Thanks, Raid. Yeah, that 618% is the combined multiplicative effect of both the One-handed and Marksman effects on that potion -- +168% apiece after Necromage.
As for training, well ... Personally, I did use Raldbthar when I ran the build.
But I figure a lot of people know similar tricks for leveling it up, and I don't really like to promote grinding in my writeups if I can help it because a lot of people don't like it (and those that do usually already know the best ways).
Paying for training isn't actually too bad here, because you can use the potions you made while leveling up grinding to finance your payments. You have to sell them to other merchants, though (unless you pick up the Merchant perk and then reset your Speech perks, which feels equally grindy). Still, getting the money isn't tough, just tedious vising all the merchants. I recommend doing it in bursts, maybe 12K-15K at a time or so. Throw in money from dungeon diving and questing, and it comes pretty organically.
And yeah, definitely do it! I'm very proud of this one and it's been awesome seeing it get a bit of life after so many months gathering dust. I think it's gotten around nine or ten likes already, and two pages of comments, in less than 12 hours since the revamp! I've got some plans lined up for a few of my other builds too -- nothing as major as this one, but still, there's always room for improvement, eh?
Thanks, Raid. Yeah, that 618% is the combined multiplicative effect of both the One-handed and Marksman effects on that potion -- +168% apiece after Necromage.
As for training, well ... Personally, I did use Raldbthar when I ran the build.
But I figure a lot of people know similar tricks for leveling it up, and I don't really like to promote grinding in my writeups if I can help it because a lot of people don't like it (and those that do usually already know the best ways).
Paying for training isn't actually too bad here, because you can use the potions you made while leveling up grinding to finance your payments. You have to sell them to other merchants, though (unless you pick up the Merchant perk and then reset your Speech perks, which feels equally grindy). Still, getting the money isn't tough, just tedious vising all the merchants. I recommend doing it in bursts, maybe 12K-15K at a time or so. Throw in money from dungeon diving and questing, and it comes pretty organically.
And yeah, definitely do it! I'm very proud of this one and it's been awesome seeing it get a bit of life after so many months gathering dust. I think it's gotten around nine or ten likes already, and two pages of comments, in less than 12 hours since the revamp! I've got some plans lined up for a few of my other builds too -- nothing as major as this one, but still, there's always room for improvement, eh?