I hate Soul Gems

[travisdead1]

It bothers me that I have to spend 1 attack putting soul trap on a target to get a filled soul gem. But that ruins stealth play.

That means I have to take a hit before I can attack. Casting the spell on a target is considered an attack, so that breaks stealth and you can't do a sneak attack on something you just put soul trap on.

To get a filled soul gem you have to kill a target on your first sneak attack with a weapon that can ONLY do soul trap. Until you get ALL the other perks for "Enchanting" to put 2 enchants on a weapon. And that means you can't take a perk in any other skill until your around level 45 is? 50? They all have to be in enchanting.

Or they could make putting soul trap on a target NOT an attack so sneaky types don't have to do it, Or just give a very early perk in "sneak" perk tree, where you can do soul trap without breaking stealth. Or you don't need to cast soul trap to fill a gem. Make it take more than 1 kill to fill the gem, but you didn't have to do anything first, just kill the target and the gems fill up.

[Dova Sos]

You are a stealth character. You are a thief. You steal everything shiny. There are tons of soul gems filled in the game. So much that you will need big storage container for them.

[Uncle64]

You should try to find one weapon enchanted whit soultrap, learn it and place it on one bow. And you can snipe them.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by Uncle64:

You should try to find one weapon enchanted whit soultrap, learn it and place it on one bow. And you can snipe them.

The op is crying in thier milk because they need two enchantments.

[Uncle64]

I did se that, but he can only do that whit correct perks.
And he needs to do some lvl before that.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Dagger with fiery soultrap let the mayhem commence

[Uncle64]

My self preferes Chaos damage and Soultrap.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Originally posted by Uncle64:

My self preferes Chaos damage and Soultrap.

Well the upside of Fiery soultrap is that it is 1 enchantment.

[travisdead1]

Originally posted by Dova Sos:

You are a stealth character. You are a thief. You steal everything shiny. There are tons of soul gems filled in the game. So much that you will need big storage container for them.

I already do that, on my sneaky thief type. I don't mind stealing. But for my melee Orc and my Altmer spell caster, it get's annoying. Sure eventually you can paralyze them before you cast soul trap on them.

But you wouldn't like the game if you didn't have to waste an attack on a short range/short term spell that does no damage but puts you into combat, and the fact that you have to do that makes the game more fun for you? :)

The game is still fun and I played all the others and they were fun too, it doesn't RUIN the game :)

But I've discovered you should ask for what you want :) Gaming companies will always give the people what they ask for, because then the people will give them money.

And the soul trap/soul gem thing is only one of the very many things I would like changed for a future Elder Scrolls :)

Maybe if a lot of people ask for we'll get it. MAYBE. I won't be holding my breath though :)

[Dova Sos]

I don't know about the future. They said a few year ago new Skyrim is coming. They made even a teaser trailer. Everybody thought OMG it is coming soon. Well, I think 2 year passed since that trailer and absolutely nothing was said further.

[Dova Sos]

What I think about next Skyrim is that it will be some very risky game. The problem is how the game will be received, and if the game is bad is will be financially devastating.

Yes the hype is very high, but so was the hype as high with Andromeda. Bioware almost bankrupted after that fiasco. So hype is not enough. Gaming evolves and even triple AAA title can fail miserably if it does not answer the current trend in gaming.

[Dova Sos]

Game technology and competition in innovation makes long projects very risky. Because if you develop a game for 5 years, by the end of the project your game will be very outdated and will be received poorly.

That is why I believe that next Skyrim to be great game Bethesda needs to allocate 100% resources into it and develop it fast within a 1 or 2 years.

[Randox]

You're ork could just enchant a second weapon. Use it as a finisher or against the occasional weaker enemy when a less powerful weapon doesn't matter.

For the spell caster, I'd say Soul Tear (the shout). It does 300 damage in addition to casting soul trap. If the shout kills the enemy, it reanimates them for a minute too. Powerful attack, reanimation up to level 100, and soul trap, all in one powerful package.

Seriously. Soul Tear definitely competes with Unrelenting Force for my affection.

[FauxFurry]

Make your way to Ironbind Barrow post-haste if you want that Fiery Soultrap enchantment as soon as possible.

[Dova Sos]

Originally posted by FauxFurry:

Make your way to Ironbind Barrow post-haste if you want that Fiery Soultrap enchantment as soon as possible.

Wait a minute. Shouting reveals your location and the OP is complaining about being revealed.

[FauxFurry]

Originally posted by Dova Sos:

Originally posted by FauxFurry:

Make your way to Ironbind Barrow post-haste if you want that Fiery Soultrap enchantment as soon as possible.

Wait a minute. Shouting reveals your location and the OP is complaining about being revealed.

There is an axe bearing the enchantment interred there alongside Warlord Gathrik.