How to enjoy skyrim again without roleplaying

[Xenos]

Hey there. I'm suffering from a problem where I WANT to play Skyrim, a lot, but every time I try and come back my run falls on its face and dies from boredom. I've done everything. Literally EVERYTHING before. I like the world, the characters, but the combat and areas are stale. Draugr and Bandits are boring as hell and anything more interesting rarely shows up or is impossible to kill until Level 40, and Im quitting at 20. Quests hold no appeal when not only do I already know the entire plot, but its just gonna be more combat with repetative enemies. I've looked for ways to get interested again, but every single recommendation is "roleplay this, roleplay that", except I hate roleplaying. I hate the idea of purposefully handicapping my character just to marginally increase interest, and no roleplay types that aren't handicapping are just boring or impossible because Skyrim isn't really that flexible with how you interact with the world.

Does anyone have any ideas that coud get me into Skyrim again? I'm already a heavy modder, so normal mods aren't gonna do it for me, and I'm not into whacko mods like Randy Savage dragons.

[Duskky]

Have you tried quest mods like Helgen Reborn or the Forgotten City? They're amazing and helped me get back into the game after I got bored of Skyrim.

[kevin-dijkstra89]

Agreed

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

Probably not the answer you want, but maybe it's time to move on. Video games are there for us to have fun, you shouldn't have to go out of your way to make it fun, especially when you've already had a ton of fun with it. It might be time to move on to a different game.

If that's still not the answer, then maybe Perkus Maximus and a few spell mods. Sometimes simple changes are best to reignite that flame you used to have for a game

[Xenos]

Originally posted by Beautiful Ham Sandwich:

Probably not the answer you want, but maybe it's time to move on. Video games are there for us to have fun, you shouldn't have to go out of your way to make it fun, especially when you've already had a ton of fun with it. It might be time to move on to a different game.

If that's still not the answer, then maybe Perkus Maximus and a few spell mods. Sometimes simple changes are best to reignite that flame you used to have for a game

The problem is that I already did move on. I haven't played in months and every now and then I have an urge to go back for a few weeks, but I don't because I know my motivation will just die again. All my save files are gone too due to extreme mod purging I had to do a bit ago, so everything has to be a new character.

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

Originally posted by Xenos:

Originally posted by Beautiful Ham Sandwich:

Probably not the answer you want, but maybe it's time to move on. Video games are there for us to have fun, you shouldn't have to go out of your way to make it fun, especially when you've already had a ton of fun with it. It might be time to move on to a different game.

If that's still not the answer, then maybe Perkus Maximus and a few spell mods. Sometimes simple changes are best to reignite that flame you used to have for a game

The problem is that I already did move on. I haven't played in months and every now and then I have an urge to go back for a few weeks, but I don't because I know my motivation will just die again. All my save files are gone too due to extreme mod purging I had to do a bit ago, so everything has to be a new character.

Ok, if that's the reason then I can relate.

What mods do you have specifically? If you haven't tried quest mods, those might be the answer. The obvious example would be Moonpath to Elsweyr, but also Spectraverse if you like using magic.

[koinzell]

it's been years since iv dabbled in the skyrim main quests......

[Xenos]

Originally posted by koinzell:

it's been years since iv dabbled in the skyrim main quests......

I keep hitting a bottleneck where I know the quest rewards are worth it but the quests themselves are unbearably boring.

Originally posted by Beautiful Ham Sandwich:

Originally posted by Xenos:

The problem is that I already did move on. I haven't played in months and every now and then I have an urge to go back for a few weeks, but I don't because I know my motivation will just die again. All my save files are gone too due to extreme mod purging I had to do a bit ago, so everything has to be a new character.

Ok, if that's the reason then I can relate.

What mods do you have specifically? If you haven't tried quest mods, those might be the answer. The obvious example would be Moonpath to Elsweyr, but also Spectraverse if you like using magic.

I use a LOT of quality of life and immersion mods, stuff that adds content without ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with immersion. So new weapons and enemies are okay as long as they arent Thomas the Tank Engine. I'd have to look around at quest mods, but I'd STILL have to get a new character to a decent level to deal with enemies like Falmer and Dwemer without getting my ass kicked.

[koinzell]

Originally posted by Xenos:

Originally posted by koinzell:

it's been years since iv dabbled in the skyrim main quests......

I keep hitting a bottleneck where I know the quest rewards are worth it but the quests themselves are unbearably boring.

?????
example for those rewards?

here are some of the stuff iv been doing before meeting the jarl of whiterun
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1502077224

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1502077742

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1462893399

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1462903369

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1286442257

[Xenos]

I wasn't talking about main story only quests, just the big quests

Ohgma Infinium
Dragonrend
All the Soul Cairn stuff like Wrathmen and Arvak
Werewolf form for easy early-game kills (I use mods that make Werewolf form not as useless as it is in vanilla)
Archmage's Robes

And there's plent more minor quest stuff like Ancient Knowledge and Agent of Mara

And dude, I don't want to talk ♥♥♥♥, but a lot of those screenshots look like B-tier content. Call me an a**hole but I can't stand anything that isn't mostly high quality. It ruins the enjoyment if I have large empty areas, bad models (quality or enlarged) or crappy skyboxes.

[Duskky]

It really sounds like you're tired of the game. I'm not really sure if you can get reinvested in it if you're not wanting to do any quests to be honest. It's what the game revolves around.

[red255]

its a Beth game. its fun at low levels. you are tempted to do everything, but if you do you become high level and have all the stuff making it pointless.

either start a new character or don't wear good weapons and armor.

otherwise, yes, the game becomes boring. because its too easy. but nobody is forcing you to wear legendary dragonplate with two enchantments. just wear robes. you'll be less bored.

[smoky mcpot]

I am in a similar position to you and find it hard to get back in to skyrim as well but here are some of the mods that are helping to cure that for me at the moment.
Legacy of the dragonborn
Darkened
Vigilant
Beond reach
Pirates of the North
3d npcs
Forgotten city

[koinzell]

Originally posted by Xenos:

I wasn't talking about main story only quests, just the big quests

Ohgma Infinium
Dragonrend
All the Soul Cairn stuff like Wrathmen and Arvak
Werewolf form for easy early-game kills (I use mods that make Werewolf form not as useless as it is in vanilla)
Archmage's Robes

And there's plent more minor quest stuff like Ancient Knowledge and Agent of Mara

And dude, I don't want to talk ♥♥♥♥, but a lot of those screenshots look like B-tier content. Call me an a**hole but I can't stand anything that isn't mostly high quality. It ruins the enjoyment if I have large empty areas, bad models (quality or enlarged) or crappy skyboxes.

fair enough,
Also the reason why all those empty areas is becuse I was using an skse mod that force increase FPS by auto lowering the game settings to allow for more fast based action & dodging ,

Far away Scattered Enemy's&npcs won't pop up unless im really close to them

hows the graphics in this?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1500837289

[-=PYPA=- Sgnolbo]

weaksauce response, but i believe there's a whole series on youtube on things you didn't know you could do, maybe they could stave off the boredom? i think it's called "5 things you probably didn't know you could do"

[Grumpy]

Why you wanna force the fun? And why does it bother you so much, that you will get bored after a short amount of time?

the only thing people can give you here are ideas and mod recommendations, but nobody can give you the intrinsic motivation that you will play skyrim for several weeks straight.

Personally, I just play skyrim every now and then too, because even with my mods skyrim cant hold me longer than maybe 1 week of playing time. thats just how fallout / TES are for me. Cool in the short term because of new mods, but boring in the long run.