Skyrim Special Edition
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I'm finally getting around to playing this (played maybe 20 hrs a year or two ago) and am trying do "everything" in one play through. I'm playing a one handed sword/shield slash archer/thief build and was wondering what the best order for doing everything was. I just killed the first dragon and am almost thru with the companions - is there a recommended order to tackle the main story, thieves guild, dark brotherhood, mages thing (might skip, not using any magic), bards college, and civil war?
I've read that there are some weapons I might not want to get at lower levels so I'm trying to plan ahead - thanks!
I've read that there are some weapons I might not want to get at lower levels so I'm trying to plan ahead - thanks!
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My advice would be to let yourself loose. If you are playing Special Edition, you should focus on one guild and follow the main quest at the same time. You're already at the crucial point where you get Unrelenting Force and unlock dragons all over Skyrim. Why not go see the Greybeards and upgrade Fus-ro-da right now? You have so much things to explore in the Vanilla game, you better reach "landmarks" and go explore the DLCs. I say go see the Greybeards, go explore some adjacent areas then make your way to a DLC area.
If you're playing the Vanilla game, you can explore different guilds at the same time. You can also go deep and aim for specific weapons. But don't focus too much on unique weapons: crafted weapons are way stronger in the long run. If you know what you're doing, you can carry 2-3 crafted weapons suited for dispatching the most frequent emcounters.
With the DLCs, most new items are better than vanilla items. Your question about "waiting before getting a specific weapon" is outdated: you better go get a new weapon in Solstein instead of focusing on vanilla items. Or better yet, level up all your crafting skills and create your own arsenal of doom. For me, unique weapons are solely for gameplaying effect.
A crafted magic weapon trumps a unique weapon in almost every situation if your crafting/enchant perks are up to the task...
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Thanks, forgot to mention I'm playing the original game on 360 with no DLC, I only have a few hours a week to game so that's enough to keep me busy for probably a year. I need to look into upgrading my weapons and armor, right now I'm rocking the sword I got off of Skjor when he died and a dwarven bow. I was planning to put all of my points into one handed, light armor, archery, sneak, and block but I might need to look into branching out a little more
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No prob. In that case, follow the companion quest and be done with it! Cure your lycantropy or keep it, your choice. Go see the Greybeards after to upgrade Fus-Ro-Da, it's just a trek in the mountains and a couple of interactions. If you need to upgrade weapons, I'd focus on bow instead of sword. On your way to see the Greybeards, stop by Fort Amol. It's on the way and you don't need to clear it up: just enter the nearest door and pick up the scroll of bound bow.
Set up your items so that you can cast it and you'll be wielding a most powerful bow with the strongest arrows available, infinite supply! 1-hand sword mostly suck, pick up the best available and focus on using your shield to create openings. Ex: block, use shield bash then power attack while the enemy is stun.
Most important: enjoy the game without focusing too much on items. Focus on what's hapenning, there are hundreds of items and the more you level up, the more impressive the items you will encounter!
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I always mention the Bound Bow spell but I never give credit. Once again, Fudgemuppet are the men! The video is timestamped to display the location of Fort Amol but watch it all if you want to know how to be able to cast it as soon as lvl 4!
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My last playthrough, I think I went straight to Riften and did the thieves guild questline for the loot and lockpick.
What is your routine and when do you normally do the DLCs? Sorry if you've already mentioned it earlier.
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I focus everything on Unrelenting Force. Escape Helgen, go to Riverhood, recruit Feandal, go get Golden Claw/Dragon Stone, back to Whiterun / kill the dragon, Greybeards (I pick up bound bow on the way), learn the upgrade then immediately go fetch the item and help Delphine, go back to Greybeards.
From there, it's really a question of gameplay. I choose my guild, I choose if I want to go to Solstein fast or later. I choose if I want to go to Dawnguard or not. It's really all a question of gameplay and character building.
I nearly always follow the same routine and diversify once the landmark has been reached. Wandering Skyrim wihtout Fus-Ro-Da and without Dragons roaming is strange to me...
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My thief/assassin character has yet to unlock one shout. Heck, I have not even killed the first dragon. I'm playing her as a non-dragonborn character.
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That's interesting too. Are you just avoiding the main questline altogether until you do a certain number of side quests or just screwing around with no plan?
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Avoiding it. I simply don't plan to do the main quest with that character. I have another character that is more the hero type that has completed the main quest, all the DLCs and destroyed the Dark Brotherhood. He never did any of the Thief's Guild quest.
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Now that's different. I suppose you don't really need to advance the main quest anyway since the game technically never ends. The only difference would be no dragons in that character's world.
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Skyrim was my GOAT game, followed closely by witcher 3 and red dead, originally I didnt want to get remastered because I played the og skyrim for probably 1500 hours and didnt think I could force myself through all the content from scratch again.
A week ago my brother got it for me for my birthday so I gave it a shot & Ive been having a ton of fun, it almost feels like a whole new game. No glitches and beautiful graphics make it feel so new. I am pleasantly surprised & super happy he got it for me, Skyrim is still fucking amazing years later.
Ive been loving this thread too alot of good advice for newer people and talking about skyrim with some fellow dragonborn is awesome
A week ago my brother got it for me for my birthday so I gave it a shot & Ive been having a ton of fun, it almost feels like a whole new game. No glitches and beautiful graphics make it feel so new. I am pleasantly surprised & super happy he got it for me, Skyrim is still fucking amazing years later.
Ive been loving this thread too alot of good advice for newer people and talking about skyrim with some fellow dragonborn is awesome
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That's why I consider Unrelenting Force a landmark. You can do what you want after but just get Fus-Ro-Da. It's a couple of hours of gameplay and you can enjoy the first shout and every other shout you discover afterwards. For gameplay alone, it's a game changer. For example, if you want to bring a follower with you, you NEED to shout him off of your way all the time! Lydia is an expert in stalling in a doorway or taking the whole tunnel in a narrow cave. How do you take her out of the way fast without Fus?
You don't need the 3 words of the shout but it's so enjoyable to send her flying out of your way! I don't see why you wouldn't want to upgrade it. Just for the joy of sending Lydia (or any other follower) flying when they stall in a doorway. Of course, Skyrim with no Dragons is a little silly too so...
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That's hilarious. I've never tried blasting followers out of the way before. That's on my list for sure this playthrough. Thanks!
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I didn't realize that in my first playthrough either. I remember spending minutes trying to move around a stupid follower looking at me while blocking a doorway. I thought a shout would anger the follower but it doesn't. Like I said, Fus is enough to make him move away but the whole shout is perfect: you send him flying like a baseball.
I tell you, all the accumulated frustration was instantly soothed when I learned I could do that. Nowadays, I literally await the opportunity with expectation. When it finally happens, I sometimes say: "oh Lydia, you breakin' my balls there".
If she doesn't move after 2 seconds: Fus..... Ro-da!
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LOL @ fus ro da-ing Lydia.
That hot bitch was always in the way, though. She disappeared / died pretty soon, which is a shame.
I married that cute hunter chick (Alea I think) but just leave her at home next to the fire, ha. Can't have these hot bishes in the way all time.
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I love Lydia. She's the only follower I'll use. I lost her recently and after like 20 hours of checking Dragonsreach every 5 minutes I found you can just move her to your position using console commands. So I did and it dumped her fucken corpse on me
To make things worse was she was carrying a Daedric Hammer that I wanted to enchant and use but it was gone
To make things worse was she was carrying a Daedric Hammer that I wanted to enchant and use but it was gone
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been catching more weird glitches:
- wife and bard from one Hold disappeared from the house. I was afraid they had been killed but I found them in the front gate (next to the blacksmith) of Whiterun. They were stuck there for some reason. Asked her to move to Solitude house to fix it. They were fine in Solitude but my wife would sleep in the sleeping bag in the basement instead of the master bedroom. wtf bitch! I spent all this dough so you can be comfortable!!! she seems to be standing around a lot now instead of doing random work and things.. kinda odd... maybe she's cheating on me??? I moved them to Markarth but think I'll make them move again.
- one of my missions is glitched. found the shout but the marker won't go away. annoying.. I ran around the area for at least 15 mins before looking online and it turns out to be a glitch.. SOB... I have another mission glitch stuck on the beggar in Malkarth
- The game managed to killed Shadowmere (horse). So the horse is not invicible but he resurrects supposedly. Loaded my game while I was with Shadow and some weird glitch upon loading made shadow and I float upwards in the air. I think I got on or off shadow but we ceased to float. I landed and survived but shadow died. Restarted the game several times and was able to get out of the glitches before we floated away. really weird.
Question - there's an entire 2nd island I haven't explored yet. Went there roamed around the town for a bit then scuttled back to the mainland to work on my current missions. Is that an extra DLC? Should I wait till I finish most of my missions before going there? Sounds like a silly question cause I know I can do anything I want but just wondering...
- wife and bard from one Hold disappeared from the house. I was afraid they had been killed but I found them in the front gate (next to the blacksmith) of Whiterun. They were stuck there for some reason. Asked her to move to Solitude house to fix it. They were fine in Solitude but my wife would sleep in the sleeping bag in the basement instead of the master bedroom. wtf bitch! I spent all this dough so you can be comfortable!!! she seems to be standing around a lot now instead of doing random work and things.. kinda odd... maybe she's cheating on me??? I moved them to Markarth but think I'll make them move again.
- one of my missions is glitched. found the shout but the marker won't go away. annoying.. I ran around the area for at least 15 mins before looking online and it turns out to be a glitch.. SOB... I have another mission glitch stuck on the beggar in Malkarth
- The game managed to killed Shadowmere (horse). So the horse is not invicible but he resurrects supposedly. Loaded my game while I was with Shadow and some weird glitch upon loading made shadow and I float upwards in the air. I think I got on or off shadow but we ceased to float. I landed and survived but shadow died. Restarted the game several times and was able to get out of the glitches before we floated away. really weird.
Question - there's an entire 2nd island I haven't explored yet. Went there roamed around the town for a bit then scuttled back to the mainland to work on my current missions. Is that an extra DLC? Should I wait till I finish most of my missions before going there? Sounds like a silly question cause I know I can do anything I want but just wondering...
