Lianne Marten

Wow that's crazy, it's like you're playing Skyrim at the whims of the Saw killer.

I usually use the Steam overlay screenshot tool (F12). It works pretty well.

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Lianne Marten

Another thing I sometimes find is that they get distracted super easily. They're flying around doing strafing runs on me, then they see a bear off to the west and fly off in that direction, then there's a stormcloak patrol a bit further gotta go roast them as well. Meanwhile i'm just sprinting along trying to keep up.

I just found the first word of Storm Call. I'm not gonna put up with any more of that shit.

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yeah, that works for me too, but the compression is a bit harsh, so sometimes it'd be nice to take uncompressed screenshots (the program I usually use for that uses prtsc too, so it doesn't work with Skyrim).

It seems I'm not the only one with the problem, but I haven't found any solutions at all.

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Is the rumour about Ulfric killing the old king with his voice ever explained? Since only the Dragonborn or the Greybeards can use voice that way, I thought there'd be some explanation, but I've done the Civil War questline
and still nothing.

I kind of figured he started that rumour himself so people would think he was the Dragonborn, but some of the conversations he has with his people in Windhelm could be taken to mean that he actually did it.
Also not quite sure lying about it fits his character.

Cindy Claveau

If you listen carefully to what the Greybeards say, they mention that some people are more talented & adept at using the Voice than others. That implied, to me, that Ulfric was someone who probably had limited voice powers but nowhere near as much as you, the Dragonborn.

There are other Dragonborn, and there are those who have learned to shout without actually being Dragonborn. The sole sign of a true Dragonborn is whether they absorb the soul of a dragon after killing it.

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yeh. I haven't managed to shout anyone apart, though.

Right. I forgot the last bit.

I was hoping there'd be some story about how it was either a PR scheme or that someone (maybe a Greybeard or even a dragon) had taught Ulfric.

Veritable Quandry

At one point I was talking to Ulfric, and he said that it was not his voice that killed Torygg--the high king was stunned, and then Ulfric stabbed him. It came up in some random chatting so I don't remember the triggers for the conversation. But that is consistent with what others who can Shout are capable of.

Unofficial Elder Scrolls Wiki has more here.

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Wrong Weatherwax

I do know that Ulfric will shout during the last battle inside Castle Dour at the end of Taking Back Skyrim. I didn't pay enough attention to the shout he used but it sounded like Disarm.

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Cindy Claveau

His mentor was obviously Donald Trump.

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ah. I actually reloaded that bit to try to determine if that sound was a shout, but I didn't see Ulfric do anything, so I wasn't certain. It does sound like one. And Disarm seems pretty weak (I haven't had any luck disarming anyone with it), so it might make sense it has no effect.

Lianne Marten

He learned The Voice by training with the Greybeards, yeah. How he killed High King Torygg was probably a Fus to get him off balance, then stabbed him in the heart.

Disarm's effectiveness is based off the level of the person you are using it on and how many words you put into it. He can probably only use the first word, so using it on the Dragonborn... not gonna do much. The Draugr Deathlords can also use Disarm, but they use all three words so it almost always works. It's annoying as hell.

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oh. I've only been disarmed once in the 200 hours I've played and I thought that was because the draugr I was fighting was special somehow (one of the protectors of that amulet you collect the parts of, IIRC).
Wonder if I have some protection against disarming. If so, I must have had it pretty much always.

On the other hand, the Fus of some draugrs has really thrown me around at times, sometimes instakilling me.

Lianne Marten

The physics can be pretty wonky sometimes, and getting tossed around doesn't have a set damage to it. You know how sometimes you walk over a pot and it spazzes out and damages you, while other times it just gets nudged away? Same thing, except you're the pot.

Looks like Disarm only works on things under level 30, so once you hit that they stop using the shout, since you'll be immune.

Beezle Warburton

You need all three subshouts. I can disarm Drauger overlords with it.

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Chalice Yao

Scary random semi-OT fact >_>
I cleared up that certain last hall without even being attacked once. No, not hit..attacked. Sneak 100, silent casting + Invisibility spell, and a certain perk + equipment that gives me x30 damage for dagger backstabs total. At level 32.

Illusion thieves/assassins are overpowered against everything except dragons. They -majorly suck- there as you can't do backstabs or stealth-bowshots against them if they are awake.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim patch 1.4.27 fixes companion sneaking | PC Gamer

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That at least forces a bit of rethinking. As I remember it, nothing caused problems for my stealth archers in Oblivion once I'd reached decent skill levels.
Nothing much does for them in Skyrim either, but sneaking isn't quite as certain to hide you as it was in Oblivion; I do get spotted relatively often even with 100 Sneak and a number of the perks.
Sadly, much of the time I can't tell why I get spotted so it doesn't feel right, just random.



Also, I managed to backstab a sleeping dragon (or, I think it was sleeping; it had its head buried in a pile of hay so it was hard to tell), but it seemed to have no effect; it flew up and circled some times before it landed again, so I had ample time to panic.
Turned out it was actually dead and was just looking for a suitable spot to keel over in.
That was a little strange.

Cindy Claveau

Skyrim forces me to be more cautious about staying out of NPCs' line of sight and sticking to shadows. I could hide in plain sight in Oblivion, but not in Skyrim. I like that.

I've tried a few sneaking mods, and the "Overpowered Sneak" mod totally sucked. It essentially removed NPC aggro altogether, making my stealth archer little more than an arcade game. I was sneaking by guards' faces in broad daylight and sniping mobs that were standing next to each other without anyone ever attacking me. I removed it after about an hour's worth of playing with it.

I spotted another one that I haven't downloaded yet - it adds a number of secret tunnels and rooftop ladders to cities to help the aspiring thief get around. It sounds fun.

Veritable Quandry

Even with un-modded sneaking skills, at about 65 sneak I found that, if no one is looking directly at me, I can snipe one NPC in a room and then back up until they forget about me, and then repeat. I love the "It must be my imagination" comment that they sometimes make when you return to fully hidden...as if they just imagined that two of their friends are dead with arrows sticking out of their backs...

Lianne Marten

Did I already post these? Probably. I don't care though, any excuse to share Whomp!.

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yes, me too. Sometimes some NPCs just seem to suddenly know where I am even if they shouldn't be able to. It might make sense with Falmers, for example, with their extra sharp senses and no reliance on sight, but it seems pretty random who does it.
And other times they practically stand on top of me without seeing me (even when I'm filling their heads full of arrows).



Anyway, I think I've sort of finished all the game's major questlines, including the various guilds'.
I do have one outstanding bit of whining from the Blades who want me to kill a certain something that I don't really want to kill, and the Greybeards can't locate the last word of my last incomplete shout either. I also have a bunch of quest items stuck in my inventory, but no quests to go with them because I stumbled over the objects when exploring. That's a bit annoying.

One thing that surprises me is that in RPGs I always reach a point where I start to wonder if it hadn't been better to have chosen that perk instead of this one back when I had the choice some 120 hours ago and the thought eventually makes me start all over with a new character. Which generally results in me never finishing the games.
I haven't had that with Skyrim at all; 205 hours with the same character so far. I'm not sure why it's been different, but it's rather nice.

Veritable Quandry

Tired of the same boring tips on loading screens? I love this mod...

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Unofficial Skyrim Patch:

[BETA] Unofficial Skyrim Patch - Thread # 2 - Bethesda Softworks Forums

I haven't tried it, but it certainly sounds impressive.

Veritable Quandry

Downloading now. It will be a while before I really get to try it, but it should clear up a few quest issues I have.

Edav Nomad

Kill with greater variety and look good doing it in Skyrim's 1.5 update | Joystiq


Wow those are some very powerful arrows.

P.S. It is a beta patch though.