I'm pretty sure the popularity of the stealth archer play style is specifically because engaging with the projectile physics and OHKOing everything is more fun than actually playing the combat lol.
I also liked the game a lot. For the most part the radiant quests are easy enough to ignore, but the fact that you have to do a bunch of them to finish the theives guild really rubbed me the wrong way. I distinctly remember having to add and drop radiant quests over and over to ensure that the ones I was picking up were in the right counties - it had this annoying "you have to finish X jobs in Y city to unlock the main quest there" thing that was super frustrating.
I'm pretty sure the popularity of the stealth archer play style is specifically because engaging with the projectile physics and OHKOing everything is more fun than actually playing the combat lol.
I also liked the game a lot. For the most part the radiant quests are easy enough to ignore, but the fact that you have to do a bunch of them to finish the theives guild really rubbed me the wrong way. I distinctly remember having to add and drop radiant quests over and over to ensure that the ones I was picking up were in the right counties - it had this annoying "you have to finish X jobs in Y city to unlock the main quest there" thing that was super frustrating.