Escaping prison - any point?

[Lotet]

I actually found it dumb that your skills went down...IRL in prison people constantly train when there, its all they have to do. Pushups, sit ups, other various exercises, illegal things they shouldnt be doing in prison...It honestly doesn't make sense that they would get worse at it, if anything they would get better.

sure, if you're given nutritional food and given physical exercise, then sure, you'd get stronger. but as it stands it doesn't look like there's much to do and your excersise is limited to the amount of energy that the rations you're fed can give you. it's like being a Slave in a Mine, they don't get buffed up, there are reasons for that.

[Archea47]

you get an achievement... and that is all the point I need

-Sonix

I can see at least one clear reason to break out of jail in Skyrim, to unlock the Achievement "Wanted."

The OP has "PC" in the platform segment so I doubt it would be of any use to him.

FYI PC users do have the achievements; they're managed by Steam

[Mefris Elmek]

you get an achievement... and that is all the point I need

-Sonix

I can see at least one clear reason to break out of jail in Skyrim, to unlock the Achievement "Wanted."

The OP has "PC" in the platform segment so I doubt it would be of any use to him.

FYI PC users do have the achievements; they're managed by Steam

I don't know a single person who legally bought Skyrim for the PC so Steam completely jumped out of my mind

[OblivionDuruza]

Quite agree with Lotet, in regards to Frogmander's comment, although I agree to an extent that there is merit to both sides of that particular argument.

The OP has "PC" in the platform segment so I doubt it would be of any use to him.

Yeah, I was referring to Steam, as you can't play Skyrim on PC without Steam, which itself has an inbuilt Achievement system.

[Mefris Elmek]

as you can't play Skyrim on PC without Steam

Legally.
Edit:I live in Romania and here buying games for the PC is considered a joke.
Piracy is practised by everyone with no limitation and no fear whatsoever.Not something to be proud about but I think you understand why Steam didn't cross my mind
I see "Jack Sparrows" everywhere.

[rpbraley868]

I figured the reason to break out of jail was to get your stolen goods (assuming you had any) back and stash them so you dont lose them, and then go serve your time. 'course, for the longest time i didnt know about the escape routes and broke out the good old fashion way. Left by the front door


On a side note, i wish you could simply knock out someone with a sneak attack or something like that. Would be useful for escaping.

[JebeTheGreat]

If your bounty is low after breaking out of prison, the guards will not attempt to arrest you.

[Travalanche]

It's a waste of time, they should have made it so after a few hours/days of in game time you become cleared and they forget about you.

[Mefris Elmek]

It's a waste of time, they should have made it so after a few hours/days of in game time you become cleared and they forget about you.

Take it this way,if a serial killer escapes jail close to your area and stays hidden for a couple of weeks would you be fine with the authorities if they cleared his charges?

[DarkEastwood]

I think it should slowly go down over time. Like 10 a week.

[Mefris Elmek]

I think it should slowly go down over time. Like 10 a week.

If it's a bounty of 300 then yes,if on the other hand it's a 5000 S bounty then it would seem unrealistic.

[DarkEastwood]

I think it should slowly go down over time. Like 10 a week.

If it's a bounty of 300 then yes,if on the other hand it's a 5000 S bounty then it would seem unrealistic.

Well good luck waiting 500 weeks lol. That's 9.5 years. With a somewhat primitive law system (no cameras specifically), I think by then the guards will forget.

[lostlast]

I actually found it dumb that your skills went down...IRL in prison people constantly train when there, its all they have to do. Pushups, sit ups, other various exercises, illegal things they shouldnt be doing in prison...It honestly doesn't make sense that they would get worse at it, if anything they would get better.

You said it right there. In Real Life.

This is just a game.

[OblivionDuruza]

I figured the reason to break out of jail was to get your stolen goods (assuming you had any) back and stash them so you dont lose them, and then go serve your time. 'course, for the longest time i didnt know about the escape routes and broke out the good old fashion way. Left by the front door

Luckily, even after you serve your time, you can reclaim your stolen goods from the local Evidence Chest after serving your time. The only real penalty to Jail Time is the loss of all Experience towards the next level of all skills bar Lockpicking.