The Elder Scrolls Megathread XV: A Song of Ice and Draugr - Games

Because making top lists on games that haven't been released for a year that haven't even started makes total sense.

Just like the people who call rust the "most anticipated PC game".

i don't even know what rust is seriously, i never bothered to look it up or enter the subforum or anything

[QUOTE=Tuskin;42776242]Never heard of this site, but they ranked ESO as Number 8 best PC game of 2014 :/ [url]http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/18494/article/top-pc-games-of-2014/#p13[/url][/QUOTE] What crap list is this when they put DA: Inquisition and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as 14 and 13 while some shit titles I've never heard about makes the rest of them?

[QUOTE=UntouchedShadow;42771075]Steam recently screwed up an update and gave everyone Dawnguard for free. You probably saved the game before they were able to fix it, so now the ESM for Dawnguard is saved into your copy of the game. You basically got free DLC.[/QUOTE] I was wondering because I got the dawnguard esm showing up on my NMM and I was curious as to whether it was just a placeholder or what so I haven't enabled it. so if I enable it I'm basically installing Dawnguard? That's pretty coo' what does it add anyway, I never really bothered with the skyrim dlcs

It also adds that annoying woman from Diablo 3, who you are introduced to in the most stupid way possible. Also, random vampire attacks on cities where non-essential NPCs reside.

[QUOTE=Excalibuurr;42777004]Vampire attacks can be fixed with a mod.[/QUOTE] Or by doing the quests.

do you think it'd be safe to add it to an already existing save-game? I haven't invested much time but it'd still be a shame to lose what I've put in.

[QUOTE=Excalibuurr;42777096]Quest too complicated, got dick stuck in Se- Yeah, but that would involve you doing most of the DLC and avoiding cities. Pretty annoying if you are restricted from selling loot and stuff.[/QUOTE] Yes, I do agree. The quests themselves didn't really feel all that exciting either. What disappointed me the most was how no matter which side you chose to help out, you still get stuck with Serana trying to free her mother, find the last Elder Scroll, fight that Snow Elf, and kill Harkon. I wanted to go on a big recruiting mission across Skyrim for the Dawnguard Order (Like how you could take three followers of your choosing and recruit them for the Blades) and just storm Volkihar Castle and massacre all of the vampires. Also I really fucking hated the Snow Elf rite of passage thing during the hunt for Auriel's Bow. Too much running through a gigantic cave system and across a massive snowy valley just to fill up a bowl of water five times.

[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;42777040]Or by doing the quests.[/QUOTE] the random vampires attacks don't stop after the dawnguard main quest is over.

[QUOTE=papaya;42777143]do you think it'd be safe to add it to an already existing save-game? I haven't invested much time but it'd still be a shame to lose what I've put in.[/QUOTE] As long as you aren't near/inside an area the DLC modifies, you should be good. Best I can tell, the only vanilla cells Dawnguard modifies are all halfway to Bumnfukh, Egypt, so chances are you're in a "safe" location to enable the DLC.

[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;42777735]the random vampires attacks don't stop after the dawnguard main quest is over.[/QUOTE] I think they do By the time they are over though basically all non essential NPCs in cities will be dead [editline]6th November 2013[/editline] Boy howdy it's a good thing that bethesda made like 50% of the npcs in the game essential, otherwise I think the dragon and vampire attacks would have caused everybody to kill themselves. They were clearly thinking ahead on that note :rolleye:

[QUOTE=rinoaff33;42764949]It's fine. Haven't had any problems out of it, aside from a few random crashes/other weirdness when using the "you could dress better" option to gain manual control over a follower's gear.[/QUOTE] Proved to be a piece of shit mod faster than anything ever. No instructions and when you start wanting to use its functionalities, you get no help from the author. How the fuck do i get a horse for my companion? Mod be like "lol No" author be like "Lul REED!" description be like "informative? lul naw" my patience was like non-existent for bullshit like that. False advertising award of the nexus goes right there.

I want to try the elder scrolls travels games. Does anyone know where I should start?

[QUOTE=UntouchedShadow;42772347]fly liek mammuth [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/194/8ak7.jpg/][IMG]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4706/8ak7.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/QUOTE] I can mammoth too [T]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/884120021469415055/62F13CD1071E8DD76DAB1B6094A00B1A6FBF6EC4/[/T]

[QUOTE=DarkSamus;42774866][img]http://images.wikia.com/elderscrolls/images/5/5a/TESO_Logo.png[/img][/QUOTE] no waaaay man this doesn't count :(

I worry that the areas designed in ESO that weren't put into the series already will set a precedent for Bethesda. I.E If the next game is in Summerset or Hammerfell it'll look like it did in ESO more.

[QUOTE=Banshee FrieNd;42779113]I want to try the elder scrolls travels games. Does anyone know where I should start?[/QUOTE] A time machine back to when you could actually play them.

Anyone else here big on immersion/survival? I've installed Hunterborn, Frostfall, and Realistic Needs and Diseases. Best mods on the nexus, hands down.

[QUOTE=Harnbrand;42783960]Anyone else here big on immersion/survival? I've installed Hunterborn, Frostfall, and Realistic Needs and Diseases. Best mods on the nexus, hands down.[/QUOTE] Sure, if I wanted my quest to last 600 hours in return trips for comestibles. Most people prolly not.

[QUOTE=Harnbrand;42783960]Anyone else here big on immersion/survival? I've installed Hunterborn, Frostfall, and Realistic Needs and Diseases. Best mods on the nexus, hands down.[/QUOTE] If I'm doing a one life run I might do stuff like this, though it's generally more annoying than anything.

[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;42783888]A time machine back to when you could actually play them.[/QUOTE] There are emulators.

[QUOTE=27X;42784129]Sure, if I wanted my quest to last 600 hours in return trips for comestibles. Most people prolly not.[/QUOTE] I don't know. There's something way cool about realizing that when you're high in the icy mountains and a sudden blizzard starts to blow, you won't survive long without a fire and a tent or building to take shelter in. It makes the world of Skyrim seem so much bigger - Especially when the mod has an option to disable fast travel. The mod also has an option where certain classes of vanilla/expansion armor have different resistances to cold. For example, a full set of ebony or dragon armor offers moderate protection, a set of fur armor offers the highest cold resistance, and a set of Hide or studded hide gear or forsworn armor is going to make you a meatsicle in a couple of minutes (Because in the game, that covers very little of you, leaving your upper body mostly bare). If you have armor added by a mod, it has an 'inspect' option that lets you choose how resistant that armor is to cold. Resist Frost enchantments also go a long way. Hunting game using Hunterborn is fun - You get to pick up and carry carcasses before field dressing and skinning/harvesting them. Deer, Elk and Sabre Cats are naturally very heavy, and very difficult to carry. You can kill and gather a brace of rabbits or other small game much more easily. [B]Imagine:[/B] You're starving with no food, and stuck far from help, high in the mountain passes of the Pale. There's a snow storm brewing. You've been stalking an elk, and you finally take it down with an arrow. The chill starts to get to you despite the fact you're clad in thick furs, and you're slowly freezing. Now, carving up that elk for meat is going to take time. You won't last long enough in the cold to manage it. Solution? You pick up the carcass (Which weighs a goddamn tonne) and move it, slowly but surely, back to your camp (Consisting of a fireplace you can create anywhere and feed with firewood, and a portable, pitchable tent). Want to run with it? Drink a carry weight potion. Once at your fire, you can drop it, harvest its meat, use the cooking pot and ingredients you're carrying to cook it so the raw meat doesn't make you sick, and you'll still have a lot of meat to spare. So you eat, put some of the meat for provisions in your pack (You can salt the meat if you have salt piles so it doesn't spoil) and lie down in your tent to wait out the storm. Once the skies clear (Or you get impatient and use Clear Sky to end the storm immediately) you add more firewood to your fire, get as warm as you can, then quench it and continue on your way. Those mods make moments like the one I just described frequent and engaging. Oh, and you can toggle each of the mods on or off in-game, or edit their settings using SkyUI's MCM (Also in-game) to choose just how hardcore you want to play them. Hell, you can even set the rate at which you're affected by cold, or at which you get hungry, thirsty or sleepy. Once you've seen all of Skyrim, you've done most of the quests, and the game gets boring, this really breathes life back into it. Harnbrand is my alt btw.

[QUOTE=archangel125;42784547]I don't know. There's something way cool about realizing that when you're high in the icy mountains and a sudden blizzard starts to blow, you won't survive long without a fire and a tent or building to take shelter in. It makes the world of Skyrim seem so much bigger - Especially when the mod has an option to disable fast travel. Blah blah.[/QUOTE] I used Frostfall last time I played Skyrim and I can testify that this is true. The trip to High Hrothgar is infinitely more engaging, wondrous, and maybe even 'magical' when you have to make stops every now and then to warm yourself up around a campfire, giving you time to reflect on the words inscribed on the ancient tablets, and your own journey. It turns what was previously a "hold w to go forward up a lot of steps" ordeal into an arduous trek, pitting you against nature. It really adds a lot to that moment when you finally see this fabled High Hrothgar materialize out of the harsh, unforgiving blizzard.

[QUOTE=Raxas;42784624]I used Frostfall last time I played Skyrim and I can testify that this is true. The trip to High Hrothgar is infinitely more engaging, wondrous, and maybe even 'magical' when you have to make stops every now and then to warm yourself up around a campfire, giving you time to reflect on the words inscribed on the ancient tablets, and your own journey. It turns what was previously a "hold w to go forward up a lot of steps" ordeal into an arduous trek, pitting you against nature. It really adds a lot to that moment when you finally see this fabled High Hrothgar materialize out of the harsh, unforgiving blizzard.[/QUOTE] The first time I tried it I realized I should've packed a lot more firewood, and froze to death on the tree-bare heights before I could reach the summit.

For me the purpose of survival mods is to give me a break from HACK SLASH HACK SLASH and combat in general, which can get quite boring after a while. It just adds the all important aspect of variety. Can never have enough variety. They also can keep you from carrying 30 different weapons because you need room for extra clothes, a tent, wood, tools, and food.

[QUOTE=mecaguy03;42784794]For me the purpose of survival mods is to give me a break from HACK SLASH HACK SLASH and combat in general, which can get quite boring after a while. It just adds the all important aspect of variety. Can never have enough variety. They also can keep you from carrying 30 different weapons because you need room for extra clothes, a tent, wood, tools, and food.[/QUOTE] Which adds a little realism to the whole thing - Fantastic for immersion.

Can anyone recommend me a good ENB 0.233 preset that doesn't eat up too much of my framerate? Also, I recently got a CPU and RAM upgrade so now I'm running with an i5-4670 and 8GB ram. Does skyrim still not use up more than a certain amount of ram or something, can I help that?

hey if anyone here is on reddit, there is /r/teso - a subreddit for The Elder Scrolls Online, be sure to subscribe: [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/teso[/url]

[QUOTE=earthdefence;42785576]hey if anyone here is on reddit, there is /r/teso - a subreddit for The Elder Scrolls Online, be sure to subscribe: [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/teso[/url][/QUOTE] Sorry but I am not very into masochism.