Llama is like a superhero...

I just did that quest yesterday and there was no spider in any of the tents (and I had no lagging problems), so it must be a glitch -- albeit, a relatively common one it appears.

However (you gotta love synchronicity), later in the play session, I was on my way to Swindler's Den and nearby, shortly after nightfall, I discovered a small alter out in the middle of nowhere (had a couple of gems and an Enchant skill book on it). I stood there for a bit, gazing at the incredible sky (northern lights aura, full moons, the altar shooting off cinders) in awe, but suddenly everytime I tried to turn the game went into the lag/freeze/lag/freeze mode. Wow, what a transition: from awe to panic at the turn of my head. Hah!

Anyway, I just moved away from the flame "bulb" out into the darkness and the lagging stopped; thus, I assumed the graphics engine was just struggling with all that beauty ... heh. But once I wandered a few yards further away from the altar, I saw what I thought were Lunar Moths in the distance and went chasing, only to discover those lights were mages battling bandits. And as I got closer still, wolves got into the mix and I noticed there were mammoths/giants nearby getting nervous.

I stayed far enough from the fray to not be noticed, but I realized that because of the Radiant AI, there can frequently be things happening within the cell that the player is not necessarily aware of. That is, things and events that the game is tracking outside of the obvious -- obvious from the player's point of view -- and occassionally this can get a bit out of control -- out of control from the hardware's perspective.

You're welcome. I'm hopeful to have more information to share with you guys soon.

Can't wait until the patch is released for the 360, I've been dying to play again but I've been wanting to wait for the patch. Please keep us posted! Great job with the huge patch guys!

are they going to fix the thieve guild quest problem?
I got stuck after i completed "loud and clear", there is no next quest available.
I have found many ppl also got the same problem.

Thanks

Btw, does anyone know if the Bard's College quests are going to be addressed in this patch or most likely not?

I presume you mean stuff like finding Pantea's flute etc.? It said on the first page that those would be fixed so hopefully we won't have issues with them anymore.

I didn't see it, but I wonder if they'll fix the problem with items appearing as "Stolen" if you drop them in your own house and have your follower pick them up. That's incredibly stupid.

every time i go to the compayons HQ/the D Botherhood/or markarth my game freezes.iv made my gal twice allready.i have 2 disks and it frees on both.im L52 and cannt do anthing any mor in the game.thats a lot of mony down the tubs.

I have to thank the wabbjack thingy or whatever it spells...its amazing....lydia its is a TANK!!!! i did it yesterday and she can handle in expert diff.....one drgur deathlord and two more regular drur by her self ...jesus 9also i have her the ebony hammer of inferno that burns target 37 pnts and is currently tampered to flawless ..on top of that she is wearing an enchanted necklist with fortify twohanded 21% as well as a ring with another 21% fortify two handed ...so that give u an idea when that hammers blow down guys is devastating i will turn my difficulty back to master today....thanks a lot for the tips once more time.....im so in love with lydia....

Why is it money down the tubes?

Just wait a little bit and 1.4 will be here. I'd imagine that all of the optimizations and streamlining that they mention in the patch notes are going to fix the biggest 99% of these issues, so just be patient.

Don't get rid of a great game out of a moment of frustration. If people did that, then Call of Doody: Modded Warfail would be a dead series right now... yup, I went there. Bwahahahaha!

I really didnt like lydia on my first playthrough but on my second playthrough I suited her up for battle and can now take on high level enemies and almost kill them. Being a mage I will just sit and watch my dremora lord and lydia go to town and then just huck down firebolts and ice spikes at the enemy. Only some have given me trouble with this method.

As a representative of the Please Let Us Marry Lydia Committee I congratulate you on discovering the wonders of Lydia.

Bethesda, please let us marry her!

I would marry her on the spot.....i really have feelings for her..as a matter of fact i already ordered some medieval armor customs for next san valentine special dinner with my wife .....so my wife can wear. it ..lol (the only thing is that i think my wife is a lot shorter)

Nice that she's game for it, though!

My wife is my Skyrim copilot and she and I have decided that we marry Lydia or we don't marry at all. If life were like Skyrim, I don't doubt that my wife would have my back with a greatsword, like Lydia with my character! And she'd always keep me up on what plants to pick for potions I'm running low on.

I'm still wondering if the perk you get when joining will be fixed so you actually get it. (apparently the thieves guild and mage guild perks are broken as well, from what I hear)

See I don't like Lydia. She complains every time I want to get her to carry stuff, and she is CONSTANTLY in my way during battle to the point where I can't attack them, or I kill her accidentally. She also has done some REALLY stupid stuff like run into a mob and aggro them when they don't even know we are there yet. And the amount of times i've avoided a trap, just to have her step on it behind me and smoke me anyways, is just too numerous to count.

Lydia died in my game like 3 hours in, eaten by Falmers I assume. Good riddance.

Oh wait, this is a 1.4 update thread...

I want my Quest log in the Start menu to reflect accurately. My completed quests for certain guilds is at 0 even though I completed them and got the achievements for them. It's weird, and sort of frustrating, but it doesn't really bother me.

Anyone else experiencing this?

think my Companion isnt ticked as 'completed' even though i am done with them

I get whacked out quest markers, have a quest that I completed that won't clear (Get Helga or whatever her name is to go back to the temple, The executed guy's sister in solitude), but just little stuff. Nothing to write home about.
Apart from marrying Lydia I don't have much of a complaint/wish list.
Submenus for the favorites menu would be nice. Clearing up the Letrush Brothers. That's about it off the top of my head.
Pretty excited about the stuff already known to be in the next patch.

With the markers thing, my "Custom Destination" marker randomly places itself... I won't even have a quest highlited or anything, and I'll go to look at the map and in the middle of nowhere, well away from anywhere I have previously gone is my little blue arrow... frustrating. lol

Yeah my marker apperas by itself also ...for no reason lol not big issue for me but its not right

Don't worry guys "Quest fixes are going to start rolling out in a major way in January".

hi llamaskull:

i actually stumbled upon it wabbajacking Uthgerd one afternoon...i was Wabbajacking her, and she turned into a chicken....then after she reverted, i wabbajacked her again and it hit her with a damage spell that normally reduced her HP bar by like 3/4th and then i noticed it hardly moved....and i was like whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wait a minute....so i saved, reloaded done it again...same result, done it again...same result...then i tried it on other followers...same result...then i took them out into battle and when Lydia tanked a Bandit cheif and a Master Vampire solo...i knew i had really found something.

As i said...i found out a few weeks later it was posted on the UESP...im not sure if i was the first to find it or not, and i won't take credit for being the first to find it...i just stumbled upon it on complete accident messing around.

i will say though...Wabbajacking followers does make the game much more enjoyable and i hope they fix this issue so we don't have to Wabbajack.

Im glad this is working for everyone, and so far i have not had my followers lose anything i gave them.

Oh, I just looked at what PCers were saying about this new update, the ones that had downloaded the Beta, seems that the Blood on Ice quest is still broken. But to be honest, I really don't care about that, I just want this update out so I can finish the main quest and stormcloaks quest. As already mentioned, there will finally be a fix to the Season Unending/Jagged Crown/Joining the Stormcloaks bug. To be honest, I really don't care if this update brings in 10 new bugs, I just want to do the Main Quest!

27th already and no 1.4......