Eivion Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Picked up Skyrim last Friday for the PS3. Really enjoying it so far. There are a ton a side quests and most are decent fun. Not sure about the companion system yet, but it is nice to have someone I can use as a walking storage. I am curious how one increases weight capacity. I'v enoticed mine go up ever so slightly, but am uncertain as to how or why. Also is the DLC worth purchasing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 When you level up, increasing your stamina will raise your carry weight (by 5?). Also, the armour trees have perks that make your suit weightless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Thanks for the info. Any opinions on joining the Legion or Stormcloaks? Haven't joined either yet, but I'm leaning toward the Legion. Actually, do I even have to join one of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 You don't have to join either. I think there is a point later in the main quest where you have to advance the civil war storyline to at least a certain point, but I wouldn't even worry about that for a long time. Their storylines mirror each other a bit and are pretty similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Thanks, that is good to know. I wasn't necessarily wanting to join either side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 There are also perks in other skill trees to increase carrying capacity. Pickpocket I believe has one you can use to add 50 pounds. And once you learn the "carry weight" enchantment you can enchant a ring, necklace, gloves and shoes to all have "carry weight" additions to them. I think when I stopped playing I was able to carry over 700 pounds. As for the DLC, I think it's all worth it. Hearthfire lets you build your own home where you can add your own enchanting station, make your own potions and also have your own forge (where you can even make your own arrows). Dawnguard gives you (in my opinion at least) the best follower in the entire game (Serana) and Dragonborn adds a huge new area for you to explore and has a ton of loot in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 When you talk of making your ow n stuff do mean putting an actual personal touch on it or is it the same as using anyone else's forge? Anyways, for reasons unbeknownst to me a blood dragon attacked Riverwood. Kind of pissed me off as it kept flying around and to make things worse, poor Alvor died in the attack which also saw a damn courier interrupt during said battle to give me an inheritance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Same as anyone else's forge And yeah Dragons will do that. They're dicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Thanks, that is good to know. I wasn't necessarily wanting to join either side. The Stormcloaks are a bunch of racist prigs and the Imperials are also douchebags. Nord players may be tempted to join the Stormcloaks out of a sense of nationalism, but I was a Khajiit so I didn't side with anybody. I was all about saving the country while lining my own pockets as a true son of Elsweyr would. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLSigman Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Thanks, that is good to know. I wasn't necessarily wanting to join either side. The Stormcloaks are a bunch of racist prigs and the Imperials are also douchebags. The game does a really good job of making my various Dunmer Dragonborn think that all these fuckers need Boethiah. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Picked up Skyrim last Friday for the PS3. Really enjoying it so far. There are a ton a side quests and most are decent fun. Not sure about the companion system yet, but it is nice to have someone I can use as a walking storage. I am curious how one increases weight capacity. I'v enoticed mine go up ever so slightly, but am uncertain as to how or why. Also is the DLC worth purchasing? I borrowed it from a friend a couple of weeks ago and got hooked on it. I'm a loyal guy so I've stuck with Lydia as my first companion and married her as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I used Lydia until I could use Aela. Ended up marrying Aela and will likely stick to using her mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I use Aela quite regularly until I'm able to get Serana. Only problem with her is you can't marry her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 It doesn't matter whether you pick Imperials or Stormcloaks - one of these days, you will start another whole new game to play from different angles, and you can play it from the other side the second go-around. Agree with the DLCs, screw it, get them all. Dragonborn blows away Dawnguard in terms of playability (more to do), but they're both worth having. Hearthfire is cute more than essential, but it's so cheap, screw it. If it were $10, I'd be like "well, I dunno." Aela was my wife, but she never went on missions with me. She stayed at home and ran the general store and trained me in archery so I could pay her for training, then get my money back. Never could get the hang of shooting bows. Was more of a warhammer guy. HULK SMASH! Does anyone at all here still play the pay-per-month version? I worry that wil be the big barrier to them ever coming out with another standalone Elder Scrolls game. I don't wanna pay $10 a month to play a video game. I'd actually consider some kind of "season pass" for $60 a year if I liked the game well enough, but $120 a year sounds steep. But if they came out with a new standalone Elder Scrolls with no monthly fees, I'd be in line somewhere buying a current-generation console and the game the day it came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I really wish there was a Companion/Follower wheel ala Fallout: New Vegas. It gets old hearing, "I am sworn to carry your burdens" every time I want to give Lydia any equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Question, if you finish the main quest, can you still keep playing and do all the side stuff you didn't do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Question, if you finish the main quest, can you still keep playing and do all the side stuff you didn't do? Yep! I think the only thing that might be closed off is the civil war stuff, but I'm not 100% on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Question, if you finish the main quest, can you still keep playing and do all the side stuff you didn't do? Yep! I think the only thing that might be closed off is the civil war stuff, but I'm not 100% on that. Ok cool. I'm about to finish off the Winterhold quests and want to jump back into the main quests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Yeah nothing gets closed off by playing through the main quest. Elder Scrolls doesn't really do game over. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Just got the ability to turn into a werewolf. That's pretty fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I think I only used that once or twice so far. I mainly chose to become a werewolf so I so could continue advancing in the Companions quest and so I could be immune to disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 First thing I do whenever I become a werewolf is go kill that preacher guy who stands out there day and night shouting. Motherfucker gets on my nerves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Oh Lydia - I accidentally killed her off like 5 hours in my play through and I was too lazy to go back and restart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Werewolf, you say? I'm pretty sure Bethesda made the Skyrim children as obnoxious as possible so that the mod community would make a "children aren't invincible anymore" mod almost immediately. And sure enough they did. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 The kids in Skyrim are all pretty obnoxious little shits. So in other words, they're like 95% of all kids in real life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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