Mal Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) Because she is the love of my orcish life. This orc like hard to get women... well, in Lydia case, impossible to get. Edit: Wait.. now I hear that you can use your pickax manually!? Edited January 6, 2012 by MaliciousH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 So, 60 hours into the game and I think I'm finally ready to seriously tackle the main quest... though I'm still a little unsure whether I was to do the Stormcloak quest chain first. That was me, until I started to do the storm cloak mission. I have my Fus Ro Dah, and the last quest I did was in Kynsgrove, but thats all I've done. I just did random fun quests (Markarths mines were great, very Mines of Moria like mission), and now I'm working on the Stormcloak rebellion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) The Stormcloak missions might have been my favorite in the game. Slaying dragons is fun and all but....... some of the battles in the civil war were just so awesome and so different than the rest of the game. The more I play Skyrim, the more I love it and the more I hate it. I love the game world, the absolute best world I've played in this generation (except maybe Red Dead Redemption... but I am The Cowboy Poet after all, so I'm a bit biased for westerns). On the flipside, there's some things the game does that totally breaks the immersion the game world creates. I'm not expecting Uncharted 3 level of character animations, but twice now I've been told to "place your hands on the alter" I nudge forward and then the game moves on... but nowhere did my character place his hands on the alter. That's fine, obviously character animations weren't important to Bethesda... but why then, not once, but twice (possibly more in other missions I haven't played), have characters ask you to do something your character can't do? Similarly, (very minor spoilers), late in the main quest you need to fly on a dragon, I never expected to actually get a cut scene where you see your character flying on the dragons back over Skyrim, that is until the dragon said something along the lines "I must warn you, once you fly over the world as a dragon does, your jealous of the dova will increase greatly". AWESOME, I thought, this dragon is really hyping up how great this is going to be. Instead, my character jumps on the dragon, they fly off, and the camera stays put, loading screen pops up (wait wait wait) then you are at your destination. Well... why have the dragon talk about how great this is going to be then? What a tease. Edited January 6, 2012 by TheCowboyPoet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Oh god the companions bit with the altar. It just suddenly fills up like that. And I've heard the dragon flight is extremely anti-climatic. Here's hoping "unofficial Skyrim Patch" can maybe add in sequences like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Funny story: when Brelyna died, I leveled up conjuration high enough to revive her with Dead Thrall. As I returned to get the spell itself (after completing the ritual), I heard her talking to me. I'd buried her in a tomb north of the College of Mages where I accidentally killed her which had apparently reset and resurrected the lass in doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I read spoilers, and I said "it can't be that bad, maybe I already know it." I didn't know it and I regret reading on . My own fault though, but it makes me excited to at least try the mission. Do dragons go away when you complete the main quest, much like the oblivion gates did in oblivion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) Nah you run into them just as much. In fact, as you level higher and higher, you encounter new types of dragons. Also: sorry, it's not really a MAJOR spoiler, and I didn't say what you have to do to get in that situation, which is actually cooler than the spoiler. Edited January 6, 2012 by TheCowboyPoet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 no need to apologize, it was clearly marked, I just kept reading even knowing XP. I'm glad to hear about the dragons though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 At this point, I'm sick of dragons. All I want to do is walk to this location and go through a dungeon, instead I have to fight a dragon or two (sometimes three) on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Well, guys. Finally did it. I got married last night, after killing my first giant. I had been avoiding them in efforts to stay alive. But, I took a quest and was actually good enough to kill one. Then, I killed another. Fantastic! But, I decided to marry Ysolda. She's started a business, like she wanted to, but is giving me about 100 gold pieces when I ask her how the business is doing. I didn't have the option to marry Lydia, but I got a pretty decent second choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I don't know that I've had the option to marry anyone. In fact I wouldn't even know it's possible if it weren't for people talking about it. How does it work, exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 You need an Amulet of Mara. Not sure if you must first do the Mara quest, but that begins at the Temple of Mara in, uh, that one city in the very southeast. Riften? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Yeah it's in Riften. It's in front of the secondary entrance to the Thieves Guild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Wait. There is an entrance to the Thieves Guild? Guess I'm heading back to Riften. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 In the graveyard. You may need to join the Thieves Guild before you can access it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Took me forever to realize you had to "push the button". I was confused why the cursor kept leading me there. I wasted way too much time getting lost in the Ratway because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I don't know that I've had the option to marry anyone. In fact I wouldn't even know it's possible if it weren't for people talking about it. How does it work, exactly? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Marry someone who has a shop, my wife gives me around 1200 G every time I come home (which isn't often). Unfortunately every time I am home she's sitting at the table, alone, drinking. I feel bad because I just drop off some loot, swap some gear, sleep for 8 hours, then leave. Also I haven't made updates to Breezehome, so it's sort of a shithole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I maxed out my home upgrades. Now, I just have excess cash. I don't want to buy another home anywhere, because I hate all of the other locations. I only want to buy a home in a nice place, like Whiterun. I should probably just spend the money on leather and ore and smith my way to 100, enchant all those items, then sell them. Onto another subject: The thought of of a giant's toe is pretty yucky. Who wants to drink a potion made from toe jam? That's some funky drink, right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) It seems like a lot of people marry Ysolda, but I'm a rebel! Though, I've read that unlike the other shop spouses, you can "trade" with Ysolda. That just means I can buy items from my then wife, right? I'm being careful with this because I don't want to, uhmm, "divorce" and remarry someone else. I'm seriously thinking of either using console commands for Lydia, or bypassing the Dark Brotherhood quest and marrying Muiri. From what I've looked up, she's the only Breton female around. Her and I would greatly increase Skyrim's Breton population! EDIT: Ugh, you know, while reading up on all the marriage bugs, it's probably safer just to marry Ysolda... or maybe that miner chick. Though I hear Ysolda is kind of a drug addict too. Edited January 6, 2012 by Atomsk88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) I maxed out my home upgrades. Now, I just have excess cash. I don't want to buy another home anywhere, because I hate all of the other locations. I only want to buy a home in a nice place, like Whiterun. I should probably just spend the money on leather and ore and smith my way to 100, enchant all those items, then sell them. Onto another subject: The thought of of a giant's toe is pretty yucky. Who wants to drink a potion made from toe jam? That's some funky drink, right there. Funny you should say that! Warning: If you're of a squeamish disposition, don't open the spoiler. And yeah, it's a real thing. Edited January 7, 2012 by MasterDex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Well, you did warn me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I'm bad, I bought Breezehome without really paying for it. Same with all the upgrades. Moar money for spells. Delicious delicious spells. I've been avoiding joining either the Rebels or the Imperials, because they both sound like dicks. I have joined up with the Companions though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I've gotten to the point where I have more money than I know what to do with. I don't even bother selling my loot anymore, I just put it in a chest so I can sell it if I decide to in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I'm still only a few hours in, I'm up to 5000 gold, but haven't really bought anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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