Just bought Skyrim for 360! Anything I should know?

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Joccaren

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Shadow-Phoenix said:
I also can't help but laugh at the "should have chosen PC" opinions as if they think PC is the only law and choice around here when it's really not.
Generally its because this is an Elder Scrolls game. That means its made by Bethesda, and is rather buggy because of that. On a PC that is largely fixed by fan patches, and there are mods to improve the game as well - plus you can mod it yourself to make it the way you like it.
Not necessarily necessary to get it on the PC, but it really is the better option if you can.

Battleaxx90 said:
By the way, the reason I'm playing it on 360 is because we've had this PC for over five years now and it can't run newer games for toodles. We're thinking about getting a new computer that's capable of running high-end games like this one, but I doubt it'll be happening anytime soon.
Well, when you have a budget or get around to doing that, give us a call over here at the Escapist's PC enthusiast usergroup. We'll help you figure out what to get for a decent rig at almost any budget. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/PC-Builders-and-Hardware-Group

specialises in one-handed swords, shields and heavy armour.
A few notes: Sword/Shield combo can be incredibly OP. For one, there are some absolutely epic glitches you can do with it, and for two; shield bash.
Perks you'll want are the elemental defence one, that protects you from elemental magic, 2-3 levels in the basic block improvement skill [+10% damage blocked or W/E. Any more than 2-3 levels is a waste as high level shields + those two levels will cap it out at 80%, and smithed high level shields may not even need that. Its been a while though so I don't remember exactly which tier hit the cap, but you don't need more than 3 levels in that perk], the shield bash perk, and finally the slow-time perk when blocking - quick reactions or W/E its called.
The slow time perk can be horribly abused. No, really. Its good on its own, to an extent, but abused it makes you godlike. Every time you block as you are power-attacked, time slows down. It does not matter if you continue to block or not. What this means is that for 9/10 enemies, the second you see time slow down you can stop blocking, step back, and dodge the attack. For enemies that are dual wielding who power attack you its even more evil. You have to stand there and take the first two sections of the power attack - as it is split into 3 for a dual wield power attack - and then on the third time that time starts to slow down, unblock and just start attacking them. The final power attack lasts about 6-8 seconds in slow-mo, and you can easily kill the enemy whilst they are slow-mo attacking. The best bit? Slow-mo doesn't exit when they're dead, and you move full speed. If they have friends around, feel free to take them down too whilst you're in slow mo. Its positively evil.

I'm up to the point in the story where I'm looking for the Greybeards, or whatever they're called. So far, I've found two seperate bandit camps on the hike there; I slaughtered my way through the first and in the process of eradicating the second.
One very massive tip here; GET TO LEVEL 15 BEFORE ASCENDING THE THROAT OF THE WORLD. No, really. If you're on easy, or an experienced player, its possible without doing so, but if not... Saber cats. They will rape your ass. Then a Frost Troll. Its even worse. There are a few people on the trail, and you can kite the enemies to them to fight, but they'll die. Quickly. Be prepared.

This whole thing about the Stormcloaks Vs. the Empire is going straight over my head. I'm just ignoring it for now.
Yeah, its basically just a civil war where the Stormcloaks are trying to overthrow the Cyrodillic Empire's rule of Skyrim. It gets a bit more complicated than that, but its much more fun to do at a higher level when you can call down thunderstorms and dragons to destroy entire armies.
With the thunderstorms thing though, don't cast it near allies. They get hit too. Its indiscriminatory.
 

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I had a lot of fun with the sword and shield combo with light armor.

Really, this is a pretty casual RPG. Any build works, and any build is possible. It depends on the type of character you want to make. To really get the most enjoyment out of Skyrim, I find you really have to be in character. If you're looking for a challenging open world RPG, you might want to pick up Morrowind off steam, but if you're look for just a great, fun, non-threatening role play experience, Skyrim is perfect.

Also, it's a bit late now, but the game is definitely a lot better for the PC. I find that you can get more than double the amount of gameplay out of the game if you use mods, and trust me, the mods for this game are great. I find that the game was kind of released unfinished, and that the best of the best mods really complete the experience and make the game as deep as it was supposed to be. Either way though, you're going to have a fun time, so just sit back and enjoy it for as long as you can. Try all the guilds, finish the main quest, get all the daedric artifacts and just wander around until something falls into your lap.
 

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Patch the hell up right away- pretty obvious, but patches added in some gameplay that are pretty damn important, and you'll have less of a chance of crashing.

DLC's also good, unless you bought the Legendary Edition. You're good then.

Other then that, up to you mate.
 

Joccaren

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That's not the OP way. The OP way is to pick up the transmute spell, trade route between the major cities until you've maxed smith/enchant/speech/alch(do not pick up purity), make more money than god, then run around until you have the enchantments you want, and make multiple dual-enchant dragonbone/scale armors, and daedric weapons without the expansions, stahlrim/dragonbone weapons with. At this point you're level 30 plus, and after you reclaim the perks from smith/enchant/alch you can proceed to bitchslap anything in the game.
Reclaiming perks is a new addition since I last played, so I'll trust you on that one.
You don't need to have a trade route between the major cities to have more money than god though. Skyrim literally throws money at you everywhere you go. Its hard to become broke because you'll do one dungeon and have enough loot to upgrade your new house you bought from the last dungeon. Only issue is all the merchants running out of money, and that's fixed by just fast travelling between the two biggest trading hubs in Skyrim - Solitude and Riften IIRC, but could be wrong - and selling to one lot, then selling to the other, and by the time you're back at the first lot they're cash is restocked.
And from there yeah, you do smithing and enchanting, and use that to make ridiculously OP weapons and armour and kick everything's ass.

Oh, actually, no. Don't enchant. Just smith. And dual wield. Smith Daedric/Dragonbone weapons [Preferably swords] as high as you can, dual wield them, and keep the "Elemental Fury" shout on hand. Make sure you have all the dual wield perks. Use Elemental Fury then try to attack someone. I will guarantee you no less than 3 heavy power attacks per second using this method, and DPS that is through the roof. If something is in your way, its dead. You just attack far too fast.
 

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Since you're going for melee, i'd recommend you'd improve your smithing as soon as possible. If you are using Xbox Live to patch the game, than that means what you'll want to do to quickly unlock third tier equipment is to go to the Halted Streams Camp and get your hands on the Transmute Mineral Ore spellbook which can let you turn iron ore into silver ore and silver ore into gold ore. From there you can craft jewelery (i recommend you also sleep at an inn and use the Warrior Standing Stone to speed up the leveling process) to quickly boost smithing.


From there, what you want to do depends on whether or not you're going for an assassin build or a tank build. If you're going for a tank build than what you'll want to do is unlock Dwarven Smithing which gives you access to admittedly subpar weapons until you unlock Ebony Smithing but as compensation gives you access to very effective heavy armor and shields. If you prefer speed and stealth, than what you'll want to do is unlock Elven Smithing. While Elven Smithing relies on harder to find materials (i recommend using a Wiki to locate veins of Moonstone Ore since early in the game moonstone is prohibitively expensive), it's armor is light but still fairly effective and it gives you access to good weapons. Some of the weaknesses of the heavy Drawven to Orcish to Ebony to Daedric to Dragon smithing path are relieved by the Dawnguard and Dragonborn DLC which not only give you access to Dragonbone Weapons but crossbows which do significant damage through armor.


There's one more detail though. If every perk point matters to you and you're both using DLC AND boosting your smithing level quickly, i recommend you initially stick with steel armor and then rely on the Elven to Advanced to Glass to Dragon smithing path which leaves you an extra perk point. When you unlock the Advanced Armor perk with the Dragonborn DLC you gain access to Carved Nordic Armor, Steel Plate Armor, and Nordic weapons which are as damaging but lighter than Elven weapons and made with cheaper and easier to acquire steel and quicksilver ingots. Additionally, and this is especially true of DLC users, you want to hold onto dragon bones and scales so that you can quickly craft the most powerful weapon set and most powerful light armor set or second most powerful heavy armor set once you hit 100 smithing.




As for the same itself, in combat you'll want to make good use of shield or weapon bashes for stun locking, especially if you're using heavier weapons and need time to wind up. To bash, you hold down left trigger to block and then press the right trigger to bash. You also should exploit your Shouts once you unlock them. Unrelenting Force, Ice Form and Marked for Death are your best friends against powerful opponents which can kill you in three or fewer hits.






Please, have fun, and be sure to use the Elder Scrolls wiki if you get lost.
 

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Spend the first hour and a half chopping and selling wood. You will be set for life.