Roleplayers: Can YOU survive Skyrim?

Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:49 pm

Been fencing for 15 years so I suppose I could execute some dashing Errol Flynn-esque moves with a one handed blade. I'm also quite proficient in wearing light body armor which would benefit me I guess.
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Amy Gibson
 
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:27 pm

Well am alot better as an archer then wielding a melee weapon (15 years as a competitive archer, 0 experience from handling a melee weapon) so thats an obvious choice for me :)
But can you sneak around like a ninja?? If not you're just going to be mudcrab food.
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Laura Shipley
 
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:39 pm

Here Lies Koleman, the adventurer not of this world. His legacy will live on as the first dragonborn to have died by falling off a cliff at High Hrothgar. May he rest in peace.
How the hell did you fall off a cliff? Were you skipping or something and tripped on a rock?
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:54 pm

Well im still alive... for now... been mostly hunting and working the mill. I did make my way to whiterun where I got onto the carriage and made my way to windhelm didn;t enter the city just traveled south and came upon kynes grove where I worked in the mines until there was nothing left to mine. Now im back in riverwood have yet to enter any kind of combat on my own, but am contemplating suicide considering the grounds hog day effect the game has is starting to get to me.
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:45 pm

i'm pretty skinny so combat is out for me. am I allowed to learn magic?
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:52 pm

There should be type of game or something. Bethesda should actually do this maybe. Give out a prize or something? Whoever last's more. Maybe the give the CK early to the winner?
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Jennifer Rose
 
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:40 pm

i am not a particularly athletic person. this is why it is frustrating that i am able to do things in real life that my character in a virtual world can not do.

i've had 2 years experience in kendo; fighting various styles including fencers, 2 handers, sword and boarders and spears. a two hander can not block in real life. 2 handers are viable in armies where you won't be flanked and you need to crush through armor or take down a mounted unit. if a 2 hander is held in jodan, the time taken to strike is too long - a dagger wielder could have punched you in the visor slit 4 times and run off, had dinner, watched a movie and come back still in time to block the swing. if the 2 hander is held in chudan the leverage is too cumbersome, any weapon that strikes the 2 hander will open the guard completely. especially dual wielders. if you are holding a 2 hander in gedan it is because you are about to die or surrendered. 2 handers can not track moving targets - there is simply too much mass for even the best swordsman to use a claymore in close quarters. furthermore, inside of 2 feet, a claymore can not do damage due to leverage. this is compared to using 2 hands on a katana or bastard sword or lighter.

dual wielding can block most attacks easily with hardly any movement. the dagger is easily maneuverable and blocks the attack, the main weapon can strike at full force once an opening is made. there are several dual wield stances in kendo, fencing, and other sword arts and they all have the advantage of blocking easily and following with an exceedingly damaging counter attack. if anything, the blocking/damaging for 2 handers and duel wielding in skyrim should be reversed. note that these are not world renown martial artists, these are average schools teaching industry standard techniques. dual wielding halves your damage output compared to single wielding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvhFhqg3Wfo

note the speed at which a sword travels. my sword swing in real life with a live blade is approximately that of the video - and i am not especially strong. note the disadvantage the gedan user is at with a short sword, let alone a 2 hander.

i have been a rock climber for 2 years. climbing sheer walls or walls that are sloping towards you is not an amazing feat. i don't know who this guy is - he is not a professional climber, but he is climbing what 2 years of hobby climbing will get you. in rock climbing, ascending the route is called 'sending the route' for short. so the send is the successful attempt. achieving the ascent means you 'sent it'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BWMxpHsrr0

i'm not military or any sort of athlete, dovahkiin should be (at least). at least be able to employ these tactics when it claims to have reached 100 in one||two handed.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:48 am

i am not a particularly athletic person. this is why it is frustrating that i am able to do things in real life that my character in a virtual world can not do.

Otherwise I wouldn't be like you pussies who run away from everything and I would beat the fek*n game and be the best hero in the bloody history of Elder Scrolls.

Is this what you meant to say?
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:37 pm

Recently someone made a thread asking how far you could last in Skyrim if you were suddenly dropped off in Skyrim.
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See if gamers can survive the game they play.
i died :(
Ralof said the imperials made the cleanest ambush he's ever seen. Few, if anyone, died. I was among those few
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:47 am

Still going surprisingly... I found a trainer for one handed weapons and used the money from chopping wood, selling meats, furs, and ore to pay for training. So far its become more of a hobby and for self defense. I still spend most of my time traveling from riverwood to whiterun hunting for the most part. I am thinking of getting into smithing, but I believe I will have to travel to a new city to find a trainer before becoming an apprentice in whiterun.
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:41 pm

I played dark souls and STALKER CoP SGM mod on master difficulty with alpha squads enabled so im well beyond that stage. :)

If i played like myself i would just chop would till i had a few thousand gold pieces and then pay Sven and Feandrl....whatever his name is.........to protect me while i go to Whiterun and then i would open up some sort of shop, probably a clothing shop since there isn't one in whiterun. When i was really rich i would take a carriage to Riften and marry Mjoll the Lioness and make lots of little cubs.

DID playthroughs are fun though. I dont do them on master anymore though because I am ALWAYS killed by a trap. It never fails to happen. :) If it was me in Skyrim I would never bother to set foot in a dungeon or ruin.
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:58 pm

To truly test this you would need a mod with things like this.

1.The longer you go without food, starting after say, 1 in-game day, your attacks would slowly grow weaker with each passing day, and die at around 1 month.
2. food effect, with water. Except death at 3-4 days
3. Potions, food, and drink need limits. You can't drink 20 gallons of potion and not get sick, pass out, die or not be able to move.
4. Food effect with sleep, with no death, but more prone to disease over time as well.
5. No perks, leveling gains you no health, or magicka. you CAN gain stamina (it's like being more fit).
6. You are 2-3 hit kill for MOST things. MOST things are 2-3 hit kill for you, some exceptions, such as rats (can't 1h kill you) and heavily armored enemy's (you can't easily kill them). Critical hits will 1-2 hit kill.
7. Injury factor, sort of like fallout, broken legs, arms, ribs, worn out body, etc.
8. certain damage depending on were you hit or get hit, getting stabbed in the foot, would hurt. But not kill you, a mace to the face would though.
9. You can only be a human race (witch ever race is more like your nationality).
10. Lower skill in one-handed, two-handed, blocking, archery means sloppier attacks, extremely unsteady aim, and knock back when hit with your shield up, while a high level in these would be much better. (as if you were learning how to)
11. DiD

There are also many other factors that would come into play. What you describe does not test if you would actually survive. Just makes things difficult. I'm sure a decent mod will eventually come out with everything needed though. When it does, I'll give it a shot.
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Philip Rua
 
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Post » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:07 pm

I will start a dark cult that practices necromancy
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:13 am

I think the insurance business looks very lucrative in Skyrim. Dragons are on the lose, what will YOU do if they burn down your house? I can offer a sweet package deal that includes a good health insurance to cover costs of arrows in the knee and the untimely death of your adventuring spouse.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:27 am

I think the insurance business looks very lucrative in Skyrim. Dragons are on the lose, what will YOU do if they burn down your house? I can offer a sweet package deal that includes a good health insurance to cover costs of arrows in the knee and the untimely death of your adventuring spouse.

I would go for something more profitable like say divorce lawyer since that stupid cult the temple of mara is so keen on getting people married so quickly through the use of enchantments and promises of fertility and successful riches.
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