Question about gimping

Post » Tue May 17, 2011 7:33 am

Im looking redo my character, Lissa, so I can gimp her up.
I dont want her to level any furthur than 25.

Whats the best way to do this on console?
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Thanks in advance
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 4:58 am

If you can take three major skills you will never use, your maximum level becomes thirty. If the other major skills are in your specialisation, or you get racial bonuses for them this drops even lower.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 5:21 am

http://www.linklost.com/occ/

Handy little tool.

As stated, pick a number of major skills that you will never use. Then, figure out how many levels those skills would give your character if you maxed them, and subtract that from what the calc lists as the build's max level.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 2:25 pm

I would pick 3 major skills to max and 4 to ignore. This will take your character to around level 23 (depending where you skill start - you know, specialization and racial bonuses and such cause some variation.

Any way, as you get close to maxing those three, then go ahead and use the other majors just enough to tweak you character level up to 25, then retire those four major skills.

As far as skills to never touch, I always start with h2h and speechcraft for sure.

One thing to watch with this path is your attribute gains will require more attention. With 4 skills you basically don't use, there is less overall skill ups to fuel attribute gains. More importantly, you have less levels (only 25) to get your skills where you want them. I solve this by ignoring some of the attributes that don't help 'define' my character. My no melee glass cannon for example, has no interest in ever increasing endurance or strength - that works great for her but would be somewhat suicidal for a warrior. I never bother with luck. I actually do increase personality, but only for RP purposes. My character immobilizes foes or disappears so she has no need for speed. At least for my character the only attributes she cares about are AGI, INT, WIL. They were easy to max by her cap of level 20.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 12:54 pm

Well I want Lissa, whos a redguard, to have her majors as marksman, blunt and restoration. How will this affect her as marksman and restoration arnet specialized for redguards?
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 6:33 am

You won't notice a difference. As a Redguard you are, in effect, starting with normal Marksman and Restoration.

I think you might be confusing Specialization with Racial Bonus. Racial Bonuses (what you're talking about) are bonuses of 5 or 10 points that are added to skills during character generation. Specialization is a 5 point bonus that is added to two skills of your choice during character generation - and those two skills level faster.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 9:24 am

Oh, yes I meant racial bonus. Sorry
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