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The real reason they took out those spells, from a development perspective, was that they wanted to optimize the game for the console market (keep it small and simple), and those spell effects tested poorly in XBox polling groups from Oblivion. It had nothing to do with "balance" or "redundancy ...

High horses? I feel like almost everyone had a legitimate reason for being disappointed? None of them would make the game less accessible for no players except adding more spells and skills, god forbid people learn about a game. The hype on this game was so high people would have learned the old ...

I'm just pointing out the facts, facts which I think we can all agree on. Skyrim has been very clearly designed for the XBox, and for very obvious reasons. Whether this is a sign of progress or the slow choking death of a once amazing series, I'll leave to you and your own better judgement.

Where ...

Well lock picking perk tree would need to be reworked if they added open to alteration, because as it stands right now the lockpicking tree requires way too many useless perk points to get 1 or 2 decent improvements; but I agree it's lame to play a "warrior" or "mage" type character and have to use ...

how it takes anywhere between five to ten seconds (sometimes longer) to actually 'finish opening' after I press B. And I've installed the game for crying out loud.
Need to see the map, wait five or ten seconds. Oops, I needed to change equip first, wait five or ten more seconds. I wonder what my ...

All my characters are stormcloaks. I see the thalmor as a sort of tyrannical christian inquisitors (capturing nords for worshiping Talos, torturing them and then executing them).

I'm an atheist personally, but in the game world there are real deities, and I think any faction that's oppressing ...

As said above, answers like this are totally useless.

Hmm, no, not useless.

Might inspire the person to make the smarter purchasing choice next time he or she buys gaming equipment. Instead of blowing money on the next junk console, maybe put that money into a nice PC.

Knowledge is power, and ...

As said above, answers like this are totally useless.

Hmm, no, not useless.

Might inspire the person to make the smarter purchasing choice next time he or she buys gaming equipment. Instead of blowing money on the next junk console, maybe put that money into a nice PC.

Knowledge is power, and ...

Play it on a PC. (The way video games are meant to be played)

After doing some ini tweaks, FXAA injector mod, a couple 3rd party texture mods, loaded on a SSD, cranking up AA / AF, and playing on a 120hz monitor, the longest load time in the game is the load-in from the start menu at 2.5 seconds ...

setstage. Only console code i've had to use other then FOV. And I Only use it if a quest bugs out.

Khajiits.

Because they have tiger's blood.

Why all the Nords always keeping the Khajiit's down?

We Khajiit's need to fight the power! I vote for a 3rd faction for politics in skyrim; Stormcloaks, Imperials, and Moon-Sugar-Marauders

I picked Markarth. City built right into the mountain. Waterfalls right in the city. Nice art style for buildings and such. Looks great and has my favorite buyable house. Markarth home imo is perfect mix between quality, and rugged looks. The home doesn't look as beat up and run down as whiterun or ...

For finishers it matters a lot how you and the opponent are positioned and what kind of opponent it is.

For example, If you do a stealth back-stab while you and a men/mer target are standing on even ground, you will get a cutthroat animation 100% of the time if the stab is lethal.
If you do it ...

I'd like to see a mod that makes finisher kills happen 75% to 100% of the time :P.

As for the OP of "How they happen", I notice that the game will not do a finisher if there are other active enemies engaging your character (Probably something to do with devs not wanting people to get killed while ...

No, they compounded their errors. They improved upon their successes. In general, what Oblivion got right, Skyrim got more right. What Oblivion got wrong, Skyrim got more wrong. There are exceptions, of course- Oblivion's size has been toned down, which sucks, but at least they decided to revive ...

I'd like to see a game-story theme of dwarfs re-emerging or a defeat the Altmare Dominion.

For gameplay mechanics.

1. More spells available (But no spellcrafting)
2. More archery abilities.
3. Separate 1h sword/axes/maces from daggers and give the 2 perk trees their own unique perks (Assassins ...

Name:Puss-In-Boots
Age:26
God-What's that?
Hair:Orange Fur, Black stripes
Facial Hair:Downward Mustache, orange
Eyes:Big Green with wide-split puple
Race:Khajiit
Sex:Male
Birthday: Unknown
Personality:Always looking to make a quick bit a coin. Charismatic to the maximum. Friendly to almost everyone ...

Cooking is useful at low levels, but soon after it loses it's usefulness.

It could be improved upon, but I suspect that I wasn't intended to be an alchemy replacement (since there are no skill levels / perks associated with cooking). It was just something to do to get you started in the game.

I ...

One simply does not wear a bathrobe, showercap and flip-flops for slaying dragons.

You can in skyrim. At least until they patch the game to make it hard.

As for the OP question, I feel that Alteration + enchanted cloths would be viable, if they made the skin buff last longer. As already said, it ...

I like to make a Khajiit, raise nothing but heavy armor and smithing. Disenchant gloves of the puglist. Use heavy armor unarmed perk + smith-enhanced heavy armor gauntlets + khajiit claws. Set difficulty to master, Strip down naked wearing nothing but gauntlets, and punch dragons to death.

Winning ...

Parhunax has spoken it. "Al- Doo - En " more of a low e than a i sound to me.


I always say it the way Sahloknir the dragon from Kynesgrove pronounces it when talking to "Al-do-ween" after being resurrected.

I Figure Alduin's dragon buddy knows his name best.

You do realize that Sahloknir's ...

What if General Tullius didn't sound so nasally and lame?

What if master level spells weren't less useful then adept / expert spells?

I always say it the way Sahloknir the dragon from Kynesgrove pronounces it when talking to "Al-do-ween" after being resurrected.

I Figure Alduin's dragon buddy knows his name best.

LOL love the signature block.

In any case, christians bring this kind of trolling on themselves. Always up in arms about homosexuality and teaching evolution in schools, and violent video games. You just can't help but pick on them.