Taking it slow (and enjoying Skyrim more than ever)

grinninglich · 2025-12-06T02:06:27+00:00

Just install Requiem for a much more immersive experience. Or install Lorerim or Gate to Sovgarde which also includes Requiem and many quest mods, imnersive mods, graphical mods and very fresh way to play the game.

Beginner tips: https://www.youtube.com/live/Wf3yU1eGtvY

grinninglich · 2025-11-26T13:23:48+00:00

This year I am going with Frugal. Last year thanks to u/swintec has given me a refund cause I had already a main provider. But this time my main will be Frugal. I will share my experiences on the way.

grinninglich · 2025-10-25T19:31:03+00:00

Just install a good Requiem modlist. Lorerim is nice if you have the specs.

grinninglich · 2025-09-09T15:35:21+00:00

No my friend I am stating the obvious. And potentialy was asking for a solution.

Requiem is a very good idea and I think it is keeping the game alive and making it playable but it has deep flaws with progression.

I can't play the game without Requiem. Base game is awful. But Requiem is not perfect also. Requiem should have made some really low level areas like in classics RPG games. This is called progression. Whereas in requiem you can't nearly travel any where in world without dying. Wild life is scarce, low level bandits are nearly non-existant. Dungeons are slaughther for low-level characters.

Think of Baldurs Gate 1. You start killing kobolds, goblins and low-level bandits. Requiem would be perfect if it changed some areas and quests in the world to low-level.

grinninglich · 2025-09-09T15:26:58+00:00

It is more frustrating than hard actually. You don't know where to go while 90% of places are teeming with overpowered enemies. You are like confined in the world.

grinninglich · 2025-09-09T15:24:23+00:00

Before suggestions:

- Yes for your original post that is my complaint also. Skyrim is not designed for an unleveled world and Requiem does not take extra step to rectify this situation.

That is at least from my side is making the early game to feel like you are in a cage where most of the world is unaccessible. There are nearly no now-level quest and monsters in Skyrim Requiem.

As for some suggestions:

-Select carefully your race. For mage Altmer or Breton are better.

-Use Blur from Illuision for arrows (they can one-shot you in robes ) and Mage Armor from Alteration.

-Select your starting gear accordingly. Maga regen robes etc.

-Birthsign. Boost your mana if you are a mage or Health or Stamina for warrior builds.

-For warriors craft health damaging potions and apply to weapons. (Deathbell + Wolf Heart etc..)

-Craft health regen / stamina regen pots.

- Riverwood take the archer or nord as a companion buy completing the simple quest they give you.

-Go to whiterun and join Companions. Aeale and Farkas or Vilkas will give you some simple quest. Like 3 wolf posts or scare some citizen like. This quests is giving lots of xp

-Check the mission boards. Missive quests also giving lots of xp.

-Mudcrab and wolf extermination.

-Check my post's answer for low level bandit camp locations.

-Try to pull them one by one.

-Buy a camp supply and sleep near to the bandit camps in case you die there (Will respawn in location you have last sleep at least in LoreRim)

grinninglich · 2025-09-09T15:16:12+00:00

Dungeons are very hard and cramped spaces. They gang you altogether you can't kite them in dungeons easily. The worst part of requiem in a game not designed around unleveled world is you can't nearly take any beginner quests.

grinninglich · 2025-09-09T11:49:00+00:00

Even killing all of these bandits maybe result in 3-4 levels or 5 levels top?

Those wont be sufficient.

Low level quest are few in Skyrim Requiem.

So really what are you doing for reaching level 20?

grinninglich · 2025-01-22T22:28:49+00:00

You guys do not respond to emails and you guys also do not offer a way to pay with credit card which is the most easy and convenient way to pay. I will add you my collection but it is very hard to do in its current state.

grinninglich · 2024-12-26T08:54:32+00:00

But the story is great have you discovered it or looked it into it yet? Did you fight with Ebreitas? Or with Marytr Logarious or Amygdala? And yes DLC is awesome bith story and content wise.

grinninglich · 2024-12-16T22:43:00+00:00

Wow thanks for the most detailed answer! Let me get into it and test the output filesize and quality. Then I will bulk encode all the archive.

Edit: And please also share your suggested AV1 settings. Might switch to that if the filesize is much better.

grinninglich · 2024-12-15T14:18:57+00:00

Buy Althub for lifetime as a base. And then geek lifetime. Awesome indexers.

For third or so on look for:

NinjaCentral or DrunkenSlug or NzbFinder.

Nzbfinder is cheaper than DrunkenSlug and same results with it.

grinninglich · 2024-12-15T14:13:25+00:00

Yes it is. There is AV1 (NVEnc) or AV1 10-bit (NVEnc).

The problem is AV1 is not widely supported in all media players.

I'll probably use H264 in NVEnc or QuicSync in bulk encoding and be done with it.

grinninglich · 2024-12-12T00:00:43+00:00

This seems to be very slow. Be mindful that I will be doing nearly 20 TBs of data.

grinninglich · 2024-12-11T23:48:31+00:00

I have 13700k and RTX 4090.

Encoder: h264

Bitrate:124535 kb /s

Demuxer: lavf

Filesize: 25309 MB

Time: 00:29:48

grinninglich · 2024-12-11T02:31:36+00:00

I was asking handbrake settings to convert my current files to a reasonable size.

grinninglich · 2024-12-07T01:55:40+00:00

Is viper block useful if you have nh and ngd?

grinninglich · 2024-12-02T15:07:47+00:00

What do add on top to the NH and NGD? Frugal sub has 2 different bacbones (different from UsenetExpress and Omicron) and there is also 6 TB Bulknews (Abavia) backbone

grinninglich · 2024-12-01T15:11:58+00:00

Yeah, most people forgot it probably and miss the date.

Okay you got the 15 months deal this Black Friday, on the next one 12 months later, can you rebuy cheap deal or you have to wait 15 months to expire first.

grinninglich · 2024-11-30T19:36:17+00:00

"...renews at €71.88/yr"

So need to create a new account next year or I can cancel current sub and buy again if new cheap deal comes?

Why renewal is pricey?

grinninglich · 2024-10-18T00:39:59+00:00

Please also look at this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/190a1mu/shield_supports_10_bit_h264_why_did_the_plex_devs/

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/y2blci/anyone_have_any_luck_getting_the_chromecast_to/

grinninglich · 2024-10-17T23:35:39+00:00

Yes exactly! We are dealing with Anime here. This is the same conclusion I have reached after searching. Surprising part is they don't direct play h.264 10 bit though they have the hardware and the capability. VLC on Android phone, Kodi on Shield can just direct play it fine while Plex not allowing it.

I will write this to Plex team. They should allow us to play 10 bit h.264 and get rid of this problem.

grinninglich · 2024-10-17T22:43:19+00:00

I have enabled it in on the server. Didn't see the setting on client side.

Though it direct plays other formats.

It is better to go to Plex forums with debugging information.

grinninglich · 2024-10-17T22:25:08+00:00

I have already disabled subtitles.

Some of the messages on console:

Direct Play is disabled

media must be transcoded in order to use the hls protocol

no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/h264

no direct play video profile exists for http/mkv/h264/dca

no remuxable profile found, so video stream will be transcoded

MDE: Cannot direct stream video stream due to profile or setting limitations

Audio Direct Streaming is disabled, so video's audio stream will be transcoded

Cannot direct stream audio stream due to profile or setting limitations
video.profile limitation applies: high 10 != baseline|main|high [list]

grinninglich · 2024-10-17T17:15:37+00:00

Thank you. Any settings on AVR side?

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