I'm a stealth archer (I know...) and I wonder if I should make archery legendary to add perks to other threes such as light armor or alchemy, but I'm not sure if it is a good idea. I think I will suicide without the zoom and slow motion.
Posted Oct 16, 2017, 9:01 PM UTC · edited
Your bow is much stronger than a level 1 archer, so you'll gain experience faster than normal anyways and be back to 30/40/60 Archery in no time. Activate the Thief Stone and sleep for 4+ hours at home for extra experience if you want it back that quickly.
I think it's a bad idea for most skills that would reduce survivability, but for sneak archer I think it's a very good choice to make Archery legendary.
I just remembered I still have to break the f**king werewolf curse. I have heads but they won't get into the fire.
I'd advise against making any weapon or armor skills legendary as it's a bit of a hassle to train them back up and you might be annoyed at temporarily losing the benefits their perks offer. Best skills to make legendary IMO are lockpicking and alchemy, and since you can do it over and over there's no real reason to ever prestige a skill that's annoying to level back up.
Depending on just how much of a stealth archer you really are though, it might be pretty easy to train back up and cause you to level faster than my two favorites to use. I can't remember if weapon skills are a flat skill exp increase per attack, or if they're damage-based like armor skills. If you have a super-powerful smithed bow and some fortify archery enchantments you might be able to easily cruise through the low-levels and get some perks back quickly if it is damage-based.
Are you doing it to reallocate perks? If so, Generic Spoiler
If you're just doing it to level up higher to get more perks, the just level some random skill that you don't need. Illusion is pretty easy since you can spam muffle spells while you're walking around town.
Sneak can be leveled super fast if you use invisibility and melee attacks, if you wanna focus on roleplay and don't have the DLC. I wouldn't suggest using your primary fighting skills, though.