95% killing and 5% other stuff? Are we playing the same gameusing the same world simulator?

I'm content setting myself up in a position where I'm noticeably weaker than my enemies. Strength isn't measured in damage, your tactics have a huge impact as well. Given I play Skyrim unleveled (as in Draugr Deathlord at level 1(a very hairy, long winded fight)) tactics make up the majority of my gameplay. If your enemy is stronger, faster, yells louder (dragon shouts) then you need to be smarter.
Put yourself in your characters position. At best, given your circumstances at the start of the game (virtually no particular talents and limited training) you were probably a commoner who watched the local fighter's guild members train a bit. Suddenly your on death row, about to die, saved by a giant soul svcker, forced to fight with swords and axes, bows, etc. Its pretty realistic for you to be weaker than that undying proto-nord warrior wandering a crypt. They were trained, and now they are dead, and I don't know how easy it is to make the dead more dead.
I would almost think your character is in a level of psychological shock or extremely strong willed, given how rapidly but numbly they adapt to the circumstances, such as fighting spiders that dwarf your horse, and giant flying lizards who's shouting has the potential to limit the flow of time itself (though dragons don't actually use such a shout)

Don't know what your talkin about. My character was born with a sword and shield in each hand right out the womb. As are all nords. Swords slashing, and teeth flashing!

Its all about opinion, I love the game, love the damage output on both sides, and love the challenge.

Every guild questline and the civil war has enemies you have to kill for them to proceed. So you used illusion to make enmies kill each other (but given how much powerful bosses are to common enemies i don't see that succeeding) or had someone else doing the killing for you. Regardless, pacifism i doesn't work in Skyrim


Yes, i often play an assassin-like build, so i know how powerful sneaking is. To kill things, i mean

I've played almost 400 hours and I disagree strongly. I love the close combat battles and if you think stuff is too hard then just lower the difficulty or load a save were you can go do something else instead. I think the health system is great. I played a lot of Oblivion and some Morrowind and I think it was great that Bethesda changed it so that you can regain your health by just walking instead of having to wait like in the other TES-games. It also gives you a choice if you want to use potions or wait a little and then strike with a little less health than you would have if you used a potion.

Oh so I'm just brewing these health potions because I hurt my knee when I fell in stairs? or I'm forging these weapons for display of my fine craftmanship? With your logic I could say archery is for to do well in archery competions and not in slaying dragons.

At least someone was. My character started out with all but 6 skills at 5 x.x. And half of those 6, I don't even use. Had to train up my one-handed on rats and wolves.
I feel sorry for your mother though. A sword in your womb for 9 months sounds painful. At least Tamriel time is fast.

On a roleplay perspective, my character will make major attempts not to kill a human. Personal favorites are obliterating their stamina, and paralysis.

May I ask how the game is when using a pure mage build? I thought about doing that for my next character, and would like to know if it's viable (regarding the state of destruction and magic in general).

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I really just dont like that so many nords in Skyrim are so down on magic and magic users, they really need to remember their own history and stop thinking sword or axe is the way of a 'true nord'.

And a pure mage is a viable approach Big Punisher, I would suggest Destruction for offense, Alteration and Restoration for defense, and Conjuration for allies in battle.

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Woah, this is the first time I think I've ever heard someone finding the game too hard. Honestly, any build at all can get you to invincible status on Master at the end game. You don't have to chase that though, it's very easy to get a comfy difficulty level in this game too.

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Thats not a new system that is a minor tweak and hp regen is pretty useless in combat (I believe it also slows down in combat). If you are relying on hp regen you are either out of mana/potions or you are playing on easy.

And I'll repeat myself: dying fast=/=hard.

While i do not agree with the OP , posts like yours are just as bad. This is a forum where people come to express their opinions. You may disagree with that opinion , but people have a right to post negative stuff aswell as positive. If you're sick and tired of reading negative posts then why read and then further more respond to such posts.

Ever heard of Role-Play? Some people like to do that in-game.

If you want to play a melee character on Master, you just need to develop some tactics.

I did Bleak Falls Barrow on master at level 1 with no followers with a few different characters. The 2-handed barbarian who did not use bows was the hardest, in fact the fight at the end with two restless draugr was one of the most challenging battles I've ever played in the game. After that point, it got much easier as I gained more experience, however. Personally I've never had any interest in crafting overpowered gear, and you don't need it to play a melee character on master. I've never put any points into Health, either (only Stamina), and never got any armor perks.

The main tactic you want to use is to completely forget about sneaking and just run right up to any spell casters or high level draugr and keep bashing them to interrupt their spells and shouts. It helped that I put all my points into Stamina instead of Health.

If you still find you are dying too often with your melee character, you may want to get a follower that uses ranged weapons or spells, and there is nothing wrong with adjusting the difficulty setting up and down as needed until you find the setting you enjoy most. Dragons are going to be almost impossible to bring down using melee only unless you have a follower who uses ranged weapons or spells, or you kite the dragon toward some area where there are NPCs or other creatures.

At lower levels, a pure melee warrior is certainly more challenging than a character that uses bows or spells, but overall it was very fun to play. Toward the end of my game (stopped playing at level 27 after I finished MQ), I favored Volendrung with the perks that ignore armor. Volendrung absorbs enemy Stamina, so it was perfect for my playing style.

Could you define this "Role-Play". I'm interested to hear your view of it.

Also this thread has nothing to do roleplaying. This thread is about how bad the melee combat is in an action adventure game.

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Testing stuff at lvl 1 isn't going to work as all playstyles are equal and it is often smart to use everything to survive. I personally used bow for the initial attack then magic and when the enemies were close I switched to sword and shield.

Honest question here.

Can you tell me the names of some RPGs in which pacifism is a viable opton for a character to play and finish the game?

So why do you play it obviously it's not for you

I have already proven that wrong, i get by very well with Pacifism. My character is very wealthy, has the exact armor i was aiming for, has the house and spouse i intended. Nothing in the playthrough has gone wrong and i have even toyed with entire towns for amusemant. Pacifism is very viable as long as you have patience and some common sense in dangerous situations. Both the DB and TG guilds were far more fun with Pacifism then if you were an archer. I never had to do any of the quests by the book since i found better ways. Pacifism is Skyrim's hidden fun-switch

I guess that's what mods are for, well not in the Xbox version. If you have the PC version, you could always find or make some mods to tailor the game better to your liking... Well, I assume. I haven't played the PC version.

This.

You can make any type of character you want as long as you're somewhat intelligent about it.

How do you kill boss characters, like Alduin or Ancano? Or even in the very beginning of the game in Bleak Falls Barrow, where it's just you and the spider, or just you and the Draugr at the end?

Eventually you have to take out a weapon and fight something. There is no way around it.

Followers.

Make sure their equipment is pimped out and bide your time.