I play lower difficulties and then realize i was playinng a lower difficulty.. and i go back where i belong.... (carries on for 5 hours repeating the same aspect of master play style and not playing master play style)


i like master play style... HOWEVER... in other elder scrolls I always left it MID LINE difficulty.. default... and if i were to dare place it past there 75% to 100 % id regret it horribly.


so ultimately SKYRIM = nerfed to other elder scrolls.


Was saying this in another topic and it got me to thinking... just how DIFFERENT skyrim is from other elder scrolls.


I cant fathom how Ive played Master on this since day 1... and its basically like... barely above the mid line of othe relder scrolls for me.


stealth crits - 1 shot .. leaving people witihin inches of their life..

2 hand damage out put --- stagger and crippling affects..

sustainability of blocking and enduring multiple attackers.


im sure the list goes on as it does in my mind in the different variations of perks and mods..

Based on looking at the wikis, the difficulty settings in Oblivion and MW did basically the same thing as in Skyrim - changed how much damage you do to enemies, and how much damage they do to you. By a multiplier.

Only difference seems to be what the values are - MW and OB, "max" difficulty is 6x damage taken, 1/6th damage done. Whereas Skyrim, it's 2x & 1/2.

So, yes - technically it's less "hard" in Skyrim. Of course, having to hit things six times as much to kill them in Oblivion was more tedium than difficulty, but whatever.

ya I just love how puting the difficulty all the way up in oblivion and having to waist nearly 200 arrows in one fight.