The only problem i've had is the mages having a ridiculously large mana pool. used all my mana to continually cast one of those shock stream spells to drain his mana, and somehow he still kept hurling fireballs at me.
Poll: Are Skyrim enemies overpowered?
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Well, I had my first battle with Lich at level 19, as Battlemage (Conjuration + Destruction + Archery/Two-handed in Light Armor).
With a help from a wandering Hunter (I kiiinda got a quest with him, then broke it by triggering dragon - dragon killed the fugitive he was chasing, and hunter died to lich), a dozen or so Magicka potions and an anti-undead scroll worth 500 gold I finally killed him. 6 or 7 tries.
Also Dwarven dungeons make me cry when half of the time the constructs keep resisting my spells, runes and shouts.
...One killed after a LOT of fighting, and the other ran away...
With a help from a wandering Hunter (I kiiinda got a quest with him, then broke it by triggering dragon - dragon killed the fugitive he was chasing, and hunter died to lich), a dozen or so Magicka potions and an anti-undead scroll worth 500 gold I finally killed him. 6 or 7 tries.
Also Dwarven dungeons make me cry when half of the time the constructs keep resisting my spells, runes and shouts.
Jesus Christ, the bears. Met two of them at once.Teda64 said:
...One killed after a LOT of fighting, and the other ran away...
Haven't had too great problems. Except for that lich guy in the mage quest who killed me if I showed an inch of my scaly skin for more than half a second. But then he got stuck behind a rock, his magicky hand flailing impotently at a strut, shooting lightning into the floor.
The game takes a bit more strategy then previous titles, also roll with a companion. Me and J'zargo got attacked by 3 spiders, 3 Wolves, a troll and two bears at one time, it was the craziest thing I've ever seen, but we won.
Yeah, sort of. But on the other hand, the bandit leader is basically a dungeon boss fight. If you plan your attack correctly, you will be able to beat them.
Bears and sabre cats piss me off to no end though.
Bears and sabre cats piss me off to no end though.
I actually like the level of variance in the enemies, because rather than appearing to slingshot randomly on the difficulty scale, the challenges are fairly consistent. Wolves are a slight challenge to a new player and get very easy to kill as you get stronger. Bandits range from the hapless "why did they even let you in this gang" mooks who get slaughtered by any sufficiently skilled adventurer to the dangerous "Oh crap I may have to run away or call in backup for this one" chiefs and everything in between. I can always expect a challenge from a Dragon Priest, and I can always expect low-grade draugrs to walk into my sword and die. My only real issue is that dragons can sometimes be disappointingly easy, though that varies by terrain and the level of dragon.
Another issue I've run in to (PC version) involves loading. I realize that my PC isn't the best, but it has a triple core processor,1gb video card, and 2gb ram, plus the graphics and resolution are set to the lowest they can be, and the game still figures out some way of loading the scenery painstakingly slowly. It's a serious problem when you can't get where you're going because you're waiting on a bridge to manifest.
People getting trouble from bears? really? I've killed dozens, most with just a level 3 unrelenting force shout. They never give me any trouble.
Giants and trolls are really OP but giants are usually in the plains (though unlike the demos, they will attack you even unprovoked) and don't regen health and are rather slow in attack and in movement, but those snow trolls, god damn it, even though I had decent destruction magic (though I'm a 1h with restoration in the other hand) and fire did squat, wasted all my mana but I barely scratched it. After several deaths my tactic was "run and hide" (even though I was afraid for my follower which wouldn't be coward, but while he was brought to his knees I ran away and later he caught up with me...don't know what happened, don't really want to)
Btw I only got 1 dragon shout plus the one I got at the top of the 7000 steps mountain, I must be crazy cause it does basically nothing, it kind of stumble an enemy but I seriously hope there are better ones out there.
Also, while dragons aren't that though so far, if you're not proficient in either destruction bolts or archery, you basically have to wait till you find that one spot where you can get the dragon to actually land before you can attack it. Again thank god for companions which are better at archery than me.
Btw I only got 1 dragon shout plus the one I got at the top of the 7000 steps mountain, I must be crazy cause it does basically nothing, it kind of stumble an enemy but I seriously hope there are better ones out there.
Also, while dragons aren't that though so far, if you're not proficient in either destruction bolts or archery, you basically have to wait till you find that one spot where you can get the dragon to actually land before you can attack it. Again thank god for companions which are better at archery than me.
heck no! you ever play oblivion? by comparison skyrim is a cakewalk!mortalsatsuma said:
if you're having problems i can only assume you've leveled up non combat skills quite heavily
try focusing on combat skills, buy a few pieces of armour, or craft yourself some
if you cant deal with combat yet, go pick flowers and make potions, sell them for upgrades
( potions are very valuable, btw )
hope that helps!
i thought this too, but you are specifically a dragon-hunter so by default you should have the best chance of taking those down compared with the other 'super-powered baddies'Norks said:
it's bizzare logic, but logic none the less
I've found the opposite issue, which is why I turned up the difficulty. Now I actually have to use planning during fights instead of just charging in and wailing on stuff until I win. And in some cases I have to come back later because I'm not powerful enough.
Which is how I like it. Although, there will come a point later on when I'm just too strong and everything becomes weak and too easy again, but that's also part of the fun when I eventually feel like some kind of god after slowly working my way up to the top.
Which is how I like it. Although, there will come a point later on when I'm just too strong and everything becomes weak and too easy again, but that's also part of the fun when I eventually feel like some kind of god after slowly working my way up to the top.
I'm level 60 one-handed with full heavy armour with both skill trees almost all filled up. My combat skills are pretty solid.Satsuki666 said:
Inconsistants right, I killed a bear and one of those big cats with ease, then a Frostbite Spider came out of nowhere and took a bigger chunk of my HP off compared to either of the other two, I was so confused lol.
Yeah, but I'm glad it's there, since most of the enemies seems a bit easy. Hell, I think my character is OP when she gets 30X sneak damage with a knife.