I think the slider is for those who take the essentially non-combat route, mebbe playing a bard. I have also found it is getting way harder like you Cern, but I am really close to being able to buy and cast a uber summoning spell all I need iirc is a couple lvls for more mana (I dont have nuf to even cast it yet) and some cash then I can summon up some serious mobs at which point I guess it'll get alot easier.
Also I dunno if you worked this out, but I recently found out what the 'stones' are for when you destroy an Oblivion Gate, you can add these 'stones' (forget what they are called) to your weapon and hey presto loadsa damage. Problem is when you use them they eat mana, which means you need lots of Soul Stones to re-power them, I hadn't got to the point of smoothing this out so I keep running out of Sword Power half way through some quest and getting torn up pretty bad : :rolleyes:
Sax.