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Round VIII: Delving for the Deep Folk; "Cast upon where Dwemer cities slept, the yearning spire hidden learnings kept."
Topic Started: May 24 2017, 09:05 AM (4,175 Views)
Kane
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Wow, you folks are crushing it!
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Neil,

Good job! Are you going to try Solstheim or the TG quest next? The TG questline took me 6 hours with my tester, but YMMV. Dwemsey is at 35.5 hours, but hasn't done Muzuft yet...she just got the books last night after a big loop of Alftand, Blackreach, the Krosis dragon spot (can't remember names for shite!), the CoW books, Shimmermist (which isn't listed but has Falmer and a centurion) and then back to Lakeview to offload and regroup.

I've only done Blackreach 3 times now, and each time I feel like I'm underwater! I looked for the crimson nirnroot, but bailed after getting 11 and time was a ticking. Now I have to do Muzuft, Kagrumez, Rkund and then the TG quest for Irky and finally Solstheim. I just might have the time to do it all, but we'll see. Of course I need to stay alive during the process. I killed my tester falling down the mushroom air shaft at Neloth's place, so you never know ;)
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I'll add Shimmermist in.
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Ouch Lupua... that had to hurt!

Speaking of which... I spent the morning trying to get Lyn's file to load... I checked the load order verses Wyre bad he and Loot very carefully. .. all there that I can see, checked.. etc..I even switched profiles, 1st to Asherea, which loaded no problem. .. then to Tsuri. .. which said missing file... Ash's... that's been normal... but also loaded fine... went back to Lyn's and same thing would not load. .

That is I get a loading screen, but..then CTD... all the way back to her 1st hard save in the C.C. dungeon. All I can think now is that her "save" files are missing ( didn't have a chance to check b4 work) or corrupted somehow. Clueless otherwise. .. if I can't figure it out, I'll be starting again tomorrow afternoon when I get off work.
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I'm just glad my character is still alive, but Neil is making me feel like a wimp. LOL ;)

Thanks for adding Shimmermist, Kane!! Not that I want another duck and dodge runaround with yet another Steam Centurion! The one Mzinchaleft was bad enough, and took forever and lots of arrows!!

I keep forgetting Corden's conjuration. :$
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Shimmermist, eh? Hmmm... I've been planning on Solstheim next.

I know what you mean about lots of arows Andra. When I went into the dungeon where I ran out of arrows I'd had 150 Steel arrows and another 30 of mixed Orcish and Dwarven arrows. Frankly, I was shocked when I couldn't draw my bow and saw "no arrows equipped"...
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Today I am giving thanks that I took a break from the competition to play a little Fallout 4. Whilst playing FO4 there was an lovely *snerk* power outage! The power stayed out for 4 hours and then when it came back on it went back off 4 more times. It has now stayed on for a good 20 minutes so hopefully it is stable.

I must confess that internetz withdrawl is REAL!!!
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Kane
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At least it didn't happen while playing Skyrim!!
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Just reading these archery woes.

So with a devilish grin, notwithstanding that Adella isn't in the comp, and is of course smithed to high heaven....

Steam Centurian in Alftand.....THREE shots....on Legendary.....
(Yes really)
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Andra Hawksdaughter
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Neil, I make sure that I have at least 300+ arrows all the time. I hate running out, and it always seems to happen at the worst times! :(

Just made the Shimmermist run, and this time the Centurion was easier. I had a nice big pillar that was great cover. Ran him in circles shooting while his steam missed me. :D
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Jun 8 2017, 06:37 PM
Just reading these archery woes.

So with a devilish grin, notwithstanding that Adella isn't in the comp, and is of course smithed to high heaven....

Steam Centurian in Alftand.....THREE shots....on Legendary.....
(Yes really)
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So... Does that work with NO arrows? :)

I dunno, I just don't see the fun in that. Dangerous and deadly enemies should always be dangerous and deadly, eh? Otherwise they really don't much count, you know? Did I ever tell you about the time I took on a street gang single handed in RL?

I might not have because it didn't mean much. They caught me out on the street a couple of blocks from where I lived at about 10 at night. There were about ten of them maybe more, and the biggest baddest gangster walked up to me and demanded that I give him a cigarette.

I grabbed him by front of his shirt, picked him up and slapped him into the nearest brick wall. He was looking for some help from his "homies", but suddenly he and I were the only people on the street 'cuz the rest of his "gang" suddenly discovered they needed to be somewhere else. Impressive so far, eh? Well, the reality is not so much.

I released the "gangster's" shirt and he slumped to the ground kinda gasping for air, and I looked into his 11-year old eyes and informed him if he ever disrespected me again I would spank his bare ass right there on the street. ...and all of his buddies too... if I could catch them. Not a one of them was older than 11, taller than 5 foot, or weighed more than 85 pounds dripping wet.

Everything is relative my friend... ;)

Aahni has an AR of I think 270, and the only enchantments are fortify regenerate health 15% on her plate cuirass, and at the time she had an elven mace smithed to "fair" enchanted with a 15 point burn. Frankly I'm pretty pleased that she managed to take out both multiples of spheres and falmer on Eggspurt difficulty.

Andra Hawksdaughter
Jun 8 2017, 08:55 PM
Neil, I make sure that I have at least 300+ arrows all the time. I hate running out, and it always seems to happen at the worst times! :(

Just made the Shimmermist run, and this time the Centurion was easier. I had a nice big pillar that was great cover. Ran him in circles shooting while his steam missed me. :D


I've never gone through so many arrows so fast... what a shock that was!
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I find the spheres generally more of a challenge than the centurions. The spheres are quick, and if you get into a location they can't reach, they'll hide to avoid being sniped at.

Centurions are stupid and clumsy. And most of the places you meet them have places you can get out of their reach, and snipe at them.
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Jun 8 2017, 11:10 PM
I find the spheres generally more of a challenge than the centurions. The spheres are quick, and if you get into a location they can't reach, they'll hide to avoid being sniped at.

Centurions are stupid and clumsy. And most of the places you meet them have places you can get out of their reach, and snipe at them.
Yeah, I just did Shimmermist, and it was almost disappointingly easy. The spheres are indeed MUCH harder IMO... As you say, they are fast and deal a good bit of damage. ...and if you happen to get knocked down during a fight with them, there's a good chance you'll never get back up again, eh? :)
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Gaius Zombius has been very busy. He has cleared Nchaund-Zel, Arkngthamz, Bthardamz and Avunchenzel. So some if the really long dungeons are complete. He has Spellbreaker and continues to upgrade his Dwarven Armor and weapons. Gaius is still looking for an enchanted Dwarven sword (fire or shock) but has had no luck yet. He has just reached level 20 and is considering hiring some help to carry his junk around.
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Aahni just did Kagrenzel (it was a first for both of us), and all I have to say is OMG! Has anybody else done this ruin for this competition? I have video proof that Aahni survived, but if I didn't have the video, I'd never have believed it!

I don't think I've ever been so taken by surprise in Skyrim EVER! My heart is still pounding... Hell, I should be glad it's still beating at all!

EDIT: After the competition is over, I'll post that video... Until then, it's waaaay too much of a spoiler. ;)
Edited by neildarkstar, Jun 9 2017, 02:03 AM.
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I haven't done that one in a competition and only maybe twice at all. It's a real butt clencher, for sure.
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Neil,

Just did Kagrenzel. I tried to find it earlier tonight (never been there before), but gave up. Your post inspired me to try again :)
We made it through, but I wondered. Semi spoiler enclosed!
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I wish that dungeon was a lot longer, and I was surprised at the very familiar place you came out. Always fun finding something new and different!
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heh, "Butt clencher" is a truly appropriate description, eh? :D
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looked it up... yeah.. one of my characters got sent there for something.. and ummm.. yeah.. very butt clenching!!
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We did Kaggy this Wednesday.....along with a few other holes down the Eastern edge of the map....well......just for fun (tho still DiD mind).

Adella survived the 'surprise' thinking 'when is this going to end?' The um' residents were few in number....but all nasty and one was at their top level of badass badness....hate them.
You know why they can't see? Yeah...cos they are all butt ugly and can't bare to look at each other. Imagine them being married and waking up in the morning to see "that" looking back at ya. Shudders....

Anyhow @ neil (post 171)
Yeah...you appreciate my "three arrows" though true...was a funnin' poke. You see, we use fortify archery apparals which effectively almost quadruple the bow output...and it's a legendary smithed Dragonbone bow to begin with. To three shot the dangerous Centurion....ontop of all that...she also downed the max possible vanilla brewed "Fortify Marksman" potion (139%).

OTOH...not forgetting of course that Legendary then divides our super bow output by four compared to Adept whilst tripling the already dangerous Centurion's damage output :'(

Now if you have to wear say a carryweight ring and necklace to keep moving instead of Fortify archery apparal, and you don't happen to have those potions....well then its a different story. Could be looking at a dozen arrows to bring one down ;)

Of course you also realise the OP weaponry is just the reward....the payoff for fifty levels of hard work.....Adella had to prove herself with low level gear against dangerous foes many times over prior to getting to the fun level :)

That's kind of the end goal we aim for....being able to eliminate basic 'bosses' without lengthy battles...its enjoyable reaping the rewards. Plus of course, as always with Skyrim, there are plenty of super tough bosses (and multi boss combos) held in reserve to get you if you get complacent. Which is why I have not gotten through it all with one DiD playthrough in six years. But we sure as hell are giving it our best shot now :D
Edited by Rick, Jun 9 2017, 08:06 AM.
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