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DrNutt posted:Man this really doesn't have anything to do with modding but I wish there was a little more going on with companions in Skyrim. Like how in Mass Effect (and plenty of other older CRPGs) you get to know your squad mates the more and more you spend time talking to them, and it makes you feel like they're actual characters travelling with you, fighting alongside you, etc. Get Inigo.
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Agents are GO! posted:Actually I like almost all the armors in Skyrim, it's one of the things bethesda did right: Every armor looks good, even iron and fur. Oh you're not wrong. Most of them look really good. I just have that weird fixation with Ebony (the armor and weapons).
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Jan 17, 2019 09:08
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Have you seen this mod? I really like the look of that mod. Makes Ebony wearers huge and hulking.
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Jan 17, 2019 10:02
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It's pretty good. I went with Dark Nemesis as an upgrade path, not sure if they're compatible. It'd be interesting if they were though.
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Jan 17, 2019 10:09
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That one is just a model replacer. Same guy did one for Daedric armor too.
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Jan 17, 2019 10:12
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DrNutt posted:In Skyrim all the companions I've met so far have all the personality of an old school FF NPC that stands in one spot and repeats the same phrase over and over again. But they can carry a lot of stuff. You need modded companions if you want some level of actual personality. Of course most modded companions are just generic waifus that have as much individuality as a blowup doll, so you need to find those that have some actual effort put behind them; usually if the description contains "custom voiced" or "fully voiced" and does not prominently features keywords such as "uunp", "cbbe" or "7b", it's worth a look. And if you want some level of Bioware-like party banter, you need companions that can chat with each others. So here's a list: Each of these characters has at least some scenes with at least two others on the list, so you can create a small traveling party with these dudes.
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Jan 17, 2019 12:03
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I need to see if I can port the best companion mod, Bhruce Hammar, to SE.
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Jan 17, 2019 12:07
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Agents are GO! posted:Actually I like almost all the armors in Skyrim, it's one of the things bethesda did right: Every armor looks good, even iron and fur. Steel looks great
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Jan 17, 2019 17:09
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Yeah every armor in vanilla Skyrim looks good, and with high enough smithing, can be as good as daedric!
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Jan 17, 2019 17:23
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tbh i rarely use anything outside the low tier armors a lot of the time (fur>hide>iron>steel>etc) mostly cause the higher tier stuff while great looking feels out of place like im walking through town and agree to help someone find their lost turnips and im standing there in full ebony or dragonbone armor
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Jan 17, 2019 19:05
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Agents are GO! posted:That one is just a model replacer. Same guy did one for Daedric armor too. Just installed it and dang it's pretty nice to use. Thanks again for that.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:08
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Berke Negri posted:tbh i rarely use anything outside the low tier armors a lot of the time (fur>hide>iron>steel>etc) mostly cause the higher tier stuff while great looking feels out of place I also find it unusual that bandits wearing some furs and wielding iron or steel weapons are gonna wanna gently caress with a guy strolling around in full daedric armor and a massive glowing sword on his back. Also how did I never play long enough to get the full powered unrelenting force before? The difference between Fus Roh and Fus Roh Dah was something to behold.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:28
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Lum_ posted:absolute minimum / vanilla run: quoting this so i can find it later also, what's a good mod to make magic actually feel powerful?
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Jan 17, 2019 19:29
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Cat Mattress posted:You need modded companions if you want some level of actual personality. Of course most modded companions are just generic waifus that have as much individuality as a blowup doll, so you need to find those that have some actual effort put behind them; usually if the description contains "custom voiced" or "fully voiced" and does not prominently features keywords such as "uunp", "cbbe" or "7b", it's worth a look. And if you want some level of Bioware-like party banter, you need companions that can chat with each others. So here's a list: I can only speak for Inigo and Lucien, but they're both awesome. Don't bother with... I forget her name. Default look is black hair and anime face, but it's rated highly and has voiced lines. You find her naked in the Whiterun stables and she's inappropriate and everything she says is really bad sexual innuendo. Not worth it, she's loving annoying, not funny, and the creator tried way too hard to make her some sort of weird fantasy drunken waifu.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:32
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jenassa is the only companion i need
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Jan 17, 2019 19:36
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Fuzz posted:I can only speak for Inigo and Lucien, but they're both awesome. Sofia and 100% agree, it's not just really bad innuendo, it's hilariously awfully voiced bad innuendo, like a drunken 14 year old pretending to be sexy and really not knowing how. here's the link if you enjoy pain for comedy purposes. there's about 30 different mods for making her even more anime-waifu on the nexus, which tells you everything you need to know about the nexus https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2180 Addamere posted:also, what's a good mod to make magic actually feel powerful? apocalypse paired with either sperg or ordinator to redo the perk trees (both have plugins that have them work with apocalypse spells directly) apocalypse https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1090 ordinator https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1137 sperg https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/14180 Lum_ fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Jan 17, 2019 |
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Jan 17, 2019 20:11
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Addamere posted:
Besides Apocalypse, I also really like Forgotten Magic Redone. It has 7 class archtypes with 6 spells for each. The spells level with their own exp system and you can pick perks for them. Some are brand new, some are functionally the same as vanilla spells but with some perks to customize them.
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Jan 17, 2019 20:46
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I like using Ordinator in conjunction with Perk Points and More Gold for Bounties, let's me fill in some perks that are useful but just not optimal for my build.
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Jan 17, 2019 20:49
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Lum_ posted:apocalypse paired with either sperg or ordinator to redo the perk trees (both have plugins that have them work with apocalypse spells directly) graynull posted:Besides Apocalypse, I also really like Forgotten Magic Redone. It has 7 class archtypes with 6 spells for each. The spells level with their own exp system and you can pick perks for them. Some are brand new, some are functionally the same as vanilla spells but with some perks to customize them. I don't want to go too in-depth into the maths involved, but will one option over the other give me the preferred output of making a mage whose gameplay does not consist entirely of backpedaling while spamming Flames at the enemy for minutes at a time? That's the experience I had playing a pure mage for a few levels last time I installed: bandits, draugr, anything really required me to backpedal while shooting flames and it felt overall way less satisfying than just playing a melee character. I'd ideally like to be able to just shoot a few firebolts at something and have it dead before it hits melee with me, like how you can easily do with archery, or maybe use a combination of wards + fireball to soften up groups of enemies. Anything other than just holding down my mouse buttons and waving my mouse around. New spells would be cool, too, but are not necessary. Just powering up something besides Flames.
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Jan 17, 2019 20:58
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I use Ordinator + Apoc and it starts off quicker than vanilla and becomes absolutely monstrous if you combine Destro and/or Illusion with Alteration. Alteration makes flesh spells work, make huge magicka pools able to be used as mana shields... you can get lifted up on a pillar if you stand still, etc... Ice destro spells are the hardest ones to start with but at 40+ skill (especially with stuff like Ice Shiv if you sneak or Ice Storm if you don't) and a couple traits, it handles itself very nicely. Apoc adds tons of strong (damage or functionality) spells too which makes being chain melee'd in the face far less common. Now if you just dual cast flames at level 20, might still happen 
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Jan 17, 2019 21:05
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DrNutt posted:I also find it unusual that bandits wearing some furs and wielding iron or steel weapons are gonna wanna gently caress with a guy strolling around in full daedric armor and a massive glowing sword on his back. Also how did I never play long enough to get the full powered unrelenting force before? The difference between Fus Roh and Fus Roh Dah was something to behold. I justify it myself as the bandits realizing that if they kill that guy they will live like kings for the rest if their lives.
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Jan 17, 2019 21:12
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DrNutt posted:I also find it unusual that bandits wearing some furs and wielding iron or steel weapons are gonna wanna gently caress with a guy strolling around in full daedric armor and a massive glowing sword on his back. Also how did I never play long enough to get the full powered unrelenting force before? The difference between Fus Roh and Fus Roh Dah was something to behold. Addamere posted:quoting this so i can find it later
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Jan 17, 2019 21:18
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Berke Negri posted:jenassa is the only companion i need  She’s a stone killer who actually knows how to be sneaky.
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Jan 17, 2019 21:28
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DrNutt posted:I also find it unusual that bandits wearing some furs and wielding iron or steel weapons are gonna wanna gently caress with a guy strolling around in full daedric armor and a massive glowing sword on his back. Also how did I never play long enough to get the full powered unrelenting force before? The difference between Fus Roh and Fus Roh Dah was something to behold. My personal favourite is just tapping the button for Fus, it's absolutely adorbs.
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Jan 17, 2019 21:32
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Commander Keene posted:I'm surprised you'd never seen the effects of full Unrelenting Force before. It's shown in a lot of Skyrim videos. But yeah, getting the final word of a Shout can be a huge power boost over the second word. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOxVjbGvUpI
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Jan 17, 2019 21:33
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Sky Shadowing posted:I justify it myself as the bandits realizing that if they kill that guy they will live like kings for the rest if their lives. Ah yes, the "He's only one man" effect. And then the dragonborn farts out a lightning tornado man and a walking glacier. I wish bandits would actually surrender when they say they yield, instead of standing right back up and slapping you. I'd probably let a lot of them go.
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Jan 17, 2019 21:35
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Rainuwastaken posted:Ah yes, the "He's only one man" effect. And then the dragonborn farts out a lightning tornado man and a walking glacier. Is there by chance a mod for this? I'd totally do it, too. Ideally the mod in question would do more than just end combat when they yield. Like it would affect your Reputation in some way, perhaps have some sort of bandit faction or whatever.
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Jan 17, 2019 21:42
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I like how Immersive Armors gives all the bandit leaders who operate out of the shipwrecks up north pirate hats.
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Jan 17, 2019 21:49
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Addamere posted:My personal favourite is just tapping the button for Fus, it's absolutely adorbs. Lmao yes. "I'm sorry did you just loving breathe on me?" Commander Keene posted:I'm surprised you'd never seen the effects of full Unrelenting Force before. It's shown in a lot of Skyrim videos. But yeah, getting the final word of a Shout can be a huge power boost over the second word. I dunno I don't usually watch gameplay videos of games I plan on playing, unless I need to check out a walkthrough for a hard part or something. I've definitely heard people here talk about shouting dudes off of mountain tops but I dunno I thought maybe it was a bit of classic goon hyperbole?
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Jan 17, 2019 22:40
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DrNutt posted:Lmao yes. "I'm sorry did you just loving breathe on me?" It even gets a power-up later on in the game, if you have one of the DLCs. 
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DrNutt posted:Lmao yes. "I'm sorry did you just loving breathe on me?" DrNutt posted:I dunno I don't usually watch gameplay videos of games I plan on playing, unless I need to check out a walkthrough for a hard part or something. I've definitely heard people here talk about shouting dudes off of mountain tops but I dunno I thought maybe it was a bit of classic goon hyperbole? Also, the Ice Form Shout has some amazing effects when combined with any sort of slope or uneven terrain.  Just to give you something to look forward to.
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Jan 17, 2019 22:48
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Storm Call is fun, especially with one of the mods that makes Shouts useful at higher levels.
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I think for every build, Fus Ro Dah is an excellent shout if only because it buys you a couple of seconds of free damage on the enemy and most fights are just brainless DPS races if I'm being honest. Especially handy for mages who need to run away from melee or pray for mana to recharge a little bit for another spellcast.
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Jan 17, 2019 22:59
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Yeah I've mostly used it as a panic button for when I gently caress up and try to take on too many enemies at once and need a bit of space to work with.
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Jan 17, 2019 23:02
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Unrelenting Force getting completely snuffed out by the tiniest of wards is a GAME CRIME, though.
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Rainuwastaken posted:Ah yes, the "He's only one man" effect. And then the dragonborn farts out a lightning tornado man and a walking glacier. You could cast Calm on them and be gone before the 60 seconds or whatever runs out
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Jan 17, 2019 23:18
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Eric the Mauve posted:You could cast Calm on them and be gone before the 60 seconds or whatever runs out I'm now picturing that movie's poster with Nick Cage wearing a horned helmet with a huge beard and the cars replaced with dragons and crap. Someone please Photoshop that.
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Jan 18, 2019 00:43
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Mandy is too good to be sullied with Skyrim crap
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Clark Nova posted:Mandy is too good to be sullied with Skyrim crap Wasn't taking about Mandy.
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Addamere posted:I think for every build, Fus Ro Dah is an excellent shout if only because it buys you a couple of seconds of free damage on the enemy and most fights are just brainless DPS races if I'm being honest. Especially handy for mages who need to run away from melee or pray for mana to recharge a little bit for another spellcast. This aspect of shouts kind of bother me because yes I know it's not a real RPG but they're just such a no-brainer set of tools to have for *any* character. What archetype doesn't benefit from unrelenting force, whirlwind sprint, invincibility and so on? And it doesn't take away from any other skill investment because it's just a free set of bonus powers. Not taking them is just artificially limiting yourself. Plus they're just really fun to use. This annoys me considerably more than it otherwise would because if I have to watch the greybeards slowly shuffling around and mumbling at the floor one more time I'm going to kill myself. But what am I going to do, not go to high hrothgar?
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