Random enemies in the wild...

[Chuckolias Chucktholomue]

Seems odd to me, the random enemies you'd find in oblivion could be an imp, land drake, willow whisps. In skyrim, you see wolves, bears, saber cats... Spriggains come back but they just seem like more nature stuff.

I'm level 81 and the most common enemy I see is bears. Trolls are pretty rare too. Maybe im missing something but this is just a complaint. I've killed like 18 more dragons than shouts I have. Also on many occasions I'll see 2 dragons but they never attack at the same time. Sometimes I'll see a dragon, he gets pretty near and even points his stupid head at me. just flies off. Theyre distracting is what it is. How am I supposed to focus on world building (aka junk left on the ground) when I got these guys above me?

as a matter of fact, being level 81 feels like 1% of the game scaled with me. Honestly how did bethesda expect people do get so high of a level? speech? cmon!

[worm_master]

In Skyrim, those NPC's are more location specific, for instance, you'll find more Trolls, in snowy mountainous areas, Spriggins can be found in areas of greenery, bears wolfs Vampires etc, plains areas.

(N.B Unless ya wanted by the Vamps you wont run into them any-way, and they'll spawn where ever u are).

As to those dragons, dragons are dodgy, sometimes u can stand in the path of a dragon, and u KNOW it's seen u, but it doesn't attack, other times, u get no warning and a dragon drops outta the Sky.

It's Bugsoft for a reason, my friend...... hanaha

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Tony Bologna:

as a matter of fact, being level 81 feels like 1% of the game scaled with me. Honestly how did bethesda expect people do get so high of a level? speech? cmon!

Most enemies don't scale at all. They have fixed levels and fixed stats, and just get replaced with a higher level variant that also has a fixed level and stats. Some of those cap at rather low levels (ice wolves are level 6, cave bears are level 30, and bandits stop scaling around level 25 or level 28 for bandit bosses.) On the upper end, vampires cap out at level 65.

By the time you are level 81, you have outleveled pretty much everything. To even get that far in the original game, you needed to max out every single skill. And there was no Legendary skill system to make it easier.

[Chuckolias Chucktholomue]

Originally posted by steventirey:

Originally posted by Tony Bologna:

as a matter of fact, being level 81 feels like 1% of the game scaled with me. Honestly how did bethesda expect people do get so high of a level? speech? cmon!

Most enemies don't scale at all. They have fixed levels and fixed stats, and just get replaced with a higher level variant that also has a fixed level and stats. Some of those cap at rather low levels (ice wolves are level 6, cave bears are level 30, and bandits stop scaling around level 25 or level 28 for bandit bosses.) On the upper end, vampires cap out at level 65.

By the time you are level 81, you have outleveled pretty much everything. To even get that far in the original game, you needed to max out every single skill. And there was no Legendary skill system to make it easier.

you guys talk like power grinding skills isnt a main part of elderscrolls games. Like how am I supposed to get speech 100 naturally lol

basically all of magic is grinding skills. I'm not doing that much conjuring to get 100 in a normal amount of time

[Ihateeverybody]

I know its time to restart when I can go through a Hammets Dungeon Killing Immersive Creatures Immortal Dragurs without even healing once.

[Steelfleece]

Originally posted by Death Approaches:

if you did do enough conjuring to get 100 naturally in a sane amount of levels, congratulations you're playing a conjurer! And unlike average IWANNABEAGOD Skyrim players who want to be the best at everything, you'll be like players of older ES games, specialized, where you rarely pull out a bow, because you never leveled archery skills; you'll get a bit more replayability out of it, too, because the fights might be against the same mission enemies, but you'll be doing it in different ways.

Funny thing is, I tended to make generalist armored sword wizards in Morrowind. I mean, I'd start with something else in mind like an Argonian spearlizard or Breton ninja or Redguard mage or something, but after a while they always tended to become a little bit of everything.

As for not touching a bow in earlier ES games, that's because ranged weapons were a joke up through Oblivion and magic was just so, so much better. I tried them in Morrowind, I really did. And shuriken. Do kind of miss thrown weapons in this game, even if they'd probably suck compared to the default stealth archer.

Oh, and getting conjuring to 100 isn't that bad. Not as easy as Illusion, but emptying your magicka pool on Soul Tap while swinging a 1-hander brings it up pretty quick.

Originally posted by Death Approaches:

Though it is funny to visualize a high-level badass 2H axe guy backpedalling trying to throw enough level 19 destruction fire on a charging cave bear... trying to level a skill he's never used but wants to.

I have not done that ever. Now, a high level 2h hammer guy backpedalling while throwing fire spells, that's a whole different story.

[Elf On A Hook]

Originally posted by Tony Bologna:

Seems odd to me, the random enemies you'd find in oblivion could be an imp, land drake, willow whisps. In skyrim, you see wolves, bears, saber cats... Spriggains come back but they just seem like more nature stuff.

I'm level 81 and the most common enemy I see is bears. Trolls are pretty rare too. Maybe im missing something but this is just a complaint. I've killed like 18 more dragons than shouts I have. Also on many occasions I'll see 2 dragons but they never attack at the same time. Sometimes I'll see a dragon, he gets pretty near and even points his stupid head at me. just flies off. Theyre distracting is what it is. How am I supposed to focus on world building (aka junk left on the ground) when I got these guys above me?

as a matter of fact, being level 81 feels like 1% of the game scaled with me. Honestly how did bethesda expect people do get so high of a level? speech? cmon!

weird ive had up to 3 dragons jump me in the open not near word wall and zero addons in that game .

[Wiesshund]

Originally posted by Tony Bologna:

as a matter of fact, being level 81 feels like 1% of the game scaled with me. Honestly how did bethesda expect people do get so high of a level? speech? cmon!

There in is the problem.
You were never supposed to be level 81, and level 100 in all abilities.
You were supposed to decide what you were going to be and place all your efforts towards that.

And then you would cap out, while the world was still relevant.

I dont remember when it changed and you could level endlessly, nor do i know why it was done, since the rest of the game does not keep pace with you.

I put the game away for a while, till i forget stuff
Then make a new character and try a different type.

Maybe there is a mod to restore level caps?

[Steelfleece]

Install a mod that lets you control whether you even level at all.

Level 1 challenge baby.

(totally doable even without resto loop btw. You won't get to do some content like the ebony warrior and some of the daedric artifact quests, but can finish the main quest.)

[Ihateeverybody]

Originally posted by Wiesshund:

You were supposed to decide what you were going to be and place all your efforts towards that.

And then you would cap out, while the world was still relevant.

I dont remember when it changed and you could level endlessly, nor do i know why it was done, since the rest of the game does not keep pace with you.

If I recall correctly (And I am not saying I do) the legendary mechanic (Making a skill legendary) was released with the Dragonborn DLC in Old Skyrim. This allowed people to exceed the old level cap which was ....?81ish?

[Trent]

Originally posted by Tony Bologna:

Also on many occasions I'll see 2 dragons but they never attack at the same time. Sometimes I'll see a dragon, he gets pretty near and even points his stupid head at me. just flies off.

I just had this happen to me in Dawnstar last night (level 24); one fire dragon and one blood dragon. The guards (and Lydia of course) helped. I'm sure they were all impressed when I walked up and absorbed two souls...urp. I didn't even see a dead guard, although one inconsequential villager must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time...RIP.

[Chuckolias Chucktholomue]

Originally posted by Trent:

Originally posted by Tony Bologna:

Also on many occasions I'll see 2 dragons but they never attack at the same time. Sometimes I'll see a dragon, he gets pretty near and even points his stupid head at me. just flies off.

I just had this happen to me in Dawnstar last night (level 24); one fire dragon and one blood dragon. The guards (and Lydia of course) helped. I'm sure they were all impressed when I walked up and absorbed two souls...urp. I didn't even see a dead guard, although one inconsequential villager must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time...RIP.

I'm glad I have someones testimony. Was just about to chalk it up to a limitation of the game unless youse one of them fancy moddin compooter scientists now isnch'ya?