How often do you use your racial skill? : V - Skyrim

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:53 am

I'm playing as a Breton, and once I started learning Shouts, I completly forgot about Dragonskin. >.>

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:37 pm

All racial cooldowns should be shortened. At least in half. Although I don't mind my khajit night eye having no cooldown at all

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:42 am

I always tend to forget both my shouts and racials.

Although, Command Animal did save my Bosmer's ass. I used it on two mammoths, and they were able to damage these two giants enough before they died that I could finish them off by kiting.

I just got a shout that does the same, didn't know if it would work on mammoths though, nice to know it does
so perhaps your power is a bit redundant once you get it

anyway
playing a dunmer myself
think I can set myself on fire, haven't used it once
the fact you can only use it once a day makes it kind of hard to rely on/incorporate into your gameplan

don;t even know if it's usefull, guess I'll have to keep it mind when I get into trouble though

Well... not really. That's kind of like saying it's racist that the black character race has dark skin.
I can't say if it's genetic, cultural or environmental, but it's a simple fact that Kenyans and people from certain other African regions participate in and win marathons all the time.

apparently they have a lower centre of gravity

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:47 am

Orc, warrior focused on heavy armor / shields / 1 handed weapon. Combine all of these with Berserker Rage and well...

To quote the Chaos Lord from Dawn of War 2: "Why does anything think I can be killed?" /wicked laugh.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:57 am

I am a Dark elf with 8 points fire cloak and i have used it 1 time. I would have used it more often but like you said combat lacks any grace it stop start too much. Why do they only have 8 quick keys my key board has loads of spare keys and combs (alt + 1 to Z) make it possible to have so many to strain even the best memory.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:17 pm

Race: Bosmer

Class: Rouge

Main Weapon: Bow

Secondary Weapons: Mace of Molag Bal, Imperial Light Shield

Racial Ability: Command Animals

I've found this "once a day" ability very useful early on. When I was starting out I found combat very easy but the only attribute I leveled up was archery. And should I happen to run up on a sleeping bear or troll while running through the wilderness and had to enter CQC , I had quite a bit of trouble taking it on. So I simply used my racial ability and they walked away and went back to whatever they were doing.

Definitely more useful than I expected it to be going in. :biggrin:

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:47 pm

Adrenaline Rush has saved my ass more than a few times.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:01 am

Altmer: I use my mana regen power quite often. It's a life-saver at times.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:38 am

im still on my first playthrough as Nord. 89 hours ingame and never used racial skill..

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:28 am

There are racial skills?
Are you sure?

I have literally never used an active racial power in Skyrim.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:24 am

Underwater breathing is handy when playing an agronian. I also like the "Emperor's Voice" of Imperials, when you need to persuade a NPC

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:03 am

I'm a Nordic Werewolf, and I use the Battle Cry before I transform to give myself some room.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:56 am

I'm surprised no has said "My character uses it at most once a day" yet. :lol:

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:11 am

Sadly claw attacks do not scale at all, so not using them at all anymore. Would get murdered if I tried to use them now.

Night Eyes brightens the screen some, but then it lowers saturation to practically a white-out and applies a tunnel vision effect, so that candlelight spell is much better if you aren't trying to hide.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:45 am

Imperials voice of the emporor is brilliant. It's worked on most human type npcs. It's really good on the thalmor, or whatever the evil high elves are called and works well with loads of quests playing on hard. After getting attacked by a group of npcs use it to make them all non hostile then take them out one at a time.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:19 am

Since it shares a bind with shouts, I don't ever use mine. When PC gets better controls and I can actually map it to something so I wouldn't have to bother with going to favorites to equip and unequip it, then I'd use it. As of now it's worthless to me.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:19 am

Nord and never use it...

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:00 am

Dark Elf. Use it here and there, but I'm usually worried about damaging/kiling my companion with it. On the whole though, WAY better interpretation of Ancestor's Wrath in Skyrim than the useless ghost in Oblivion and Morrowind.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:52 pm

Never have. Maybe I could try and command a mammoth... :blink:

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:44 pm

Orc assasin - perk 15x damage with dagger + dark brother hood gloves that double back stab damage + beserker rage that doubles damage = one hit almost everything.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:05 am

As an Orc, I use my racial ability whenever I'm feeling overwhelmed, usually only in big battles where it's me against 4-7 enemies.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:13 pm

On my Breton - Every dragon fight, to refill my mana, just pop the racial, and purposely eat a breath attack for full mana om nom nom
On my Nord - Not yet, but I might if I get in a bind.
On my High Elf - Every time I run out of mana on a hard fight and its not on CD.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:27 am

Orc assasin - perk 15x damage with dagger + dark brother hood gloves that double back stab damage + beserker rage that doubles damage = one hit almost everything.

oh yeah. With that and daggers and my invis spells it feels like I'm playing cheat mode half the time.

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:02 am

Racial skill? I've got one of those? :tongue:

(I'm Imperial, so it's not very useful anyway. But I know from experience in Oblivion that I'll forget about it no matter what. I never remember to use any non-passive that I get from Guardian Stones, too. And I'm constantly using Shouts, which uses the same equip slot as racial/stone powers, so... :shrug:)

» Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:24 pm

My main character Dark Elf named Rashir, I don't use his ability because I found it useless.

My secondary main character Breton named Helios, I use his ability quite often when I can.