So my initial character was a daul One handed weapon wielding thievin khajit. And it started out fun and the world was pretty cool but after about level 18 the game became too easy and I was mowing through enemies using enchated swords while becoming overpowered by leveling up my sneak. I was sneaking and one hit killing everything in sight and then spending too much time trying to steal which actually is just entering the menu system over and over again. Couple this with strong light armor and I maybe found two challenging battles in 40 hours of play. What excacerbates the problem even more is the shoddy melée combat with all of two moves and idiot enemy ai. I felt like I was just mindlessly bulldozing throught this game.
Now I started a new character who is strictly Mage. I only use magic and wear robes which is like wearing nothin at all. Now since I'm so vulnerabld I have plan my attacks before battle and constantly cast to stay ahead of combat. Another plus is I get to avoid the horrible melée combat, exhaustively boring item menu system, and just straight bad sneak system ( seriously I'm standing right in front of u just crouchng and u cant see me? Lol that is a sorry mechanic). Now places that were a breeze before take more effort and strategy. The spells are pretty cool and real time magic combat is great. I even ran info a dragon priest couldn't dent him, i used to plow through those guys. Plus I don't get all the dumb uber leveling of enchanting, smithing, alchemy, sneaking, and speech. Just straight mmagic battles and using all the different abilities that come with if.

There is some validity in playing this game completely focused in a certain way. When u do everything the game becomes way too easy because u level way too quick and destroy everything in front of u. Then again I would never play as another melée class character as the combat is not only dumb but also boring in it's repetetiveness.

So if u find u hate this game for being archaic and unchallenging because u focused on melée or had so many thing going on u outleveled ur competition try to start over as a straight Mage that's where the thick of the combat animations are and challenge occurs. Or a gay Mage that's cool too. Also only wear robes so getting wooped is more likely.

The main negative with this playstyle is the atrocious quick menu and having to switch spells. But personally that better than the using the main menu over and over for smithing, enchanting, alchemy, stealing, speech, etc

Skyrim is pretty fun to play while wearing robes. That is all.

[edit] Wait, one other thing... You write that giant wall of text with paragraphs and punctuation, but abbreviate 'you' as 'u'?

*chuckles* I doubt I'm the only person who'll see the irony in someone playing a mage archetype over a thief archetype in TES for added difficulty.

iPhone post, yeah robes make the game soooo much better. Armor is borderline cheat code. Magic really helps keep things fresh. When I approach I can cast fury and make everyone attack each other or I can ironflesh, then conjure, then flamethrow. It really is the best way to play if ur looking for exciting combat. Having to constantly worry about ur magic points adds another fold to the strategy.

Currently wearing elven armor, 4 pieces of attire have Fortify Destruction at 25% each... My destro is free.


PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW!!! :flamethrower:

ironic how? Do u think I meant the opposite of what I said? I didn't. Strange

Mage is my favorite as well.

;)

I switched to using armor when enchant hit 100--just because--and now I'm getting sloppy. Hit by a couple of ice spears? No biggie, HP went down by ten percent. Try that in robes and you're reloading.

Plus, a screenshot of my guy sneaking in full glass is lame. Robes blend in so much better.

***waits for some good robe/glove/boot mods***

If you're playing on PC, start using Plutoman's Improved Skyrim Experience mod. Adding this, along with upping the difficulty level to expert, has made the game significantly more challenging for me at higher levels.

Just started a new mage, hoping to take Ulfrics Robes/Shoes/Gloves and enchant them.
:celebration:

Actually, I finally found the fun way to play this game the other day too!

Turn it on. Enjoy.

Woo!

no, wasn't an attack on you at all. It's ironic cause in earlier TES games it was reversed. Playing a rogue archetype was more a challenge than playing a mage archetype.