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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...
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...
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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!

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!


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!


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.

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...
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.