Skyrim Hearth Fire DLC Leak

[Knight Templar]

I doubt all it is is building a house, unless this was one of the small cheap DLC's they said they would make along with the bigger ones.

the prick doesn't even give you a pat on the pack, or even an acknowledgement of what you did,

You made it clear you were not paying even the most basic attention to what was going on, but how can you miss the fact he entrusts you with the use and safekeeping for the weapon of a god?

 

[chiggerwood]

I doubt all it is is building a house, unless this was one of the small cheap DLC's they said they would make along with the bigger ones.

the prick doesn't even give you a pat on the pack, or even an acknowledgement of what you did,

You made it clear you were not paying even the most basic attention to what was going on, but how can you miss the fact he entrusts you with the use and safekeeping for the weapon of a god?

I was paying attention, maybe I hit a glitch, but after I defeated the big bad, the leader said nothing to me. I just stood there waiting for a good job or something similar, but all I got was silence, and the guy turning around and walking away. OK he doesn't ask for the bow or anything, but he also didn't even acknowledge that I had it except for a quick "You have the bow of God let's kill vampires." Yeah he's enthralled by it for two seconds, and then he seems to completely forget about it. Maybe he got distracted by a shiny.

Now I also take umbrage with the assumption that I wasn't paying attention, I was. It's just that I don't think that Dawnguard was very good. The most interesting part is when the Arch-Curate Vyrthur talks about Akatosh abandoning him due to something he can't help, BUT! The ramifications of living in such a fucked up theology are never followed up on, or discussed again. It's just an idea that brought up, but dropped quicker than it was brought up. Then you kill him. The idea of a god abandoning, or not even attempting to help your ass and leaving you at the mercy of an evil deity because of a sickness you don't want and can't help is devastating. How can anyone worship a being like that? The answer: By ignoring the hell out the situation apparently. Who wants philosophical questions and high minded discussion in a video game anyways?

I'm sorry for being long winded and throwing a wall of text at you I really am, it's just that I've been with the series since Morrowind, and the games just keep getting more and more simple minded. Just compare the reasons of the big-bads between Oblivion and Skyrim. Mehrunes Dagon believes Tamriel to be a plane of Oblivion that was stolen from him and he's just trying to take back what he believes to be rightfully his. Alduin is trying to destroy the world, because that's just what he's supposed to do. It's slightly alluded to that he feels that mer are inferior to him because he's the firstborn of Akatosh, but it's never really followed up on. It would be one thing if he was only trying to conquer the world because he's the first born of Akatosh, but he's not. He's trying to destroy the world, because it's just what he's supposed to do.

 

[renegade7]

Sounds on awful lot like Minecraft..Notch should sue them

 

[The Scotsman72]

I doubt all it is is building a house, unless this was one of the small cheap DLC's they said they would make along with the bigger ones.

the prick doesn't even give you a pat on the pack, or even an acknowledgement of what you did,

You made it clear you were not paying even the most basic attention to what was going on, but how can you miss the fact he entrusts you with the use and safekeeping for the weapon of a god?

it's just that I've been with the series since Morrowind, and the games just keep getting more and more simple minded.

Simple games for simple minded people. Gotta keep the majority entertained right?

 

[Knight Templar]

I was paying attention, maybe I hit a glitch, but after I defeated the big bad, the leader said nothing to me. I just stood there waiting for a good job or something similar, but all I got was silence, and the guy turning around and walking away. OK he doesn't ask for the bow or anything, but he also didn't even acknowledge that I had it except for a quick "You have the bow of God let's kill vampires." Yeah he's enthralled by it for two seconds, and then he seems to completely forget about it. Maybe he got distracted by a shiny.

That sounds like a glitch, since he is supposed to talk to you.

Now I also take umbrage with the assumption that I wasn't paying attention, I was.

You couldn't remember the name of the character who follows you and works with you almost the entire DLC. That tends to give a bad impression, however...

It's just that I don't think that Dawnguard was very good. The most interesting part is when the Arch-Curate Vyrthur talks about Akatosh abandoning him due to something he can't help, BUT! The ramifications of living in such a fucked up theology are never followed up on, or discussed again. It's just an idea that brought up, but dropped quicker than it was brought up. Then you kill him. The idea of a god abandoning, or not even attempting to help your ass and leaving you at the mercy of an evil deity because of a sickness you don't want and can't help is devastating. How can anyone worship a being like that? The answer: By ignoring the hell out the situation apparently. Who wants philosophical questions and high minded discussion in a video game anyways?

I apologize for thinking you were not paying attention. This and what follows clearly shows that I was mistaken. Sorry for the offense.

 

[Emperor Nat]

I hope this is the case. It would be awesome - especially if you could make castles and stuff. Still, I loved Dawnguard and I'm looking forward to what they do next.

 

[Gatx]

Even if it is something that's already done by a mod, I'd be all for it if it's actually done in a more intuitive, and user friendly way than some mods would allow.

 

[ErwinGodfrey]

http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1404578-i-found-out-what-heartfire-is-about/

So apparently derptemp6698, the guy who leaked info about two Mass effect DLCs, and was right on both accounts, has claimed to have gotten information about Skyrim's next DLc HEarthfire.

"Hearthfire?, the next official game-add on for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim®, has arrived. For the first time in the Elder Scrolls universe, purchase land and build your own home from the ground up - from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with armory, alchemy laboratory, trophy room, and more! With Hearthfire, the possibilities of what you can build are endless."

Is it true? maybe
Is it fake? maybe

but if it is real... all I can say is.... BOUT DAMN TIME BETHESDA.

I really hope there is more to this than just a house building mod with a budget. I don't mind paying $10-20 dollars for what would have once been called expansion packs, like Shivering Isles, Broken Steel, etc., but I do mind paying around the same price for a rather insignificant DLC pack that has been created multiple times to varying degrees of success by modders.

 

[Latinidiot]

Oh man, that sounds cool. I really have to get a new Skyrim, I kinda borked my first disc.

 

[SlamDunc]

If this is around 150 MS Points I certainly dont mind. That is what I paid for the Houses in Oblivion.

 

[chiggerwood]

I doubt all it is is building a house, unless this was one of the small cheap DLC's they said they would make along with the bigger ones.

the prick doesn't even give you a pat on the pack, or even an acknowledgement of what you did,

You made it clear you were not paying even the most basic attention to what was going on, but how can you miss the fact he entrusts you with the use and safekeeping for the weapon of a god?

it's just that I've been with the series since Morrowind, and the games just keep getting more and more simple minded.

Simple games for simple minded people. Gotta keep the majority entertained right?

You can keep the majority entertained, and have a high minded game at the same time just look at... and uh... ummmmm shit. Some days I really hate people.

You know I use to say that I love the Elder Scrolls without having to put an asterisk in front of that statement, save for a few words about bugs, but now half the books are gone, the spell list gets shorter and shorter, as does the weapons and utilities, all of it apparently replaced by more sparkly effects, and grander graphics. The lore might as well not even exist. It feels like they're just making shit up as they go along.

I miss the levitation spell and the blue lantern from Morrowind, I remember I used to make a game of stealing all the lanterns in Morrowind. I miss using a candelabra for light. I miss making my player look like a pirate, and using a cutlass in Oblivion. I miss the old leveling up system where you would have to sleep and then you get a message with your character screen about what your character was thinking as he/she progressed "is this what getting old feels like?" I miss stories that thought past the next mission, and side quest that added to the lore, like getting an Aeylid crown for a collector in oblivion. I love what happens when you give him the wrong one. I miss being able to lose and leave the world to chaos. I miss character classes and specialization. The immediate gameplay's improved sure, and people don't look like automatons, but, I guess what my point is is that Skyrim isn't an Elder Scrolls game. It's not, it just isn't. It's like someone wearing the skin of an old friend and trying to pass themselves off as your friend, They have quest locked dungeons now for fucks sake. Skyrim is as complicated as the "Two Worlds" series now! I use to turn my nose up at people who said they like Two Worlds! And this is the game that won game of the year *slow clap* I hate the game industry.

 

[Schadrach]

A DLC to build my own house. Hmmm, does it also come with horse armour?

Sadly not, but you DO get mudcrab armor

AHH! So *THAT'S* what happened to the Dwemer! =p Damned Deep Elves, you can never trust mer until you've changed them enough to make them Khajiit...

Also, since we're talking house mods, I strongly suspect that the house in Hearthfire (also the name of a month in TES, though usually corrupted/misspelled as Heartfire) will both not be the entire mod and also not be as awesome as http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20751 .

 

[SajuukKhar]

I miss stories that thought past the next mission, and side quest that added to the lore, like getting an Aeylid crown for a collector in oblivion. I love what happens when you give him the wrong one.

You mean like
-The entire Dawnguard DLC that expands upon vampires and Falmer
-The lost to the ages quest that expands upon what happened to the Dwemer in skyrim
-The entire Main quest that greatly expanded upon the lore of the Dragons, the akaviri, the draugr, the blades, and the greybeards
-The thieves guild that finally expanded upon their connection the nocturnal
-The college of winterhold that showed part of the god Magnus was left behind, and expanded on the destruction of saarthal
Skyrim has more new lore in it then Oblivion did.

And at least it didn't have the ball bustingly bad retcon of turning the province from a tropical jungle into a classic mid-evil landscape that Oblivion pulled.

I miss being able to lose and leave the world to chaos.

You couldn't lose either Oblivion or Morrowind

I miss character classes and specialization.

Except the character class system prove gave less diversity in your characters then skyrim's does.

 

[SacremPyrobolum]

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20751 .

OH SHIT! How could I have missed that mod, it's amazing! Unlike all the other so called large house mods that aren't so much a house as a badly crafted museum this one looks like a true, mystical fortress!

Thank alot for pointing this out for me!

 

[RobDaBank]

I'm confused? Should I buy this or download the mod? You can download mods onto an Xbox can't you?

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

This is a little strange. I'm guessing they have more to this DLC or it's really cheap as I have this EXACT mod and it's really well done.

 

[Schadrach]

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20751 .

OH SHIT! How could I have missed that mod, it's amazing! Unlike all the other so called large house mods that aren't so much a house as a badly crafted museum this one looks like a true, mystical fortress!

Thank alot for pointing this out for me!

It occasionally skirts the edge of the museum bit, particularly the mannequins arranged in the circle facing each other, but that bit is supposed to be a sort of showcase for your shiny, shiny armor.

The rest of it has the clutter and furniture that makes a place look "homey", except for the dungeon level, which has the forge and dungeons and appropriate clutter that is less "homey" and more appropriate for a torture chamber, complete with a lackey necromancer.

The void storage system is unbelievably handy (especially the remote access spell), as is recall, and I've taken to using the imprisonment feature on major hostile NPCs that aren't *required* to be killed (like the Orsimer chieftain in Malacath's artifact quest), just because the idea of jailing them for several days while my necromancer performs alchemical "testing" on them is just too tasty.

I'm wondering if it works with Unlimited Bookcases or not (another awesome mod -- it uses the actual width of books to determine position and capacity on bookcases, and can also support non-book items in the same fashion), but I can't test because Dawnspire supposedly doesn't interact well with Dawnguard followers, and I don't really want to find out, since I've just got to finish the Soul Cairn to be able to ditch Serana.

 

[Archonic Energy]

No reason to assume there's any more to it at this time. Two words: Horse Armor.

Also they did horse armor, once... and they have done like 10 DLC since then, and none of them have been like horse armor. If horse armor was something they did more then one time, you would have a point, but they haven't.

Hey... I kinda want Horse armour in Skyrim... it'd be epic!... Dragon bone armour for Shadowmare

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

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I'd love a house similar to the little shack in oblivion. I like small cosy houses. Breezehome is nice.

 

[kortin]

These people must have ESP. They're able to tell exactly what a dlc will have, based entirely on limited information that someone gave out! Man, I wish I had ESP.