I've been watching my roommates play and it looked cool.
I thought I would give it a try, but the view mode it first puts you in made me so motion sick. I was upset until I figured out you could change it.
I'm only on level 3 and tbh I am quite confused. Prolly cuz I'm not really a gamer but all the stuff is confusing to me because they don't explain what any of it does.
What is confusing you? Someone might be able to help. A lot of Skyrim can be about wandering around and finding things though.
The game is really designed to be played in first-person (although you'll go into third when on horses and some other times), even though it does give you a third person option. If you use that though you'll probably struggle more than necessary.
I've switched it into 3rd person and although it's kind of frustrating when fighting with swords and stuff, it doesn't make me sick. So it seems I have no other option then to play that way.
I guess it's just that I don't know what almost any of the spells do or how to use them, same with all the people and creatures. I know nothing about them or how they fit into the story line. I can't even seem to find a main storyline.
The story line for you will change depending on what quests you choose to do/who you join up with.. Just mix up the main quests that you have with smaller quests, and talk to everyone!! It's one of the reasons I like it so much, you can do so much wandering/exploring/learning. I know people who've sat and read through entire books! I don't have the patience for that, but I think it's neat that everything is so in depth.
What's your character? Have you joined any guilds/the Companions/etc?
I've switched it into 3rd person and although it's kind of frustrating when fighting with swords and stuff, it doesn't make me sick. So it seems I have no other option then to play that way.
I guess it's just that I don't know what almost any of the spells do or how to use them, same with all the people and creatures. I know nothing about them or how they fit into the story line. I can't even seem to find a main storyline.
I'm surprised you find the first person perspective nausea-inducing, especially if you play other games. To be honest, I don't think I could play Skyrim in third-person, the camera would annoy me.
The best way to figure out stuff is to play around with it, although the menu does give you a small description of what spells and potions and stuff do. At the start you'll only have really low-level stuff (although using it will level it up), and your starting spells will depend on which race you chose to go. If you are a beginner, I wouldn't recommend playing as a pure mage character, it'd probably be better to be a battle-mage who rocks the heavy army for more protection. For creatures, aggressive ones (wolves, bears, etc) will attack you, whereas passive ones (foxes, deer, chickens - whatever you do don't kill the chickens!) will leave you alone.
The main story sort of reveals itself as you go along. I presume you have managed to get yourself to Riverwood, either by yourself or by following the man from the tutorial dungeon? Talk to people as you go through the world and they'll reveal more history and lore, and a lot will give you [miscellaneous] quests to do. You can do things as and when you want though, you don't have to do quests and you don't have to do them in any particular order. Look in your journal/quest log for more information on the quests available, as well as finding out where they are.
If you have any more questions, or anything you don't understand then I'm sure I, or someone else, could tell you.
If I remember correctly, there are statues lining the wall leading up to the door with the three rings. There are pictures behind the statues, they're kind of hard to see, but they'll give you the correct combination for the door. Failing that, you could try looking up an online walkthrough anytime you're stuck.
Oh yeah... I guess I'm thinking of a different door. There are a few of them throughout the game, and some of the clues are easier to find than others.
The symbols on the walls are for other puzzles, and as the game goes on they can get slightly more tricky. It's usually a case of lining/matching them up though. For the claw doors, the symbols you need are on the relevant claw. There are a few different claws throughout the world, and each door needs different ones, so I'd advise you not to sell them and to always just keep them in your inventory.
Also, between the start of the game and Riverwood there is a mine. It's just off the main path, with a dirt track leading up to it. In there you can get a spell tome for Clairvoyance. Once you read the book (as that is what teaches you the spell) it can help if you get a bit lost with where you are going. It can be useful in some of the dungeons. It's not perfect, but it can be a useful spell.
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The first claw I found from the Riverwood quest, it automatically gave back to the trader. Should I buy/steal it back?
No, let him keep that. As far as I'm aware you don't need that claw again. You will come across other ones though, which you should keep, just in case.
Of course, you could steal it back if you wanted to, especially if you are playing as that sort of character.
I'm at level 40 now. I've finished the main quest. I am at 100 for archery and can knock anything off with one arrow (including giants, mammoths and trolls).
I married Jordis the Sword maiden and adopted two girls who constantly want to play hide and seek or tag. I keep them in a house in Solitude but I have cribs in Whiterun and Rifton. I am head at the College so I have that flat. I also have the abandoned home in Markarth but its kinda creepy so I stay away. The coolest part so far was the underground city of Blackreach. It was like the planet in Avatar. Quite a mesmerizing bit of graphics for the older DirectX 9.
I really need to up my lower skills as I've a habit of sticking to one-handed/destruction magic. Need to block/two hand/archery more often!
Nothing beats archery with sneaking. By the time you hit 50 in both you can be dispatching a lot of enemies from a healthy distance and they never even see you coming. Plus arrows have no weight and are easy to find. The thing to do is go practice on crabs along the creeks and rivers. They are slow and easy to hit (make sure you pull arrow all the way back or arrow or its too weak). They make a nice chirp when dispatched. I also shoot any animal that moves for practice and points. Keep in mind they aren't real. Its amazing how many people feel guilty for "killing" something that isn't real lol
I fail at trying to up my sneak skill. My lockpick, pickpocket, speech, heavy armor, two handed, one handed, and a bunch of other things are at 100, my magic are at like 30, but I can't be sneaky for ****, which means I pretty much always have to go with one or two handed in close combat because archery is too slow.
It probably doesn't help that I only have the boring side quests from all the guilds at this point... I'm like level 63?
Just make a point to a hit CTRL and move around in sneak even if there is no enemy. Sneak will still go up. I played all of oblivion without sneaking but it really pays off a lot. Especially with things like trolls and giants. You can plant an arrow and they look around bewildered unable to see where is came from. There are also amulets that increase sneak and archery. I found them but merchants have them. I had an elven helmet that increases archery 30% and gauntlets that increase it another 25% . Combined with amulet that increased sneak 30% I was mainly untouchable even with archery at 50%. Some of the lightening hurling mages were still tough but that what the save button is for lol
I haven't played Skyrim in aaaages, I got really burnt out and bored with it.
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I also shoot any animal that moves for practice and points. Keep in mind they aren't real. Its amazing how many people feel guilty for "killing" something that isn't real lol
It's an RPG, people make different characters and play them differently. My main character I played like I would if it was me, and so if something/someone wasn't attacking me I'd leave well alone. Experience is hardly difficult to obtain in Skyrim.
if something/someone wasn't attacking me I'd leave well alone.
You are never attacked by something/someone is my point lol. If I get a bump up shooting a fake deer right next to me I do. To not do so because the fake deer is "leaving me alone" is odd to me. I am fairly immersion proof.
You are never attacked by something/someone is my point lol. If I get a bump up shooting a fake deer right next to me I do. To not do so because the fake deer is "leaving me alone" is odd to me. I am fairly immersion proof.
You are regularly attacked by bears, sabrecats, bandits, etc. That, completing quests and some exploring was more than enough for me to get a ton of experience.
You sound like you simply aren't trying to immerse yourself in it. Start a new character and play it differently. For example, my 'good' character never joined (or even spoke to) the Companions, destroyed the Dark Brotherhood and would have destroyed the Thieves Guild if the game allowed me to (which I wish they did). My character doesn't steal things, is law-abiding, tries to help people and has been known to play with town children. A different character is pretty much the opposite of that.
I'll become more of a magic person toward the end. I replayed Oblivion once as a Mage. I'll probably do the same with Skyrim once I take a break. I purposely avoid the immersive aspects. It comes from knowing hypnosis and adapting accordingly. People who "jump" at parts of a movie are more prone to suggestion (even parlour hypnotists have "qualifiers" they use to test peoples suggestibility) so I always try to notice when I'm too wrapped up in whats going on. A few times I caught myself sitting back in my chair and a Giant or dragon came after me lol. That's irrational but good practice for overcoming conditioning.
