Massive difficulty spike lvl30?

[Wobb the Great and Terrible!!!!!]

I haven't really played much of this before this updated version came out, only a few hours.
So this gave me the excuse to properly get into it. And I have been loving it until about 3 or 4 hours ago.
I have over 30 hours played now (plus a few hours before that with original, as I used my original saves) and ever since around level 28 (and I'm now level 30) the difficulty has suddenly spiked.

Basic bandits can kill me in 1 or 2 hits, small insects that I was smashing easily in 1 hit myself, I am suddenly doing less than 5% damage to them.

Yet, I can take a dragon, this huge mythic beast, without any trouble at all.
Put me against a furry dog thing, and I have no chance.

Am I missing something here? Or is the game really this stupid?

[RenegadeKnight]

what's your build out of curiosity? Also dragons were always underpowered until dawnguard expansion. The late game dragons are a bit tougher.

[Rocky Jet]

The game is not stupid. have you upgraded in armor, weapons, propper skills to your class? What difficulty setting are you playing it at?

[S]

Enemies level as you do(to a point), so if you don't have the proper skills and items then it does get a bit tough.

Try changing the difficulty setting and/or sneaking.

[Sl3]

im level 1 with all vampire perks and im wrecking everything.

[SpeedFreak1972]

.... which isn't possible in a legit play through ....

[Crowkeeper]

Originally posted by wobbler:

I haven't really played much of this before this updated version came out, only a few hours.
So this gave me the excuse to properly get into it. And I have been loving it until about 3 or 4 hours ago.
I have over 30 hours played now (plus a few hours before that with original, as I used my original saves) and ever since around level 28 (and I'm now level 30) the difficulty has suddenly spiked.

Basic bandits can kill me in 1 or 2 hits, small insects that I was smashing easily in 1 hit myself, I am suddenly doing less than 5% damage to them.

Yet, I can take a dragon, this huge mythic beast, without any trouble at all.
Put me against a furry dog thing, and I have no chance.

Am I missing something here? Or is the game really this stupid?

Sounds like a noob problem. Have you upgraded your weapons and armor? How about your health, have you been neglecting putting points into it? What is your difficulty set at?

[Charllize]

Originally posted by WeedOnly:

im level 1 with all vampire perks and im wrecking everything.

you are so cool

[Tenebris]

As a mage with the classic Impact perk, a summoned Atronach and with some solid robes on my person, as a lv. 30 the game is not especially tough. By now I have finished the Miraak questline without major problems and with some nice gear from Dragonborn, I am set for some time.

I also mingle with melee, Bound Weapons are available and I have begun to notice plenty of Glass/Ebony stuff dropping, so later on as a warrior there should not be problems.

My advice is to do some Daedra quests. You get some solid weapons so you could catch up in the arms race with your foes.

[NarrackUK🚲🐙🐔💄]

Have you been lvling crafting and other non combat skills? Because that can really screw you over if you do too much (you gain lvls but stay the same mobs but get stronger) if so just drop the difficulty a bit until your combat stats get good enough again.

[Nite69]

You need to get the Heavy armor, smithing, alchemy, and enhcanting skill up they are the most important if you want a very strong build

[Crowkeeper]

Originally posted by =EGC= _Nite_:

You need to get the Heavy armor and smithing skill up thats the most important

and your combat skills. One-Handed, Two-Handed, Destruction, etc.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Originally posted by =EGC= _Nite_:

You need to get the Heavy armor and smithing skill up thats the most important

If you are using heavy armor .....

[Vrakos Anthrakir]

Originally posted by wobbler:

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small insects that I was smashing easily in 1 hit myself, I am suddenly doing less than 5% damage to them.

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wait what? since when do you fight small insects in skyrim... the only "insects" you fight are the spiders, and those things are huge

and there is no massive difficulty spike, skyrim only gets easier as you level up. are you using mods...?

[Tenebris]

Well I have Enchanting/Smithing and Alchemy in the range of skil level 40-50, not as an effort but because I was working toward the Heathfire houses and it leveled my skills. Disenchanting anything I did not need also levelled me, as well as crafting the few potions to sell (but not much since they come in tons in loot).

Honestly I feel no need for crafting at this stage. Doing quests, rewards and some good old fashioned adventuring netted me tons of stuff. I reached 100k gold just by selling stuff and saving the money from quests.

The thing is that what you need is the core stuff for your class first and foremost. As a Mage you need the right perks and Adept-Expert level spells (which can be found easily on Seekers in Apocrypha for free). As a rogue you have awesome stuff if you follow the DB/TG questlines which should keep you topped. As a warrior, whilst I was doing the Companions quest, I find that levelling the Werewolf is the better option at lower levels, since you can ragdoll the enemies with power attack (whilst you need the higher level Block to do this normally).

As I have said, failing all, get yourself some Daedric artifacts from the Daedra quests. The Ebony Blade is a great option for a warrior, Dawnbreaker is optimal for clearing the crypts of the various Draugr Deathlords that begin to pop at lv 30.

All in all, play the class, invest in the right perks and focus on your primary role first and foremost.

Skyrim lterally drowns you in stuff if you actively adventure so profit from it.

[Wobb the Great and Terrible!!!!!]

Originally posted by Nitrotrinadium:

Originally posted by wobbler:

I haven't really played much of this before this updated version came out, only a few hours.
So this gave me the excuse to properly get into it. And I have been loving it until about 3 or 4 hours ago.
I have over 30 hours played now (plus a few hours before that with original, as I used my original saves) and ever since around level 28 (and I'm now level 30) the difficulty has suddenly spiked.

Basic bandits can kill me in 1 or 2 hits, small insects that I was smashing easily in 1 hit myself, I am suddenly doing less than 5% damage to them.

Yet, I can take a dragon, this huge mythic beast, without any trouble at all.
Put me against a furry dog thing, and I have no chance.

Am I missing something here? Or is the game really this stupid?

Sounds like a noob problem. Have you upgraded your weapons and armor? How about your health, have you been neglecting putting points into it? What is your difficulty set at?

I have the best weapons and armour I can buy.
I'm not into "builds" and all that nonsense, I level as I like.
I have focused a little on stealth, but mostly on one-handed and magic, conjuring and destruction mostly.
Until 3 or so hours ago I was having no problem at all. Well, not NO problem, it was just about right.
Now suddenly it's like I can't do any damage.

And yes, I "upgraded" my weapons and armour. But now every time I try to upgrade them it says I don't have the skills to upgrade this weapon, or I don't have the skill to upgrade magical items.
Since I haven't focused on levelling my smithing, I will never unlock those perks, so it's kind of pointless being an "open world RPG" if I can't RP the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ G, right? I mean if I have no choice but to level smithing as much as possible in order to keep up with the imbalance in the game.