shwick2 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I am playing a character where I try to not level up excessively because I know about level scaling. For example I don't want to level useless skills because my character will have a higher level increasing the difficulty of the game. If I'm only interested in leveling archery, should I read Oghma Infinium? Does Oghma Infinium increase the skills as normal, thereby increasing your character level? If not, do the skill levels count towards level scaling, or only character level? For example I would pick The Path of Might: Archery, Block, Heavy Armor, One-handed, Smithing, Two-handed, increasing 5 redundant abilities to get the 1 I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesapien Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 According to the official wikia (which my firefox hates because of its ads so had to resort to ie) it levels you up just like any other regular method of leveling. So, no. Don't read it. It's a curse for all that blood you spilled. Btw, I'm the same way. I won't read anything that looks like a skill book and I'm not sure for what skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axxaw Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 The Oghma Infinium increases all skills in a certain "set" (meaning warrior, mage, thief) by 5 points. I've personally never had this increase my level more than once so it generally does not make a difference in theory (only on certain levels that changes spawns from creature to another creature). I would say just use it since one level doesn't really make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shwick2 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) k thanks :D i wont be reading it it will have a place in my treasure chest or maybe bookshelf Edited February 20, 2012 by shwick2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesapien Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 The Oghma Infinium increases all skills in a certain "set" (meaning warrior, mage, thief) by 5 points. I've personally never had this increase my level more than once so it generally does not make a difference in theory (only on certain levels that changes spawns from creature to another creature). I would say just use it since one level doesn't really make a difference. Op was polite and already gone, but, Axxaw!, hello, the OP already got all that. It was pretty obvious he had a clear grasp of everything you just said. No, it's not a game breaker, but he was asking if technically it wasn't a smart move in his case. Sure, it wouldn't hurt that much. But it would hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrknSoul Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 According to the official wikia (which my firefox hates because of its ads so had to resort to ie) it levels you up just like any other regular method of leveling. So, no. Don't read it. It's a curse for all that blood you spilled. Btw, I'm the same way. I won't read anything that looks like a skill book and I'm not sure for what skill. Try to abstain from using Wikia wikis. Use http://uesp.net (Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages) instead. It's a much nicer layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakai88 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 The game is already stupid easy even on expert/master. Powering combat skills early will make it even easier. I waste a lot of points in smithing early on so enemies level up and make it a bit more difficult, and you get cool weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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