User blog comment:Sgt. S.S./Are dragons possibly too much of a challenge?/@comment-4881884-20120228014030

I agree with delta1138 completely but would like to add a few more helpful tips. Spoilers down below maybe if you care about what you can get in the main quest 1. Just to reiterate what delta said a follower really does help out even if they are weak they provide some sort of distraction at least. 2. Dragons that appear at certain locations tend to be a bit harder to kill than random dragon appearances for a variety of reasons. When a dragon appears outside of a city or in a city then that gives the dragon more than one target to focus on giving you more time to use magic, fire arrows, etc. Also going along with the more targets thing is that most people in skyrim are heavily armed and there are always guards in/around cities so they will help at least. If you find your self away at a dungeon or whatnot dont be afraid to run a little bit until you can find a good place to kill them. They dont go down easily so it will be a lengthy fight. 3. Some dragons are more difficult than others. Regular dragons are the weakest, with frost and elder being a bit tougher. And then named dragons being the toughest ones to kill. 4. If you follow the alduin story for a while you get two items that are very helpful in fighting dragons. One is the shout dragonsrend which forces a dragon to land which makes them vulnerable and therefore easier to kill. The other item is a sword called dragonsbane which does 30 points of extra damage to dragons. Needless to say that used in combination these are a very deadly force.