Dragons = Oblivion Gates: Don't Do the Main Quest and You Ne : V

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:02 pm

I am level 11 now and having a blast. I do not have any shouts yet because I have to go Bleak Falls Barrow which is early in the main quest. because of this I have yet to see a dragon.
I just wanted to let everyone know that if you want to avoid dragons for a while, this is the way to go. Side quests and exploring before doing Bleak Falls Barrow.

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:37 am

Hmmm ... I never thought of this myself, but it makes sense. Good catch!

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:09 am

I find myself wandering aimlessly around Skyrim at the moment.

I need to talk to the Graybeards, but I have like 20 other side-quests to do also.

Seems like everything I do open up a new quest. I keep getting sidetracked. But it's hard to ignore some of these quests.

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:08 pm

In my OPINION, anyone who plays with dragons 'turned off' is just silly, they make a huge difference to the game both dynamically and aesthetically

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:25 pm

It svcks because I want dragons and shouts, but I don't want to progress the main storyline just to get dragons in the wild.

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:08 am

Good tip.

As the counter argument, dragon bones and scales are big money, especially early on. Frost breath kicks ass.

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» Tue May 15, 2012 4:11 am

But fighting dragons in the wild is so much fun!

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:48 am

Yeah, I don't think Dragons appear until you kill the one attacking Whiterun, because that is supposed to be the part where you figure out you can absorb dragons...

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:36 am

Why would you want to avoid dragons? They are amazing!

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:28 am

I find myself wandering aimlessly around Skyrim at the moment.

I need to talk to the Graybeards, but I have like 20 other side-quests to do also.

Seems like everything I do open up a new quest. I keep getting sidetracked. But it's hard to ignore some of these quests.

Oh god i can so relate to this.

I am a completionist. Every game i play i have to complete and see everything in the game, its just how i am. Skyrim is the first TES game i have played, and while i do like it, it can really annoy me when i have a hoard of sidequests and misc quests to do and they keep piling up and sidetracking me from doing the main questline

It annoys me and yet i like it :rolleyes:

Also Dragons and Dragon shouts are great. I dont see the point in not doing the main quest at least until you talk to the Greybeards so you get more shout training. But thats just my opinion.

Ah well back to the game now.

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:57 am

I regret even starting the main quest to be honest. The whole dragonborn concept doesn't impress me at all. I have no interest whatsoever in using shouts. And dragons just annoy me.

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:18 am

People keep asking why I am avoiding dragons?

The game is perfect to me now. I am sipping it like a fine wine, or extended foreplay. I will get to the orgism soon enough...

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:13 pm

I thought dragons weren't scripted and just flew around randomly?

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:49 am

Am I the only one that thought this was obvious?

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:49 pm

Why would you want to avoid dragons? They are amazing!

They're nothing but an annoyance. I'd say they were this games version of Cliffracers, but Cliffracers would have torn the [censored] out of Skyrims dragons without breaking a sweat.

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:47 am

I'm actually doing something I've never done, I'm doing the main quest first. *DUN DUN DUNNNN* I'm actually getting sick of dragon fights, last night for the first time a dragon roared above and I, dare I say it? Groaned.

What's hilarious, in Fallout 3 there were the giant Behemoths but there were only 5 and did not respawn. And I always said why didnt Bethesda make them respawn. Now Skyrim has its epic giant creatures and I'm getting sick of them. :lol:

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:37 am

I was doing this too, it seems dragons don't appear until after the first one from the main quest, so if you wanna stay dragonless, don't see the jarl in whiterun.

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:14 am

Spoiler

Yeah i thought when I finish the main quest the dragons would stop trying to kill me, but apparently Alduin being dead still makes dragons evil

» Tue May 15, 2012 7:04 am

I love fighting dragons more than anything else in this game.

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:48 am

Yeah i thought when I finish the main quest the dragons would stop trying to kill me, but apparently Alduin being dead still makes dragons evil

And if Alduin is dead, how is he still going around to raise the dragons from the dead? Talk about a massive hole in the plot.

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:46 pm

Not doing the MQ ok, but not activating dragons? Meh, ruins random encounters

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:11 pm

And if Alduin is dead, how is he still going around to raise the dragons from the dead? Talk about a massive hole in the plot.

Wait...So your saying even if i beat the MQuest there are still dragons flying about terrorizing everyone? Then what is the point?

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:07 pm

I also found out that if you don't go into dungeons you won't be in any dungeons.

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:04 pm

In my OPINION, anyone who plays with dragons 'turned off' is just silly, they make a huge difference to the game both dynamically and aesthetically

Agreed, but I didnt know you could turn off dragons

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:04 pm

Good tip...

but fighting dragons in the wild is one of the things that i enjoy the most.