Gameplay Difficulty, Options

[Lady Saga]

I used to play on Adept myself, but I've dumbed this down to Apprentice after losing a few characters whom I was gaming with; characters with stories, that is. Some of you may be facepalming, "wow...Apprentice sounds like a cakewalk!" but the game still offers plenty of challenge. I basically walk over regular bandits and bandit outlaws, for instance, but pillagers, highwaymen (etc.) are still difficult, especially if more than two show up at a time. I'm much more interested in seeing my character survive and thrive (I am a DiD player) than I am in having a super-challenging game, where every battle lasts a half-hour or whatever.

But if I ever have a character whose game is not being written up as a story, I will switch back to Adept. Just for the extra all-around challenge. Anyways, for now I am Apprentice. How about you?



This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Feb 14 2013, 07:37 PM

[SubRosa]

I am boring. I always keep it locked at the default middle setting for all ES games and never touch it.

[Pseron Wyrd]

I always keep it locked at the default middle setting for all ES games and never touch it.

This is what I do too. I moved the slider once, way back in my Morrowind days, and I immediately moved it back and have never touched it again.

I do alter the difficulty in other ways, though. Right now I'm using a mod called Deadly Monsters (part of the Deadly Dragons mod). Deadly Monsters comes with really nifty sliders that allow us to fine-tune the numbers for Health, Magicka, Stamina, Armor Rating, Melee Damage, Magic Damage and Resistance of all Creatures, Humanoids, Undead and Wildlife in the game, on the fly, right from within the SkyUI menu. It is really wonderful. I wish Morrowind and Oblivion had something like this.

This post has been edited by Pseron Wyrd: Feb 27 2013, 07:25 PM