Is it? I have 96 in Illusion due to my extensive use of Clairvoyance and Invisibility, but that's about it(I used "Muffle" to powerlevel my Illusion skill to the required 75 points to buy the Invisibility spell). I need invisibility because I'm a vampire, and I need Clairvoyance because I'm an idiot, but otherwise I find the school fairly unimportant, even playing as a pure mage.
Is it? I have 96 in Illusion due to my extensive use of Clairvoyance and Invisibility, but that's about it(I used "Muffle" to powerlevel my Illusion skill to the required 75 points to buy the Invisibility spell). I need invisibility because I'm a vampire, and I need Clairvoyance because I'm an idiot, but otherwise I find the school fairly unimportant, even playing as a pure mage.
You're playing as a vampire?! In the name of Azeroth, why? It's such a pain in the arse, I thought everyone hated it because of the severe penalties. At least play as a werewolf, that shit is sweet and there's only one, very minor penalty.
You're playing as a vampire?! In the name of Azeroth, why? It's such a pain in the arse, I thought everyone hated it because of the severe penalties. At least play as a werewolf, that shit is sweet and there's only one, very minor penalty.
Why:
-Up to 100% frost resistance
-25% more difficult to see while sneaking
-25% more powerful Illusion spells
-Infinitely reusable Night Vision power
-While the penalty for being in the sunlight is listed as Health, Magicka, and Stamina not regenerating, it's actually a 100% debuff, so increasing your regen rates allows them to regenerate(more slowly, but the vast majority of enemies you have to worry about are indoors, where the penalty isn't a problem)
-The 100% weaker to Fire is, honestly, only a problem when fighting a few dragons. And honestly, once you get the Dragonrend shout and have the attack animation-interrupting staggering Destruction spell power, you can pretty easily kill just about any dragon. Also, their attack animations are relatively slow and easy to predict.
-As I said, I had invisibility. I could be a stage four vampire which will make most "friendly" NPCs hostile, and use invisibility to easily sneak into a place and feed.
Also, I was a full mage planning on doing Dark Brotherhood and Thieves guild. Invisibility helps with those, sure, but the heightened sneaking buff and a way to see in the dark without creating light seemed like a good way to go. Honestly, "Weakness to Fire" is the only penalty that really means anything to me. Stage 4 making friendlies hostile is slightly annoying, but I can deal with it pretty easily.
Oh, also, I got the disease, wondered if I should cure it, and thought "Eh, why the hell not?" I have a filled black soul gem sitting in every single house I own and the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary(they let me walk about at stage 4 and don't care), just in case I ever want to turn back, so I have an exit strategy.
-Up to 100% frost resistance
-25% more difficult to see while sneaking
-25% more powerful Illusion spells
-Infinitely reusable Night Vision power
-While the penalty for being in the sunlight is listed as Health, Magicka, and Stamina not regenerating, it's actually a 100% debuff, so increasing your regen rates allows them to regenerate(more slowly, but the vast majority of enemies you have to worry about are indoors, where the penalty isn't a problem)
-The 100% weaker to Frost is, honestly, only a problem when fighting a few dragons. And honestly, once you get the Dragonrend shout and have the attack animation-interrupting staggering Destruction spell power, you can pretty easily kill just about any dragon. Also, their attack animations are relatively slow and easy to predict.
-As I said, I had invisibility. I could be a stage four vampire which will make most "friendly" NPCs hostile, and use invisibility to easily sneak into a place and feed.
Also, I was a full mage planning on doing Dark Brotherhood and Thieves guild. Invisibility helps with those, sure, but the heightened sneaking buff and a way to see in the dark without creating light seemed like a good way to go. Honestly, "Weakness to Fire" is the only penalty that really means anything to me. Stage 4 making friendlies hostile is slightly annoying, but I can deal with it pretty easily.
Oh, also, I got the disease, wondered if I should cure it, and thought "Eh, why the hell not?" I have a filled black soul gem sitting in every single house I own and the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary(they let me walk about at stage 4 and don't care), just in case I ever want to turn back, so I have an exit strategy.
Well, that certainly answered my question.
On the subject of exit strategies regarding vampirism, I simply became a werewolf because you can't be both at the same time.;)
Wow, the Companions are boring. I kind of wanted to finish all the "main" guild questlines and get to level 50 before finishing off the main quest, but DAMN this questline is dull, and I've even restored the thieves' guild to its former glory(a task which, mainly, seems to serve to pad out the thieves' guild's nothing of a questline).
Just popping my head in here. A lot of my friends are telling me how awesome Skyrim is, yada yada, whatever. Just trying to get a general consensus on what my next game purchase should be. Is Skyrim worth the money?
I don't even own it and I'd say it is. I'd buy it if I had either the time or money. I played a few hours on my brother's copy over Thanksgiving and it was excellent and I was very sad when I had to stop to go eat and sleep.
Just popping my head in here. A lot of my friends are telling me how awesome Skyrim is, yada yada, whatever. Just trying to get a general consensus on what my next game purchase should be. Is Skyrim worth the money?
It's more than worth the money considering that you should easily be able to get at least 100 hours of gameplay out of it. It's one of those awesome games that actually seems too cheap at full price.
I suppose the price you pay is less to do with monetary value and more to do with losing your social life.
Is it? I have 96 in Illusion due to my extensive use of Clairvoyance and Invisibility, but that's about it(I used "Muffle" to powerlevel my Illusion skill to the required 75 points to buy the Invisibility spell). I need invisibility because I'm a vampire, and I need Clairvoyance because I'm an idiot, but otherwise I find the school fairly unimportant, even playing as a pure mage.
I've played fifty hours and am at level 25. Mind you this is coming from someone that hates playing games longer than 20 hours. Just defeated the Wolf Queen which was one of my favorite missions so far and wraps us a long time Elder Scrolls story.
Regretting getting the PS3 version with all the issues. The patch only alleviated the problem slightly, making it take a tiny bit longer to get to the unplayable stage.
Regretting getting the PS3 version with all the issues. The patch only alleviated the problem slightly, making it take a tiny bit longer to get to the unplayable stage.
Well now. That's terrible. I think I'll wait until I hear that Bethesda has fixed the problem somehow. And here I was thinking I could pick this game up with my first paycheck. I only see framerate that bad trying to play a game on my stone-age laptop at high graphics.
Regretting getting the PS3 version with all the issues. The patch only alleviated the problem slightly, making it take a tiny bit longer to get to the unplayable stage.
The only glitches on 360 I remember reading about is that when you install the game to the hard drive distant textures don't increase in detail when you get close to them.
It can happen on the 360 too, however it is far harder and takes far longer to get to that stage. To put it simply, the engine wasn't designed with the PS3 in mind. The PS3 has split ram, 256MB for the graphics, and 256MB for the system. 360 on the other hand is just 512MB unified. Consequently, the amount of RAM available for graphics/system isn't as flexible.
Mind you. It's worth noting, while the above issue could be a factor, it may not be the underlying cause. Digital Foundry/Eurogamer, which I posted before, seems to suggest a memory leak going on somewhere. As if you quit out of your main character which is experiencing the issues, and then load up the new char without exiting the game, the bad frame rate seems to continue. Which again, would connect with the PS3 memory issue, because the PS3 memory will fill up quicker.
I like PC gaming because I've reached the point where, if I keep my maintenance up, I may never have to buy another computer all at once ever again. Of course, in three years they'll come up with something that isn't compatible with any of my current equipment and then I'll have to start over and relearn everything.
Not all of us have space for a massive desktop next to the TV.
Not to mention, if I did have my pc hooked up to the TV, then I would have to have the keyboard and mouse on my lap or something, which isn't really ideal for browsing or playing mouse/keyboard pc games.
Not to mention, if I did have my pc hooked up to the TV, then I would have to have the keyboard and mouse on my lap or something, which isn't really ideal for browsing or playing mouse/keyboard pc games.
I've rigged a PS3 controller to play Skyrim when I hook the tower up to the television. Plays just like the PS3 version, no problems.
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How does that work?
It's only 50% disease-resistance in Skyrim. And even then you can lower it further.
You're playing as a vampire?! In the name of Azeroth, why? It's such a pain in the arse, I thought everyone hated it because of the severe penalties. At least play as a werewolf, that shit is sweet and there's only one, very minor penalty.
-Up to 100% frost resistance
-25% more difficult to see while sneaking
-25% more powerful Illusion spells
-Infinitely reusable Night Vision power
-While the penalty for being in the sunlight is listed as Health, Magicka, and Stamina not regenerating, it's actually a 100% debuff, so increasing your regen rates allows them to regenerate(more slowly, but the vast majority of enemies you have to worry about are indoors, where the penalty isn't a problem)
-The 100% weaker to Fire is, honestly, only a problem when fighting a few dragons. And honestly, once you get the Dragonrend shout and have the attack animation-interrupting staggering Destruction spell power, you can pretty easily kill just about any dragon. Also, their attack animations are relatively slow and easy to predict.
-As I said, I had invisibility. I could be a stage four vampire which will make most "friendly" NPCs hostile, and use invisibility to easily sneak into a place and feed.
Also, I was a full mage planning on doing Dark Brotherhood and Thieves guild. Invisibility helps with those, sure, but the heightened sneaking buff and a way to see in the dark without creating light seemed like a good way to go. Honestly, "Weakness to Fire" is the only penalty that really means anything to me. Stage 4 making friendlies hostile is slightly annoying, but I can deal with it pretty easily.
Oh, also, I got the disease, wondered if I should cure it, and thought "Eh, why the hell not?" I have a filled black soul gem sitting in every single house I own and the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary(they let me walk about at stage 4 and don't care), just in case I ever want to turn back, so I have an exit strategy.
Well, that certainly answered my question.
On the subject of exit strategies regarding vampirism, I simply became a werewolf because you can't be both at the same time.;)
It's more than worth the money considering that you should easily be able to get at least 100 hours of gameplay out of it. It's one of those awesome games that actually seems too cheap at full price.
I suppose the price you pay is less to do with monetary value and more to do with losing your social life.
Fear, Frenzy, Courage.
Very nice spells.
(For those who don't know what issues I'm on about, just look at this - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-vs-ps3-skyrim-lag )
Well now. That's terrible. I think I'll wait until I hear that Bethesda has fixed the problem somehow. And here I was thinking I could pick this game up with my first paycheck. I only see framerate that bad trying to play a game on my stone-age laptop at high graphics.
Are these glitches in the 360 version?
Im getting the PC version anyway(when I can), but I kind of want to know if its a console wide or PS3 only problem.
I'd recommend anyone who is interested to read this post. The lead developer of New Vegas commented on how the game stores data, and how this causes problems for the ps3. http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1303536-new-vegas-developer-comments-on-ps3-lag-issues/ I like to be able to play my rpgs in comfort and on my TV.
Like mine does... but I still just play it on my monitor... but I have a decent monitor... But I COULD use a better computer chair.
Heck, Im pretty sure some TVs are wireless on that.
Not to mention, if I did have my pc hooked up to the TV, then I would have to have the keyboard and mouse on my lap or something, which isn't really ideal for browsing or playing mouse/keyboard pc games.
Wait, so when you hook it up to your TV and plug in a PS3 controller, your FPS suddenly slows to 0?