topcat098

I finished playing Fallout 3 just as New Vegas came out so I decided to wait for the (as it is now called) the ultimate edition. Now I'm preparing for that being released. Althout I played F3 on PS3 I will get NV on the PC, so I can use mods. I have just spent 400+ hours (according to Steam) playing Skyrim and have really enjoyed playing three very different characters (Mage,Warrior, Thief) following completely different quest lines APPROPRIATE TO THEIR SKILLS. I'm not big on repeating myself so it was great to find enough to do to bring my character up to level 30-40 without much overlap of quest / dungeons. I even have enough virgin dungeons left over to bring up a 4th character but I will wait until there are more and better mods for that. Now my question. I want to start NV playing a stealth sniper but I expect I will want to play other roles as well. Can I break down the exploration so that I concentrate on the main quest, then mainly tasks that are appropriate for a stealth sniper, leaving others for a future playthrough. I will have all the DLC - is it a good idea to divide that up? What advice do people have? I will be making full use of wikis etc (tho not walkthroughs) so I'm not too worried about being spoiled and will be able to make sense of Quest Names if anyone suggests a breakdown. Thanks

I use a 360 Controller for health reasons (I have RSI type problems and even 1 18 hour Skyrim day would put my arms out of action for a week if using KB and mouse). However some things are much better done with a mouse e.g. The new SkyUI inventory and have you tried doing the timed archery trials at (well I suppose it would be a spoiler to say more) with a controller! From the total silence on the subject in any forum I presume it is impossible at present, but does anyone know if it will be possible when the CK comes out. There are several mods enabling different keystrokes, which are nice, but I want the mouse.

I have completed 3 play throughs, (1 destruction/summons mage : main quest, college, civil war rebels; 1 heavy armour, 2H beserking orc doing companions, civil war imperials and half main quest; 1 stealth + illusion argonian archer doing thief guild and dark brotherhood. I think the last was most fun). I'm going to wait till the end of January for a 4th run through - give it time for some more mods to come out, as well as catching up with the rest of life that has not existed for the last month). This time I wont be touching the main quest, just all the extras. Misc, Temple, Daedric, Favours, Thane of everywhere but Whiterun (that needs too much of main quest and I don't want dragons attacking me everywhere I go!) I reckon there should be plenty to do. I want to plan it out now so that I can look at all the quest info to plot an itinerary, but forget the details before I actually do it. I've decided I'd like to do a necromancer (zombie raising conjuration and illusion (I'd never played illusion before - I was very pleasantly surprised by how useful it was in my last playthrough). Also I'll use Alteration for skins, mage armour etc. It all sounds fun but I see 2 problems. How do I deal with a mob of undead when I'm far too low a level for the illusion perk that would allow me to calm them? Restoration deals with them but it all sounds pretty useless. Why would I want them to flee - they'll still be there and they'll wake up every baddy around in the process. Also, I need a way to create corpses before I can raise them. 2 ideas come to find. Summons (I'll be levelling up conjuration anyway) and archery (which is fun and effective. Bound Bow perhaps). So, summary of a long question: What are people's experience of using restoration to turn undead? Is it any good at all? What do people think would make a good corpse maker? I'll be concentrating my perks on conjuration, illusion and alteration, with enchantment as a minor. I can only go for one more - restoration or archery. One last thing. I'm not going to touch the main quest, but if I was, how would my necromancer kill a dragon in the early stages? If I go archery that might hurt it but all magic? My first mage blasted them with fire/frost as appropriate but if I'm not going destruction? I guess my summons and companion could give them a hard time but is that enough?

I'd just like to add my voice to this request. I've played through three times, once on easy, normal and hard. I'd like to try the next level up but NEVER with perma-death. I would hate that so much.