What i mean by "sweet spot" in combat is have you found a gameplay style that you created when you fight that you really enjoy, is challenging as well as addicting?

Well i have, for now at least. First let me say that i've played the game well over 200 hours and 120 of those hours were as a thief/assassin type. You know sneaking around backstabbing and sneak shot arrows. I could even two shot giants with a bow and arrow. Now that i've moved on to something different, which i'll get into, the combat is a lot better.

I am not the type of guy that likes hack and slash games, but i have to tip my hat to twohanded, heavy armor and blacksmithing type charactor.

I'm having a lot of fun with him playing the civil war quest. I'm not finish with it yet but the first two forts that i had to capture was so fun that even when i beat it i would restart just so i can play it again. The same canot be said with my assassin/sneak theif.

My Orc is level 23 atm. All perks have been put into two-handed, blacksmithing and heavy armor and thats it.

When i play the civil war quest, i have a few rules i have to have in place to make it a challenge. My game is always set on Master. When i raid the forts i put on my Imperial armor for roleplaying and gameplaying reasons that gives me only about 200 armor rating as opposed to the 345 i get from my stuff. I also do not use poitions or eat food during combat. I have a weapon that absorbs stamina, i will get one that abosrbs health so that i will never have to rely on them in other combat situations. Yesterday i spent 5 hours reloading the battle in questline two of the civil war doing this. I only beat it like 2 or 3 times. THe battle is so immersive when i'm not overpowered or constantly going to the menus for health. Archers are stong enough to pin me down, i have to stick with the other soldiers so i dont get over run, yet i always get a chance to shine out in the crowd by dealing carefully planed out power attacks. However, when i use my berserk power i get to go on a fun little rampage.

Whats also fun is the fact that my other rules i've set up for myself makes it were my orc cant hang with enemy that inflict damage other than melee cause he is not enchanted up with resist "X" type of gear. I have that feeling of power and that feeling of being helpless with certain types of enemies. I'm havign a much better time with him than i did with the same old rinse and repeat style of gameplay with being a sneaking assassin. The gameplay is just as hard as demon souls since whenever i start a raid on something i dont save it during the instance. THe only check points i get are the ones that are automatic. I die a lot and requires skill and tactics on my part to beat what ever i'm up against.

For the people that say the game is unbalaced its because YOU make it that way. The thing with this game is you have to a little creative and disciplined to find your sweet spot in combat. Combat for me is getting addticing like it was a Call of Duty online team deathmatch. It may be the same map but the fights go down different each time. Thus, i dont mind replaying it. I dont mind playing just one quest for 5 hours cause the combat is so dam fun as opposed to the my assassin who is mearly going through the motions just to complet a quest.

I never thought i could get this type of enjoyment from combat just for combats sake on a TES game. usually TES game was about exploring and roleplaying which i love as well. However, now i'm addicted to pure combat and its not only good its immersive. I really feel sorry for those people that have one godlike charactor and thus finds no fun in the game then blames the game, when really they dont realise they are the ones who are responsible for breaking it. I've spent over 50 hours with my orc and havent even completed one questline lol. I dont even use the warror stone that makes you level up faster. I've done other things that would require a whole other thread to go in detail that makes other areas of the game better. Needless to say, my orc never has too much of anything but usually just enough to get by on the skin of his teeth. I always have a little bit of gold that i have to use wisely to get by. I have found the perfect balance and thus my sweet spot. Thanks beth for making this possiable. This game is what YOU make it. If the game play is broke for you cause your overpowered then its your fault. Beth gave us the ability to choice how we want to play.

Anyhow, i'd like to read other peoples stories on what you are doing if you have found your sweet spot in combat. :cheers:

i enjoy hand to hand but there is no perk tree so...

After getting my skills to 100, I found that having uber items was really boring even on master difficulty, so I recently decided to stop improving my items and I started using greater soul gems instead of grand to enchant my items, and I do it without using any potions to increase my enchanting/smithing skill. Now the game seems really balanced, I keep my armor just around 500, just under the cap and I'm actually starting to have to drink potions again in combat. I hate to come out of every fight without a single heal, I need something to do besides spamming attack.

I have been playing my Bosmer like an FPS. Bow with every arrow I can get my hand on, and potions. I carry a war axe just in case some bastard shouts both of my bows away, but rarely use it. Almost exclusively bow usage, in first person mode. Extremely hectic at close quarters indoors.

BTW, my archery skills are getting sick from doing this. I can snipe from pretty far off now, and even time movement from distance so they walk into arrows about half the time. Wholly recommend this style of playthrough for anyone that likes the bow.

I found the sweetspot like you did, but then I took an... aah, now I'm doing it too! God damnit!

War axe to the face!

Cheers

The bow is pretty awesome with the right perks. Nothing like taking out 3+ ppl in hide with it very quickly. I also like duel wield swords and maces(havent gotten into axes yet). Busting up mammoths and giants is alot of fun with maces.

It is level dependent for me. Early 20s to late 30s the game feels balanced enough. Before then, the combat is pretty meh, and after that, you begin to get pretty OP.

I have one character I've setup to be a complete jack of all trades so I can do everything, just not anything really well. http://skyrimcalculator.com/#18954 I don't "over-enchant" my stuff. I tend to limit myself to 2 of any particular enchant. Then I just play around with whatever I feel like at the time while on Master. I find it lots of fun because I'm strong, but not godly.

i like my quests involving mages that when my 1h +shd is most fun cuz i have to use cover and dodge and weave i didnt enchant enough magic resist stuff only shd has it every else is for melee combat but everytime i do it i can hear the mages getting pised cuz they miss by inches just brings a smile to my face when i take their heads

I roll in Wolf Armor [upgraded but not too extreme, unenchanted] and Skyforge Steel Sword. At most in my offhand I'll have a torch because the brightness is pretty low on my setup [playing on my Bravia's Cinema Mode]. Combat's always somewhat entertaining, those civil war quests were amazing. Especially when you can take out a few soldiers, look across, see some of your comrades fighting some Imperials, then jump across from one area to another, barely make it, and chop down the soldiers your buddy was kneeling in front of.

That moment right there may actually be that one moment I take away from this game.