I started playing at the default (Adept, I think), but I keep finding myself turning them up more.

Mostly, I think it's because in a fight between an Elder Dragon, two Frost Trolls, and myself ... the Frost Trolls are the scariest opponents.

But, I have turned the game back down to Adept a few times just to check things out now that I'm higher level, and of everything I'm facing, hardly any of it is a challenge. With good armor and weapons, and enough perks/skill spent on those weapons and armor ... the enemies just aren't tough enough for the game to be challenging and fun ...

So ... I turn up the pain! Anyone else do this?

I'm on expert to get a feel of the game, never turned it down. Might reroll and go master soon

I just turn it up to master and leave it there. I currently have 9 million deaths.

well cause im a noob when it comes to there game i start a pure mage on novice but as i level up and got better spells i been craking the difficulty up little by little till now im playing on expert

I left it at the default difficultly. It feels right for me, I still get killed by dragons and frost trolls, but I still feel powerful when I take on mobs of bandits or stormcloaks. I might put it higher later on.

I was expert for the majority so far, I tried Master for a while but strong ranged mages destroyed my Nord Paladin (He lacks Archey).

I then lved up his alteration to help mitigate magic damage and now play Master 100% of the time.

playing to expert and not changing it. i also dont improve my health at all so i die so quickly that everything is dangerous enough for me. certain things are unbeatable for me so i avoid them.
dragons are a pain... but im glad i can just avoid strong enemies outside of dungeons.

Never touched it. Not even sure what the default is

I play on Expert, but a time or two I had to set it back to Adept. One time was when I exited Whiterun and a group of three thugs showed up. I just got Lydia and she died from two of them before I could kill the third... (and then all three came after me...death)

When I first started the game it was strangely set on master difficult by default. After dying multple times I realized this and turned it down to expert, where it as stayed since

Turned it up to expert. It's challenging in spots but not too tough. Only in the odd dungeon do I meet a foe I can't defeat without serious use of healing and throwing everything I've got at them. I plan on leaving it there. I like the balance so far.

Doesn`t it bother anyone that AT ANYTIME you can change the difficulty level. Why even play at harder level when you are not rewarded for it? I find it rather stupid option:
A) You can change difficulty to higher
You can kill everything with iron dagger (more difficult).

Playing on defualt, only turned it down once and that was because I kept geting killed by the first Blood Dragon i came across (it was out in the open with no buildings to hide in and I had low health with no health potions playing as a warrior)

Expert difficulty. Nothing too crazy, nothing too simple.

I've notice I take down enemies about the same fire ball slash etc on any difficulty so I find myself leaving it on Novice

I take more damage that's the only thing I see different on higher settings?
I might as well stay on Novice then cause if battles are not going be longer on higher settings i.e. enemies have more health then meh

just switched form adapt to expert. Go master soon I guess. Think I need more settings in the future for playability.

Yes. I go from Adept to Novice depending on what I'm fighting.

Level 22. I fight predominately with One-Handed weapons but that skill is only at 59 (and that's with 10 training sessions). I use *only* Light Armor, but that skill is only at 40. Level-scaling does not favor me.

I leave the difficulty on Adept when I'm dealing with regular enemies (bandits, regular forsworn, etc.) and, oddly enough, dragons. But when I have to face *any* spellcaster or any titled enemy (bandit "leader", forsworn "pillager", etc) then I need to turn it down to Novice because otherwise my damage output is nil and I get owned in *seconds*.

I haven't moved it from Adept. I find it gives a decent challenge.

Nope, not at all. I believe Adept is the default, and that's where I left it. Mammoths are instakills. Giants are instakills. Frost trolls two shot me (at most). I think I'm just fine where I am.

Mainly adept, but lowering to apprentice if I feel that a fight is taking the p**s. Only done this twice, and they were with a couple of end-of-dungeon bosses that I'd spent 30 minutes getting to.