Hahah nasty! I may try a DiD playthrough though, it sounds fun. I can imagine I would just be gutted if I died haha.

Hey theres been some great advice thanks guys, I would try to reply to all the posts but I am getting ready for work so no time.. but thanks! Hopefully I can enjoy the game in my next attempted playthrough haha.

I like how you think turning your character into a glorified spreadsheet makes the character "more like a person".

See, we had a nice positive thread until you came along. I'm so glad you posted here.

I am going to explain Why I like attributes. It doesnt mean that they're better for gameplay, though I think they are, it's just Why I like them.

I like attributes because they represent what your character is naturally good at which to me is realistic. For example, in a game with Attributes, having high strength makes you naturally good at all types of melee weapons without having to train with them. Training with them just improves your already decent ability. Someone who is weak is naturally not so good with melee weapons, but if they train they can become good. You can compare this in the real world to sports. A fit and strong hockey player is likely to also be good at American Football due to his physical ability, when compared with say, a scientist. He may not be as good as a football player due to lack of training, but he has a natural physical ability. This is represented, as mentioned before, by Attribute bonuses to skills that you would expect to be affected by them. That Scientist could become good, maybe even get to be better than the Hockey player if he practiced a lot.

You can also use INT as an example. That same Hockey player is quite likely to be of average or below average intelligence. The Scientist is likely to be pretty smart. If both of them were to take up say.. Accounting and Economics, the Scientist would naturally do better due to his natural thinking ability.

I would also like to point out the gameplay advantage for thieves. Traditionally DEX was an important attribute for thieves, as it helped with almost all of their skills. Now they have a choice between Health, Stamina, and Magica. Which one of those is a thief type stat? None? Exactly. Your thief needs to do power attacks less than your warrior, so he can probably have the same or higher HP that your warrior - who is supposed to be a freeking tank - while still excelling in his own field.

I felt like my character was being represented properly in the game world when there was attributes, and now I dont. This is MY OPINION. I know other people have other opinions. I was putting my opinion out there, and asking for advice on how I could still enjoy Skyrim, not for you to try to flame me. Thanks.

I wonder what your irl stats are.

I competed for my country in under 21's football, am an ex soldier and currently a personal trainer. Take a guess.

Probably not a mage then.

Why do you think it is that a CV does not look like a roleplaying game character sheet??

Haha, nope I wouldnt consider myself a mage.

Uhm I think that a CV doesnt look like a roleplaying game character sheet due to the fact that in real life there is no way to measure someones abilities scores other than with physical testing (though there are different types of fitness) and an IQ score, so they have to think of other ways to measure it..

But anyway, I just wanted to ask a question and if I dont shut up now I'll be late for work.

I find creating a back story to your character really helps. This way their backstory should affect your choices in the game itself. Don't like Bretons (for whatever reason), don't deal with any Bretons unless essential, (Or if your on the road, and meet one, kill them right there).

Some good questions:

a) Why where you arrested (guilty or entirely innocent)
Where was you heading, where was you coming from.
c) What your last job was.

If you think about those when creating a character, it certainly gives you that "bond" with your character, and it makes you "think" about the choices in the game, and not just follow the quest hoping to get the best bonus and doing anything to get that bonus. I will refuse to do an action if I believe it does not fit the characters motivation. This really makes the game quite interesting then.

It's funny to think that the main heroes of Morrowind and Oblivion might have been child molesting genocidal serial killing rapists.

kali is a very gentle soul, never steals, only kills in self defense. If a quest-line includes a lot of (to my mind) senseless killing I don't do it . She always gives gold to beggars, runs errands and does not have a follower because it feels like slavery. walks everywhere and pick herbs does a bit of mining too and makes jewelery. As a mage wears just cloth and wends her way through her world with a gentle smile.
Now my partners Khajiit is a sneaky assassin, steals, kills, breaks in any shop or building , is unwelcome in most cities And seems a lot of fun.. Partner says that he can do all the things that he would not dream of doing in real life!
so make your char.. decide what he likes or dislikes .. and just have fun

just walk around and explore

It's with a console command. It isn't exactly a "cheat", so I hope there is no problem if I post it in this forum:

set timescale to X

Being "x" the number of minutes. Default is 20 (1 real life minute = 20 ingame minutes). I read somewhere that setting it to "1" creates some problems with quests or random dragon spawns, and that 3 is the lowest safe value. I've got it set to 3 and I don't seem to have problems with quests. But it's been a while since I last saw a random dragon spawn. Normal dragons work without problem anyway (bounty ones, or quests about dragons with a name).

There is another command, "show timescale", which shows current value. The value you set gets stores for that character, meaning that when you save the game, you don't need to set it again.



That's something I've got planned for my next char. Anyway I would need to write it down so I can remember all the things and act accordingly. I even though on setting things like fear to water, or height, meaning that I would be limited to some things, too. Those are just examples, but I think that setting a good profile for the char, makes the game more immersive and challenging.

What do you mean "might" have been?