unleveled Skyrim vs level'd

[aleksanderne]

Wondering about level'd or unleveled.

I think I'm out for a balanced game all the way trough, never want it to be easy, however when Im lvl 40 I dont want to struggel with a measly bandit.
And I dont want to be able to go after enemies that are supposed to be strong as f*#@ and beat em early on in the game, I want to have to run from certain enemies and come back later.

How do most of you play this mod this?

[sopmac45]

Well, everybody play in different ways. I do prefer, from the very beginning, a lot of enemies ( I use Genesis Surface, Genesis Unleashed, Immersive Wenches, Hateful and Powerful Wenches, OBIS and Patrol ); via console command, I increase my level to 97. I go into the settings of those mods and increase my enemy settings to either expert or master and make them spawn more than normal.

 

At the same time, I go into xEdit and I create my own magic custom mods, one per each magic ( fire, frost, electric ) and make them more powerful than vanilla and any other magic mod out there so I balance out. I also create my own armor custom mod and attach to it, whatever enchantment I fit to it ( water breathing, resist disease, etc ) ...

 

... as I said in the beginning, we play differently. I have played Skyrim vanilla from start to finish all quest perhaps 2-3 times since the game was out. Now I am focusing on combat from the very beginning of my game and no longer care about following the main story and quests that I have done several times before.

 

All of those mods that I mentioned, can be tweaked as you please and you can increase your enemy level closer or higher to yours so is the way I balance out my game. Any time the game spawn enemies, I get to face perhaps 30 of them at the same time so I have Lydia using her bow and another NPC ( from mod ) using also magic so I have a lot of fun.

 

I also have the new mod : Dragons Overhaul ... I set this mod for dragons to spawn in pairs and make them super strong so sometimes I get bandits ( 30 or more ) plus 2 dragons and the battle is frenzy, dangerous and very entertaining. My vampires are also set to spawn everywhere ( even inside cities ) with master strength as well as my bandits whose are set to "toughest".

 

For me, Skyrim without all that is boring. I wish there were really and reliable good mods outside Skyrim ( like Bruma ) but so far, none of them ( except The Forgotten City ) is convincing. Bruma is good but still too buggy.