User blog comment:Madman97/You know what really grinds my Wabbajacks? Magic in Skyrim./@comment-62.152.14.232-20130722012643

Amen to that. My main in Oblivion was a mage, and while I had Destruction as a main skill, in the end I ended up really being an Alteration and Mysticism mage more than anything. Why? Well, solely for the cool things you could do with magic! Increase your carry weight, waterbreathing,Night Vision, Life detection, Dispel other magic... I never had to invest in Security because of the Lockpicking spells.

Granted, enchanting was much more difficult to come by and more expensive to boot, and of course smithing was right out, but at least I had everything else. Now in Skyrim, I'm almost midway through the game, I have Adept level spells, and still nothing (besides Clairvoyance, which really is the 'doh' spell, and Candlelight, which was a starting spell in Oblivion!) which can help me outside of combat. Just spells to do damage, and spells to avoid or heal damage. Thanks, Bethsoft :