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Legendary Gameplay.

  • Sihastru
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    October 7, 2013 8:32 AM EDT

    About Miraak

    I don't have DB. I only have UESP.

    "He cannot be ragdolled under any circumstances, but can be staggered." - plenty of possibilities. So I'm only thinking Force Without Effort, Impact, Power Bash, Power Shot, Frost Atronach, Unrelenting Force. Plus anything that DLCs have in addition to these.

  • RuneRed
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    October 7, 2013 9:55 AM EDT

    Personally I didn't find the fights challenging at all. And yes, my potions would run out faster, but I rarely use healing in a fight, instead I try to avoid taking damage in the first place (eg block or dodge attacks). 'Legendary' doesn't make the game harder for me (I had always played on master, from level 1 onward), it just makes the combat longer.  Some fights taking longer I can understand, but several strikes just to kill a wolf or a skeever is a bit silly to me.

    I too go for quality over quantity, but Legendary difficulty isn't 'quality', imo - it was a lazy way for Bethesda to have a new difficulty. Now what I would've like to have seen were more opponents added with difficulty, not some artificial damage adjustment.

  • Matt Feeney the New Guy
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    October 7, 2013 10:06 AM EDT
    I'd be more open to Legendary if killcams weren't broken :P
  • Sihastru
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    October 7, 2013 10:07 AM EDT

    I guess "artificial" is the key word here... together with the "dumbing down" part of gameplay (with today's games in general). We all try to make do as best we can, playing against adversities imposed by others, it seems.

  • Matt Feeney the New Guy
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    October 7, 2013 10:14 AM EDT
    My preference for difficulty is Expert but cap health at 200 for a warrior or warrior-hybrid, 170 for a Mage or assassin, and 140 for a thief/less-violent characters. Also limiting crafting skills (2 at the most) and no fortifying other crafting skills.
  • Sihastru
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    October 7, 2013 10:15 AM EDT

    I would definitely give Legendary a go. IF Bethesda fixed Telekinesis in such a way that it would be reliable in combat.

  • Seyd
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    October 17, 2013 10:38 AM EDT

    Helgen is easy on legendary, outside it however is a different story. I don't really play on Legendary, I play on Expert with no potions.