People are just pissed off that unless you go out of your way to nerf your character build, this games difficulty is on par with My Little Pony RPG.

Everyone complaining is some kind of Warrior/Mage/Master Tradesmith with all the best trees.

You don't have to nerf yourself you just have to stop seeking out exploits and power builds.

People are just pissed off that unless you go out of your way to nerf your character build, this games difficulty is on par with My Little Pony RPG.

This is why I put ZERO levels into health and eschew OP gear.

I'm a caster and I thought that enchanting would be quite fitting for me thematically. I wouldn't generalize like that any more.

Why not try to roleplay an actual character with limitations. Everyone complaining is some kind of Warrior/Mage/Master Tradesmith with all the best trees. All TES games in the past were easy with a munchkin Do-IT-All multiclass character.

You don't have to nerf yourself you just have to stop seeking out exploits and power builds.

After playing Skyrim quite a bit, and getting to level 50, I decided to start over, but do a proper Build.

I'm currently level 41 with perks dumped into 2-Handed, Heavy Armor, Restoration, Conjuration, and of course Smithing+Enchanting. I've put 1 level into magicka, 10 into Stamina, and the remaining 30 into Health

In any combat situation, I just summon either a Storm Atronach or Dremora Lord, then whip out my Legendary Daedric Greatsword, use Elemental Fury (attack speed boost shout), and proceed to one-shot basically everything (Dragons go down in 2-4 power attacks); and in the rare occasion that my massive healthpool gets below 80%-ish, or I'm getting hit at range by something I can't immediately get to, OR after any combat; I just dual-cast the first Healing Spell to full health, and I rarely have a mana issue. Keep in mind I also have a full set of Daedric Armor, and the weightless Heavy Armor Perk, so full mobility with all that damage reduction (as a Nord with 50% resist frost, and the Lord Stone's defensive bonuses, magic damage is brushed off as easily as physical)

TL;DR, 2-Hand+Heavy Armor+Conjuration+Health is an overpowered build, considering the near free mana cost of low-tier healing spells, and the massive benefits of Enchanting+Smithing

Solution: I feel that Enchanting should be MAJORLY down-tuned because its just too good

Yes, this seems to be the mind-frame around here. This was my first experience with an elder scrolls game so I played it like I've played every other RPG I played. Build my character with levels and tradeskills and try to become as strong as possible.

Apparently that doesnt benefit you at all in this game, as its ridiculously easy to play. This is more of a roleplayers game.. sit around reading books then flailing your arms about reciting them when you run into mobs. There is no carrot to chase, no uber items, no strong gods with awesome drops making us all drool. I guess thats what I was expecting and the whole experience was disappointing.

Why not try to roleplay an actual character with limitations. Everyone complaining is some kind of Warrior/Mage/Master Tradesmith with all the best trees. All TES games in the past were easy with a munchkin Do-IT-All multiclass character.

You don't have to nerf yourself you just have to stop seeking out exploits and power builds.

When did one of the things people loved about the series (being able to become godlike) become something people despise about it?

Did I miss the memo?

Lmao you are playing the wrong game.
Uber weapons?! Getting as strong as possible?
This ain't World of Warcraft kid who are you competing with?

The moment when perks per level got added in.

It used to be that you could become god-like with little planning, instead just working on it as a long-term goal. Attributes might of mattered, but good gear and what not still works out.

Now, with limited perks, we have to "spec" into certain kinds of skills and abilities. We have to spend our perks wisely.

To achieve a similar god-like status requires the expenditure of 20+ perks into highly specific areas. In other words, every "my character build is strongest" is going to be prefaced by the same old "I took all the crafting perks and..." text.

The problem is the value of the choices are minimized. If you want to be a stronger character, it is a no-brainer that you should put perks into crafting.

EDIT: Note, that I don't mind seriously broken playstyles. My point is that to achieve this, you must spend the perks on crafting. Failing to spend those perks ultimately hinders the characters ability to be as god-like. I would like to see arguments on how a theif playstyle is greater than a mage playstyle is greater than a warrior playstyle. We might still see this with crafting, but any "ultimate" playstyle will always be prefaced by "I took crafting," which makes me sad when it comes to the mechanics of character diversity.

Exactly. There is no personalization in being God-like in Skyrim. There will be an "uber build," and any deviation from that will be less powerful. You're sacrificing customizability and uniqueness for the sake of more power. For some, that's a tough decision to make, and it's hard not to choose the option with most power.

Tabletop gamers call such people "http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Munchkin".

Well, i dont agree that enchanting shouldn't be broken at the end-game(every skill should be brokenly powerful at level 100, honestly), but the issue i have is that enchanting is so useless until you get it to level 80+. I mean, i can make a 13% resist fire enchantment...or i can use the 30% resist fire boots i found just lying around. It's kinda crazy, especially since you need to destroy the boots to get the enchantment to make the new enchantment in the first place.

In oblivion even petty soul gems could create items that were at least decent at low levels, but in skyrim it seems that you need to use grand souls to get decent enchantments even at level 1.

Exactly. There is no personalization in being God-like in Skyrim. There will be an "uber build," and any deviation from that will be less powerful. You're sacrificing customizability and uniqueness for the sake of more power. For some, that's a tough decision to make, and it's hard not to choose the option with most power.

As with all problems like this, there is only ONE answer...

MODS WILL FIX IT (unless you are playing on console, then svcks to be u :dance: )

I'm on console :/
Bring on the official patches!

Official patches are all I've ever used. I don't like using mods as I fell I'm not playing the game officially or how it's meant to be played. Even Oblivion on PC I didn't like mods to play the game. I tried Midas Magic and a decapitating one, which was fun but didn't feel like I was playing the game how it was meant to be.