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<blockquote data-quote="Stumblewyk" data-source="post: 5785521" data-attributes="member: 67606">See, I don't see that as a drawback - it's simply another aspect of the sandbox/simulationist properties of the game.You're a 70th level blacksmith.&nbsp; Probably one of the best smiths in all of Skyrim.&nbsp; Very definitely in the upper echelon, because you've taken the time to become a great smith.&nbsp; But you're a lousy adventurer, because you've taken the time to become a great smith - at the expense of swinging your large warhammer and crushing bandits and wolves out in the wilderness.If you want to be a better warrior, spend less time smithing, and more time killing. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />As to quests or killing enemies giving zero XP, more sandbox/simulationism - what makes you better at being an adventurer?&nbsp; Killing baddies and rescuing princesses, or the ACT of killing guys and rescuing princesses by getting more experienced with your weapons and armor, and casting spells, and unlocking doors and chests?It's just a different approach to rewarding your actions - you're rewarded for doing the actions making the thing possible, not just doing the thing.And it's not like this is a system new to Skyrim - this is how every TES game has worked.&nbsp; Personally, I jumped in back in the Morrowind days, and thought it was brilliant, but to each their own.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stumblewyk, post: 5785521, member: 67606"] See, I don't see that as a drawback - it's simply another aspect of the sandbox/simulationist properties of the game. You're a 70th level blacksmith. Probably one of the best smiths in all of Skyrim. Very definitely in the upper echelon, because you've taken the time to become a great smith. But you're a lousy adventurer, because you've taken the time to become a great smith - at the expense of swinging your large warhammer and crushing bandits and wolves out in the wilderness. If you want to be a better warrior, spend less time smithing, and more time killing. ;) As to quests or killing enemies giving zero XP, more sandbox/simulationism - what makes you better at being an adventurer? Killing baddies and rescuing princesses, or the ACT of killing guys and rescuing princesses by getting more experienced with your weapons and armor, and casting spells, and unlocking doors and chests? It's just a different approach to rewarding your actions - you're rewarded for doing the actions making the thing possible, not just doing the thing. And it's not like this is a system new to Skyrim - this is how every TES game has worked. Personally, I jumped in back in the Morrowind days, and thought it was brilliant, but to each their own. [/QUOTE]

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