jibber Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 The ice troll regenartes VERY fast. How do you shoot it? In order to shoot you have to stand on one place and aim. Aim, shoot 3 or so arrows (Lydia, your housecarl from Whiterun) should be with you if anything, let her get the bejesus beat out of her while you shoot several times. She'll fall down, exhausted, whatever, and now it's time for you to run around (right bumper if you're on xbox) until she gets back up. You can run, turn around shoot, run, turn around, shoot, etc etc. And how do you hide? Every time I try to hide and approach someone, he detects me. Not to mention your companions who usually alert your victim before you get close enough. Crouching is hiding if your skill at sneaking is high enough. You have to be CAREFUL. Slowly crouch into an enemy, don't let them see you, etc. There's a little EYE icon that let's you see how close they are to seeing you. If it opens suddenly, turn around and hide behind an object or three, then try again. As far as your companions giving you away, if you're not too close, and you're using a bow while sneaking, you can get x3 damage (x2 without the perk I think) while you volley arrows at him. Skyrim requires a lot of patience in the beginning of the game, including MICRO'ing like a champ. If you've played MMORPG's before, this shouldn't be new. I didn't even know you can hire mercs. There's several places you can go to hire mercs BEFORE going up and meeting with the Greybeards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insepiddeception Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I leave the housecarl whenever I played at my house. I found it more annoying than helpful having them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0xx Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Aim, shoot 3 or so arrows (Lydia, your housecarl from Whiterun) should be with you if anything, let her get the bejesus beat out of her while you shoot several times. She'll fall down, exhausted, whatever, and now it's time for you to run around (right bumper if you're on xbox) until she gets back up. You can run, turn around shoot, run, turn around, shoot, etc etc. Dunno what difficulty you play on, but when I play on normal and shoot the troll, it takes down like 3% of his HP. He stuns the housecarl in 2 hits as well, and once you start running away from him, his HP is regenerated. Dunno at what level you manage to beat him, but I met him at level ~11-12 and couldn't SCRATCH him at normal difficulty. Haven't tried fire spells but I am not a mage anyway. No idea if that would help. Only way for me to deal with them is switch to easy. As for sneaking, I found out that armor weight plays the biggest role. I've also found a way (a bug perhaps) to master my sneak and gain levels for free by backstabbing the housecarl and letting her recover. I really find out sneaking to be VERY hard. Actually, I never landed a backstab before I started backstabbing Lydia. Could be because of me wearing heavy armor. And I am a kajiit btw, I heard they are supposed to be the best sneakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insepiddeception Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Kajits are the natural assassin types so yeah. theres a bug in the blacksmiths house where you follow his son around attacking him if you choose to exploit those things will get your sneak and backstab as well as weapon type mastered quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibber Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I re-rolled a Kajit awhile ago, mastered sneak by level 24 and didn't even go to the greybeards until then. I had a different merc, too, (can't remember who) but I had two steel daggers and a steel bow, and took out the Frost Troll in very short order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insepiddeception Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 theyre my favorite race, though I kind of like the bretons setup Mindflayer used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Implementor Volgathras Posted April 23, 2012 Implementor Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Kajit archer dark brotherhood. He'd clear a dungeon like looters after an earthquake. After the nocturne quest, he was death incarnate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imoutgoodbye Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Glad I'm not the only one who enjoys playing with my kitty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Nameless Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 its all about orc two handed fighters. you take the skills to reduce stamina use on power attacks, max out your smithing and start raping with Daedric warhammers ftw. Ice troll done sneaky you say? Pfff. Walk up, plant your feet, and start swinging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 its all about orc two handed fighters. you take the skills to reduce stamina use on power attacks' date=' max out your smithing and start raping with Daedric warhammers ftw. Ice troll done sneaky you say? Pfff. Walk up, plant your feet, and start swinging.[/quote'] My orc prefers a battleaxe, but it'll still take out an ice troll in one or two hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0xx Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Just found this. Power gamers gonna love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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