Has anybody returned to Helgen? : V

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:10 am

Not for the Main Quest, if it takes part.
I'm only at level five. I still have Helgen Keep key and I can't seem to get rid of it.
So I'd thought I'll go check the place out. The new residents are mean.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:05 pm

I have at least 5 times.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:52 pm

What residents? I've only gone back immediately after leaving as a reflection moment for my character.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:59 am

I passed through on my way to Falkreath. People started crap so I overslaughtered them.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:06 pm

I also went back just to get stuck between a fallen pillar and some burned wood and after trying everything else I could think of to get myself out even fast travel (Enemys close by) I had to reload. So I wont be going back.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:19 am

In my game it's always got overrun with bandits (rather sad bandits). Nothing really separated it from any other dungeon at that point. Go in, kill bandits, kill bandit chief, loot boss chest, leave.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:07 pm

Yeah the bandits caught me a bit off guard though took like 3 arrows to the chest in rapid succession and then got smashed in the face with a big hammer wgen i tried to hide ... Was out of potions so kinda glad i saved a bit earlier.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:00 am

What residents? I've only gone back immediately after leaving as a reflection moment for my character.

I dont know how long it takes but after a while bandits move in, threw me off as well as I had originally made my way to Helgen just after I got to Riverwood just to see the damage, then when I came back later passing through on my way to a quest I found the gates locked and Bandits within the walls.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:00 am

I did, yes. It was my first outing with Faendal. I found myself fighting off all the bandits myself after a short while and thought my new companion had died on me or something. Instead, I found him stuck on a staircase. It took a fast travel to clear it up. I was thinking, "Oh, wouldn't that just be the way? I ditch Lydia for her attitude, and my new guy dies of old age on a staircase?"

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:51 pm

when doing the quest with barbas, i lost him for quite a while after some [censored] bandits and a bear and a troll (it happens...) held me up. i eventually found him in helgen fighting off bandit wizards all by his lonesome.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:13 am

I did......I wanted them to finish the execution they started.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:25 am

I did and ironically after killing some bandits declaring squatters rights i got ambushed by a frost dragon and thanks to the lack of resistance post 1.2 its breath got me low enough for it to bust out its chomp the head one shot kill me. Who would have thought returning would have sealed my headless fate. (though I didn't lose my head, but by the glitched animation I should have)

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:18 am

I've been through there twice and each time, the doors are relocked and it's full of bandits. Real annoying.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:03 am

Very soon in the game, maybe just after becoming Thane in Whiterun and gaining a Thanecarl, we went on our first "outside" journey to Ivarstad to make a loop around the mountain and see what we could see (holding off on the main quest). At that time, the city was still in ruins and empty. It would have been a poignant moment, but Lydia kept getting stuck.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:06 pm

Very soon in the game, maybe just after becoming Thane in Whiterun and gaining a Thanecarl, we went on our first "outside" journey to Ivarstad to make a loop around the mountain and see what we could see (holding off on the main quest). At that time, the city was still in ruins and empty. It would have been a poignant moment, but Lydia kept getting stuck.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:52 am

When I go there, it's just bandits. It's a bit annoying, It would have been nice to have had a small quest line to rebuilt Helgen and become it's mayor... but considering the state of the other major questlines maybe it's for the best that Bethesda did not do that...