Yes it's a pretty game and the art is nice etc etc.

Just died for the nth time to what has turned into a completely impassable multi-opponent fight where a single good power attack from any of the 2handed opponents takes me from 75% to dead. It's not merely that the fight is tough, it's the complete inability to work out what, if anything, I am doing wrong, plus the need to spam healing potions (yay - FUN, amirite?) and the way that mobs which look identical to everything else in the rest of the dungeon that's died in 3 hits are now kicking my ass at will.

This game is literally like driving a ferrari with the engine of a model-T ford. The entire game design is ancient history, stat driven bs, with no thought applied to how it is going to actually play out. While the static environments look nice enough and some meagre attempt has been made to satisify the story/world design aspects, there is no actual GAME anywhere in this product worth a damn. Baldur's Gate and Diablo, for what they were, absolutely massacre this product in terms of balance and enjoyability.

I can deal with the notion of a 'hard' game wherein I am obviously not using the correct strategy or failing to hit the right button at the right instant. Skyrim has neither, instead the magic scaler just randomly decides if you are playing on godmode or ultra-insanity for any one encounter, without even bothering to tell you in advance. Even Oblivion has the decency to make everything a skeleton champion or spawn daedric armor.

Bethesda I am done with you. Come back when you've learned how to make a GAME.

did you try blocking it seems to help me:)

Maybe you're not high enough level or you have bad gear.

ahahhahahhahhahhahhha.


bye.

You can also, if you are melee, do a power attack and stagger them, then get some more solid hits in while they regain their balance. Let them do another power attack and miss, then counter with your own and stagger them.

You will not win many fights in this game if allow yourself to take every optional hit against you.

Resto spells are also helpful

Your probably not a high enough level. Some dungeons are just simply to hard for low levels.

People whined about level scaling, so Beth modified it.

And you can get a companion to help you fight. Honestly, OP, did you try any other tactic beyond standing there and letting them hit you?

Toodles.

i dont believe he did

balance is everything i agree, without balance the game is unplayable. i think skyrim is better balanced by FAR compared to oblivion, but theres still issues with it being either too easy or too hard. im sorry youve decided to give up on the game. maybe wait it out until mods come out to correct the difficulty

Can I have your gold?
On a more serious note... Getting 1 shotted by a power attack is not uncommon, you have several solutions to this and yes you are using the wrong strategy.

1) Dodge power attacks, on harder difficulty you have to dodge them or you die, and no its not impossible to dodge them its possible to dodge every attack

2)If you feel like you're a f*cking boss and need to take it in the face then get better armor then you can face tank.

3) If all else fails and you feel like cutting yourself and punching the screen, turn down the difficulty.

I find it funny how some people are complaining about how this game is too easy while others are whining about how its too hard. If its too easy on master difficulty then you probably used some minor exploit (power leveling enchanting, smithing, alchemy and looping potions and enchants) If its too hard on easy difficulty then you're approaching the fight wrong.

clearly you cant, you just svck at the game dude, learn some tactics (hit and run, constant healing while hammering away with a sword, ranging while a companian tanks, paralyze, level up and try again, shield bash [which is bordeline op for anyone with a brian large enogh to time out when to bash], or sneak attacks, all will deal with any enemy you can face) and you would almost never die in an area that is on your level

From my experience in these figths, there's no time to try anything. They kill you before you have time to react. But using companions is a good idea, you need a meatshield that the enemies hopefully focus on long enough to Shout them and get some cheap shots in. Using Unrelenting Force on them against a nearby wall should give you enough time to kill them before they up, if not, F9 :hehe:

Latest of these being a Master Necromancer that had one those OHKO spells. Granted he was 8 levels higher than me, so that's to be expected, didn't prevent me from killing him with aforementioned tactics though :hehe:

Some points of note for you.

Some mobs/area's are static level, they are meant for you to return later.
You are not blocking/dodging.
Set the difficulty lower.

You hear that? It's your pet sparkle dragon calling you back to your MMO.

You tryna get through Shimmermist Cave with a new player character or somethin?

I did it at level 9.. though I died probably 30 times before I could finish off that damned Centurion.

kthxbai can i has your stuff?

Oh wait, this isn't an mmo and we don't care about your "balance" issues.

Entertaining replies so far, if mostly useless. The one bit of advice to 'always dodge power attacks' is absolutely the only thing anyone here said that is of value - everyone else needs to log off the internet and go take a look at their lives if they are spending their time on a message board posting like this. You aren't helping, and it can't be much fun to be you.


Seriously, it should not be necessary to specify that I am blocking, bashing, power attacking dodging etc etc. Within the context of all of that this game is ludicrously easy.


Solved the fight somehow, it turns out that it was one almost naked chick with a one-handed sword was the real problem. Even a regular cross hand slash was hitting for about 50% health if not blocked, solution spam health potions/stamina potions and bash-lock.

Yay. Fun. Can't wait for the compelling gameplay of TES amirite boys? =/

There's a difficulty slider for a reason.

I thought you left...

Wow . . . seriously?

Pssst . . . "difficulty slider" . . .

My little sister plays this game as well and she loves it. Shes not very good at it and she plays in her own unique way. When she gets into difficult situations she tries a few times on adept, but if she still can't get it she shamelessly lowers the slider to novice difficulty, but afterwards slides it back up to adept.

Its a single player game nobody is judging you. The game has to be hard in order to challenge some of us (and even then its too easy for some) but they realize it is just a game and added a difficulty slider for situations that your character might not be able to get through.

Lol. It is amazing the amount of people that complain that this game is too hard or too easy. If they go it 'just right' then you would complain that it should be harder or easier.

How about you just stop playing? Then you won't have to nerdrage to an online forum....

OP has obviously never played some early console games, like Ninja Gaiden, or Brainlord.