2011-12-03, 07:09 PM
Finally got around to playing this game. Rolled an archer/mage build, and now I'm level 16.
Is it just me, or are Destruction spells really lacking after a while? Aren't there stronger versions of the 'flamethrower-type' spells somewhere? Or are all of the higher level Destruction spells all runes and projectile spells? Destruction spells at this point feel really underwhelming now in terms of damage, unless I'm supposed to find gear that boosts their damage or something.
The equipment variety in this game is awesome. Oblivion didn't have gear that enhanced your weapon damage and so on, just stuff that fortified your skills and stats. I already found a heavy armor glove from this bandit settlement that enhanced my bow damage by 25%, as well as a mask that boosted it a further 20% from this undead mage near a word wall out in the open at the top of a mountain.
(Oh boy, killing that dragon was easier than killing the mage right after it. I do not believe that I was supposed to be able to kill that mage at Level 10 or something, but I found an area where he simply wouldn't attack me, letting me pelt him with like a hundred arrows before he finally died.)
Also, I explored most of the southeastern side of Skyrim. And then...
This game is kicking my arse too. Quite refreshing after Oblivion, where I probably only died like a total of three times throughout the entire game (and I mean every quest), and all three deaths involved stupid crap like accidentally falling off cliffs/towers and falling into lava/outright dying.
Is it just me, or are Destruction spells really lacking after a while? Aren't there stronger versions of the 'flamethrower-type' spells somewhere? Or are all of the higher level Destruction spells all runes and projectile spells? Destruction spells at this point feel really underwhelming now in terms of damage, unless I'm supposed to find gear that boosts their damage or something.
The equipment variety in this game is awesome. Oblivion didn't have gear that enhanced your weapon damage and so on, just stuff that fortified your skills and stats. I already found a heavy armor glove from this bandit settlement that enhanced my bow damage by 25%, as well as a mask that boosted it a further 20% from this undead mage near a word wall out in the open at the top of a mountain.
(Oh boy, killing that dragon was easier than killing the mage right after it. I do not believe that I was supposed to be able to kill that mage at Level 10 or something, but I found an area where he simply wouldn't attack me, letting me pelt him with like a hundred arrows before he finally died.)
Also, I explored most of the southeastern side of Skyrim. And then...
random guy in Ivarstead taven challenges me to a drinking match
This game is kicking my arse too. Quite refreshing after Oblivion, where I probably only died like a total of three times throughout the entire game (and I mean every quest), and all three deaths involved stupid crap like accidentally falling off cliffs/towers and falling into lava/outright dying.