A glimpse into my experience

Post » Sun May 13, 2012 1:02 pm

I started on Sunday night, and now with it being Thursday, I'm proud to announce that I have 27 hours of playing time. I've spent the past three days collecting ingredients all the while doing the main quest (without fast traveling) and I'm having the time of my life. Not fast traveling has made the game something magical. Every single trip is one of importance and I can feel how serious my tasks are. I've fully accepted that I am dragon born and have dedicated myself to the cause. I would guess that I'm about two thirds done with it ... (don't spoil anything for me)

My alchemy level is 44, which is something I'm very proud of. My character is a modest Wood Elf, but his strength is not to be underestimated. He's a smooth talker and almost defies what it means to be a Wood Elf, but this is why he left Valenwood in the first place. Elinroth always knew he was different. The savage behavior exhibited by his clan-folk was always too much for him. He admired the way of the Bosmer, but he just couldn't bring himself to be like them ... so he left ...

On a side note, I enchanted my first item today. You know that feeling you get when you create something useful and you give it the most epic name of all time and you just become attached to it? Well I did that today. I created a Gold Diamond Ring that was worth 900 Septims at The Forge and was very satisfied with my creation. I then enchanted the ring to improve sneak and named it "Mother's Ring". Elinroth's mother had given it to him as a gift before she abandoned his family



I have a minor complaint. I'm really into naming my stuff I create and I almost pride myself on my ability to always make the names awesome. WHY CAN'T I NAME MY POTIONS? That was the entire reason I started Alchemy in Oblivion, you know that? I would make potions just so I could name them. Eventually I came to love Alchemy for the other reasons, but I still enjoyed the satisfaction of cleverly naming my creations. Now that Skyrim is here, I can't name my potions? What's up with that?
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Damned_Queen
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:54 am

In amongst all the complaints, this is welcome to read.

You're doing it right.
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meghan lock
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 7:43 pm

I was kind of offended that I couldn't name my potions
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Angelina Mayo
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 2:49 pm

*Puts on avid defender mask* WHO CARES THAT A LAYER OF CUSTOMISATION IS REMOVED! THINK OF ALL THE STUFF THEY ADDED BY REMOVING THE ABILITY TO NAME POTIONS! Like... a whole... something...
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Kristian Perez
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 6:14 pm

It's not like I'm crying over it. I just thought it was a cool feature and I can't figure out why the would remove it
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Agnieszka Bak
 
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