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* Unlike pretty much every other Elder Scrolls game from the past ~20 years, you can't really | * Unlike pretty much every other Elder Scrolls game from the past ~20 years, you can't really go wrong with character development. Go hog wild, try everything! The only things you're limited by are the perks, but even then you get enough to max out at least several trees. | ||
* Get out of the packrat mentality! You can grind more than enough money chopping wood, harvesting crops and making leather helmets. You can leave those iron greatswords and hide armors where they lie. | * Get out of the packrat mentality! You can grind more than enough money chopping wood, harvesting crops and making leather helmets. You can leave those iron greatswords and hide armors where they lie. | ||
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* Sometimes it'll feel like dialogue is forcing you into a corner. Remember, you can always exit dialogue without agreeing to someone by hitting Tab (or whatever the menu-close button is on the consoles). | * Sometimes it'll feel like dialogue is forcing you into a corner. Remember, you can always exit dialogue without agreeing to someone by hitting Tab (or whatever the menu-close button is on the consoles). | ||
* It's actually very easy to gimp your character early o | * It's actually very easy to gimp your character early o - ll you have to do is spend time leveling non-combat skills. You should really focus your first 5-10 levels on going out and killing things. Doesn't matter if you're using bows or two-handed maces or destruction spells, you want to have a solid combat base early on. If you blow your early levels increasing skills like Enchanting, Sneaking or Speech, the combat can easily outpace you in the meantime. This balances out around level 10 or 15 as you stop gaining levels so quickly and can afford to focus on both combat and non-combat skills. | ||
* See, unlike other games like Fallout, you can't just talk your way out of combat in Skyrim. Sure there's a speech skill, but it's horribly implemented and won't let you opt out of a lot of combat. So you can be as diligent as you like increasing things like Speech and Pickpocket and Sneak, but unless you're combining those with direct combat abilities (and I mean investing in perk trees as well, not just increasing the skill values) you're going to get left behind in combat at higher levels. | * See, unlike other games like Fallout, you can't just talk your way out of combat in Skyrim. Sure there's a speech skill, but it's horribly implemented and won't let you opt out of a lot of combat. So you can be as diligent as you like increasing things like Speech and Pickpocket and Sneak, but unless you're combining those with direct combat abilities (and I mean investing in perk trees as well, not just increasing the skill values) you're going to get left behind in combat at higher levels. | ||
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* Also, be sure to familiarize yourself with the crafting options. Most blacksmiths can provide a hands-on tutorial for smithing, whereas enchanting/cooking/chopping/mining/alchemy are all fairly straightforward. Still, make sure you know what you can make and how you can improve your gear using those things. | * Also, be sure to familiarize yourself with the crafting options. Most blacksmiths can provide a hands-on tutorial for smithing, whereas enchanting/cooking/chopping/mining/alchemy are all fairly straightforward. Still, make sure you know what you can make and how you can improve your gear using those things. | ||
[[Category:Games]] | * For every ingredient you find, you can figure out the first property by eating it. This can help you figure out how to make some simple potions and will also level up your alchemy skill. The rest of the properties can only be found out by combining them with other ingredients with like properties. It will take a lot of trial and error. You can buy potion recipes from alchemy shops, though the property it mentions won't appear on the ingredient until you use it for that particular potion. | ||
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