"Mead, mead, mead. Would it kill 'em to get any beer now and again?"

[theweaselking]

"Stupid bees and their stupid honey."

A quick informal poll for the people who're playing Skyrim:

When That Guy (you know the one) offers you a share of the treasure in exchange for rescuing him, and then runs off screaming that you're a fool and the treasure will be all his and JUST because you killed all his friends AND the giant spider that was about to eat him he's not scared of you?

How many steps did he get before you fricassee'd his ass?

(Oddly, I have now heard four people independently complain about That Guy (you know the one) doing this.

Comments

[stormfeather.livejournal.com]

It varied. I died a couple times after that and had to go back to before that point.

(Protip: Oil + fire is a dangerous combination!)

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. That's why, when you see oil, you should pull out your best flaming attacks and run the enemies through it. Stupid zombies, being all flammable.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

PS: You died in that dungeon?

I've died twice now, once when I was all "ah, how hard can a Giant hit?" and the answer was "I can see my house from heeeeeeeereTHUDSPLAT", and once when I was all "stupid giant I killed you" and his pet mammoth got all "MOO! You can see your house from theeeeeeereMOO!"

So both of those were really all my fault.

(seriously, you can get LAUNCHED by those things. GREAT view!)

[stormfeather.livejournal.com]

Yes, I died in that dungeon! Once was to the aforementioned problem (I didn't even SEE the oil, and was using fire spells, OOPSIE)... I think once more, although now I honestly can't remember how. It may have just been getting swarmed by Dead Dudes, when that was, like, the first side quest of the game that I took on.

Or hell, it may have even been a bug, I've run into a couple I remember that have forced me to restart. Or at least one (where I tried to talk to a dude, and it kinda froze me there... I could look around, but it wouldn't continue the dialogue, and I couldn't cancel out.)

But I probably died.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I had one crash-to-desktop. Very annoying. Apparently other people had the same issue - but I changed the sound settings as per their recommendations, and the problem is solved.

(Does the console version autosave every time you enter a new location? Because it would be crazy-annoying if it didn't.)

[stormfeather.livejournal.com]

It does, at least by default, although you can apparently change that up. Saves on new location, resting, I think waiting. I got kinda spoiled by Dragon Age's autosaving though, and still don't save enough on my own. :/

[chizzer.livejournal.com]

I experienced both of these deaths as well.

"Their Name Means Big"

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Re: "Their Name Means Big"

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The giants aren't actually all that dangerous. The first one hit me *because I let it* to see exactly how much damage it would do.

The Mammoths? Those things are stupidly fucking dangerous. They hit like a Giant, are easily 2-3 times as hard to kill, and they're FAST once they start chasing you.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

I guess it makes sense that they keep mammoths as pets, then.

Re: "Their Name Means Big"

[spartonian.livejournal.com]

Use the landscape to your advantage and just level up archery (assuming a giant isn't also chasing you) or Destruction spells.

I spent about 15 minutes shooting a couple arrows, running away to safe spot, and repeating. I eventually had two dead mammoths to loot at level 7.

[falconwarrior.livejournal.com]

I got launched by standing on the glowy platform when a dragon came out of it, but that didn't kill me. I thought it did because it went to the third=person perspective, but nope.

[spartonian.livejournal.com]

I've died twice now...

You haven't explored much outside the main quest line, have you? I mean other than playing with giants.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I have - but I'm running a Stealth/Smith/Marksman build. If a triple-damage sneak attack from an "Exquisite quality" Elven Bow with +25 Fire damage and Elven Arrows doesn't kill you, I run away. And then do it again.

Very few things know they're in a fight with me for longer than a half-second of pain. I've died, I think five more times since then.

Once, I misjudged a jump and hit rock, not water.
Twice, I picked a fight with guards and fought until they killed me specifically to see how well a given tactic would work.
Once, I attacked the wrong person by accident (HE RAN IN FRONT OF THE ARROW!) and he killed me while I was trying to "surrender" and make peace.
Once, I actually got legit killed by a bunch of dudes I was trying to kill.

[spartonian.livejournal.com]

Bears are bad. I don't like bears... especially because even though I can hear them growling at me, I can't see them AND don't get a red dot on my HUD until AFTER I've almost been mauled to death.

Also... Ice Wraiths. Fuck those things.

(I'm not as far into the game as you obviously...)

[kakita-tsuna.livejournal.com]

Ice Wraiths are bad m'kay... I hate they damned mobility and speed, there are times you just have to start clicking until it ends one way or another...

Dragons eat you... dragons tail-bat you dragons wing-buffet you... dragons freeze you with their friggin' breath... I HATE DRAGONS... I love Skyrim because it lets me KILL dragons.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I charged up flame traps on the floor. Took out my biggest fire spells, charged my armour spells AND LET RIP!

And the giant giggled at me, took next to no damage, chased me half way across the world then stomped me into mush. Sadness

[chizzer.livejournal.com]

Before I zapped him with lightening and then smashed his head with my mace? About eight steps.

[buck-x.livejournal.com]

he got as far as the next room down that corridor.

[falconwarrior.livejournal.com]

Didn't know there was oil around there, nor was I using any spells at that point. But he ran into the next room and I bashed his skull in while he was preoccupied with the zombies.

Also one time my demon-horse-thing killed a dragon.

[graethorne.livejournal.com]

KMill himn as often as possible. Introduce your friends (and strangers, too) to the new tradition of splattering this toad.

Just an impulsive suggestion, mind...

[anivair.livejournal.com]

First time through I just watched him because I knew he was running into a dungeon full of monsters. Second character double fried him with sparks and fire before he made it past the hallway.

[xomox.livejournal.com]

I believe it was three steps before it showed me slitting his throat in third-person perspective. The dialog telling me that he was betraying me played after he hit the ground.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I didn't EXACTLY mean to kill him. but he ran, i chased andf then there were zombies and then I kind of... blanketed the room with fire and OOPSIE he died.