Is overleveling even easier now? (in Oblivion's poor level scaling way)

[Chewy102]

Iv found it very easy to find yourself over leveled. Even more so if my bad memory serves proper.

Original Oblivion over leveling meant you lacked stats if you didn't min/max and didn't take care to what skills you ground out. That combined with level scaling and you get tossed to the wolves more or less. High level mobs spawn when you don't have the stats or skills to match them.

Re-blivion fixed stat growth by allowing you choose your own stats. But now that ALL skills progress levels. You're almost forced to level up extremely fast! Far faster than you can naturally gain combat skills thanks to literally EVERYTHING leveling you up. So you either get stuck with the level up icon for hours at a time, or still get over leveled to where you're weaker than what mobs spawn.

Im level 16 already and growing quickly. Getting my ass kicked due to not focusing on grinding combat/armor skills. To make it worse, I have been focusing on only light armor, destruction, and hand-to-hand.

My level is gonna skyrocket the moment I dip into other skills.

[minisith]

The Major skills are the skills that level you up fastest. Every other skill you did not Major into levels you slower. It tells you in the game.

[karmazyn1]

You can one shoot everything.

[Kasa]

Skills like lock picking should never level a characters combat level.
I don't think lvl 55 lock picking will help you again a frocking minitour!

[minisith]

Originally posted by Kasa:

Skills like lock picking should never level a characters combat level.
I don't think lvl 55 lock picking will help you again a frocking minitour!

It does not level other skills. When you level up you pick stats freely not combat skills.

[Bastila Shan]

Wait can you still earn xp for the next level if you have the level up icon at top right? Or does it lock you at that level until you sleep?

[minisith]

Originally posted by Bastila Shan:

Wait can you still earn xp for the next level if you have the level up icon at top right? Or does it lock you at that level until you sleep?

You will still level up more. Just you have to sleep in a bed for an hour per level up.

[Chewy102]

Originally posted by minisith:

The Major skills are the skills that level you up fastest. Every other skill you did not Major into levels you slower. It tells you in the game.

Recall it being said that gaining 25 levels of any skill will earn you a full player level. And with my gameplay that's true as Iv been gaining levels by simply walking/jumping around, lock picking, selling loot, and more who are VERY MUCH not my Major Skills.

Im getting more player levels out of Minor skills than Major Skills.

If this used OG-blvions leveling through only Major Skills? Id be level 3-5 max from the chosen Major/Minor skills. But Im level 16 and don't seem to be slowing down at all and combat is quickly turning into a slog where I gotta run, avoid, or just jump on a rock to cheese things the PC does not have the means to handle what's spawning.