It took me 5 hours 16 minutes and 39 seconds to complete the Main Questline. I started on Legendary difficulty, but moved it down to Master after Ustengrav. I went down to Expert when I fought Alduin for the first time because I was still using poor-ish quality weapons(elven sword, elven bow, steel arrows), but set it back to Master after that.
My race of choice was Dunmer. I would use Ancestor's Wrath if I ever found myself in trouble, and the flame resistance saved my hide more than once. Stat wise, I went with an even 1-1-1 until my Magicka got to 200(with an Apprentice Hood), then I went with 0-2-1. Skill wise, I played as a typical Nightblade minus the Light Armour. Sneak, One-Hand, Destruction, Archery, Illusion and Alchemy where my skills of choice. My tactics were fairly simple: sneaking in the shadows backstabing or shooting any enemy that I encountered. When I was forced into open combat, I would rely on Frenzy and Flame spells with my Elven Sword that I got from the dead Redoran Guard outside Raven Rock.
Gear wise, I used the Novice Robes and Hood that I got from Helgen.From Riverwood I went straight to Bleak Falls Barrow. As soon as I got to the Whiterun Stables I went to Dawnstar to get some Soul Gems and enchanted gear from the hidden chest. At around level 3(just after Sahloknir, I took a trip to Raven Rock to get the Elven Sword and Bow from the dead Redoran Guard. I was also fortunate enough to find the mad apprentice who was trying to fly, so I also got an Apprentice Robe and Hood. Shouts and Spell wise, I used Flames and Firebolt, Frenzy, Fire Breath and Become Ethereal
The places that I had trouble with was at:
The Thalmor Embassy: All those crazed mages everywhere made it hard to sneak attack enemies. If it wasn't for Ancestor's Wrath I would have died many more times. Archery was pretty useless in there, so Flames and One-Hand really shined there.
Blackreach: All of those damn Trolls and Falmer really took a toll on my time. I stoped off at Windhelm to enchant my sword with fire dammage before hand though, so it wasn't THAT difficult.
Alduin: The first time that I fought him I had to lower the difficulty level to Expert. My sword was the only enchanted weapon that I had, but the enchantment was running extremly low, so Archery and Firebolt really took the lead there. The second time around I enchanted my bow with Shock dammage and I was using Elven/Dwarven Arrows.
Overall, It was quite a fun yet challenging playthrough. I normally play on Adept/Expert with high AR armour, so it definently was different. I really wish that the blog had more events like this, it was very fun.
It took me 5 hours 16 minutes and 39 seconds to complete the Main Questline. I started on Legendary difficulty, but moved it down to Master after Ustengrav. I went down to Expert when I fought Alduin for the first time because I was still using poor-ish quality weapons(elven sword, elven bow, steel arrows), but set it back to Master after that.
My race of choice was Dunmer. I would use Ancestor's Wrath if I ever found myself in trouble, and the flame resistance saved my hide more than once. Stat wise, I went with an even 1-1-1 until my Magicka got to 200(with an Apprentice Hood), then I went with 0-2-1. Skill wise, I played as a typical Nightblade minus the Light Armour. Sneak, One-Hand, Destruction, Archery, Illusion and Alchemy where my skills of choice. My tactics were fairly simple: sneaking in the shadows backstabing or shooting any enemy that I encountered. When I was forced into open combat, I would rely on Frenzy and Flame spells with my Elven Sword that I got from the dead Redoran Guard outside Raven Rock.
Gear wise, I used the Novice Robes and Hood that I got from Helgen.From Riverwood I went straight to Bleak Falls Barrow. As soon as I got to the Whiterun Stables I went to Dawnstar to get some Soul Gems and enchanted gear from the hidden chest. At around level 3(just after Sahloknir, I took a trip to Raven Rock to get the Elven Sword and Bow from the dead Redoran Guard. I was also fortunate enough to find the mad apprentice who was trying to fly, so I also got an Apprentice Robe and Hood. Shouts and Spell wise, I used Flames and Firebolt, Frenzy, Fire Breath and Become Ethereal
The places that I had trouble with was at:
The Thalmor Embassy: All those crazed mages everywhere made it hard to sneak attack enemies. If it wasn't for Ancestor's Wrath I would have died many more times. Archery was pretty useless in there, so Flames and One-Hand really shined there.
Blackreach: All of those damn Trolls and Falmer really took a toll on my time. I stoped off at Windhelm to enchant my sword with fire dammage before hand though, so it wasn't THAT difficult.
Alduin: The first time that I fought him I had to lower the difficulty level to Expert. My sword was the only enchanted weapon that I had, but the enchantment was running extremly low, so Archery and Firebolt really took the lead there. The second time around I enchanted my bow with Shock dammage and I was using Elven/Dwarven Arrows.
Overall, It was quite a fun yet challenging playthrough. I normally play on Adept/Expert with high AR armour, so it definently was different. I really wish that the blog had more events like this, it was very fun.
