haerual Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Being a mage is easy if you just enchant your own items. i have 4 items that reduce destruction spells by 26%. that makes ALL destruction spells cost 0! who needs high magicka and magicka regen when they are free.I'm planning on modding the whole spell system to be more similar with Baldur's Gates. I don't think the pure mage playstyle is as compelling as the battlemage type is for a game like Skyrim. I loathe the trend of boltspamming wizardry in RPGs these days. Long cooldowns with no magicka costs, or heavy magicka costs with no limited cost reduction options and very slow magicka regen. Casting a fireball or engulfing a target in flames should be a strategical move, more in line with how racials work now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamCodex Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 magic in general already is overpowered...why make it so its only drawback or only thing making it realistic or a challenge go away? you might just ruin the game for yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sader325 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) magic in general already is overpowered...why make it so its only drawback or only thing making it realistic or a challenge go away? you might just ruin the game for yourself I love these comments, how has anyone not beaten the game and the vast majority of quests at least twice since November 15th? Edited January 30, 2012 by Sader325 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danshive Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The thing is, Magicka really isn't an effective drawback at higher levels unless, again, you're nerfing yourself. You've either reduced the cost to zero through enchantments, or you have enough magicka potions to make it a moot point. If it were my first character, I certainly wouldn't want something that eliminates all magicka cost, but at this point, it's just reducing the busywork and allowing myself to have a bit more playful fun with the magicks. Frankly, the bigger game breaking enchantments increase one-handed power. I had a character doing 176% bonus damage, plus 110 elemental damage for over 300 damage per swing, and I wasn't even at max one-handed skill. Everything fell to my maces with ease. Free magicka, in my opinion, is NOTHING compared to that, and my current rule for one-handed boosts is that I'm only allowed one enchantment for it, which annoys me given that it's an example of not using all the tools available to me so I can have a challenge. Ancient dragons should be at least a LITTLE bit intimidating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entw1ne Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Try the mod Better Magic. I personally don't do the whole -100% cost thing because I find it kind of.. cheap, and boring. But, that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verinon Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I've tried Better Magic. It comes with too many checks and balances to counteract increased power. That is not what I am looking for. And for the record, I am also not looking for a magic mod that makes me an all-powerful god either. All I want is three simple things that change percentages a bit. Here, let me be more specific: (from character level 1 - 81, and regardless of which perks I have) 1. Increase damage of all destruction spells by 25%. 2. Lower magika cost of all spells by 50% 3. Increase magika regeneration rate (in combat, and out) by 50%. (some armor bonuses for robes and hoods would be nice too but those top three are the main requests). ---- And that is ALL. NO checks or balances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iondragonx Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) ^^ It sounds like you know exactly what you want, but no one has seen such a mod. You should probably just put this into the mod request forum. Here is your Magica Ragen +50%:Magicka and Stamina Combat Regen Also, have you considered these:Destruction_Reworked Improved Destruction Magic Empowered Destruction Magic Ocyris Skyrim Tweaks Edited January 30, 2012 by iondragonx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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