If you want to level Destruction get a CORRODE ARMOR or CORRODE WEAPON effect on self, instead of self damage.
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You don’t die.
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You also get to level up Armorer at the same time. Combo’s great with your “Fortify Armorer” spell to minimize the hammers you break along the way.
If you just want to level up Armorer, you can enchant some apparel (a ring, for example) with the Disintegrate Weapon/Armor effect, and it will damage your gear every time you equip this ring… so just spam equipping/removing the ring in your inventory until all your gear breaks for optimal Armorer EXP gains.
Spell casting hints: Weakness to Magic 100% for 6 seconds, and a Absorb Fatigue 5 pts for 6 seconds. When you spam it, it will trigger the weakness and double it to 10 pts.
It’s a style of casting that works better the more you cast then on the enemy.
I find these simple exploits of game mechanics funny. Do you have any others (in Oblivion or other RPGs)?
Idk if someone from Bethesda said this or if it was just a Youtuber regarding the stupid ways to level up in Oblivion (like jumping around for hours), but: If that‘s how people enjoy playing the game, then let them. And I agree with this.
Regarding abuse of game mechanics and not just bugs/glitches… I can only think of some Dark Souls bosses that can be baited into killing themselves by fall damage. For some it‘s clearly intentional (Iron Guard thing in Dark Souls 1), for some arguable (Dark Souls 2 the guy in the sunken area), and some clearly rather unintended (first real boss in Dark Souls 1 for example, it‘s really hard to do and when it happens the dude drops like a rocket lol)