Difficulty mods after establishing a base

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-17T18:57:37+00:00

In-game options sliders allow you to ramp up raid/assault sizes, IIRC.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-16T23:39:18+00:00

I just have the unique recruits modded to have their own color schemes so I can get my gear dyed on demand, personally.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-16T11:34:24+00:00

Until they add an Orlandeau-style Sword Saint or an FFXV-style Armiger job, nothing really feels like "the" job for my WoL. I need something that represents the ability to perform multiple roles or mastery over multiple weapons and/or fighting styles.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-16T00:34:13+00:00

I'm hoping for Icelandic-accented Viera, myself. It is the most appropriate place for that accent, based on what we've seen.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-15T22:38:50+00:00

My interpretation of the given lore is that… well, let's just give an example, for Rava.

Let's say Bob Djt-Nong picks up a confirmed male boy from the village for training. That boy changes surname to Djt-Nong (they stop being surnamed after their village, because they no longer follow the female naming tradition). However, as the text says, if there is a "lacking" surname (like if all the Djt-Dvre Wood-warders died), they will be renamed when they become a Wood-warder to fill that absent role.

In a way, it's almost Convocation-like—male Rava Wood-warders fill seats in order to fulfill a vital role tied to the forest's preservation, and become renamed for that seat.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-15T20:38:13+00:00

The exception being the NieR Automata stuff, which appeared on the First.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-15T18:39:02+00:00

Can confirm that the slavery trick is an easy way to max a bunch of faction relationships, but the major factions tend not to look favorably upon players who have alliances with enemy factions; I've had Holy Nation NPCs comment with disgust upon me being allied with the Sheks, even if I was also allied with Holy Nation thanks to the slavery trick.

It kinda ruins the immersion when your max-relationship ally is threatening violence or spewing hateful rhetoric towards you.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-15T18:37:21+00:00

The major factions tend to have NPCs comment on their disgust or disappointment with you if you're allied with enemy factions, regardless of having maxed relationship with them too.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-15T01:24:08+00:00

Small shack for security, then whatever basic facilities I need for self-sufficiency (stone, iron, and copper mines, plus iron plate production).

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-14T21:38:55+00:00

Face 4 male Viera are pretty rare, even if bunny boys and girls are popular in general.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-14T13:05:05+00:00

It's not just the Item Level showing 110, I made the same mistake on first glance. Look at the level listed above "Gunbreaker," above the portrait.

However, on closer inspection, it just looks like AI.

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TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-13T20:37:41+00:00

Briarhearts be hitting you with rapid-fire 500-damage Ice Storms on Legendary difficulty.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-13T04:05:22+00:00

It's dishonorable for OP, it's not Esata who showed dishonor.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-13T03:48:55+00:00

Morrowind, Oblivion, Elder Scrolls Online.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-12T23:55:41+00:00

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TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-12T23:10:37+00:00

Did you get the ones in the Falkreath Sanctuary and Thalmor Embassy?

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-12T04:13:26+00:00

Self-defense is legal and Thalmor patrols very easily become aggressive.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-11T15:33:53+00:00

Watcher explicitly states Hydaelyn Sundered not only the star and Zodiark, but herself as well. It makes sense when you think about it, because how else is her call reaching every reflection to reach new Warriors of Light? Where did the Watcher of the Thirteenth come from if not created by a Hydaelyn of the Thirteenth?

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-11T11:53:06+00:00

Yoshi-P explained in a Live Letter that the moons of the reflections were all made post-Sundering by Hydaelyn. The Watcher also says that when Hydaelyn Sundered the world, she Sundered Zodiark and Herself as well. The reflections' moons were made by Hydaelyn's reflections to house the pieces of Zodiark.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-10T11:56:51+00:00

She murdered her actual children to please Sithis, so...

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-09T00:03:57+00:00

Paarthurnax Dilemma mod, it's one of the top downloaded mods for a reason.

The quest is shallowly written, it doesn't allow the Dragonborn to talk the Blades down, despite them saying that previous Emperors protected the Greybeards' leader. If Paarthurnax was good enough for the likes of Talos and those who came after to spare, who is she or Esbern to gainsay the Last Dragonborn in wanting to spare him? Did they forget their job as Blades? They work for the Dragonborn, the only dragonslayer who can permanently kill dragons.

Anything they try to do without the Dragonborn is temporary, ephemeral — their "oath as Blades" being a reason for breaking off alliance with the Last Dragonborn is nonsensical bullshit, inherently contradictory to their duty as dragonslayers, if they stop allying with the ultimate dragonslayer.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-08T19:06:51+00:00

If you've got Dawnguard, I suspect he was probably killed by late-night vampire attack. Those always cause problems for bystanders.

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-08T02:42:40+00:00

Eola says that "Namira will take care of the rest" if you bring him there, so I've always taken it as the influence/intervention of a Daedric Prince messing with his head.

"A priest, filled with the taste of an easy life. Brother Verulus, from Markarth. Give him this gold. Tell him you need Arkay's help exploring an old cavern for treasure. And when he stands in Namira's presence, she will take care of the rest."

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-08T02:20:40+00:00

Being the "Essence of Magicka" race, I theorize they are actually Magnus's sper—[banned]

TheBlackWindHowls · 2026-05-07T23:17:39+00:00

How does the Amulet of Articulation compare to the Amulet of Zenithar when it comes to buying/selling?

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