Gord
Arcane
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abija said:You do the very first mine in the game and that golden claw dungeon using sneak and you're getting towards 70 already. That's just from what I played and those don't even remotely feel like exploiting as say casting soul trap on dead targets or using detect life in cities.
Sneak attacks trivialize the game by themselves, the combat result is 10 times more broken than any profession combo and it's given from start without barely any work.
Again, shameless hyperbole.
As I wrote I'm level 25 and my stealth skill is barely 70 even though I'm pretty much sneaking all the time inside dungeons. At low levels it was one or two hits with my bow and the enemies noticed me. Granted, once your skill goes into the 50s you can stay hidden pretty easily, but multiple strong enemies will still reach me most of the time before I can kill them.
However, why shouldn't I become very difficult to spot at high sneak levels?
It would be pretty pointless if they effortlessly manage to spot me even if i should be a master at sneaking. I want some noticeable progression. I want my character to feel more powerful at higher levels, everything else would be pointless in terms development of my character.
A boss together with one or two minions will almost inevitably reach me before I can kill him and then I'm in trouble - which is nice, because yes, there is challenge even for a sneaking character (which might not be the case if you spam illusion spells on top of it).