So bound weapons so far with no mods will jump radically spontaneously while entering combat with no use of them and with normal attacks it levels at the normal rate as intended.. an attack with the bound weapons in stealth will also cause this huge jump in skill leveling.. can anyone figure out how to fix this? this is ruining any attempt for me to play the game with bound weapons for me. even more so since i want to use a 3x slower skill up mod. the funniest part is i tried it with my 3x slower skill up mod and it still skills up super fast.. i got it from lvl 15 to 25 in like 30 minutes or less with 3x slower skill up mod...WTF bethesda?

You should be blaming the mod maker for leaving off bound weapons. This certainly isn't Bethesda's fault.

Blame the mod maker for something wrong with the vanilla game? Good logic.

I use bound weapons on my current character and have noticed no such jumps in skill level. My character also sneaks and it hasn't happened. I played a thief with a normal bow and the leveling has been roughly equivilant from what I've seen. So either the issue is tied to the mod you are using or you have a bug.

I've never noticed any problems either, although that said I haven't used bound weapons much recently.

OP: perhaps it has something to do with the fact that bound bows are roughly equivalent to Daedric bows? I have no idea if the quality of the bow has any bearing on skill increases, however.

Doesn't the damage done by the weapon affect skill increase? Since the Bound weapons have the potential to be some of the better weapons in the game, you're doing more damage, and thereby leveling your skill up faster, it would stand to reason.

I play a mage/assassin who uses bound sword and bow and i have not had a huge scale in leveling. bound sword might boost it up qickly but its not at an insane rate.

You're mad that you got from level 15 to 25 in a skill in 30 minutes? Of course you did, it's 15 to 25. The experience requirements are VERY heavily weighted. This isn't broken, it's just that you level the lower levels quickly.

Come back if you get from like, 85 to 90 in 30 minutes. THAT would be unbalanced and broken.