The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

i've spent all my time in whiterun hold so far, i had planned to go to solitude tonight, but i had to give up the HDTV and i refuse to play it on SDTV

<3 Shout storm call who needs sunny weather when I can just make storms? :D

You would still need to spend the perke on them because if you have the perks, when you upgrade the armor, It makes it even better.

Which Dwarven area are you referring to?

any

Err.. well more specifically...where are these dwarven areas exactly lol -.-

no idea, havent run into one yet myself

I saw one on my way down to Riften. I want to say just West of Eastmarch on one of those mountainsides. I didn't go in because I had no idea how hard it would be and I was like level 12.

Does archery fall under the Warrior stone or Thief's stone?

thief, archery is a stealth skill

Thanks!

Also, I wish you could have Lydia go fetch you some ingredients or something....

I'm either doinitwrong, or found a (bad) bug.

Now as far as I know, in Skyrim (as well as Morrowind and Oblivion), every 10 skill levels allows you to level up. But every now and then I gain a skill that gives very little towards my next level, and often times need more than 10 per level.

I just hit 22, with my 252nd skill gain. If every 10 is a level, I should be 26, so atm it's almost as if 40+ skill levels have all been for nothing and will eventually cockblock me out of hitting max level (minus unfucking it with console commands, of course).

I noticed this also when I started leveling smithing (which I am just now finishing to 100). When it was level 15, when i would level it up, it barely felt like the bar towards my character level was moving. Now every level I got with smithing seemed to move the bar like 1/6th or 1/8th or something. Maybe the character level goes up based on what level that skill was when you level'd it?

Yeah, you get more EXP when the skill you've just leveled is higher up. One-handed from 80-81 will do a lot more for your level than smithing from 20-21.

So i just got smithing to 100, saved, then got max perks in smithing just to see what the damage and defense rating on everything is. So it seems like there is no reason to put perks on the left side (Light armor side) of the smithing perks because Daedric Bows are the highest damage, and Dragon armor is the best Light armor, which you can reach that perk from the right side anyway.

i guess no one ever read the link i posted regarding leveling =/

also i noticed that skyrim is the biggest leap in time, 200 years between oblivion and skyrim, whereas from arena to oblivion is only like 34 years

I did read those links lol. I actually favorited it.... Anyways, it says that you can pay people to enchant things for you, I assume this wouldn't be as good as if you had 100 enchanting yourself?

Lover stone was a pain to find. Also horses have kick *** 4x4 abilities lol. How do i get the key to the college in winterhold?

And I got one from another one of those Liches called Vokun. His mask is 20% less magic used on Conjuration, Illusion, and Alteration spells.

The perk for heavy armor weighing nothing... Feels good man.

I didn't even get through the first playthough. I rolled up a new Conjuration/Destruction setup and haven't looked back. Conjuration levels crazy fast when you're double-fisting an atronach and a bound weapon. Fight starts -> double cast -> switch offhand spell to shield or projectile.

I had the same thing happen, but it was right when I had shown up a second time to cast the spell on the glyph to get in. The chick is all like 'Very good, you may now en- OH S**T DRAGON!' and starts spamming magic at it.
I usually get loaded down with 100+ potions I've made, but the real killer is dragon bones and scales. They weigh like 10 or 15 each and show up in the 'misc' section. I couldn't figure out why I was always at 250+ weight for six hours or so.

Except if you do this too early your player level is jacked up but you don't have the actual skills to match it. Good way to screw yourself over a little except for the incredible gear you'll be using (by refining it, but good luck getting materials for the best stuff). My suggestion is only to skill up to 40 and spend the perk so you can make dwarven or glass until you can actually get the materials to make the later stuff.

Thanks for the info, gona buy a blu ray lens cleaner for ps3, and if that doesnt work, find a youtube video on how to replace it.

100% based on skill. Perks have nothing to do with the % increase in armor stats.


No, but it is much better than the crappy enchantments you get along the way (which you have to use and absolutely ruins decent pieces for you to learn the enchantment types. I just destroyed 12% reduction in destruction cost, 75% magicka regen, 17% reduction, 20% one-handed dmg increase, +20 health and +30 magic just to learn the augments. Afterwards, I put them back on my best pieces of gear and the best % of anything I could get was about 4% with a common soul gem. FML

How would perks have nothing to do with it. It says you refine them twice as much with the perk. Therefore making them better. You can't make them Legendary status without the perk basically

No. No it's not.



The level of item quality are Fine, Superior, Exquisite, Flawless, Epic and Legendary. The Smithing level to unlock these qualities depends upon whether you have the perk unlocked associated with the item you are refining.

Wait... So wouldn't this make Light armor basically useless?
If the full Daedric set weighed nothing what benefit would LIght armor give you over Heavy armor?

That's why I went for heavy armor, with that perk in my mind. MAYBE it doesn't affect sneaking, but even then, it's pretty imba.

I have done superior upgrades in Dwarven, Elvan and Dragon armor with 0 perks in Smithing. (Currently 38ish I believe) I cannot craft any of these from scratch I know, but I can upgrade them. I am currently using and Orc Mace and Elvan sword (superior) as a matter of fact. Of which I upgraded.

I keep getting distracted by side quests!

I've only learned 3 shouts so far, and 2 of them are from the temple. ; ;
I figured out how to do smithing (Thanks again guys) so now I'll just go kill a ton of deer/wolfs and buy some ingots and slowly skill up.

Heavy Armor still drains your fatigue when sprinting or doing anything else a lot more. That's the main reason Light Armor is good.