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What the...? (Skyrim non-tech-related question)

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:01 am
by Rath Darkblade
So I decided to fire up Skyrim once again, and as I'm wandering through Riften, this is what I see...
ScreenShot2.jpg
To make it even more surreal, a few seconds later, the guard got up, walked over to the bridge, couldn't climb over (of course) and ended up jumping into the river. *LOL* So apparently the guards can sit on thin air - but don't ask them to climb over a bannister, or point any arrows at their knees! ;)

I'm just thinking... did I miss some kind of spell/ability that allows me to do that? Just wondering... *BWG*

Re: What the...? (Skyrim non-tech-related question)

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:27 am
by DeadPoolX
Yeah, sometimes games -- especially large open-world games, like Skyrim -- have some weird glitches.

Cracked has done numerous articles in this subject. Here are some of the articles I can find easily:

Re: What the...? (Skyrim non-tech-related question)

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:25 am
by Tawmis
Rath Darkblade wrote:So I decided to fire up Skyrim once again, and as I'm wandering through Riften, this is what I see...
ScreenShot2.jpg
To make it even more surreal, a few seconds later, the guard got up, walked over to the bridge, couldn't climb over (of course) and ended up jumping into the river. *LOL*
Clearly this is a guard who was in a dark place in his life, contemplating ending it - and you, the hero - could have gone over there and talked him out of it. Instead, you just watched him plunge to his death! :lol:

Re: What the...? (Skyrim non-tech-related question)

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:53 pm
by Rath Darkblade
Tawmis wrote:
Rath Darkblade wrote:So I decided to fire up Skyrim once again, and as I'm wandering through Riften, this is what I see...
ScreenShot2.jpg
To make it even more surreal, a few seconds later, the guard got up, walked over to the bridge, couldn't climb over (of course) and ended up jumping into the river. *LOL*
Clearly this is a guard who was in a dark place in his life, contemplating ending it - and you, the hero - could have gone over there and talked him out of it. Instead, you just watched him plunge to his death! :lol:
:lol: I spoke to him, but he only told me about the arrow in his knee before he jumped. Maybe that arrow was never extracted properly and was just too painful? ;)

Re: What the...? (Skyrim non-tech-related question)

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 7:59 pm
by DeadPoolX
Rath Darkblade wrote:
Tawmis wrote:
Rath Darkblade wrote:So I decided to fire up Skyrim once again, and as I'm wandering through Riften, this is what I see...
ScreenShot2.jpg
To make it even more surreal, a few seconds later, the guard got up, walked over to the bridge, couldn't climb over (of course) and ended up jumping into the river. *LOL*
Clearly this is a guard who was in a dark place in his life, contemplating ending it - and you, the hero - could have gone over there and talked him out of it. Instead, you just watched him plunge to his death! :lol:
:lol: I spoke to him, but he only told me about the arrow in his knee before he jumped. Maybe that arrow was never extracted properly and was just too painful? ;)
Maybe he jumped because he was tired of hearing overused memes. :P

Re: What the...? (Skyrim non-tech-related question)

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 5:52 pm
by Rath Darkblade
Well I'm not sure what's going on, but I visited Riften once again... and this is what I saw...
guard.jpg
At least he's not sitting in mid-air any more, but why is he sitting on empty air at all? Not sure what he's doing there, except enjoying a refreshing beverage... ;)

Re: What the...? (Skyrim non-tech-related question)

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 7:18 pm
by Collector
Moved to the Other Games forum. Carry on.