Board Thread:Oblivion/@comment-209.51.184.10-20130703183419/@comment-70.42.29.6-20130807195743

UPDATE

Just thought I'd report back on my progress for the folks who were kind enough to give me some advice. Hmm maybe I should make an account here or something...

Major skills and attributes at lvl 30 for my Argonian assassin:

Acrobat 50+   Alchemy 75+   Blade 89   Light Armor 100   Marksman 54   Security 61   Sneak 100

Str 97    Int  69   Will  40  Agl 99 Spd 100 End 91  Pers 45  Luck 66

I don't intend to level up anymore but if I do my Str will be maxed and End goes to 96. I've already completed the first two DB quests so no pressing need for me to sleep anymore, I think.

At level 30 with the above stats, fights are much easier than they were at level 22. Xivilai and Spider Daedra are not much of a challenge individually, a group of 3 would be tricky, but it would take 4 or more to scare me. Difficulty has remained firmly at standard level. I still haven't done too many Main Quests (next one is Dagon shrine) but I'm much better off than I used to be, and my Blade and Marksman skills will keep increasing.

I'm now thinking the "levelling problem" is real, but a bit overstated. Only 7 levels of efficient levelling has fixed my problem of falling behind the enemies in strength. This makes me feel better about replaying the game since I know constant, tedious "skill grinding" won't be necessary.

Thanks for the help and advice guys (and gals?)!!