I just got my ass handled to me because I didn't have any health potions and i WAS fighting a dragon priest on novice, why even on this easy mode that I die so quick from a Dragon Priest? Now I can't play this game for another 2-3 weeks cause I didn't save for a whiLE. DAMN YOU SKYRIM!!!

Dragon Priests are bosses, they are meant to be strong.

^ Thread over

Get potions, absorb health and shock damage enchantments on your weapon among others.

Though, yeah, it's meant to be a challenge.

Well, they are level 50...

Advice: get health potions or restoration spells, don't go trying to kill Dragon priests at such a low level, and, most importantly, SAVE REGULARLY!!!

Like you just said now you can't play for 2-3 weeks. A few minutes of saving here and there could have saved hours of playtime from being lost.

You can't play of 2 weeks? What's that about?

And yes, Bosses are... well... Bosses.

If only the Dragons would be as dangerous...

Funny how servants are a lot stronger than their masters

Don't the Priests have dragon souls gifted to them from the Dragons as a "reward" of worshiping them and being in their service? (Like fighting a human version of a Dragon) Which may result in having equal power to a Dragon

Just a thought

That is the truth. Dragons should be the absolute terror of the game. Random encounters should be faced with fear and abandonment.

I implement mods to do just that. Dragons are now the way I envisioned them being. Any character has utterly no chance of killing one if they are not at least level 25. even then it takes the better part of an hr RT.

Dragon Priest or not, it would be wise for one to be prepared before engaging any boss. Leaving, regrouping, restocking and improving is not frowned upon. Strategy is paramount.

I would take this as a hard lesson learned. I'd expect that saving often will be embedded into the subconscious. That is a good thing. Use the loss to your advantage and take away form it a lot more than you gave up.

I just want to know why in skyrim lich's are now known as dragon priests an giant rats are called skeevers ok pet peeve over now.

OP what level are you cause even the priest at shearpoint is a pain in the rear to beat even at level 10 an from what i know krosis is one of the weakest their is as for valthume or is it valthune i went their on day one of buying the game an got my rear end handed to me luckily i saved before an gave it 10 tries before i said f**k it an decided id come back at a higher level which happened to be 60 levels later when i whooped his rear wrinkle bony end an taught him not to pick on me no more.

It was the same with all dragon priests after wards that i learnt to pause an use potions rather then regeneration spells an always have atleast 20 more health potions then you think you will need an never ever try an fight one as a low level werewolf or your just asking for a butt whooping.

Also dont forget to save save save save on rest save on wait save on fast travel save on everything cause when you do get whooped or fall down a steeper cliff then you thought it wont be that much of a kick in the balls to get over.

An personally id save after every dragon an grand soul that you gain as with me thats when my xbox decides to screw me over.

Basically, what I did was, cast invisibility, shot him with an arrow, cast another invisibility, waited until hidden, loosened another arrow, then repeated the process until dead, it's not that fun, but it gets the job done.

And also, save regularly, before you enter a room.

They're called dragon priests because they trace their roots back to an ancient nordic religion, where dragons were worshiped, and the most obedient servants to the dragons were allowed more freedom and power in their actions, such as ruling the populous as equal to Kings. They were leaders of the Dragon Cult essentially

You want the dragons to be dangerous? Apprentice stone. Yep.

I could not agree with this any more then if i sold my own soul to achieve it an as for random encounters i dont know what their like on pc yet but on the xbox or atleast with me i spend half my time chasing the poxy lil buggers cause they dont land they will fly around an then fly off that annoys the hell out of me an so does spending about 30 mins fighting a dragon just for it to not give me its soul ive spent hours just using lighting bolt an fireball on dragons moving them from riften to solitude in frustration it used to be only one place an that was the one south of riften next to the giant camp but now it happens there, shearpoint, skyborn and dragonborn crater i think its called the one near peryites shrine.

Yeah i know the lore but im talking about the model they look and basically are lich's id assume that beth would give it a new model entirely an still have lich's as lich's cause i used to run away from them as i would always get whooped on morrowind an oblivion

Totally agree with you and use mods too to make them almost impossible to defeat if you are a low-level

I prefer mods so I dont have to gimp myself but thank you.

Well they essentially are lich's yeah, i like them though, they're different, and one of the few enemies on Skyrim that can pose a threat, it's nice they took a different spin on things, like how they replaced zombies with draugr

Usually if a dragon priest attacks you, you must evade their magic attacks and attack without getting hit too many times. Otherwise the red bar (the one in the middle) aka Health bar, will start to get smaller and smaller eventually leading the PC to trip and die.

[Intelligence 2] Moral of the story. Getting hit too many times will get the PC dead. Getting hit, bad.

Bosses are weak, people complain. Bosses are strong, people complain. Can't please Skyrim players.

I immediately thought of http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YWKkkNkE8fo#t=142s from another amazing game, when I read that.

... well, the fist 30 seconds of that link... lol

I hope this doesn't affect future TES games, pleasing everyone simply can't be done, they appealed to a wider range of people with Skyrim, and with it gained more fans, and more people to complain

Went in Forelhost at level 18 and got the bright idea to fight through the crypts for the well's key. I was not prepared. Wizard dueling with Rahgot for half an hour was pretty epic though.

In other words, Skyrim's liches got religion.