Something I said in the video I feel warrants more explanation.
I make a comment about leveling skills at the trainer that you don't plan to use, and I thought I should explain my thoughts on that matter more thoroughly.
Say you're a Warrior type character, sword and board and heavy armor. In your travels the most likely skills for you to level are: Blocking, Heavy Armor, One Handed Weapons. Once those skills are maxed out, not just your time, but even your probability of leveling up as a whole goes out the window, so starting at level 51 in all of those skill ranks means that you have to stop playing the way you want sooner, and start playing JUST for the level ups. I hope you can understand what I'm getting at here.
The other point was that eventually as you level you start to feel weaker, and I feel that deserves explanation as well.
Certain enemies like Bandits for example, stay weak, eventually you start 1 shotting them. Other enemies however keep scaling, and don't stay weak. If you, say, 1 shot a Bandit Chief, because you're level 10 with 100 one hand weapons skill, you'll feel extremely powerful right? Well Bandit Chiefs continue to scale with your power well into the range of level 25-30, so when you suddenly can't one shot them anymore, because you're level 30 and still only have 100 one handed weapons skill, it just doesn't feel right.
Sure if you level up non-essential skills the enemies will get stronger, but you won't notice yourself becoming relatively weaker in such a way as described above, you WILL start to see yourself become more powerful. Sure you may never get to the point where you one shot bandit chief's this way, but it's probably better to not have had that ability then lose it later in the game.
Onto something you may have seen on the Youtube channel. The giveaway contest! Since I don't have a lot of readers right now, if any, I'm giving away a copy of Dungeon Defenders on STEAM, in a SHAMEFUL DISPLAY in order to entice people to comment and read this blog.
Rules of the contest: Leave a comment below, and tell me your favorite thing in Skyrim compared to Oblivion, or just your favorite thing in Skyrim in general. It can be how cool the talent system is, it can be the way the new leveling system works, it can be that there are FRIGGIN' DRAGONS! Whatever you want. Just tell me your favorite thing about Skyrim, and make sure I can contact you (make sure you don't post as anonymous or something.)
At the end of the month, I'll select a winner and contact them. Make sure to tell your friends if you already own Dungeon Defenders on computer, so they can win a copy and play with you!
The winner will be drawn from a hat with ripped up pieces of paper, the old fashioned way, don't miss your chance at a free game!
The lockpicking system, omg I hated the Oblivion mechanic.
ReplyDeleteI love it that the enemies only have limited level ranges during which they are at the same level as the player character (e.g. level 15-25). It always felt strange going back to the starter region in Oblivion and getting ambushed by Bandits in Daedric Armor. There was just no sense of accomplishment or strength even after playing for days and leveling-up like crazy.
ReplyDeleteThe new system in Skyrim allows for enemies that are way stronger than the player (e.g. to restrict access to certain areas or tougher Bosses) and it rewards leveling-up with this awesome feeling of power. You just need to sneeze as a Mage to kill every creature around you if the level difference is big enough ;-)
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Thanks for the videos on Youtube. They're really helpful. This is actually the first Elder Scrolls game I've gotten into (maybe cause it's the first one I played on the PC?) and I'm loving the fact that there are so many ways to play the game that it'll have me wanting to replay with a different character/play style! Talk about getting your $60 worth!
ReplyDeleteJust stumbled across this through your youtube channel.
ReplyDeleteThis is my first Elder Scroll game and I have to say that I love the game in its entirety. But since I'm more of a sneak/archery guy, I love the feeling of sniping an enemy from super long range.
The dungeons are up there on my list of favorite things. They're so masterfully done, and even if the tileset is reused, they're all unique and most of them are awesome in their own way.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the late response but GhostShadow980 is the winner of the contest! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ryuuga. It was a nice little surprise to win a copy of Dungeon Defenders on the 6th of December... its Saint Nicholas Day here in Germany ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas#Germany ). So, I’m glad that I got more than a “tree branch & a coal” ;-D
ReplyDeleteI wish you all the best and Happy Holidays.