If you could have known one thing before starting Skyrim, wh : V

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:55 am

E.g. Don't kill the chickens. Just. Don't.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:41 pm

That I was going to get my tail handed to in a huge way for the first week or two of game play. Definately would have stuck around Riverwood and Whiterun doing more adventuring a bit before just jumping head first into main quest.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:47 pm

If I could have told myself one thing I would have said

"Don't fast travel, take it slow, don't jump into any big questlines yet"

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:06 am

That you can choose to go with Hadvar or Ralof in the tutorial.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:35 am

that there isn't any spell making

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:47 pm

That Magic svcks, hard.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:30 am

I wouldn't level up my smithing, obviously :facepalm:

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:10 am

I wish I knew less to be honest. Would've made the experience better for me.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:04 am

I would have liked to know That the ps3 version would be unplayable........

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:37 pm

what NordRanger said about the ps3...

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:31 am

A really great topic. I wanted to explore badly and so I didn't head straight for Riverwood. That was a mistake. I should have followed Hadvar even though he said we should split up. I missed the dialogue with him and Alvor and Alvor never really came out to his forge area for a long time because I arrived at night. If you intend to do the Main Quest, I think it's important to go to Riverwood for that event because they talk about what's going on in Skyrim.

Edit: I have no problems on my PS3 version or with magic. You just have to build your character and it takes time. Go slow.

:tes:

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:02 pm

That the demos were over-hyped.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:46 am

Set up third-person immediately when I'm running around exploring. I really hate having things pop out at me because it's not in my immediate field of vision.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:25 am

Edit: I have no problems on my PS3 version or with magic. You just have to build your character and it takes time. Go slow.

Unfortunately it turns out I bough the slideshow version of skyrim

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:55 pm

No killing a chicken as soon as i enter Riverwood , Alvor Killed me in a few blows...

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:12 am

I wish I knew how op smithing and enchanting were. I was literally a god at level 40.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:15 pm

Don't tickle a sleeping giant.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:22 pm

Don't tickle a sleeping giant.

Sounds fun...

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:22 am

That when whoever you side with at the tutorial says "we should split up", you really shouldn't.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:06 am

If you`re a strict 1st-Person Player don`t waste your precious 1000 gold you spent ages to collect on buying a horse.

You won`t get your money back.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:46 pm

I wish we had a choice of gaining more spellcraft if we choose to not to use dragon shouts.
It's my humble opinion that they " stole from Peter to give to Paul" in regards to having dragon shouts.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:47 am

That you can place spells, bows, and swords in your favorite menu.
That you can change weapons in mid-combat. For some crazy reason I thought you could not change just like it was in Oblivion.
That you can have a main quest marker and miscellaneous quest marker active at the same time, and you can turn one of them off.
That you have to unlock shouts.
Killing a chicken in Riverwood at level one would get you killed. I now know to leave chickens alone.
Giants are in no way friendly.
You can move while over encumbered.
You can fast travel while over encumbered if you are on a horse.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:30 pm

Smithing

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:54 am

that the falling from being fus ro dah'd looks a lot like a death animation, except it isnt, and your character will get back up.....

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:47 pm

Develop some skill with a ranged weapon for dragon fighting. Standing there with a big sword doesn't accomplish much.

Also, don't buy a dog for companionship since he goes right back to his old owner instead of your house when you dismiss him.