Duvain said:
@Lissette - Yes I think putting various limitations in a character is what makes them unique and also can keep your playthroughs "fresh".
I agree, Duvain. I know though that I have always been somebody who, while may not play on legendary with hardcore mods, or anything like that (save requiem), who likes challenging playthroughs, so I enjoy limiting my builds a great deal.
That being said, I have a threshhold to where I start thinking the difficulty is just silly. Like for example, I have just toned down Urag's difficulty to Adept and I don't feel bad because I still get the challenge of Morrowloot. That mod delevels everything. Draugr deathlords at level 6, uh yeah, that should not be done on Expert. I died the first time, but second time, I got smart and used my summons, and it took a while, but I beat him. A lot of these detailed develing mods are nicely balanced on default difficulty. Yeah, it's a adept, so what? I can now play him the way I want which is alone with his summons. Losing a follower also made him more mobile and better able to do mounted combat. On expert, I needed a follower. Probably a better player can do it on Expert without issues.
That he is limited by no regen makes for some very exciting playing situations. Like, for said Deathlord, I was down to just the magicka needed to conjure a flame atronach, or do I chug a potion, conjure bound bow, and take my chances on a sneak attack? I have to think super tactically when have limited resources. I tried bound bow at first and that was when I died, because my sneak isn't high enough. Reloading and doing the flame atronach was much more successful.
I discovered something very interesting that patches don't fix. When you grab the Atronach stone, the patches fix that summons glitch where you absorb the spell and they don't appear, right? No harm no foul. Yes, we know this. But did you now...
They don't fix it for staves. So Urag acutally, besides alchemy, has a rudimentary way to regen magicka by using a staff of a summons. Does this put him in a dangerous situation. Yeah, cause omg, you are just using a staff for regen purposes and the enemy is coming and it made for some tense gameplay in saarthal. I will roleplay it as him being able to channel the forces of Oblivion to replenish his magicka pool. A manipulation of Oblivion, which is something I see very much in Urag's character in Straag Rod.
For Vanilla skyim, just grab the atronach stone and do the standard atronach stone and two forms of witbane. He will still have regen, but it will be very, very slow, similar to the health and stamina regen when you equip the necomancer's amulet during combat. For those with mods, the two forms of witbane + atronach stone on a patched game will give no regen, or feel free to download a standing stone overhaul. There is one on Nexus that simulates Requiem's. It gives the atronach +350, 50% spell absorb, and no regen other than potions. May be a bit OP, but crank up the difficulty or don't level up magicka and focus on Urag's health instead. I stuck with Vanilla because spell reduction is going to make casting very easy for him. Down the road. Now it is hellish. :D
[blockquote][b][url=/profile/Duvain]Duvain[/url] said:[/b]
@Lissette - Yes I think putting various limitations in a character is what makes them unique and also can keep your playthroughs "fresh".
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I agree, Duvain. I know though that I have always been somebody who, while may not play on legendary with hardcore mods, or anything like that (save requiem), who likes challenging playthroughs, so I enjoy limiting my builds a great deal.
That being said, I have a threshhold to where I start thinking the difficulty is just silly. Like for example, I have just toned down Urag's difficulty to Adept and I don't feel bad because I still get the challenge of Morrowloot. That mod delevels everything. Draugr deathlords at level 6, uh yeah, that should not be done on Expert. I died the first time, but second time, I got smart and used my summons, and it took a while, but I beat him. A lot of these detailed develing mods are nicely balanced on default difficulty. Yeah, it's a adept, so what? I can now play him the way I want which is alone with his summons. Losing a follower also made him more mobile and better able to do mounted combat. On expert, I needed a follower. Probably a better player can do it on Expert without issues.
That he is limited by no regen makes for some very exciting playing situations. Like, for said Deathlord, I was down to just the magicka needed to conjure a flame atronach, or do I chug a potion, conjure bound bow, and take my chances on a sneak attack? I have to think super tactically when have limited resources. I tried bound bow at first and that was when I died, because my sneak isn't high enough. Reloading and doing the flame atronach was much more successful.
I discovered something very interesting that patches don't fix. When you grab the Atronach stone, the patches fix that summons glitch where you absorb the spell and they don't appear, right? No harm no foul. Yes, we know this. But did you now...
They don't fix it for staves. So Urag acutally, besides alchemy, has a rudimentary way to regen magicka by using a staff of a summons. Does this put him in a dangerous situation. Yeah, cause omg, you are just using a staff for regen purposes and the enemy is coming and it made for some tense gameplay in saarthal. I will roleplay it as him being able to channel the forces of Oblivion to replenish his magicka pool. A manipulation of Oblivion, which is something I see very much in Urag's character in Straag Rod.
For Vanilla skyim, just grab the atronach stone and do the standard atronach stone and two forms of witbane. He will still have regen, but it will be very, very slow, similar to the health and stamina regen when you equip the necomancer's amulet during combat. For those with mods, the two forms of witbane + atronach stone on a patched game will give no regen, or feel free to download a standing stone overhaul. There is one on Nexus that simulates Requiem's. It gives the atronach +350, 50% spell absorb, and no regen other than potions. May be a bit OP, but crank up the difficulty or don't level up magicka and focus on Urag's health instead. I stuck with Vanilla because spell reduction is going to make casting very easy for him. Down the road. Now it is hellish. :D
