Skyrim Leveling Advice
Alright, so here's the deal. I'm really trying to give Skyrim a chance here, since I was frustrated I couldn't get into Oblivion in the way that everyone on earth seemed to be last time. I suppose this is a blessing and a curse, since I've read the leveling system has changed from Oblivion.
So, that in mind, I'm a bit confused as to the best way of going about leveling all my skills while still keeping the game enjoyable. I leveled up incorrectly in Oblivion, I think, to the point where any sort of physical altercation left me dead.
Is there an idiot's guide to leveling that any of you are currently using? I'm incredibly unfamiliar with tech trees, skillsets, etc. when it comes to creating characters. I tend to balance things out across the board and that just doesn't work well, methinks.
I currently have a level 5 wood-elf (lol) that I'm going to use mainly for spellcasting and thievery. (I always create some hand-to-hand combat hulking dude so I tried something different to see if that'd change how I experience the game this time around). What do from here?!
I've leveled, but saved all perks so far - I read on Reddit they're worth saving until you figure out wtf you're going to do.
So, that in mind, I'm a bit confused as to the best way of going about leveling all my skills while still keeping the game enjoyable. I leveled up incorrectly in Oblivion, I think, to the point where any sort of physical altercation left me dead.
Is there an idiot's guide to leveling that any of you are currently using? I'm incredibly unfamiliar with tech trees, skillsets, etc. when it comes to creating characters. I tend to balance things out across the board and that just doesn't work well, methinks.
I currently have a level 5 wood-elf (lol) that I'm going to use mainly for spellcasting and thievery. (I always create some hand-to-hand combat hulking dude so I tried something different to see if that'd change how I experience the game this time around). What do from here?!
I've leveled, but saved all perks so far - I read on Reddit they're worth saving until you figure out wtf you're going to do.
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I want my Dragonborn to be perfect
Too many awesome games coming up, this will be a one-play-through. Why it must be perfect
To stop sidetracking, I'd be interested in this, too. Right now I'm just dumping perks into stealth and lockpicking, but I have no idea if that's actually how I should go. So much open-endedness.
http://segmentnext.com/2011/11/13/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-leveling-guide-how-to-level-up-faster/
Early game lasts quite a long way in and you want to maintain early game power while keeping the power curve up into late game. I figure the first 16 levels are "early", the next 16 are "mid" where you can branch into utility (one-handed and heavy armor early, block and smithing mid, maybe enchanting toward late game and filling out your perk tree.)
The freedom to do all the fun stuff and be ALL THE THINGS isn't as great in Skyrim. You can't be jack of all trades while still being the master of all like Oblivion. You have to be more focused with your perks and skill increases. However, you don't have to plan perfectly and train to get your +5, +5 and +1 (luck) like Oblivion. This basically means you can play and have fun without min/maxing as long as you don't try to be an assassin/mage/warrior who smiths and dabbles in alchemy while still being a super bad ass.
I see you've met Fatcat then
I'm hesitant to try to grab some dude's sword-of-eternal-awesomesauce out of its hilt if I've got a 60% success rate to do it. I know that the sword, being heavier, will level me quicker - but I don't want to risk pissing the guy off and having to either kill him/pay my bounty.
Same with sneak...should I just crouch through town like a weirdo to speed this process up faster?
Pickpocketing is much more dangerous/risky. You can save right before an attempt and restore to it if you fail or pick people's pockets while they sleep. Training that has always been tough. Steal light items for training, of course.
My favorite pick pocketing was Jack Ben Imbel from Oblivion who had all his armor in his inventory. When he revealed himself to be a bad guy he changed into it and attacked you. He was also standing in the middle of a lit room. If you managed to steal it all off of him he would change into his underwear for the fight and make it a lot easier for you to cut him down.
Planning on doing this later tonight, leaving computer on with auto-run behind a guard.
Yeah, that much I picked up on when I started so that's good.
Yeah, I kinda figured that'd be the solution. Ah well, I'll try to keep it real for the time being but I'm close to just doing that.
Yeah, using the save/reload trick as well - bummer.
I burn little kids while drinking goats blood, so?
I am totally leveling sneak in a dungeon. 6x sword damage huzaah!
I meant swords, post edited
I think I'll re-roll again and do it right this time.
I thought that only applied to daggers?
Well, I happen to have established myself as a rather effective thief/assassin in the world of Skyrim.
A few things to note if you want to be an epic sneaking guy:
1) The Assassin's Blade perk is your friend. It turns the formerly almost-useless daggers in to arguably the most damaging single-hit weapon in the game. It is available at 50 Sneak, so get to sneaking.
2) After joining the Dark Brotherhood (the questline to do so starts in Windhelm, and that's all I'm saying) you will recieve the Shrouded Armor. The best part about the Shrouded Armor is the gloves, which double your backstab damage. Even better, this stacks with Assassin's Blade, causing your dagger-based sneak attacks to do 30x damage instead of 15. Just to give you an idea of how powerful this is, I haven't actually run across anything I can't kill in one hit with this set-up.
In case light armor isn't your thing (or if you're a mage) there is a set of Shrouded Robes on a shelf in the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary that has different effects overall, but the Hand Wraps do basically the same thing as the Gloves. Taking them isn't counted as stealing, so feel free to grab 'em, if only to have more options.
3) Now that you're decked out like a boss, you're going to want one more important thing. There is a Word Wall on a mountain to the East-North-East of Whiterun (the name of the location is 'Shearpoint') where you will learn all three words of the 'Throw Voice' Dragon Shout.
This shout, when used, will create a noise at the point which your reticule is aimed, causing hostiles to go and check it out (assuming you're undetected). This, of course, leaves their backs wide open for a swift 30x damage shank out of nowhere. What's particularly good about this shout is that the manner in which it gets stronger takes form in a reduced cooldown time (30s at Level 1, 15s at Level 2, 5s at Level 3), and because you get all three words at once, you can upgrade it fairly quickly.
Those are the basics of what I have formed my character around, I'm currently level 29 and swimming in gold due to high-paying Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood activity. Life is goooood.
Doing well this time.
Past versions of the game your skills effected your stats so level was much more strategic. In Skyrim this has been fixed. Power leveling is actually a bit of a disadvantage now. The only thing to really kind of plan out is how you spend your perks. You need to think a bit a head. It's far better to specialize perk trees then just randomly spend wherever. The game caps at level 70 (all skills at 100) so that mean you only have a max of 70 perks of a potential 250 options.
Yes, I did lay in bed trying to sleep while thinking of how to best level my dark elf, Primera. And yes, I did wake up this morning thinking of how best to level my dark elf, Primera.