I usually do eventually in elderscroll games. Sometimes when I play I choose the skill I'm worst at and look for opportunities to use it.

Yes. Me. The maximum level is actually 81 and a half. Good god grinding through Archery and Light Armor was a pain. But Im a completist so I had to do it... Also, the Perk points were a nice reward.

But if you think maxing the skills is something, Im the 2nd person I know of to do it. My Xbox buddy Ferrate did it well before December. Within 2 weeks if I recall correctly.

Yes. Level 81. With the Oghma Infinium glitch. Don't judge me!

Im getting there... 70% maybe

The key to playing "legit" and getting to level 81 is to use all the skills, and once a skill gets to 100, simply stop relying on it.

i must be doing something wrong too lol..I'm 57

+1

I enjoyed my jumpy noob phase
I enjoyed my seasoned adventurer phase
I am currently enjoying my ubber level 71 demigod with plenty of extra perks thanks to dragon souls to perks conversion mod.
Why people fail to enjoy their demigod phase is beyond me. It is the PROFIT phase.

Took me a month to max out all skills but I did it on my first character.

~Edit~

Correction: Daggerfall - Skyrim leveling is base on training Skills.

Arena is base on gaining exp from killing things. (No Skills in that one)

its more about the most enjoyable phase

the game turns into "wack-a-mole" when your maxxed out

when you have to work & go on the defensive , the battles are more epic

At 61 now do I get ruins filled with 3-5 Draugr Deathlords, equipped with ebony weapons, shields and arrows. And ancient vampires wearing full glass armor. I did not get to see this at lower levels.

I tried to increase the difficulty level beyond Master by setting it to 5 in the .ini-file. It made the opponents invulnerable however - that is a bit too more than what I was hoping.

And today I had to fight an elder dragon, two giants and a sabre cat at once. So there still is a challenge in the game at higher levels.

Might be that those players who say it is only worth till level 25 or 30 think in terms of "one versus one" fights.