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yeah this is the classic stealth archer problem. followers are basically designed to be loud and aggressive, and there's no perk that tones them down - you're stuck with their default behavior. Aela especially is a melee fighter so she's gonna charge in no matter what you do. honestly your...

I'm finally diving into Oblivion after spending way too many hours in Skyrim, and I'm hearing the combat is... different. Like, people keep saying the attribute system and how leveling works changes everything, but I'm not totally sure what that means for actually fighting stuff. Does it feel...

I just spent like forty minutes in Bthardamz thinking I was going the right way and ended up in some flooded chamber with nothing but Dwemer spiders. Turned out I'd completely missed the actual path like three rooms back. This happens to me every single time I go into one of those places. The...

I'm on my third playthrough and just hit the Thieves Guild, and I'm noticing something that's been bugging me. The early jobs feel so... disconnected? Like you're doing random radiant burglaries for weeks before anything actually happens story-wise, and then suddenly you're in Goldenglow Estate...

I'd agree illusion gets way more hate than it deserves, but I think you're underselling why people bounce off it early. The problem isn't that it's weak - it's that the early spells are genuinely unreliable garbage. Fury barely works on anything with decent magic resistance, and by the time...

I just hit level 32 on my current playthrough and realized I've been leveling Alteration the entire time because I kept casting Oakflesh out of habit, and now I'm locked into the mage stone without realizing I needed the Atronach stone for my actual build. Not a game-breaker obviously, but it's...

I'm on my second playthrough (level 12, playing on Switch) and grabbed some Illusion spells thinking crowd control would let me survive better. But Muffle and Fury feel like they barely do anything, and I'm burning magicka for what—a few seconds of confusion? Meanwhile my Destruction spells are...

I'm replaying Oblivion after years on Skyrim, and I keep hearing that enchanting trivializes everything way harder than it does in Skyrim. I'm only level 12 right now with basic gear, so I haven't hit the endgame yet. Is it actually that bad, or does it only get stupid if you min-max? And if I...

I think you're onto something real about the mechanical sameness, but I'd push back a bit on the "nothing changes" part. Yeah, the hold aesthetics don't shift - that's fair criticism - but the Jarls do actually get swapped out, and if you pay attention to the guards' chatter and the radiant...

I'm on my third playthrough (level 31, playing vanilla on Switch) and I keep hitting this weird wall where the stuff I'm crafting doesn't feel noticeably better than what I'm finding in dungeons. I've got Smithing at 60-ish and I'm making steel and iron gear, but a random Elven sword I looted...

honestly the early game grind is real, but I think you're underselling what you can do before Dremora Lords. The perk that lets you summon two atronachs at once (I think it's called Summoner or something?) makes a huge difference - suddenly you're not babysitting one frost atro while everything...

I just finished Dawnguard for like the fifth time and something clicked. Her whole arc is basically "follow me around while I angst about my family drama" and the game never actually lets you DO anything about it except watch cutscenes. Like, Harkon's just... there. You kill him, credits roll...

I just had my companion walk directly into a giant's club swing to "protect" me, took like 200 damage, and I realized I have no idea if this is intentional AI or a bug that's been in the game for 15 years. Like, they'll stand there and let themselves get destroyed instead of backing up or using...

I just spent two hours down there on my current playthrough and I'm genuinely wondering if I'm the only one who finds it tedious as hell. Like yeah, the atmosphere is cool the first time, but it's so easy to get turned around, the enemies are boring, and half the time I'm just wandering around...

I'm on my second PC playthrough and want to try Survival Mode for the first time, but I'm worried about it turning into a tedious chore instead of actually adding stakes. I've got USSEP and SkyUI installed already. Should I grab mods that make survival less punishing (like longer food timers or...

I'm on my 4th playthrough right now and I just hit level 40 alchemy by accident. Like, I wasn't even trying to level it. Just been looting ingredients and making potions to sell for gold. And now I'm realizing I can literally craft paralysis potions that sell for like 500 gold each, or...

I'm on my third playthrough and want to try something different from pure stealth archer. The idea is to use a bow for regular combat but also grab some Destruction perks for crowd control / kiting when things get hairy. I'm level 18 right now on Adept difficulty. Is this a viable hybrid or does...

So I've been doing a family playthrough and adopted a couple kids, set them up at Lakeview with a steward and everything. But like... they just stand around in the same spots all day? There's no school, no other kids, no NPCs to actually interact with besides the steward. Compare that to Riften...

Playing a conjurer on my second run (level 31, Adept difficulty) and I keep summoning atronachs or dremora lords into dragon breath or spell explosions and watching them get obliterated instantly. It feels like they're paper thin compared to actual followers like Lydia. Am I supposed to be...

I'm on my 3rd playthrough and I've always just accepted that he was like "yeah I helped destroy the world, my bad" but I actually sat down and listened to what he says about it and... he doesn't really? He talks about his nature and the whole "what is better - to be born good or overcome your...