LeddBate
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If you're up for a challenge, try Requiem - Hard Times :devil:
You mean this http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/19281/? right?
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I chose Whiterun, but my decision is influenced by the mod "Towns and Villages Enhanced - Whiterun" at http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/19799/?
Really makes the city look beautiful.
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... And General Tullius isn't Darth Vader neither.
Gaaahhh! The Grammar is killing me! (Hits self with double-negative hammer repeatedly.)
Aheh. My apologies, I just could not resist.
Seriously though, I do not think the Empire is evil. Looking over the threads, I do not see a significant amount of them saying anything like that. In fact I see a lot of threads titled something like "Why I Think the Empire is Right", etc.
Let me ask you: Why do YOU think the Empire is perceived as "bad"?
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Um . . . there is a mod that accomplishes the "wearable khajiit" part
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/56539/?
Thanks! Too bad you have to console it. Still would like to put in some sort of NPC Khajiit reaction in conversation. Those photos are hilarious though.
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Got yourself a new rug then, or a cloak? Perhaps a full fur outfit it you feel like it.
SNARF!
If I could mod, I would make one that lets you recover the pelt of a Khajiit (bandit, vampire or other enemy) same way you get a pelt from killing wolves, bears, foxes, sabre cats, etc.
Just for (more) laughs, wearing something made from a Khajiit hide should be recognizable by any Khajiit you encounter -with interesting conversation possiblities...
"This one will throw up on you now, you sick bast... BLLAARRRGH, WRETCH, koff, koff."
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I love the game skyrim and all but, in a way the game skyrim made a disappointing conclusion. it in my opinion and you don't have to agree with me but somehow i just wished that an expansion or something would allow my character to become ruler of a land or something just like oblivion's shivering Isles that concludes you as the new Madgod. don't get me wrong like i said you don't have to agree with me and it is a fun game but the way bethesda stopped making DLCs and no quest line to make you ruler well that in my opinion was a disappointing conclusion to me :sad:
It could have been worse. They could have rushed a "Mass Effect 3" style ending through on us. Yuck!
But seriously, I wouldn't want to rule Skyrim, but a mod that allows me to build my own town and maybe a small hold? That would be cool.
Wait a moment... Helgen Reborn!!!
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Okay, I really need some help. I have tried for 3 days now to understand this problem, and I still can't figure it out. I am using Skyrim Mod Manager, not Nexus Manager. I load all my mods, and when I start the game, the game will CTD to the desktop with no message at all .
Here is my load order.
Active Mod Files:00 Skyrim.esm 01 Update.esm 02 Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp [Version 2.0.4a] 03 Dawnguard.esm 04 Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp [Version 2.0.4] 05 HearthFires.esm 06 Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp [Version 2.0.4] 07 Dragonborn.esm 08 Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp [Version 2.0.4a] 09 Falskaar.esm 0A Wyrmstooth.esp [Version 1.11] 0B ClimatesOfTamriel.esm 0C GeneralStores.esm 0D MagicDuelReborn.esm 0E moonpath.esm 0F RiverHelm.esm 10 SPERG.esm 11 Chesko_Frostfall.esp 12 Clanking Armor.esp 13 mintylightningmod.esp 14 Auto Unequip Ammo.esp 15 Better Skill and Quest Books Names - BS.esp 16 Dual Sheath Redux.esp 17 lanterns of skyrim - all in one.esp 18 WetandCold.esp 19 Footprints.esp 1A SkyUI.esp 1B Cloaks.esp 1C Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp 1D craftableclothes.esp 1E dogintoblackhusky.esp 1F Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp 20 Immersive Weapons.esp 21 isilNarsil.esp 22 mxgandalfset.esp 23 WizardsFury.esp 24 Smithing Perks Overhaul_Remade.esp 25 dragonnests.esp 26 Requiem.esp 27 SkyRe_Main.esp 28 SkyRe_Combat.esp 29 SkyRe_EncounterZones.esp 2A SkyRe_EnemyAI.esp 2B SkyRe_EnemyScaling.esp 2C SkyRe_StandingStones.esp 2D SkyRe_Survivalism.esp 2E BecomeKingOfRiverHelm.esp 2F breezehome_fully_upgradable.esp 30 buildablehouse.esp 31 Castle Draco's High Rrothgar Edition.esp 32 castlegrey.esp 33 Castle Riverwood.esp 34 hallsofdovahndor.esp 35 moonpath_questdata.esp 36 sjel blad castle.esp 37 the paarthurnax dilemma.esp [Version 1.2.8] 38 wrath of nature.esp 39 AchieveThat.esp 3A better blacksmithing.esp 3B BetterQuestObjectives.esp 3C BetterQuestObjectives-Dawnguard.esp 3D BetterQuestObjectives-Hearthfire.esp 3E BetterQuestObjectives-BSaQBPatch.esp 3F BetterQuestObjectives-PaarDilemmaPatch.esp 40 BetterQuestObjectives-SkyRePatch.esp 41 BetterQuestObjectives-DBForevertoMisc.esp 42 Book Covers Skyrim.esp 43 Civil War Overhaul.esp 44 Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp 45 Headtracking.esp 46 more dragons.esp 47 Convenient Horses.esp 48 Convenient Horses - Unique Frost.esp 49 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp 4A TheChoiceIsYours.esp 4B TheChoiceIsYours_Dawnguard.esp 4C BetterQuestObjectives-TheChoiceIsYoursPatch.esp 4D Thieves Guild Requirements.esp 4E BetterQuestObjectives-ThievesGuildRequirementsPatch.esp 4F TimingIsEverything.esp 50 BetterQuestObjectives-TimingIsEverythingPatch.esp 51 UnlimitedEnchantments.esp 52 aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp 53 Helgen Reborn.esp [Version 105.3] 54 riverwood gates.esp 55 BFT Ships and Carriages.esp 56 RealisticRoomRental.esp 57 BetterQuestObjectives-PersidRRentalPatch.esp 58 EnhancedLightsandFX.esp 59 ELFX - Exteriors.esp 5A ELFX - Moonpath.esp 5B ELFX - NoBreezehome.esp 5C ELFX - NoTaverns.esp 5D ELFX - Dawnguard.esp 5E ELFX - Dragonborn.esp 5F ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hardcore.esp 60 ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Warm.esp 61 ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-3.esp 62 ELFXEnhancer.esp 63 saturationboost.esp 64 Brevi_MoonlightTales.esp 65 ESFCompanions.esp [Version 0.3.7] 66 BetterQuestObjectives-RequiemPatch.esp 67 BetterQuestObjectives-AMBSkyforgePatch.esp 68 WerewolfMastery.esp 69 BetterQuestObjectives-MoonlightMasteryPatch.esp 6A alduinsummon.esp 6B Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp 6C midas magic expanded.esp 6D testspells.esp 6E Rideable Durnehviir1.esp 6F MagicDuelReborn - Shouts.esp 70 ForgottenMagic_Redone.esp 71 ForgottenMagic_Redone_SkyRePatch.esp 72 zinvestedmagicsteam.esp 73 Better Stealth AI for Followers.esp [Version 3.4] 74 BetterQuestObjectives-BetterStealthAIPatch.esp 75 DragonCombatOverhaulDragonborn.esp 76 StavesofSkyrim.esp 77 SPERG.esp 78 burning sky.esp 79 3DNPC.esp [Version 3.06] 7A marriagemod - alpha v3.esp 7B EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp 7C EMViljaInSolstheimAddOn.esp 7D Spousetocustomhome.esp 7E AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp 7F BetterQuestObjectives-AFTPatch.esp 80 BecomeKingofSkyrim.esp 81 Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp [Version 2.4] 82 BetterQuestObjectives-AlternateStartPatch.esp 83 dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp 84 PCEA DG n DB DLC for SkyRe_Races.esp 85 SkyRe_Races.esp 86 ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp 87 Purewaters.esp 88 cartographers map markers.esp 89 RRR_ELFX-Patch.esp 8A Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp 8B ReProccer.esp 8C moonandstar_mas.esp 8D friendlydragons.esp 8E rexthepetdragon.esp 8F sprigganovergrowth.esp 90 aaa_Summon_This_v1a_.esp 91 aaa_Summon_This_v2_.esp 92 Apocalypse - Requiem Compatibility Patch.esp 93 Apocalypse - SkyRe Compatibility Patch.esp 94 Apocalypse - SPERG Compatibility Patch.esp 95 Death Souls.esp 96 Moonlight_Vilja.esp 97 RRR_3DNPC-Patch.esp 98 ShaysEstate.esp 99 SMIM-Merged-All.esp 9A stave-casting.esp [Version 0.4] 9B StormWrathLightning-SkyRe Patch.esp 9C StormWrathLightning.esp 9D TheElderStaff.esp 9E UltimateDragons.esp 9F WetandCold - Holidays.esp
someone please help.I see two possible issues.
1) Civil War Overhaul. This mod should only be activated on a new game. Attempting to install it mid-game will most likely mess up your saves. Read ApolloDown's notes on his mod page for details.
2) Helgen Reborn. This mod must be activated under very specific conditions as spelled out on the mod's page. In particular, it can conflict badly with Alternate Start - Live Another Life. Read the Helgen Reborn mod page carefully on how to get around this.
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Here is the list of mods I currently use:
360 Walk and Run Plus
A Matter of Time
A Quality World Map
Adal Matar the Lost Stronghold - Fight Against the Thalmor I
Alternate Start - Live Another Life
Amazing Follower Tweaks
AOF Farmhouses
ApachiiSkyHair
Auto Unequip Ammo
Automatic Perk Unlocking
Bandolier - Bags and Pouches
Bannered Mare Inn Rooms
Beginner Shack - Starter home
Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack
Better Dialogue Controls
Better Dynamic Snow
Better Females
Blaze Of Eventide
Bows Draw Faster
Brawl Bugs Patch - Plugins - Modder Resource - Brawl Bugs - Compatibility Edition
Build Your Own Home
Categorized Favorites Menu
Civil War Overhaul (Warning! This mod can only be installed on a new game! Installing on an existing game will most likely ruin the saves permanently!)
Convenient Horses
Cooking for Alchemy
Covereyes
Coverkhajiits
Coverwomen
Craftable and Placeable Havok-enabled Bedrolls
Crimson Tide - Blood
DFGs Blade And Dagger Sheathe Sounds Mod
Dogs of Skyrim
Dovahkiin Relaxes Too
Dragon Stalking Fix
Enhanced Lights and FX
Enhanced Night Skyrim
Ethereal Elven Overhaul
Even Better Quest Objectives
Expanded Towns and Cities (Warning! Modular installation. Read carefully during install to prevent conflicts with other mods.)
Falskaar
Follower Compatibility (More of a patch than a mod.)
Friendly Creatures
Frostfall
Glowing Ore Veins 300
Guard Dialogue Overhaul
HD Furniture and Barrels
Helgen Reborn (Warning! This mod must be activated under specific conditions. See mod page for details!)
Helmet Toggle
High Quality 3D Map
HiRes Legible Road Signs
Horse Armors for Skyrim
Hoth - Follower
HQ Snow Texture
Immersive Armors
Immersive HUD
Immersive Patrols
Immersive Saturation Boost
Immersive Skyrim Thunder
Immersive Sounds - Aural Assortment
Immersive Stables
Improved NPC Clothing
improved_LOD_trees
Inconsequential NPCs
Interesting NPCs
Lanterns of Skyrim - All In One
Loot and Degradation
Lush Trees and Grass
Moon and Star
Moonpath to Elsweyr
Muffle Your Dog
No More Blocky Faces
No NPC Greetings - Reduced Distance NPC Greetings
Non-Essential Children
NPC Knockout Overhaul
Populated Cities Towns Villages
Populated Forts Towers Places
Populated Lands Roads Paths
Populated Skyrim Civil War
RaceMenu
Realistic Needs and Diseases
Realistic Ragdolls and Force
Respectful Guard Animations
Riverside Lodge
Run For Your Lives
Sexy Villages and Towns
Silly Level of Detail - Potions and Poisons
skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds (Warning! Occasional glitch in mod causes explosive spawning of birds at Bleakwind Basin. See mod page for fix!)
Skyrim -Community- Uncapper
SkyUI User interfaces
Sneak Tools - Sneak Tools
Sofia - The Funny Fully Voiced Follower
Sounds of Skyrim - The Wilds
SOUTH DRAGON BRIDGE - Fight Against the Thalmor IV - (Warning! This mod conflicts with "Extended Towns and Cities". CTDs may result!)
Sovngarde Gold - Sovngarde Gold Armour
Spouses Can Live Everywhere
Sun and clouds textures - Sun_and_Clouds_Textures
The Aldmeri Domain - Fight Against the Thalmor III
The Cyrodiil Frontier - Fight Against the Thalmor II
The Dance of Death - A Killmove Mod
The Four Horsemen - The Riders of Oblivion
The Paarthurnax Dilemma
The REAL Fus Ro Dah
Thieves Guild Requirements - No Auto Quest Start Brynjolf
TK Children
Touring Carriages
Towns and Villages Enhanced - Riften
Towns and Villages Enhanced - Solitude
Towns and Villages Enhanced - Whiterun
Towns and Villages Enhanced - Windhelm
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch
Unofficial Skyrim Patch
Unread Books Glow
Vivid Landscapes - Rocking Stones and Mountains Parallax
W.A.T.E.R - Water And Terrain Enhancement Redux
When Vampires Attack
XP32 Maximum SkeletonNote that the mods "Frostfall" and "Realistic Needs and Diseases" are adjustable to your preferences so that you will not feel like you're being hounded by the mods. Note that the "XP32 Maximum Skeleton" mod is only needed for future mods you might want to add that affects NPC and character bodies.
Finally, some mods (notably, the "Populated" series) are no longer available on the Nexus. You'll have to exercise your Google-Fu.
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Thanks guys! I honestly didn't expect a reply to what was essentially a rant.
So, it (sorta) IS a bug. Interesting.
That idea by IceDolphin would make a great mod. Would it be possible to hook into the game's "brawling" to set something up like that?
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There has been a lot of food for thought here and I thank everyone for contributing. Mostly, I hope these comments will help new players who want more info about the forces (political, personal and military) driving the civil war in Skyrim so that they can have more fun making decisions they think their character would actually make in such situations.
All good stuff. Please keep commenting if you wish.
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Why? No matter how high my level gets, when I try to tell them to get lost, they always respond with "Nice try, but you don't scare me." Now I could understand that reaction back when I was level 5 or less -but I'm freaking level 50 now. I have speech near 100. I'm equipped with Daedric weapons and Ebony armor. Practically all of Skyrim knows I'm carrying out a one-man-war with the Thalmor and I've left a trail of dumber-than-rocks previous thieves beaten to within an inch of their life (literally) behind me.
You'd think word would eventually get around. But nooooo. Some pissant armed with a steel sword and a dagger thinks he can bully me into coughing up? I usually don't even bother with weapons. I just beat them to submission (bleed-out state) then get back on my horse and saunter away before they can get back up. When there are other travelers on the road nearby, I can almost imagine them snickering at the poor dumb thief.
At first (when my levels got into the twenties) it was comical. Then it got sad. Now it is plain irritating. I'm beginning to wonder if it is actually a bug in my game. Does anyone else experience this?
On a similar subject, I now estimate that I've killed eight assassins from the Dark Brotherhood. Is Astrid just that stupid? Does she really think that throwing assassins at me penny-packet-style will eventually work? I'm so disgusted with this stupidity that I'm going to take great delight in wiping out the Dark Brotherhood when I get the chance.
(Sigh. Yes, I was in rant mode. Thanks for reading.)
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Here is how to level block right up to (and beyond) level 100.
You will need: LOTS of health and Stamina potions. "Ultimate" class potions are best (especially for health) but a sufficient quantity of lesser potions will serve. I recommend 15 to 18 potions of Ultimate Health or about double that of the medium class ones. You should have about half that in Stamina potions.
Go to Soljund's Sinkhole (see: http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Soljund%27s_Sinkhole for details where to find it.) There is a final "boss" Draugr (or Dragon Priest if you are of a very high level.) When you enter the final room, you will see two of the standard Nordic hawk-like totems and the Draugr. One of the totems will begin spitting fire at you while the other will start glowing green on-and-off. The purpose of the green glowing totem seems to be to buff the draugr (making the fight tougher for you) but, it seems it will also buff your own block skill if you utilize it!
Run over to the right-hand side of the right-hand totem and turn around to face the on-coming Draugr boss. The totem next to you now blocks the fire from the other totem preventing you from taking additional burn damage. Quaff a healing potion if needed. Now start blocking. As the Draugr boss attacks you, your block skill should go up about every 4 to 6 hits! Keep an eye on your health bar and drink another potion when you get down to 20% or less. Save often in case you make a mistake and the Draugr kills you before you drink another potion! Occasionally you will level up. Wait until you are low on health before actually leveling as this will save you a health potion. As your skill rises, you will start getting blocking perks that will make the Draugr's job harder and yours easier. Eventually you will get the perk where time slows down when you block. This will start consuming Stamina. (Now you know why you need the Stamina potions.) Keep this up until either: A) You've got your skill up high enough that you're satisfied or B) You're down to one health potion, in which case it is now time to put down the Draugr. Once you kill the Draugr, both totems will stop working, so you don't have to worry about additional damage.
I found this out by accident when the Draugr backed me into that little spot next to the totem and I realized I was out of the fire-totem's line of er, fire. Because I was trying to raise my block skill anyway, I blocked rather than full-out fought. I was hoping to raise my skill by one, maybe two points before I was forced to kill the Draugr. Imagine my surprise when my block skill started rising for every 5 or 6 hits the boss scored on me rather than the twenty or so I was anticipating. The Draugr was healing every 6 or so swings as well. It was at that point that I got suspicious of the green-glowing totem. I'm pretty sure its function was to buff the Draugr boss, but apparently it also will buff you! But only so long as the Draugr is er, alive.
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The Stormcloak-Empire conflict is really the single most masterful part of Skyrim. It has layers upon layers to it that you sometimes have to really dig to get to the truth of. Read books, talk to people, dig through some of the other stuff around the Imperial Library (particularly useful when examining Talos and the ForeswornéReachmen...)...
There is no right answer. Anyone who says otherwise is, frankly, totally missing the point.
Absolutely! I guess I should have made myself a bit more clear. I'm not going with the Empire because I think they're right. I'm joining them because they are the lesser of two evils. Also, I have to admit that I have a soft-spot for Jarl Balgruuf (best Jarl in Skyrim in my opinion) and I just can't stand to help Ulfric depose him.
Just a pity that the projection inside the game (i.e. the Civil War Quests) were so poorly made. Oh well, that's what ApolloDown is there for.
Agreed. Unfortunately, I didn't notice the "Civil War Overhaul" until I was up to level 27. ApolloDown makes it very clear that installing his mod mid-game is inviting disaster. Since I wasn't willing to give up that much of my accumulated character (restarting after having to remove Warzones and scrub my game at level 5 was painful enough) I regretfully had to pass on CWO. Too bad, it looks like a lot of fun.
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Yes, yes, I know. This subject has been done to death. But I hate necroing old threads so please forgive me.
I'm in my first playthrough (technically 2nd -since I stopped at level 5, removed the old Warzones mod and restarted) and have really been wrestling with the decision of whether to join one side or the other in the civil war.
EDIT 3/3/15: I want to take this opportunity to state that Warzones has been updated (by the original mod author, MGE -as well as Grand Bulwark and others) into Warzones2015 and now functions brilliantly. I participated in the beta and also spot-tested the main release. Gone are all the problems with save-game corruption due to orphan scripts. You owe it to yourself to try this fantastic mod if you would like to have a real WAR in Skyrim.
2nd EDIT 11/05/15: Can't resist mentioning that WarZones now has it's first official expansion, WarZones Assault Attack. This add-on adds strongholds, facilities, bosses and artillery (yes, artillery) to both factions.
I should note that I started with the "Live Another Life" mod but choose the vanilla start anyway. Why? I loved the introductory sequence. I thought it was well-paced and an excellent set-up for the storyline to begin. My one problem with it was that it was suddenly interrupted by the character creation screen. That was just too jarring and completely immersion-breaking. Thus, LAL allowed me to make my character first, then go through the introduction without interruption. Much better.
Anyway, I followed Ralof because it made sense (to me.) The Imperials tried to have me (unfairly) executed without even allowing me a chance to defend myself. Ralof seemed a fairly stable fellow with a good argument for support of the Stormcloaks. Gerdur was very sensible and asked me to perform a favor (going to Whiterun to ask the Jarl to send troops to defend Riverwood) which spelled out her loyalty to home and kin. More, she talked about the tricky political situation with the civil war brewing and made a lot of sense with her opinions. It was almost enough to make me run right up to Windhelm right then and there to join the Stromcloaks.
But, but, -I've gotten old enough to get suspicious about any situation that "makes too much sense." It's hard to explain. I'm not good with words. All I can say is... the more the argument for joining the Stromcloaks made sense, the more suspicious of it I got.
So, what to do? Well, after sitting there in Riverwood and thinking it over, I decided the only way I could make an informed decision about it was to either read a lot of spoiler material (thus lessening my enjoyment of the game) or get out there and explore Skyrim and see first-hand what all the fuss was about on both sides of the civil war. The problem is that once you go to Whiterun to get the troops that Gerdur asks for, you start off on the main-quest. However, as many of you already know, you don't HAVE to follow the main-quest when you exit Whiterun. So, for all you new folks just starting your first playthrough, my advice is that once you get the quest to go visit Bleak Falls Barrough to retrieve the stone tablet for Farengar -don't. By that I mean, just leave Whiterun and ignore the quest. You can complete it later. Much, much later. Sure, logically, Jarl Balgruuf should rip a strip off your back-side if you show up with the tablet three or four months later. But the game doesn't do that to you. If you want an immersive justification for this, just "alter" (in your mind) the instructions that Farengar gave you from "Go to Bleak Falls Barrow and recover the tablet" to "Go to Bleak Falls Barrow in a few months when the snow storms have subsided enough for you to have a chance of approaching it and recover the tablet."
So, with that justification for my not returning right away with the dragon tablet, I left Whiterun and started exploring. I've visited every major city and most of the towns and villages. I've joined the Companions and the College of Winterhold. I'm a Thane in three cities. I've been imprisoned in Cidhna Mines (and exonerated after escaping) and I've fought alongside both Stormcloaks and Imperials against bandits, vampires and other scum. The only fights I haven't gotten involved in were between Imperials and Stormcloaks. I've risen to level 50 and explored a LOT of the continent of Skyrim. Most importantly, I've met all the people in the cities, towns, villages and outposts. I've seen what's happening with my own eyes (and ears) rather than just listen to the talk of others.
This is what I have observed. I know this is posted in the Spoilers section, but I still feel obligated to warn you, here be spoilers:
The Stormcloak rebellion is headed by Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak and his trusted friend Galmar. They are planning their forthcoming war from the Jarl's palace in Windhelm. It is suprisingly easy to gain admittance to see them.
Ulfric Stormcloak believes that his rebellion is necessary. It is the driving force behind everything he does and says. Unfortunately, he's willing to sacrifice anyone and anything to win. Worse, he's willing to do such things simply because they are expedient. Ulfric may or may not be racist, but a visit to his court in Windhelm demonstrated that his court is chock full of them. Listening to them telling jokes, many of them bluntly racist, actually made me ill. (NOTE: I'm using mods that add people to cities, villages and towns. So, in all honesty, I don't know how many of these nasty nobles are actually in the vanilla game.) Worse, Ulfric's 2nd in command, Galmar, clearly is of the "You're either with us, or against us" stripe. I got the distinct sensation from him that he'd happily butcher anyone he doubted the loyalty of. Just looking around the city and talking to the populace in general (let alone the Grey Quarter) left me with a feeling that Windhelm was a dark city full of hatred and despair. Traveling back to Whiterun was such a relief that I actually wanted to hug Nazeem. (Not really.)
On the Imperial side of the fence, General Tullius and Legate Rikke are the driving force behind the Empire's efforts to quell the rebellion and put down Ulfric once and for all. (After he escaped from Helgen in the confusion of Alduin's attack, much like you did/will.) It is also easy to gain entrance to Castle Dour to speak to Tullius and Rikke, but the General quickly grows tired of you and will order you out.
Tullius is a tough, no-nonsense commander. He seems to have no qualms about anyone, of any race or belief, serving in the Imperial Legion. But, he has absolutely no patience for anyone. He's clearly under terrific pressure to bring the rebellion in Skyrim to a quick end. Having the Thalmor looking over his shoulder (more on that a bit later) is not helping matters. His 2nd in command, Rikke is a bit more willing to think openly about options and this allows her to warn Tullius about possible blind spots in his plans. If there is a dark presence in Solitude (and Castle Dour) it isn't in the Imperial sections, but rather in the chambers reserved for the Thalmor. Tullius is driven and stubborn as hell, but he only has it in for the Stormcloaks themselves. This allows Rikke to warn him about the danger of continuing to let Whiterun stand aloof in the brewing conflict and the need to push Jarl Balgruuf for a commitement, which Tullius (grudgingly) accedes to.
The Thalmor are the "Representatives of the Aldmeri Dominion to the Empire." What I quickly came to believe after reading books, notes and confronting them face-to-face in the cities and on the roads of Skyrim, is that they are the not-so-secret police/special forces of the Dominion.
While everything I've said above that paragraph is open to argument and differences of opinion, the Thalmor are not. They are racists of the worse sort. They threaten, bully, insult and will attack you on the road if you give them the slightest excuse. They will actually twist a conversation you initiate with them until you either have to admit you are a Talos worshipper or meekly back-off while they insult you and then walk away. You will spot them with alarming regularity on the roads of Skyrim, usually well armored and well armed. They are often leading a prisoner. I can't think of a more provocational situation if you are role-playing. Even if you're not playing as a Nord, these encounters are scary and very dangerous (especially if you are below level 10.) It becomes very clear, as you play the game, that the Dominion is playing a "both sides against the middle" strategy with the Empire and the Stormcloaks.
I've come to the following conclusions:
1) I sympathize with the Stormcloaks... -but not with Ulfric (and especially not Galmar!) Ralof and Gerdur really pulled at my heartstrings at the beginning of the game, but getting to know Ulfric and seeing his city totally smashed my initial vision of him based on Ralof and Gerdur's words.
2) I don't like General Tullius's... "general" attitude (no pun intended.) But he is a hell of a lot more respectable (in my opinion) than Ulfric. His attitude problems (and the blind spots they create in his awareness) are somewhat mitigated by Legate Rikke. I don't like him, but I dislike him a helluva lot less than Ulfric.
3) The Thalmor are the most arrogant, murderous bigots I've run into in the game. At least bandits just want your money. Hell, even Vampires want to kill you for a practical reason. Even Galmar looks like a paragon of love and virtuousness compared to them. This isn't just my opinion. They spout racist, hateful oaths when they are in combat with you. They insult everyone (not just you) and their threats aren't just thinly-veiled, they are openly sarcastic and provocative.
This is what I already do:
I attack Thalmor (who are not inside cities) wherever I find them. In order to avoid getting a bounty placed on me, I provoke them into combat. This is easy to do as all you have to do refuse to back down when the Thalmor start threatening you with thinly-veiled accusations of Talos worshipping. (My favorite response in the conversation tree is a flippant "You got me, I believe in Talos." This has gotten me into trouble as I am now running into Thalmor "hit squads" that are actively seeking me out. No, I'm not imagining this. I've found orders on their bodies with my name on them. Personally, I think this is wonderfully immersive. Even city and townsfolk have started to comment on my one-man-war against the Thalmor.
This is what I intend to do soon:
I will finally go to Bleak Falls Barrow and retrieve the dragon tablet for Bulgruuf and Farengar so I can re-trigger the main quest. When I finally deal with Alduin, I will join the Empire. Putting down the rebellion as quickly as possible will prevent many deaths in the long run. Also, while I sympathize with the Stormcloaks, I believe their leader is unworthy. Mainly because he simply will not accept that a Skyrim WITH the Empire is stronger than without. But, I will continue to champion Talos worship. I will attack Thalmor on sight. I will continue to wage a one-man war against the Dominion until I've exhausted all of Skyrim including the various mods. (Can't wait to try the series: "Fight Against the Thalmor" by MadFrenchie.)
Now, you may see things quite differently about the Empire, the Stormcloaks or even the Thalmor. (Please forgive me, though. I'm liable to laugh at you if you think the Thalmor are "misunderstood.") So please, let me know your opinions.
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I meant that to highlight how by picking a side, the video instantly alienates or invalidates 50% of the players experiences. This is exactly why TES games are not good movie material.
Ah. Now I see.
Well, I do see your point but, it doesn't bother me in the least. I'm going Imperial in my game and I still enjoyed the machinima Dragonborn immensely. I guess it's because I treat the two of them (the game and the movie) separately. I really have to question whether a majority, or even a significant percentage, of Skyrim players would be turned off by a movie just because it does not follow the choices they made.
Now the points about the movie being too short/narrow of focus (main plot only, perhaps a few of the quests, tops) is an interesting topic. One might be tempted to point at the LotR trilogy. But that was based on novels, not games. Novels are focused to begin with. Yes, yes, I know -the Silmarillion was all over the place. But I always considered that a grab-bag of anthologies written in the tone of a college professor's notes.
Aaaand, I'm getting off-topic. Sorry. I really think there is a place for a Skyrim movie. But it will most likely be quite a bit different from even the start of the main-storyline in TESV.
(For one thing, it would be really nice if they stopped this whole "prisoner" thing. I mean, it's like Bethesda has got some weird fetish for dungeons and prisoners...)
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Yes! A big "Thank You" to Arthmoor for a common sense mod for the NPCs.
I bought Dawnguard and Dragonborn during the latest Steam sale. I thought I would have to manually start them and was unaware that Steam automatically activated the ESMs and put them in my load order. Suddenly Vampires start attacking inside the cities when I enter. Not every time, not even most of the time. But I was starting to lose NPCs before I could react. You can argue "game breaking" or not all day long. What you can't argue is that dead NPC merchants and quest pieces equals intense annoyance. Annoying because the freaking NPCs all try to attack a vampire! What. The. H311?!?
I was ready to uncheck the Dawnguard esm until I found this thread and the link to Arthmoor's excellent mod. (I'll be using the dragon one as well.)
I still have to roll back to the last pre-Dawnguard save due to NPC losses. *sigh*. Yeah, that was my fault that I kept playing while not understanding why I suddenly had vampires climbing up my posterior every fourth or fifth time I entered a town.
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You mean the character's decision to follow Ralof instead of Hadavar? Well, yeah. But I was referring to how well the film was done using game assets and mods.
Rather than get into a "Emprie vs. Stormcloaks" discussion here I'm gonna mosey on over to the thread about that from a few months before... No, better not necro that. I'll start a new one.
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Most of you are probably familiar with this, but just in case:
The Trailers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwmzu7Z5578&list=UUT6iAerLNE-0J1S_E97UAuQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KWO-udukZ0&list=UUT6iAerLNE-0J1S_E97UAuQ
Act I (of three):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyHZn_nC3kc&list=UUT6iAerLNE-0J1S_E97UAuQ&noredirect=1
Now I realize this isn't Hollywood, but Machinima. Rather well-done in my opinion.
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I believe it will be set in Hammerfell. Why? Skyrim really upped the Aldmeri Domininion factor and its (not-so) secret police/troubleshooters, the Thalmor. So, who's put the biggest poke in the Dominion's eye? That's right, Hammerfell. The Redguards are itching for a fight, even if it isn't good for them in the short run.
Of course, this assumes that TESVI follows TESV chronologically like Skyrim followed Oblivion. And it further assumes that Bethesda wants to follow up on the building pressure to another "Great War".
@CompanyOfGamers: Thank you for the map with the game overlays. Did you do that? Nicely done.
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As usual, a big "Thank You" to the staff of Black Tree Gaming for not only staying on top of situations like this to contain damage, but also letting us know up front what happened right away.
So many corporations just do not understand (even though we are well into the second decade of "social media" ) that silence is more damaging to their public reputations than admitting that something went wrong. They still live in the priorities of the previous century that mandated: " Don't say anything! Get the situation under control first!" Unfortunately, this corporate mantra doesn't fly in present day social and mass media. It simply results in customer base anger and distrust. Just look at the reaction to the way Sony handled the Playstation Network hack fiasco.
So, Thank You again guys. You may have to wade through the drek and quagmire for us, but know that we really appreciate your efforts to keep us informed and safe.
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Hah! That is funny. I love how, after you got blown (teleported?) to a new location your computer was like: "da hell?" and took nearly 30 seconds to fill in all the textures and even entire terrain objects.
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Well, that nerdy puppy in Riverwood (can't remember his name) who keeps pestering you to let him do stuff for you seems to be in his late teens.
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This was an excellent review. It laid out all the facts and gives you much food for thought. I've never been an MMO player, and having seen this, I won't be trying ESO. But that doesn't mean I think it's bad. Only that it doesn't interest me. Having wandered at random through Skyrim and finding amazing places, I don't think I could ever get into the MMO rail-driven grind.
But, if you like the typical MMO grind and don't mind giving up the freedom to go where you want and do what you want, then maybe ESO is a good fit for you. After all, the PvP is apparently excellent. And you can level your character however you feel like.
Ulfric's voice
in Skyrim LE
Posted
"Cult of personality", -agreed. Between his brief appearance at the beginning and Ralof and Gerdur's down-to-earth (Tamriel?) common sense lines at Riverwood I wanted to trot right off to Windhelm and join the intolerant bast- uhm, I meant Stormcloaks, right away.