Skyrim player shocked to find they’ve spent 10 years hating the RPG’s combat all because they’ve been accidentally abusing the levelling system this whole time
Nov. 9, 2024You know you don’t have to play as a stealth archer, right?
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A big part ofSkyrim’s appeal is its variety. Whether it’s through mods or roleplaying, every playthrough is different, and there’s no wrong way to play the game. Well, that’s the case for most people, but not for one player who discovered they had been playing the game wrong for a decade, all because they didn’t understand the levelling system.
By the time they were finished with their early game exploits and started getting into combat situations, they were up against high-level enemies, all the while having the combat stats of a new character. “Killing a mammoth used to take me an actual 20 minutes, because I’d have to shoot one arrow, run away until it lost interest, shoot another arrow, run away again, etc.” they explained.
Thankfully, having finally realised their error, they’ve recently begun a playthrough in which they’ve banned the use of stealth and pickpocketing, and it looks like that’s done the trick, declaring “I can only ever use a sword and light armor, and it’s crazy. Like what do you mean I can just walk up to a mammoth and kill it?”
So, if during any of your Skyrim playthroughs, you found that the enemies were a lot stronger than you were expecting them to be, maybe you should consider cooling it a bit on the pickpocketing and spend a bit more time smacking your local mudcrabs around with a sword.
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