Praise for DB

Post » Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:10 am

I played through Dragonborn near the end of my Skyrim experience last time I stopped, so I only really did the first rush through the main quest. I just arrived on the island today to pick up the dragonborn questline (I'm currently juggling the MQ, College, and DG questlines) and poke around for a bit. I picked up some Bonemold armor from the downed guard outside of town and was immediately glad I hadn't spent points in any of my armor skills yet. Is it just me or does Bonemold look awesome? Maybe it's Morrowind nostalgia or the fact that I'm playing a Dunmer, but dang it just looks sweet.

I know the general story arc, but just to be fair to everyone, let's use spoilers if we have to. Basically though, what did you think of Dragonborn? I know for me going back to Solstheim and getting a taste of Morrowind was unbelievably awesome. It was definitely the strongest DLC in terms of total package, which was good to end on. Wish we could've gotten more landmass over the life of the dlcs, but that's a side complaint. Point is- coming back to Solstheim has reminded me how awesome DB is and I wanted to give kudos to Beth for that.

Now if I can live on solstheim I'll be set.

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D LOpez
 
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Post » Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:51 am

Bloodmoon is my favorite Elder Scrolls expansion. I spent hundreds of hours on Solstheim. I even played characters who started their games there and never set foot on Vvardenfell. So I loved being able to wander around the place again. It was a real treat for me.

I thought the main quest was interesting, but very short. I thought the miscellaneous quests were much more interesting. But, overall, I had a great time.

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James Shaw
 
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Post » Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:47 pm

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Dragonborn:Served_Cold

But yeah, it's my favourite DLC by a wide margin - Solsteim seems much more atmospheric and varied than most of Skyrim for me. Plus the new songs they introduced are great, and they really got creative with some of the new items (anything of Ahzidal's, but particularly his Ring of Arcana, and the Bloodskal Blade are good examples. Also the Blackguard Armour). Dawnguard is okay, but to me it felt like Bethesda was just trying to capitalise on vampire fad at the time rather than make a really good bit of DLC.

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Brittany Abner
 
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Post » Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:21 am

I really enjoy Solstheim when My characters can survive the Island. Bethesda made Morrowind Nostalgia hit Players like Me fairly hard with the Music, and I was very surprised Bonemold Bows were not included. My only real complaints are the shortness of the Dragonborn Main Quest and the lack of some background information on many things, like Vahlok.

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Post » Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:47 pm

I enjoyed Dragonborn very much and am only sad that it was the last dlc for Skyrim. Only played a little of Morrowind so I don't have the nostalgia thing going on so much. Absolutely loved the music, the quests and the new weapons and armors that it added.

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Reiklings, Neloth, Dusty, the new player home are all awesome. I liked Bonemold armor until I read the books on how it was made. :blink: I wonder if it still is ...?

And the Deathbrand quest - especially the final dungeon with the piles of gold and loot! The quest to get Ahzidal's stuff was pretty awesome as well.

I guess the main quest was alright, a little short, but I have to say that I liked some of the other quests on the island better.

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Jason King
 
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Post » Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:00 am

Hands down the best DLC.

Not to take anything away from Dawnguard or Hearthfire of course. I just feel that those DLCs are a bit more specialized and are going to vary a bit more from person to person. If you're a player who really enjoys the daily living/domestic side of things (especially for RP), then you'll probably love Hearthfire, but if you don't really care about that stuff you'll probably feel kinda 'meh' about it. Likewise with Dawnguard, I know that for the players who totally love vampire mythology, it was a real treat, but for other people (like me) who have never been super crazy about vampire movies/books/etc it wasn't the most enjoyable DLC (I respect the effort very much, but it's just not my thing).

But with Dragonborn, I feel like that's something everyone can all agree on. It's got something for everyone, all the different playstyles. New music, new locations to explore, new shouts and spells, new weapons and armor, and all of them well made. The music, the awesome characters (Frea, Neloth, etc), It just feels like a universally enjoyable experience.

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Post » Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:06 am

I love Dawnguard and Dragonborn they were both amazing DLC!!!

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Post » Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:59 am

Was a bit underwhelmed by Miraak, and would have liked the island to not have been shrunken as much, but it has a lot of variety for its size, interesting people, and plenty of stuff to explore - you can't say that about a lot of Skyrim proper.

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Post » Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:11 am

I thought it was a well put together DLC and really enjoyed it. Loved the Stalhrim armour which is now my favourite. I to felt Miraak was a little underwhelming and feel he should have been a much tougher adversary, way too easy to beat which was a shame. The whole feel of Solsthiem is very different to the rest of the game which is nice and I enjoyed many hours on the island.
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Suzy Santana
 
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Post » Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:48 am

I loved Solstheim. The entire DLC did not revolve around generic radiant quests.

Though I was disappointed by the MQ. It was too brief.

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