MadWizard25

Avoided updating REGS for a while due to modding fatigue and stable gameplay. And yet when I pop back in here what do I see? An ETaC W&C patch! Thank you CJ! Finally a good reason to update to ETaC 11 from 8

As far as I know Companion NPCs are very powerful. I tried beating Vilkas at lvl 12 and got my ass handed to me. Since i play an archer/ light armor character I can understand why post fight. I suspect the guild questlines are for mid level game play or higher, lets say lvl 25+ This makes sense, none of the core quest content for Skyrim is easy in Requiem. You need to be someone of decent power to be considered for the Companions. Search the requeim nexus forum thread for details, i seem to remember that it was stated guild quests are very difficult. I only managed to start and complete the Saarthal questline for the Mages guild by raising my speech to 50 (to skip magic entrance test) via training and enchantments, and have yet to start the thieves guild quests due to lack of perks in sneaking and pick pocketing. I got decimated in Fellglow keep in mages guild, and I dont think ill revisit that till lvl 30, maybe 35. Im level 25 now and am only now again considering taking on vilkas, and only because I finally managed to grab the 2nd gruesome shot perk in archery, which finally allows for decent armor penetration. That plus some decent wep enchantments. TLDR; a lot of main quests require a semi powerful character to begin, level 20, or maybe even 30 plus. You need patience before the game really gets going. Requiem is for role play, you cant start these quests until you have some decent character development. No level 5 dragon slayers or lvl 10 companion status. If you dont have this role play mindset then Requiem is gonna give you a bad time.

This sounds seriously awesome! As for DynDOLOD starting LODGen, you could always offer it as an advanced option, turned off by default. This would probably please most users

This is why i personally like requiem so much. It feels like i have to make something out of myself before im capable of becoming a hero in name as well as skill. Doing hold quests like bandit hunting until level 10 makes perfect sense then. Im slowly accumulating skill and renown. Eventually your good enough for more high risk quests like BFB, and finally the first dragon which i just completed at lvl 21, and it was still tough. This just feels like far more of a natural character progression than vanilla skyrim, even if it can be a grind sometimes.

Thanks for this thread everyone. I never took these warnings seriously, and now Im going to take a look at them. Additionally, I thought BSA unpacking could have an in game impact in term of performance, but not that it could impact the game processes in such a way. I have unpacked all my BSAs by default. If i solve the MO warnings on script order it should be ok right?

Cheers!

Any rough estimate on fps impact at ugrids 7 (sounds like we should play at this setting)?

I never reached a high level because I refused to play the game seriously until there was a stable mod environment. Well that took almost 2 years, and now i can finally play instead of play testing. I never even progressed past the 1st dragon fight. Currently at level 22, previous levels during play tests never got past 5. STEP mixed with Requiem.

80C isnt that bad for a gfx card, especially nowadays. I still recon you have either a bad mod or an incompatibility between two mods. The only way to figure if thats the issue is the procedure as i described above. I sucks to do it, so most people give up after removing a few mods. Then they start to wonder if its hardware related. Stop. Its almost always your mod setup. Go through everything one by one. No other way to do it. I would not recommend looking for alternative causes to your CTDs without extensively testing your mod setup. There is no shortcut.

Perfect, you have totally allayed my fears. Thanks!

I did, and concluded that buying store bought styles frozen in time and then sprucing them up myself works just as fine as buying tailored finery

Its similar with requiem, you can get 1 shotted by archers. Im not sure how well my tactics apply to HLE but block works well for arrows, as well as enchanting your gear for armor buffs and or magic resistance. You will die a lot. No matter what. Save often. Have plenty of potions, scrolls, and poisons is about the only other thing that helps. You could also install a mod the allows for dodge mechanics.

SPM will not give you a FPS count if you use ENB or SMAA or something similar. As EssArrBee stated, the opening scene can be incredibly performance intensive. Sometimes its recommended to start the game with vanilla skyrim, make a save once your in helgen interiors, quit, and then load your mods, and play ofc. Alternatively, you can use a mod like Live another Life - Alternative Start.

Huh, I did not know this, thanks for the info!

Oh man this looks neat! Especially since it works with Requiem. I have one minor question. The training of the speech skill by doing jobs. How does this scale in requiem? I dont want to jump levels easily just by doing minor jobs. Speech in Requiem can be pretty powerful at later stages.