Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-12277465-20140501182332/@comment-26662848-20150203215715

70.90.33.121 wrote: I played the entire game through going the two-handed weapon route and avoided magic completely. I didn't work on a a single magic school- just healed with potions and melee'd everything to death. The game was fun, but fights were difficult sometimes- especially when getting overrun by enemies. I died plenty of times, but figured that was part of the fun and challenge.

When I started over as a Mage- the game took on a whole new beginning. I win fights before the enemies even figure out where I am. I blast from downtown with fireballs and lightning then walk up and collect my loot. And since they let Mages wear armor, I'm fully decked in Glass Armor (that's right, not Daedric or Ebony!) with no casting cost (4 items with 25% reduction). If an enemy slips by the bombs and gets close, I light him up with wall of frost or wall of fire and they're dead in seconds. I had my Master Level Destruction spells by level 40 and I don't even use them (or need them). I stagger-lock dragons regularly and barely even call it a fight. A few chain lightnings or inceinerates and they're dead. Dungeons are even easier because the enemies bunch up in the hallways (which I trap with frost runes and retreat back to) then blast them all when they get there. I've never cast a confuse, a frenzy or even invisbility and I OWN this game. I have barrels filled with healing potions I've collected and haven't used because it takes too damn long to sell them. And Destruction is the ONLY school of magic I've spent any time leveling or working on.

It almost feels like cheating. If played right, a Destruction mage WALKS through this game. Sometimes it's good to experience the other schools of magic. Some of them are even better than just Destruction, such as Conjuration and Illusion. Spamming enemies with fire and lighting gets old after a while. And with Illusion, you can turn enemies against each other, and sit back and enjoy.

It's good to try new things...