(01-07-2012, 06:29 PM)bubba_rocks Wrote: [ -> ]nero because i dont have the game yet I have absolutely no fucking idea what you just said
in other news, you can kill a dragon by chopping his balls off. Lesson Learned
Have you played Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas? Basically Skyrim has got perks just like in those Fallout games, for each level up you can choose 1 perk. The Perk-trees are Two-Handed Weapons Mastery, One-Handed Weapons Mastery, Light Armor Mastery, Heavy Armor Mastery, Blocking, Pickpocketing, Sneaking, Alchemy, Smithing, Archery, Enchanting, Lockpicking. There are also 4 Magic based Perk-trees, also known as the 4 Schools of Magic, which are Conjuration, Restoration, Illusion and Alteration.
In the example of a thief, sneaking, one-handed and light armor mastery are the top priority, followed by pickpocketing and Archery (Personally, I think the locks in this game are way too easy to pick so leveling lockpicking is pointless). With those perks thiefs can sneak behind enemies and kill them without anyone noticing, their sneak attacks deal, with the perk "Assassin Blades", up to 15 times the normal damage, increased 2 times if you got the item "Shrouded gloves" making it a total 30xDamage. In the video I had a dagger with 54 damage and a dagger with 51 damage, i attack with both at the same time which deals normally 105 damage in total (of course reduced by the defense of the enemy). So multiplied by 30 it is a total of 3150 damage without any defense of the enemy calculated in it.
In the example of a conjuration mage, which I prefer to call Summoners, Nero uses Conjuration Spells to summon Atronachs, Elementals, or Deadra, Demons, that fight for him. He can also summon bounded weapons which are just temporary but deal quite a high amount of damage. Well I don't know much about Summoners but Nero might help you out you ask him.
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But you want to be someone for direct combat huh? Then you should be a Warrior or "Paladin" type of Character. Heavy Armor and One-handed or Two-handed weapons (Warrior=Two-Handed, Paladin=One-Handed). While Warriors simply level up Heavy Armor and Two-handed weapons and deal quite high damage, Paladins also use Restoration and Alteration Spells to increase their survival chances but deal less damage because of one-handed weapons.
My first character was a Paladin type, if you got any more questions about Paladins just ask me.
Oh boy I've been writing alot here o.O