"...So you're interested in my potions and ingredients?&

Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:16 am

they should add some generic shopkeeper frase like 'whatddya want???'
:celebration:
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Bethany Watkin
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:08 am

'Hey Conjurer, why don't you summon me up a nice warm bed.'

Or something like that from the guards once you get high Conjuration skills.
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Emma Copeland
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:51 am

You look rather pale, could be Ataxia, its quite a problem back home in Cyrodiil.
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Javier Borjas
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:57 am

from Resident evil four... [creepy voice] "Whhhhadddya buyin?" "Whhhhaddya sellin'?" "Come back, anytime."
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mishionary
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:03 am

"FOLKS AROUND HERE CALL ME CAPTAIN

CUZ I USED TO BE A SAILOR"
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My blood
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:06 am

"Don't go fiddling with any locks"

Great, I saved the world and ended the war, and you guys are more concerned about me opening something.
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LADONA
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:02 am

This is not the worst line. In fact many of the lines here aren't too bad, it's just that when you hear them over and over they tend to get irritating. Like the "I saw a mudcrab the other day...." comments in Oblivion.

I actually get more annoyed by the merchant next store with his "I'd sell my sister if I had one" "joke". That stops being funny after 100 times or so.

But the worst, mostly poorly thought out line I've heard in a Bethesda made game was in Fallout 3, and it is shoved right in your face. The first thing you have to do in that game is look for your father. So right at the beginning of the game your character has to say "Have you seen my father, he's a middle aged guy". That is almost enough to give up that game right then! It's difficult to think of a worse line in that situation. In my opinion.
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Jerry Jr. Ortiz
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:15 pm

"Hey, fancy yourself an alchemist eh? Could you brew me an ale?"
"I suppose you wouldn't enchant my weapon, dusty old blade can barely cut butter!"

- by the Guards
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Maria Garcia
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:33 pm

"My cousins out fighting dragons and what do I get? Guard duty."

-Guard after helping me kill a dragon outside Riften.
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james kite
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:22 am

Some people may call these lines junk. Me, I call them treasures.
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ANaIs GRelot
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:01 pm

"I've a lot of respect for the Restorarion school. Skyrim could use more healers".

Actually, I never get tired of hearing that line :D
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Trevi
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:31 pm

No, ma'am, but I would like to take all your gold in exchange for these items that have nothing to do with you in any way whatsoever.
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Gavin Roberts
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:01 pm

This is not the worst line. In fact many of the lines here aren't too bad, it's just that when you hear them over and over they tend to get irritating. Like the "I saw a mudcrab the other day...." comments in Oblivion.

I actually get more annoyed by the merchant next store with his "I'd sell my sister if I had one" "joke". That stops being funny after 100 times or so.

But the worst, mostly poorly thought out line I've heard in a Bethesda made game was in Fallout 3, and it is shoved right in your face. The first thing you have to do in that game is look for your father. So right at the beginning of the game your character has to say "Have you seen my father, he's a middle aged guy". That is almost enough to give up that game right then! It's difficult to think of a worse line in that situation. In my opinion.



yeah i almost fell of my chair when i heard that in fallout the first time. i was hoping the npcs response was going to be "thank you Captain Obvious" :confused:
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:26 am

I see you favor the bow, i'm a sword guy myself.

:gun: :homestar:


Yeah, this.

Especially when I'm a freaking sword guy with maybe ~35 archery due to pulling mobs.

#%*@#%&*(@#*%@(#%*@#&%&@#$(%&@$(#%&*#(#&%@*#
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:49 am

"So, you're a member of the Companions. What do you do? Fetch the mead?"
Yeah, that's what I do. Maybe I shouldn't haved killed
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Alduin
and saved your ass!
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carly mcdonough
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:21 am

"My cousins out fighting dragons and what do I get? Guard duty."

-Guard after helping me kill a dragon outside Riften.


The guards say some realy stupid things. Apparently the guard recruiting service in Skyrim only hires ex-adventurers with knee injuries, and all their cousins are simultaneously fighting dragons. >_<
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:01 am

"Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter."

"This is the part where you fall down and BLEED TO DEATH!"

"ENEMIES ARE EVERYWHERE!"

"I will DESTROY YOU!"

Ah, good times.
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:33 am

One of the nicest things about the much-maligned Dragon Age 2 was merchants just didn't talk. You saw a merchant's table that said "Weapons" or something and you clicked on it and it instantly popped you into the buy/sell menu. No BS chatty merchants.

Skyrim gives us 3 sentences every time we buy/sell: "Hi! Want to buy my stuff?" "Okay great! Here's my stuff!" and finally when you complete the transaction "Come back soon!"
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carley moss
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:28 pm

What?

Cheers
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Ells
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:04 am

"Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter."

"This is the part where you fall down and BLEED TO DEATH!"

"ENEMIES ARE EVERYWHERE!"

"I will DESTROY YOU!"

Ah, good times.


You n' wah, Weep Fettlekin, You move like a pregnant cow!

All the lines are good, until you hear them about 1000+ times.
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rolanda h
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:02 pm

Store owners should say something like, "Welcome to X, how can I help you" or "Thanks for shopping here, can I help you find anything" "The glowing mushrooms(preferable with 12ish ingredients they can filter in) are fresh, just picked them this morning"

I have never said things like this in my years of retail or waiting tables, "So you are interested in seafood and cheddar biscuits?" Um, duh that is why they went to a seafood restaurant instead of a steakhouse. It was always Hi, can I help you find anything, or would you like to start off with some stuffed mushrooms or a Bahama Mama or whatever else they were pushing that week.

If it is something I am going to have to hear a 100 times please make it sound like a patter I am used to tuning out, don't try to get clever that just makes it stand out in its lameness after the 10th time.
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:17 am

the thread title sounds dirty.
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Sebrina Johnstone
 
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:27 am

I'd rather just hear the sentence "take a look" a million times than those cheesy lines. Can't wait for a mod to get rid of those sound files.
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