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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |OT|
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Teknopathetic
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Bloodwake: A simple cure disease potion or spell will do it. Found at just about any potion/alchemy shop or chapel.
Eel O'Brian
Member
I'm having a little bit of trouble with the
quest.
Spies
I'm supposed to find out who Jearl's house visitor/guest in Bruma was, but I have no idea who to talk to. Everyone gives me the same "Nope, no strangers in town" speech, and there is no "Jearl" option in my line of questions. Where do I go, or who do I talk to for some answers?
BlackSalad
Member
this doesn't scale very well.
My level one friend seems to destroy everything in one hit while me at level 9 can't do squat =( I hope it gets better =( I have pretty decent weapons/armor too.
My level one friend seems to destroy everything in one hit while me at level 9 can't do squat =( I hope it gets better =( I have pretty decent weapons/armor too.
Hitler Stole My Potato
Banned
teh_pwn said:
Well, the sunset was pretty looking awesome looking on my tv....but that camera shot, not so much.
I can't get a decent shot off with this POS camera to save my life. Too blury, too dark, and no detail.But it's been about 5 days now and I'm still in awe of Oblivion's graphics. The animation of the grass and trees blowing in the wind is so freakin' spot on, it's a little spooky sometimes. I'm constantly stopping in the middle of the woods or swamp or wherever I am just to look around and admiring it all.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Has anyone been having performance problems with 360 version? I've had the first two lockups my machine has had in months playing this thing, and the same zone load times and random lag after casting/attacking keep getting worse and worse, though they started out really really great. The game will just freeze randomly for a few seconds every now and then too, had it happen even in my bag menu.
Son of Godzilla said:
I've notice the spell hiccups every once in awhile. I'm pretty sure it's a caching issue. I'd say when you enter a dungeon, shoot off the spells you want to use then rest for an hour. This might put them into memory.
As a sidenote, I've just exhausted my second full charge of my wireless controller playing this game.
Eel O'Brian
Member
teh_pwn said:
Do you have to pay off a specific beggar? I paid off a couple, and every time I go back to Jearl's house there's nothing. I hope it hasn't glitched.
WHOAguitarninja
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Teknopathetic said:
You sure about that? I'm quite certain I used a cure disease and I ended up getting it. I had to go back and reload and visit a chruch.
I COULD be mistaken and have loaded an earlier save and not used the potion(I know I did at some point though), but I don't remember doing that.
Teknopathetic
Member
"Would appreciate more info on this. I'm a pure thief-type and am afraid to touch the arena, any good poison recipes and vital ingredients? I haven't really touched alchemy yet."
Just pick up as much food and pick as many plants (they're everywhere), you won't be able to make much outside of some restore fatigue/attribute potions until you get to Apprentice, then all ingredients begin to show 2 effects. Most ingredients are also fairly cheap in the alchemy store, so don't be afraid to buy some of the harder to find stuff.
"You sure about that? I'm quite certain I used a cure disease and I ended up getting it. I had to go back and reload and visit a chruch.
I COULD be mistaken and have loaded an earlier save and not used the potion(I know I did at some point though), but I don't remember doing that."
I'm fairly sure and others have mentioned the same remedy earlier. A cure disease spell/potion will do it.
Just pick up as much food and pick as many plants (they're everywhere), you won't be able to make much outside of some restore fatigue/attribute potions until you get to Apprentice, then all ingredients begin to show 2 effects. Most ingredients are also fairly cheap in the alchemy store, so don't be afraid to buy some of the harder to find stuff.
"You sure about that? I'm quite certain I used a cure disease and I ended up getting it. I had to go back and reload and visit a chruch.
I COULD be mistaken and have loaded an earlier save and not used the potion(I know I did at some point though), but I don't remember doing that."
I'm fairly sure and others have mentioned the same remedy earlier. A cure disease spell/potion will do it.
WHOAguitarninja
Member
Bloodwake said:
How do I get to this paint quest....I can't find it for the life of me
Eel O'Brian
Member
This is extremely frustrating. I can't progress any further in the main quest without completing this part, and I've done everything I can think of. If I have to lose five hours of playtime because of an "event trigger" glitch, I'm going to be pissed beyond belief.
Anyone know how frenzy works? I had an old spell of frenzy, and it worked great. I just made a new one, and it won't work on anything. It's a shootable frenzy that's supposed to frenzy anything up to level 24 for 30 second. I hit anything with it, and nothing happens. Before, they'd go nuts and start attacking other monsters.
Hitler Stole My Potato
Banned
After playing Oblivion, I don't think I would ever want to go back and play Morrowind. Morrowind seems so archaic in comparison.
But that's just me.
But that's just me.
Kabuki Waq
Member
just so you guys know. The dark brotherhood quests rock.
WHOAguitarninja
Member
Teknopathetic said:
I must've just reloaded a save after using the potion then, or something.
Does the game give you any indicator that you've contracted it aside from from the quick message up top? Can you go into any menu's and see if you have it? I couldn't find any way to see if I still had it, but I may have overlooked something.
Hitler Stole My Potato
Banned
Kabuki Waq said:
Yep. They're definately my favorite so far.
Eel O'Brian
Member
I give up. I'm going to sleep. If I can't figure out a way to trigger the event without having to play five hours worth of the same quest over again, then screw this game.
Synbios459
Banned
Well I went to Gamestop yesterday and traded in PDZ and DOA4 for it (best deal ever!) and so far I'm having a really fun time with it. Everything is so overwhelming! So far I'm to the part where
. I'm curious though: Will I have to get used to lots of micro-management later on, or can I pretty much go through the whole game just hacking and slashing and changing my equipment every now and then?
you've just reached the gatehouse and opened the oblivion gate
Ok... so I got the game (360) and here are my impressions: (skip to my question at the bottom if uninterested)
These graphics are astounding, really make you feel like you are in the game... same for the sound. The best thing about this game so far is the story, the dialouge, etc. I feel so engaged in whats going on. The controls are good, my main beef is the trial and error, I have died alot... but that may be because I have yet to be able to buy tons of potions.
Question: It took me 2:15 to get past the first oblivion gate (like thats how long i played the game, including the way beginning).
A) Is that ok?
B) If not do I suck at this game or is it normal that I had to keep reloading the save?
These graphics are astounding, really make you feel like you are in the game... same for the sound. The best thing about this game so far is the story, the dialouge, etc. I feel so engaged in whats going on. The controls are good, my main beef is the trial and error, I have died alot... but that may be because I have yet to be able to buy tons of potions.
Question: It took me 2:15 to get past the first oblivion gate (like thats how long i played the game, including the way beginning).
A) Is that ok?
B) If not do I suck at this game or is it normal that I had to keep reloading the save?
DopeyFish said:
Woa... what the **** have you been doing? How can you play this game without closing the gates!
Also... now that Im done with the first gate, the soldiers want me to join them. Should I just go or should I do something else first (is there a town I can goto or something in between?)
WHOAguitarninja
Member
KarishBHR said:
Side quests. I'm almost to 40 hours and I've barely passed the first oblivion gate. Go join a guild or go exploring around town, alow yourself to get sidetracked. That's the best part. I've spent the last 20 or so hours working my way up in the arcane university (among other things) and exploring the begginings of alchemy.
Hell...just get on a horse and go exploring. After I beat this through as a mage I'm going to replay it probably but I doub't i'll touch the main quest.
There is SO MUCH to do in this game that it's just uncanny. If you stay totally focused on the main quest though you're gonna miss what really makes the game great.
Well...you can feasible hit a point where you've run out of things to do....but you won't do that just by following the main quest. Think of it as several games in one. There is the main quest, which the plot focuses on, and then there are several small quests each with their own plots and subplots. There is nothing really WRONG with focusing on the main quest, which is what you seem to be doing, but there are a million other things you can do as well.
And while I don't know for sure, to answer your question, I'm guessing the game doesn't "end" after you beat the main quest.
johnjohnson
Member
Is there something like a telescope in this game I could use to see what's on the other side of a valley or a lake? Or just to look at the gorgeous environments?
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