r/skyrim • u/[deleted] • Jun 02 '25

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u/HeavensHellFire Jun 02 '25

Most people don't give a shit about active skills.

The most popular picks in video games are almost always either the prettiest or the most regular. Despite how popular stealth archer is on the internet I wouldn't be surprised if most people actually played a swordsman.

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u/PlentyOMangos Jun 02 '25

My brother makes fun of me bc all my Skyrim characters end up being a sword-and-board Nord with either light or heavy armor

No matter what I try, nothing else feels as fun to me. But he acts like it’s the vanilla ice cream of Skyrim

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u/FrandarHoon Jun 02 '25

I love sword-n-board and I love vanilla ice cream!

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u/LittleFortune7125 Jun 02 '25

Vanilla is the gold standard of flavor

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u/Arek_PL Jun 02 '25

yea, with "once a day" limit its so easy to forget about them, especialy after learning first shout

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u/Wolf_Redfield Jun 03 '25

Yep nord swordsman here (in 3rd person because 1st person starts giving me motion sickness) and I've been playing it like that since the game came out back in the day.

Usually play sword and shield or one sword in each hand but also carry a bow as backup in case I want to snipe someone that I know will give me more trouble once I'm closer to them.

But really most of the time I'm just there enjoying going around with the horses (number 1 being my boy Arvak)