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@spriggs077

Sure, I used alchemy too as a mage a little, but really I think I have a good point by saying that it is way more useful for stealth characters. And truth be told, in oblivion my mage character had such powerful spells that nothing could ever evn touch me. So in the end alchemy really did become useless. Their use became purely out of choice, not necessity. On the other hand, the thief character really NEEDED those poisons at higher levels.

In Morrowind, my mage NEEDED potions to restore his magicka... until I discovered the power of enchanting items... the my mage was way way to powerful.... it was fun at first but sort of ruined the game later on. It's fun at first but eventually it almost feels like a "cheat".

I hope enchanting in Skyrim will be able to keep that from happening.