Summary
- You might be tempted to jump into Oblivion Remastered as a stealth archer, but it's ill-advised.
- Archery isn't nearly as viable in Oblivion, even with the 3x damage modifier.
- You probably won't one-shot enemies at higher difficulties, but you can overload them with poison.
If you've jumped into 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Oblivion Remastered from Skyrim, then you probably went with ol' reliable: 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the stealth archer. Hiding in the shadows and picking off high-level targets with the lo💃ose of a single arrow is an Elder Scrolls staple... right🔜? Well, not exactly.
As players are quickly finding out, especia🦂lly on higher difficulties, Skyrim's most popular build isn't nearly as viable in Oblivion.
"Even if you get the 3x damage it's basically just a flea bite. With max archery and the best gear it comes down to just luring thing💙s out one at a time and onloading [sic] a dozen arrows into each enemy in an endless slog," . "The only thing that helps a little is if you max alchemy and use a poison on every shot but even then it's still a slow process".
Archerꦯy has always been really bad in Oblivion — u/Any_Bi♚ll_323.
They are playing on Master difficulty, to be fair, and the remaster's balancing is🅰 notoriously uneven, replacing the original game's more fluid slider with arbitrary options that don't quite match up. But even on Adept, people are struggling to make stealth archer work. Just take u/Rizenstrom, who argued that "It's better to view archery as a long distance poison delivery system".
If you're intent on reliving the glory days of Skyrim, thankfully, fans do have some tips on how to make stealth archer a little less frust⛄rating.
"You Have To Poison Every Arrow"
The big takeaway is that a bow and arrow just isn't enough in Cyrodiil. If you want to deal any meaningful damage, you need to level your stealth stat and coat every single arrow in poison. You'd best get to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:grinding those mortars and pestles.
My current⛎ st💟ealth archer is suffering — u/Nachovyx.
"You can also add a damage speed effect to slow on shot 🌺or a damage fatigue effect to make them fall over temporarily," u/kybotica explained. "Apply your poison of choice (you can get ones with up to three damage effects plus paralyze and damage magicka) and it'll have double the effect listed".
As for the measly 3x damage that doesn't seem to help much, there's a workaround. u/2Trashed2Deܫlirious pointed out that you can trick the game into giving you a better damage multiplier if you swap to a dagger just before the arrow hits. Ins🌱tead of x3, you'll get x8, a significant bump that should make your stealth archer feel a little stronger.
Failing that... just use magic. It's better.
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