Things you wish you knew sooner : V

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:41 am

Doing jobs increases the amount of gold merchants have in that city.

Dont touch the main quest for a while.

Dont power level smithing.

Take it very slow because its easy to get bored when its all said and done.

Add to this list if you'd like.

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:37 pm

Doing jobs increases the amount of gold merchants have in that city.

Oh. That.

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:20 pm

Don't save levels. Once you enter the leveling screen, you can't exit until you're finished.

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:48 am

the amount of bugs this game was shipping with, and it's overall unpolished feel.

(relax, people. I like the game.)

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:38 pm

Dont power level smithing.

Wait, why?

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:57 am

Wait, why?

my same question i powerd that to 100 in like a few hours

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:43 am

Yea, I did a mild power-leveling of smithing and found it to be fine. I had access to top tier armor/weapons that wasn't even dropping at the time. More than compensated for my lack of armor/weapon skills. But, I was playing a warrior. I guess power-leveling smithing on a mage or a very lightly armored thief might cause trouble, but for a warrior it's fine.

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:13 am

Wait, why?

because once you have the best armour already, whats the point in dungeon crawling

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:35 am

Wait, why?

1) you lvl up too fast and your offense becomes gimped

2) theres no reward or feeling of satisfaction if you have the best gear in the game by lvl 20.

Instead i wish i saved smithing for 50+ when lvling rly slows down and better gear is harder to find since you pretty much have access to it all.

That said i've ruined skyrim for me. It's beyond boring now and i load up my character only to alt f4 in boredom. Dont make the mistakes i did...

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:32 am

because once you have the best armour already, whats the point in dungeon crawling

to find cool trophies to mount in your house EX: dragon masks and claws, all the questline stuff and all the unique weapons like the 100 plus of them lol

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:30 am

Pickpocketing more stuff

Cheers

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:51 am

That you could select individual miscellaneous quests to make markers appear.

I had so many random quests items in my inventory by the end of the game too.

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:20 am

its ok to power level smithing, as you need to get to 60 if you want to upgrade your enchanted gear so that its can last longer.

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:55 am

Two things I wished I knew

1-Guards *really* don't like Shouts
2-Giants are not your friend

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:56 am

You can dual wield pickaxes and hit the ore veins manually to make it go faster.

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:40 am

because once you have the best armour already, whats the point in dungeon crawling

There are unique gear that you can find. I found a mask that gives underwater breathing, fortify barter, and increases your carry weight.

Though I agree blacksmithing should not be so easy and cheap to level. Alchemy by comparison is more difficult to level.

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:46 pm

Markarth is pretty badass (I didn't notice it until level 15ish)

Also:
You can favorite potions
You can take torches off of the walls and light people on fire with them

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:49 pm

Great thread. I haven't started playing yet, so this topic helps a lot. (My new computer should've arrived five-six days ago

Waiting...)

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:48 am

When in the favourites menu holding left or right on the dpad on an item will 'Hotkey' it for quick and easy use! (Just found that out today, didn't see it in the manual, but who the hell reads the manual when they have Skyrim in their ps3?!)

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:30 am

Doing jobs increases the amount of gold merchants have in that city.

How does this work? What job are you talking about?

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:35 am

There are unique gear that you can find. I found a mask that gives underwater breathing, fortify barter, and increases your carry weight.

I thought that item was usually a glass helmet hidden under water... or was it a different one...

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:04 pm

I want to add:

Do not use any gear or potion that increases your blacksmithing, enchanting and alchemy, and then make items. Using them will result in overpowered gear that ruins the immersion.

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:12 am

I thought that item was usually a glass helmet hidden under water... or was it a different one...

No I got it from the enemy that is named after it.

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:19 pm

Always look for the magic flammable liquid when sneaking into a room, and use it (unless you really want the added challenge).

» Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:22 am

When in the favourites menu holding left or right on the dpad on an item will 'Hotkey' it for quick and easy use! (Just found that out today, didn't see it in the manual, but who the hell reads the manual when they have Skyrim in their ps3?!)

lol i just found that out lol 120 hours later