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Best perks in Skyrim?
- Nov 17, 2011 8:06 am GMTCore i7 2600,
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Coolermaster 1000 watt psuI'm level 16 and have put all my perk points in destruction, conjuration, one handed and light armour. Don't feel like wasting perk points on things like enchanting, blacksmithing etc but worried that maybe I'll loose out on some good stuff if I totally ignore those things.
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- Nov 17, 2011 8:20 am GMT
The perks that let you zoom in on the bow and slow down time are very useful. There's also a perk in pickpocketing that increases your carrying capacity by 100, which I am dying to get (takes forever to get pickpocketing up to level 50). I wouldn't waste any perks on lockpicking. Once you join the theives guild you can find someone who sells a ton of lockpicks, and the locks become generally easy to pick once your level goes up to like 50.
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- Nov 17, 2011 8:33 am GMT
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The best anime ever!!!Well obviously it depends what you want to do.
Also from what I've seen on the forums, the thing the illusion trainer in the College says: "Illusion is the most underappreciated school" seems to be true. Not sure why, it's pretty good and even better for those that like to sneak.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 17, 2011 9:00 am GMT
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Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.my fav are the one i think for shield that would slow down time whenever the enemy uses that powerfull strike, so giving to time to move away from the attack or counter attack. for heavy armor you can choose to pickup that perk that makes heavy armor weight close to zero, i havent gotten there up yet since i am still level 19 yet though.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 17, 2011 11:46 am GMT
If you mean "how can I achieve 3K to 16K health points in a single attcak?" this is your guide:
http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1266212-2469-armor-3199-damage-using-smithing-alchemy-enchanting-only-31-perks/
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- Nov 17, 2011 1:56 pm GMT
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Slash 'n Blast - RPG Character Builds & AnalysisIt's really your choice. Some perks might be better for max damage than others. For the most part, you can beat the game with any combination. Maybe if you purposely invest in non-combat perks you might be really weak in some of the forced combat scenarios, but you probably have to work at it break your character.
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- Nov 26, 2011 11:12 pm GMT
That's dumb. You invested in the spell schools but not in enchanting? Enchanting is the most powerful perk tree in the game. If you get enchanting up to 100 and get all the perks (except the soul siphon branch - useless), you can enchant armor, rings and amulets to 25% spell school cost reduction. Get 4 items like that and you can cast ANY spells from a single school entirely for free. Plus you get an extra effect per armor and 2 more armor pieces (2 effects each) to play with. You can easily get close to 100% damage reduction for a type of damage like frost. That's right, enchant some armor to 25% reduction in destruction and you can cast fully charged fireballs for free. Completely. Your magicka bar won't even show up when you use the spell. That means you can be a shield + sword warrior with all related fighting perks by level 60 (this includes the smithing perks needed for Daedric smithing) that can cast fireball for free. Yeah, the magic school perks don't seem so useful now, do they? The main perks there just give you cost reduction to spell schools, but who cares about that when you can cast the spells for free?
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- Nov 29, 2011 8:22 am GMT
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ angry nerd syndrome
Lighten up, Francis.
He's right, though. Enchanting is the nuts.
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- Nov 29, 2011 8:40 am GMT
Why don't you have anything to drink? Choose one making you better feeling.
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one handed is pretty cool. if you have gloves that do double backstab damage, you can eventually do a sneak attack with a dagger that does 30x damage.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 29, 2011 10:49 am GMT
If you want to roll through the game and have 0 challenge? Blacksmithing, enchanting and alchemy. Other then that just play the way you want. Theres no real best way to play a single player game
If you want to roll through the game and have 0 challenge? Blacksmithing, enchanting and alchemy. Other then that just play the way you want. Theres no real best way to play a single player game :P
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- Nov 29, 2011 1:01 pm GMTSlonor wrote:
That's dumb. You invested in the spell schools but not in enchanting? Enchanting is the most powerful perk tree in the game. If you get enchanting up to 100 and get all the perks (except the soul siphon branch - useless), you can enchant armor, rings and amulets to 25% spell school cost reduction. Get 4 items like that and you can cast ANY spells from a single school entirely for free. Plus you get an extra effect per armor and 2 more armor pieces (2 effects each) to play with. You can easily get close to 100% damage reduction for a type of damage like frost. That's right, enchant some armor to 25% reduction in destruction and you can cast fully charged fireballs for free. Completely. Your magicka bar won't even show up when you use the spell. That means you can be a shield + sword warrior with all related fighting perks by level 60 (this includes the smithing perks needed for Daedric smithing) that can cast fireball for free. Yeah, the magic school perks don't seem so useful now, do they? The main perks there just give you cost reduction to spell schools, but who cares about that when you can cast the spells for free?
Man, you really know how to make a guy feel old.
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That's dumb. You invested in the spell schools but not in enchanting? Enchanting is the most powerful perk tree in the game. If you get enchanting up to 100 and get all the perks (except the soul siphon branch - useless), you can enchant armor, rings and amulets to 25% spell school cost reduction. Get 4 items like that and you can cast ANY spells from a single school entirely for free. Plus you get an extra effect per armor and 2 more armor pieces (2 effects each) to play with. You can easily get close to 100% damage reduction for a type of damage like frost. That's right, enchant some armor to 25% reduction in destruction and you can cast fully charged fireballs for free. Completely. Your magicka bar won't even show up when you use the spell. That means you can be a shield + sword warrior with all related fighting perks by level 60 (this includes the smithing perks needed for Daedric smithing) that can cast fireball for free. Yeah, the magic school perks don't seem so useful now, do they? The main perks there just give you cost reduction to spell schools, but who cares about that when you can cast the spells for free?
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Man, you really know how to make a guy feel old.:|
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- Nov 29, 2011 3:15 pm GMTTimk1931 wrote:
The perks that let you zoom in on the bow and slow down time are very useful. There's also a perk in pickpocketing that increases your carrying capacity by 100, which I am dying to get (takes forever to get pickpocketing up to level 50). I wouldn't waste any perks on lockpicking. Once you join the theives guild you can find someone who sells a ton of lockpicks, and the locks become generally easy to pick once your level goes up to like 50.
I have been able to pick every lock I've come across so far and I have no points invested in lockpicking. You don't need it. Cool tidbit on the pickpocketing, I definitely want 100 carry capacity increase.
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[/QUOTE] I have been able to pick every lock I've come across so far and I have no points invested in lockpicking. You don't need it. Cool tidbit on the pickpocketing, I definitely want 100 carry capacity increase. :)- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 29, 2011 3:16 pm GMTPrexxus wrote:
If you want to roll through the game and have 0 challenge? Blacksmithing, enchanting and alchemy. Other then that just play the way you want. Theres no real best way to play a single player game
Agreed. I don't care about being almighty and powerful being of Skyrim. I am already killing everything in my path and I'm playing the way I want. I haven't used enchanting or alchemy yet, although I am leveling up Smithing for the badass armors.
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[/QUOTE] Agreed. I don't care about being almighty and powerful being of Skyrim. I am already killing everything in my path and I'm playing the way I want. I haven't used enchanting or alchemy yet, although I am leveling up Smithing for the badass armors. :)- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 29, 2011 3:22 pm GMT
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Lockpicking is a joke..even Master locks only require a couple of lock picks to open. Never wasted a perk on that. But for the rest...just play the way you want. There is no wrong way.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Nov 29, 2011 3:39 pm GMT
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Ill like to like know what are good perks to build on. Im using one hand with shield but is getting meh with the mobs since I take too much damage before I can kill them and my magic is not that strong.
The best trick to level up is smack the greybeards to boost your sneak and leather gauntlets for smitting level.
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- Nov 29, 2011 4:18 pm GMT
Here's the correct answer only one or two people have given you. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. All of these people are giving you what thy think is the best because they are using that type of character. Ignore them, play the way you want, and everything will be great.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jan 4, 2012 4:11 pm GMTHoly crap! Thanks for the good info. A bit harsh perhaps, because not everyone rocks at Skyrim -- we hope to learn from wizards like you someday. But thanks for the info as keep clueing us in on these tricks. Back to Skyrim...
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- Jan 4, 2012 5:35 pm GMT
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The zoom-in perk for the bow is indeed pretty essential if you are bothering with archery at all. Even if you don't, it makes observing an enemy camp much easier.
I'm also really fond of the sneaking perk that lets you do 15x normal damage with a dagger sneak attack. Combine it with the shrouded gloves you get from the Dark Brotherhood, and you'll have a 30x damage bonus when you do a sneak attack with a dagger. You can even one-hit-kill giants by just stabbing them in the back.
Other cool perks are the ones you can unlock for both one-handed and two-handed combat, where it lets you decapitate the enemy. Not that valuable gameplay-wise, but it looks awesome.
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- Jan 5, 2012 8:32 am GMT
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[QUOTE="DraugenCP"]The zoom-in perk for the bow is indeed pretty essential if you are bothering with archery at all. Even if you don't, it makes observing an enemy camp much easier.
I'm also really fond of the sneaking perk that lets you do 15x normal damage with a dagger sneak attack. Combine it with the shrouded gloves you get from the Dark Brotherhood, and you'll have a 30x damage bonus when you do a sneak attack with a dagger. You can even one-hit-kill giants by just stabbing them in the back.
Other cool perks are the ones you can unlock for both one-handed and two-handed combat, where it lets you decapitate the enemy. Not that valuable gameplay-wise, but it looks awesome.
[/QUOTE] i found out that you can pretty regularly use the level 100 Sneak perk to crouch and stealth and get an instant backstab on somebody that's facing you and already knows you're there. it makes it pretty funny - a dragon can come in, land, he starts breathing fire at you, then you 'backstab' him in the flaming mouth for 30x edit: and if you are going to try it, it's that if you crouch and immediately do a normal swing as you crouch, there's a half-second window where the enemies lose sight of you. it doesn't work with power attacks, and doesn't seem to work the first swing usually.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jan 7, 2012 2:21 pm GMTLook at you, hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?
you definitely should level up smithing and enchanting. Enchanted deadra weapons and armor destroy everthing.
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