So elder scrolls 5

[Shaggy Hiker]

I had a semi-crash. I thought I was headed for the desktop, but then the game stabilized and continued on for another hour or so until I quit for the night. Remarkably stable after those last two.

The initial game settings were Medium on my system, which is a quad core with a GForce 275 card. It was pretty good a couple years ago, though it is out of date by now. However, last night I boosted the sliders way up, and it is still running fine. Just what would I get out of High or Ultra settings?

[Icyculyr]

I'm an addict. Pulled 45 hours already. Level 26 or something. Moar.

I had a semi-crash. I thought I was headed for the desktop, but then the game stabilized and continued on for another hour or so until I quit for the night. Remarkably stable after those last two.

The initial game settings were Medium on my system, which is a quad core with a GForce 275 card. It was pretty good a couple years ago, though it is out of date by now. However, last night I boosted the sliders way up, and it is still running fine. Just what would I get out of High or Ultra settings?

I'm playing on High settings with no AA and shadows set to medium. I'm going to try ultra with no AA, too.

Give it a shot, you can download FRAPS (free) if you want to compare your frame rate.

>>>>>

Brilliant game.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I'm only around level 7 or 8. It's a beautiful game, and very stable. I was just exploring the north coast last night. I was really expecting something to happen when I tried swimming in water that looked so nasty I didn't want to try it. Snow was blowing past, waves were tossing...and underwater it might as well have been the tropics. Having tried it in real life, you can't hold your breath underwater at those temperatures for more than seconds. The next step for them would be to have somewhat more realistic environmental impacts on the traveler.

By the way, what does sleep do? I think I read something about it somewhere, but I forget. I see that after sleeping, my Active Effects shows me to be well rested, but if I stay up for a couple days I'm not tired, just no longer well rested.

[jcis]

I Downloaded my latest video card drivers (GeForce 9600 GT) and everything works ok now, even on high settings.

[Icyculyr]

I'm only around level 7 or 8. It's a beautiful game, and very stable. I was just exploring the north coast last night. I was really expecting something to happen when I tried swimming in water that looked so nasty I didn't want to try it. Snow was blowing past, waves were tossing...and underwater it might as well have been the tropics. Having tried it in real life, you can't hold your breath underwater at those temperatures for more than seconds. The next step for them would be to have somewhat more realistic environmental impacts on the traveler.

By the way, what does sleep do? I think I read something about it somewhere, but I forget. I see that after sleeping, my Active Effects shows me to be well rested, but if I stay up for a couple days I'm not tired, just no longer well rested.

It seems you get faster skill learning for eight hours:

5% for any bed.
10% for a rented or owned bed.
15% for sleeping next to your husband/wife.

Although, there is one exception when you no longer get the rest, well rested and possibly lover's comfort active effect, but it's a spoiler so I'll leave it out unless you ask

[jcis]

It seems Bethesda has removed the ability to create Custom Spells and the only way to get spells now is buying books. Also you cannot get spells from higher levels, the game makes them available to the player only when he reaches the corresponding Destruction level, at least this gets rid of that so common message in oblivion "Your Destruction level is too low for that spell".

I think I will miss creating Destruction spells with 400/500 damage that used to kill almost anything on Oblivion, let's see how powerful can be the last spells the game has to offer as Master of Destruction.
From level 1 to 24 i'm just incrementing my magicka (selected this perk 90% of the times when changing levels) i'm Expert now and my magicka is 380 with enchanted items included.

[Icyculyr]

I'm loving this game so much, it's definitely the best I've ever played -- kudos Bethesda.

I'm 115 hours in, I'm level 53. I'll need about fifteen more levels (perks) for my perfect build, and it looks like I'll have to start training other areas like to get up there. It takes so long but never gets boring, amazing!

I've got about 240 health, 560 stamina, 1000 armor rating

It seems Bethesda has removed the ability to create Custom Spells and the only way to get spells now is buying books. Also you cannot get spells from higher levels, the game makes them available to the player only when he reaches the corresponding Destruction level, at least this gets rid of that so common message in oblivion "Your Destruction level is too low for that spell".

I think I will miss creating Destruction spells with 400/500 damage that used to kill almost anything on Oblivion, let's see how powerful can be the last spells the game has to offer as Master of Destruction.
From level 1 to 24 i'm just incrementing my magicka (selected this perk 90% of the times when changing levels) i'm Expert now and my magicka is 380 with enchanted items included.

Oh, that explains why I'm seeing newer items as I level each skill up. Cheers!

[Shaggy Hiker]

I, too, liked creating spells in Oblivion. I also am not so happy with the slowly leveling of the loot and monsters. If you pick a Master level lock when you are at level 5, I realize that you gain more experience, but you should also gain some serious loot. I also would have prefered having the toughest monsters in some areas right from the start. I don't want the whole world to be explorable, with the toughest monsters being just a bit tougher than me. I want some places to be flat out impossible to start out with, even if it is just caves and the like. The Falmer were tough at level 5, but by level 20, they're pushovers.

[Icyculyr]

I, too, liked creating spells in Oblivion. I also am not so happy with the slowly leveling of the loot and monsters. If you pick a Master level lock when you are at level 5, I realize that you gain more experience, but you should also gain some serious loot. I also would have prefered having the toughest monsters in some areas right from the start. I don't want the whole world to be explorable, with the toughest monsters being just a bit tougher than me. I want some places to be flat out impossible to start out with, even if it is just caves and the like. The Falmer were tough at level 5, but by level 20, they're pushovers.

You could set the difficulty to Master, unless you've already done that. I've started again and I did one of the first quests I ever got and it was tough.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I forgot about one thing that really annoys me: How come I can have two hands, yet can only wear a single ring? I'm less bothered by the fact that I can't wear a hood and a circlet at the same time, because the game is considering both just to be "something worn on the head", which is fine, but one ring? That makes no sense. Technically, you should be able to wear 8-10, but at the very least you should be able to wear 2, as you could in Oblivion and Morrowind.

[Icyculyr]

I forgot about one thing that really annoys me: How come I can have two hands, yet can only wear a single ring? I'm less bothered by the fact that I can't wear a hood and a circlet at the same time, because the game is considering both just to be "something worn on the head", which is fine, but one ring? That makes no sense. Technically, you should be able to wear 8-10, but at the very least you should be able to wear 2, as you could in Oblivion and Morrowind.

I agree but I suppose it would make it too easy to become invincible. Two enchantments per ring if you've got enchanting at level 100.

I've deleted my other character and I've started again. I'm playing through (on Master) without making my previous mistakes, I like it. I'm about level 25 so far.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Morrowind allowed you to become immortal by accident. In Oblivion, you could become nearly invincible if you played as a fighter. If you play as a mage, there is at least SOME challenge in both Oblivion and Skyrim, so two rings seems little enough to give.

I rather wish that I had started at Master, but it's good as it is. Next time I'll play at Master.

[BlindSniper]

I am now level 40 something, And I have quite high sneak(Things run into me without detecting me) And I have a daedric bow and archery in the 90's. When sneaking I can pretty much kill anything with one arrow short of a dragon(mainly cause you can't sneak up on them)

I've done the main , dark brotherhood, thieves guild,stormcloack quest lines and Now I find myself going on a killing spree in the city, and disposing of the bodies afterwords(It's a matter of hygiene)

I Think I'm going to make my third character a melee warrior

[Icyculyr]

Morrowind allowed you to become immortal by accident. In Oblivion, you could become nearly invincible if you played as a fighter. If you play as a mage, there is at least SOME challenge in both Oblivion and Skyrim, so two rings seems little enough to give.

I rather wish that I had started at Master, but it's good as it is. Next time I'll play at Master.

Ah, I see. It's more fun on Adept, which I think is the default. Master is quite difficult, I'm just biding time until I can get super gear. (Abeit, things might be harder for me since my combat skills are low and other skills are high, meaning enemies will be stronger -- still tough though.)

I am now level 40 something, And I have quite high sneak(Things run into me without detecting me) And I have a daedric bow and archery in the 90's. When sneaking I can pretty much kill anything with one arrow short of a dragon(mainly cause you can't sneak up on them)

I've done the main , dark brotherhood, thieves guild,stormcloack quest lines and Now I find myself going on a killing spree in the city, and disposing of the bodies afterwords(It's a matter of hygiene)

I Think I'm going to make my third character a melee warrior

Nice... oh and you can sneak up on dragons -- at their hide outs, or if they land and attack other enemies.

[Jacob Roman]

Jesus Christ guys. With all the hours you are playing this game, you might as well play World of Warcraft. Some of the raid bosses are a royal pain even in 25 man dungeons.

[Icyculyr]

Jesus Christ guys. With all the hours you are playing this game, you might as well play World of Warcraft. Some of the raid bosses are a royal pain even in 25 man dungeons.

Yeah, no. WoW is a large turd with lots of flies on it. Skyrim is a giant diamond planet. Nuff said.

[Icyculyr]

I'm at level 16 or so right now on Master, training combat skills up. Tis' good fun unlike my level ~35 on Master which had really low combat skills. I've put every level into health so far.

[jcis]

I played Adept till level 10, after that changed to Expert. I'm level 35 now, Master of Destruction. After the "Power of The Elements" quest (destruction has to be 100 to start) i've got the Master Level Destruction spells, quite impressive, the man looks like the AirBender lol,did you see that movie?, waving hands before unleashing spells. These last spells are powerfull and really nice to cast but no so effective in fast combat, it takes 5/6 seconds after the hand waving before these spells start working and you can't move while casting them. They are perfect anyway for killing Dragons fast.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I recently discovered that I am having a problem with sound. It sounded fine, but was kind of faint. After a bit of investigation, I realized that I am only getting sound out of two of my 5.1 speakers. The others get nothing. A bit of poking around online didn't suggest much of anything, except changing my sound settings for the OS to levels that they are already set at.