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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Leganoth:
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42% downloaded, but can't play til next week. Doh!
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Well, I got as far as entering the first little town last night. But that's all I get to do til next week. Nice start though. The environments are beautiful. I didn't get to toy with it too much, but I didn't see in the UI how you cast spells? Hitting things with my sword, I have that covered.
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You have to buy/find spell books to get new spells, then equip the spell to a hand just like a sword
Ian:
Hey guys, I was fooling around with some Skyrim mods and came across one that I think you would appreciate. Here's an armor mod that uses armor models from The Witcher 2, but as you can see, they're pretty awesome historically accurate 15th century gothic pieces. Not exactly the perfect fit for Skyrim, but awesome nonetheless. First one is with a sallet, the second with a barbute. The shield is also from Witcher 2, and the sword is from a different mod called JaySuS Swords or something to that effect. I'm just standing next to the Skyforge is Whiterun. There's a bunch of different heraldic versions of that armor and shield as well, all craftable and improvable if you got the blacksmithing perks.
I'm not a fan of the 'good' armor in Skyrim, it looks too silly imho, so I like the idea that I can use armor from mods to get the look I want and then just use that as I progress through the story. The last screenshot is from a mod called 'Lore Friendly Armor' It allows me to use good heavy armor, that still fits the character and the world of Skyrim without going all crazy fantasy.
Sir Edward:
Interesting. So if you can only "equip" spells into the hands, I take it you don't have quick access to the rest during a fight. That's a little different than what I'm used to with MMORPGs and the like.
How do the spells stack up later in the game? Worth it? Some older RPGs used to make it really hard to solo through as a mage class, so I've typically gone for a hybrid blend. But if swords are the way to go, I can stick with that too.
Ian:
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Interesting. So if you can only "equip" spells into the hands, I take it you don't have quick access to the rest during a fight. That's a little different than what I'm used to with MMORPGs and the like.
How do the spells stack up later in the game? Worth it? Some older RPGs used to make it really hard to solo through as a mage class, so I've typically gone for a hybrid blend. But if swords are the way to go, I can stick with that too.
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If you favorite your spells, you can switch quickly in the middle of a fight. Depending on which mouse button you use to select your favorite, it will assign that spell to your appropriate hand. On the PC left mouse button = right hand, and right mouse button = left hand. Sounds backwards at first, but it makes sense since the left mouse button is the primary button and the right hand the primary hand (to us normal folk!, ha!).
If you have the same spell in both hands, and cast both at once, you typically get a larger combined effect, which makes playing a pure caster a lot of fun. You can definitely go pure mage in Skyrim if you want. You can go pure anything or any hybrid you want and still play without ruining the experience. You improve the skills of what you use. So if you cast destruction magic all the time, you will steadily get better at it, if you use one-handed weapons all the time, your skill with them will improve. This is true of almost everything in the game, use it, get better at it.
The opposite is true as well, if you don't pick up a bow until you're level 40, don't expect to be awesome at archery.
Sir Edward:
OK cool, I'll play around with the favorites and see if I like the mechanic. I may go full mage if it's easy to work with. :)
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