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Might have done that once or twice π
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I'm totally going to play a 100% mage build this play through. Oh look, conjuring! Oh hey cool, a bow I can summon. What's this muffle spell? a few levels later GOD DAMN IT SNEAKY ARCHER PLAY THROUGH AGAIN
Draugr with three arrows in his body: definitely nothing to see here
~~except~~ besides/other than*
How is except an incorrect word here? One of it's definitions is with the exclusion of.
"Except" notes an exception, but "other weapons" already implies the exception, so "other weapons except bow" is redundant. More correct options would be "other weapons than bow" or just "other weapons" as it could imply "other than bow".
That said, as another commenter pointed out, the grammatical incorrectness is probably deliberate.
It is slightly less gramatically correct, but that fits the meme.
Fair point. I'll try to keep a better eye on the ghost of my nana, sorry. π
Neuman...
It can be a little convoluted, but if you look at "magic" "other weapons" and "bows" as a non-pro equation, maybe that helps? "Bows" modifies "other weapons", not "magic, and as it's also a weapon type, the correct syntax would look like this, essentially: m+(o^β^-b)
Therefore, "weapons besides bows" or, the clunkier one (used "other" already), "weapons other than bows" would be a more betterly constructed sentence.
Honestly, with >400hrs in Skyrim (VR+pancake), I can't deny that falling back on sneaky WMDs is a fully viable solution to many hurdles along other builds' leveling paths. Unless you're holding yourself to a "no ranged, no sneak" run, it's simply irrational to avoid it at multiple points throughout the game. πββοΈ
Personally, I don't see why the gripe is still active. No one has any room to judge how anyone else enjoys their fully offline, single-player games. π€πΌ Especially in this era.
Find your happy places wherever you can. Shit everywhere is pretty fucked. Let others be happy, and you'll get there, fellow lemmings βand more easily. π
But it is a problem if you end up optimizing the fun out of the game and don't have fun.
And yet, it's still no one else's problem, to be clear. π
Skyrim fight system are shit and magic lacks variety and punch that's why the way of least resistance is a one hit kill without being noticed.
Mods male being a mage fun.
If a game allows me to (ab)use stealth mechanics and fight unnoticed at range, I'm absolutely going to do it.
Why would I want to fight you up close? I might get blood on me, positively ghastly. No thanks, I'll do it from over here.
If it was good enough for Truman in WWII then it should be good enough for Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls: WWII
It's been eons since I touched Skyrim.
But I did do some enchanted two axe berserker build that plowed through everything like butter. Honestly got boring just mulching through every encounter without any strategy. Probably why I quit.
That's how I was with paladins in diablo 2 LoD. I would try making a zealer or some other different build but always come back to the hammerdin cause its so cheesy lol.
I once played through like that by prohibiting all bow use for myself, just have to be consistent at first and then you get used to selling all arrows because you finally don't need to hoard them anymore.
I made an actual roleplay class in the oblivion remaster recently. Conjuring equipment only assassin. Sell all weapons and armour, travel light. No offensive magic either. Seemingly unarmed and harmless, then suddenly armour and dagger appears out of nowhere
It's a very shit build, especially because nobody cares if you're armed or not, but it was interesting to play