(Skyrim) Why so hastily ?
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I'm over 80 hours in and the only two quest lines I have completed are the Companions and the College of Winterhold. Still working on miscellaneous, daedra, main quest, thieves guild and dark brotherhood. No where near done yet.
I think some people enjoy speed runs. As for my personal story:
I'm 80 hrs in according to Steam. That number isn't accurate because my fiance's been playing so I think about half that time is her's.
I'm level 34, head of the Mage's College, head of the Companions, and just started the Thieves Guild. I also did a few Daedric quests and became the Thane of Whiterun and Winterhold. Not to mention a ton of side quests and random dungeons. I've only explored three cities and only did enough of the main quest to get those extra shouts.
I'm 80 hrs in according to Steam. That number isn't accurate because my fiance's been playing so I think about half that time is her's.
I'm level 34, head of the Mage's College, head of the Companions, and just started the Thieves Guild. I also did a few Daedric quests and became the Thane of Whiterun and Winterhold. Not to mention a ton of side quests and random dungeons. I've only explored three cities and only did enough of the main quest to get those extra shouts.
I've been playing Skyrim for 60hr easily and have yet to beat the main quest. (I've gotten as far as
, but never actually gone through with it.) However, I can see an argument for getting through the main quest pretty quickly and dicking around afterwards. For one, if you want
while you explore, you'll have to do the main quest.
Odahviing flying me to Alduin's gate to Savongard
the Call Dragon and Dragonrend shouts
That's what I thought! That armour is so similar to KotOR.michiehoward said:
Don't even know how may horus I'm in but it's probably around 30-40 and I've finished the main quest and am now bumming around the world just doing whatever suits me. Don't feel like I've rushed but from an RP'ing perspective I felt that I should get a shimmy on and stop the World Devourer before he devours the world...
Don't even know from the top of my head how long i've been playing. But i'm level 33 or something and still need to go to Riften to proceed with the main quest. Not going soon though, having to much stuff unearthing ancient goodies from cryptes and pissing of giants.
Everyone is free to play a game however they want, singleplayer even more so than MP-titles, but you're selling yourself short if you 'rush' this game, or just play the main quest.
Just my 2 cents... ^^
Everyone is free to play a game however they want, singleplayer even more so than MP-titles, but you're selling yourself short if you 'rush' this game, or just play the main quest.
Just my 2 cents... ^^
I took my time getting to the end and what did I get? I killed the ender of worlds, dark god of everything evil and blah blah blah in 15 seconds, so that's my epic experience.
One of the reasons to finish the main quest reasonably quickly is so you wouldn't to slice through it like an ebony waraxe of +20 fire damage through a piece of butter. Then you can take your time and fuck around in the world all you want.
One of the reasons to finish the main quest reasonably quickly is so you wouldn't to slice through it like an ebony waraxe of +20 fire damage through a piece of butter. Then you can take your time and fuck around in the world all you want.
A bit like in todays world saying 'gee I know there's a comet on the way to wipe out the planet and all, but this debt ceiling business...' - if you know about economics, you know the proportions aren't that far off.JesterRaiin said:Soooooooooo, my fellow Escapists, after reading yet another topic starting like this "after 20-30 hours i finally have beaten Skyrim and i find both main quest and its ending, blah, blah, blah"...
Why ? What's the rush ? Why are you people running through Skyrim instead of playing it slowly, trying to become hero, protagonist of your own fantasy story, just, you know, for the sake of fun and immersion ?
There's no time limit. No achievement for speedrun. There are so many places to visit, so many items to collect, so many subquests to fulfill. Most of interesting events are prescripted, waiting for you to initiate some actions. There's no way you can miss some things no matter how much time you spend on doing something completely different...
Care to elaborate ? Please, go on. I'm really interested in your opinion.
Edit : I should probably write about my own experience.
Well, it's over 50 (close to 60) hours.
My hero(ine) is level 11, with only a few perks (i don't feel like investing into things i don't use anyway), still knows jack sh*t about world, and treats this whole "Dragonborn" thing like something between superstitious utter crap and pure coincidence (i simply were there and things just happened).
There are more important things - civil war, unrest... Ok, dragons are a threat, very real threat but if Skyrim doesn't sort its things out, there won't be anyone to fight those damn, flying lizards.
Its like reading a book, you want to get to the end, so you read more, and more and more, and eventually if its a good enough book, you MUST read to the end. It becomes a compulsion, besides the flip side is, I've got plenty of time to do all that other stuff later, why not save the world first, then sort out the politics and kill olfric storm cloak (just imo, but going with ulfric is such a stupid idea).
Besides, its such and excellent story, really, I would advise you go finish it.
The way I play is too look at the map for the direction with the most quests to do. Fast travel to the nearest place and visit every place on the map between where I am and the closest quest. Rince and repeat. I'm about 25hrs in I think, maybe more. I did the companion quest and lots of minor side quests and such. Couldn't tell you where I am in the main quest line, I don't even know which one that is. Is it the quest where I have to meet the greybeards? I'm on my way there now.
Go to Riverwood? Nah, I want a full set of Daedric Armor first! Dragon Shouts? Who the hell cares when I have a bigass sword that does all my talking? As far as all the characters in game are concerned, I'm just a regular warrior.
Do you remember where you found that? My High Elf mage would be indestructible... Of course, first he needs to train in enchanting, but I can get that done pretty quick.Rex Dark said:
Just because people finish one quest line in 30 hours doesn't mean they rushed through the game or anything. Maybe they just thought the whole dragonborn quest line was awesome? Who's to say you should do the other quests first? What does it matter? I'm, oh, let' say 35 hours in, lvl 31, and on the main quest I've so far only been to High Hrothgar and have yet to get the Horn, yet I'm a good way into the College quests and have done quite a few others. On top of that I'm around 80 Enchanting and somewhere around 65 Blacksmithing.
Basically the game is open ended - so much so that by finishing the main quest line you aren't finished the game by any means. I mean I played FO3 for probably 50 hours after finishing the main quest.
Basically the game is open ended - so much so that by finishing the main quest line you aren't finished the game by any means. I mean I played FO3 for probably 50 hours after finishing the main quest.
I have no idea...brunothepig said:
Some random chest in a dungeon, I think...
You know, one of those which fills itself with random stuff...
Damn... Sounds like a glitch, I can't find any mention of a fortify enchanting enchantment on the interwebs. I guess I can only hope I run into one as well, or use the roundabout method of enchanting equipment with fortifying alchemy, then creating fortify enchanting potions. I know both of those are possible at least.Rex Dark said:
47 hours in here. My imperial hero is focussing on preserving the Empire and slaughtering dragons is a hobby. He also hates magic.
I don't have the time to commit to a major, 100 hour playthrough, so I'll settle for my 20ish hours until after my exams.
I don't know if you invested into the Destruction tree, and I haven't yet seen the Forsworn Briarhearts, but whenever I'm confronted with a large group of mages I just start dual casting chain lighting. That usually drops them pretty quick.Rex Dark said:
OT: I think I was a master of both the theives guild and the mages guild before I completed the main quest, but I really wanted the cool shouts (which I never use no anyway).