I hope to get the game soon after the holidays. Can anyone send me the manual so I can read up (having never played any of the Elder Scrolls games before)? I can't access the website from work...
Thanks!
same here, it was my first time playing this type of RPG and the learning curve was like 4 hours. i had the manual, but it did not help me understand the game.
here are some tips to help you:
-farming in skyrim is different from farming in most RPG games (i.e. Diablo). basically, you do not kill one boss over and over... instead, you do an action over and over. sometimes its silly, and somehow i wish theyd fix it (more on this later).
-if you are going for Mage builds, concentrate on Mana. if its a hit and run type (i.e. archer) invest in stamina. and finally, Health if you wanna go with warrior types.
-you only make build mistakes when you spend "Perks" too early. do not spend on perks too early... and do not worry about certain skills being left behind because it is surprisingly and annoyingly easy to level them up.
-take note of skills like sneak, pickpocket, smithing, enchanting, and alchemy. if you are a Diablo II type of guy like me, you will ignore those and only realize how fun they are in the later part, and as far as i know, a fast way to get good game items than killing lots of monsters.
-lastly, sometimes you enjoy leveling up non-offensive skills that you end up in a high level and you do not have an offensive skill to deal with the enemies who managed to scale up with you.
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Skyrim farming:
for you to increase a certain skill, you have to use it over and over again... the thing is, you can use it on everything that's alive, not only in the hostile areas.
say, you want to level "sneaking" ... what you basically do is Sneak around obvious areas, like say, a place where there's only one person in. and oh, there's also a bug. there are some characters that you can sneak on and attack and they won't hit back. this will allow you to power level.
now, i wish they'd fix this thing by allowing you to level up more in "hostile areas" ... and only letting level up slowly in towns and such.
sometimes all it takes to level up is taping a dang mouse button, having dinner, a little tv and going back to find your character is now level 70 in sneaking.
