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My character I am playing with now is a Nord man named Wolstein who was born in Skyrim but moved with his family to Cyrodiil when he was a young child. He has a deep seated hatred for the Empire and the Imperials because of past mistreatments, especially in his youth. The only thing he hates more than the Empire is the Thalmor, because he doesn't like elves and those bastards are trying to take over all of Tamriel. He is wary of the beast races and doesn't exactly trust them, but he will trade with the Khajiit caravans if need be. He comes to Skyrim from Cyrodiil to visit his birthplace and possibly start a new life there, but is caught in an ambushed by those damn Imperials trying to capture Ulfric Stormcloak. Wolstein knew little about the rebellion at this point, but learned quickly. After nearly being executed by the Imperials, his hatred for them grew even more. He decided that he would join the Stormcloaks so that he could get revenge on the Empire and have greater opportunity to spill Imperial blood. This is his initial motive, but eventually comes to believe in the rebellion itself and finds more purpose in the fight. During all of this he discovers that he is Dragonborn. He is unsure and confused about this at first, but soon relishes the opportunity for power and is more than happy to fulfill his role. Wolstein is a weaponsmaster, using all kinds of weapons including one-handed and two-handed weapons as well as bows and shields, though he has a strong preference for greatswords. He wears heavy armor and prefers nordic steel armor because he is a true Nord. He refuses to use elven weaponry because of his prejudice. He is also a practitioner of restoration magic, realizing its potential. He doesn't use any other form of magic, and especially hates conjuration. He is curious about enchanting because of its potential for power, but is wary of it at the same time. Wolstein is stubborn and can be arrogant at times. He is brave and honorable but is also cautious and likes to be prepared. He suffers from an internal struggle that at this point in his life he does not realize exists. He has an unfulfilled and yet undiscovered thirst for power that sometimes gets in the way of his honor. He strives to be honorable, but at times finds himself breaking this honor to gain power, both personal and political. This will be very important later on when he finally comes to the realization that his true desire is for great power. This will likely happen when he fulfills his destiny as Dragonborn and has defeated the Empire in the civil war. After coming from humble beginnings, his quest for true power will begin after he has already become powerful. He will become pissed off, and think that he deserves to be High King of Skyrim because without him the entire world would have come to an end. He will then go on a power trip and start a campaign to take the throne and after fighting for Ulfric Stormcloak he will ultimately betray him. He will challenge Ulfric in the Nord tradition and take the throne by force. That's my plan for him anyway. He still has quite a bit of character development to go through before he gets to that point. My next character is probably going to be some kind of psychotic sociopath and will be a kleptomaniac. His motive will be whatever he feels like at the time. He will be obsessed with death and will probably end up spending a lot of time in jail. He will end up saving everyone from Alduin but everyone will hate him because he is completely crazy out of his mind insane in the membrane.

It really depends on what type of character I'm playing as to who I like better. I enjoying roleplaying my characters and liking the people that they would like, which can be very different from character to character. My most recent character is a Stormcloak who hates the Empire for past mistreatments, so he definately likes Ralof better. When playing as him, I like Ralof better. When I first played the game I didn't even realize that I had a choice of following Ralof, so I went with Hadvar because I thought I had to. Now that I know better I always go with whoever is the best match for my character. If he is a supporter of the Empire or is a law abiding citizen, he obviously goes with Hadvar. If he hates the Empire or is a criminal or outcast then he goes with Ralof. Overall though I'd have to say that I personally like Hadvar better, he just has more personality and seems like a better guy. But that's really just because he is presented better in the game, he has his own voice and everything, isn't as generic. Ralof is a little more annoying too if you're just trying to get through the damn tutorial and don't care anymore.

I guess I'm hoping for either Elsweyr or Summerset Isles. The Summerset Isles are probably pretty sweet, seems like there would be a lot of power there with the Altmer and their strong magical attunement. If it is there and they name it by province, it may be better if they name the game Elder Scrolls VI: Alinor instead, as thats another name for Summerset Isles. Kinda sounds better in my opinion. Elsweyr would be interesting because they would have to introduce all of the different types of Khajiit. There are some Khajiit that even look almost like ordinary elves from a distance. Could make some very interesting choices in race, and we could see their cultrual differences as well. Not to mention all the bizarre and dangerous creatures that inhabit the province. Even better, why not put two adjoining provinces into one game? Like Elsweyr and Valenwood for example?

Well. They buy a cake and maybe leave some paper plates out, but the real fun doesn't start until someone shows up with a keg. Damn straight son!

Steam is a complete menace... Steaming pile of s#*!. If something forces stupid updates on you and forces you to be online to play offline games then it can go f**k itself. All I'm trying to do here is go in and change my mod list and load order real quick and it won't let me cuz Steam tells me I have I to upload my save files to the damn Steam cloud... I've got my files right here damnit, I don't need your freaking cloud! Terrible when you have an unreliable internet.

My main character in Oblivion fought Mehrunes Dagon :) Unfortunately neither one of us could defeat the other. I went toe to toe with him for at least 10 minutes before I decided it was a waste of time and just moved on. For me personally I think that it was either my Nerevarine or Champion of Cyrodiil that was most powerful. Of course, I cheated hardcore on my most powerful Morrowind character, exploiting the Soul Trap glitch. My CoC cheated by using the permanent enchantments glitch with the duplicating items with arrows thing, but he wasn't as ridiculously powerful as my Nerevarine. He was still practically invincible though. I have not discovered a glitch like this on Skyrim so I have never had a Dragonborn as powerful as them. I'm against cheating now anyway, so I wouldn't use it if there was one. Cheating and glitches aside, from a more general perspective, I think that the Nerevarine is probably the most powerful one. He just has a certain sense of grandeur that I don't see with the others. I feel like the Nerevarine develops so much more in terms of power from the beginning of the game to the end. In the beginning you get killed by freaking mudcrabs and later on you can kill most things with one solid hit. And yes, Morrowind does present the player with more unbalanced items that make you a complete badass. I also feel that the Nerevarine is much more mystical and enigmatic than the other two, which lends to his sense of power. Concerning the Dragonborn: Anybody can kill a dragon, but only the Dragonborn can absorb their soul. If you pit your CoC or Nerevarine against some dragons they would do just as well, they just simply wouldn't be able to absorb their soul. Sure, the Dragonborn may specialize in killing dragons, but when he fights anything else he is just another guy pretty much. The Voice helps him, but there are much more powerful things that a person could utilize.

Sometimes I look at my stats, see that I've killed thousands of people, and just think... 'Damn dude'. There aren't even a thousand people living in all the cities and settlements in all of Skyrim! How have I managed to kill so many freakin people? I mean, what would you think if you met someone and they told you, with complete honesty, that they've killed like 2000 people in the past few months? Not to mention the thousands of creatures and animals that I've slaughtered as well... I just find this kind of funny and ridiculous.

I killed him, he just rubs me the wrong way. He is not trustworthy and he would almost certainly kill you if he was in your position. I also like Mehrunes Razor.

I don't know much about navmeshing, but my guess would be that they are mentally handicapped. You'll get that a lot with these people in Skyrim. I wish I could help but if it were me I would try moving the enemies around or something, or checking to make sure their animations and AI data is correct. Modding Skyrim is a real pain in the butt.

There are two things that could happen: - A message will pop up and say "Data limit exceeded, terminating application" and then your computer will blow up in your face. - A message will pop up and say "Congratulations, you're the 10000th save!" and Bethesda will show up at your house and throw a party in your honor. If you're playing on an old version of Skyrim the first possibility will happen. If you have the most recent version of Skyrim the second possibility will happen. I suggest you update to the most recent version if you haven't already. I hear those Bethesda guys really know how to party.

That does sound like a pretty annoying problem, cause dual casting is awesome. I'm no expert but it sounds to me like it could be a problem your with mouse and not recognizing that both attack buttons are being pressed simultaneously. I would try dual wielding two melee weapons and try doing dual attacks. If they don't work then it is a problem with recognition as both this and dual casting use both attack buttons, which is probably an issue with your mouse. If dual attacks do work though then I have no idea what the source of the problem could be. That's about all the advice I can give.

I agree with Moraelin, just drink abunch of mead and ale. There's wine too, nothing wrong with that. All that Skyrim needs is hard liquor. But stay away from that skooma crap, haven't you seen all those sorry, good for nothing, layabout addicts looking for handouts so they can get their next fix? It's like smoking crack pretty much. If you want to smoke something in Skyrim get the Marijuana mod ;) It's freakin legit.

Yep, the Elder Scrolls series as a whole is the best game series in my opinion. Even with all of its strange bugs it is still the best. I've probably got about 500-600 hours invested in Skyrim (if not more) and I still enjoy it thoroughly. Probably got to be around the same amount of time in Oblivion as well. There's just so much stuff to do and cool little things to find, and you can always start a brand new adventure with a completely different kind of character. It's when you start hardcore roleplaying that it gets really interesting... creating a backstory for your character and giving him a personality and morality that he follows. This is how the game is meant to be played in my opinion.

I use a mod that removes level scaling from all enemies. The enemies that spawn are just as easy or difficult when I start a game as they are when I am super powerful. It's just kind of random what level of enemies will spawn where, but certain areas are meant to be more difficult than others. Using this I tend to start out on adept, or apprentice at the very least if I am really struggling, and move it up to expert as my character becomes more powerful (usually around level 20 or so). I have a level 66 mage with a mod that scales his spell damage with his skill level so I have to play on Master otherwise it is way too easy. I still kill everything with relative ease, but some enemies do a lot of damage to me as well so it's rather balanced. I will encounter bandit plunderers at level 1 which will rape my soul on adept, but when I am level 25-30 on expert these same bandit plunderers are like standard enemies.

First, a question: When do you ever get the opportunity to talk to Jiub about his reason for imprisonment? You don't ever see him again after the start of the game on the ship, unless I missed something. Second of all, who cares, Jiub is awesome and is capable of amazing feats.