Skyrim is a game that pretty much every person has heard the name of at some time or the other. Of course, given the manner in which this game is still being re-released and promoted almost a decade after its release, it's a given that Bethesda wants this game to remain relevant for years to come.
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So, it's only a given that more people would ideally want to get into this title and finally realize on their own why Skyrim is still considered a masterpiece by many. However, as is the case with any RPG with complex systems, there are several mistakes that players might make during their initial run with Skyrim that will certainly impact their enjoyment of the game. Here are ten of the most heinous mistakes in this regard that beginners make, which should probably be avoided by anyone who wishes to enjoy this game to the fullest.
10 Going To Jail Instead Of Spending Money
While the idea of spending time in jail to save up on money might seem tempting at first glance, the fact of the matter is that gold is plentiful in Skyrim, and the player will have more than enough to pay their fines or anything else along the same lines.
Meanwhile, increasing one's skills is way more of an active effort that has better payoffs, and any stint in jail that leads to these skills getting reduced will end up being a bigger — and more annoying — issue.
9 Using Only One Combat Strategy
Skyrim is lauded for many things, but combat is definitely one avenue where it's not exactly breaking new ground. Most of the close-ranged combat is pretty floaty and becomes fairly easy over time as the player grows into the game and levels up.
So, it becomes the player's responsibility to make their combat all the more exciting, as a result. It might be fun to stick to a sword and shield for the longest time, but spicing up these strategies with bows, Destruction magic, dual-wielding and everything else along the same lines can prove to be a godsend when it comes to mitigating the boredom once can experience with combat.
8 Sacrificing Exploration For The Sake Of Questing
Skyrim is a game that has one of the biggest and most detailed maps in gaming history, with every nook and cranny of this map hiding something interesting for the most part.
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Players who end up ignoring the locations strewn all over the map in order to power through the story and end the game as quickly as possible will pretty much only have themselves to blame for ruining their experience.
7 Focusing The Entirely Of One's Attention On Exploring And Ignoring The Story
Keep in mind that Skyrim's exploration isn't its only strength — it also places a huge emphasis on roleplaying and adds a massive number of quests all throughout the world in order to let players experience their own personalized stories.
There needs to be a healthy balance between roleplaying and exploration — favoring one over the other will ultimately hamper the enjoyment people will have with this game, something that isn't recommended in the slightest.
6 Cheapening One's Experience With The Game By Using Exploits To Level Up
Leveling up in Skyrim is more streamlined than its predecessors, preventing players from being bottle-necked early on and allowing them to develop their character without any restrictions.
However, the biggest problem with this system is that it's exploitable and will ultimately turn Skyrim into nothing short of an absolute cakewalk — something that will definitely irk players who wanted a bit of challenge in their game as well.
5 Hoarding Anything And Everything That The Player Encounters In Their Journey
Getting encumbered in Skyrim is a situation that no player would want to face, given how annoying it can be to manage one's inventory time and time again after facing this situation.
Therefore, it's better for players to only pick up the items that are genuinely valuable and keep their knapsack light at all times just before they set off on their travels.
4 Trying To Fight Anything And Everything Early On
Skyrim might not be a tough game by any means... but it's definitely not easy either, especially in the starting moments of the game when most enemies can just decimate the player with a basic attack.
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A new player should ideally wait for a bit and level up their character before tackling more imposing threats in the game. After all, even something as simple as a bandit camp can be an absolute pain to clear at lower levels, and these areas feature some of the more basic enemies in the game!
3 Playing The Vanilla Game Without Any Mods
A big part of the Skyrim experience is the whole host of mods that the player can download in order to augment their experience with the game.
Any player who chooses to ignore all these mods and ends up playing the vanilla game has only themselves to blame for playing the most basic form of Skyrim possible.
2 Installing A Ridiculous Number Of Mods That Will Inevitably Break The Game
That being said, a new player should also realize that installing too many mods without doing any proper research will ultimately break the game and force players to either start from scratch or undertake the painful process of identifying the mods that are causing conflicts in the first place.
Any person who's modding the game should start out slow and increase the number of mods in increments over their playing sessions. This way, not only will the game be more stable but any error that might arise will be easier to pinpoint in the game as well.
1 Forgetting To Save Frequently
The biggest mistake that people can make in Skyrim is forgetting to abuse the quicksave system — something that is pretty much a necessity in a game where the player can be fine one second and knocking on death's door the very next.
An errant fall, a powerful enemy encounter, or even something as unfair as a glitch can lead to a situation where the player can lose hours upon hours of progress... unless they were diligent when it came to saving the game, that is.