Current Events > wackyteen's first Skyrim playthrough

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Gonna record my major choices and impressions here. Today is the 6 year anniversary of Skyrim being released.

Since I'm playing the Xbone Special Edition, I have access to mods. If you know of any mods that fix game issues or overall improve the gameplay experience, feel free to say so.
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Mods that let you kill Braith.
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Are all the pc mods available to xbox players or are there special mods just for xbox?
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Unofficial patches
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decided to play as a Nord, at least for now so I can get a feel for the game and leveling and such
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I've got a fuckton of mods

Essential
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch
Ordinator perks overhaul
Skyrim Graphics Overhaul/Graphics Pack (depending on your preference)
Static Mesh Improvement Mod
Immersive Citizens/Patrols
Relationship Dialog Overhaul
Climates of Tamriel
Sounds of Skyrim
Heavy Armory/Old Kingdom armor overhaul (or weapons/armors mods of your choice)
Diverse Dragons

I'm sure I'm forgetting some

Are there any mods that give you not-boring quests, cuz holy fuck lmao
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Also, Nords suck for anything other than RPing. I'd only be one if I felt like going full Stormcloak bigot. (I'm playing a Stormcloak 2 hander orc right now because the Imperials tried to decapitate me)

<-< found some berries on the side of a mountain

they're literally a 2D image. >_> yooooo
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Gonna record my major choices and impressions here.

Lol, are there any major choices in this game? There's only really one that I can recall, and even that was entirely superficial.

Hexenherz posted...

Gonna record my major choices and impressions here.

Lol, are there any major choices in this game? There's only really one that I can recall, and even that was entirely superficial.

well i chose to give Sven's letter to that one girl and lie and say it was from the elf dude.

most impactful choice in the game /s
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"most impactful choice in the game"

Actually probably yes, all things considered relatively.

Probably is one of the more impactful ones tbh.
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do companions die?

Sven got hit with a swinging blade trap, knelt down but got up, then got hit again and went into (and through i guess) a wall and I think he despawned from the game. <_< I reloaded but still
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Yes, the hired ones can die.

The ones important to the main story don't die, they just crawl and get back up. You can increase your skills by hitting them, but don't try to pickpocket.
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wackyteen posted...

do companions die?

Sven got hit with a swinging blade trap, knelt down but got up, then got hit again and went into (and through i guess) a wall and I think he despawned from the game. <_< I reloaded but still

Without mods, yeah, most can die. And they likely will when running into traps.
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Also can you link a video here?
You can do that as long as you're not "advertizing" it or asking people to like, subscribe, etc.
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just completed the Golden Bear Claw quest thing. <_<

learned Fus Ro Dah. still need a dragon soul tho so
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wackyteen posted...

just completed the Golden Bear Claw quest thing. <_<

learned Fus Ro Dah. still need a dragon soul tho so

Actually you just learned fus. The rest will come with time young dragonborn.
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I remember being so excited about that golden claw quest. Thinking, "omg there are actually puzzles in this game, this is going to be awesome."

And then finding out through hours of play time that that's literally the only type of puzzle in the entire game.

That awkward moment when you don't realize that the claw has the codes on it.
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Ninja-Yatsu posted...

That awkward moment when you don't realize that the claw has the codes on it.

lol i spent several minutes looking at the walls one time trying to figure out which order the things were supposed to be in before i realized i could just look at the claw
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I'm replaying Oblivion right now, reminds me of how boring most of the cities and quests in Skyrim are, except for Markarth and the Lost To The Ages questline, easily the best parts of the whole game. Make sure not to miss either of them.
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WhinyZach posted...

have you become a stealth archer yet

i'm mixing it up. if i know I'm coming up on someone or a group i'll swap to bow and sneak. but i mostly stick to sword in right hand and flames in left hand
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wackyteen posted...

flames in left hand

Destruction magic loses it's effectiveness quickly, better off to use a second weapon instead.
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synth_real posted...

wackyteen posted...

flames in left hand

Destruction magic loses it's effectiveness quickly, better off to use a second weapon instead.

does one handed skill count towards both weapons?
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Funkydog posted...

Mods that let you kill Braith.

"Oh look - another adventurer here to lick my father's boots. Great job."
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synth_real posted...

I'm replaying Oblivion right now, reminds me of how boring most of the cities and quests in Skyrim are, except for Markarth and the Lost To The Ages questline, easily the best parts of the whole game. Make sure not to miss either of them.

Ugh now that Markarth was mentioned...

I got this ridiculous glitch wherein I could not pay off a bounty in that area, or even serve the jail time. The guards would approach me and the only option was to resist arrest and fight. Even using the console wouldn't help.
I did at least one or two quests by completely sneaking my way through the city to meet with the people and do the objectives. One of them was even in the palace area, and loyal to the jarl, and I had to sneak past the guards then find a quiet spot inside to wait until night time when the guy went to sleep to even talk to him (because initiating conversation with him while he slept meant that he would have a normal conversation with me instead of immediately reporting me to the guards). Crap was whack.

That was about the only exciting experience I had in the game.

wackyteen posted...

synth_real posted...

wackyteen posted...

flames in left hand

Destruction magic loses it's effectiveness quickly, better off to use a second weapon instead.

does one handed skill count towards both weapons?

Yes.

Also, save your dragon bones and scales, you can craft them into the best, most badass weapons and armour in the game, though you have to max out your smithing skill to do it.
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I remember something similar happening to me in Markarth. Those guards were bloodthirsty
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synth_real posted...

Yes.

Also, save your dragon bones and scales, you can craft them into the best, most badass weapons and armour in the game, though you have to max out your smithing skill to do it.

what's the easiest/quickest way to max smithing?
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wackyteen posted...

synth_real posted...

Yes.

Also, save your dragon bones and scales, you can craft them into the best, most badass weapons and armour in the game, though you have to max out your smithing skill to do it.

what's the easiest/quickest way to max smithing?

I don't know if it's the same way or not but it used to be traveling between towns and buying iron ore and ingots and just crafting iron daggers was a very reliable and quick way to level it.
Just keep in mind that enemies scale with your level, and it doesn't differentiate between combat levels and trade / crafting levels, so if you rush to level up something like smithing, you might make the game harder for yourself.

im pretty sure the iron dagger spam was removed a long time ago
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Save all the metal ores, ingots, and animal pelts and hides you find, and smith them into shit you want to use as you go along and sell the rest of what you make. It makes it a little easier on you to do it as you find the stuff, rather than letting it collect and doing a huge run all at once and gaining like 8 levels from just smithing. However, running around in a fully improved suit of dragonbone armour and weapons is worth far more than 8 levels in terms of power.
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If you have one of the editions that has all the dlc, save some of your metals for smithing building components. You don't have to shell out too much gold to build all three of the Hearthfire homes if you do a bunch of the work yourself, and it's conveniently good for leveling smithing making all the nails, hinges, locks, etc. Carry a pickaxe with you so you can always mine ore seams
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Jewelry making is the tits
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Have you learned the "Clumsiness" spell yet?
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Fuck. I want to play on the X-Bone.
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are shops actually useful in this game or is everything you need end-game weapon wise available outside of shops?
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wackyteen posted...

are shops actually useful in this game or is everything you need end-game weapon wise available outside of shops?

Maybe useful to get enchantments. Otherwise no
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Everything you need end-game you get from smithing in the base game imo.

did someone say Skyrim?
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Funkydog posted...

wackyteen posted...

are shops actually useful in this game or is everything you need end-game weapon wise available outside of shops?

Maybe useful to get enchantments. Otherwise no

Lockpicks, Soul Gems, and ingredients.
Sometimes they have something hard to find for a quest, but you can usually forge better armor or swords.

Enchantmented weapons are really good, because you can rip the enchantment off and learn how to put it on weapons. You could forge a dagger, enchant it, and sell it for a lot.

I'm assuming the junk is just for decorating your house or something. Not really useful.
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i just wanted to make sure I shouldn't be maxing my speech out asap so i can get better sell prices. <-<
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No, don't bother with that. I would probably pump enchanting, alchemy or smithing first

Meh I wouldn't worry about that.
1 - Raising your speech level will "unbalance" your character and make the game artificially more difficult for no reason, unless you're trying to roleplay that (but there's no... embedded roleplaying mechanics so it shouldn't make a difference).
2 - You'll get more than enough gold if you're looting all containers and selling junk between dungeon delves.

treewojima posted...

No, don't bother with that. I would probably pump enchanting, alchemy or smithing first

Also, try not to level up lockpicking.
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leveling up lock picking just makes the lockpicking minigame easier, which if you just save scum makes it useless since the minigame itself isn't hard at all.
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