Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax View Post
I'm playing on adept mode. I wonder how many of you are on apprentice or easy mode, because I seem to struggle to kill mobs that you all are breezing through. Once my equipment/skills get too high, I'll switch to the next higher difficulty, though I've heard there may be a bug preventing it.
There's a bug? Hmm.. that sucks. They even made a point that you can change difficulty on the fly (eg during battles) so that you can.. you know, choose the one that "best suits you".




Update:

Khajiit, lvl28, Adept difficutly.

Sneak: 100
Pocket:77
1-Hand: 56
Lite Arm: 47
Locks: 47
Arch: 33
Alchem: 28
Rest: 27
Ench: 22

Magicka: 130
Health: 220
Stamina: 220

Weapons: Twin Dwarven Daggers (14x2 base damage). Sometimes switching to Elven sword + Scimitar when against dragons.

Apparel: Forsworn gaunts, headress, Glass boots, Scaled Horn armour (armour = 115), Necklace (+20HP), Ring (+15% 1-hand dmg)



Sneak is essential to my playstyle. I can take on some bandits in close combat, but that's about it. Saber-cats prolly need potions (been a while since I fought one square). I won't even think about direct combat with bears, trolls or giants.



You can't block with dual-wielding, but you can sure as hell:

-Pummel them with alternating attacks that drain their stamina like crazy - then stagger at the end
-Use lots of dual-power attacks (or even normal power attacks for the +25% critical) with my good stamina to take them down fast
-Use dual normal attack to give 14 x 2 x 1.4 (one-hand bonus perk) x 1.15 (ring bonus) x 15 (Assassin's blade) = 676.2pts dmg on first strike.

Halve that if you want cool animation on weaker dudes.