I have an infuriating friend--a discussion of Dragons and Mo

Post » Mon May 28, 2012 12:20 pm

Exactly. But what I seem to be getting from this thread is "How can you possibly be having fun by not killing the dragons?"

Well, I think people are more or less trying to make sense of the logic. Makes sense now. I'll have you know that gameplay wise the dragons are not all that difficult to fight and can be tedious at times. Like the Oblivion Gates sometimes, I swear.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 12:11 pm

Well when a dragon flames her to death then she might just fight back. I look at it this way. Dragons are animals who attack innocent people and villages, kill innocent horses and try to kill me. Down they go. Now giants and mammoths I don't attack. They're docile unless you get too close and there is nothing like sneaking up on a couple of mammoths and just watching them. This game is great like that.

Ummm that won't happen since you have to make progress on the main quest to make dragons appear within the game.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 1:37 am

It's not at all a question of difficulty, though I appreciate the tip. I've been playing on Master because I think it makes the NPCs a bit less thick when all the loot starts disappearing and claw prints show up around all the exterior doors, dropping to Expert when things get too hairy.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:30 am

Well, I think people are more or less trying to make sense of the logic. Makes sense now. I'll have you know that gameplay wise the dragons are not all that difficult to fight and can be tedious at times. Like the Oblivion Gates sometimes, I swear.

Some of us, me, I think. Alone. Little me. Came here to poke the Morality and Dragons~ Not the strife between the Khajiit and Thief~ ^.^,
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 5:45 am

Also to every person out there who conceivably thinks you can't have fun unless you kill dragons, you are an idiot. No one has to play the way that YOU play to have fun just because it is fun for YOU.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 5:50 am

I'll have to try that one some time... as the dragons only affect the dragon-related questlines, so if you don't go charging through there'd not be dragons, so i wouldn't be eaten alive every time i went on a quest slightly over-prepared.
It's good that they gave that option, and i'll try it if it proves these elder dragons won't leave me alone when i finish the story. plus restarting would solve the false-positive follower bug.
Until then though, as the guards say "Damn dragons could swoop down at any time" so kinda got to kill them rather than be a cook in container meal, or run away very fast.

Only trouble i had with the idea was i'd assumed you had dragons to deal with but were, same as i've had to now truly evil ones are showing up, detouring around Large areas of the map to avoid disturbing them.
If they simply aren't there i can't see any problem. considering how little i use the dragon shouts when there's not a dragon around, wishing i'd thought of that before going straight to Jarl Balgruuf about dragons.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:31 pm

I'll have to try that one some time... as the dragons only affect the dragon-related questlines, so if you don't go charging through there'd not be dragons, so i wouldn't be eaten alive every time i went on a quest slightly over-prepared... it's good that they gave that option, and i'll try it if it proves these elder dragons won't leave me alone when i finish the story. plus restarting would solve the false-positive follower bug. Until then though, as the guards say "Damn dragons could swoop down at any time" so kinda got to kill them rather than be a cook in container meal.

only trouble i had with the idea was i'd assumed you had dragons to deal with but were, same as i've had to now truly evil ones are showing up, detouring around Large areas of the map to avoid disturbing them.
If they simply aren't there i can't see any problem. considering how little i use the dragon shouts when there's not a dragon around, wishing i'd thought of that before going straight to Jarl Balgruuf about dragons.

Wait, so.. You've never tried to not initiate the mainquest? @_@; I've only completed it once. Never started it again on any other character. I like walking around gathering herbs and not having to deal with the weight of scales, atop my own, is nice.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 12:28 pm

Can we be best friends?

But seriously. To people saying "hurr wel dragonz attack villages and stoof"

Wouldn't you be pissed if you were basicly hunted down to extinction?

But yeah, although I fight the dragons that are hostile towards me, I actually rather like them. I always have. When I first heard we were going to be dragonslayers a while ago I was pretty much like

" :facepalm: Oh what the hell, Bethesda."
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 9:04 am

You know for people on this forum who constantly preach to let people play how they want since it's their own game and RP experience there sure are a lot of people who seem to want others to play the way they conceivably think is fun. A little hypocritical actually. Let her play as she wants if she doesn't want to kill dragons, I say awesome, and bravo because it's her game and no one should try to influence her or convince her on how she should play.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 3:41 pm

I've yet to complete the main quest, still on my first character x) 160 hours, took me a while to buy it.
scales and bones... 50-odd of each so i gave up carrying them.

So, yeah. at this stage started downgrading my gear to avoid truly evil dragons, so if i can't complete this shiny main quest today, i'll try a new not dragon related character.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:20 pm

You know for people on this forum who constantly preach to let people play how they want since it's their own game and RP experience there sure are a lot of people who seem to want others to play the way they conceivably think is fun. A little hypocritical actually. Let her play as she wants if she doesn't want to kill dragons, I say awesome, and bravo because it's her game and no one should try to influence her or convince her on how she should play.

And you are quoting me because?
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:11 am

And you are quoting me because?

It was a mistake. I pressed the wrong button. Sorry lol
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 8:54 am

I've yet to complete the main quest, still on my first character x) 160 hours, took me a while to buy it.
scales and bones... 50-odd of each so i gave up carrying them.

I have one save pretty much dedicated for faffing about with shouts and physics. Including dropping about 200+ apples on High Hrothgar and shouting them off.

It was a mistake. I pressed the wrong button. Sorry lol

Ah~ >:3 Fair enough.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:35 am

One Leet Khajiit stopped commenting XD
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 5:07 am

One Leet Khajiit stopped commenting XD

He also vanished from the IRC room he was talking to me in ._.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 11:01 am

...So I assume that's a no on the best friend thing? Oh well. :sadvaultboy:
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:10 pm

...So I assume that's a no on the best friend thing? Oh well. :sadvaultboy:

I'm everyone's friend, much like a puppy. A very opinionated, angry puppy.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 8:00 am

He also vanished from the IRC room he was talking to me in ._.
Wow... hopefully he'll get over it soon.
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:30 am

...So I assume that's a no on the best friend thing? Oh well. :sadvaultboy:

You wear Argonian skin boots *narrows eyes* It was mentioned earlier the person in question likes Argonians~ *hisses*
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:18 am

You wear Argonian skin boots *narrows eyes* It was mentioned earlier the person in question likes Argonians~ *hisses*
Can i borrow that Argonian's FTW hoodie? darn Dunmer scorched mine right off with a fire spell :/
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:55 am

Lizards invading ones favorite races home doesn't exactly make one love them. <_<
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:08 am

Lizards invading ones favorite races home doesn't exactly make one love them. <_<

And you said you didn't want to kill dragons!
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 6:31 am

Lizards invading ones favorite races home doesn't exactly make one love them. <_<

But we thought that the giant boom meant you were done with it ;___;
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 5:04 am

Hey Cali, I sent you a private message. Just saying hello is all. :P
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Post » Mon May 28, 2012 2:15 pm

And you said you didn't want to kill dragons!
OOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! nice one.
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