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[alphaomegainfinity]

You can't stop the execution. Its part of the storyline. The fella was a guard who let Ulfric escape after he murdered the High King.

My entry into Solitude was dramatic. I travelled in the carriage from Whiterun. As soon as I reached the stables, I had to encounter a dragon. One more dragon appears randomly near the Legion HQ.

Yesterday I had my own moment. The Boneyard Dragon dude was smashed by a mammoth roaming in the nearby camp.

[_neutrino Veteran]

Anyone been to Solitude yet? It's a city to the far east. I just arrived, and there is a execution at the front gates happening. All the towns people are crying for it to stop and saying how noble the guy on the block is. So I have been trying to save him, but it never works out... should I just let him die? Anyone have a clue?

Been there and bought the home (around 26K to buy all the stuff for it)

Also the guy is supposed to die its part of the story.

[alphaomegainfinity]

Been there and bought the home (around 26K to buy all the stuff for it)

Also the guy is supposed to die its part of the story.

I envy you dude. I have been trying to purchase that house but i couldn't resist the temptations in buying some or the other odd thing. :D

[shakey]

How have you been trying to save him? attacking the guards? The executioner himself? Have you tried hovering over the prisoner himself? I saw a few prisoners being lead around towns and fields that were surrounded by guards. If you hover over the prisoner you can hit a button to free them. I wonder if you can do the same thing with the execution?

Oh Yeah lol. First I walked up to the Captain, which was too close, because they instantly attacked at that point. Reloaded. Walked up to guard, wouldn't talk to me, Captain wouldn't talk to me. Watched the execution up to the axe dropping, tried to blast executioner with fire, but was too late in animation and he beheaded the guy. Reloaded. Run in fireballs blasting, take out 3 guards almost instantly, towns people apparently hurt in explosions, so everyone is against me. Reload. Run in firebolts blazing, take out the guards, but 1 of the towns women seems to dislike that, and continues to hit me, while more guards run in, and I die.

You can't stop the execution. Its part of the storyline. The fella was a guard who let Ulfric escape after he murdered the High King.

My entry into Solitude was dramatic. I travelled in the carriage from Whiterun. As soon as I reached the stables, I had to encounter a dragon. One more dragon appears randomly near the Legion HQ.

Yesterday I had my own moment. The Boneyard Dragon dude was smashed by a mammoth roaming in the nearby camp.

Damn, Ok. Was hoping I could save him then help him get to be the king or whatever. Cause all the town people were making it sound like it was some fair duel between him and the king, and that now the guards are just ****ed the king lost.

I am not getting many if any random dragon encounters. I've been skipping fast travel, and just running to all my points, that way I find all the hidden areas and whatnot. But no dragons for about 5 hours of gameplay. I've had 2 fly down, but then just instantly fly away, not even giving me a chance to fire at them. Luckily I have found 2 of the dragon shrines with words and a dragon guarding them, so I have at least not had no dragon fights... just no random encounters :(

Been there and bought the home (around 26K to buy all the stuff for it)

Also the guy is supposed to die its part of the story.

Damn, I haven't purchased any houses... But I guess since I am leader of the mage guild, and a part of the dark brotherhood and companions, I already have plenty of places to leave my goods. I just run into my mage home, drop everything, and run out. I love how this game remembers exactly where EVERYTHING is.

I've also been spending all my gold on maxing skills, buying spells, and health pots lol. But since I learned how to make health pots finally last night in my random alchemy debacle, I might start saving some gold for once.

Is it bad that I haven't touched the main story line since I left Whiterun? I haven't met the Greybeards or anything. I have just been joining all the little sub groups and doing random quest they ask..... And this game really makes it feel like the character is working his way up to be High King. Seems any group I'm joining, I'm working my way up to the top of the leading ladder.

[alphaomegainfinity]

I am not getting many if any random dragon encounters. I've been skipping fast travel, and just running to all my points, that way I find all the hidden areas and whatnot. But no dragons for about 5 hours of gameplay. I've had 2 fly down, but then just instantly fly away, not even giving me a chance to fire at them. Luckily I have found 2 of the dragon shrines with words and a dragon guarding them, so I have at least not had any dragon fights... just no random encounters :(

You can definitely save Margaret in that Dwarven city when the Forsworn tries to kill her. That Dwemer city called Markarth is definitely a great place to roam. However Solitude is my favorite.

[_neutrino Veteran]

I have the Whiterun AND solitude Homes Fully furnished, I also have full Dragon Scale Armor, Mage Collage, and Theives Guild completed. But i am only a few quests into the main story line as i have been just doing other things. and about 40 hours in. :D

[Nagisan]

Been there and bought the home (around 26K to buy all the stuff for it)

Also the guy is supposed to die its part of the story.

Its actually closer to 35k I think, the house on its own costs 25k, then multiple upgrades that cost between 500-2k.

Just bought the house myself last night, then got one of the many 2k upgrades leaving me at about 200 gold in my pocket.....and that's after completing the storylines for the thief guild and dark brotherhood.

EDIT: Still not having as easy of a time as I thought I would as a thief, but that's what I get for powerleveling sneak (its lvl 90 and I'm like level 30.....one handed and light armor aren't even 50 yet). It works really well for the most part, but there's some mobs that I will sneak attack with a power attack (15x multiplier on a power attack), and it drops them down to like half health only. They are few and far between though, usually bosses or mini-bosses, so its not too bad. The only things I can 1-shot with an arrow though are standard humans (like bandits) or equal level weak mobs (wolves, etc), anything else takes an arrow to the head and has more than half health remaining. But I haven't focused much on archery yet.

Dual wielding weapons is really powerful too, I made a dual wielder, and a sword/shield, similar levels, and took them into the first quest for the companions. The first encounter was difficult for both, requiring a few potions to get through, the second one, I couldn't do it with sword/shield, it just kicked my butt over and over. The dual wielding though was significantly easier, health was low by the time the last one died, but I didn't use any potions at all on the 2nd encounter (whereas I used all I had on my sword/shield and still couldn't do it). Don't like it as much as thief play though, I really like being able to clear half a room before anyone finds me (or a whole room, depending on how carefully I play). Though bows don't seem nearly as effective at the 1-shots, they are good for weakening a target from range, hiding, then finishing him off before he finds me (or after he stops looking for me).

[_neutrino Veteran]

Its actually closer to 35k I think, the house on its own costs 25k, then multiple upgrades that cost between 500-2k.

Just bought the house myself last night, then got one of the many 2k upgrades leaving me at about 200 gold in my pocket.....and that's after completing the storylines for the thief guild and dark brotherhood.

EDIT: Still not having as easy of a time as I thought I would as a thief, but that's what I get for powerleveling sneak (its lvl 90 and I'm like level 30.....one handed and light armor aren't even 50 yet). It works really well for the most part, but there's some mobs that I will sneak attack with a power attack (15x multiplier on a power attack), and it drops them down to like half health only. They are few and far between though, usually bosses or mini-bosses, so its not too bad. The only things I can 1-shot with an arrow though are standard humans (like bandits) or equal level weak mobs (wolves, etc), anything else takes an arrow to the head and has more than half health remaining. But I haven't focused much on archery yet.

Yeah i could not remember the whole cost all i know is not to waste your money on the "porch" set its 2 chairs a table and a bench and costs like 300 septims lol.

[Nagisan]

Yeah i could not remember the whole cost all i know is not to waste your money on the "porch" set its 2 chairs a table and a bench and costs like 300 septims lol.

I think its 500 or 1000, but yeah, so far the only upgrade I have bought for it was the living room or w/e, the very first room you see when you walk in the main door, figured it would at least make my house look nice as an initial impression on anyone who comes in my house. :p

I'll keep that in mind though and save that for last (once I have however much it is just to throw around).

[alphaomegainfinity]

Bows are too cool. With high level archery skills, enemies can be conquered relatively easily.

[Twiddle]

I think its 500 or 1000, but yeah, so far the only upgrade I have bought for it was the living room or w/e, the very first room you see when you walk in the main door, figured it would at least make my house look nice as an initial impression on anyone who comes in my house. :p

I'll keep that in mind though and save that for last (once I have however much it is just to throw around).

500, chump change! :p

With smithing at 100 and speech at 50 (30% better prices + 10% opposite sex + being able to sell anything to any merchant) plus Masque of Clavicus Vile and a necklace that gives prices 10% better. That gives me 70% better prices, (though, I don't know how the games math works, because if something says 250 value, I will get 249,) and if I find a piece of steel armor in a dungeon that is valued at 200, I can take it and temper it, and bring the value to 600-800. I found some Orcish armor with a base value of 1000, tempered it into Legendary, and can sell it for 2100. No vendor has that, so when I need to buy stuff, I spend gold on items I need, until the vendor has the 2100 to return back. I always do it with blacksmiths, as they generally have around 1100 gold on them.

A dungeon run will generally wield me around 3000-5000 gold if it is rich in armor and weapons to improve.

[shakey]

500, chump change! :p

With smithing at 100 and speech at 50 (30% better prices + 10% opposite sex + being able to sell anything to any merchant) plus Masque of Clavicus Vile and a necklace that gives prices 10% better. That gives me 70% better prices, (though, I don't know how the games math works, because if something says 250 value, I will get 249,) and if I find a piece of steel armor in a dungeon that is valued at 200, I can take it and temper it, and bring the value to 600-800. I found some Orcish armor with a base value of 1000, tempered it into Legendary, and can sell it for 2100. No vendor has that, so when I need to buy stuff, I spend gold on items I need, until the vendor has the 2100 to return back. I always do it with blacksmiths, as they generally have around 1100 gold on them.

A dungeon run will generally wield me around 3000-5000 gold if it is rich in armor and weapons to improve.

LOL, the merchant gold trading in this game is just silly. They are always so broke. It is like what my sister and I did as 1st graders when we were given our first chocolate bar sale. We were very very young, and as such, didn't think too far ahead of our actions. We had each sold a few candy bars, and thus had a few dollars. Some how, we got the idea that, I give her one of my dollars, she gives me one of her chocolate bars. Then she gives me the dollar back, and I give her one of my chocolate bars. In our young minds, we thought this was a fool proof plan to get us as many chocolate bars as we wanted.... My mother ended up having to shell out about 20 bucks to cover the bars we had eaten by the time our plan was figured out.

But this game is just like that basically. Merchant only has 200 gold huh, I guess I'll buy some more of his health pots. Now he has 300 gold, and can buy my staff, so I'll give you my staff, and you give me the gold back. I'm trying to make gold, yet in the end of my transactions, I have basically the same gold, but a few more health pots :p

[Nagisan]

500, chump change! :p

With smithing at 100 and speech at 50 (30% better prices + 10% opposite sex + being able to sell anything to any merchant) plus Masque of Clavicus Vile and a necklace that gives prices 10% better. That gives me 70% better prices, (though, I don't know how the games math works, because if something says 250 value, I will get 249,) and if I find a piece of steel armor in a dungeon that is valued at 200, I can take it and temper it, and bring the value to 600-800. I found some Orcish armor with a base value of 1000, tempered it into Legendary, and can sell it for 2100. No vendor has that, so when I need to buy stuff, I spend gold on items I need, until the vendor has the 2100 to return back. I always do it with blacksmiths, as they generally have around 1100 gold on them.

A dungeon run will generally wield me around 3000-5000 gold if it is rich in armor and weapons to improve.

Without powerleveling smithing or speech, my thief only has like 60 blacksmithing (I did actually powerlevel it some, but it skewed my level and made things much more difficult, so I stopped powerleveling it) and like 40 speech (with almost no perks in speech because I much prefer having combat skills for now). Without cheating, I don't see a viable way to level one-handed, light armor, sneak, lockpicking, pickpocket, blacksmithing, and speech......without lacking on some of my combat potential or hitting level 50+.

The reasons for lockpicking and pickpocket is because lockpicking is just really nice, most novice and adept locks, I can open without even turning the pick anymore, and I really want to get the unbreakable perk, once I get that, lockpicking will go on the backburner. Pickpocket will be awesome when you can remove an enemies armor and weapon before attacking.....plus I have a 90% chance to pickpocket virtually everything off a sleeping target unless its something worth a lot (like some necklaces). I've already stopped putting perks in sneak, the main sneak perk is 3 out of 5, but I didn't bother getting the silent one (my boots muffle sound) and I'm not too impressed with the shadow warrior perk (sounds nice, but the only time I'm detected is when I'm right on top of a target anyway...though it would help in the larger rooms where an archer on the far side spots me after I kill his buddy).

Anyway, being stealth based, its very hard to focus on stealth, combat, and money. :p

EDIT: Also, I think the "value" of an item, is how much a merchant would sell the item for, not how much you can sell it for to a merchant. Or at least, I have never seen an item sell to a merchant for its "value". A simple way to check this would be to look at an item a merchant has, look at its value, buy it, then look at its value and see if it matches what the merchant sold it to you for (without perks).

[Twiddle]

LOL, the merchant gold trading in this game is just silly. They are always so broke. It is like what my sister and I did as 1st graders when we were given our first chocolate bar sale. We were very very young, and as such, didn't think too far ahead of our actions. We had each sold a few candy bars, and thus had a few dollars. Some how, we got the idea that, I give her one of my dollars, she gives me one of her chocolate bars. Then she gives me the dollar back, and I give her one of my chocolate bars. In our young minds, we thought this was a fool proof plan to get us as many chocolate bars as we wanted.... My mother ended up having to shell out about 20 bucks to cover the bars we had eaten by the time our plan was figured out.

But this game is just like that basically. Merchant only has 200 gold huh, I guess I'll buy some more of his health pots. Now he has 300 gold, and can buy my staff, so I'll give you my staff, and you give me the gold back. I'm trying to make gold, yet in the end of my transactions, I have basically the same gold, but a few more health pots :p

Haha, yeah, that is basically how it works :p. You would think after the multitudes of armor I have sold Mr. War-Bear in Whiterun, he would make some profit and have extra gold for me. I think he is a hoarder :shifty: .

I mean I could spend perk points for Investor and Barter after getting my speech to 100, but it seems pointless to me. You can just travel vendor to vendor getting gold. It does suck though, none having more than 1100, cause finding sweet pieces that sell for 1500+ you can never get that out of them without buying vendor goods. :/

[Twiddle]

Without powerleveling smithing or speech, my thief only has like 60 blacksmithing (I did actually powerlevel it some, but it skewed my level and made things much more difficult, so I stopped powerleveling it) and like 40 speech (with almost no perks in speech because I much prefer having combat skills for now). Without cheating, I don't see a viable way to level one-handed, light armor, sneak, lockpicking, pickpocket, blacksmithing, and speech......without lacking on some of my combat potential or hitting level 50+.

The reasons for lockpicking and pickpocket is because lockpicking is just really nice, most novice and adept locks, I can open without even turning the pick anymore, and I really want to get the unbreakable perk, once I get that, lockpicking will go on the backburner. Pickpocket will be awesome when you can remove an enemies armor and weapon before attacking.....plus I have a 90% chance to pickpocket virtually everything off a sleeping target unless its something worth a lot (like some necklaces). I've already stopped putting perks in sneak, the main sneak perk is 3 out of 5, but I didn't bother getting the silent one (my boots muffle sound) and I'm not too impressed with the shadow warrior perk (sounds nice, but the only time I'm detected is when I'm right on top of a target anyway...though it would help in the larger rooms where an archer on the far side spots me after I kill his buddy).

Anyway, being stealth based, its very hard to focus on stealth, combat, and money. :p

EDIT: Also, I think the "value" of an item, is how much a merchant would sell the item for, not how much you can sell it for to a merchant. Or at least, I have never seen an item sell to a merchant for its "value". A simple way to check this would be to look at an item a merchant has, look at its value, buy it, then look at its value and see if it matches what the merchant sold it to you for (without perks).

I'm level 30 at the moment, and my One-handed is at 60, and my Light Armor is at 56. So combat is still fairly easy, I only get trouble on main dungeon bosses, but that is what Lydia is for! :p Dragon's go down without a blink. (Also mention I am on the XBOX 360 version, so I don't get console command cheats, nor would I, defeats the purpose of the game.)

The value is how much I can sell it to a vendor for, if I find something with 500 value, with all my speech perks and gear, I will get probably 495 out of that item. If I buy a Daedra heart off a vendor (236 for me), I can sell it back for about 230, I did check that last night. Speech is awesome for making easy money, and paired with smithing it is ridiculous.

[shakey]

I had a very funny moment earlier during lunch. Turned on the game to play for a bit and was just running around all willy nilly, when I look to my left. Now remember, I'm playing on the PS3, so the resolution is only like 720p upscaled to 1080p, and things in the distance will be blurry as is with consoles. So I'm running in the field, and to my left, I see what looks to be 2 dragons flying around each other... And I'm thinking, YES DRAGON FIGHT! So I start running over to where I think it is, when I realize.... They are just 2 butterflies about 8 feet away from my character. I was so disappointed, the butterflies weren't even fighting to their death :( But I couldn't help but laugh at my thought.

I did end up killing a bandit that was for some reason, carrying a amulet that decreases all shout cooldowns by 20%.... why did he have it when he couldn't even use it is beyond me lol.

[Twiddle]

I had a very funny moment earlier during lunch. Turned on the game to play for a bit and was just running around all willy nilly, when I look to my left. Now remember, I'm playing on the PS3, so the resolution is only like 720p upscaled to 1080p, and things in the distance will be blurry as is with consoles. So I'm running in the field, and to my left, I see what looks to be 2 dragons flying around each other... And I'm thinking, YES DRAGON FIGHT! So I start running over to where I think it is, when I realize.... They are just 2 butterflies about 8 feet away from my character. I was so disappointed, the butterflies weren't even fighting to their death :( But I couldn't help but laugh at my thought.

LOL. Did you atleast catch them? :p

I see you have the same stigma, as I went on lunch and played it. Went to Dawnstar for the first time and fought a Frost Dragon as soon as I got there. Finally got him to land and ran up to swing, well apparently I wasn't hitting him, but a Dawnstar guard, so after the dragon died the town swarmed on me. ****ed me off, he should know I'm the dragonborn, thus stay out of my path in a dragon battle! (AKA had to reload and do it over again -_-)

I realized that, that was my, I think 21st dragon I've fought and beaten. I swear the second I zone into Morthal everytime there is a dragon, and the Tower outside Whiterun where you fought your first, and now Dawnstar. Don't understand how people have trouble getting random ones, I get atleast 3-5 a day, at the rate I'm going on.

EDIT: Also, sometimes, if you zone into an area where you have defeated a dragon, after a few days, his corpse will still be there, and his loot is reset, this has happened to me twice. Free scales and bones!

I did end up killing a bandit that was for some reason, carrying a amulet that decreases all shout cooldowns by 20%.... why did he have it when he couldn't even use it is beyond me lol.

Lol. Maybe he was trying to find you to sell it...? I got that one too....erm...what IS the cooldown on shouts, I don't even know. I barely remember to use them, except this new Ice Form one I got. Freezes enemies, and makes boss fights soooo easyyy (if I ever remember to use it. :rofl: )

[Kondrath]

First one I was fighting a dragon on a town, guards and locals helping out. He was a tough bugger and it took a couple of moments, but we got him. Literally 2 seconds later (hadn't even got the dragon soul yet) a guard walks past me and says something like "You shouldn't be walking around with your weapon drawn, makes me uneasy". HELLO?!?!? I just saved your crummy town from a frikking DRAGON!

:laugh: ...

Last night while I was running around a forest chasing an Elk, a stupid soldier started attacking me for no reason. He was oddly hard to beat, and then a Dragon came out of nowhere. The Dragon started attacking both of us, but the idiot guard kept hitting ME instead of helping to kill the dragon that was attacking us. We both ended up dying, and the last thing I saw was an Elk walking on my dead body.

[_neutrino Veteran]

I think its 500 or 1000, but yeah, so far the only upgrade I have bought for it was the living room or w/e, the very first room you see when you walk in the main door, figured it would at least make my house look nice as an initial impression on anyone who comes in my house. :p

I'll keep that in mind though and save that for last (once I have however much it is just to throw around).

Basement has enchanting table, alchemy table, and mannequines to pur armor on, as well as food storange, Bedroom has plenty of storage and a Safe :p

[Minifig]

Did anyone

save the guy in Solitude, that was a 'traitor'

when you first walk in?

If so what did you get out of it?

[shakey]

Did anyone

save the guy in Solitude, that was a 'traitor'

when you first walk in?

If so what did you get out of it?

YOU DID NOT READ MY POST! :p

But na, you can't save him. I asked everyone the same thing. I tried everything I could, but people here say it's part of the storyline, and he must die for it :( lol

[Hardcore Til I Die]

Anyone got any decent magic in this game yet? I'm focusing primarily on being a warrior but also upping my destruction skill a lot. One handed is 70 something, destruction 50 something. Don't really have any decent magic as yet, best I can buy is fireball/ice blast/whatever the lightning one is (30 points of damage for each element) :(

[Minifig]

YOU DID NOT READ MY POST! :p

But na, you can't save him. I asked everyone the same thing. I tried everything I could, but people here say it's part of the storyline, and he must die for it :( lol

Sorry, didn't even see your post Shakey, I guess I was clouded by honor that I wanted to save him.

[shakey]

Anyone got any decent magic in this game yet? I'm focusing primarily on being a warrior but also upping my destruction skill a lot. One handed is 70 something, destruction 50 something. Don't really have any decent magic as yet, best I can buy is fireball/ice blast/whatever the lightning one is (30 points of damage for each element) :(

Starting magic spells that are good are:

Chain Lightning

Firebolt

Fireball

Ice Spike

Ice Storm

and then the runes for each elements.

But basically, you are stuck with those spells until you get your magic skills into the 70+, or with conj you have to get to 90+. But once you get higher, you can buy higher level books from the mages in the college. They won't show you the books until you reach those levels.

Buuuut, if you can figure out the recipes, you can create your own books. It's like Void Salt, Ruined Book, Deathbell, and something else, and you can make the Storm Acro summon. You can make other books and items, but you have to figure out the recipes... and you make them in the midden, under the mage college, at the round shrine place with the "collection box".

Im going to work on getting my Conj skill up to 90, so I can start summoning the real good things :)

[sanctified Veteran]

Im afraid of playing Skyrim, I fear I would prefer it to real life.

BTW guys, how leveling works on this game? Like Morrowind or Oblivion that, after some points gained across your skill set, ask you to sleep?

I dont want to be a 50 lvlv character that's high on smithing and speech but a wimp with combat.