I see where your subtle humour was leading me now! Well played, sir.
Aye, that is funny.
I've stopped doing it though because I think levelling up alchemy is a bad idea (increases my level without increasing the skills that matter (i.e. stabbing))
I did find it somewhat unrealistic in Morrowind that you could get out your alchemy equipment and ingredients mid-battle, set it all up, concoct a health potion then drink it, then continue fighting.
Level it up loads then apply some lethal poisons on your blades :D
Yeah but: 30 levels and 15 perk points spent in alchemy to put poisons on my blades.
Vs.
30 levels and 15 points on stabbing shit.
The poisons do sound cool though! Poison arrers!
They would be cool if they lasted for (significantly) more than like 3 shots. I would use them mainly for wizards. Some anti-magicka potion and then see how they like fighting me.
So you apply them and you get about 3 arrows with poison on? Can you separate them out of the normal arrows? Can you enchant arrows? I LIKE ARROWS.
Yes and no and no. Not sure about enchanting.
Poisoning is rubbish. There are perks to make the poisons last for more strikes/arrows etc. but... it's not enough. If I could poison a whole quiver or /permanently/ poison my blades then yeah, sure. But no. So fuck you alchemy.
I tend to use Alchemy for the odd poison for tough enemies (or when there's a lot of them to help me quickly dispatch a couple), and for making shit to sell. It's also useful having a few health potions, but I do like that you can now cook food to restore health and fatigue - even if it is a bit unrealistic to stop in the middle of a battle and scoff half a dozen stews!