Legendary Dead is Dead : V

» Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:37 pm

I may have mentioned this before, but quite awhile ago me and my friend decided to try out the form of playing "Dead Is dead" for the first time. but of course we had to go the extra mile by having these new characters only play on Legendary Difficulty. Me, one more step in keeping my HUD off (I don't like playing with it on anyway)

And since then, I can say It's a challenge worth trying! :happy:

You literally have to be cautious on every decision you make, Prepare before ever embarking outside safe city walls, Money actually means something since you are going to want the best stuff sold in stores, and everything feels so much more valuable and well earned under these extreme circumstances. I've never been more happy to find a Dwarven bow!

I've gone through at least 4 characters who died from the range of level 8 to 15, some tempting me to defy the rules of "Dead Is Dead" by not deleting them, however I couldn't keep playing them with that feeling of them supposed to be gone.

But I got it all down, and I have a character who played by the exact same rules and is currently Level 45 :smile:

Of course he would be considered Over-powered by means of normal playing due to his Enchanting and Smithing skills, but it Seems a bit more justified when you could still easily die at any moment, and I earned my right of being over-powered by overcoming everything prior to that state.

But I digress on my own achievements.

What about you? have you done something similar? or perhaps you could post your own progress of this challenge.

Spoiler

The rules would be:

Keep the difficulty at Legendary at all times.
You must delete your character if they die by normal means (dying by very unreasonable glitches you do not have to comply)
No Glitches or Exploits, It's gotta be a completely legit play through.

feel free to ask questions, or just comment on how much of a bad Idea this can be.

» Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:43 am

I actually have one of those but honestly I find it too boring to continue.

The issue is you're at risk of being insta-killed by a kill cam if you don't play smart with your stats (you -literally- need to be able to tank two consecutive hits, which sets the bar really high and forces you to get excellent stats), but the moment you DO play smart with your stats, you're a god for 99% of battles, and even for the 1% you can stay alive by, worst-case-scenario, spamming "heal everything" potions, thus making all challenge trivial.

Skyirm is severely lacking in a middle-ground difficulty which kinda ruins the fun or plausibility of Dead is dead. Had the same exact problem with Oblivion; survived, but "died of boredom" because every enemy required the same stealth + poisons approach. You're either a God or an absolute oneshot.

» Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:38 pm

Not in my case. :mellow:

I'm about in-between. I'm not necessarily a God because I still need to rely on Followers to help me get through a fight, and I refuse to get inherently "cheap" perks (at least in my view) such as the Paralyzing perk for Archery, and Slow-motion for zooming in.

I'm not necessarily a Tank either, the only reason I've survived is because I don't get hit. I've seen Archery as the best way to go about things.

One things for sure, If you abide by the rules, there's no way you're going to be "Godly" in the beginning of the game. if you want to, you're going to have to still go through a ton of crap to even get that title.