New patch.. Dragons tougher? : V

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:37 am

I've run across two dragons since the patch today and I think they are tougher. First I see my first elder dragon he dispatched me with ease. Ok it's the first elder I've seen I guess they are tougher. Game reloads and now it's a frost dragon circling dawnstar.. Pretty easy right. Almost kills me. Had to use health potions to get out of it. Has anyone noticed this or was it a fluke.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:08 am

I generally have no problems with Frost Dragons but then again I'm a Nord, as for Elder Dragon's yes they are quite strong, so your experience that that one isn't abnormal.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:59 pm

I wish they added more melee type attacks for the dragons. Now I just take cover behind a pillar or a rock and keep casting spells at them. They wont even hit me. They should be able to come close and grab me or swoop down from the sky at my helpless mage. Now they just land and try to kill me with shouts. They also need more hp in some cases.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:34 am

I generally have no problems with Frost Dragons but then again I'm a Nord, as for Elder Dragon's yes they are quite strong, so your experience that that one isn't abnormal.

I'm a nord aswell that's why I was so suprised how fast my health bar was dropping. I was even using my ebony shield of frost resistance. I really think they upped their damage per second with magic.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:10 pm

Is there a description somewhere of what the patch did?

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:26 pm

Is there a description somewhere of what the patch did?

http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/11/28/skyrim-1-2-update/

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:53 am

Thanks Top, I just saw it on the other forum. :blink:

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:24 pm

I was wondering the same thing. I fought 2 ice dragons since the patch and whenever they used their frost breath I noticed it did a lot more damage then it used to do. I think the dragons should be tougher than pre 1.02 but I was caught off gaurd when I lost 3/4 my health to the dragons frost breath attack...

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:42 pm

Anyone else this with different dragons?

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:50 pm

I finished most of the quests, and am just out exploring. TBH, they got to being a nuisance, and I crafted some roflstomp swords specifically to take care of them. Dragonrend, a few hearty whacks, now die and let me keep aroaming.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:21 am

I finished most of the quests, and am just out exploring. TBH, they got to being a nuisance, and I crafted some roflstomp swords specifically to take care of them. Dragonrend, a few hearty whacks, now die and let me keep aroaming.

Well.. Thanks for chiming in I suppose.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:30 pm

I was wondering the same thing. I fought 2 ice dragons since the patch and whenever they used their frost breath I noticed it did a lot more damage then it used to do. I think the dragons should be tougher than pre 1.02 but I was caught off gaurd when I lost 3/4 my health to the dragons frost breath attack...

Some are claiming elemental resistances no longer work in 1.2.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:36 pm

I have no issues with dragons though im only fighting Blood dragons I just a shout to ground them and then attack them in their head and move to their sides they can't hit me if im hitting them from the side while the shout is applied = dead dragon

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:43 pm

Is the patch out for console users yet?

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:54 am

There was a patch? I thought it's released on wednesday?

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:30 am

Some are claiming elemental resistances no longer work in 1.2.

I would not be surprised if that's true, patches have sometimes caused more damage in general then undoing the damage.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:55 pm

This is what started happening to me after the patch came out. check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaNZHfdCF_0

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:49 am

Says today for PS3, 360 and PC tomorrow.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:08 pm

This is what started happening to me after the patch came out. check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaNZHfdCF_0

That's not a bug, it's a hummingdragon.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:40 pm

Dragons were tougher for me because they flew backwards at 10000 mph and straight through mountains, the ground, etc. This never occured pre-patch. Hopefully your experience is different. (And mine, the next time I see one).

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:54 pm

It seems to me that they are stronger. On my sword and board warrior I've never had any trouble whatsoever with Blood Dragons, but the two I've fought today gave me hell. I ended up using both Call Dragon and Storm Call in one battle to kill one of them.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:03 am

Maybe we [censored]ed just enough that someone at B said, "they want tough dragons... we'll give them tough dragons!" I noticed much more challenging dragons as well. I thought it was due to the fact that I've moved up in levels, and these were the next stage of dragons. Could be the patch though.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:38 pm

Look at the dragon name to determine its strength. "Dragon" is the weakest. "Frost Dragon" is stronger (I believe? Unless it's just a variant of Dragon). "Blood Dragon" is stronger than that, and "Elder Dragon" is even stronger. I haven't encountered anything tougher than that, but there might be even stronger beasts out there.

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:28 pm

Some are claiming elemental resistances no longer work in 1.2.

This. Check this thread out. An Admin even posts saying they are looking into it.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1295737-game-no-longer-recognizes-my-magic-resistance-after-patch/

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:18 pm

I've run across two dragons since the patch today and I think they are tougher. First I see my first elder dragon he dispatched me with ease. Ok it's the first elder I've seen I guess they are tougher. Game reloads and now it's a frost dragon circling dawnstar.. Pretty easy right. Almost kills me. Had to use health potions to get out of it. Has anyone noticed this or was it a fluke.

Must be a fluke. I found out that the dragon walls will respawn not only dragons, but their treasure horde, as time progresses, so I did a tour last night of all the outside dragonwalls I found.

The elders were a 'little' more tough than normal, but once I figured if they were fire or ice weak, dual casting still stunlocked them for a quick death as usual.