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It does have a lot of hype to live up to. If you gauge a flop as the failure to live up to the hype, then I could see that. Or maybe haters gonna hate.

-90% Health 100% Vulnerability to Fire, Frost, and Lightning Backstabs and sneak attacks do 500% damage Anybody protecting the Emperor is 50% weaker and 75% more incompetent Movement speed reduced by 50%

Me: Look. It is the Emperor. Xx_Legolas69xX: 0mfg lol newbs dont have crown. gg kill yourself So I was unaware of the whole Emperor thing in ESO. How exactly does that work?

It has been over 2 years since its release. I think it is obscure and unheard of enough for you to play it.

When I played beta, the voices of a lot of the NPC's sounded like that program on Windows where it turns text to speech. That is no exaggeration. It was horrible. Some of the NPC's even mispronounced words like "Khajiit" or "Skyrim", like it would if you typed them into a text-to-speech software. This may have just been a place holder though. Somebody made the joke "I wonder how much they had to pay Steven Hawking to do the voices for these NPC's". The sad thing is their joke wasn't that far of a stretch.

I really liked Hand to Hand combat in Oblivion. Although it wasn't the most viable form of comabt, there is something about charging into a fight swinging your fist around like some hell-bent downy (thanks David) that I just love. Sadly they totally removed Hand to Hand combat's viability in Skryim... by conventional methods. Thanks to a werewolf glitch/exploit, you can make Hand to Hand combat not only viable, but extremely over powered (if you choose to anyway). So this guide is a two parter: one on the exploit and one on using that exploit to make Hand to Hand combat viable. Let's get started. Werewolf Infinite Equipment Exploit *NOTE* The following exploit contains spoilers for the Companions quest line. If you haven't gotten far in that quest line, then you'll be ruining some bits of it for yourself. Not like it matters anyway. I mean, if you have any common sense at all, you can read the title of this topic and put two and two together. This is revealed to you on like the 3rd or 4th quest they give you anyway. Just read on ahead. You seem like a smart guy. Alright, so let's deal with the exploit first. With this exploit, you'll be able to equip an unlimited amount of items on you at once, with any enchantments stacking. That means you could easily max out your armor rating, stack smithing or alchemy enchantments, and other wonderful things. There are a few requirements to do this exploit. [*]Must be a werewolf: That means you must have started the Companions quest line and not have cured yourself. Note: You don't want to cure yourself if you want to keep using this exploit. [*]Must have a follower that won't freak the hell out if they see you turn into a werewolf. I'm not too familiar with how different types of followers react to the transformation (hired mercenaries, faction followers, etc) but I know for a fact Lydia and other housecarls work. [*]Must have a secluded area to pull of this exploit. This is so nobody else sees you turn into a Werewolf. Your house is a good spot. Or just anywhere in the wilderness. [*]All of the equipment you plan on putting on. [*]Patience, though not a lot. So do you meet all of the requirements? I hope so because I'm continuing with this guide. Here is how this will all go down. [*]With all of your items you want to equip and your werewolf form available to use, have your follower follow you to your secluded spot of choice. [*]SAVE YOUR GAME [*]Facing your follower, you must transform into a werewolf and talk to your follower at the same time. It may help to try to stagger the button-pressing so you talk to the follower teeny-bit before you transform. That way, if you mess up you can try again without waiting 24 hours to become a werewolf again. [*]If done correctly, you will transform into a werewolf in front of your follower, but you can go through the dialogue options while you are transforming [*]Wait until the transformation animation is completely done, then ask to trade items with your follower. This will pull up your inventory. [*]Instead of trading with your follower, just equip everything you want to equip from this menu. For reasons unknown to me, you should be able to equip multiple gloves, boots, shirts, whatever. [*]Simply exit the menu, wait for your werewolf to wear off, and you should be wearing everything that you equipped: all at once (though it doesn't look like it visually. That'd be weird) Now there are some weird exceptions and things to note with this exploit. [*]You can't equip multiple weapons. Also, you can't equip multiple shields. [*]Some people complain about not being able to equip multiple items of the same type (such as multiple Steel Nordic Gauntlets) However there seem to be exceptions to this. Through experimentation, you'll figure out what you can and can't do. [*]You can't control what you'll be wearing visually. With the monk build, this isn't really a problem. But if you don't care about wacky outfits, then it shouldn't be a problem. Hand to Hand Combat Monk Guide Now that you are familiar with the exploit, let's actually put it to use. You may be asking how equipping multiple pieces of armor helps you fight better with your fists. Or maybe you aren't. Chances are you figured it out by now, but regardless, we'll get to that very soon. Let's go through some character requirements and suggestions. [*]Race: I know what you are thinking, but you don't have to be a Khajiit for this build. Obviously it will help with the damage and it gives you some early levels in some important stats, but in reality, any race of your choice. Here are some noteworthy suggestions [*]Khajiit- tigers make the best monks [*]Imperial- there racial power is pretty consistent with the whole monk archetype [*]Orcs- racial power is pretty strong with this build [*]Argonian- small hand to hand combat boost and some health regen to boot [*]Factions: The Companions, for reasons you should already know [*]Standing Stone: You'll want the Steed Stone pretty much always. Without it, you'll be weighed down by all of the armor you carry. Unless you have the appropriate perks. [*]Gloves, and lots of them: Gather as many types of unique heavy gauntlets as you can find. Here is a list of all of the types I'm aware of. The numbers next to them is their base armor rating. [*]Iron Gauntlets -10- [*]Steel Nordic Gauntlets -12- [*]Steel Imperial Gauntlets -12- [*]Steel Plate Gauntlets -14- [*]Imperial Bracers -10- [*]Dwarven Gauntlets -13- [*]Orcish Gauntlets -15- [*]Ebony Gauntlets -16- [*]Dragonplate Gauntlets -17- [*]Daedric Gauntlets -18- [*]Falmer Gauntlets -12- [*]Ancient Nord Gauntlets -10- [*]Wolf Gauntlets -12- [*]Blades Gauntlets -13- [*]Gloves of the Pugilist (not Heavy Armor, but the enchantment boosts unarmed damage or you can disenchant it and enchant every single gauntlet you own) [*]Ancient Falmer Gauntlets (requires Dawnguard) -11- [*]Falmer Hardened Gauntlets (requires Dawnguard) -13- [*]Falmer Heavy Gauntlets (requires Dawnguard) -16 [*]Dawnguard Heavy Gauntlets (requires Dawnguard) -13- [*]Other Equipment: If you get 5 Amulet of Talos, then you have 100% Cool Down Reduction on your shouts. It is as fun as it sounds. Also get some hooded monk robes. I usually kill Heimskr for these, may he rest in peace. And finally here is the recommended skills and perks for the ultra sexy hand to hand combat monk. http://skyrimcalculator.com/342258 [*]Juggernaut- Only one point is needed. We don't want our Armor Rating to be too high with all of the gloves we wear. [*]Fists of Steel- The perk that makes this all possible. It does the base armor rating of your gauntlets in unarmed damage. And since we can stack gauntlets, this can hurt people. A lot. Don't need to be wearing too many gauntlets to make use of this. [*]Sneak- If you play your Monk to be stealthy, then go up the left side of the Sneak tree. With the rolling and the Shadow Warrior, you should be on your way to being Skyrim's closest thing to Batman [*]Archery- Since I don't do any smithing or heavy armor training at all, I tend to be a bit squishy. With some Archery, you can pick off some targets from afar and finish things up close up. If you'd rather just punch people, then don't worry about Archery at all As you can see, this build's end level is pretty low, allowing you to put the rest of your points in whatever you want to. You can go for Enchanting or Smithing and make your Monk over powered as hell, or you can Alteration or Restoration. The choice is yours. 100% Shout Cool down reduction Felt like this deserved it's own section as it can be used even if you don't wanna be a monk. With 5 Amulet of Talos, or 4 if you pray at the a Talos Altar, your shouts can be spammed without any cooldown at all. [*]Slow Time+Unrelenting Force- Punch people in mid air [*]Slow Time+Be Ethereal+Whirlwind Sprint- Gets you out of a bad situation [*]Whirlwind SprintX10000- Never walk anywhere again [*]Marked for Death- This stacks. Enjoy [*]And many many combinations you can explore for yourself All in all, the unarmed monk build has made Skyrim a lot of fun to play, even after over two years of playing it already. I hope you try this build out and find out more possibilities with the Werewolf equipment exploit.

Let's hope they have that audio problem fixed.

Now see, I thought about it more literally; some whiny wench whining to Santa Claus about all the garbage she wants. I imagine Santa gets laid afterwards, naturally.

I guess the only thing I'm ever "well known" for are my topics. And I use that term loosely as the majority of my topics are on old forums and the majority of members who knew them are long gone. Moderator is for losers. Automated news bot that occasionally replies to topics is where it is at. Their English is fine, though some of the phrasing is a bit different. Like, they will say "enjoy your meal" instead of "have a good lunch" or whatever. On the first day we lived together, I had to show them how to use the washer, dryer, and dishwasher. I'm 20 years old, turning 21 in May. I'm in school for Criminology.

Would you believe me if I told you it looked a lot worse than it actually was? A lot of the...eh...dis-figuration was due to swelling, and that went away by the afternoon of the next day. I actually only broke some bone in my hand that runs along the bottom of my pinkie, ring finger, and middle finger. Also, pretty much every doctor that looked at it asked me if I got in a fight. Apparently it is a common injury when hitting something, or I guess somebody, and they tried to "get the truth out of me". Much harder to explain that I was just dicking around with a chair, a counter, and a fridge.

Oh god, haven't heard that Heat Miser song in forever. Laughed a bit. Definitely the catchiest. Although I found the premise of Santa Baby to be a bit silly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFMyF9fDKzE

Europeans are really difficult to live with. They are loud, they all smoke (I have asthma), they invite their other European friends who are also loud and also smoke, they dry their clothes on the weakest heat setting, they stream some French show at the same time every few nights and skype with their family and I blame that for all my internet problems, they aren't that friendly, they put up a French and a Russian flag outside our window (one of them is originally from Russia), on two occasions some one they knew has lived with us for 5+ days (pretty sure that is against the rules), I'm about 40% certain one of them stole a roll of toilet paper from me, and I think they drank at least 4 of my Pepsis. I don't really hate them. It is just that I don't necessarily like anything about them.

Meh, never really felt attracted to her in that way. Not that she was an ugly woman, just she really was just a friend. Point is moot now because I live in a different place with 3 French guys and I hate all of them.

She was a pretty good friend I knew in high school. She was going to a technical college in the area and needed a room mate for one year while she finishes up some classes; think they were some sort of Psychology or other Social Science classes she needed to pick up before grad school. She needed somebody to pay half of her rent and I needed a cheaper place to stay in for one year.

I have very few endearing qualities about me. I have no job nor am I doing that great in school. I live a pretty uneventful life and I neither look like a celebrity nor do I know one personally. Ask me anything. To kick things off, here is a picture of my hand when I fell on it.

Regarding AC4, how good/bad is it? As some of you may know, the only thing I like more than pirates are humanoid cat people and streaking. I saw some gameplay before it came out (sea shanties, ship battles, and some general killing) and it looked okay. As far as time period, I doubt they will go to a modern day setting. If anything, it may be a part of the present day story and not a setting for the game itself. Japan and Egypt were nice ideas. Or maybe have one in Antarctica where you are a penguin. Killing polar bears, of course.

Friday after Thanksgiving where stores and big brand names have really good deals on a bunch of stuff. Biggest shopping day of the year. And I didn't buy anything because I have no money. Edit: Oh. You said "why" not "what"

4:12 Disrespect. Nothing too amazing in this video, at least nothing too amazing to me. I will say that it makes me wish I can play in HD.

Ehh...you might wanna look at this first. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?id=9209768 Also, Skyrim is pretty lenient on what races can do what class. I just really like Khajiits. Breton is a good choice for a battlemage though.

ProTip: Khajiits are the master race. ProTip: A purely hand to hand combat character is extremely viable. Also, developmentally disabled?

I have to say, I'm not completely surprised by this question. Nor am I by the results.

The visuals during the character creation were a bit messed up for me when I was making my person. However, you can give your person an eye patch. That is pretty much all you need to know.