What if...

krustyy
03-29-2006, 09:28 PM
What if you picked all your major skills to be stuff you will never use? Instead of leveling your major skills, you pick non major skills to level. As a result, you could have something like sword and light armor skills of 100 while still being level 1.

Since the creatures in the game automatically adjust to your level, this would essentially make you a super powerful level 1 with the ability to kick any ass, yes?

CarpeIppon
03-29-2006, 10:34 PM
Just go into the console and hack your character to be invincible. Does the same thing only better.

Or better yet, use console commands to automatically advance you through quests. You could complete the game without ever actually PLAYING! WOULDN'T THAT BE TOTALLY FUCKING SWEET?!?!?! AM I RITE?

krustyy
03-29-2006, 10:42 PM
You are an idiot if you can't see the difference between cheating and min/maxing.

People try to play the game as murderers, as honorable people, wearing all cloth, wearing no magic items, only doing melee, only doing casting, obtaining the best items, or obtaining the most money. But somehow trying to play the game in a manner which you don't level is cheating.

CarpeIppon
03-29-2006, 10:56 PM
Not really no. In one, you are maximizing your character according to the game mechanics. Its stupid, and frankly thats why I've taken up learning to script in the CS to fix it, but its still gaming. In the other you are outright breaking the game mechanics. You won't ever see the more difficult enemies. And I don't mean level 20 goblins, I mean different challenging enemies that attack very differently and force you to learn and adapt. Its just stupid. And since it seems you are doing just to feel powerful, then why don't you just break the game mechanics in a much much faster fashion?

krustyy
03-30-2006, 12:38 AM
how would trying to be a powerful level 1 prevent you from coming up against the same challenging enemies.

By the way, what difficulty do you play on? Will you ever try the most difficult setting? How will you go about dealing with bosses that can kill you in 1-2 hits when you use conventional leveling methods?

CarpeIppon
03-30-2006, 06:31 AM
how would trying to be a powerful level 1 prevent you from coming up against the same challenging enemies.
It uses leveled lists you dumb fuck. Aside from certain NPCs, all you are going to fight are scamps and goblins, rather than clanfears and serious daedra.

Edit: and if you make a character smartly, conventional leveling methods will get you a character than will do perfectly fine with a minimum of power-leveling.

Wrathchild
03-30-2006, 12:57 PM
It won't exactly make you god-like, as your stats and HP/Magicka will never increase. Your skills will be good, but a lot of the skill perks aren't that big of a deal.

You will still have starting Strength for example, so your damage output isn't going to be all that great no matter what your blade/blunt skill is.