Did anyone else love making this long trek up the mountain? Something about the way they designed this made it feel like I really was taking a long and arduous pilgrimage. Loving how immersive this game is so far.

yep I agree on that.

It was fun until I saw a Snow Troll and had to run for my life.

It was fun until I saw a Snow Troll and had to run for my life.

I never saw the troll on my way up. I didn't stay on the steps themselves, though, so there's a chance I avoided it. I did enjoy the trek, though.

Haha the snow troll scared the shit out of me because for some reason it jumped off from a ledge right behind me.

Yeah it was awesome!

7000 steps?  I haven't reached that part of the world yet.  Is it actually 7000 steps?  Cuz there is a staircase near my new house with 100 steps and that is longer than I thought it would be.  So 7000 actual steps sounds like it must have been a pain in the ass to model.

It was pretty good yeah, loved the pilgrims you met along the way.
 
I didn't love the sounds of a bear mauling some goats somewhere above me while I was making my way up the stairs.

I just rode my horse all the way up.

@MonetaryDread: Well, I obviously didn't count, but there's a point in a quest where you have to make a pilgrimage to the top of a mountain and they call the path "the 7000 steps". It probably takes a good 10 - 15 minutes at least to make the walk.

the sabercat and troll were hard as fuck for me

Yeah that was pretty awesome. Although that fuckin' troll scared the crap out of me. I'm doing the magic school quests and having a great time. Great storyline from begining to end.

@yakov456: Fire magic does wonders with trolls. It wasn't an easy encounter, but I'm level 9 and did it on the first try.

What I want to know is if anyone counted the steps and if there are actually 7000.

@ztiworoh: I was 10 at the time but didn't even want to chance it since it was so far up. Used something on him that made him calm for 30 seconds and just booked it up the hill.

I got killed by the snow troll, so my pilgramege turned into me sprinting past the troll near the end.

Yeah that has been one of the highlights of my time with the game so far. Multiple times during the trek I would just stop and look off the side of the mountain. This game had more beautiful environments then it has the right to.

@yakov456 said:

It was fun until I saw a Snow Troll and had to run for my life.

I "cheated" I turned into a werewolf and ran off.

i loved it especially the views. Looking back on Bleak Falls Barrow was amazing. The troll got me the first time but the second time I snuck up on him and turned him into a pin cushion with my arrows.

Are none of you keeping Lydia with you? I just let her tank most shit til she goes down while I fill em full of arrows. That combo tends to make most small fights (like any fight with a single troll) pretty trivial.

edit: also the bonus cargo space is nice.

Died twice on the Troll. Third time blasted him to hell with Fire and Frost magic flying out of my hands! My hands I tell you! At the same time!

@jackdawkins: Yup - have her with me 90% of the time. I only wish she ran faster, I feel like I'm always waiting for her to catch up

I saw a lady in prayer as I traveled up the steps. When I saw the snow troll I decided to run back towards her for some help. She did something amazing. As the troll began to hit her she just ran straight off the side of the mountain to her death. Man this game is great:)

I forgot, I also fought a damn dragon right near the top. That was amazing too. Have I mentioned on these forums before that I love this damn game?

I rode my horse, but felt like I was cheating somehow. Stopped and read all the shrines up until "OHGODATROLLRUN". It would have been a better experience without that guy.

Also had the "Shut Up Woman Get On My Horse" song in my head the entire time for some reason.

I thought it was really cool too. I didn't have any trouble at all with the snow troll, but then again I had Lydia with me.

@yakov456 said:

It was fun until I saw a Snow Troll and had to run for my life.

ahaha yep this was the same reaction I had. I died twice :(

i just kited the troll while i burnt it with flames and breathe fire.

Rode my horse up to the top, fought an ice troll with relative ease. Such an amazing game.

I jumped up the entire mountain on the opposite side of all the steps.....

yeah it was great, epic(i dont care i'm using the word) dragon troll fight at the top was fucking rough though.

Fucking Ice Wraith killed my dog.

I ended up double timing down the steps when that damn troll showed up. Luckily one of the pilgrims started tanking him while I set him ablaze from a safe distance. After it was all said and done I got some of the best armor I've come across in this game off of the dead pilgrim. Went better than expected

@yakov456 said:

It was fun until I saw a Snow Troll and had to run for my life.

Yep. Fuck all the trolls in this game. The only way I've killed any is leading one up a mountain and into a town to have the guards help me. Ask me to kill a dragon though, no problem.

@advocatefish said:

Fucking Ice Wraith killed my dog.

What? You can get a dog?

The troll is easy. He's really predictable. The sabre cats are way harder with their lunge attack.

The scenery along the way was pretty goddamn amazing.

@SSully said:

I got killed by the snow troll, so my pilgramege turned into me sprinting past the troll near the end.

Same, however I used my horse all the way! Kinda ruined the whole pilgrimage aspect I guess.

I did it on foot, and brought Lydia with me - helped with the troll. I love how heavy the snow gets as you move up - the snow effect in this game is great, period.

Unfortunately Lydia died earlier today, in the last part of a particularly long side quest to reforge an amulet. Guess I'm gonna have to find a new buddy.

- Scott

I died the first time I tried to kill the sabrecat. The second time I lured him to the traveler praying to a shrine right below... he got killed in one hit >_< Still killed the cat though, at least I redeemed myself :P

I just ran past the troll. There are so many memorable moments in the story, so far it's much better than the oblivion story.

The troll wasn't too much of a problem. Murdered all the pilgrims before even talking to them for stealth and archery xp. Some good goat and ram hunting on that mountain

@imsh_pl: There was a cat on that mountain?

I got a dragon about half way up. Fought him with a pilgrim, who sadly died in the process. Run past the troll.

I "stealthed" all my way up... it took a loooooooooong time. But the troll ended like most of my enemies... with an arrow in the back of his head.

The troll was nothing. He went down with the fire easily. The big cat right before him on the other hand rocked me about 8 times. I finally killed him when I almost fell off the slope and I ended up below him. I was able to slice him without having him react and when he did he was killed in the next hit.

The 7,000 steps was truly immersing. It felt like an eternity getting up there and it felt quite epic trying to get to the top of the mountain. Ice troll did ruin my trip, but I just ran past him after my second try.

And my god the view up on the mountain is gorgeous.

I missed part of that I think. Before the quest was even given, I decided to climb that mountain. I climbed the southwest side and scaled some pretty crazy rocks. I found some locations and just had to fast travel once I got that quest.

Met a dragon as well, after killing a frost troll that seemingly jumped off a high ledge to greet me. There was also a sabre cat, but those are pretty much nothing to me being a heavy armor-clad two-hand hammer lass.