Posted December 03, 2011

grviper
Cat Confuser Lv6
Registered: Dec 2010
From Russian Federation

Red_Avatar
Be vigilant
Registered: Oct 2008
From Belgium
Posted December 03, 2011
Living in a dungeon must make you hungry.
But yeah, I don't mind so much if I can pick up the most valuable loot AND carry my basics but Skyrim just didn't let you do both. I had to drop most of my potions off at home along with all my crafting stuff so each time I wanted to craft something I had to run back and forward and being a thief means I can steal tons of stuff too. In the end, I just cheated with the console and gave me 1500 carry weight otherwise it was feeling like a JOB instead of a game.
Dungeons of Dredmore doesn't let you cheat though, and the limit there is very painful. There's just too many items you need.
But yeah, I don't mind so much if I can pick up the most valuable loot AND carry my basics but Skyrim just didn't let you do both. I had to drop most of my potions off at home along with all my crafting stuff so each time I wanted to craft something I had to run back and forward and being a thief means I can steal tons of stuff too. In the end, I just cheated with the console and gave me 1500 carry weight otherwise it was feeling like a JOB instead of a game.
Dungeons of Dredmore doesn't let you cheat though, and the limit there is very painful. There's just too many items you need.

klaymen
Just as planned!
Registered: Sep 2008
From Slovakia
Posted December 03, 2011
Keep all you need for possible crafting (if you have any crafting skills) and some food (you don't need that much food because of the vending machines). Keep better magical items you can't use properly (=you don't have respective skill) in your backpack until the first shop, then sell them to the demon shopkeeper (Brax). Change all the other crap into lutefisk with the Horadric lutefisk cube and if you have, say, 150+ pieces of lutefisk, you have quite a chance to get some nice item at the lutefisk god statue.

Snickersnack
Bak'laag Herald
Registered: Aug 2009
From United States
Posted December 03, 2011

Don't even get me started on connected storage chests. ;)

It could be frustrating if you didn't get yourself into the right "I am a Zone survivor, not a hero" mentality, but I kinda liked it.
I enjoyed the general ammo scarcity in FO3 but it was kind of a bummer that you could carry unlimited amounts it. Unfortunately, a lot of enemies required 5+ head shots to take down and resupply was unpredictable so I never felt comfortable carrying a realistic amount. :(

jefequeso
New User
Registered: Dec 2010
From United States
Posted December 03, 2011

It could be frustrating if you didn't get yourself into the right "I am a Zone survivor, not a hero" mentality, but I kinda liked it.

I enjoyed the general ammo scarcity in FO3 but it was kind of a bummer that you could carry unlimited amounts it. Unfortunately, a lot of enemies required 5+ head shots to take down and resupply was unpredictable so I never felt comfortable carrying a realistic amount. :(
Oddly, when I played through Fallout 3, I found that ammo, weapons, and health were incredibly scarce. I was always having to scavenge and survive. Dunno what I was doing wrong, but it was kinda cool :3.

SimonG
SimonG597
Registered: Sep 2010
From Germany

jefequeso
New User
Registered: Dec 2010
From United States

SpirlaStairs
Sheep
Registered: Dec 2010
From United States
Posted December 03, 2011
It wasn't as bad in Skyrim as it was in past TES games.
I went for so long without getting encumbered that I thought they removed that feature at first :P
I went for so long without getting encumbered that I thought they removed that feature at first :P

Barefoot_Monkey
invertEd
Registered: Sep 2008
From South Africa

Cleidophoros
Come get some!
Registered: Sep 2008
From Turkey

StingingVelvet
Devil's Advocate
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States

Psyringe
Vagabond
Registered: Sep 2011
From Germany
Posted December 03, 2011

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Guess what these have in common? Give up? They all make me bash my head on my desk because of the limited inventory.
Personally, I'm waiting for arealism mod that limits carry weight down to something more sensible. But I don't feel the need to loot every bit of junk either. Deciding what to take and what to leave is a part of the game, I wouldn't want to have that taken away from me. Also, the immense carrying capacity that Skyrim offers unfortunately exarcebates the problems of the broken economy. It's way too easy to make money in this game anyway, and the fact that it allows you to carry such an immense amount of stuff makes this problem worse.

Lou
Eschalon - Book One
Registered: Oct 2009
From United States
Posted December 03, 2011
I have grown tired of tripping back and forth just to haul loot to sell. In those types of situations I cheat myself some cash and leave the spoils where the fall. However for books and important trinkets it is a must to carry them out - or get a Pony named Bill ;-)

Leroux
Major Blockhead
Registered: Apr 2010
From Germany
Posted December 03, 2011
Post edited December 03, 2011 by Leroux

Foxhack
Fuzzball
Registered: Sep 2008
From Mexico
Posted December 03, 2011
Half my inventory on Dredmor was cheeses.