How far are you?

There is no competitive aspect, just play how you want. I'm not racing by any means, I just can't stop playing. I really focus on leveling my skills while out and about, so I do level faster than someone who wanders and avoids confrontation if able.

It just seems like everyone is just trying to level as fast as they can.

Nah, doesn't matter though does it? Doesn't affect your enjoyment. I doubt I'm the highest level person, but I don't even think about it. I just think about what I'm personally doing, and how much fun I'm having. If you're 2 hours in to it, and level 2, and having FUN... then keep it up! =)

I am a level 7 i believe. completed all the companion quests. and doing side jobs for folks in town. i have discovered all the main cities. my one and only complaint. it doesn't seem like they have store like they did in oblivion. like a mage store. clothing store. place you can sell jewls. i just see the blacksmith.

There is plenty of merchants in Skyrim, Akatosh. Their marketing just isn't as good as Oblivion. =) Walk around a village, then use your local map to see doors to houses, and get close enough to doors to read their discriptions. I know in Whiterun there is a circular area that has a general vendor and an alchemist (if memory serves) as well as a couple taverns and a couple armorers (which happen to be next to your house, if you so chose to purchase a house in Whiterun.)

Jeruhmi said:

It just seems like everyone is just trying to level as fast as they can.

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I don't play to level up, I'm just playing the game and the opportunity arises. I think at one stage, I decided to level up and I'd gone up 4 levels because i hadn't been to the level up screen in ages. I have been playing this game excessively the past two days though.

Jack Fulham said:

I don't play to level up, I'm just playing the game and the opportunity arises. I think at one stage, I decided to level up and I'd gone up 4 levels because i hadn't been to the level up screen in ages. I have been playing this game excessively the past two days though.

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I don't think it's excessive until you haven't slept. I don't think my 17 out of 25 hours was excessive... or the following 22 out of 30 hours... then work screwed up my mojo. >:/

Deadhand said:

I don't think it's excessive until you haven't slept. I don't think my 17 out of 25 hours was excessive... or the following 22 out of 30 hours... then work screwed up my mojo. >:/

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haha, commitment to the cause! You beat me hands down. It is bloody hard to get off once you've started playing.

Yeah, due to other responsibilities, and a girlfriend who doesn't understand my need to play the game 8 hours straight, I'm going to attempt to postpone playing till this evening. It's 11 am now. So i just come to the Skyrim forum instead lol.

well im only level 8 and i have discovered most of the main towns and i've decided to ignore the main quest for a while because i felt like doing all my side quests and while i was doing them my last side quest was to join the winterhold school of magic or something and yeah so now im just doing that and because of it all my magic skills are like level 55 and greater each it's amazing and im having FUN =)

iLLoNyX said:

Mage is the way to go! But I also love the bow.

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Yeah I wrestled over whether to a a magicka based character or a stealthy assassin/thief type with good bow skills.

level 12 now. dunmer that uses light/heavy, archery, and dual wield axes. also semi-stealthy and doing a lot of smithing and alchemy. 0 magic

honestly the first 10 levels happened yesterday and mostly from combat on master difficulty because every fight takes so damn long you level up quite a bit early on. today i only got 2 levels so it's already tapering off now that combat skills are getting high and raising slower. only thing i'm really miffed about is removal athletics/acrobatics because that's how i justified never fast traveling. i dont fast travel at all. period

i did notice they have carriages that are like silt striders so im gonna start hitting those up more often. i finally left whiterun area to go to riften for a companions quest and basically i'm getting owned. atronachs walking around in the woods and plops? F that. going back to whiterun for now

this game is raw. my guy feels dirty. the world feels dirty. i love that there's a stat for bunny hunting.....

I'm a Level 9 Nord... Just atop the Throat Of The World..... I did not expect that... Gotta get myself a scroll now...

lvl 16. I finally started the main quets because I had to fight a dragon. Now I'm back on the thieves guild quests.

well i think im doing splendid now im level 22 and have clompleted the main quest line (don't ask me q's coz im not gonna spoil anything) and the college of winterhold and the theives guild and tonnes of side quests .. but does anyone know how to get into the dark brotherhood i've spoken to the kid in windhelm and i've killed the old lady that he wanted me to kill and i even after that received a letter from the brother hood with a hand print on it saying "WE KNOW" but im still not in it and there is no leads on how to get in can anybody help out???