Recent content by DragonbornVet

I've been running the same load order for like two years, right? Everything stable, no crashes, happy life. Updated USSEP last week and suddenly I'm getting CTDs in random places, followers won't equip certain weapons, and the Forsworn Conspiracy quest is completely broken now. Before anyone...

I'm going to say it. Everyone jokes about stealth archer being the default playthrough, but I think that's exactly why it's the worst. You're basically playing a single-player game on hard mode where the challenge is self-imposed invisibility and the reward is... not being seen. You miss like...

Nah, I get it but I think you're underselling what Daedric unlocks. Yeah Dragon Armor is the last unique tier, but by the time you hit Daedric you're also crafting stuff that actually matters - you've got access to basically every weapon and armor type at a competitive level. The grind to...

I'm on my third playthrough and want to try something actually different. Every time I touch unarmed I hit like a wet noodle by level 20 and end up dual-wielding daggers instead. I know there's perks in the heavy armor tree and the unarmed damage scaling exists somewhere, but I can't find a...

Playing my second run on PC with USSEP, level 19 right now, and I keep seeing people mention the alchemy/restoration thing where you buff potions to crazy levels and then use them to break enchanting. But every time I try it, I feel like I'm spending 3 hours grinding ingredients for like a 2%...

I've been stuck on this fight for three days now. Level 47, heavy armor / two-handed build, perks in Bladesman and Devastating Blow, using a Daedric greatsword. I can get him to maybe half health before he just... freezes me solid and I'm dead. The frost resistance gear barely helps. His health...

You're not wrong, but I'd push back a little on the "secretly" part - anyone who's actually played a summoner build knows it's absurd. The thing is, Conjuration doesn't feel flashy so people don't talk about it as much, and a lot of players never bother because standing around while your summons...

Just replayed it for the first time since my second playthrough and man, it holds up. The pacing, the mystery reveal, the way it ties into Markarth's whole political mess - it's just good quest design. What gets me is how much it respects your intelligence. You're not getting quest markers...

Yeah, the follower pathfinding is genuinely broken and it's not you. The AI doesn't actually understand "stay here during stealth" the way you'd think - it tries to path to you constantly, and when the navmesh is wonky or you're in a tight space, clipping through walls is what happens. USSEP...

Been seeing a lot of new players ask about this and honestly the answer feels different than it did three years ago. Vortex used to be the obvious choice if you wanted something that just worked, but MO2 has gotten so much better at not being a pain in the ass and Vortex... kind of hasn't moved...

So I've been running an Illusion assassin build on my current playthrough and I'm at like level 34, and I genuinely don't understand why more people don't talk about how absurd this school gets once you hit the mid-tier perks. I'm literally walking through bandit camps invisible, casting Mayhem...

Honestly, the performance hit is real but it's not because Apocalypse itself is bloated—it's the particle effects and spell interactions stacking on top of your ENB and Community Shaders. Those two together are already taxing VRAM pretty hard, and Apocalypse just adds more stuff for your GPU to...

I'm on my 5th playthrough and decided to actually commit to Restoration instead of just grabbing a healing spell and moving on. And man, the more I play it the more I realize the game actively punishes you for specializing in it. Like, healing yourself in combat is fine but it's reactive...

The fork-and-spoon grind is real, but yeah there's better ways. Honestly the easiest early gold is just doing the radiant jobs from the Thieves Guild - you don't even need to join fully. Brynjolf's got work available in Riften pretty early, and stealing specific items from specific people pays...

I'm on my 5th playthrough doing a pure stealth assassin build and I'm losing my mind. Every single follower I've tried - vanilla or modded - will either walk directly into my line of sight mid-sneak, trigger combat when I'm about to backstab someone, or just stand there while I'm crouched 20...