of the vertices in the armor (mainly in the skirt) are being weighed to the wrong bone! This results, most notably, in "spikes" in the skirt and pauldrons, not very pretty. I'm also using placeholder textures (the skirt in particular is using I think the steel armor CUIRASS texture lol) until I find out how to fix this...



As you can see, the mesh itself looks fine but in-game there are tons and tons of issues. This probably isn't the right place to ask, but does anyone have experience with weighting, or texture design? I could use some help in both areas. I'd never even modeled before until Skyrim inspired me to.

[unholytestament]

never even modeled before until Skyrim inspired me to.

Shit, really? One of the finest first attempts I've ever seen. Keep it up. You will go places.

Wish I could help...

[aikoyamamato]

Shit, really? One of the finest first attempts I've ever seen. Keep it up. You will go places.

Wish I could help...

Thanks! The encouragement helps more than you know~
I was surprised at how similar 3D modeling is to actual like...clay modeling. I have a little bit of experience with that, so it was a matter of learning 3DS Max. ...Which took a long time. Don't be too impressed.

[Dunker]

Question about Skyrim on PS3:

I just saw that they're releasing the Skyrim DLC's for PS3 in February, did they ever fix the crashing and slow-down issues for the platform?

[Flaks]

Question about Skyrim on PS3:

I just saw that they're releasing the Skyrim DLC's for PS3 in February, did they ever fix the crashing and slow-down issues for the platform?

I think they fixed a lot of the crashing bugs a long time ago. Last time I played it on ps3 though it was still slowing down in certain areas. This was maybe 4 months ago.

[Dunker]

I think they fixed a lot of the crashing bugs a long time ago. Last time I played it on ps3 though it was still slowing down in certain areas. This was maybe 4 months ago.

Hmmm, I haven't played since last February when I got the platinum, and the last few hours of that were pretty excruciating. I might patch it up and see if it's any better as I missed the game but the slow-downs and crashes made it unbearable.

Thanks for the info.

[bethofwow]

Wonder why there hasn't been any thought about visiting Elsweyr or Black Marsh. Seem logical seeing as how the natives are playable races

[Flaks]

Wonder why there hasn't been any thought about visiting Elsweyr or Black Marsh. Seem logical seeing as how the natives are playable races

They just don't seem to be all that significant in Elder Scrolls lore compared to basically any human race or certain elves. Bathesda needs to get on adding more beast race lore to the game.

[unholytestament]

They just don't seem to be all that significant in Elder Scrolls lore compared to basically any human race or certain elves. Bathesda needs to get on adding more beast race lore to the game.

Argonians need to join forces with the orcs and take over the world!