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you stop getting perks at 50 right? honestly im probably going to make a new character by time my current one hits level 40 or so, i like the process of exploring and becoming more powerful, not so much the play that happens once you can smash everything with your uberstats. then again, im level 24 and still get put in danger by certain enemies. either the game is better balanced to still provide a challenge, or i just made a weak character, not sure

my build sounds similar to hurlshots im a sneaky archer who does a lot of smithing. i think stealth is too good in this game though, my sneaking is only at 60, and i can literally get bumped into by enemies and they don't see me if im in the shadows (if im in the light they can see me from a mile away) i think my next character will be an axe and magic user (who also will do a lot of smithing, i REALLY like the smithing in this game, its a great system) after that maybe a dual dagger wielding stealthy assassin then maybe a two handed sword barbarian i like the perks system, but i wish we had some more options at character creation, but i can see what they were trying to do with the new system, and so far, i think it works pretty well (1000x better than oblivion's broken system) also, i got an elven bow at level 2, and have been using it ever since, im now on level 24, my bow is smithed up to "flawless" and i've enchanted it with a pretty hefty fire damage buff. i'm only a level from being able to make glass weapons though, so i think im finally about to upgrade.

its probably so mixed because some textures are leftover from oblivion/fallout 3? was that pic on low settings? it looked like it...

if this gets worse, and skyrim does not become available to me at the promised time... i will be unhappy

thanks for the update, just had to change 3 passwords because of that breach. not too shabby, now to check my cc statement... edit: annnnd we're clear. phew. so long as steam servers don't start getting shut down or other awful stuff...

once 11pm hits i figure its ok for me to be nerdy enough to plan out my first character.

xcom could have been relaunched as a competitor to starcraft, but with a focus on turn based, chess-like strategy as opposed to quick clicks. have the singleplayer follow up in tradition x-com style, but build a solid turn based competitive multiplayer into it as well. it probably would have gotten a lot of sales from younger players curious about the starcraft comparisons, while pleasing old-timers by staying to its strategy roots. oh well

10 hours.

also, oblivion had almost no hand placed loot. that makes a pretty big difference to some people. for me, hand-placed loot goes along with level design, its important, and doing it well can make a game like skyrim much better.

im sure in 15 years every game dev will be citing how they were inspired to make rpg's because of how amazing dragon age 2 was. oh wait.

37 hours

i agree that world and culture are two of the biggest pieces required to nail a game like this. new vegas had it morrowind had it but oblivion didn't I'm expecting skyrim to be closer to new vegas/morrowind than oblivion, and with the level scaling issues presumably repaired (or mostly), skyrim will possibly be as nearly as good as morrowind (i really doubt it will be better, but you never know). that said, i'm prepared to deal with a game thats only mildly better than oblivion. if SOMEHOW it ended up worse than oblivion.... well, I'm gonna be really really sad. i would be jumping around like a kid on christmas if they were to announce that obsidian was going to make a offshoot of skyrim ala new vegas. that game would probably be the best ES game made to date

the bioware name sold me DA2. it looked like crap but i figured it would be still worth $60. won't make that mistake again. note: DA2 wasnt terrible, it just wasn't worth $60

im thinking about doing some major upgrades to my pc, my power supply, case, and ram seem to be ok, but i think i need a new motherboard, processor, and gfx card. and i want to get an ssd too. will be watching newegg closely over the next few months

is anyone else secretly hoping to see some of these actually get modded into the game?

i prefer your stylized work over the "true to life" knife. I mean, that looks JUST like the bread knife in my second drawer in my kitchen.

anyone consider that, at least for the Rachni, they could show up as enemies if you killed the queen in ME1? i loved ME2, but am for some reason VERY apprehensive about part 3, probably because of how DA2 turned out... if they start doing mandatory preorders to get all the cast again like they did for ME2 and DA2, i think im going to skip ME3 and wait for the "complete" edition (or at least a 50% off sale on steam)

I'm playing the waiting game for the next 61 hours learning a new character in SSF4AE to pass the time.

is it just me or has volourn gotten even more incomprehensible over the last six months or so (ever since that perfect trollstorm/singularity)? maybe i just stopped trying?

Tuesday US, Friday Europe, with exceptions. Starcraft 2, for instance, came out on Tuesday worldwide. Skyrim is coming out Friday for most of the world. Bethesda is trying to turn Americans into European socialist atheists!!! I'm from the San Francisco bay area, we're already there.

"An entire civilization of undying Omnicidal Maniacs carry out their star-god masters' desire to exterminate all living creatures, down to the last bacterium" i dunno... necrons sound pretty cool to me.

the reapers are like the borg mixed with the necrons, but not as intriguing as the first, or as cool as the second.

yes, but skyrim is special

i'm playing the waiting game for the next 83 hours until skyrim unlocks on steam

it'll be an action game with a lot of talking and a few skill/levelup facets to the game mechanics. like mass effect.