Originally Posted by Mykonos

Same, I did it before even completing Bleak Falls Barrow, so I was completely shoutless. My character at the time was also an (almost) pure mage, although I've made him far more flexible since that experience. One the one hand I love that kind of encounter as it reminds me of the utter terror that certain dungeons brought to your very soul in Morrowind and it stops the handholding of facing every single opponent perfectly tailored to your level, but it's also annoying when you've been through a very, very long dungeon (as all Nordic ruins I've encountered have been) and you face an enemy that you have no chance of beating.