Youre the only one to bring up this particular fight and its the devs fault you cant find a way around it?

Um I agree. But not as bad as you obviously.

I admire your little sister. Truly.

If this game isn't doing it for you, OP, can I suggest something that might perhaps be suited for your temperament? I'd like to suggest Hello Kitty Online. You're not forced into anything stressful and everything is pretty much handed to you. If you do so, can you do me a favor? Visit the boards and tell them, "Whackjob says hello." They'll know who you mean. I think I was the first one to get perma-banned from that game for playerkilling.

Umm...I'm sorry but this must be a joke...please tell me it's a joke?

In all seriousness though, keep on trucking. The early game is fairly difficult, but the moment you get past around level 15 - 20, the rest of it becomes a complete and utter joke even on master.

also, who needs to make a forum post on rage-quitting a single player game that you already bought?

Let her try Brainlord, its an old SNES game. Offer her a lucrative prize if she manages to beat it.

I think the problem is that the enemy difficulty is completely out of whack. It would be nice if you knew heading into a dungeon that everyone was a bad ass, instead you get 20 push-overs then suddenly some super bad ass comes by and one shots you. That can be frustrating. Conversely, in Morrowind, you usually knew just based on the dungeon you were entering whether you were in for a tough time based on the first enemy who hit you.

I have to take issue with your post and use of bold extra large text however, which is beyond childish. And I'm sure you can agree on this.

But anyway, I think a game posing a difficult challenge isn't a sign of a game being flawed, but that it's simply become challenging, unlike 90% of games today. Game's should keep you on your toes to some extent, and it's good Skyrim attempts that, they just could have done it more carefully.

Am I missing something? I thought you could only rage quit an MMO. Ina single player game, you just stop playing, no /ragequit needed. Or did I not get the memo that says you have to tell the world you're not going to play the game you bought a couple weeks ago, even though no one else will EVER know or care that you're gone? I mean, really, come one! It's a single player freaking game! If you're gonna quit playing, just stop. No need to inform the world.

I had a fight where some 2-handed dude was murdering me.

I left, upgraded my gear, gained 2 levels, and increased my skills.

Came back and took him easily.

Remember, there is scaling, but if you go somewhere and have trouble, that dungeon is now "locked" to the level you were on your first visit. So leaving, increasing your power and returning is always a valid option.

At 22 my Warrior is nearly unkillable. I don't even have to use my weapon if I don't want, bash them to death and laugh at them with my 350 armor class. Can't wait to move up to Ebony!

I wouldn't be complaining about the replies when you've essentially made a QQ thread because you hit a tough spot in the game, in fact, this pretty much invites those types of replies.

I'm glad you figured it out at least. Not everything in the game is a cakewalk. Some parts are incredibly easy, some are challenging, and some are very difficult or near impossible without perfect play. Some dragons I can kill in one landing phase(Frost Dragons), others(Elder) I have to spend considerably more time hiding behind rocks, sniping when possible, or making sure I'm full up on health and get a few opportunistic smacks on the Dragon's behind. If I happen to run into a tough group of bandits or Forsworn, I use the environment for help. You didn't specify what fight you were having trouble with, but I'm guessing you weren't locked in a small room with nothing to hide behind. If enemies can near one shot me, I make sure to dodge everything they have and run/heal whenever I take the slightest bit of damage. The only thing I've found near impossible to avoid in terms of one-shots is lightning attacks since they're instant. Apparently your trouble came from a melee attack, in which case I seriously doubt you were doing a great job at dodging, using the environment, and using spells/shouts to your advantage, which only discredits your claim that the game isn't balanced.

I agree the game isn't perfectly balanced... what Bethesda game is? Your issue doesn't seem to be a balance problem though, just a tactical one. Keep at it, dodge hard hitting melee, kite them around pillars and objects to get distance between them, use your Fus Ro Dah shout to knock back a couple tough guys in the pack and cut up the weaker ones to make the fight easier to manage. Use the ethereal shout if you need to escape. Use the Ice Form shout as another form of crowd control. If you take on multiple enemies and expect to just hack and slash them all upfront and only dodge a couple attacks, you're going to get pwned, and it won't be the game's fault... well, technically it is, but I think you get the point.

I just ran into a brutal encounter recently. The enemy was some sort of white troll. It killed my nord character in about 3 hits. My character was carrying was carring a two-handed greatsword with frost damage and wearing all leather armor. Lydia was with me, It happened after meeting the greybeards for the first time. I was on level 7. Maybe it was too early to do that quest, but who knows? It seemed unfair to me. I had little trouble getting up there but on the way back it was a different story.

Keep in mind that I am 29 and my "little" sister is 17, shes not stupid she just plays how she wants to play.

For example she gets gold by picking crops and selling them to the farmers, cause she likes that kind of thing. And she dresses down her nord amazon into tattered robes before entering a city to be less conspicuous. :confused:

sellin crops at 1 gold a piece brutal

Stat driven? Thank god, this is an RPG. The COD boards are that way...---->

Or in short. Your doing it wrong.

Only in a game can a person use his inability to defeat several highly trained warriors as an example of imbalance.....

Are we supposed to care? Serious question.

Solution: Level up smithing and become a God with super hulked up weapons.

Exactly.
I admit, it's not always fun to get through a whole barrow and not be able to kill the named hero draugr boss at the end and have to run all the way out, but dammit it's a TON better than the garbage we had in Oblivion.

Ninja Gaiden, now THERE's an AWESOME (hard) game.

I rage-reload whenever I get that damnable bite-thrash-toss finisher inflicted upon me by a dragon that is one melee blow away from death.

Word of warning: Do NOT approach a dragon at melee range unless you are at full health. If you drop below 50%, retreat and heal, or you WILL get bite-thrash-tossed to death.

Three times it's happened now. :flame:

This is amazing. The same game is too easy for some people, yet at the same time too difficult for some.

Bai.

xD The joke is on OP.

Poor fellow...

I have died many times, but I keep going. I lower the difficulty level if necessary to go on.

If you don't like the game, then play something else!