(Skyrim) Why so hastily ?

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JesterRaiin

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Soooooooooo, my fellow Escapists, after reading yet another topic starting like this "after 20-30 hours i finally have beaten Skyrim and i find both main quest and its ending, blah, blah, blah"...

Why ? What's the rush ? Why are you people running through Skyrim instead of playing it slowly, trying to become hero, protagonist of your own fantasy story, just, you know, for the sake of fun and immersion ?

There's no time limit. No achievement for speedrun. There are so many places to visit, so many items to collect, so many subquests to fulfill. Most of interesting events are prescripted, waiting for you to initiate some actions. There's no way you can miss some things no matter how much time you spend on doing something completely different...

Care to elaborate ? Please, go on. I'm really interested in your opinion.

Edit : I should probably write about my own experience.
Well, it's over 50 (close to 60) hours.
My hero(ine) is level 11, with only a few perks (i don't feel like investing into things i don't use anyway), still knows jack sh*t about world, and treats this whole "Dragonborn" thing like something between superstitious utter crap and pure coincidence (i simply were there and things just happened).
There are more important things - civil war, unrest... Ok, dragons are a threat, very real threat but if Skyrim doesn't sort its things out, there won't be anyone to fight those damn, flying lizards. :)
 

woodsymoments

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Wow some ppl have finished n 30 hours. I've amassed 80hours and i've still only done the first 4main quest's so that dragons can appear in skyrim
 

tobi the good boy

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112 hours, but I've started and restarted so many times that it's mainly across three characters. (I love you perk system but when I find out later on that you're filled with useless things that I end up wasting on, it really does hurt my morale.)
 

Lazy Kitty

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I'm in 137 hours, I've only just crush the rebellion...
Though I've been the boss of every guild for a while... Like a boss.

Next storylline quest I have to do is "Diplomatic Immunity"...
But first I want to master enchanting, so I can enchant my legendary Daedric equipment so it at least recharges magica at the same rate as archmage robes and Morokei.
And maybe some resistances...
Those Forsworn Briarhearts with their lightning are a bit hard...
In fact, I have problems fighting most high level mage types...
 

Valagetti

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I finished it at like 50hours ish.
Mainly because all the NPCs are telling me to hurry me fat ass to save the world etc and I didn't want to break the immsersion. Thats why, blame the NPCs! Though its kind of annoying how the game ends... fells like i accomplished nothing. Still my GOTY so far.
 

The_Blue_Rider

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I calculated how much time i spent on Skyrim overall the other night, I got about 5.996 days(Over 3 characters), and I've only beaten the main quest once.

Still 30 hours is still pretty good for a games main quest, and a lot of people like to do the main quest, and then explore on subsequent playthroughs
 

Ruwrak

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189 hours.

Yes I had nothing else to do >.>
I've got most Dragon Priest Masks, headed all the guilds (except the thieves guild who wont give me markath jobs.. basterds) and only just completed Diplomatic Immunity.
I'm lvl 46 and ammassed 75'000 gold (roughly give or take 1k).

Have I had enough yet?
Nope. Still gotta make a warrior, mage & combi class :p So far I'm only a thief / assassin =/
 

King of the Sandbox

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160+ hours here, and I've just now finished the College questline. Heck, I still haven't been to a couple of towns at all, Like Dawnstar or Markath. I should probably start on that third main mission sometime, huh?

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...

/wanders off into the woods.
 

enzilewulf

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I finished the main quest about 20 hours in..but thats just so I have dragonrend... since im a melee type you see.
 

King of the Sandbox

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urprobablyright said:
cassaho said:
Wow some ppl have finished n 30 hours. I've amassed 80hours and i've still only done the first 4main quest's so that dragons can appear in skyrim
I... walk everywhre... It's taken me like 15 hours to get to level 20. I'm currently about 3 missions in to the Imperial legion and mage guild quests, with that amulet u need to collect 3 amulets for - one of which is in Saarthal.

yeah i play sllloowww, always.
Just so it doesn't drive you as crazy as it did me, you HAVE to do the College quests to get in to Saarthal for the final piece of that amulet. At least, I think it's Saarthal piece... I know one of them is only attainable through the College questline.
 

Nikolaz72

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Rex Dark said:
I'm in 137 hours, I've only just crush the rebellion...
Though I've been the boss of every guild for a while... Like a boss.

Next storylline quest I have to do is "Diplomatic Immunity"...
But first I want to master enchanting, so I can enchant my legendary Daedric equipment so it at least recharges magica at the same rate as archmage robes and Morokei.
And maybe some resistances...
Those Forsworn Briarhearts with their lightning are a bit hard...
In fact, I have problems fighting most high level mage types...
Why recharge magicka? When you can reduce macicka cost of spells with 100%.
 

Sonicron

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I feel no need to rush things. I'm now 70 hours into the game, only have one character, and I've yet to learn the third word for Unrelenting Force; seriously, I've only just met the Greybeards. I can't help it, I have to explore every last nook and cranny of this magnificent world...
 

khiliani

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Yeah, im some 60 hours in and just wandering around. im partway through the main quest, but i keep getting distracted by random side quests, or just generaly wandering around the countryside
 

King of the Sandbox

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urprobablyright said:
King of the Sandbox said:
Just so it doesn't drive you as crazy as it did me, you HAVE to do the College quests to get in to Saarthal for the final piece of that amulet. At least, I think it's Saarthal piece... I know one of them is only attainable through the College questline.
Yeah exactly! Actually I found the first amulet by deciding to explore the cave near Solitude on the way to an Imperial Guard mission, then i got the one in the direction of Riften and the third was Saarthal. Fancy that lol.

Lots of fun, that quest, kinda what TES is all about. reminds me of the other games a lot.

I loved the trips to Dwemer Ruins, I missed them so much :p
Yeah, the end part of that quest was pretty cool too, where
the spirits of all three of these horrid people come to fight you one at a time, after reading the notes about why they were sealed there. It's like facing Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy and Genghis Kahn one at a time, as the others watch in ghostly silence, knowing they're coming after you next.
 

tombman888

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I've played about 5 hours so far. And i'm up to diplomatic immunity. i don't feel like ive rushed.