Hi all,

I'm starting a new character in skyrim. a stealthy archer seems appealing to me, but I've heard it's way overpowered and not fun to play because of it.

in order to make up for this, I figured an archer/ Mage would be fun. is this a good combo?

or what is a good archer combo?

thanks

It is if you want it to be. My archers never are because I don't max out everything like some people do. Not putting them down. It's their game and their choice. But this game is what you make of it and archers are only overpowered if you make them that way.

This about covers every "OP" thread.

Archery isn't OP. To be honest, ALL the skills seem OP when they are at 100 and you pick the good perks. You could argue that Lockpicking is OP because you lockpicks never break, Block is OP because you can knock people down for a tiny dash of stamina, Two handed could be considered OP because its far stronger than One Handed and is affected by Elemental Fury, you can pickpocket the very weapons and armor of your enemies, you can simply crouch and screw with the enemy using Shadow Warrior, Enchanting can break almost anything and most mages must rely on it, Illusion can get you out of any situation, Alteration allows you to forgo armor and let you wear anything you want, plus you can get some serious magic resistance that make enemy mages weak, with Speech, the only merchant you will ever need is Lucan Valerius because he has about 12,000 gold and you can sell your stolen stuff and you can sell everything to him.

At least it's not as overpowered as 100 sneak all perks with 100 one handed dagger perks and only using daggers. It's pretty much impossible to die with that.

Something is only OP if you think it is OP. You set your own rules in Skyrim.

I use primarily archery and don't find it overpowered. Ranged attacks require more strategy and planning than some of the other builds in my opinion and that adds some challenge to it, especially when you haven't done archery much before. Honestly, any build has the potential to be overpowered depending on your skills, etc.

High archery skill combined with a high sneak skill is godly. Peronally I find hiding in the shadows and one shotting enemies with a sneak attack a lot of fun.

No,

And in my opinion "overpowered" and "underpowered" are very overused terms.

It kind of is over powered but you have to work at it for it to become over powered. Like increasing alchemy, smithing, and enchanting. It's a time consuming process but it is sort of fun to one hit a dragon.

Yes it is.

Its funny. In Oblivion Archery was weak, and Destruction was the most powerful offensive option.

Now Destruction is weak, and Archery is the most powerful offensive option.