Sigurð Stormhand Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Yes' date=' and said announcement is indeed absent. Almost like they didn't want people finding out. As if it wouldn't be noticed immediately anyway. I know Bethesda is generally secretive, but they're being ridiculous about it this time.The only thing I keep falling back to in some vain hope is that F:NV being steam-locked was Obsidian's decision and that hopefully Bethesda realizes most of us don't want the game being steam-locked.[/quote']Well, BIOWARE didn't lock Dragon Age, while Mount and Blade Warband (of the Epic Winness) was available over STeam, but not Steam locked.So there may be hope.I can't afford Skyrim these days, and I'm waiting to see if it is all that has been claimed. If it is I'll buy a seperate hard drive and do and second install of Windows 7, then I'll keep Skyrim as the only thing on this drive along with the OS if it needs Steam. Maybe get some government-level Firewall to ensure they don't talk to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 Setting up a firewall to keep it from communicating would get you banned from the service. Valve considers that an act of thievery. Sucks eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwip Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I guess you could go to the trouble, but what's the point?Also, would it do any good at this point to mention offline mode? No? Haters gotta hate? Ok then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 No, it wouldn't, because offline mode is a complete joke. Have you paid any attention at all to the sea of people who have said it doesn't actually STAY offline when put there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwip Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Actually no, since I find the whole idea of offline mode to be essentially pointless for me. But it is there.But then, firewalling Steam seems a little pointless to me too, so, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigurð Stormhand Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Setting up a firewall to keep it from communicating would get you banned from the service. Valve considers that an act of thievery. Sucks eh?No, just a wall between the two drives, two copies of the OS, one drive just for Skyrim.I suppose I could physically swap the drives out instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwip Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Why are you going to the trouble, though? That's a pretty expensive way to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Kaira Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Well, anyways, looking through a few screenshots (here), it does indeed look like Skyrim is going to be taking pretty good advantage of the volumetric cloud support Bethesda added in.That panorama actually reminds me a bit of Nehrim with all those steep, jagged peaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Well, isn't that special. Someone over at legal needs to chill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndalayBay Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Huh? That doesn't look anything like Skyrim to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Indeed. Also, people keep saying Bethesda sent this. Look closely at the top of the pic of the legal notice. It came from Zenimax. Bethesda may not have known a thing about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndalayBay Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 What language is that? Anyway, yeah, just being a tad touchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigurð Stormhand Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Why are you going to the trouble' date=' though? That's a pretty expensive way to play.[/quote']You're right.I'll just stick with Oblivion.No, seriously, I need a new drive anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwip Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 It was really the multiple OS copies part that I'm not getting. Hard drives are awesome and everybody should have 10 for when they inevitably fail, damn things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 @Andalaybay: Swedish I think.@Dwip: Yes. I too have adopted the "you can't have too many spare drives" philosophy. Anyone who has followed my dealings with Western Digital knows of my pain and probably shares it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndalayBay Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I don't think there's any such thing as a reliable hard drive anymore.Anybody tried SSD drives yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 SSD's are too expensive still. I'd love to try one but not for $800 I won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndalayBay Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Really? I admit I haven't even bothered looking yet. The poorly performing part in my windows performance rating is always the hard drives. Guess it thinks they're slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Price appears to have come down some since I last looked. An Intel 300GB SSD is selling for $550 on mwave.com. Still expensive, but getting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 Oh boy Bethesda. You think we're all rich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwip Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Well, if I had the cash to drop, I might. At least that's a for real legitimate CE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndalayBay Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Well I've got more money than brains, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prettyfly Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Grr...it costs more in Australia despite the fact that the Australian Dollar is worth more than the US dollar (but the conversion rates for Aussie Dollar vs Pound work out just fine when you compare the prices, I guess everyone outside the US is getting charged extra ). No Bethesda, I will not be buying the CE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 You're 8,000 miles away across an unforgiving ocean. Of course it's going to cost more :PThey're not doing themselves any favors with a price tag this high. Some idiot actually suggested in one of the now numerous forum threads that the reason the price is so outrageously high is because the economy is in the shitter. What's worse is lots of people agreed, despite the assertion making absolutely no sense. Raising prices in a bad economy is counter-productive if you expect to sell stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwip Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Well, I dunno.So, game by itself is $60, right? There's a frickin' 200 page coffee table book in there too, and those pretty much start at like $40. I dunno what gigantor PVC statuettes are running these days, but at least $20-30 doesn't seem unreasonable. Plus a bit for the DVD and map.It's not that the price is way out of line for the stuff they're actually putting in there, it's that they've forced you to ask yourself if a lump of PVC and a book are worth that too you.Me, I figure they went whole hog and decided to make a real, honest to Akatosh collector's edition like in the days of yore (the Oblivion one was...not so much really). I applaud them for the effort, but wonder how well it's going to do, all things considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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