am only level 1 nord.as i was going west from whiterun (just wandering aimlessly) i saw some giants in the distance.aha i thought to myself,i'll just go up and have a chat with them (weapon sheathed e.t.c).BIG MISTAKE! one of them proceeded to charge after me with great haste and hand my [censored] to me on a plate i don't think they have forgiven todd for his encounter with them i think i will give the area a miss for a while

lol I made the same mistake. I'd try to stay clear until a higher lv is reached. or I guess I could try svcking less

hehe, me too. Saw a blazing bulilding near Whiterun and got 1-hit dead by a not so friendly giant (playing on Master)

Wiley

Yep tried the same with my character, mates were there too. 'Now don't be alarmed lads' I said 'They aren't hostile unless you attack first', went close up and bam, insta death!

Do they say or shout something in common language when they attack you?

not that i could hear.they just run at you wielding a huge warhammer

But Todd said they were peaceful!

Yep same here, was walking to Winterhold from Whiterun, little camp on the left hand side, saw a giant and two mammoth's, toddled over to marvel at the beautiful creature.... Bad idea

yeh i dont see why they are so hostile. i made the unfortunate mistake you guys made haha

Me too

I the made the foolish decision to try and fight, not realising I would get insta-killed! Pretty hilarious though.

Same here haha

They do warn you tho as you come close, go closer and they attack.
I thought theyd be friendly though at first so I got instagibbed and I kid you not, my body flew 100's of meters into the air

I tried running up to one. Saw him ready his mace and growl loudly at me.

So I sprinted off...

Same. Started shaking his war hammer at me, I backed off for sure

I thought they were neutral unless you attacked one of their mammoths or something. I got chased all the way to Whiterun by one

The ones with the mammoths seem mostly passive. Some of them have camps though, and will get angry if you get too close.


I think the whole angry warning stuff is great, by the way. It's also the case with bandits and such. Often they won't attack on sight if you don't come too close to their base.