shank her

Can't get enough of the undead encounters.

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Lots of bones, Blake enjoys lots of bones at once.

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Damn there are alot of undead things in this room!

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I never see you with a companion. Don't use them?

Nope I usually don't. Mainly cause I kill things easy. I was thinking of making a pure mage next or a 2h warrior type that i'll use them alot most likely.

I ended up killing every companion who went with me, so I never used em.

They do get in the way sometimes. I still use Lydia, mostly to tank things in multi-mob situations, and she typically gets shot in the back when she runs in front of me. But even at level 32 with ~65 Archery, I get rocked vs more than a couple stronger mobs -- especially if I don't have room to kite.

Last night I ran the quest in the thieve's guild line where you and Mercer go after that Nightingale chick who killed Gallus. There was at least one pull that ended up with 6-8 Draugers, some melee some caster (with that damn shout/stagger they do), each which take a good 6-10 shots to kill (not using true shot pots or poisons). Mercer would tank everything until he's brought down then they just gang rape me. I ended up getting through it all eventually, but I can't fathom pulls like that solo.

Like those last couple screenshots of your Yoox... unless you're 1-2-shotting those skeletons, I dunno.

I'm 35 with 92 archery, I do 1 shot a lot of the lower stuff, 1/2 shot restless usually, scourge/deathlord take some work cause of their shouts. Use potions more they help a lot, I use stamina potions with slowing down the action with archery zoom is overpowered. Poison pots on weapon with keeping your enchantments charged is nice, if you went enchant at all it's nice too. I went lockpick and planning on going pickpocket which holds us back some. I thought about 2h but it's gonna be gimped with sneak points. I want to make a 2h toon at some point and be a melee rockstar.

Can't help but simply appreciate this game when I see these videos and play the game.

Video showing off skyrim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=pIQLZsB5nfU

I like the 50% zoom, but since it slows you down too, it's really too much of a win. Pots are huge -- agreed. But I can't say I ever drink stam pots. When I need to dish out a lot of dmg in a short time, I poison up and drink a true shot pot. But those are only for boss fights, really. My bow has Animus on it, for soul stealing, but maybe I'll enchant another bow with a dmg modifer instead.

I plan on skilling up enchanting (current ~35). I think that'll be huge. Same with smithing (which is already ~65). I hear upgrading your armor makes a huge diff (e.g. 2x the armor).

My lockpicking is in the 60s or 70 now; same with pickpocket. They skilled up *fast* once I started the Thieve's Guild line. I only put a few points into Pickpocket for the increase carry capacity bonus. Nothing in lockpicking. Don't think either are worth spending many points in. Points in Alchemy could be fun, for better poisons and health pots. But I don't think I'll have enough points if I go for Smithing/Enchanting.

I've been increasing my Magicka a lot, thinking I'd be a hybrid thief/caster, but that hasn't really panned out, so I kinda regret that now. Prob shoulda just went straight health and a little stam.

Like you, I'm really looking forward to playing again as a melee and caster. This game has fantastic replayability.