I never do lockpicking and never will. If you had to pick locks in real time and there was a chance of a guard walking past or getting attacked and having to start again, maybe it would be useful. Otherwise, no.
For those that haven't tried alchemy, I highly recommend it. You can create far better potions than you'll ever come across in the game. Paralysis for 20+ seconds, invisibility for well over a minute, +100% fortify smithing/one handed/two handed etc. Slow poisons to make enemies move at 50% speed for well over a minute. Every health potion you make can be better than potions of extreme healing. These potions fetch a lot of money too
Anyway, I use the basic health restoration spell a lot in the early game without ever putting perks into it. I should do a game using that tree next time
Yeah I don't invest any points into lockpicking at all. And depends on my character. Some of them use very little magic at all, except for enchanting. I mainly put mine into archery (fill the whole tree), one handed, smithing and light armour, or heavy armour if I am wearing ancient nord (mainly to get the perk where if you wear a full set it weighs nothing) . I may put one or two into sneak.
Not interested in alchemy, or block, or two handed.
My Vampire lord on the other hand is all magic and light armour. Especially restoration so she can use the necromage perk, being undead (thanks to Irishman who told me about that)
I never do lockpicking and never will. If you had to pick locks in real time and there was a chance of a guard walking past or getting attacked and having to start again, maybe it would be useful. Otherwise, no.
For those that haven't tried alchemy, I highly recommend it. You can create far better potions than you'll ever come across in the game. Paralysis for 20+ seconds, invisibility for well over a minute, +100% fortify smithing/one handed/two handed etc. Slow poisons to make enemies move at 50% speed for well over a minute. Every health potion you make can be better than potions of extreme healing. These potions fetch a lot of money too
Anyway, I use the basic health restoration spell a lot in the early game without ever putting perks into it. I should do a game using that tree next time
Damn you seem to know a lot about alchemy which I am clueless in. Every time I try to level it up, it seems to take forever. What's the most efficient way to level alchemy? If you don't mind sharing
While I agree that you can make some powerful potions, do you really use them? I don't. Pretty much the only potions ever use are healing, the occassional invisibility (if I'm doing a thief or assassin) and your standard fortifying smithing or enchanting (and frankly I can guzzle multiple ones I find (they do stack in my game apparently) along with items (ring, necklace, gauntlets, etc...). Of course they may just stack because of the glitches in my game. Hey, I even get souls from Drauger and skeletons, which you not supposed to, so maybe I've got some cool glitches. Never use poisons (not even paralysis or slow, although they sell for good money). I'll stick with potions of ultimate healing. By level 30 I usually have a couple dozen anyhow.I never do lockpicking and never will. If you had to pick locks in real time and there was a chance of a guard walking past or getting attacked and having to start again, maybe it would be useful. Otherwise, no.
For those that haven't tried alchemy, I highly recommend it. You can create far better potions than you'll ever come across in the game. Paralysis for 20+ seconds, invisibility for well over a minute, +100% fortify smithing/one handed/two handed etc. Slow poisons to make enemies move at 50% speed for well over a minute. Every health potion you make can be better than potions of extreme healing. These potions fetch a lot of money too
Anyway, I use the basic health restoration spell a lot in the early game without ever putting perks into it. I should do a game using that tree next time
I always get speech perks. Once I get to 100 the extra 2K on my merchants ends up making me filthy stinkin' rich and I just love that. 2 Million Septim by level 60 here I come!My highest level on a Skill I have no perks in is Lockpicking. 2nd place is Conjuration, although I plan on using a couple perks in that Skill eventually. I think Speech is worth using a few perks on to get the "Merchant" perk (sell any item to any vendor).
While I agree that you can make some powerful potions, do you really use them? I don't
Agree. That potion is great. I don't need the 300 seconds (ever), but I luv the health regen. I make those with luna & vamp dust from the lowest of levels. 17 sec & +50% is enough for me though.While I agree that you can make some powerful potions, do you really use them? I don't
Not long ago I would have agreed with you, but I recently made a character that I decided would only use potions she created herself. I perked Alchemy like never before and was very happy with the results. I will probably apply what I learned to future characters. A single swallow to provide Invisibility for 300 seconds while regenerating health 100% faster? Yes please.
If you eschew fast travelling, alchemy ingredients are blessedly easy to come by and you can turn a mighty profit on your potions, even as a low level character.