If youve ever playedSkyrim, youll know how dull smithing can be.

Part of this was self-inflicted, though.

Who can be arsed climbing the thousands of steps up to High Hrothgar anyway?

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My smithing stat skyrocketed, and my level rose with it.

Then Id smith some more.

But holy hell, those hours spent smithing were worse than watching paint dry.

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I wasnt even gaming.

I was just pressing buttons every minute or so to restart the loop.

Take crafting, for example.

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However, my obsession with armour has only worsened since then.

But lets take it back a little bit first.

As with everything in this RPG, exploring unlocks so many quests and stories naturally.

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Or I am, at least.

Levelling up the gear requires finding more diagrams, taking you the length and breadth of the Continent.

It also helps that Im not smithing a thousand Mastercrafted Feline Gauntlets in a row, I guess.

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