then i don't think you'd want to continue with the elder scrolls series...

really, in skyrim, if you don't explore much you most likely are going to get bored very fast, how you don't explore but got 1100+ hours in skyrim is amazing to me.

I probably have about 90 mods attached to my game. Incidentally, I was talking with a very good friend of mine who plays Skyrim on his PS3 We were discussing the various comments that I have received here. Some he agreed with, some he did not. Our ages --for what it is worth --are about 25 years apart. Him being 40 and me being 65.

I started a whole new game without --that is to say, I didn't cheat with any leveling up of skills or skill perks and such; and, before I got out of Helgen I noticed that while I didn't have as much of a hit power that I liked when cheating I was still kicking butt.

Restarting the game! Here is the thing. By the time I get to fighting Ancano, the only real epic battle that I have found, Ibecome the Arch Mage, I feel as though the game is over at that point. Following through on the main quest to get to Sovngarde for the final battle is a considerable let down in the end. So, beyond that just roaming going back through cave, barrows and cairns, just doesn't seem fun for me. Then again, I go back and play Dragon Age Origins. That said, we won't get into why I still love that game for obvious reasons. But, I digress.

Oohhhh... I think it's all beginning to click for me now.

Well, let me ask you this? As I said earlier I deleted all of the saved games and started anew. I did not use the console to increase any of my skills levels or their related perks. By the time I got out of Helgen still at level one with no perk points my one-handed dual swordsmanship didn't seem all that weak. However, my health and stamina were decreasing as a level one player. Is it possible that I have screwed up the game mechanics from all that previous cheating? The reason I say that is because the cut scenes are indicative of a higher level character: and, I can knock down a Imperial with one arrow.

When you start out the game as a newbie, health, stamina and magicka all start at 100. As you level, you get to pick one stat to increase. Depending on your play style, you should choose the proper stat, such as if you are a warrior, health and then stamina would be ideal over magicka. Part of this game is watching your character grow. It can be slow but it's done by achieving levels and skills.

Doubtful, if you're starting off from scratch. A fresh character from square one shouldn't have any issues, but you also shouldn't be "one-shot" killing either. Or, at least, "one-shot" kills should be rare.
Are you still playing with all your mods? Because it may be possible that those are conflicting if you have a ton of them installed and running at the same time. That's just my point of view, but I'm not on expert on mods by any means. While I own Skyrim on the PC, I actually "play" the game on the Xbox360...so I don't have access to Console Commands, or mods.

Barring any of that, I would refer you to Froyo above ^ .

I really like playing as a female dual swords-woman with some destruction and restoration spells. Currently I am at level six but am holding off leveling up just in case I meet up with a boss I can't really handle. That said I am also trying to level up On-Handed, Sneak, Light Armor and Smithing. Doing it one single point at a time a little frustrating to me.






As for mods I probably have close to 90 or more added to my game. Most of which are meshes and textures. However, we won't get into some of the mods that I do have --if you catch my drift? (Nothing disgusting perverted mind you, but still.)

huh?

You don't have to spend your perk points right away when you level, though you do have to choose magicka, health, or stamina.

Sorry this is off topic but DA:O was an amazing game. I was wondering, though, why you hated DA2? I was thinking of getting it and was wondering what you didn't like about it.

On Topic I don't think you can screw up game mechanics just from console leveling skills up, if you mess with some of the other things in there you might be able to idk, but just console leveling i dont think you can. I think the reason you are one shotting is because of a combination of sneak attacks and low difficulty. On higher difficulties assassinations can still bring down high level baddies in one shot if you have the right items and perks in your skill trees it just takes longer to get to that level of killing.

DA2 was like playing an arcade video game of Final Fantasy, with exploding bodies and doll heads rolling around. Plus every time you turned a corner there bad guys to fight. You would kill them and twenty more would drop from the sky to be killed. You killed them walk around another corner and the same fight repeats itself. Plus, every cave you go into is the same exact cave. with little or no variations. It is nothing like it's predecessor Dragon Age Origins: nothing!

As for Skyrim I have been trying not to cheat with skills and skill perks, but I am having some difficulty. I am currently at level twenty-three and still fighting like level one. This notion of leveling up and getting one single perk to use is causing a me lot of distress. I actually hate it, to be perfectly honest. But, I will muddle through it damn it.

If things are too difficult turn down the difficulty. Get a companion with you and go bandit/Forsworn hunting. You could also train things that aren't combat to get levels, you can go up quite a few levels just by smithing alone; iron and leather is plentiful so long as you know where to look.

I am as low as you can possibly go and I have Serana with me. I can tell you in all honesty that I have been searching for the last wayshrine for nearly hours now and I can find it. In the Glacial Crevice I just keep going around in circles. I at my wits end trying to find this place. But, that is another thread. I have to way points on my compass and no matter which way you go both are on either side of say, North, or South, East or West. The first time I played though Dawnguard, I found the last wayshrine totally accident: and, I mean totally by accident. I just really want to get it over with.

You're hating it? Dude, you don't have to play that way. Life's a bit too short to play a game you hate. I think the general point that people were making earlier the thread was more that if you play a game with cheats and all, don't then complain about the game on the forum...

Thank you. I appreciate your kindness.

Jallard: Can you tell us why you are playing the game!! Everything about it is wrong according to you. Can it be that you just like complaining? I'm sorry man, I don't understand your reasoning.

That is not what I have been saying at all. I don't hate the game. I just struggle with the leveling up of skills, skill perks, and character levels. And, as I have said before, by the time I have finished killing Ancano and becoming the Arch Mage, I get this felling like the game is over for me. Geez, the final battle with Harcan is more epic that the final battle of Skyrim's main quest. Still, that is my opinion and I have played the game for nealy 1200 hours.

I'm sure you're just burnt out. I've put in about 100 hours in the past two weeks and I'm definitely getting burnt out. I'm gonna take a break, watch some anime, maybe find another game to play if anything good pops up on steam. I'll come back to Skyrim every now and again and put in some more time, I'm just gonna slow down so I don't completely burn out.

As a very late addition, if you REALLY feel like pumping up your sneak skill (or any other skill) to avoid the hassle of working on it, you should use 'player.advskill sneak '. This adds experience to the skill instead of just setting it to a value, and thus the skill levels gained contribute to your character level. Unless you're using an uncapper, if you stick a very big number there it'll pump you right up to level 100 in that skill.

Note: I don't do this, and until recently I had a bat file that set all my skill levels to 0. ^^

The whole point of my rant --as some people have come to calling it-- is that it is primarily the perk trees that I have issues with. For example: I have started a new game and as always I PREFER to play as a dual swords-woman and marksman --along with leveling up my sneak skills and Light Armor. I am at level 13 and and the only perks that I have focused on in One-Handed, leaving the others at zero perks. That's my issue. Sure my skills are leveling up as is my character, but other that the On-Handed the others again are a zero perks. Even still, I am getting my ass whipped even by the simplest of Draugr.

The other unrelated issue that I have is with is the PC version when I am sneaking and I come up behind whatever, my character, in sneak mod, will swing on the target and stop. Giving the target a chance to beat me to death, because even though I have my finger on the "W"alk button she won't advance --unless I lift my finger and press the "W" again. But that is a whole another issue.

A thought just occurred to me. You should probably drop the PC and pick up an Xbox360. That'll solve all of your issues.

Sorry, that was less the helpful.

Well, when you are living on Social security that presents problems with finances. Besides, you can't mod the game on XBox.

So you say you've played the game for 1200 hours, but you're still having problems dealing with the basic game mechanics?

That's it in a nut shell. When you are playing as dual swords-woman....OneHanded....and as a marksman with sneak and light armor every time you level up you get one single perk to choose from. Whether or not that is how the game is designed and played it is still frustrating "for me."

Many people have asked me why do I play the game then, if I don't appreciate and accept the game mechanics for what they are. The answer is, that it is still a good game despite the game mechanics. I am truly sorry that I brought it up. How foolish of me.

Hang on. I just noticed something.

Do you actually re-play the game with the exact same character type every time?