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[Haplose]

blaidfiste wrote...

Splinter Cell 108 wrote...

Is Apachii Sky Hair worth it? Does it make characters look bad because I don't like what I'm seeing. What about ENBs are they any good? 

Most people using Apachii also use face retex mods as well.  The hair looks wierd on vanilla faces.  I didn't bother with ENBs, too many.  Go with 2K textures imo. 

ENB mods are awesome! Can totally change how the game looks, and it's atmosphere. Depending on the taste, for the better! And there is enough variety among them to cater to everyone's tastes. Only need to spend some time looking for one that will be appropriate for you.

Texture packs are a whole different thing, using one doesn't exclude the other.

[Giggles_Manically]

Well I got Dawnguard.
So questions to those who got it?

When do people offer to become a Steward? I have been running around and around the site with Lydia yet she has said nothing.
They changed her line though

She no longer says "Sworn to carry your burdens" in the snarky voice.
**** you Bethesda I liked that.

[Splinter Cell 108]

Haplose wrote...

blaidfiste wrote...

Splinter Cell 108 wrote...

Is Apachii Sky Hair worth it? Does it make characters look bad because I don't like what I'm seeing. What about ENBs are they any good? 

Most people using Apachii also use face retex mods as well.  The hair looks wierd on vanilla faces.  I didn't bother with ENBs, too many.  Go with 2K textures imo. 

ENB mods are awesome! Can totally change how the game looks, and it's atmosphere. Depending on the taste, for the better! And there is enough variety among them to cater to everyone's tastes. Only need to spend some time looking for one that will be appropriate for you.

Texture packs are a whole different thing, using one doesn't exclude the other.

Thanks and I found one and it also doesn't affect performance as much which is great. I managed to make my Skyrim look gark and at the same time awesome. I also have textures too and it ran just fine so I guess my PC can work with it. 

Modifié par Splinter Cell 108, 05 octobre 2012 - 05:28 .

[blaidfiste]

What are your PC specs?

[happy_daiz]

Giggles_Manically wrote...

Well I got Dawnguard.
So questions to those who got it?

When do people offer to become a Steward? I have been running around and around the site with Lydia yet she has said nothing.
They changed her line though

She no longer says "Sworn to carry your burdens" in the snarky voice.
**** you Bethesda I liked that.

Typically they offer pretty soon, once you've got the main hall built. I noticed that they were more apt to mention it right after we'd fast traveled to the house location.

I always built the bedroom wing, so that there would be enough beds for the full house of peeps: Dovahkiin and spouse, steward, housecarl, bard, two kids, and a dog (+ whatever pet the kids bring home).

At first, I was really bummed, because everyone I was trying to use as a steward couldn't (Jenassa, Borgakh, Mjoll, Kharjo, etc.). Luckily, I found a list of potential stewards, and chose accordingly. Eventually, I decided that more people meant more protection against bandits, so I made sure to become Thane to get the new housecarl, and had a separate steward. The last steward I got, before being totally burned out on Hearthfire, was Eola.

[Haplose]

blaidfiste wrote...

What are your PC specs?

You don't need  good PC to run ENBs. At least some of them. In fact my previous setup run beter and more stable with it, then without (it also contains a number of stability fixes). That was Intel E8400 (Core 2 Duo  3 GHz), 4 Gigs of Ram (or was it 2?), Radeon 4850. Now with the same system, but a GeForce 560Ti, I run it without issues in FullHD.

High resolution texture packs are far more taxing for your system. For example with my RAM/32bit system can't run the official HD texture pack without constantly crashing, most likely due to running out of memory on transitions.

Modifié par Haplose, 05 octobre 2012 - 04:57 .

[Giggles_Manically]

So now that I did Hearthfire the verdict.

I would give Dawnguard an 8.5
Hearthfire? A 4.5 if I was feeling nice.

Its just honestly not that much.
No new lore, no new characters, no new quests, just three houses and some minor things.
On the whole...its just worth five bucks.

Not even close to as good as Dawnguard.
Its very disappointing overall in terms of DLC.

[Splinter Cell 108]

blaidfiste wrote...

What are your PC specs?

CPU: i5 3750 3.4GHZ
GPU: Nvidia 660Ti
Ram: 16GB 1600MHz

I think those are the ones that matter for this anyways, I'm sure that my PC can handle it, I haven;t had any errors or issues of any sort while playing like this.  

[blaidfiste]

^ Pretty awesome. I've been considering an upgrade during this downtime. I'll probably do 8 gigs ram and the 550Ti. I'm happy with my current CPU.

[Splinter Cell 108]

blaidfiste wrote...

^ Pretty awesome. I've been considering an upgrade during this downtime. I'll probably do 8 gigs ram and the 550Ti. I'm happy with my current CPU.

Yeah I went with 16GB because I managed to get 2 sticks at $85-90 and my MoBo still has space for some more, otherwise I would've gone for 8GB.
 

[blaidfiste]

Giggles_Manically wrote...

So now that I did Hearthfire the verdict.

I would give Dawnguard an 8.5
Hearthfire? A 4.5 if I was feeling nice.

Its just honestly not that much.
No new lore, no new characters, no new quests, just three houses and some minor things.
On the whole...its just worth five bucks.

Not even close to as good as Dawnguard.
Its very disappointing overall in terms of DLC.

Rumor has it that Hearthfire was the last Xbox exclusive-for-1-month DLC.  So I'll give it 10/10 without even playing it.

[Yrkoon]

Just started a new game with Hearthfire installed. House-making is easier than I thought it would be. Went west to Falkreath after doing Riverwood & Bleak falls Barrow. I'm 9th level and already have a fully decorated "Main Hall" type of house. I think I'm gonna hold off on doing the wings until I have a good reason to.

As for "rating" this DLC....  I don't know.  A part of me is just plain apathetic to both Dawnguard and Hearthfire.  But the other part of me is more appreciative toward Hearthfire than most people.  It's a DLC with pure utility value towards the game as a whole.  There's now a  real reason to kill Horkers and Goats, beyond just for food.  There's now a decent reason to mine Iron, beyond just the early  blacksmith-leveling grind.  There's now more choices on where to live.   Even Mudcrab corpses  now have a second use. etc.

In some ways, I appreciate this kind of  addition-stuff more than what Dawnguard offers.

Modifié par Yrkoon, 06 octobre 2012 - 03:17 .

[Giggles_Manically]

I did not put animal heads all over my house.
No sorry that just freaks me out having the head of Bambi in my house.

[Giggles_Manically]

You know....I think Hearthfire did one thing right.

It really does feel like your home, you built it, and placed then filled it up.
Right now I am trying to get everyone into frame but its a hard task.

It feels like more of a home then the other houses.
I still got a lol walking outside and wiping out those bandits though.
It must really suck to rob the Dragonborn's house.

[xiiFezz]

I know what you mean, I was walking around my Morthal home (Really need to learn the name of it) and it was so filled with children, a fox, bard, steward, Lydia. But it feels really cool knowing that you made that house from the ground up.

[Giggles_Manically]

It feels nice to actually build something for a change and not going about slaughtering the locals.

So much death follows the Dragonborn that its nice to bring some life.
I mean there are two kids, Gregor, a bard, the driver, animals, my PCs wife, and him all living in one house.

I like Hearthfire a bit now that I looked at it in more depth.
It really added some content and made various people a bit more important

Like Todd Howard said they wanted the DLC to feel like part of the world not just tacked on.

[Yrkoon]

Hearthfire is deceptively large. It literally added stuff to every single dungeon, city, merchant, and outdoor area in the game. It added a new houscarl and spouse. It added an entire new list of stuff you can cook.

I have just one complaint. Despite loading my house up with virtually every single piece of furnature and plaque avaliable, the interior still seems... bare...sterile. It needs good carpetting  or something.  Something to make it  look... I don't know... more comfortable.

Modifié par Yrkoon, 07 octobre 2012 - 10:49 .

[Giggles_Manically]

I dont enjoy all the animal heads everywhere.

Which is why I did not add them.
Yet there seems to be quite a few anyway....grrr.

Oh also if you get it GET A STEWARD ASAP. I did not know this and so I spent many hours wasted.
Then someone told me about Steward's and I recall Gregor offered HOURS ago.


Cant win em all.

[Master Shiori]

Yrkoon wrote...

Hearthfire is deceptively large. It literally added stuff to every single dungeon, city, merchant, and outdoor area in the game. It added a new houscarl and spouse. It added an entire new list of stuff you can cook.

I must have missed this one. In whihc hold do you get a new housecarl?

[Yrkoon]

Falkreath.  She's a Redguard woman.  You can marry her too.

Modifié par Yrkoon, 07 octobre 2012 - 08:56 .

[LobselVith8]

happy_daiz wrote...

Typically they offer pretty soon, once you've got the main hall built. I noticed that they were more apt to mention it right after we'd fast traveled to the house location.

I always built the bedroom wing, so that there would be enough beds for the full house of peeps: Dovahkiin and spouse, steward, housecarl, bard, two kids, and a dog (+ whatever pet the kids bring home).

At first, I was really bummed, because everyone I was trying to use as a steward couldn't (Jenassa, Borgakh, Mjoll, Kharjo, etc.). Luckily, I found a list of potential stewards, and chose accordingly. Eventually, I decided that more people meant more protection against bandits, so I made sure to become Thane to get the new housecarl, and had a separate steward. The last steward I got, before being totally burned out on Hearthfire, was Eola.

I'm on the PS3 (so I haven't been able to check out Dawnguard or Hearthfire for myself), but I was curious if there were any characters you would recommend to become Stewards of the new homes you can acquire in Hearthfire (based on your own experience).

[Giggles_Manically]

God muther fing, plow headed piece of crap.

I cant build the Morthal house.
At all.

Literally nothing shows up when I try to build.
I JUST NEED ONE MORE ACHIEVEMENT!
Added to that my Falkreath house crashes when I use an armor stand.....grrrr.

[happy_daiz]

LobselVith8 wrote...
I'm on the PS3 (so I haven't been able to check out Dawnguard or Hearthfire for myself), but I was curious if there were any characters you would recommend to become Stewards of the new homes you can acquire in Hearthfire (based on your own experience).

I don't know that it matters, really. I mean, you get the same bard, carriage driver, or whatever, based on location. Same housecarl as well (well, a specific one based on hold). The last one I tried out as a steward was Eola, and she was fine. She got a bit more dialogue. But she didn't do much outside of mention problems, or allow you to order supplies. None of them do, really.

Otherwise, I'd totally say Ghorbash the Iron Hand, because he's awesome, and he's awesome. Oh, and he's awesome. Orc power, baby.

Edit: Oh yeah, I did try out a couple of the new NPCs from the Dawnguard, and they drove me absolutely bonkers with repeated dialogue.

Modifié par happy_daiz, 09 octobre 2012 - 06:19 .

[Yrkoon]

Added to that my Falkreath house crashes when I use an armor stand.....grrrr.

HA. Forget about freezes. After the creepy wandering mannequins in my Riften home, I decided long ago that the moment the game ever gives me a choice, I will say NO to Armor stands out of general principle.

  Ergo, My Lakeview Manor, now fully built up,  contains 0 armor stands.


But on a related note. The trophy room is awesome

Modifié par Yrkoon, 09 octobre 2012 - 05:59 .

[Giggles_Manically]

I do like the Trophy Room.

I was thinking:
Dragon Head, Dwemer Sphere and a Charus
Then maybe some of the more rare things.

Mostly like I KILLED THESE THINGS WITH MY OWN GODDAMN HANDS!
The ultimate in manly fashion statements.