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well no I haven't put any PERKS into stealth or lockpicking... but the skills themselves are extremely useful, even if they do pretty much level by simple use.

That is essentially what he is saying. They are not worth putting resources into(though for some builds stealth is in fact worth perks).

On your questions. Blacksmithing can be worthwhile, though usually done in conjunction with enchanting. They are not necessary, but can lead to some very real powerful characters late game when they are capped. I use conjuration with all my characters. Summoning at the start of a fight can be very handy. Like everything else of course this is subject to play style.
 
I've totally fallen into Gamer Geek Zone.... me and my son had a long conversation over dinner about Skyrim, including arguments about whether Smithing was worth bothering with, and which was better Destruction or Conjuration...


Oh, the geekiness...

Smithing, enchanting, and alchemy are easily some of the most worthwhile skills in the game. Not only can they help you level quickly, but they can leave you with some absolutely godlike weapons and gear in the long run.

Make a potion to fortify potion making, use the temporary boost to make a potion to fortify potion making even further, repeat the process as many times as necessary to get your alchemy skill to the desired level, and then make a potion to fortify your smithing or enchantment skills. Your alchemy skill is pretty much guaranteed to be wildly inflated by that point, so the potion is going to give you a pretty massive boost in those skill sets.

It might not sound like much, but the kind of stuff you can accomplish using this method is friggin' insane.

With all the souped up gear my character was wearing the last time I played, I had an armor rating that's was well over 5000. I was also immune to magical damage, could breathe underwater, and had the ability to cast destruction, restoration, and alteration spells that were three or four times more powerful than what would be possible otherwise absolutely free of mana cost.

"Geeky?" Admittedly Yes.

However, Syrim came out half way through my last deployment overseas. I had a lot of time on my hands to figure this kind of stuff out. :lol:
 
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well no I haven't put any PERKS into stealth or lockpicking... but the skills themselves are extremely useful, even if they do pretty much level by simple use.

Depending on what type of play style you're fond of, dumping a ton of perks into stealth is absolutely worth it. Maxing out stealth perks is almost game-breakingly powerful. With the 15x damage bonus for melee backstabs and the run-while-stealthed perk, you can essentially run up to basically any opponent and insta-kill it, all without anyone noticing. I've successfully sneak attacked sleeping dragons before (which won't kill the bigger ones, but does do a sizable amount of damage). As long as you're willing to eschew a follower/companion (which I do mostly for aesthetic reasons) you can waltz through virtually the entire game without ever taking any real damage.

Also, if you want to level up really quickly, spend a lot of time sneaking around in dungeons with sleeping draugr. They're easy to sneak up to, and backstabbing them will give you almost a full level of stealth skill each time you do it (at least for a while).
 
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