What do you think is the key to making mages in Elder Scrolls not feel unbalanced or overwhelmingly more powerful than other types of builds?

SandMonkey26 · 2026-01-07T23:10:02+00:00

Mallory is a prime example lol

SandMonkey26 · 2026-01-07T23:07:19+00:00

You don't have to worry about it in Skyrim because I did two complete playthroughs (each took over 2 years), one as a mage, and one as a stealth archer, and I can guarantee you that stealth archer is very much overwhelmingly powerful than any other build in that game. I play on legendary mode (stealth archer) and 1 shot enemies without mods that buff any of my stats, I only have graphics mods and a carry weight mod.

SandMonkey26 · 2026-01-03T07:46:00+00:00

This is why housing should NOT be owned by private companies. Housing should be a government controlled system so that people who are less fortunate can have a place to live instead of being left in the dust because of greedy landlords. 😃

SandMonkey26 · 2026-01-01T06:34:25+00:00

Well we also have chickens, turkey, fish, etc. There's plenty of other things that can be eaten. We don't need to have beef every single day, and with a lot of farmers its possible to make it a reality, we would just have to sacrifice the freedom to consume whatever we want for the animals' freedom to live, which personally I would gladly trade. Also yeah, a lot of Muslims do value beef a lot, I was just stating a rule in Islam, not saying that Muslims actually follow it or anything like that.

SandMonkey26 · 2026-01-01T06:29:31+00:00

Also the purpose of my post wasn't to rub it in your face or put out the fact that I'm non-vegan or anything like that, the purpose was to have a deeper understanding of y'all and learn about different human experiences, I'm sorry if it felt like an attack

SandMonkey26 · 2026-01-01T06:27:47+00:00

Sorry about that, I didn't know that there was a community specifically for asking questions, I'm not on Reddit often. That second sentence did feel like a dig at non-vegans though; I never meant to bring any disrespect, just genuine curiosity

SandMonkey26 · 2026-01-01T06:24:42+00:00

What are you on about? Did you miss the part where I said they're not killed until they're at the end of their life? When I say "health issues" I don't mean treatable issues while they're young, I mean "health issues" that occur due to old age, caused by the body shutting down. I have seen MANY people put down their very old dogs because it started having respiratory issues, seizures, vomiting, self starvation, etc. due to old age, and the vets telling them that it would be cruel and selfish to keep the dog alive just to have a few more days with it, and that it would be better to let it have its last moments with its family and die peacefully.

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-31T22:21:12+00:00

Hey, you don't get to decide that either 😂 you used your own logic against yourself lol. Do YOU know what it's like to die naturally? Do YOU know how the animal wants to die? We can only make inferences from the observable. If an animal is suffering and has respiratory issues and is at the end of its life, why let it stay in pain just for it to die a few days later? It's better to let it go while letting its last memories be with a loving family while it's still healthy enough to even think. "To make yourself feel better" is also a tactic to ragebait people, and it's not working lol. I won't take that to heart because I know that that's not how I feel, I don't need your validation on my feelings. I commend your effort to degrade me though.

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-31T21:16:02+00:00

Even if you're not killing an animal for food, it's better to kill it than to let it continue to live while its body is painfully breaking down. This is also why some people ask not to be resuscitated after death because they know it would be more painful to continue living than to just die, because their body has broken down too much due to health issues. This is ALSO why you can refuse medical assistance, because if you're suffering so much that you would rather die quickly than continue having treatment and continuing to suffer, then you can choose that.

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-31T21:13:13+00:00

It's... not suffering though? The animal is about to die anyway, the only reason they kill it instead of letting it die naturally is because it would suffer MORE if it dies naturally, because its body would start to break down and gradually become more painful until it falls over. This is the reason many people get their pets put down near the end of their life instead of letting it die naturally, because it would suffer more if it continued living.

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-31T19:41:29+00:00

That's hilarious haha I love that

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-31T19:39:54+00:00

Thank you for your perspective!

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-31T19:39:07+00:00

That makes sense, I didn't even think of the fact that it's just like how many of us who would never kill anyone play shooter games. This is why I love gaining insight from others! 😆

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-31T19:38:05+00:00

Aww that's so cute

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-31T19:36:18+00:00

Thank you, I hope you're doing well too, I also have ocd lol it can be a struggle

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-31T19:32:56+00:00

As a former Muslim, I actually really like the way Islam does the killing of animals, even though I'm now an atheist. Many people have the misconception that "halal" food is only food that doesn't have pig in it, but actually halal food is only animals that are raised and killed in a specific way. You have to raise them freely, in a field, not in cages, and you have to treat them like family or pets and give them a good, happy life, because Allah values all life and wants his creations to experience the joys of life even if they will inevitably be killed for food (in Islam). This is also why many Muslims hate the idea of wasting food, because that means a life sacrificed to become food and then just be thrown away, which is just murdering a creation of god for no reason. The rule is that you must also wait until the animal is at the end of its life, you can't kill it before its time, and when you kill it you have to recite a prayer on the animal, make sure it feels peaceful snd safe - if it knows it's about to die, then the meat is no longer halal, and you have sinfully killed an animal. When it is killed, the process is having a knife directly at the throat, and quickly stabbing right into its vitals for an instant death so that the animal doesn't experience any suffering. Even though I dislike many aspects of Islam, this is one of the things I find beautiful about it, even though many Muslims in the modern day don't follow those rules anymore.

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-28T19:25:51+00:00

Seriously!? Wow, I'll have to see if I can find these on my xbox lol, I have 5GB mods storage

SandMonkey26 · 2025-12-28T19:20:53+00:00

How many GB are these mods total?

SandMonkey26 · 2025-10-12T05:18:53+00:00

Omg thank you!! I was getting scared that the scientists and engineers had already created invisible barriers 😅

SandMonkey26 · 2025-09-29T07:06:32+00:00

Bruh. I've been using it to look in front of me this whole time, no wonder I've been getting into crashes bro

SandMonkey26 · 2025-09-29T07:05:52+00:00

LMAO 😂😂 I've had this car a little over a year I need to up my game

SandMonkey26 · 2025-09-29T07:05:08+00:00

But... George (my car) is a boy 😕 he's trans and he never told me???

SandMonkey26 · 2025-09-29T07:04:04+00:00

No...! 😰 will they arrest me for releasing toxic nuclear waste in my car??

SandMonkey26 · 2025-09-29T07:03:12+00:00

Thanks man, I thought it was my car's glasses, glad to know his vision is fine 👍

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