Yeah very true, that's the plan next time out I think, do a 360° around Whiterun clearing out a few locations. I need smithing materials too so the various mines are a must as well.
I despise the ragdoll effect from getting bucked off as well. And geeze! You certainly are setting quite the challenge for yourself. This will be a rough run
@Obsidianoak it's such an annoying mechanic. Like in mid combat as well when you are getting up from paralysis 😅 My main concern with this was would it translate to watchable content, so I'll to make sure I get the health/armor rating and the damage output scaling above the game as we progress to remedy that. I dont want to be running away from solitary draugr all the time 😅
I I would last maximum of half an hour playing this way before I started making potions and picking up my BOW 😂 That said I plan to watch you show me how its done! Happy New Year Mike 🎉 Edit: I’ve got to say this episode was a bit of a drain in the stamina. l like all the choices you made, no stealing from farms, Survival needs met, sticking to a role. The only one I don’t like is the hard difficulty, its going to make every battle a marathon. However, I’ll stick it out for a few episodes at least because I love the basic principle of what you’re attempting. Just a reminder, if you go to Katla Farm SW of Solitude you can pick a few crops sell them back to them and you become a friend and can enter the farmhouse and take any of the food freely, you can make your veg soup by their fire and voila, you have some food without stealing.
@NannyOggins yeah it's tough 😅. That was my worry about doing this, it's a challenge for sure but I wasn't sure whether it would translate to watchable content if it's taking me 15 minutes to down a single enemy. Hopefully that'll get a little easier as we go on 🤞🏻 Thanks for the tip regarding Katla's farm 😁
I thought my 3850 hrs was a lot but sounds like yours is higher I also played 648 hrs on AE Still good vid well played with no death's (on screen) looking forward to next vid or might reinstall as now have i9 4080KR with a 4k 50inch screen got to see how it looks BTW waiting for next Witcher 3 vid
@@mike-thegamingdad top man, get it out there chomp chomp... I've got to lvl 22 (not high enough but who cares!) and went to the NE corner and paid the Runewright (too much) to start getting glyphwords and stuff... but I've no money left to buy them! 😭
Good idea picking sword and shield . I probably would have picked orc, though. My survival mode is glitched. My health doesn't regenerate over time when I eat the soups and the other foods that are supposed to regenerate it over time. It's the same on Xbox and PC for me. I really sucks because I love survival mode. So thank you for making this video. It's nice to watch
@pmuttenthaler thank you! Yeah the orcs are the best race for survival, by quite some distance as well. That's annoying, I've heard about that problem quite a few times actually, seems to be fairly common
As to Tiber Septim’s race, one name associated with him is Hjalti Earlybeard who was considered a Breton. I am not sure if any were Imperials, as Talos of Altmora is considered Nord. I use 2 small mods for horses. The first whistles the horse to you and the second have the horses go to certain stables. 2 horses are assigned to each stable. I Just got tired of going through every aspect of “Convenient Horses”
@michaeltelson9798 ah okay I wasn't aware of that, I thought he had imperial blood. The mods sound convenient, especially the whistle one. I like that about The Witcher 3. Means you aren't wandering through bushes trying to find where they've ran off too 😅
This Nord nonsense…but, I meant no disrespect. Oh Proventus, you are puffed up. 😆 I’m digging the run so far! I like the idea of a “pure” Dragonborn run, though I understand everyone may have a different idea of what that is. I particularly like the idea of not pillaging nord barrows and draugers. The would be sacred to the Dragonborn.
Luv the self imposed challenge, I try not to sell crafted items cuz since you can farm creep+mora+scaly it breaks the game when 1 potion is worth more than a house.
boss chests you must loot since it's reward for ending a dungeon and so on and also some conteins quest items if i recall correct, but still boss chests and end of dungeons chests.
Half way through MtGD😊. Could I ask some questions about your gaming setup? Also, are you open to suggestions for new games to play through? As always cheers. And thanks for your time😊
@tattyman4191 yeah no problem ask away 👍🏻 As for game suggestions sure thing throw some my way, just letting you know I've got quite a significant list already though 😅 Titles I'm part way through (e.g. Witcher 3), DLCs I'm about to start (Fallout 4 Nuka World), games I've bought and yet to start (Red Dead Redemption 2 in the Xmas sales 😁🙌🏼) or mods I want to try (Skyrim Lordbound, Skyrim Draculas Castle) And that's before I even get to other titles already on my recommended list below all of that 😅
Will ask questions also how about doing some more creative storytelling about Skyrim like you do for your character builds. Really interested in how you would tell your characters story's
@@tattyman4191 hey do you mean like a video essay style, where I talk about a subject in detail, like my videos on The Midden, The Volkihar Vampires, 5 Hidden Quests etc but it's content within the game itself. Or do you mean make up a story but set in the Skyrim world?
@@mike-thegamingdad apologies for late reply MtGD. A bit of both actually, but I really like your character bios when you do a new play through, so some creative storytelling set in Skyrim would be really good. Hope that makes sense. And thanks for replying 😄
I always thought it was ridiculous how much food CC survival mode requires you to eat a day and I had no idea 10 hours are the requires amount of sleep you need for 100% rest.
Haha I can't remember the last time I got close to 10 hours, maybe that's why I'm always knackered 🤣 Agree on the food though, it felt in this episode that the hunger drain might be a tad slower. Will see how we get on, if it's too high and I'm needing to eat multiple meals for breakfast then we'll turn it down 😅
Would you be interested in doing a mod review for Dracula’s Castle, it’s free on pc/Xbox it is however 700+ Mb if it’s not something your interested in doing np at all… thanks for the great content… be well…
It wasn't one on my shortlist but I can add it on, if I do get to it it might not be a for while as I've got a lot of other stuff in mid way through yet or planning next, but thanks for suggestion it sounds cool! (I loved castlevania when I was younger, excited to see they've used music from that game in it!) 👍🏻
@TempyBuilds haha that's not a bad idea actually 😅 I think I'll use the stuff in the Bannered Mare. It's technically not stealing anymore 🤣 there's a few places like that, that once you 'befriend' them the items flip from red (steal) to white (free game)
Skyrim has far too many things that could use adjusting. My gripes with survival are how many food items it takes most of the time, how there's like a blizzard every 12 hours up north which seem to go for longer the colder you are, and how you can be a Nerd fully dressed in Skaal fur armor holding a torch under some rock formation outside and STILL freeze to death quickly while everyone else is out there shirtless. Normal mode feels too easy and survival feels too unbalanced.
@speedymunchlax5733 yeah that's a fair judgement. The nakedness of NPCs makes me laugh, oh you are literally wearing a short sleeve shirt and are coping fine 😅 The hunger felt like it may be fixed in this episode, could just be me but the drain didn't feel as severe. I'll know if it's fixed if I don't need two meals just to cover breakfast 😅 if it gets like that I'll just turn it down a notch
The damage nerfs to players just don't make any sense to me. It doesn't make fights any more difficult, just drawn-out and tedious. A good hit should be equally effective IMO. Hulda gave you the skinny on the magic usage, not much more to be said there. I'd be more inclined to lean into smithing personally. Find a mine full of ore and maybe a mammoth tusk or two I could sell off for steel. I'm also not so sure draugr engaging in battle would be considered honored dead so much as fallen foes, free for looting. Just as shelves in a cript aren't synonymous with items in a coffin or offerings at a shrine to Talos. I do admire your respect for tradition. This should make for a good series, even with the twinkle finger bits.😅
@BionicleJackson yeah I mentioned that briefly when I was facing the overlord. They don't use any new tactics, block more, parry more, use stronger spells etc..it's just damage sponge after damage sponge, which is a shame but oh well. Regarding the looting, I can see your point, I just thought for the sake of keeping it simple I'll leave it all rather than picking and choosing what I take. I'd likely forget as I'm playing or end up questioning whether pot A is okay as it's on a table but pot B I'm not sure as that is on that floor over there near a grave 😅 I think I'll make an exception though for boss chests, I hadn't considered quest or special items being in them from time to time
@scottpascoe562 yeah you probably can actually, similar to how the Bannered Mare let's you take the food once you've 'befriended them'. What you reckon? Do you think that stuff is fair game? 😅
You Named yourself 'The Dragonborn' then the game gives you not one but two Dragonborn Helms right of the bat and you dont wear them?! The second is even enchanted!!! #notmydragonborn Real talk there is a lot more Dragonborntype heavy armor 'Blades' 'Nordic' and some Uniqe Ancient Nord enchanted pieces on Solstheim.
@seanwilliams7059 yeah that was more just because I said I'd stick to light armor, I did want to wear that helm honest 😅 especially the one that was enchanted I found on Mr.Thalmor I did consider using only ancient nordic items for this, armor and weapons etc. Thought that would be incredibly hard on legendary though, as you say you need to go searching for them and Solstheim isn't an area you want to me on as an early player on legendary 🤣
You say that you aree going as far as Alduin well your game is over already that dragon that stops you being beheaded is Alduin or didn't you know? lol
Excellent idea old chap.... going back to Skyrim is like putting on a old, (slightly) tatty but EXTREMELY comfortable jumper 😂
Haha very true 😅
I'm so excited to watch more Skyrim!
@emmao13524 hope you enjoy this one 😁🙌🏼
I love to see you playing like this. I always watched your build Guides. Please continue your great Work. I also will follow this new playtrough.
Awesome thank you 😁
2:35:09 I forget the massive amount of quests in this tiny little hold. And with the CC stuff added its enough for good leveling, loot, etc.
Yeah very true, that's the plan next time out I think, do a 360° around Whiterun clearing out a few locations. I need smithing materials too so the various mines are a must as well.
I despise the ragdoll effect from getting bucked off as well.
And geeze! You certainly are setting quite the challenge for yourself. This will be a rough run
@Obsidianoak it's such an annoying mechanic. Like in mid combat as well when you are getting up from paralysis 😅
My main concern with this was would it translate to watchable content, so I'll to make sure I get the health/armor rating and the damage output scaling above the game as we progress to remedy that. I dont want to be running away from solitary draugr all the time 😅
Jeez I already have a massive backlog of your Skyrim videos to watch 😱
@tattyman4191 sorry man 😅😅
Happy New Year Mike, good to see another series kick off to follow along with
Same to you too 😁 hope you and your family had a good Christmas 🎄🎅
I spent my vacation modding & returning to Skyrim, so this is timely
@@bhekking ah nice any mods you recommend?
Great! I love watching your similar playstyle to my own strategies.
@@Leto85 would enjoy watching you do it like this 😁🙌🏼
😰I still haven't caught up with your FO4, and now this. I might never catch up, but I'll enjoy the journey. 😊🍻
1:46:04 run away! RUN AWAY!😂
Ah don't worry mate, I'm pumping out a lot of hours of content at the minute 😅
Keep the episodes coming ❤
@@solwatson8640 will do 😁
Woot looking forward to this! 😄🎉
Awesome! As am I playing it 😁🙌🏼
This has cheered me right up, ta
You're welcome 😊
1:19:26 Recently I have noticed just how much the music in some dungeons is basically the music from Indiana Jones
I'll have to rewatch those it's been a good few years since I saw any of them, not watched the new one yet either
I I would last maximum of half an hour playing this way before I started making potions and picking up my BOW 😂
That said I plan to watch you show me how its done! Happy New Year Mike 🎉
Edit: I’ve got to say this episode was a bit of a drain in the stamina. l like all the choices you made, no stealing from farms, Survival needs met, sticking to a role. The only one I don’t like is the hard difficulty, its going to make every battle a marathon. However, I’ll stick it out for a few episodes at least because I love the basic principle of what you’re attempting. Just a reminder, if you go to Katla Farm SW of Solitude you can pick a few crops sell them back to them and you become a friend and can enter the farmhouse and take any of the food freely, you can make your veg soup by their fire and voila, you have some food without stealing.
@NannyOggins yeah it's tough 😅.
That was my worry about doing this, it's a challenge for sure but I wasn't sure whether it would translate to watchable content if it's taking me 15 minutes to down a single enemy. Hopefully that'll get a little easier as we go on 🤞🏻
Thanks for the tip regarding Katla's farm 😁
I thought my 3850 hrs was a lot but sounds like yours is higher I also played 648 hrs on AE
Still good vid well played with no death's (on screen) looking forward to next vid or might reinstall as now have i9 4080KR with a 4k 50inch screen got to see how it looks
BTW waiting for next Witcher 3 vid
Your screen sounds awesome! Mine is nowhere near as good as that 😅
I recorded the next TW3 last night so will get that up later 👍🏻
@@mike-thegamingdad top man, get it out there chomp chomp... I've got to lvl 22 (not high enough but who cares!) and went to the NE corner and paid the Runewright (too much) to start getting glyphwords and stuff... but I've no money left to buy them! 😭
Good idea picking sword and shield . I probably would have picked orc, though. My survival mode is glitched. My health doesn't regenerate over time when I eat the soups and the other foods that are supposed to regenerate it over time. It's the same on Xbox and PC for me. I really sucks because I love survival mode. So thank you for making this video. It's nice to watch
@pmuttenthaler thank you! Yeah the orcs are the best race for survival, by quite some distance as well. That's annoying, I've heard about that problem quite a few times actually, seems to be fairly common
As to Tiber Septim’s race, one name associated with him is Hjalti Earlybeard who was considered a Breton. I am not sure if any were Imperials, as Talos of Altmora is considered Nord.
I use 2 small mods for horses. The first whistles the horse to you and the second have the horses go to certain stables. 2 horses are assigned to each stable. I Just got tired of going through every aspect of “Convenient Horses”
@michaeltelson9798 ah okay I wasn't aware of that, I thought he had imperial blood.
The mods sound convenient, especially the whistle one. I like that about The Witcher 3. Means you aren't wandering through bushes trying to find where they've ran off too 😅
@@mike-thegamingdad big time... even though Roach is way less easier to control than Shadowmere (and doesn't look as cool)! 😂
@ If you do the sword retrieval at the Old Hroldan Inn the name Hjalti comes up. The battle for it in the Second era was important.
This Nord nonsense…but, I meant no disrespect. Oh Proventus, you are puffed up. 😆 I’m digging the run so far! I like the idea of a “pure” Dragonborn run, though I understand everyone may have a different idea of what that is. I particularly like the idea of not pillaging nord barrows and draugers. The would be sacred to the Dragonborn.
@johnwpipes8927 I've heard that dialogue hundreds of times but I still love it 😅
Luv the self imposed challenge, I try not to sell crafted items cuz since you can farm creep+mora+scaly it breaks the game when 1 potion is worth more than a house.
@@michaelbewick6047 haha yeah I know what you mean 😅
boss chests you must loot since it's reward for ending a dungeon and so on and also some conteins quest items if i recall correct, but still boss chests and end of dungeons chests.
@Frank-Kristiansen yeah that's a good point, hadn't thought of quest items being inside. Okay maybe we will make an exception for boss chests 😊👍🏻
Half way through MtGD😊. Could I ask some questions about your gaming setup? Also, are you open to suggestions for new games to play through? As always cheers. And thanks for your time😊
@tattyman4191 yeah no problem ask away 👍🏻
As for game suggestions sure thing throw some my way, just letting you know I've got quite a significant list already though 😅
Titles I'm part way through (e.g. Witcher 3), DLCs I'm about to start (Fallout 4 Nuka World), games I've bought and yet to start (Red Dead Redemption 2 in the Xmas sales 😁🙌🏼) or mods I want to try (Skyrim Lordbound, Skyrim Draculas Castle)
And that's before I even get to other titles already on my recommended list below all of that 😅
That's a long list, don't want to overload you. Anyway keep up the good work. Thanks for your hard work and time MtGD. Hope you and yours are well 🙏
Will ask questions also how about doing some more creative storytelling about Skyrim like you do for your character builds. Really interested in how you would tell your characters story's
@@tattyman4191 hey do you mean like a video essay style, where I talk about a subject in detail, like my videos on The Midden, The Volkihar Vampires, 5 Hidden Quests etc but it's content within the game itself. Or do you mean make up a story but set in the Skyrim world?
@@mike-thegamingdad apologies for late reply MtGD. A bit of both actually, but I really like your character bios when you do a new play through, so some creative storytelling set in Skyrim would be really good. Hope that makes sense. And thanks for replying 😄
I always thought it was ridiculous how much food CC survival mode requires you to eat a day and I had no idea 10 hours are the requires amount of sleep you need for 100% rest.
Haha I can't remember the last time I got close to 10 hours, maybe that's why I'm always knackered 🤣
Agree on the food though, it felt in this episode that the hunger drain might be a tad slower. Will see how we get on, if it's too high and I'm needing to eat multiple meals for breakfast then we'll turn it down 😅
You should allow yourself to take the arrows off the drauger
Yeah that's a fair point 👍🏻
HELL YEAH MIKE
Hope you had a good Xmas and New Year, P 😁🙌🏼
@ you’re a darling Mike 🥳 cheers to another great year!
Would you be interested in doing a mod review for Dracula’s Castle, it’s free on pc/Xbox it is however 700+ Mb if it’s not something your interested in doing np at all… thanks for the great content… be well…
It wasn't one on my shortlist but I can add it on, if I do get to it it might not be a for while as I've got a lot of other stuff in mid way through yet or planning next, but thanks for suggestion it sounds cool! (I loved castlevania when I was younger, excited to see they've used music from that game in it!) 👍🏻
Thank you
Well, I wasn’t planning on starting a new game…but now
@jdawg1034 haha oh no 😅
@@mike-thegamingdadI decided to play survival on expert. I got through B barrow but I didn’t have time to sponge everything.
So tou gonna wear heavy armor helm if where going by promo dude
With the farm food , you could harvest it and sell it to the farmer for gold , it would be like you have worked on the farm for them ? :D
@TempyBuilds haha that's not a bad idea actually 😅 I think I'll use the stuff in the Bannered Mare. It's technically not stealing anymore 🤣 there's a few places like that, that once you 'befriend' them the items flip from red (steal) to white (free game)
Skyrim has far too many things that could use adjusting. My gripes with survival are how many food items it takes most of the time, how there's like a blizzard every 12 hours up north which seem to go for longer the colder you are, and how you can be a Nerd fully dressed in Skaal fur armor holding a torch under some rock formation outside and STILL freeze to death quickly while everyone else is out there shirtless. Normal mode feels too easy and survival feels too unbalanced.
@speedymunchlax5733 yeah that's a fair judgement. The nakedness of NPCs makes me laugh, oh you are literally wearing a short sleeve shirt and are coping fine 😅
The hunger felt like it may be fixed in this episode, could just be me but the drain didn't feel as severe. I'll know if it's fixed if I don't need two meals just to cover breakfast 😅 if it gets like that I'll just turn it down a notch
The damage nerfs to players just don't make any sense to me. It doesn't make fights any more difficult, just drawn-out and tedious. A good hit should be equally effective IMO.
Hulda gave you the skinny on the magic usage, not much more to be said there. I'd be more inclined to lean into smithing personally. Find a mine full of ore and maybe a mammoth tusk or two I could sell off for steel.
I'm also not so sure draugr engaging in battle would be considered honored dead so much as fallen foes, free for looting. Just as shelves in a cript aren't synonymous with items in a coffin or offerings at a shrine to Talos. I do admire your respect for tradition.
This should make for a good series, even with the twinkle finger bits.😅
@BionicleJackson yeah I mentioned that briefly when I was facing the overlord. They don't use any new tactics, block more, parry more, use stronger spells etc..it's just damage sponge after damage sponge, which is a shame but oh well.
Regarding the looting, I can see your point, I just thought for the sake of keeping it simple I'll leave it all rather than picking and choosing what I take. I'd likely forget as I'm playing or end up questioning whether pot A is okay as it's on a table but pot B I'm not sure as that is on that floor over there near a grave 😅
I think I'll make an exception though for boss chests, I hadn't considered quest or special items being in them from time to time
@mike-thegamingdad I'm sure you'll get another chance to " TOucH THe BEacON!" 🤣
@@BionicleJackson now that is one thing that will get left behind 🤣
One thing I dislike about these kinda games is becoming overpowered to soon. The danger element goes quickly. Dont think that's gonna happen here.
Haha you're not wrong 😅
Forget Dark Souls, play this on Legendary😆
Haha I know right 😅
2:47:00 Cant you just take the minor ones off the shelves now that you delivered the salts to her?
@scottpascoe562 yeah you probably can actually, similar to how the Bannered Mare let's you take the food once you've 'befriended them'. What you reckon? Do you think that stuff is fair game? 😅
@@mike-thegamingdad To me it is. Your restrictions are a bit much lol.
You need our little love Hilda the Goat, for her milk and carry weight , plus she's so damn cute
Yeah she was on the little shortlist I'd written down when I was planning this 😁👍🏻 I think we will get her at some point
Civil war - eh well better drop it or you have to make two playthrough - one for each side.
@@Frank-Kristiansen I think I'll give the civil war a wide berth this time 😅
You Named yourself 'The Dragonborn' then the game gives you not one but two Dragonborn Helms right of the bat and you dont wear them?! The second is even enchanted!!! #notmydragonborn
Real talk there is a lot more Dragonborntype heavy armor 'Blades' 'Nordic' and some Uniqe Ancient Nord enchanted pieces on Solstheim.
@seanwilliams7059 yeah that was more just because I said I'd stick to light armor, I did want to wear that helm honest 😅 especially the one that was enchanted I found on Mr.Thalmor
I did consider using only ancient nordic items for this, armor and weapons etc. Thought that would be incredibly hard on legendary though, as you say you need to go searching for them and Solstheim isn't an area you want to me on as an early player on legendary 🤣
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You say that you aree going as far as Alduin well your game is over already that dragon that stops you being beheaded is Alduin or didn't you know? lol
@@silverflagon haha 🤣
@@mike-thegamingdad Alduin is unmistakable especially to someone who had him as analternative character in another world