ViceMan 1380 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 Horses are pretty much pointless, especially when they decide to help you out in a fight and get slaughtered. You can't beat travelling on foot from location to location, it really doesn't take that long. Markarth to Whiterun to Windhelm to Riften is a nice little jaunt unless you get sidetracked on the way - which you inevitably will. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qdeathstar 1763 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 I dunno, you can carry a lot on a horse and they are faster. It takes forever to go anywhere in skyrim. Idk what you are talking about... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaPn bOnEs 8527 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 horses arent that much faster IMO... i too don't see a use for one... unless you can ride overencumbered, then it'd use it for that... otherwise it gets in the way and gets caught up on rocks and shit... it's more of a hassle to me... < { iphucked this post!! } Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massacre 7646 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 I can't remember ever using a horse for anything other than making key moments more cinematic. After the Dragonborn DLC started, my wood elf rode a horse to Windhelm, all 'shit got real'-like. With my two main characters being a wood elf archer and a dark elf thief/assassin, it just seemed more fitting to travel on foot. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qdeathstar 1763 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 I wish I had of went elvin for the magic... I'm focusing on conjur/ destruction Would be nice if there was a way to easily swap shout types.. Re horses: I don't know how they fucked the horses up. They already had a follower system capable of issuing the wait comman and a game which handled horses perfectly as an example to copy from in rdr... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtagrl 4316 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 I tried a horse one time, and haven't bothered since. They're only barely faster than walking, and waaaay too conspicuous for my sneaky Khajiit. I'd much rather travel on foot, and explore every inch of terrain, discover every town and then fast travel when it's more convenient. Question: can we own more than one home, and can we belong to more than one faction?...like once you join a group, are you permanently stuck with them? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massacre 7646 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 You can join any and every faction, and own every home. You can't leave any faction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustAn808 130 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 After you do a certain number of quests for the Jarl in that particular city, you become Thane of (Whiterun, Riften, Winterhold, etc), which in turn grants you the ability to buy a house in that city. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViceMan 1380 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 You don't necessarily need to become Thane to purchase property, but you do usually have to help the people of said city. Then again you can give gold to a beggar three times and it will count as helping three people. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qdeathstar 1763 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 How do you build a house? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaPn bOnEs 8527 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 read the manual at your new homestead.. you'll need lots of logs from a lumber mill, iron ingots, and clay and quarry stones... there should be a deposit of both somewhere near your workstation... < { iphucked this post!! } Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Massacre 7646 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 Assuming you have the Hearthfire DLC, of course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaPn bOnEs 8527 Report post Posted March 19, 2013 oh right... forgot that he's probably rocking the bare-bones version... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtagrl 4316 Report post Posted March 20, 2013 What's this about a bare bOnEs? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaPn bOnEs 8527 Report post Posted March 20, 2013 i love how i can stick "bones" in many different places... see what i did there... you should buy hearthfire though QD if you're digging the game... building a house was actually cooler than i thought it would be... it all feels like crafting but it's kinda cool to build it from the ground up, including the interior... i really wanna get to that point in my new file, i might take a different property instead of the one north of whiterun because of the level cap requirement... perhaps i should look into the one near solitude... i loved the one in falkreath, lakewood manor, but i didn't want to pick the same spot again... bummer... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 350 Report post Posted March 20, 2013 I can't remember ever using a horse for anything other than making key moments more cinematic. This. Sometimes I just use the horse to walk slowly through towns. Just so they know who's boss. It would have been great if they added satchels and storage to horses, as well as the ability to call your horse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViceMan 1380 Report post Posted March 20, 2013 And changed their AI so they didn't insist on helping you fight an Elder Dragon. Just stay the fuck out of the way when i'm fighting, this battle isn't for you horse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Massacre 7646 Report post Posted March 20, 2013 I have a mod that adds various cosmetic items to the horses, and I'm sure there's a mod for your other equestrian needs. Visit the Nexus, you PC-inclined bastards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViceMan 1380 Report post Posted March 20, 2013 There's a mod that adds a driveable horse-drawn cart which your followers can ride in and you can stash your loot in. I saw it on here: @7:52 Also: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qdeathstar 1763 Report post Posted March 21, 2013 Are the houses you can build cookie cutter, or can you put the walls up the way you want to, eg, make a triangular house? I've always had a thing for triangular houses.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaPn bOnEs 8527 Report post Posted March 21, 2013 that macho man mod never gets old, i could watch that over and over, but not with that annoying guy talking... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaPn bOnEs 8527 Report post Posted March 26, 2013 so that really happened... i did kill the dragon but in the mass chaos of only having magic to work with and party clothes on, i pissed off some town guards i lit on fire and they finished me off... literally, right after i was handed my party clothes the dragon interrupts our conversation ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustAn808 130 Report post Posted March 26, 2013 Reminds me of the tale i told earlier in this thread where i had nothing except magic and party clothes. just went around freezing everyone with a shout and flaming them to death. Took forever 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qdeathstar 1763 Report post Posted March 27, 2013 Up to level fourteen now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
