Raiziel's Skyrim thread - The Bear and Badger

Paul the sparky

Saw that Elder Scrolls Online video last night. I don't know why they bother with that stuff as the combat in the real thing is always going to be a disappointment to anyone who watches it. I was planning on a Switch play though but after being spoiled by the glorious combat from the For Honor beta I think it'll be a struggle. If you could stick that fighting system into an Elder Scrolls game I'd be all over it. The bow is still cool I suppose.

Bob

Raiziel wrote:

Boom! The paralyse perk for 100 in archery is good fun.

It really is.. Funny when they fall off platforms and stuff.

Finished a quest for some fancy new armour.

Here's me wearing it and Lydia just hanging out.

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Bob

Appear to have got to the end of the DLC story without progressing far enough along the mainstory..so nothing happened.. I generally don't like the

Spoiler:

so I'll be pissed if I've got to do all that again.

Anyway, mostly I've really enjoyed the dragonborn DLC and gotten some nice armour.

Going to go back to the main game as I think I've polished off most of the side quests too.

Bob

Just got the trophy for 100,000 coins

Also learned dragonrend

It's a wee bit annoying that the dlc requires you to learn two shouts but you don't get any souls.

Had to go back to the main game

Kazuo

Finally managed to polish off Dawnguard the other day. Christ that was a grind, couldn't wait to get past it. Vampire Lord stuff seemed far more trouble than it was worth, so didn't bother using the power once. Looking forward to getting back to just wandering the lands with Lydia in suitably scrap-happy fashion.

Bob

Kazuo wrote:

Finally managed to polish off Dawnguard the other day. Christ that was a grind, couldn't wait to get past it. Vampire Lord stuff seemed far more trouble than it was worth, so didn't bother using the power once. Looking forward to getting back to just wanderinug the lands with Lydia in suitably scrap-happy fashion.

Not recommended? Shame as I enjoyed the one I just did.

Kazuo

Started off fine but went downhill real fast. Sided with the vamps but the new companion it saddles you with is a bit dull, and twice (twice!) they throw in an objective which involves travelling to several different waypoints in a mostly empty area, but placed absolutely miles from each other. Lacked a bit of imagination, but I'm glad that I can finally say goodbye to the random vampire/dawnguard attacks every time I left a town.

Bob

I got stuck doing the same thing twice because I forgot to take the cube out of the machine thing.. then had to trek all the way back in because the lift doesn't let you open the doors.

Also Raziel.. I'm still werewolf but NPCs keep telling me I don't look well? I thought I couldn't get any disease?

Any ideas?

Raiziel

Don't worry about it. You are 100% immune to disease as a werewolf. If you're ever curious about what buffs and debuffs are effecting your character you can check Active Effects under Magic. That would show any disease you might have contracted

Bob

Raiziel wrote:

If you're ever curious about what buffs and debuffs are effecting your character you can check Active Effects under Magic.

I was curious so I checked..

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There's a lot of buffs going on..

Is there anyway to tell why I've got reduced Stamina Regen and reduced lock picking?

cockbeard

That's the disease you're carrying, same reason the folk tell you that you look unwell

Bob

cockbeard wrote:

That's the disease you're carrying, same reason the folk tell you that you look unwell

Yet I have Resist Disease.. there's no disease listed and I went to a shrine to be on the safe side.

Raiziel

It usually tells you what it is that's buffing or debuffing you. What does it say on the left side of the screen when you highlight one of the debuffs?

cockbeard

Ah, in that case maybe an item you have is enchanted with reduce lockpicking

Sometimes people will still tell you that you are unwell, even long after you've cured the disease

Bob

Raiziel wrote:

It usually tells you what it is that's buffing or debuffing you. What does it say on the left side of the screen when you highlight one of the debuffs?

Ah, Didn't know you could do that.. thanks guys.. will have a look.

Bob

Oh one more thing Raz.

Is there a reliable online map somewhere for .. research?

I'm looking for Liar's Retreat.. but the map screenshot I've got doesn't show much around it for reference.

cockbeard

I always found the wiki to be pretty good

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Liar's_Retreat?file=Liar's_Retreat_map_location.jpg

However I generally like to just explore like a mofo, so I can later fast travel everywhere. I think next playthrough will have to be a no fast travel job, god knows how long that would take though

Raiziel

A no fast travel, do most stuff play through took me four hundred hours. Loved every minute.

Bob

cockbeard wrote:

I always found the wiki to be pretty good http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Liar's_Retreat?file=Liar's_Retreat_map_location.jpg However I generally like to just explore like a mofo, so I can later fast travel everywhere. I think next playthrough will have to be a no fast travel job, god knows how long that would take though

That's the map I'm trying to use.

But it's no use for that particular location as there's not enough around it to reference.

Bob

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Sit Rep,

Killed 20 Dragons and learned 20 shouts.
Level 42
Just finished the Magic College quest line.

Unfortunately somewhere along that quest I lost Lydia. She wasn't with me when I entered Labyrinthia and she wasn't with me when I went back to the college to defeat matey.

I assumed it was a solo thing.. now the last save with her is 20 hours ago.

I've checked back at Labyrinthia and she's not there, I've checked my house in Breezehome and she's not there. I've checked the college and the arch mage quarters and she's not there.

Any ideas? Does she default back to somewhere if she's lost or left or does she just wait where ever .. I'm pretty sure I didn't tell her to wait.

Kazuo

Same thing happened to me. Turned out she'd copped it in a bandit fortress a few hours before and I hadn't noticed. Went back and her body was still there, pretty well hidden under a patch of grass. Perhaps you lost her in a similar skirmish? Might be worth revisiting some of your battle sites to see if you can track her down.

cockbeard

If you're worried about the cleaning not getting done, just adopt a kid

Bob

Gave it 48 hours of waiting, as per internet research, and she was back in Breezehome.

cockbeard

Yay, glad to hear that

Bob

Now she's gone again, and in the middle of a civil war too..

I'm a 100 hours in... I wonder whether it's getting to much for her ?

Raiziel

I think there are known issues with Lydia disappearing during the Civil War quest line. Probably something to do with the Battle for Whiterun.

Bob

Raiziel wrote:

I think there are known issues with Lydia disappearing during the Civil War quest line. Probably something to do with the Battle for Whiterun.

That's what I've just done ... will she come back in 48 hours or should I reload and leave her at beeezehome?

Raiziel

Before you do have you checked to see if she's at Dragonsreach?

Bob

No. Will check that first.

Raiziel

Also have a quick scan of the bugs list on this page:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Lydia

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