Immersive Skyrim

[Kushan]

I have hordes of stuff left hidden in almost every city in Skyrim. After awhile there's not much point in selling it for even more gold so I just hide it around. I never knew I was actually a Human-Squirrel until I started playing this game. I love the "Bags & Bandoliers" and the "Fishing in Skyrim" mods.

I like to think of myself as a collector, rather then a pack rat when it comes to the TES games ::) Fortunately there is a ton of house mods out there that provide plenty of display cases, mannequins for armor, and storage for all the miscellaneous junk.

Been wanting to jump back into Skyrim myself, just waiting to get my new computer set up. My replacement case can't arrive fast enough. Going to try out some quest mods this time around. At this point I;ve done most of the vanilla ones, and it is getting just a bit stale.

[Toonces]

Yeah, I have bags and bandoliers, too.

I have a few more mods, but I can't remember them all.  I like the idea of more environmental and RPG patches like real hunger and needs or whatever it's called.  I usually just fast travel from quest to quest.  With all these mods installed it should make it a lot more interesting to walk from place to place, with the need to dress for the environment, camp overnight, hunt, build fires, eat, etc.  There's like more point to taking the time to get from point A to point B with the mods.  Or at least that's the idea.  I'll have to see how long it keeps my attention in execution.   ::)

[Toonces]

God, I'm not even sure how I ended up at this bouncing ball.

Is there a mod that does something like this, which is totally epic?

[Sir Slash]

I've been having fun with my very first Dog-Follower in the game and I laugh when he sometimes gets stuck at odd angles in rooms or lays down in the fireplace. Once while exploring an old ruin he jumped from a higher level trying to follow me and crashed on to me and another time I was trying to find a way down to a pool below me and he shows up already there, nothing but his face above water.

[BanzaiCat]

I've been through Skyrim three times, really loved playing an Orc fighter type wielding a maul. Dragons didn't stand a chance against that damage-dealing demigod. 8)

I don't like storing or caching stuff in Skyrim, because as soon as I store it somewhere, I'll forget about it. I don't carry all that much beyond what I want to use.

I guess you can say I packrat when it comes to books. I grab 'em wherever I can find them, even if I get repeats. Problem is I think there's only one house big enough to hold a ton of books (near the Bard's College IIRC).

[Gusington]

The entire time I played Skyrim (150 hours) I was the same dude. A green elf. Just like real life. I never really bought into the whole thing about different play throughs with different avatars really are different but I guess I should try it.

I had one dog but he bought it somehow...I can't remember how. I preferred traveling through Skyrim solo...no dogs, companions, etc. Also sorta like real life.

[Nefaro]

My first character in vanilla Skyrim was an Imperial spellcaster type.  I guess that I'm the odd one out.  Everyone seems to go with the beefy 2-handed weapons.  They do seem like the most efficient way to go.

I became rather depressed with the whole thing when I found out that the spellcasting skills reach a hard cap at some point late in the game.  Stopped playing around that time and haven't really given it a serious go ever since.  Doesn't help that it can give me a headache from the weird view, and I gotta mod the FOV to be wider to get very far (which also had to be further tweaked due to some weirdness with the old FOV mod I used).

[BanzaiCat]

I did try a play-through as a fighter/mage type. I remember one place, in some temple where there was a spell gateway or something at the top of a set of stone stairs, which had a tough fight - my Orc managed to knock the crap out of them, but the nancy-boy fighter/mage I had got waxed several times. I think I gave up on that character at that point.

I don't mind the companions, but I do prefer solo play. The dog was helpful since he growled when something nasty was nearby, but when you're a walking tank with a nuts-bashing hammer, there's few ambushes that hurt.

[Sir Slash]

Once I shot my dog with an arrow by mistake thinking he was an attacking wolf. He forgave me though he did look at me funny. I understand enemy mages can sometimes turn him against me. I don't know if I could kill him now, he's grown on me. I say "He" but in examination, he looks more like a "She"--- he has no external equiptment if you know what I mean. I wonder if there's a mod for that.

[JasonPratt]

"I was a hero's dog once, but then etc."

I suspect most of us would agree Aela makes the best pet dog, though...

[Gusington]

If there is a Skyrim real dog genitals mod I may quit this hobby.

[BanzaiCat]

Internet law says there has to be a genitals mod for every game. Even Steel Panthers.

[Gusington]

Cheeky.

[JasonPratt]

^^ And so it begrins...

[Kushan]

My first character in vanilla Skyrim was an Imperial spellcaster type.  I guess that I'm the odd one out.  Everyone seems to go with the beefy 2-handed weapons.

Size doesn't always matter. Vanilla SKyrim heavily favors a light armor/2-handed weapon combo. My favorite play through still remains my Aldmeri mage, my imperial knight (Sword+Shield) is a close second.