Archery Versus Magic - More Powerful Than You Think?

[strobacaxi]

All them have a weakness, but magic is pretty overpowered, considering that you can make enemies fight each other, make weapons and allies out of thin air, protect yourself from harm, and with the Quiet Casting perk, it can qualify for stealth. + Most characters are crippled if they don't use magic at all.

i think magic is the most versatile, but the levels of usefulness are balanced with other combat types. anyhting gets overpowered if you perk it to the max and have supporting skills (eg master enchanter, master smith, master weapon skill)


your usefulness in magic only lasts whilst your blue bar is full, thats a huge factor

That's where enchanting and alchemy come along.
Magic really is a perfect style, but it's hard to master it. If you master all the skills of magic, there is absolutely no one that can defeat you. They might even throw 500 draugr against you, and you can still beat them, using illusion to make them fight among themselves and conjuration to get some good friends (2 dremora lords could kill 50 draugr if they needed too :p) along with some big ass destruction attacks and alteration to defend yourself and restoration to cure yourself. That's something melee and archers can't.

[Theificka]

I guess though that "overpowered" means a different thing for everyone. I don't think if anyone handed me their "overpowered" mage, that I could stay alive with it, I just don't get how magic works and mess it up every time. Tank characters on the other hand bore me to death, and getting them to that level is just... nooo. Running around in tombs without the sneak skill, where Draugr can attack you from any level... double no. I would say that sneak makes anything overpowered, but then I read people crying about it being useless in Skyrim, and I get the idea that some just don't know how to use it effectively.

This is right, I hated the idea of melee, but then I tried it out and hated it even more.
I will never be able to go through a character without using the sneak skill just because I rely on it so heavily for dealing damage.
I am a slight hybrid because I use one-handed dual-wielding, replacing the dagger in my right with a sword whenever I get caught, which is actually where my poisons come most in handy.
Everyone should look to this guy for the right idea of overpowered: "It's an opinion."
But considering the actual definition of it: "Rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something." OR "To be provided an excessive amount of mechanical power."
This states that overpowered is the ability to have absurd power in the world.

Archery can be very powerful with the right perks and equipment, and a competent player.

I went with "Other" though. The best builds employ a variety of tactics, honestly. There's no such thing as the best skill in the game. It depends on the player.

This is also true, it requires a playstyle, not only a build for the character to reach it's true potential. Otherwise we would be very uncontrolling of 'our' characters in-game, never using our strategies for their use.

[The Midnight Lance]

Well melee you can't use from long range but its great because u swing your melee much as you want. Mage source you will run out of magicka much quicker then you run out of arrows. Say you had 100 arrows and 100 magicka the bow would when right. But say you 10 arrows and 100 magicka the magicka would win if used a low cost spell if you used it to kill a giant. The magick works better cause of rengeration. So it all depends how you use it

[OneWithTheGonz]

I mix up both at the moment, never enjoyed a character so much at that... Bound Bow? yes please