I did try switching to the wrong gear (stamina with destro staff etc) but I hit the same problem you describe - it made the fights longer and harder but still not at all interesting. Taking most of your armour off doesn't do such a big amount to the fight duration but does require you pay a little more attention. You could also go to the other EU/NA server and start from the bottom again but if you are a reasonable player you can still walk the content in crap gear with no CP.

I always cared more about the story for the story not for the fights so the fact it's like being a human lawnmower hasn't bothered me so much and I've given up trying to make overland harder - plus sometimes when you need skillpoints in a hurry it's kind of fun trying to speedrun clockwork city.

Try being a Sherpa, you know, Find legitimate new players, teach 'em a few things about the elder scrolls online that they do not already know, Journey with them and help them complete quests, teach 'em how to craft their own gear, help them achieve their elder scrolls dream, make their time here memorable and fun.

Because they say the toughest thing anyone can do is being a parent. (In this case, a Sherpa, a guide to show them the good times ahead.)

RP assassin if you are a NB. Kill only primary target(s), entirely skip everything else.
And ZOS making a companion system... Cheesus Christ...

And yes, nerfing yourself in any freaking ways (disable CP, white gear, mismatched stats vs skills), currently makes fights longer a bit, not harder.

Keep these posts coming.

(This is maybe the 100,000th post on the subject)

Maybe one day in the future, Zenimax will wake up to the problem and find a way to fix things that will please everyone.

Ive gone back to overland given the recent changes to cyrodiil; it took a bit of work but, having set my characters up for it, I'm actually really enjoying it again.

I suspect what works for people is going to vary widely - personally the usual naked questing / dumping all your cp suggestions sound pretty unenticing - but what I'd suggest is using unsual sets and abilities, maybe having a bit of a theme to it.

My magblade is doing a passable impression of a spellsword. He's dressed up like a litle samurai, wields a 2 handed great sword, and uses lotus fan, concealed weapon, impale, mass hysteria and shadow. Great fun.

My temp was more challenging - jabs kill's *everything* overland - but I gave her grothdar and thunderbug so, at the very least, I have a great little sound and light show going on as she leaps around splatting stuff.

The dk actually pretty easy; he's got some really fun skills I don't normally get to use much in groups. Tooling around chaining everything in, hitting them with talons, inhale/draw essence, and breathing fire over them all never gets old.

My stamblade is dressed up like a ninja, runs round in stealth gear, and sneaks in either sniping mobs or blade of woe'ing them. It's definately different.

I'm not about to die unless I do something spectacularly silly, but I'm finding mixing it up makes it alot more fun. If you wear your end game gear, run in and drop wall of elements / barbed trap you'll find the mobs are dead before you swap bars. A few specific suggestions
- ring of the wild hunt makes overland *vastly* more enjoyable on non stamina characters.
- try a no wall of elements rule. Class abilities only. Or if you have to use others, try the fun ones.
- there are some cool heavy armor sets, and with a quick switch to ROTPO you're good to go for WBs.
- explore everything / everywhere. Im actually enjoying filling the stickerbook out from treasure chests and finding all sort of nooks and crannies.

Ultimately, none of this gets round the problem that the game desperately needs a vet mode / difficulty slider for overland; but it's working for me as a stop gap