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• Ilas-Maht

  

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  March 2, 2014 3:30 PM EST

  This is my first discussion, so I just wanted to get to know anyone who would take some time to answer this question
  
  What can you not play Skyrim without? Things like races, skills, weapons, armor, or even mods! Mine is that I love Argonians and the Smithing skill. I get bored very easily when I play a build that isn't an Argonian with a few exceptions and I can't play the game without the strongest possible equipment with, again, few exeptions.
  
  Chao~

• Zonnonn

  

  • 585 posts
   

  March 2, 2014 3:34 PM EST

  Archery and stealth, even when I'm trying to play a two handed warrior I end up trying to sneak up and sniping enemies.
• Theodorus

  

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  March 2, 2014 3:40 PM EST

  Surely 99% of us are guilty of this... And have to go through conscious efforts to not do this: hoarding. Stuffing our backpacks to the brim and then trying to find the least valuable/useful items to drop to pick up... MORE SHIT. Gotta love it. Soul gems, ingredients, ores/ingots, enchanted gear, precious gems, scrolls, fuckin books, weapons and armor we don't need... Why not?

• Lozhar

  

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  March 2, 2014 3:50 PM EST

  Apocrypha was an nightmare for my scholar/mage...
  Should I get rid of my books? No, let me throw those enchanted armors and weapons, then my dragons bones and scales on that dangerous looking water... But not my books!
• Vazgen

  

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  March 2, 2014 4:18 PM EST

  unique items and artifacts. I always collect them, even if they gather dust in some chest. Also Dragon Bones and Scales. Even on non-crafting character I always keep them in my house

• Deleted Member

  
   

  March 2, 2014 4:32 PM EST

  I can't play Skyrim with an Argonian. Skyrim belongs to the Nords! 

• Vazgen

  

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  March 2, 2014 4:34 PM EST

  Shot, how are your two statements connected? It's like saying that Skyrim belongs to the Dragonborn. Unless you want to say that no race other than Nords is allowed there

• Tae-Rai

  

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  March 2, 2014 4:40 PM EST

  I honestly don't have any. I play Argonains lots but I have just as many non-Argonian characters.

• Deleted Member

  
   

  March 2, 2014 4:56 PM EST

  Being the Dragonborn as anything other than Nord doesn't make sense. Imperial and Breton maybe, but that's pushing it. 

  Skyrim does belong to the Dragonborn. Where have you been? 

• Vazgen

  

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  March 2, 2014 5:00 PM EST

  Being dragonborn is a blessing bestowed by Akatosh - can be applied to any race. Skyrim belongs to it's people and not any person

• Only Sleuth

  

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  March 2, 2014 5:51 PM EST

  Followers. I can't play without at least Faendal, if not a stronger companion. I just wouldn't feel safe doing the things I do in game without having them with me. There's still a part of me trying to impress Serana, so I do all sorts of courageous stuff when I have her following me. Now that I've written it down, that doesn't seem healthy...

• Paul

  

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  March 2, 2014 5:59 PM EST

  Collecting books

• Iseme

  

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  March 2, 2014 6:32 PM EST

  Mods that let you totally customise how you look.
  I cannot stand looking like some off the shelf clone, also crossbow's, they might be slow but they back a punch. And last but not least Spider Scroll's.
• Deleted Member

  
   

  March 2, 2014 6:47 PM EST

  1) Historically, you're wrong.

  2) As savior of the world, it all belongs to the Dragonborn.  

• Seyd

  

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  March 2, 2014 6:51 PM EST

  Me? I hoard gold (money not bars) like a dragon, never use potions, almost never use good gear, buy all the houses+spells(even if I use neither of them), As of late, I never make Dragon or Daedric gear and sell all the Daedric gear and Daedric Artifacts I find to the Dremora merchant.

• Vazgen

  

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  March 2, 2014 7:21 PM EST

  1) Just because all the dragonborns were Nords (which may or may not be true) doesn't mean that any dragonborn is a Nord. Just because all the swans you saw were black doesn't mean all the swans are black.
  
  2) So if you save something it belongs to you? Dragonborn is a great hero and is revered in the land, but Skyrim is something bigger than any person, even it's saviour.
• Vileo Sufora

  

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  March 2, 2014 10:02 PM EST

  All Dovahkiin were not Nord. In fact the earliest ones were Nede (proto-men). Miraak is depicted as Nord, though Nords did not exist until like late late in the Merethic Era. Alessia, the Nede that Akatosh made the "dragonborn" pact with was born in Cyrodiil, and thus could be considered an Imperial of sorts. Therefore, historically, you're wrong.

• Legion

  

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  March 2, 2014 10:13 PM EST

  I can't play without picking up and subsequently selling everything with a weight to value ratio of at least 1 to 10.  I like having gold, even if carrying 10,000 coins and 30 pairs of hide boots at once is immersion breaking.  I also pick up spigots.  

• Vileo Sufora

  

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  March 2, 2014 10:13 PM EST

  I don't think I could continue to play Skyrim without the overall customization package the game provides. Over time, I've added some mods to increase this a certain degree, but even so I fell in love with the game on the 360 (I borrowed it from a friend) and proceded to buy the Legendary version on Steam.

  On a more intricate level, I love heavy armor a bit too much, perhaps. All of my characters use it, whether they follow the path of the Warrior, the Mage, or the Thief, they all end up using it to some degree. I love beef up all my warriors in the best possible armor, my mages (Shameless plug!  ) mix robes and occasionally hoods with heavy armor pieces, and my thieves ultimately fall in love with the Ebony Mail. I can't avoid it, aside from a few exceptions like the Ancient Falmer set which is just far too gorgeous to not use on occasion.

• Seyd

  

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  March 2, 2014 10:21 PM EST

  Carmine, I carry around a million gold in Skyrim on the 360, all gained normally. 10,000 gold is normal in game.

• Seyd

  

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  March 2, 2014 10:23 PM EST

  Actually, it makes sense for any race, It's a blessing from Akatosh, and Argonians are closer to dragons than any other race in Tamriel.

• Vileo Sufora

  

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  March 2, 2014 10:23 PM EST

  Yeah I never get to a million lol. I sell everything, but I get bored of characters pretty quickly. I normally stop playing around level 20-25 and start something fresh.

• Seyd

  

  • 229 posts
   

  March 2, 2014 10:23 PM EST

  1. No, Vazgen is correct

  2. Not how saving the world works

• Seyd

  

  • 229 posts
   

  March 2, 2014 10:25 PM EST

  My main character is level 127 and has come across over five million gold in his playthrough...

• Legion

  

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  March 2, 2014 10:26 PM EST

  Huh.  I've never had more than 30,000 gold at a time.  I doubt I'll ever even get the achievement for having 100,000 gold.  I sell and then I buy.  I don't hang onto my gold for long.