The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Awesome. Thanks Grawl. Will it be an IGN Insiders only thing once it's complete?

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Originally Posted by BZ

I don't know any sane person could look at a guide for this game. You want to have the most complete unpredictable experience and solve things on your own.

Maybe when you think you have practically did everything in the game and want to check. Then maybe.

Or maybe you want to check when you get stuck, or just because you are curious and feel like reading about some of the more interesting quests. Or maybe you want to read it to find out about new quests that you weren't able to find on your own, or . . .

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I'll take a little longer loading times and increased performance over quick loading times any day.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Dark Nation

My only complaint about the time is that I'd like to have the time pass in real-time, meaning that 24 hours happs cocurrently to the time it is in real life... but having waiting (T) eliminating the possible problem of waiting forever for a quest or some NPC to appear.

There's a mod available that does just that. Check out Planet Elder Scrolls - they should have it for download.

I was speaking idiomatically.

They probably have a few expansion packs planned out for the surrounding areas. Heck, maybe they'll even release a Morrowind pack.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Grawl

Why would they do that? I'm not going to spent my money on that.

I'm talking about the region. Obviously it would have new quests and stuff.

FELIPE NO

When do you hear the double click for lockpicking? I always hear a high-pitch click and then a lower pitch one. I don't get it.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Casaubon

Okay, so I royally fucked my Oblivion(the one in My Games and the /Oblivion directory) .ini files up, of course I didn't make a back-up. Can someone post the original file or just there's that actually works, I'm sad I'm addicted and now I can't even play.

I heard that the game will make a new default ini if you delete the ini file and load your game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

If you're referring to the one by A I e x then I can almost guarantee that it's quality. He writes good guides. I haven't encountered the need to use a good during any quests yet though. The marker and journal seem to give you all of the info that you need.

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Originally Posted by DragoonKain

I got a full daedric set last night finally. I still am not very far in the main quest at all, but IMO it's a lot more fun to do the other stuff first.

Currently level 31 imperial.

I agree. I've barely touched the main quest - but I'm the arena grand champion and will now be spending my time doing Mages Guild quests. I've been playing for almost 17 hours and I've barely touched the main story.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Am I the only one here that has over a dozen mods installed? I'm so used to them that I don't think that I'd be able to play the game without them.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Grawl

Bethesda sucks.

Somebody will release as a free mod. Or just check torrent sites to get it for free.

I was speaking idiomatically.

And this is worth $2 because?

How ya doing, buddy?

Follow the arrow for the quest on your compass, just like every other quest in the game . . .

FELIPE NO

I actually hate the levelling system in this game. It's absurd. Mods have fixed that however. I definitely don't think that this is the best RPG ever though. It's fun, but personally, I prefer Jap style RPGs.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

No, I got rid of the slower levelling mod. I just used it for while until my equipment was up to par with my level. Basically I hate the fact that I have to micromanage my skills in order to ensure that I have proper stat gains. This is not my idea of fun. I would much rather just play the game and have the skills level up as I use them, without having to worry about only gaining +2 to my stats every level (which is what I used to be gaining - hence why monsters were kicking my ass). I found a mod that gives you the x5 multiplier for gaining a single level in an associated skill and it has made my game much more enjoyable. I no longer have to spend what seems like hours jumping in order to ensure that I gain X amount of skill levels so that I can get a decent multiplier when I level. I'm very tempted to use one of the mods that make your stats proportional to your total skill levels though - I feel like somewhat of a cheater with my current mod. On the other hand, I absolutely hated having to micromanage every single skill point I gained.

If you look around you'll find plenty of mods that change the way you level up - most of them just change things a little too much for my liking. I have a feeling that I would be replaying games a lot more if I was back in high school. My uni workload at McGill is rather heavy - so much so that I don't even bother to play JRPGs during the semester because I simply don't have the time to spend like 6 hours playing one (which is the usual length of time that I play JRPGs for). With ES games I feel more comfortable playing for just an hour or two because I can save my game anywhere, and also because it's not as story driven as the typical JRPG.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Forsety

On an above note, I never bothered to micro-manage much of anything and I didn't have a hard time. I guess some people are just more obsessive about stats than others. That or I have gotten lazier. Whichever.

The way I had my major skills set up I would gain at most like 3 stat points for any given skill. I most often was getting 1 or 2. So ya, I was getting beat down really quickly by monsters. Rather than start a new game, I found a mod to solve my problems.

Most amazing jew boots

Well, let's take my character - I was just playing and was getting like +2 added to my stats every level. By level 4 I had to spend like 2 minutes taking out a single enemy. The first oblivion gate involved me running away from enemies constantly waiting for my mana to regen because I did like no damage with my melee. Hence, the system obviously worked against me and forced me to micromanage my skills in order to gain more stats and become effective.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Nono, I block almost every attack. The problem is when my melee attacks do no damage. I think that my Dark Elf had a super low strength or something, even though he had blade as a major skill. I think the problem is that I had too many non-damage dealing oriented magics as my major skills and my blade wasn't levelled enough in proportion to my level.

What mods do you use Forsety?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Gold armor is really ugly.

Also, Boards of Canada FTW.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I've attached the mods that I use.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

You know, I might be silly for thinking this, but I would imagine that a level 35 character would be quite powerful.

Just slide the difficulty bar to the right.

FELIPE NO

Monsters have level caps. Apparently you didn't know.

Who exactly is the rest of your post meant for?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

But BZ... it is.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Anybody got a free download link for the official mods?

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