How do I know what difficulty level I am currently playing?

[Lampros]

I see no indication in the menu or anything.

[Hare+Guu!]

Settings?

[Lampros]

Ah, ok. It says "adept." What's the normal setting? That's where I want to start.

[raubrey]

Adept is Normal - so to speak. It's for experienced players that want some challange the first playthrough (or so it was designed). Of course, that depends on the player and the game. Sometimes i don't see that much difference between Easy and Expert or Adept and Master.

While people argue how difficult or not the game is, the adept settting is the more leveled playing with 1:1 damage. Mods can further change difficulty in a much better and focused way for those so inclined -- best done after a playthrough on vanilla.

Difficulty | Damage Dealt | Damage Taken
-----------------------------------------
Novice | x2 | x0.5
Apprentice | x1.5 | x0.75
Adept | x1 | x1
Expert | x0.75 | x1.5
Master | x0.5 | x2
Legendary | x0.25 | x3

Mosre on UESP wiki

[sadsalad]

Default difficulty depends on your level. Once you reach a certain level, the difficulty will automatically increase, but you can change it back or to anything you want if you wish.
Once you reach:
-Level 5, default is "Apprentice"
-Level 10, default is "Adept"
-Level 25, "Expert"
-Level 50, "Master"

Nevertheless, I think "Adept" is still considered the general/average difficulty ('normal' difficulty?) for most players that aren't too early on in the game.

[KL]

Originally posted by raubrey:

Adept is Normal - so to speak. It's for experienced players that want some challange the first playthrough (or so it was designed). Of course, that depends on the player and the game. Sometimes i don't see that much difference between Easy and Expert or Adept and Master.

While people argue how difficult or not the game is, the adept settting is the more leveled playing with 1:1 damage. Mods can further change difficulty in a much better and focused way for those so inclined -- best done after a playthrough on vanilla.

Difficulty | Damage Dealt | Damage Taken
-----------------------------------------
Novice | x2 | x0.5
Apprentice | x1.5 | x0.75
Adept | x1 | x1
Expert | x0.75 | x1.5
Master | x0.5 | x2
Legendary | x0.25 | x3

Mosre on UESP wiki

I've always gotten the gist of the different levels, but I've never seen the actual numbers associated - so thank you for including that table.

It seems like Novice-Apprentice correspond with the typical "Easy" difficulty, Adept with "Normal", Expert-Master with "Hard", and Legendary with "Hardcore"

[Lampros]

Originally posted by raubrey:

Adept is Normal - so to speak. It's for experienced players that want some challange the first playthrough (or so it was designed). Of course, that depends on the player and the game. Sometimes i don't see that much difference between Easy and Expert or Adept and Master.

While people argue how difficult or not the game is, the adept settting is the more leveled playing with 1:1 damage. Mods can further change difficulty in a much better and focused way for those so inclined -- best done after a playthrough on vanilla.

Difficulty | Damage Dealt | Damage Taken
-----------------------------------------
Novice | x2 | x0.5
Apprentice | x1.5 | x0.75
Adept | x1 | x1
Expert | x0.75 | x1.5
Master | x0.5 | x2
Legendary | x0.25 | x3

Mosre on UESP wiki

Awesome; thanks. I will begin at Adept then.

[raubrey]

Originally posted by Dovahkaaz:

It seems like Novice-Apprentice correspond with the typical "Easy" difficulty, Adept with "Normal", Expert-Master with "Hard", and Legendary with "Hardcore"

That's pretty much how I associate the levels.

You're welcome Lampros, enjoy the game and if you weren't aware you can change difficulty at any time.

[dcain3456]

Originally posted by jamesbaxterthehorse1916:

Default difficulty depends on your level. Once you reach a certain level, the difficulty will automatically increase, but you can change it back or to anything you want if you wish.
Once you reach:
-Level 5, default is "Apprentice"
-Level 10, default is "Adept"
-Level 25, "Expert"
-Level 50, "Master"

Nevertheless, I think "Adept" is still considered the general/average difficulty ('normal' difficulty?) for most players that aren't too early on in the game.

No it doesn't. Default difficulty has nothing to do with level.