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20150113:
I played about one to two hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim today. Unfortunately, I was distracted by a personal dilemma. It was so bad that I couldn't even concentrate. I was subsequently so flustered that I didn't know what to do. In any case, it hindered my Skyrim experience.
Setup: I started off playing with a controller, but I wondered if using a mouse and keyboard would be better. I eventually did some research and most people seem to like using a mouse and keyboard better. The main advantage I saw for using a controller would be to sit back and relax.
Steam Game Time: 2.6 hours
Summary: Not available at this time.
20220527: My brother-in-law visited not too long ago and he was playing Skyrim. Seeing him play it renewed my interest to try the game again. Today I started playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition (2016).
Setup: 1920x1080 resolution. Graphic settings set to high. No mods. Survival mode off. Keyboard and mouse.
Gameplay Log:
At character creation, I made a female wood elf. [While editing this post, it appears this was also the base choice for my character when I first tried to play over seven years ago (see 20150113)]
Followed Ralof to Riverwood
Made and tempered a dagger
To do: go to Whiterun
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 82 minutes
20220528:
Today I returned to the game!
Gameplay Log:
Entered a temple.
Ran out of potions, but leveled up with increased health, focused on using bow and sneak to avoid direct combat, and made use of regeneration
Completed the temple (actually when I reached the lock, I had to backtrack all the way to retrieve the Golden Claw).
Went fishing (discovered I could cross the river)
Went back to Riverwood to sell off equipment and completed Tempered Hide Helmet
I made the mistake of converting too much of my leather to leather straps (so I have excess leather straps)
--took a break--
Killed dragon at the Western Watchtower
To do: go to the East to speak with the Greybeard monks in High Hrothgar
--took a break--
Got lost trying to head to High Hrothgar
Killed a dragon
Got back on the road, backtracked a little, and started followed the signs to Ivarstead
Entered a cave
Read an interesting story titled Breathing Water. I like the ending.
Completed the cave which turns the icy winter mountain into a spring-time mountain
Kind of messed around looking for money, crafting items to sell, and making potions
At first I just ate each ingredient to unlock a proprety, but then I decided to just use a tool (http://www.garralab.com/skyrim/alchemy.php)
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 11.1 hours (total game time)
20220603:
Gameplay Log:
A dragon respawned near Whiterun. Defeated it.
Tried to find a treasure indicated by a treasure map.
There was an orc who wanted a good fight. Tried to fight him, but died once and decided not to waste resources.
Might have succeeded except the gold I found was in a tower, as opposed to what I thought of treasure as being buried in the ground.
Tried to fight a giant, but failed. It seemed possible, but decided not to waste resources.
Later played around with trying to get the giant to kill the bandits for me.
I later discovered after much effort that a defeated bandit would respawn.
Got enough money for a house in Whiterun
Decided to use the glitch that saves the 5000 gold
Used much of that gold for the house upgrades
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 2.2 hours (session game time) / 15.3 hours (total game time)
20220604:
Gameplay Log:
Joined the Companions
Started having Lydia follow me
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 7.2 hours (session game time) / 22.5 hours (total game time)
20220605:
Gameplay Log:
Bought a horse (White Run stables, 1000 gold)
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 0.8 hours (session game time) / 23.3 hours (total game time)
20220615:
Gameplay Log:
Lydia sometimes blocks my way, but having her melee while I use magic can be useful
The horse will reset next to your location after fast travel!
Made it to Winterhold
It occurs to me that the Stormcloaks don't like elves or basically any race except Nords; so while it seemed like joining them would be my initial inclination, as a Dark Elf I feel like joining the Imperials would be smarter [I did some reading and technically it doesn't matter, but there is that aforementioned roleplay element of race and the Stormcloaks would eventually have you attack Whiterun which is a great home base; also the entire storyline is considered a side quest...]
Read a particular mage build guide. Learned about using Soul Trap to power level Conjuration in order to use Dremora Lords.
Got these spells from College: ...
Putting the Soul Trap strat into practice, I leveled Conjuration to 66 before taking a break and proceeded with the game. Using "Conjure Flame Atronach" has been useful though.
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 6.6 hours (session game time) / 29.9 hours (total game time)
20220616:
Gameplay Log:
Trained with Angi. The training helps boost Archery level, but the item she gives is crappy [20220617: apparently this is a waste of Angi's training; "this training is best left until they reach Level 94 as the subsequent levels would take much longer to train if done so in normal combat."]
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 3.4 hours (session game time) / 33.3 hours (total game time)
20220617:
Gameplay Log:
Got level 100
Got the Dremora Lord
Summoned Unbound Dremora (easy with Lydia and two Dremora Lords)
Got Flame Thrall (read pros and cons of Dremora Lord to Atronachs; Should use Storm Atronach against dragons)
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 7.0 hours (session game time) / 40.3 hours (total game time)
20220618:
Gameplay Log:
Explored some area with a strange orb.
The next part of that quest is to find some stolen books.
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 1.5 hours (session game time) / 41.8 hours (total game time)
20220621:
Gameplay Log:
Completed some quests in the Northeast.
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 2.5 hours (session game time) / 44.3 hours (total game time)
20220622:
Gampelay Log:
Did the mine quest (?) in Solsteim (sp?)
Focus on enchanting
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): (session game time) / (total game time)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) (2011)
Relevant Links:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Wikipedia.org)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) (MetaCritic.com)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Steam Store Page)
20150113:
I played about one to two hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim today. Unfortunately, I was distracted by a personal dilemma. It was so bad that I couldn't even concentrate. I was subsequently so flustered that I didn't know what to do. In any case, it hindered my Skyrim experience.
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| My character! (20150113) |
Setup: I started off playing with a controller, but I wondered if using a mouse and keyboard would be better. I eventually did some research and most people seem to like using a mouse and keyboard better. The main advantage I saw for using a controller would be to sit back and relax.
Steam Game Time: 2.6 hours
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| Check out that bow. (20150113) |
Summary: Not available at this time.
20220527: My brother-in-law visited not too long ago and he was playing Skyrim. Seeing him play it renewed my interest to try the game again. Today I started playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition (2016).
Setup: 1920x1080 resolution. Graphic settings set to high. No mods. Survival mode off. Keyboard and mouse.
Gameplay Log:
At character creation, I made a female wood elf. [While editing this post, it appears this was also the base choice for my character when I first tried to play over seven years ago (see 20150113)]
Followed Ralof to Riverwood
Made and tempered a dagger
To do: go to Whiterun
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 82 minutes
20220528:
Today I returned to the game!
Gameplay Log:
Entered a temple.
Ran out of potions, but leveled up with increased health, focused on using bow and sneak to avoid direct combat, and made use of regeneration
Completed the temple (actually when I reached the lock, I had to backtrack all the way to retrieve the Golden Claw).
Went fishing (discovered I could cross the river)
Went back to Riverwood to sell off equipment and completed Tempered Hide Helmet
I made the mistake of converting too much of my leather to leather straps (so I have excess leather straps)
--took a break--
Killed dragon at the Western Watchtower
To do: go to the East to speak with the Greybeard monks in High Hrothgar
--took a break--
Got lost trying to head to High Hrothgar
Killed a dragon
Got back on the road, backtracked a little, and started followed the signs to Ivarstead
Entered a cave
Read an interesting story titled Breathing Water. I like the ending.
Completed the cave which turns the icy winter mountain into a spring-time mountain
Kind of messed around looking for money, crafting items to sell, and making potions
At first I just ate each ingredient to unlock a proprety, but then I decided to just use a tool (http://www.garralab.com/skyrim/alchemy.php)
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 11.1 hours (total game time)
20220603:
Gameplay Log:
A dragon respawned near Whiterun. Defeated it.
Tried to find a treasure indicated by a treasure map.
There was an orc who wanted a good fight. Tried to fight him, but died once and decided not to waste resources.
Might have succeeded except the gold I found was in a tower, as opposed to what I thought of treasure as being buried in the ground.
Tried to fight a giant, but failed. It seemed possible, but decided not to waste resources.
Later played around with trying to get the giant to kill the bandits for me.
I later discovered after much effort that a defeated bandit would respawn.
Got enough money for a house in Whiterun
Decided to use the glitch that saves the 5000 gold
Used much of that gold for the house upgrades
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 2.2 hours (session game time) / 15.3 hours (total game time)
20220604:
Gameplay Log:
Joined the Companions
Started having Lydia follow me
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 7.2 hours (session game time) / 22.5 hours (total game time)
20220605:
Gameplay Log:
Bought a horse (White Run stables, 1000 gold)
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 0.8 hours (session game time) / 23.3 hours (total game time)
20220615:
Gameplay Log:
Lydia sometimes blocks my way, but having her melee while I use magic can be useful
The horse will reset next to your location after fast travel!
Made it to Winterhold
It occurs to me that the Stormcloaks don't like elves or basically any race except Nords; so while it seemed like joining them would be my initial inclination, as a Dark Elf I feel like joining the Imperials would be smarter [I did some reading and technically it doesn't matter, but there is that aforementioned roleplay element of race and the Stormcloaks would eventually have you attack Whiterun which is a great home base; also the entire storyline is considered a side quest...]
Read a particular mage build guide. Learned about using Soul Trap to power level Conjuration in order to use Dremora Lords.
Got these spells from College: ...
Putting the Soul Trap strat into practice, I leveled Conjuration to 66 before taking a break and proceeded with the game. Using "Conjure Flame Atronach" has been useful though.
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 6.6 hours (session game time) / 29.9 hours (total game time)
20220616:
Gameplay Log:
Trained with Angi. The training helps boost Archery level, but the item she gives is crappy [20220617: apparently this is a waste of Angi's training; "this training is best left until they reach Level 94 as the subsequent levels would take much longer to train if done so in normal combat."]
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 3.4 hours (session game time) / 33.3 hours (total game time)
20220617:
Gameplay Log:
Got level 100
Got the Dremora Lord
Summoned Unbound Dremora (easy with Lydia and two Dremora Lords)
Got Flame Thrall (read pros and cons of Dremora Lord to Atronachs; Should use Storm Atronach against dragons)
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 7.0 hours (session game time) / 40.3 hours (total game time)
20220618:
Gameplay Log:
Explored some area with a strange orb.
The next part of that quest is to find some stolen books.
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 1.5 hours (session game time) / 41.8 hours (total game time)
20220621:
Gameplay Log:
Completed some quests in the Northeast.
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): 2.5 hours (session game time) / 44.3 hours (total game time)
20220622:
Gampelay Log:
Did the mine quest (?) in Solsteim (sp?)
Focus on enchanting
Steam Game Time (Special Edition): (session game time) / (total game time)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) (2011)
Relevant Links:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Wikipedia.org)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) (MetaCritic.com)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Steam Store Page)
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| Character creation is part of the fun! (20150113) |
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