Holy crab. This topic hasn't seen much action for a while!
Anyone else still playing Skyrim?
I'm on the new Dragonborn DLC now, checking out Solstheim. Doesn't look much like it did in Morrowind - not that it has much chance to anyway, gamebryo has evolved quite a bit since the early days after all. Not sure I'm all that fond of this new island by the way. It's very small, and it's very very rocky. It's difficult to navigate without your follower getting hopelessly lost, because they still can't navigate over terrain that isn't standard height map, and there are hardly any roads leading anywhere.
I've done a couple steps on the new quest chain, but trying to not exhaust it too quickly, so I'm pulling back and doing side-missions in parallel.
Also, back on the mainland, I built all three houses and adopted two kids. They live in the southern hold, whatsitscalled, in Lakeview Manor since it's the most scenic location. The two others are next to a gigantic chaurus-infested bog, and buried in constant snow respectively. What kind of place is that for two kids to grow up in?
I miss not being able to hug my in-game kids, or carry them on my shoulders. That'd be awesome, especially if I could fight some foes with my kid cheering on. There's this stone ring right next to Lakeview that attracts hostile necromancers. Awesome target practise! Maybe slay a couple dragons, and so on... Heh! What would that do for the ESRB rating of the game? Lul.
Finally brought up alchemy to max a couple weeks ago also. Damn, I had to make SO many potions... I read a guide and collected tons of giant's toes and bear claws, that did the trick. Liked alchemy better back in Morrowind, the alchemical gear was a fun aspect of the process, and you got to discover all of the effects of ingredients just by leveling the profession. In skyrim there just aren't enough perk points IMO to go around, so I skipped investing anything in alchemy altogether, so almost all ingredients have at least one undiscovered effect...