Stealth archer is such a gay playstyle and I can't believe people do it, especially in a game like Skryim

>You are the Dragonborn of legend, born with the soul of a dragon and destined to be the mightiest warrior on all of Nirn
>It's your destiny to stop the dragons and end the Civil War
>By...slowly crouchwalking and shooting everything in the back with arrows and avoiding all direct confrontation

>>715939453 (OP)
I tend to just ignore all the dragonborn shit at this point anyway, being le chosen one is gay and I prefer to rp as just a regular dude

Deadly Aim be hitting hard doe

>>715939453 (OP)
I didn't ask to be dragonborn

None of the combat is any fun either way, so people naturally lean towards the playstyle that lets you bypass it.

>>715939453 (OP)
its the proper way to play as dictated by the mechanics though? why would you intentionally play suboptimally? thats like playing minesweeper with out the little flags, or pinball with only the left paddle.
this is why skill based games are all dogshit by the way, you only feel like there is build diversity if you are too retarded to optimize

stealth archer is fun when you don't shoot anyone

>>715939453 (OP)
Stealth archer is popular because it multiplies damage and counterbalances the massive scaling enemies do against the player
What are you gonna do? Play Destruction where hakf the perks are about slightly consuming less magicka as if that ever mattered after 3 hours?
The whole game is complete shit

The entire level up and perk system is so fucking trashy and dull and no mods have really bothered to even try and make it interesting and when the melee combat is also shitty and dull and magic outside duel wielding is also lame and shit, you're left with archery and the best way to max out damage is by crouching. Skyrim fucking blows.

Playing stealth archer in morrowind right now

I just spec into paralysis magic and beat everything to death with a mace like a true Dragonborn would.

>>715939453 (OP)
>You are the Dragonborn of legend, born with the soul of a dragon and destined to be the mightiest warrior on all of Nirn
That's the game I wanted to play, but too much shit gets in the way

>become a cannibal
>become a hitman for some ghost
>become a thief
My nigga I'm Dovakin, why am I doing this?

never understood the stealth shartcher memes. Bows are a homosexual weapon of choice

>>715939453 (OP)
I replayed it recently and went all-in on Destruction and Conjuration. Melee feels terrible in Skyrim, like actually worse than Morrowind. Stealth archer is genuinely boring as shit and was an easy skip too. Unfortunately depending on how much you like exploring, it's possible to get completely bored of the game's combat well before you're even close to the end.
Any way you look at it, Skyrim's systems aren't really that interesting.

>>715939453 (OP)
You can play the game how you want its an RPG, (just about) I've done plenty of playthroughs with different playstyles, stealth archery / stealth is fun if you wanted to do a thief run where its all about not being seen. I've also done warrior / nord playthroughs and magic too, the only issue is the game doesn't really have that many viable builds and because the leveling requires you to actually level skills so if you actually want to get to the ebony warrior you've got to become a jack of all trades build which sucks.

>>715939453 (OP)
>OP be like I'm gonna punch stalin to death

>>715939453 (OP)
Nothing honorless about being a hunter, as Kyne intended

>>715939453 (OP)
>kill a few enemies with bow early game
>promptly get bored and use spells or just melee
So gay, you have to be a REALLY feminine faggot boy or a woman to do stealth archery

>>715939453 (OP)
Isn't the whole stealth archer thing inevitable for most players? The combat for Skyrim isn't very good but why did pretty much everyone get railroaded into the same playstyle?

>>715939453 (OP)
Some people are unable to do anything but the most optimal method.

>>715946452
Because of >>715942215

>>715946564
>>715942215
Ah gotcha so how would you fix this though? The damage multiplier only seems viable with archer and there's probably some mod that fixes this issue

>>715939453 (OP)
trvke dude. Cleric/paladin is the way to go!!!

>>715939453 (OP)
it's just a very effective playstyle is all. you can do what you want. personally I always rush alchemy, smithing, and enchanting so I can get a custom armor set that gives infinite mana for the destruction school and throw fireballs and ice spikes everywhere.

>>715939453 (OP)
I like pure magic builds

no one said you should stop the civil war and historical warriors were using surprise attacks all the fucking time

>>715939453 (OP)
The best legends are those hidden in mystery. Clearing out an entire bandit camp with the survivors saying they never saw their attacker is much more interesting than a gay nord charging in with sword and shield

>>715946735
You can't fix it without anything short of an entire revision of enemy scaling, removal of difficulty modes and revision of the perk trees

Bethesda game are only interesting if you abuse their broken ass mechanics. This is why everyone who plays Morrowind ends up with the boots of blinding speed and 10,000 alchemy potions

>>715939453 (OP)
>>It's your destiny to stop the dragons and end the Ci
>*BONG* Archery increased to 20!

warrior doesn't always mean melee you downie way more empires were built on horse archery than on any blade

>>715940950
man you truly are a zoomer npc, i pity you and your inability to enjoy things AND your simultaneous inability to think outside the box

>>715947467
>going sword and board is thinking outside of the box

>>715939453 (OP)
I remember playing Skyrim on "Adept" and when a higher level enemy spawned in a cave or encampment that enemy could easily kill me in 2-3 hits and had so much health I could hit him forever without him dying... everyone end up being forced to play Stealth Archer because the game is broken.

>>715939453 (OP)
Needing to aim and stay hidden adds the smallest bit of fun to Skyrim's bland combat, not to mention the insane damage multiplier you get, that I can't blame anyone for gravitating towards such a play style. Bethesda for some reason decided that Skyrim had to be a game about killing lots of enemies, when they should've focused on the world instead.

Skyrim has the worst "stealth" in gaming history
>be in well lit room
>be 3m in front of the guy
>he doesn't see me because I crouch
exciting

>>715939453 (OP)
stealth archer is so popular becuase the melee gameplay is just complete ass
hitting a sneak headshot and watching them ragdoll is 1000x more satisfying than anything else in the game

>>715939453 (OP)
Bethesda makes immersive sims for retards. Stealth archer is easy enough to balance but they won't because of the dopamine rush the retards get.

>>715947467
>intentionally gimping yourself is thinking outside the box

>>715947918
the cat's fur is not jet black
do it again lovecraft

>>715939453 (OP)
The alternative is swinging at the air with less response from the enemy than a foam weapon would get

>>715939453 (OP)
*Thwip*
*Chuck*
*DUH DUH DAH*
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