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Nah, you're not alone but I think you're overstating it a bit. Auriel's Bow is strong, yeah, but it's not like you're forced to use it. The fact that you're actively choosing not to use it kind of proves the point - if it was actually breaking the game, you wouldn't have that option. The sun...

I'm on my second playthrough and decided to actually commit to Illusion this time instead of abandoning it for Destruction like always. Muffle, Invisibility, Mayhem—it all feels insane through like level 15-20. But now I'm at 30 and casting Fury on a bandit camp just... doesn't do anything...

Playing my 6th run and I just realized I've done the sneaky bow thing on like 4 of them. Not even on purpose - I just default to it because it works and the game doesn't push back. You can literally sneak past everything or one-shot it from a roof. There's no friction. So this time I'm forcing...

I just hit the part where you confront Madanach in Cidhna Mine and the whole thing felt completely neutered compared to my last playthrough. Turns out USSEP "fixed" a bunch of the quest logic and now the guards don't actually turn hostile when they're supposed to, the dialogue branches feel...

Restoration gets a bad rap, but honestly it's because most people treat it like a healing potion slot. You're right to feel like it's just... there. The thing is, on Switch you're locked out of the exploits and mods that make Restoration "viable" in the broken sense, so you actually have to...

They're not wrong about the trap, but the OP is kind of missing why people recommend those perks in the first place. It's not about having the "best" gear - it's about the perk-to-power ratio being absurdly good compared to combat trees. Like, yeah, if you're just looting and buying, you don't...

Yeah, that's a solid observation about the design philosophy. Bleak Falls does pack a lot of teaching into it without being obnoxious about it - the puzzle doors are genuinely clever because they force you to pay attention to the environment instead of just following a waypoint. That said, I'd...

Yeah, this is a good observation. The perks that boost pickpocketing success chance - especially once you stack a few ranks - basically turn it into a no-risk activity. Which kills the entire point of the mechanic existing in the first place. I think you're onto something with the roleplay...

Vanilla Skyrim's definitely got rough edges, but honestly you're thinking about it the right way. Some builds just work around the jank instead of fighting it. Destruction magic scaling is genuinely broken in vanilla - spells fall off hard after early game - so if you want to go that route, you...

I'm on my 3rd playthrough, stealth archer (yeah yeah I know), and I've hit a wall where my follower keeps teleporting directly to me the second I enter combat, completely blowing my stealth. I'm using Lydia right now and it's gotten so bad I'm considering just dismissing her permanently. I've...

I just realized on my current playthrough that if you become a vampire and get the Necromage perk, you can stack like a 25% damage buff on literally everything. Spells, weapons, shouts, all of it. And the game just... lets you do this. There's no scaling to account for it, no enemy adjustments...

I've never hit this exact sequence-lock, but I believe you - that quest has always been janky. The Forsworn Conspiracy and No One Escapes Cidhna Mine are basically a two-part mess that the game doesn't handle gracefully if you deviate even slightly from the intended path. That said, I'm pretty...

Community Shaders and ENB don't actually conflict the way you're thinking - the issue is usually that you've got both trying to do the same job at once, which tanks performance and looks muddy. First thing: what ENB preset are you running? Some older ones have water shaders baked in pretty...

I'm kind of with you on this, honestly. The crafting loops feel like they're solving a problem that doesn't really exist if you're not trying to fund a house run or min-max gear in the first 20 levels. By the time you actually need serious gold - like, when you want to buy property or stock up...

I just realized this while running through Bleak Falls Barrow on a new playthrough. If your follower is tanking a tough enemy, you can literally pickpocket their best weapons and armor off them, use it yourself, then pickpocket it back after the fight. They won't even notice because they're in...

I've got a solid PC, decent GPU, but every ENB preset I download tanks my frames. I'm running USSEP, SkyUI, the usual suspects. Graphics look fine vanilla with just a couple texture mods, but the second I enable any ENB my fps goes from 60 to like 35-40 and it stays there even with lower...

I'm on my 3rd playthrough, level 52, and I just hit a wall. Been doing the restoration loop since level 15 to keep my enchanted gear relevant, but somewhere between Daedric and Ebony smithing the math just... breaks? My potions are still getting stronger but my gear isn't improving the way it...

That's a solid observation. The Forsworn Conspiracy quest definitely primes you for that paranoia and manipulation angle - you're literally framed and thrown in jail, which is peak "nobody in this city has your back" energy. And then yeah, both those artifact quests are just Daedra going "hey...

Nah you're not bad, Miraak's just a different fight. Karstaag is pure stat check - you walk in, facetank him, whoever has more HP wins. Miraak actually punishes you for standing still and rewards positioning, which honestly makes him more interesting even if it's more frustrating the first time...

Illusion is absolutely busted, but I think you're underselling why stealth archer gets more hate. With illusion you're at least doing something - managing spell costs, positioning for AoE, dealing with spell resistance, keeping Muffle up. Stealth archer is literally just "I crouch and the game...