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What difficulty(s) setting do you play on?

I think mine is currently on adept, but I usually switch back and forth between master and novice depending on who I'm fighting or whether I want to try and level up more quickly. :)
 
Master. I find it's the best way of dealing with OP issues in my playstyle.

Edit: Which AS88 below me got completely correct as I can't break my crafting addiction. I can avoid smithing and enchanting, but I'll never be able to drop my beloved alchemy.
 
Expert, generally. I've played Skyrim since it's release, and started on Adept (Skyrim was my first real RPG game), but bumped it up to Expert after a few months. I think Master is more suitable for players who prefer to ermmm.. make the most of the crafting possibilities. :P I've only ever had two characters get to level 100 in any of the crafting skills, and after playing multiple characters at around the level 50 mark, I think that Expert is usually the most suitable. Without crafting, I feel as though fighting enemies that are always 4x more potent than you (in theory) is only reasonable in certain RP circumstances, for example, a travelling bard with little combat experience, or a lowly scavenger.

I have played on Master at higher levels, though. Some of the more powerful builds, ie high level x30 multiplier assassins, illusion mages or tanking blacksmiths are sometimes more suitable for playing on Master.
 
Grrrr, this subject really gets my blood boiling, so i will refrain from sharing my views about big headed arrogant 'Master' players, who think they are so much better than us minions who enjoy the game on Adept.
 
Alternate between adept and master. Without crafting, master is almost impossible imho. I use adept for more solo gladitorial purposes. Neither side gets buffed or nerfed. I also play on master just as much if not more, especially when spectating.
 
Twiffle said:
Grrrr, this subject really gets my blood boiling, so i will refrain from sharing my views about big headed arrogant 'Master' players, who think they are so much better than us minions who enjoy the game on Adept.
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No one is bashing your playstyle, nor is anyone claiming to be better than you (though I don't know why it matters since it's a game).
 
I normally play on Adept, simply because I rarely use crafting, only alchemy usually and I use destruction a lot, which is underpowered on adept, on master destruction just isn't viable at all.
I've never tried expert but I have played master, in my playstyle I rarely get hit, so all master does is force me to take twice as long to kill every enemy and get 1 shotted by arrows and ice spikes. I just find it really tedious, and it makes crafting and exploiting spell costs more of a must.
 
I've become accustomed to playing on Master difficulty exclusively no matter which sort of character I use and I also use the Deadly Dragons and Enhanced High Level Gameplay mods to make the game a bit more difficult as well. I'm actually looking forward to the new Legendary difficulty setting coming out. I know I could opt in to the beta patch and play Legendary mode if I wanted but I'd rather wait for updates to the mods I use first before I go and do that.
 
I started out on Novice. With a stealth archer. Now I play with Adept setting and leave it at that. The amount of equal fights I get is a lot of fun.
 
I spend most of the time playing novice or apprentice. Depends what level the character is. If I find I've accumulated a sh!t load of healing potions, then I'll raise the difficulty to adept or expert.
 
I play on Adept until my characters level into their late teens and start finding/crafting solid gear & picking up combat perks.

From then on I play entirely on Master.
 
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