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[BFEL]

Flash sale on steam. It's going for ten dollars. Oh man. And here is me with a lappy with onboard graphics.

Yeah I was eyeing the Legendary Edition...but I didn't put the 30 bucks I have into my account, so no cheapy Skyrim times for me

[Tellemurius]

Flash sale on steam. It's going for ten dollars. Oh man. And here is me with a lappy with onboard graphics.

Yeah I was eyeing the Legendary Edition...but I didn't put the 30 bucks I have into my account, so no cheapy Skyrim times for me

An answer you guys with the integrated graphics http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17137/?

[NullForceOmega]

Okay, so I have been holding off on acquiring this installment of TES for two years, so my roomate purchased it for me for x-mas.  I can casually dominate Morrowind, Oblivion is literally a joke difficulty-wise, but this game has the most unreasonable difficulty curve I have ever witnessed.  I am level 20, I have specialised into single weapons, light armor, sneak, and archery.  I can arbitrarily crush dragons, but I am getting one-shotted by low-leveled enemies with stupid auto-kill crits.  My dunmer resistance to fire appears to be absolutely useless, my 40% frost defense does exactly nothing, my exquisite elven armor protects like a wet paper towel.  WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING WRONG HERE.  I have been forced for the first time in years to turn difficulty down to easy just to survive walking around.  I am not bad at TES games, I am not bad at action games, there is no reason I am failing this badly that I am capable of seeing.  If someone can clue me in to the memo I obviously missed I would be most appreciative.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I am level 20, I have specialised into single weapons, light armor, sneak, and archery.

As your main skills?

[NullForceOmega]

Functionally yes, single weapons is at 51, light armor is 48 (I have plus 60% to armor class, and custom fit for another 25%), sneak is 47 (but not heavily perked, I do tend to be a stand-up fighter) and archery is at 32 (40% damage bonus), I've filled several perks on the single weapons tree, armsman lvl 3, hack and slash, fighting stance, one of the crit perks.  If I had these abilities in Morrowind or Oblivion I would be unstoppable.  I really don't understand whay I'm getting thrashed so badly here.

[Xantalos]

I dunno either. I got a character just like that that I'm stomping the game with.
Only on Adept, mind you, but still.

[Tellemurius]

level 20 starts cranking out the leveled list for npcs. If you havent invested in either enchanting or smithing this be good time right now as you need to squeeze at much damage as possible or grab some illusion spells to further enhance sneaking crits.

[NullForceOmega]

Nope, I've got smithing and enchanting, I built my armor myself, and my war-axe Soulcrusher (exquisite elven war-axe, frost enchantment via grand gem).  I hit HARD, but even with 200 hp and 200 stamina I'm getting wiped by lower level enemies.  I can identify the higher-leveled guys by their equipment, the problem is that I crush most of the oppostion then some damn mook runs out and gets an insta-kill on me, the crits are the most brutally OP thing I have ever encountered in a single player game.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

You shouldn't let your HP get so low- enemy kill-cams should only happen if you're at ~10% health.

Playing with any mods?

[Xantalos]

The kill cams work both ways, though.
Apart from with magic >

[NullForceOmega]

No mods, no expansions, I have had my health around 50% and been killed in a single blow from a basic 'bandit' not a 'bandit anything', just a 'bandit' with an iron effing weapon.  Something similar seems to happen about every hour of gameplay.

[Xantalos]

I do similar things with my bare fists every other enemy. I dunno what else I can offer, though. Get a follower to soak up the hits for you while you do your archery thing?

[NullForceOmega]

Archery is a support skill for me, I only use it when there is a clear advantage, most of the time I cycle between single axe/shield, dual axes, and my Superior Orcish Battle axe to level at a good speed.  I upgrade my equipment as often as possible (hard sometimes, materials are not always available).  I maneuver in combat, retreating to draw the enemies apart so I can take them individually, sidestepping to avoid arrows and spells (sometimes).  I don't know what is going on here, my roomate has the ultimate edition and he's BAD at this style of game, but he almost never gets crit-killed, this is very very frustrating.  I tend to avoid followers due to their infuriating tendency to get in my damn way all the time.

Edit: To be fair, most of the game is fun, I enjoy the questing system and the voice acting is actually quite good, the writing is fairly solid if somewhat formulaic.  I am just trying to figure out what it is that is causing disruption to the enjoyable aspects of the game.

[Xantalos]

Dunno then, it seems you'd be doing at least alright at it. Maybe some of the competent people here can help :/

[Putnam]

You shouldn't let your HP get so low- enemy kill-cams should only happen if you're at ~10% health.

Playing with any mods?

Nah, they happen at 70% unreasonably often.