Game is harder

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when i played orginal skyrim i could beat most things with no trouble even on master dificulty now i cant even beat the ice troll up heading up to highhorthgear look at my screen shots for proof died a 101 times trying to beat it still havent so bestheda dev if your reading this nerf ice trolls
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197989428025/screenshots/?appid=489830&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=793128202

[Vrakos Anthrakir]

the game isn't harder. and the devs don't read these forums probably

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Originally posted by ᵏᶤᵚᶤ‰:

Originally posted by Omega Zero:

died a 101 times trying to beat it still havent

this is the definition of insanity

dude, go around it

i beat one normal bear one ice bear and one ice wrath on the way up so im sure i could do that at level 20

[Kapy]

I had a hulking draug. at level 20... nothing more to add. And a bandid marauderer at level 15

[raubrey]

I don't think they did anything to the difficulty BUT it was always kind of randomish before and on my several playthroughs the difficulty and number of insta-kills would be all over the place. -- until I modded it with Marked For Death/Violens etc.

I am however finding this Expert playthrough to be terribly difficult at points, when I also played either Master but usually Adept with tough Mods.

Even with plenty of health (more than I usually have), 200 right now, I have been one-shotted if I'm not careful.

The other thing to check is lag. The game has the appearance of running faster than it actually is (for me) as far as what the FPS shows. My guess is that is factoring in as well.

That said, I'm enjoying the difficulty mostly -- except one I hope to never repeat. (Butcher - much worse than usual)

I didn't have the ice troll at level 21 this time, but I recall it instakilling me prior to modding. If you google it you can find some work arounds, and one of them includes running past him (or going invisible).

[Aj Slay (PL)]

Ye its harder,at level 27 some of the bandits kill me with one hit on expert difficult lol

[Loken Stoneheart]

I lowered the difficulty all the way just to kill that Troll lmao.
I used all my potions fighting a troll not even half an hour before that and wasn't remotely prepared.

[Murdoch]

I have noticed more things happening at once around in the world, more events and stuff seem to be going on. This new engine can handle alot more, like ALOT so the game might do things in a different way or just more at once.

I've also had easier enemies in places where I was expecting hard ones.

I play a "wizard", and I've killed frost trolls and ice bears and cave bears and what not, but mostly because I just stagger them to death, I often have to let my companion tank them and wait for my magicka because I run out of it all the time. I'm level 32 now... oh and after the beta update last night my game crashed for the first time... :/

I play on Master atm.

[Minus]

Originally posted by Murdoch:

I have noticed more things happening at once around in the world, more events and stuff seem to be going on. This new engine can handle alot more, like ALOT so the game might do things in a different way or just more at once.

I've also had easier enemies in places where I was expecting hard ones.

I play a "wizard", and I've killed frost trolls and ice bears and cave bears and what not, but mostly because I just stagger them to death, I often have to let my companion tank them and wait for my magicka because I run out of it all the time. I'm level 32 now... oh and after the beta update last night my game crashed for the first time... :/

I play on Master atm.

The AI also seems to be more responsive too. In the original vs bandits, as an archer if I fired at them, one or two might hide but the rest seemed to be on "lazy" ai and just charge you, even if they had bows. Now on this version theyre more likely to flank round, hop from rock to rock seeking cover, so it could just simply be an effect of having more memory and processing available.

Having said that though, the AI does still have its Dumb Dumb moments. Valtheim Bandit Chief killed himself on my arrival. Scared him with one arrow, he runs off a cliff into the river.

I've also noticed massive problems with AI spawning (multiple sharing singular spawn spots) for example, Whiterun Attack (Imperial civil war side), Bethesda seem to have increased the number of stormcloaks that attack, but haven't increased the number of spawn locations, so regularly you'll see four or five cloaks spawn on a single spot and get stuck inside each other.

[Murdoch]

haha hope you made a meme out of that Xzal! xD

I'm thinking about giving up on my wizard orc already... go sword and board or two handed instead... probably still orc... they are really good melee characters so... or sneaky archer maybe! :O

[Minus]

Currently playing a 2 Hand Heavy (wth a bow for distraction/pick offs) and its enjoyable, but I'm really missing the shield enchant slot.

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Originally posted by Xzal O'Lantern:

Currently playing a 2 Hand Heavy (wth a bow for distraction/pick offs) and its enjoyable, but I'm really missing the shield enchant slot.

they removed sheld enchant slot?

[Murdoch]

I had a character a long time ago that I just b lined for daedric armor with and 2h, she was a power house! :D 2h is really powerful, great against mages if you get close, they just die! :D

[Minus]

Originally posted by Omega Zero:

Originally posted by Xzal O'Lantern:

Currently playing a 2 Hand Heavy (wth a bow for distraction/pick offs) and its enjoyable, but I'm really missing the shield enchant slot.

they removed sheld enchant slot?

If you use a 2 handed weapon, you cant use a shield. Ergo, you dont benefit from the enchant of a shield.

[Sam90]

I play the game on Legendary like I did with the vanilla game. And I find the difficulty identical.

Going to High Hrothgar is not meant for low level characters and you have to grind for levels and improve your defensive/ offensive skills before you go there.

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Originally posted by Xzal O'Lantern:

Originally posted by Omega Zero:

they removed sheld enchant slot?

If you use a 2 handed weapon, you cant use a shield. Ergo, you dont benefit from the enchant of a shield.

oh yeah hehe i did know that just didnt think