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***OFFICIAL***The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion thread (1 Viewer)
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ren hoek
Footballguy
I'm tardy on this game as well, although I've put in well over 150 hours. I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet:
I've had a lot of fun with this one. My character has 415 speed and can jump on top of castles, not to mention carry 2,100+ pounds worth of merchandise.
I've had a lot of fun with this one. My character has 415 speed and can jump on top of castles, not to mention carry 2,100+ pounds worth of merchandise.
Native
Footballguy
No. Its written in the instruction booklet. To start one quest you have to wait 24 hours after youve escaped the sewers. To start the second quest, you have to visit a church in one of the towns outside of the imperial city (dont remember which one).
Bonzai
Footballguy
right, but am i going to be missing anything if i don't complete the main quest first?
shining path
:prettyplease:
Got this game a couple of weeks ago. The most recent computer RPG I've played is Baldur's Gate II. Needless to say, Oblivion is very impressive. How the hell can they make such a detailed 3D world work so seemlessly in real-time? Amazing.
Mad Cow - I've got a newer computer -
2 GB RAM
GeForce 7300 LE video card
Intel Core 2 4300 1.8 GHz
Is that enough to max out the settings? I've been playing on the software recommended "medium" settings, but I'm afraid I might be missing out on some eye candy.
My character is a cat-person assassin. I've done several of the quests, though without realizing it I had the difficulty settings on medium high. I was getting housed by dogs and rats left and right, much less the harder monsters. I got completely stymied in the first Oblivion Portal quest (I assume there's more to come) in Kvatch before I turned the diffuculty down to average.
9th level. Not sure what I'm good at except for speed. I can run away with the best of them.
Mad Cow - I've got a newer computer -
2 GB RAM
GeForce 7300 LE video card
Intel Core 2 4300 1.8 GHz
Is that enough to max out the settings? I've been playing on the software recommended "medium" settings, but I'm afraid I might be missing out on some eye candy.
My character is a cat-person assassin. I've done several of the quests, though without realizing it I had the difficulty settings on medium high. I was getting housed by dogs and rats left and right, much less the harder monsters. I got completely stymied in the first Oblivion Portal quest (I assume there's more to come) in Kvatch before I turned the diffuculty down to average.
9th level. Not sure what I'm good at except for speed. I can run away with the best of them.
Mad Cow
Welshers and Dawdlers Beware!
The RAM and CPU are fine. The video card is crap.
shining path
:prettyplease:
That's not good. How crappy is "crap"?
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
I have the game and the expansion pack and am ready to go.
I've visited a couple of sites for tweaks and mods, etc, etc.
Holy crap. At this site alone there are over 100 pages. http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View...List&game=4
Mad Cow, do you have any suggestions about what I should download, or maybe if there is some other site that has all the mods in one gigantic file? (It would take a month to download each and every file from that site).
I've visited a couple of sites for tweaks and mods, etc, etc.
Holy crap. At this site alone there are over 100 pages. http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View...List&game=4
Mad Cow, do you have any suggestions about what I should download, or maybe if there is some other site that has all the mods in one gigantic file? (It would take a month to download each and every file from that site).
shining path
:prettyplease:
Fixed the video card situation. Ran out Saturday night and picked up a GeForce 8600 - that's how we roll here in the Two-Oh-Five - and then ran the settings at the highest quality. Makes a HUGE difference. Not only does the game look a lot better, but everything is easier without the choppiness. Combat is a breeze.
I'm having trouble with trolls, though. They just heal the damage I give them. Fire? Shock?
I'm having trouble with trolls, though. They just heal the damage I give them. Fire? Shock?
falconeyed
Footballguy
I bought this yesterday ... the one with the expansions in one package. This could have been a tremendous mistake. Time, good bye.
ren hoek
Footballguy
It won't get any easier to quit until you're about 150 hours in. And in my case, I only quit because of a glitch I used that gave me 400 speed and the ability to jump over castles.
falconeyed
Footballguy
Jesus. At least I won't complain about the game being short or something.
falconeyed
Footballguy
Every time I go from Point A to Point B, five other things pop up for me to investigate. Jesus, I may have to quit my job to give this game the proper attention.
Anonymous Internet User
Footballguy
nah, it's ok. everything looks the same, you've done it before, and the enemies will always scale with you. no need to divert.falconeyed said:
Master of Past and Present
Footballguy
Found the PS3 version for $30 new but not the Game of the year edition. Is the extra stuff in the Game of the Year version good enough to pay $20 (probably find a used for $50) to $30 (for new) more? Sorry if this has been answered before but it is 42 pages long.
Gnat Berries
Footballguy
This is the exact character I played. Tip: find some innocent shmuck in a remote farm, make sure there's no guards around, and kill him. You may have to chase him through the woods, because when attacked peasants a pretty good at running. Once he's dead, go to an inn and sleep. Lucian LaChance of the Assassin's Guild will visit you. Join the guild. Do all the missions before bothering with the main quest line. You'll be much happier you did; you get a lot of useful magic items while doing the Dark Brotherhood quests. Plus they're a lot of fun.
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Gnat Berries
Footballguy
I ended up quitting after I finished the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves' Guild quests, as well as the main storyline. My character was invincible before I ever finished the main story.
Key to invincibility?
Play assassin. Get your Sneak up as high as possible. At MASTER, you strike unknowing targets for 6X damage, and it ignores their armor.
Then find a way to give yourself 100% chameleon. You can attack while invisible, and after every attack the monsters will draw their weapons, look around, then sheath them. I waltzed through every oblivion gate. With MASTER in Sneak, you always strike for an armor-ignoring 6X damage. If you have a sword that does 40 dmg like I do, that's 240 off their health with each strike...and they never hit you back.
However, this also makes the game incredibly boring. Beware.
Key to invincibility?
Play assassin. Get your Sneak up as high as possible. At MASTER, you strike unknowing targets for 6X damage, and it ignores their armor.
Then find a way to give yourself 100% chameleon. You can attack while invisible, and after every attack the monsters will draw their weapons, look around, then sheath them. I waltzed through every oblivion gate. With MASTER in Sneak, you always strike for an armor-ignoring 6X damage. If you have a sword that does 40 dmg like I do, that's 240 off their health with each strike...and they never hit you back.
However, this also makes the game incredibly boring. Beware.
oukurt
Footballguy
I am just now getting to this game. I am kind of a perfectionist and when I read about 5+5+5 leveling it intrigued me. I want to try and get the highest attribute points gains possible each level increase.
I have read that I have to get exactly 20 minor skill increases and 10 major skill increases each level to get the +5 x3. Is this worth the effort? Does your athletics increasing become a pain in the ### early when trying this?
Any tips are much appreciated.
I have read that I have to get exactly 20 minor skill increases and 10 major skill increases each level to get the +5 x3. Is this worth the effort? Does your athletics increasing become a pain in the ### early when trying this?
Any tips are much appreciated.
Anonymous Internet User
Footballguy
You can beat the game as a level 2. Don't bother leveling at all and it's actually trivially easy.
flysack
Footballguy
If anyone's interested, I'm trying to sell a bunch of Bethesda RPGs for the PC so I can buy a new game.
Fallout 3, Oblivion, Morrowwind, and also Doom 3 (last not Bethesda, I know). I'm just asking enough $$ to buy a new game to play before the fall semester starts. All of them have original docs and cases, except for Oblivion (the game teaches you how to play it anyway).
If interested, pm me for a link to the craigslist ad and/or info.
(mods: not sure if this violates any FFA rules; please pm me if you delete so I don't do it again).
Fallout 3, Oblivion, Morrowwind, and also Doom 3 (last not Bethesda, I know). I'm just asking enough $$ to buy a new game to play before the fall semester starts. All of them have original docs and cases, except for Oblivion (the game teaches you how to play it anyway).
If interested, pm me for a link to the craigslist ad and/or info.
(mods: not sure if this violates any FFA rules; please pm me if you delete so I don't do it again).
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Fallout 3 ThreadAlso, I was going to post that in the Fallout3 thread, but I couldn't find one.
I could've swore there was a Fallout3 thread here though.
Ford Prefect
Footballguy
I did the Dark Brotherhood quests late in the game and it made all of the NPCs hate my character. Plus, I couldn't use the crusader weapons and armor anymore. How do you get back into everyone's good graces and re-enable using the other weapons and armor?
Claydon
Footballguy
I haven't heard anything, only rumors. I'm hoping for an MMO with the whole world of Tamriel.
GregR
Footballguy
I broke this out over the weekend on the PC. First time since my PC's OS went belly up and I had to start over with the factory image a couple of years back.
Had a copy of my old Oblivion install directory which has helped with identifying my favorite mods again and getting any tweaks made to them like I had before. Unfortunately, the newer tools out there to automagically handle game user interfaces on a 3-screen setup don't work with Oblivion. So I'm having to go hand edit the .xml files to change the starting X location and/or the width to keep the inventory screens, etc, on my center monitor.
I already did this once and still have the results in that old directory I saved, but then I had a brain fart and I loaded up a different UI mod that has different files. The old ones have been a helpful guide in finding what to edit, but I can't just reuse them. :(
Haven't loaded up Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul yet though, which makes sweeping changes to the game. Think I might do a standard play through first, and then load up OOO afterwards as it gets so much more difficult and there are so many new quests, it feels like a new game.
Had a copy of my old Oblivion install directory which has helped with identifying my favorite mods again and getting any tweaks made to them like I had before. Unfortunately, the newer tools out there to automagically handle game user interfaces on a 3-screen setup don't work with Oblivion. So I'm having to go hand edit the .xml files to change the starting X location and/or the width to keep the inventory screens, etc, on my center monitor.
I already did this once and still have the results in that old directory I saved, but then I had a brain fart and I loaded up a different UI mod that has different files. The old ones have been a helpful guide in finding what to edit, but I can't just reuse them. :(
Haven't loaded up Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul yet though, which makes sweeping changes to the game. Think I might do a standard play through first, and then load up OOO afterwards as it gets so much more difficult and there are so many new quests, it feels like a new game.
