How I make skyrim more difficult on master : V

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:37 pm

1) No potions or food can be consumed while fighting enemies

2) No stealth. It's terribly flawed and makes enemies dumber than usual.

3) I'm thinking of becoming a vampire and only fighting during the day.

any other tips??

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:44 am

use only unenchanted iron armor and weapons...but of course improve them SOMEWHAT....unless you want the longest battles of your life

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:11 pm

1) No potions or food can be consumed while fighting enemies

Don't forget: no healing spells during combat. If you get injured, you can't just shrug it off.

Combine that with "no kiting", and you're in for a rough ride. Make friends with atronachs.

-Loth

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:48 pm

Does it really take all this for you guys? Are you all Skyrim super men or something?

Just by abandoning health potions, refusing to perk any crafting skills and using reasonable armor (my thief is level 58 wearing legendary hide lol) I've made the game very difficult on Expert.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:34 am

but i really like daderic armor

and yes no kiting that will make it really hard

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:30 pm

Do what I did an only use lower grade weapons and armor. No upgrading either. The only enchantments you should use are one you can buy since it's hard to find high number ones. I am playing master and I love it. I downgraded everything and now my enemies feel like enemies and a boss feels like a boss. You know your overpowered when a giant hits you on master and your health doesn't go down.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:49 pm

Oh and turn all auto save off, except save on character screen and set the timer to 30 minutes. Then if you die you're actually punished

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:16 pm

Oh and turn all auto save off, except save on character screen and set the timer to 30 minutes. Then if you die you're actually punished

unless you use quicksave every 2 min like i do

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:44 pm

unless you use quicksave every 2 min like i do

Well obviously don't do that. Restrict yourself to only the timed auto save!

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:22 pm

Well obviously don't do that. Restrict yourself to only the timed auto save!

Yikes... that's just maschism there.

-Loth

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:45 pm

Yikes... that's just maschism there.

-Loth

It's rough when you're a level 3 cloth wearing mage walking from whiterun to winterhold, trust me!

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:08 pm

Turn the brightness of your TV or Monitor down so you can hardly see a thing,
Sit in a totaly diffrent room to the TV & Console when playing,
Use only one hand for your controller,
Get a foreign language book and read it aloud (translated if you can) as you play.

:biggrin:

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:18 am

i am all for making it better but learn a foreign language? I already speak 2 languages..English and Bad English. LOL

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:52 pm

Definitely avoid actively leveling smithing, enchanting, alchemy or ignore them completely. It makes gold much more valuable and vendor items useful.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:39 pm

1) No potions or food can be consumed while fighting enemies

2) No stealth. It's terribly flawed and makes enemies dumber than usual.

3) I'm thinking of becoming a vampire and only fighting during the day.

any other tips??

Stealth is fine if you don't put any points in health. You'll screw up from time to time and an arrow or 2 from trash mobs will kill you.
The problem is becoming invincible with 800 health and max armor/magic resists in my opinion.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:54 am

Play like Leroy Jenkins. I wonder if that is a viable playthrough style....

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:30 pm

when it comes to saving, i wont save during combat. i will dispose of all enemies or the boss enemy in that area before i save

and i will definitely be a vampire though i wont raise illusion or sneak

but is there anything that can completely stop health regeneration? i need stamina and magicka but i dont want health. ill only refill my health when i am safe and have time to myself

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:21 pm

No Enchanting.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:29 pm

but is there anything that can completely stop health regeneration? i need stamina and magicka but i dont want health. ill only refill my health when i am safe and have time to myself

yes but it involves using the console.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:06 am

No armor, no clothing. Run around only in a loincloth.

No shrine blessings. Since you're already not using potions, any diseases you get will be permanent.

No fast travel.

No followers.

No looting. You can take only things you absolutely need, anything else gets left behind. (by extension, this means no houses- you don't need one and won't be able to afford it anyway.)

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:00 pm

No fast travel.

Lets not crazy here.... I doubt anyone has ever accomplished such a feat.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:07 pm

Set difficulty to master. Use the console to make you like 200+. Get one hitted by mudcrabs ( probably not that but you get the idea)>

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:12 pm

Lets not crazy here.... I doubt anyone has ever accomplished such a feat.

I NEVER fast travel, i hate it. i love just walking and discovering locations as i go.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:58 pm

But once you've discovered everything and quest A requires you to travel across skyrim to deliver some random item?

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:53 am

if i discover everything would but i wouldnt travel straight to it.. id go near it