How to minimize dragon spawns? : V

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:49 am

Apparently you can't get through the civil war without starting the main quest. Lame. That being said, is it at all possible to cut down on dragon spawns somehow? I don't want any killing important NPCs. I am on the PS3.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:44 am

Dragons only spawn once you gain the quest (in the MQ chain) to investigate the dragon sighting by the tower.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:24 am

Yes I know, but in order to do the Civil War quests, you need to do that part of the main quest. So I'm trying to figure out a way to keep them from messing up my game. Dragons are annoying from a gameplay perspective. You can't ever really beat Alduin because the dragons spawn eternally. I guess he gets the last laugh.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:06 am

I did the Civil War after the MQ was over, that worked just fine. If you want to seperate them.

However, to stop dragon attacks in cities and towns, don't fast travel to them. Here is what you do:

1. Save first, this only works if you make a save before you go anywhere, the autosave made after arrive is too late.
2. Go to the town you want, Fast Travel, Carraige or walk, it makes no difference.
3. If the dragon shows up at the town, then reload and fast travel somewhere else in the Hold to fight the dragon, save, then go to the town you want. You should be dragon free for a while.

This is based on the fact that the game decides it is going to send a dragon after you, it is going to send it after you no matter where you are. So, pick the place of battle. Fast travel seems to accelerate, in real time, the frequency of the dragon attacks as so much game time elapses. I usually pick a fort that has bandits for the dragon to play with.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:20 pm

I did the Civil War after the MQ was over, that worked just fine. If you want to seperate them.

However, to stop dragon attacks in cities and towns, don't fast travel to them. Here is what you do:

1. Save first, this only works if you make a save before you go anywhere, the autosave made after arrive is too late.
2. Go to the town you want, Fast Travel, Carraige or walk, it makes no difference.
3. If the dragon shows up at the town, then reload and travel somewhere else in the Hold to fight the dragon, save, then go to the town you want. You should be dragon free for a while.

This is based on the fact that the game decides it is going to send a dragon after you, it is going to send it after you no matter where you are. So, pick the place of battle. I usually pick a fort that has bandits for the dragon to play with.

Good idea, but very time consuming and Anti-Roleplaying. Better idea would be to download a Mod to remove dragons. If you're not on PC, then I guess CNNA's approach is the only one.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:32 pm

Good idea, but very time consuming and Anti-Roleplaying. Better idea would be to download a Mod to remove dragons. If you're not on PC, then I guess CNNA's approach is the only one.

He is on the PS3, so no mods.

Its not too time consuming, worst case, I have to Fast Travel twice with a reload in between.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:55 am

You can pause the random dragon spawns after you kill the one at West Tower by

Spoiler

continuing the main quest until A Blade in the Dark, where Delphine tells you to meet her at Kynesgrove so she can see you kill a dragon. Just avoid Kynesgrove. You will still find dragons at dragon walls and those will respawn, but no randoms until you resume this quest.

I did this to pause the random spawns at level 15. That character is now 46 and has not seen a random dragon yet.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:38 am

Other characters I've been bombarded by dragon attacks but with my latest hero hardly any random attacks and my next part of the main quest is to meet the Paarthurnax at Throat of the World. Like I'm wondering where are they.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:42 pm

...Here is what you do:

1. Save first, this only works if you make a save before you go anywhere, the autosave made after arrive is too late.
2. Go to the town you want, Fast Travel, Carraige or walk, it makes no difference.
3. If the dragon shows up at the town, then reload and fast travel somewhere else in the Hold to fight the dragon, save, then go to the town you want. You should be dragon free for a while.

This is based on the fact that the game decides it is going to send a dragon after you, it is going to send it after you no matter where you are. So, pick the place of battle. Fast travel seems to accelerate, in real time, the frequency of the dragon attacks as so much game time elapses. I usually pick a fort that has bandits for the dragon to play with.

Good idea. I'll try that.

For me, dragons only seem to show up when I decide to go naked adventuring!

Naked adventuring = Decide on a location to visit then, leave the house in only your loin cloth. The only equipment you are allowed to use is that which you find along the way.

Usually ends up with me punching a dragon with my bare fists until some bandits or guards show up. Once they have been incinerated, I help myself to whatever they were carrying.

Iron.