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AshburnerX said:

they refer to the main character as "he". Are they making a defined character this time around? Is the time of customization gone?

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Dave said:

The voiceover in the trailer is done by Max von Fucking SYDOW?!?

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PatrThom said:

Ayep. If he lives long enough, this means the next one might end up being voiced by Christopher Lee.

--Patrick

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Bethesda's next Elder Scrolls game will nix classes, revamp leveling, and allow players to wield anything they want in each hand.


Gameplay details on Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have leaked out of an upcoming Game Informer feature. The fifth Elder Scrolls RPG will be changing and upgrading many of the aspects last seen in Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Gone is the maligned level scaling system from Oblivion, which caused enemies to level along with the player. Replacing it is one that the Skyrim senior community manager says is more "like Fallout 3." Fallout 3's system only boosts the levels of enemies in critical areas when players first enter, and keeps them that way for the rest of the game.

Leveling itself works in a similar manner to Oblivion, but Bethesda has nixed classes in favor of a system that is more open to allow for either specialization or a broad use of everything. There are 18 total skills, down from 21 in Oblivion. Using any skill levels both it and the player at the same rate. However, the higher in rank a skill is when it gains a level, the more quickly it will level the player. Gaining a level also gives a perk, in another apparent nod to Fallout.

The big news about Skyrim's combat comes from the addition of a new duel-wielding system. Any weapon or spell can now be assigned to each hand. Want a shield in your left and a sword in your right? Go ahead. How about a dagger in your right and a fireball in your left? How about a shield in your right and a heal spell in your left, to bore enemies to death? Apparently, anything is possible.

Skyrim is indeed set 200 years after Oblivion and players evidently do play as the Dragonborn mentioned in the game's first trailer. The player's goal is to stop Alduin, the dragon god "world eater" mentioned in the recently translated Elder Scrolls V poem.

Along the way, Skyrim will throw a more dynamic quest system at players, with some quests only given to those with a certain level of skill in specific areas like magic or thievery. In addition, the player's decisions will affect the quests they can receive, with the family member of someone you killed possibly not wanting to give you a quest they otherwise would.

Skyrim will also feature a weapon creation system, an NPC dueling system, improved graphics, better character creation options, finishing moves, the ability to sprint, and more. In other words, probably just what Oblivion fans were looking for. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be released on November 11, 2011.

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escushion said:

Awesome, that stuff I read in GameInformer in December has reached the internet.

(Now someone post "I knew about that before everyone else!" guy from Shortpacked.)

Funny, I didn't notice this until now, but Ashburner's question about no customization is answered in one of the screenshots of the menu in the OP where it says "Dark Elf."

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AshburnerX said:

Yeah, I noticed that like 5 minutes after I posted it.

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escushion said:

Less choices! More... um...

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PatrThom said:

Oh, Azurephoenix. You say the most amusing things.

--Patrick

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I'll take that as a compliment!

Jay said:

Honestly, I'm hoping that the creative engine to mod is easier this time around. I'd love to create a small hamlet, some NPCs and maybe create a few quests.

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escushion said:

That's retarded.

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doomdragon6 said:

Looks great. Still too much bloom, but we're used to that, aren't we..

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figmentPez said:

But don't you see? It's the consoles' fault! The 360 and PS3 are holding back gaming, and keeping PCs from their true potential. There's no way that a new game is going to look better than the old one as long as it's being made for the same generation of game systems.

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Recently, an interview at Gameswelt (I believe its German) with Todd Howard has him talking all about the Elder Scrolls. Todd says in the first twenty seconds that the feeling they were going for with Morrowind was that you were a stranger in a strange land. For Skyrim, he says that feels wrong. After Morrowind, they wanted to go back to a more “classic fantasy game” for Oblivion. He then goes on to explain how between Arena to Oblivion, Morrowind is the odd one out; the alien in the series. And, the reason that they love Morrowind so much is that the wonder of discovery is present throughout the whole game, and is delivered in ways you wouldn't expect. With Skyrim, they’re going for the “traditional” look at first glance, but then the alien things are present throughout the game. The Dwarven ruins are back in Skyrim, and the way that the Nordic cultures view things are different; similar to how the Houses in Morrowind viewed things.

During the interview, Todd says that nothing will be as alien as things in Morrowind. Going on, he says with the new HD graphics, they can make things the way they want to look. The bigger cities still have walls, so you’ll have loading screens at those. After Fallout 3, they had a list of improvements going, and then says they got the list done, and more. Even traps have gone a long way in Skyrim; Todd says traps are a lot of fun to work with. Spatial puzzles will also come into play. Points of interest, as Todd says, are in the game, such as Necromancers around an altar. Well over a hundred points of interest are present, from his last count.

The natural creatures, such as wolves or deer, roam and do things they’d do in real life. Giants will often be with mammoths, according to Todd, and in the future, he claims, they’ll show more creatures. Also, he goes on to say a lot of the Divines and Daedra will be making an appearance in Skyrim as well; a big part of the world is still around Oblivion. Regarding Oblivion, the land is about the same size. The ten races of Oblivion are in Skyrim, but they’re focusing on making those as different as possible, instead of adding more generic ones (See Orc picture for example). Since Skyrim is referred to as the original home of men, Nords don’t like elves much. The stealth system is upgraded quite a bit from Oblivion as well. As you are detected the eyeball gradually opens giving you time to hide, unlike Oblivion where you were instantly detected, which they want to avoid. Radiant AI is back as well, and animations made to add to the AI are present. If they’re a cook, then there’s an animation to make them cook. Jobs NPCs do you can do as well, such as mining, making armor or weapons, cooking, and working leather. For cooking, a menu will open that tells you the food you can use, and what you can cook it into. Raw food is used to be cooked into cooked food.

He then goes on to talk about some other things, such as crafting. Magical crafting is enchanting and crafting for warriors is smithing. The most interesting items come out of your own making, according to Todd, and all experiences are trying to be made as diverse as possible. Dungeons can range from fifteen minute heists to epic two hour dungeon crawls. Alchemy hasn’t been explained to much, but it will be a lot different than that of Oblivion.

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Jay said:

I'd suck a dick to play Skyrim though, if that counts.

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Jay said:

Cause that's how the real world looks like.

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Dei said:

Win! I've never been a huge fan of first person tbh.

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Azurephoenix said:

It's simply a matter of preference.

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doomdragon6 said:

You could play in third person in Olbivion and Morrowind too.

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1) Will the character be able to change into certain creature?
Todd: We’ve done various things like that in our previous games, and it’s something that we probably won’t be talking about specifically on this one. Don’t read anything into that, we just prefer to not discuss this one. We’d like to leave that an open question until the game is out.

2) What sorts of cosmetic options, like beards, tattoos, or body proportions, are available? Can we edit them later in the game?
Matt:
There is large amount of customization available for each race. You can choose from multiple hair styles, beards, scars, and face paint. Each race and gender has a light and heavy build and you can pick any level in between. We’ve completely redone our facial system, and we’re really excited to show off the results.

3) Is armor handled like in Oblivion (with each body part being welded together) or in Morrowind (with each body part separate)? Will you be able to wear both clothes and armor at the same time?
Matt: The armor system is very similar to Oblivion’s. The main difference is that the upper and lower body armors, the cuirass and greaves, have been combined into one piece. This helps create armor styles that have the look we needed for Skyrim. In most of the Nordic designs we created, the upper armor would completely cover the lower armor, making it unnecessary. We get much better visual results combining those pieces, and it renders a lot faster too, so we can put more people on screen, so that was an easy tradeoff for us. We can also make a lot more armors now, so the number and variation types are more than we’ve ever had.

4) Are the main and faction quests branching or linear? What about side quests?
Bruce: We’ve focused on telling one story well. There are decision points in all the quest lines that can change things, but overall it’s a single story. Because the side quests are smaller stories, they are more likely to have major branches. For example, you can decide to save or betray someone, which changes the whole end of the quest. Overall the quest structure in Skyrim is closer to Oblivion than Fallout 3, in that there are many more quests, but they have fewer branches.

5) Are loot and quest rewards level scaled, like in Oblivion? Will there be any powerful un-scaled items?
Bruce: We’re handling leveling stuff similar to how we did in Fallout 3, but with a few new twists that we hope players won’t even notice. The enemies and loot are based on the “encounter zone” you’re in, so it could be higher or lower level than your current level. We do have a new concept of epic or “special” loot that you can randomly find in many cases, regardless of the zone, and you will still get better stuff in the better zones with your level higher. Same goes for quest rewards. We try to make them appropriate for what you did. Sometimes that is random, sometimes that is a set item. There’s a lot of specific stuff that is very powerful, like the Daedric artifacts.

6) Will items present in Morrowind but not in Oblivion, such as spears, medium armor, and mark/recall spells, be making a return?
Todd: They are not in Skyrim for the same reasons we didn’t include them in Oblivion. I’ll address each one. First spears, the truth is we’d love to do them, but it becomes a priority and development time thing for us. We feel it’s better to spend our time right now making sure the gameplay for the other play styles is really solid. That includes sword, sword and shield, two-handed weapons, and bows. You can also add magic to that list. Getting those all working well together, while feeling different, is our priority.

As far as medium armor, that’s not a time or polish thing, it’s a design choice to focus on two armor types and making sure those feel different and the player appreciates them. We try to make your character move and feel different between light and heavy and having a 3rd one in the middle just muddies it up in how it plays, as well as visually. And even now, we still have to tweak those two armor types so they feel different, while remaining fun. Every time we slow down heavy armor more, it feels bad, but it’s the main way of balancing it. We’ve added other ways of balancing it that feel right—like different stamina drain rates when sprinting and such.

Mark and recall is one where it’s a lot of fun, but like levitation, was removed so we could design better gameplay spaces and scenarios. We were really limited in Morrowind because the player could recall or levitate out of many situations and break them. There was a lot of good gameplay and level design work that we just couldn’t do and now we can. Back then it seemed like many good ideas we had were shot down when another designer would say “oh yeah, I just levitate or recall away.” So we got rid of them.

7) Will we be able to have relationships with the NPCs, romantic or otherwise?
Bruce: Absolutely! You make friends with people by doing things for them. Friends in the game will treat you differently. Some of them will even agree to go with you into dungeons and on adventures. You can even get married. If you own a house, your spouse will move in with you.

8) Are there any new armor/weapon materials unique to Skyrim?
Matt: One of the most prized and rarest sets of armor is made from dragons. It can be forged in both a light and heavy variant. You’ll see a return of many armors from previous games, such as leather and steel, however these have been redesigned in the Nordic style.

9) Can we have some specifics about the PC version of the game? How will it's UI be different? Will there be a 64-bit executable?
Todd: 64-bit specific exe? Not at this time. As far as UI, it visually looks the same across the platforms, but the controls are entirely different. There’s also a lot of “power user” stuff we do with the keyboard from how favorites work, to quick saves, and more that is similar to what we’ve done before in that area. We’re packing a lot of info on the screen and the whole interface is much less ‘look at giant fonts!’ than, say, Oblivion. The PC version also gets higher res textures, larger render modes, and a bunch of other effects you can scale up if your machine is a beast. Last but most important, is the Creation Kit we’ll be releasing for the PC. Modding the game and making it your own is very important to us and our fans, so we’re going to keep doing whatever we can in that area.

10) How will enchanting work in Skyrim? Will we have to constantly refill our enchantments with soul gems like we did in Oblivion, or will it be more like Morrowind in which the weapons recovered after a certain resting period?
Bruce: The method in Oblivion worked really well, so we kept it. Magic weapons use charges and have to be refilled with soul gems. Magic armor is always on and doesn’t need to be recharged. Soul gems and their lore and usage are a staple of the Elder Scrolls.

We have revamped the enchanting system though. Enchanting is now a skill. The better your skill and perks, the better you are at creating enchanted items. You’ll be able to find enchanting stations all over the world, which will make it much more accessible.

There are some changes from Oblivion, including the effects you can use when creating items, as well as how you learn effects. You now learn enchanting effects by “breaking down” a magic item you find, as opposed to them coming from spells you know. This allows us to separate enchanting from the other magical skills better.

11) What are the differences between the races? I guess they'll have different skill bonuses, but will they also start with different perks or have different "hard-coded" attributes, such as different running speeds or maximum encumbrance, etc.?
Todd: They each start with some skills that are higher by default, but those aren’t hard to overcome with another race in a short time. They also have different starting spells and each has its own passive abilities, like before, as well as powers, like before. So Khajiit can see in the dark, Orcs have a berserk power, Redguards have Adrenaline Rush, and so forth. They work differently in the new system, but the flavor is the same. We kept all the racial movement speeds the same, that’s now a factor of what you’re wearing and have equipped. And starting max encumbrance is the same and is based on your Stamina attribute.

12) Is there any game content (story, quests) that might be locked for a character based on race/faction/politics allegiances/morality/choices? Or one can experience all the content in one single play?
Todd: We do have some stuff that gets locked out based on decisions you make. It’s wherever it felt natural. It wasn’t a goal that you could or couldn’t play everything with one character. The game’s honestly so big that we don’t think about it much.

13) To what extent will our racial / gender selection at the start of the game will affecting our gameplay? Are there relationships affected by these choices?
Bruce: Your race is very important. It’s more than just how you look. Each race has a bias toward certain types of characters. If you want play a wizard, it will be easier with a High Elf or a Breton. If you want to play a warrior, it will be easier with a Nord or a Redguard. However, just like in Oblivion, we don’t force you to follow that bias. If you want to be a Nord wizard, that’s completely viable. Sadly we remove the Argonian race as we felt a change was necessary. Other than that, there are many choices in races.

Gender does not change any initial skills or abilities. There is nothing that men do better than women or vice versa in the game. Other characters will recognize your gender and address you properly. Some may have prejudices for or against a particular gender as a part of their character, but it won’t change what you can or can’t do.

14) Do you plan to include non lethal ways of defeating opponents??
Todd: Depends on what you mean by “defeat”. We have various stealthy ways of getting past people, and the various poisons and spells allow you to basically render enemies harmless to you, whether that is casting a calm or fear spell, knocking them down, or something else.

Oh, and we now have tavern brawls that are non-lethal! I love those.

15) Will boss fights involve interesting mechanics involved as opposed to just more health and hits harder?
Todd: We have many new combat behaviors in our AI that makes fights with certain enemies very dynamic and interesting. It matters what the enemy can do. Dragons, for example, can do lot of things from multiple shouts, bombing runs, picking guys up, and more. An enemy that has a sword and shield, a bow, magic spells, and potions will use all of those things, and those fights are the most interesting. But we also design some combat encounters where the player simply may get mobbed by more simple enemies, and those have a different pace and strategy.

16) Do companions have skill and perk trees we can train?
Bruce: No, you only manage your own. Though companions often have certain perks so they behave different or better.

17) Is the culture in Skyrim strictly Nordic, or are there places (like Cheydinhal in Cyrodiil) that show influence from other cultures nearby, like architecture, religion, etc?
Matt: While there are pockets of other races in the game, we focused on the Nordic culture and their regional differences. The architecture between cities is dramatically different and reflects how the Nords live in that area.

18) So, the dragons are big and powerful. Did you include some destructible environment so they could leave marks and scars everywhere they attack? Can they demolish buildings, break trees, start avalanches, burn houses, things like this that emphasize their power?
Todd: They do leave marks and scars everywhere, but as far as destroying buildings and such, it’s rare. It does happen, but not a lot. Systemically destroying our spaces is something we have not found a good way to handle yet, because it’s so dynamic. We’re dealing with places that we have NPCs living, and providing quests and other game services. It’s something we avoid in every game unless we can specifically wipe it off the map, like Megaton.

19) Will there be any difference between the animation sets of male and female as well as human-like and 'beast' characters?
Matt: The animation system is completely new and dramatically improved. You will notice huge difference from previous games. There are differences between male and female animations, and even beast races have some specific animations.

20) Will any sort of karma system be incorporated like there was in Fallout, or will it be the Fame/Infamy system of Oblivion?
Bruce: We don’t provide a numeric score that you can track, but the game knows if you’ve been naughty or nice. We felt that a number really didn’t do your fame justice. Characters in the world will acknowledge the specific things you have done rather than just a generalized reputation. If you are a criminal, they’ll know that too. But if you pay your debt to society, all is forgiven.

21) Will crafting (weapons, armor) be effected by the tools you use as well as the ingredients used in the crafting? Such as the hammers and clippers, mastery level of the weapons and your level? Basically, will I be able to produce a more powerful, or even unique, weapon if I use a master hammer or clipper as opposed to novice?
Bruce: The blacksmith’s shop includes a forge, a grindstone, and a smithing bench. You can improve your weapons at the grindstone. The higher your skill, the more you can improve them, and the more damage they’ll do. Same thing for armor with the smithing bench, only the armor rating gets better. The forge is actually used to create new weapons and armor from raw materials.

22) Will your character have a voice? So that you can hear yourself having a conversation with other people?
Todd: You do have a voice, but you only hear it in grunts and shouts. So we have recorded for each race and sex you can play, all the different combat grunts, as well as the dragon language shouts.

23) Obviously every character is "Dragonborn", but not every character will be playing the same way. The question is: Will dragon shouts support all types of characters? Are there long ranged shouts? Some kind of stealthy "shout"?
Todd: Yes, the shouts support all character types. We’re not ready to talk about the other shouts yet, but soon enough.

24) Are there going to be places where you can use nature to your advantage? Like make a trap out of a falling tree or climb a tree to stealth attack an enemy?
Todd: Yes and no. You can’t make things, but our environment is so dense, you’re almost always using the natural terrain to get an advantage, especially with stealth.

25) Will you be able to carry on after the main story?
Todd: Yes, absolutely.

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Frankie Williamson said:

I miss the whole piecemeal thing your armor had going for it in Morrowind, where each pauldron on your shoulder could be of a different make.

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@Li3n said:

Wow, DA2 pre-release statements flashback: http://www.msxbox-world.com/news/ar...is-hardcore-multiplayer-has-rpg-elements.html

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Shegokigo said:

All that article was, a developer on Skyrim saying that CoD is a "hardcore game" that still has "RPG elements". Nowhere did it say anything about Skyrim having any multiplayer functions.

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Frankie Williamson said:

A big difference is they've been making Skyrim for years whereas they were making DA2 for months.

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Shegokigo said:

I'm with Frankie. It looks more half-orc than full. Still worlds better than the Pig-Ganons from Oblivion.

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Jay said:

After what they did for Oblivion? buying it on console would be a downright dumbass thing to do

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Jay said:

Mod Community.

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Shegokigo said:

No idea what race I'm going to pick yet.... maybe an Orc female and nail me one of them elfy types....

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Frankie Williamson said:

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/26/skyrim-dlc-packs-heading-to-xbox-360-first/

Fart noise goes here. I guess it'll be just like New Vegas then. They eventually release the DLC on PC and by that point I'm long done with the game.

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Necronic said:

That game is gonna have enough user made content to keep you busy for life.

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Each race's abilities:

- ORCS: Beserker
- REDGUARDS: Adrenaline Rush,
- WOOD ELF: resist poison, resisit disease, command animals
- NORD: Battlecry
- KHAJIIT: night-eye, claw attacks
- IMPERIAL: Voice of the Emperor, find more coins when looting
- HIGH ELF: regenerate Magicka more quickly
- DARK ELF: Ancestor's Wrath (surround self in fire), resist fire
- BRETON: Dragonskin (absorb spells), resist shock
- ARGONIANS: Histskin (regenerate health quickly), resist disease 50%, breathe underwater

PERKS

Speech
- Buying and selling price 10% better (5 ranks)
- 10% price buying from opposite sex
- Invest in shops and increase available gold permanently in invested stores
- Master Trader - every merchant in world gains 1000 gold for bartering
- Buy and sell from any merchant regardless of what they normally buy and sell
- Intimidation attempts twice as successful
- Persuasion attempts more likely successful

Alchemy
- Potions 20% stronger (5 ranks)
- Potions for restore health, magicka or stamina are 25% more powerful (maybe ranked)
- Poisons 25% more effective (maybe ranked)
- Poisons last for twice as many hits
- Two ingredients are gathered from plants
- 50% resistance to all poisons
- All negative effects removed from potions and all positive removed from poisons
- 2 effects of an ingredient are revealed when testing it for the first time (instead of just one)
- Another (unclear recording, sorry!)

Illusion
- Dual casting overcharges effect for more powerful spell
- Cast Novice spells for 50% less magicka
- Cast Apprentice spells for 50% less magicka
- Cast Adept, Expert, Master etc spells for 50% less magicka (more levels this time around)
- Spells work on higher level animals
- Spells work on higher level people
- All spellcasting (from ANY school) is done silently
- Spells work on undead, daedra and automatons
- One I genuinely didn't understand, and it wasn't clear on the recording either - something about "Kindred Mage" or something.
- Fear spells work on higher level enemies

Conjuration
- Novice for 50% magicka etc (up to Master)
- Dual casting overcharges --> greater spell effect
- Bound weapons do more damage
- Bound weapons cast Soul Trap on target
- Bound weapons banish certain creatures (and I think summon creature in their place, not 100% on that though, dodgy recording)
- Reanimate undead with 100 more health
- Summon 2 Atronachs or reanimated zombies
- Summon Atronachs at twice the distance
- Summoned Atronachs twice as strong

Destruction
- More damage for each school (fire, frost and shock) - ranked
- Novice for 50% magicka etc.
- Shock damage chance to disintegrate targets if their health is under 10%
- Frost damage chance to paralyse targets if health low
- Fire damage chance to make low health enemies flee
- Place runes 5x farther away

Restoration
- Healing spells also restore stamina
- Novice for 50% less magicka etc
- Healing spells do 50% more healing
- Something about recharging healing spells (sorry about poor recording quality, it was in my pocket!)
- More is recharged with each hit with healing spells (again, sorry not 100% sure what this means!)
- Spells more effective against undead
- Once a day chance to autocast 250HP restoration when health drops low
- Magicka regenerates 25% faster

Alteration
- Novice for 50% less etc
- Alteration spells have greater duration (probably ranked)
- Absorb 30% magicka that hits you
- Another couple - bad recording again

Enchanting
- Enchants are 20% stronger (ranked)
- Enchanted armour 25% stronger
- "Soul gems provide extra magicka for recharging" - again, dodgy recording but that's what I heard, even if it doesn't make much sense
- Death blows to creatures but not people trap souls for weapon recharge
- Health, magicka and stamina enchants stronger
- Extra effect on already-enchanted weapon can be applied
- Shock, Frost and Fire enchants 25% stronger (individual perks for each element) (probably ranked)

Heavy Armour
- Increase armour rating 20% (5 ranks)
- Unarmed attacks with heavy armour gauntlets - damage increased by gauntlets' armour rating
- Half fall damage if all in heavy armour
- Heavy armour weighs nothing and doesn't slow you at all
- Additional 25% armour if in matching set
- 25% armour bonus if all in heavy armour (not necessarily matching)
- 50% less stagger if all in heavy armour
- 10% damage reflected back to enemy if all in heavy armour

2-handed weapons
- 2h weapons do 20% more damage (5 ranks)
- Attacks with warhammers ignore 25% armour (ranked)
- Attacks with battleaxes do extra bleeding damage (ranked)
- Attacks with greatswords do extra critical damage (ranked)
- Power attacks cost 25% less stamina
- Standing power attacks do 25% bonus damage, chance to decapitate
- Sprinting power attacks do double (critical) damage
- Sideways power attacks hit all targets
- Backwards power attacks have 25% chance of paralysis

Archery
- Bows do 25% more damage
- Zoom in
- Zooming slows time
- 10% crit chance
- Move faster with drawn bow
- Recover twice as many arrows from dead bodies
- 50% chance of paralysing for few seconds (might be 15%, can't really hear...)
- Draw bow 30% faster
- Another about arrows - can't hear

Sneak
- 20% harder to detect (ranked)
- Sneak attacks do 6x damage with 1h weapons
- Sneak attacks with bows do 3x damage
- Sneak attacks with daggers do 15x damage (end perk on skill tree)
- Noise from armour reduced 50%
- No longer activate pressure plates
- Sprinting while sneaking performs silent forward roll
- Running does not affect detection chance
- Crouching can make hostile enemies lose sight of you and search for a target

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Jay said:

Disappointed with the Imperial race choices... find more coin? I NEVER had a money problem in any TES game.

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Jay said:

Better than "get more coins" (we know we'll be rich as fuck as of LVL 10 anyways) and "ability you never use anyways".

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Frankie Williamson said:

There really is no classes anymore in Skyrim.

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Jay said:

Plz do not have consolitis.
Plz do not have consolitis.
Plz do not have consolitis.

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Jay said:

Ravenbeard, you'll be please to know I'm considering pre-ordering this game.

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Jay said:

What he meant to say was :

"I won't pay full value for this epic 'game of the year' masterpiece"

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AshburnerX said:

Yes... unfortunately, my computer is a junker. If I had steady employment I'd get it upgraded but unfortunately I live in Ohio, where there is no such thing anymore.

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Shegokigo said:

Move to North Dakota, you could make the kind of money where you're throwing $2000.00 a night around:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/25/pf/America_boomtown_strippers/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=hp_bn5

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Shegokigo said:

Move to North Dakota, you could make the kind of money where you're throwing $2000.00 a night around:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/25/pf/America_boomtown_strippers/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=hp_bn5

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AshburnerX said:

It was actually pretty easy to be a thief in Oblivion, if you used a bow. That ability to knockdown foes makes the game trivial.

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doomdragon6 said:

If I could summon a buttload of skeletons, I would play that. I love Necromancer type roles.

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Jay said:

What he meant to say was :

"I won't pay full value for this epic 'game of the year' masterpiece"

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Shegokigo said:

Can I just say I hate the Orc Female face? Seriously. Looks like a Green Elf with tattoos and upside down vampire teeth. Ugh.

Where are my brutish Orc women at?

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Jay said:

Hoping for a great initial build!

To not get New Vegased!

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Jay said:

Stop being annoyed and let me remove this burden from you.

I'll play it.

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Dave said:

Skyrim review. Can I possibly be any more stoked for this?

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Dave said:

How I look right now:
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Shegokigo said:

Funny enough, due to the bank holiday I'll have all of Friday off.

Guess I'll play some WoW

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Shegokigo said:

Guess I'll play some WoW

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Dave said:

It's the only picture of me I have.

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Shegokigo said:

Well WoW with some FEAR on the side. I'm SERIOUSLY loving FEAR atm.

I think I stated pretty clearly that as much as I love Bethseda games, they're 100% more enjoyable after the mod community has 3-6 months to play with it.

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Shegokigo said:

You could play some Dead Island

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Now that's just cruel...

Shegokigo said:

You could play some Dead Island

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Mathias said:

i tried actually, last Friday. Still a horrible game.

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Frankie Williamson said:

Well, I'm not above some "PREVIEWING" of games. They God damn well better release an HD patch or something for this game. The textures are God awful. That makes sense with the 6 gig size of the whole game. Also, the UI is so console centric it makes Oblivion look like Morrowind.

Oh well, it's honestly super rad. These are just nitpicks. Looking forward to buying it tomorrow after the RD services.

Weeks off make bored people do silly things.

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Adammon said:

Went home at lunch to download from Steam based on Mathias's excitement. Not sure why his opinion on video games weighs so heavily on me.

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Jay said:

The fuck is this game available in Australia before everyone else? Why the fuck do the convicts get first dibs?

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Thread Necromancer said:

Im'ma just gonna leave this right here.

Don't get me wrong, I'm excited too, though I won't be able to play until next week at the earliest.

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sixpackshaker said:

My download is going so freaking slow, I won't be able to play till 2ish...
Guess I'll just go to bed.

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Quotemander Prime said:

And that's if Steam unlocks it at midnight. I remember, Left 4 Dead 2 didn't unlock until the afternoon the next day.

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Adammon said:

We apologize, but Halforums will be quiet for the next week or so due to Skyrim...

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Tress said:

This is really unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but L4D2 unlocked at midnight. I had a wicked bout with insomnia that night, so I got up at 2 and played until work the next morning.

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doomdragon6 said:

I'm at work right now. (3:45 am here) When I get off, I'm going to Wal-Mart, as no game store will be open yet, and hope they have a copy. Then I will buy it, and try my damdest to not go to sleep.
Here's hopin'.

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David said:

Anyone else getting the game randomly shut down on them? No error screen, no "not responding" message, just the game running smoothly one moment and switching back to the desktop the next with no sign the game had even been running. I wish it would stop that.

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phil said:

So guys...been playing. I totally killed like, all the dragons, you know?

like...all of them.

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AshburnerX said:

Installing now... is the nice paper map the pre-order bonus? I heard it was supposed to be cloth and I DID pre-order...

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Quotemander Prime said:

I didn't pre-order, just got from Target, and it's paper.

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doomdragon6 said:

I haven't been able to make a character that isn't fugly as shit yet.

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I haven't been able to make a character that isn't fugly as shit yet.

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AshburnerX said:

That's because the bow perks make their damage scale more evenly. In Oblivion, bows were really only effective once you mastered them because of the knockdown perk you got. In Skyrim you can boost their damage and get improved staggering long before you get the knockdown, so it's more effective early on.

Honestly, my bow is all I've been using since I found my Fortify Archery ring. +15% damage to bow hits? Yes please!

Also, I love how they actually made enchanting (as a skill) viable again. It was so worthless in Morrowind that they took it out completely in Oblivion.

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Ravenpoe said:

Enchantment?

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Enchantment?

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Espy said:

Damnit. I think I did something dumb. I named my character and picked the race and it said, "Cool beans guy, you good to go?" and I said sure. I realized it never asked if I wanted to change the appearance of my character. I'm guessing I just overlooked whatever let me do that and now I'm a hour or two into the game. Dammit. I really don't want to replay everything so far but I'm kind of annoyed. Hell, I don't even remember it asking me if I was male or female. How did I miss that?

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I honestly don't know how you could have missed that. I actually had a hard time finding how to name my character. I figured "Done" meant "done done", not "done, now name your character."

It asks "Who are you?" and brings up your character--what you look like-- with a huge slew of options with Races and whatnot.

Like, not in a mean way AT ALL-- I honestly can't fathom having missed that. XD

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Thieving mage.

My Redguard is light on her feet, prone to lock-picking, pickpocketing, arrows, and destruction magic. I keep a shield and dagger on hand for close encounters.

Dual-wielding maces is fun though.

I love how fluidly your character evolves based on how you're playing. I adore the Fallout games, but this is ideal. I don't have to plan things out from the start--I can just roll with whatever I'm already doing.

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Quotemander Prime said:

The game's frozen twice for me, and I saw a mammoth fall from the sky (which was hilarious). That's it.

But I'm on PS3; it sounds like PC-users are the ones experiencing glitches.

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LordRendar said:

Do they hate Sword&Board Chars? Cant get the fugging favorite menu to work.keeps equiping my sword on the left hand. :/

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Shegokigo said:

Just sayin, story threads without pictures? Zzzzzz....

SIDE NOTE QUESTION:

To those playing Skyrim on PC, should I play it using my 5870 videocard or wait to play it when I get my GTX 580?

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bhamv3 said:

I don't have the rig to play this game, so it'll be a while before I can play it. Until then, however, I've been listening to the music, and damn if the music isn't epic. I can't stop listening.

I mean, the main theme itself, which we heard in the trailer, makes me want to spring from my chair and declare war on a Nordic nation.

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Just sayin, story threads without pictures? Zzzzzz....

SIDE NOTE QUESTION:

To those playing Skyrim on PC, should I play it using my 5870 videocard or wait to play it when I get my GTX 580?

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Shegokigo said:

Just sayin, story threads without pictures? Zzzzzz....

SIDE NOTE QUESTION:

To those playing Skyrim on PC, should I play it using my 5870 videocard or wait to play it when I get my GTX 580?

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