Can Oblivion be Beaten by a Level 1 Char?, I might have a way... what do you think? Options

[Cadaver]

Ok, I played Morrowind for the entire year that I was deployed to Iraq last time.
I played over 1000 hours on that game and I still loved it. One thing that I did not
like was that I was capable at level one of beating the entire game. This was
done by enchanting, levitating, bartering for free money, and the corprus disease.
Oblivion appears to have fixed that. Also, Morrowind was almost TOO much
reliant on character skill and not really so much on player skill. Oblivion seems
to have shifted that balance some as well, which sounds good. I would like
your comments on this.
However, I believe that you could still have an
"invincible" lvl 1 char. Here is how: If a person took Speed as a favored attribute,
and the Steed as a sign, as well as picked a race with a speed bonus, he could
just kite enemies with ranged attacks via marksman skill. The +30 (or so) to
speed should keep you from getting caught, and
as long as you have arrows and have enough FPS experience to HIT your
target, then your shots WILL do some damage, and EVENTUALLY anyone
should die because I unlike Morrowind, skills affect DAMAGE and not your
hit chance. A hit is now a hit, and only damage is a variable, so as long as you
keep shooting and hitting, you should be able to kill anything that cant catch you
or paralyze you. Does this sound possible??

Cadaver

[DoomedOne]

I have a couple cents for this.

I'm level 12, and my character is faster than a paint horse. My character is pure stealth with very little offensive ability, though he can still kcik an boat or two, it's difficult. I've played like 10 dungeons so far without killing anybody, but of course by now I've beaten two quests that I don't want to spoil that gave me considerable stealth bonuses. I'm vertially unseeable unless I'm oike a foot right in front of them or the place is very well lit. Whenever I get spotted, I just get up and run from room to room, grabbing compassion. No one can catch me at all. I leave the dungeon, grab my enchanted bow and pick them off afterwards, and if I saw a boss who probably had some cool drops I go back in and kill him, but for the most part I can do any dungeon with very little fighting. Actually, as long as I'm far enough away for dumber monsters like corpses and skeletons, I can sit there shooting arrows until they die, and they can't see me, even as they're getting shot.


EDIT: I should also add speed is my main means of combat. When I'm fighting I can use my acrobatics perk to dodge almost every single blow, or if it feels to eratic I can just dodge on my own by pulling away, that's how fast I am. I watch their swings and come in at the right moment.

This post has been edited by DoomedOne: Mar 30 2006, 02:47 AM