ars Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Dungeons on Skyrim have a pre-determined difficulty, which means the enemies there scale related to you between a preset level variable. However they're also locked to the level as you first enter the dungeon. Say, you enter a dungeon that scales between levels 10-20 with a level 8 character, the enemies will spawn as the preset lowest level 10. If you got a whooping, you can now go farm elsewhere and return once your own level is higher. The enemies at the dungeon are still level 10 and should be a piece of cake this time. If you want to exploit this, you could of course go run inside every dungeon in vicinity and then start doing overworld stuff for XP Cleared dungeons will slowly repopulate and IIRC will then scale without limits, though there's no reason to go to a cleared dungeon unless you missed a quest there. The overall gameworld is mostly scaling linearly, meaning the enemies are always the same level you are (though there are mobs, like giants, that spawn at a preset level). http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Leveling#Effects_of_Leveling Be glad you aren't on Oblivion. That game still had the oldschool way of choosing primary, secondary and alternative skills according to your playstyle, and you gained levels the enemies scaled to based on how much you used those skills. So you thought sneak would be a good primary for a thief? Nope, you raise levels pickpocketing in local town faster you can believe, and jump four levels in a flash. Except now the goblin mob outside hits you four times as hard you hit them, because your damage dealing and defense isn't leveled at all. So basically you needed to put exactly the things you don't normally use in primary (unless they're fighting skills) or potentially make the game impossible to beat before you even started 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythRaider1994 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Have you explored the ruins beneath Markarth yet? Hopefully drunken naked lizards don't mind spiders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 1 hour ago, MythRaider1994 said: Have you explored the ruins beneath Markarth yet? Hopefully drunken naked lizards don't mind spiders. I don't believe so...Naked Drunken Lizards DO mind spiders...as they were a pain in the ass down in that mine I cleared out as a sub-task. I actually got killed one and they weren't much of a challenge. Just leveled up to 16 and FINALLY reached Winterhaven...that damn snowcat, bear, frost snake or whatever combo just kept killing me over and over. I finally got thru but lost my horse and companion in the process. Now I'm overburdened and trudging thru town looking for a place to sell off this extra gear... Woe is the life of an Adventurer... Bar Wench!!! MORE MEAD HERE!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPage17 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 37 minutes ago, PSXtreme_ said: I don't believe so...Naked Drunken Lizards DO mind spiders...as they were a pain in the ass down in that mine I cleared out as a sub-task. I actually got killed one and they weren't much of a challenge. Just leveled up to 16 and FINALLY reached Winterhaven...that damn snowcat, bear, frost snake or whatever combo just kept killing me over and over. I finally got thru but lost my horse and companion in the process. Now I'm overburdened and trudging thru town looking for a place to sell off this extra gear... Woe is the life of an Adventurer... Bar Wench!!! MORE MEAD HERE!!!! I need to go back to Winterhold b/c I never really spoke to much of anyone in that town. First I was distracted by Magic School, then was distracted by looking for necklaces from the zambamboes brothers, then there was the RedBird Sword Satan worshipers, then there was house building 101 (by the way if you are going to build a house later make sure to start saving iron), and now I am about to go hunt an emo werewolf. Does anyone know a good in-game method of leveling up my one handed skills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 I've been using a mace. I'm on my 3rd version of it now...this one is a Dwarven Mace that has 20d. It allows you to also have one hand open for spell casting, which helps when I want to set the world on FIRE!!! I just got into the school and am currently taking the tour. Of course, my ADD got in my way and I had to clear the portals before continuing the tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythRaider1994 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 If you go up the mountain path where the sabre cat was and look around for a bit (keep heading up!), you may find and see something very impressive... hint hint. Being cryptic is hard! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Once I finish lunch I'll go give that a try. Just escaped from prison I figure that the Ladies would be more attracted to the Bad Boy lizard... Spoiler Spoiler Single Fathers need to use all types of tricks to get the chicks EDIT: Well I found it..and I'm now Dead. Edited January 31, 2017 by PSXtreme_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPage17 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 2 hours ago, PSXtreme_ said: EDIT: Well I found it..and I'm now Dead. Ha. And, what did you find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 14 hours ago, hugglebunn-e said: Ha. And, what did you find? Spoiler Dragon #4 After dying 1/2 dozen times I had to take a break. So I played some Lollipop Chainsaw and did my cute teenie-bopper cheerleader vs. the undead masses impersonation. Trust me...the cosplay was NOT pretty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 After a year and a half, I've decided to give Skyrim another go...Picked a different class and went the Elf route for this character...He's a happy gent who enjoys long walks in the forest and picking locks on all types of chests. So far as of just now reaching Level 13, he's killed 3 dragons, bought a house in White Run (fully furnished) and a patch of land for a second and now is working his way SE across the map looking for that island Solstheim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 This Afternoon...2 more dragons have gone to meet their maker.... STILL haven't made it down to that SE corner of the map....maybe tonight after dinner and the movie... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Cleared out the Halted Stream Camp to get THIS exploit.... Transmute Mineral Ore Spell. You can find the spellbook for this in the mine part of Halted Stream Camp, in the plains north of Whiterun. This spell will turn one piece of iron ore into silver ore, or one piece of silver ore into gold ore, if one of these things are in your inventory. It's an adept-level Alteration spell, so if your character is a warrior-type with only the starting amount of 100 magicka, it's going to drain a significant amount of your magicka for each casting. It prioritizes changing silver into gold first, so if you're trying to create 2 silver ore to create a silver ingot, you need to drop or store your first silver ore first. Why this spell is useful is that it turns cheap and plentiful iron ore into more expensive and rarer silver and gold ore, which can be used to create ingots and combined with the various gemstones you find to forge jewelry at a smithy. The Smithing skill grows faster if the item you're forging has a higher value, and jewelry is perfect for this. Jewelry can be sold at a profit, far better than just selling the raw gemstones, increasing your Speechcraft skill and improving your purchase prices at merchants. The jewelry can also be enchanted at an enchantment table, increasing that skill as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Finally hit that 100 locations discovered trophy tonight...Still have yet to really scratch the surface of this game....I'm not even 19th level yet and have a ton of uncompleted adventures yet to do...I DEFINITELY need to get more liqueur...but this DEFINITELY is the new age version of AD&D.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 Still muddling along...Now I'm doing the CSI: Windhelm murder investigation mission... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofbattle8174 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 If you want a good laugh watch The Real World Whiterun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Today we're going Vampire Hunting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcrunch061 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 On 1/31/2017 at 6:05 AM, ars said: Be glad you aren't on Oblivion. That game still had the oldschool way of choosing primary, secondary and alternative skills according to your playstyle, and you gained levels the enemies scaled to based on how much you used those skills. So you thought sneak would be a good primary for a thief? Nope, you raise levels pickpocketing in local town faster you can believe, and jump four levels in a flash. Except now the goblin mob outside hits you four times as hard you hit them, because your damage dealing and defense isn't leveled at all. So basically you needed to put exactly the things you don't normally use in primary (unless they're fighting skills) or potentially make the game impossible to beat before you even started LOL. Oblivion's system was easy to game, but what a pain it was if you didn't know how it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 Spent two more days recently trying to clean up this game. Personally, I HATE BETHESDA and their incomplete programming skills and bugs that they just don't want to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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