Yeah! I'm gonna get questing done today!
Posted Nov 17, 2011, 5:36 PM UTC
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I thought it's only me who had problems with first frost troll encounter
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Nah man, he wasted me pretty good. Stupid greybeards. I bet they all stay up there because that ice troll scares the shit out of them.
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I didn't even go see the greybeards til I was like, level 20. So when I saw that ice troll, I just slashed it a couple of times and bam its dead.
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I wabbajack'd a sweet roll. Then ate the bastard.
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I hit level 12 or 13 and went back just so I could kill him. Made me feel pretty good.
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I went into a cave where there were two trolls right at the entrance. I got fucked.
Then I found a book in Dragonreach called "Troll Hunter" or something. Sadly, its the only book I read all the way through in-game but it was useful information! I should probably utilize the in-game literature a bit more.
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I've been to that cave!
IT'S A TRAP!
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I spent half a RL day trying to get through the vampire cave (thoams folly or something)...I got through the first few dudes, but that Vampire Master killed me a good dozen times before I gave up. I WILL BE BACK!
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not the same cave but I like your story.
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I also suffered my first defeat in that cave, was able to kill the first vampire with the swinging trap but the master was just too strong. I came back 10 levels later and slit everyones throat.
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That the one for the mages quest?
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I dont think so. Its just a cave near Whiterun. I do a hell of a lot of exploring before I delve into quests.
Ninja Edit: I later revisited it and it is a really small cave with one circular room and some dead bandits I think. It's nothing exciting.
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what? proper fucked?
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Yes, before "Zee Germans" get there.
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I would recommend "A Gentlemen's Guide to Whiterun". Mikael the Bard is one creep fuck.
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I had to just sit up on a ledge out of his reach and shoot arrows at him til he died. Took like five solid minutes of shooting arrows in his face before he finally kicked it.
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That sounds tedious. They regenerate health, you know.
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I think I reached this part of the game a little prematurely, so the fucking thing killed me in one swipe five times in a row. It was tedious and part of the reason it took so long was he kept regenerating his fucking health! Luckily he stood pretty much in one spot so I just had to keep firing.
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I think I reached this part of the game a little prematurely
Practically everyone I've talked to about Skyrim has mentioned being annihilated by that ice troll... I think it's there as Bethesda's way of saying "buckle up, bitch- we ain't in Cyrodiil no more."
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I did the same thing, as I wanted some more shouts before continuing the sidequests. Instead of fighting, I just peaced on my hoers. Stupid troll.
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My first encounter I got killed a few times, then ran up an outcropping so that he had to go all the way around to get up to where I was. While he was doing that I just dropped down and sprinted up the path until I was out of range. Now though, I fight them like any other creature. Bears, too. Haven't tried fighting a mammoth yet, but I think I would get my ass kicked. I get more trouble from magic users than I do from most creatures.
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I died a couple times, remembered that i'm a FUCKING WEREWOLF, and then settled things properly.
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Really? I just kited it with fire, that's pretty much foolproof against any non caster.
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my encounter went something like this: died 3 times. To win: "eat this fire fowl beast!" *runs at me "EEEEEEE" *i run away..... "eat this fire fowl beast!" *troll runs at me "EEEEEEEE" run away again. repeat.
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You draw good.
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You don't use grammar well.
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I don't get it. I've killed every ice troll I've encountered without much trouble. Maybe I have better weapons and/or you guys are exploring more difficult areas really early in the game before having levelled up much?
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I've found random old dudes living in sewers to be far more deadly than some dragons. I blame level scaling!
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I AM POWER INCARNATE! SLAYER OF THOUSHANDS! THE MIGHT OF A HUNDRED DRAGONS RESTS WITHIN ME!
PUNY NAKED SEWER DUDE, YOU WILL TASTE MY...
piledriv'd
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I steamrolled through everything until I met my first Ancient Dragon.
I was wondering why I was down so quick.. killed me in a single breath of ice.
That thing was the strongest I had encountered by far. Even stronger than Krosis.
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I was doing the Thieves Guild quest, and there's this huge bodyguard guy, hyped to be really strong, with a very menial treasurehunt side-quest to go around him. I did the side quest, but he still attacked me. So I backed away and dual-casting Fury'd him and wait for the city guards to deal with him...... only for him to be killed in seconds by a passing farmgirl, Fastred, who doesn't even live in Riften....
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You are on reddit, of course you're better than everyone at videogames.
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They take somewhat of a long time to take down, but it's not hard to avoid their attacks. I've never had any trouble with them either.
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Odd. I usually down them in a few swings.
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well if you try doing the main quests first, you run into quite a few before you have a chance to level up
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Ah, that might be it then. I'm running around all over Skyrim doing side-quests.
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I play on master, where the trolls can kill you with one hit. I'm at level 51 and I'm still afraid of those things.
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What difficulty? I'm on master and saw my first one at about level 8 and it one-shotted me.
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No idea. I don't recall being prompted about a difficulty level at all :/
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Actually it's drawn by my geeky sister, but she doesn't use Reddit. =) All credits go to her (www.amhil.tumblr.com).
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Well please tell her that we enjoy videogame art as a testament to our favorite hobby. I notice she does quite a bit of it on her tumblr. Buy her a beer!
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all you need is more FIRE!
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Frost trolls aren't the problem for me. It's the side quests, exploring and dragon hunting that stops me from completing the main quest. I've had Skyrim since it's release and I have yet to the quest after visiting the Greybreads :|
Side Quests Done - Possibly 30
Dragons Killed - From the number of souls I've collected and the number of shouts I have, I'd say 12.
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Did you do the "Mind of a Madman" quest? I think that particular one may be broken (buggy) for me. Feel free to spoil it if you have...it's frustrating as hell.
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Completed it... what exactly is your problem?
Not really much of a spoiler to give, just make sure you use the wabbajack liberally.
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I've done it and finished it. Need some help?
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That arena part...where you stand above the monsters fighting each other. What do I do? I swear I spent ten minutes just wabbajacking them. Is there some order in which I'm supposed to kill them?
Thanks!
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Was stuck at the same part. I had assumed you wabbajacked them until fire countered ice, or shock countered ice or something along those lines (Pokemon Mindset to the max. Thanks Childhood)
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As I recall, you need to wabbajack the guy standing to the right of the throne across the area from where you're standing. That should complete that portion.
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No can't say I remember doing that one. Care to describe the quest?
There is another side quest you can find by reading a book though. You have to find a sword for someone named Red. I've done it twice already but it's sitting in my quest list for a third time.
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It's in Solitude I think...I don't want to give anything away but you need to gain access to an abandoned section of the keep. Then things get weird.
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I see. Well it's safe to say I definitely haven't done that quest yet because I have yet to even explore that side of the map. So far I've just explored almost everything from the West to the East side of the middle of Skyrim.
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and you get to see my favorite person again :D
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I blew right past that jerk. I stole a horse from an imperial camp, and just kept riding past that guy. So worth it.
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I got some invisibility potions in a mage fort, thanks god. :P Fucker wasted me 4 times before I realised I had the potions.
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Replace "Ice Troll" with "cave/ruin/campsite icon on the compass" and you've got it.
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I watched my level 8 friend run into an Ice Troll on his way to fight a dragon circling a mountain. The Ice Troll one shot his companion and nearly killed him as well... until the dragon showed up. It inadvertently killed the Ice Troll eventually. My friend continued to fight the dragon all the way to the top of the mountain. He was clearly outmatched and was forced to Bear Grylls his way down the opposite side of the mountain with the dragon in hot pursuit. Without meaning to, he stumbled upon a place called the Labyrinth I believe, where 5 Ice Trolls decided to show up at the same time.
Bad situation right? Well by exploiting a nearby ledge that the Ice Trolls wouldn't cross and with "help" from the dragon. two of the Ice Trolls died but the rest killed the dragon. Using his bow and about 1000 arrows, he whittled down the remaining trolls and walked out many levels higher. The whole fight took about 15 minutes. We were both baked, and recount the tale as if it was the most epic time we had ever had playing video games.
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Your sister draws well.
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I've been spending all my time acquiring the skill/items to craft my full set of elven arms for my wood elf. By the time I encountered a frost troll, it was pretty easy
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Get your block up. I am level 30 and tanked two frost trolls last night no problem solo.
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Ice trolling is a art
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Dual casting fire spells. Done. Off to kick some giant ass. Them and their stupid mammoths.
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As a sterotypical shield/swordsmen I don't understand why people fear ice trolls.
Giants are another story!
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Turn into werewolf, beat the shit out of him.
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I have an enchanted mace with fire damage. They die pretty quick. It also might have to do with the fact that my one handed attacks are top notch and its a Legendary Deadric Mace. (I actually have 2. I am soooo glad I leveled my blacksmithing to 100)
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I cannot express how satisfying it is to kill one of these things with my fireballs now.
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The first time I saw one of those ice trolls was a very trying encounter. It killed me at least three times.
Now, I smile when I see one. Then I kill it with fire.
The first time I saw an Ice Troll (think it was on the Throat of the World) I put the spurs to my horse. Fuck that noise, I'm leveling up a bit first and getting the hang of combat.
My first instinct was "nothing to do here."
I clambered onto some rocks and put 25 arrows in him from stealth. Good times.
Exactly what I did. Thankfully I'd enchanted fire damage into my bow. :P
I still haven't figured out enchanting, I need to buy a soul trap spell. I just looted a whole bunch of soul gems from some nice bandits at a fort close to Whiterun, so that's nice.
I remember my first encounter with an Ice Troll, Battle Cryed that bitch then kept walking.
LIKE A BOSS
I don't seem to understand what all the fuss is about Ice Trolls, my first time I encountered one was on the way up the 7000 steps to the Greybeards. Ended up killing it before I even knew what it was.
NOW. Those fucking SNOW BEARS on the other hand, need to rot in Hell and GET THE FUCK OUT. Fucking bears run faster then you, hit for half your health even with 100 armor and take about 15 hits to take down. God damn.
And this is why I put points into heavy armor
Heavy Armor, One-Handed, Block, Restoration, Smithing. Flawless dwarven armor and weapons > Trolls. Fuck everything about those freaking giants though.
back-strafing plus frost spell = problem giant?
Got jumped by two snow trolls and a snow bear today. All at the same time. It was terrible.
I've seen a snowbear handily solo a dragon. A DRAGON!
My first encounter was in Labyrinthian, with some 5 frost trolls. Needless to say I was out of there faster than you could shout "fus ro dah"
Randomly stumbled across one while meandering aimlessly across the northern coast. Kicked its sorry behind in like five seconds flat with targeted application of fire spells, at like level seven or something. Honestly, it never would have occurred to me that trolls were particularly dangerous if not for Redditors being all "it ownz0red me duuuude"…
They aren't really. I was level 4 or 5 when I stumbled across one on High Hrothgar and only had the novice elemental spells. I thought that its resistances would be different since it was a frosty, but I soon learned otherwise.