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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |OT|
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Speevy said:
Shh, just saying it made me feel bad enough.
In a dirty, oh so good way.
And, keep in mind that's just what the game says. I'd wager another 5 or so worth of lost time from freezes, then another few because for my first 8 hours or so my difficulty meter was like 3/4 full (little did I know my 360 defaults of having action games be on hard would affect it, I thought I my guy just sucked ass when the 2 rats were kicking my ass, hard).
Vyse The Legend
Member
Speevy said:
Like I said, I've spoken to him like 20 minutes tops since the game came out. Factor in 8hrs sleep per day and you have accounted for most of the non-gaming hours. :lol
Hawk269
Member
I have been finding rings and stuff, but I am only level 5 at the moment. When you find a ring that has a benefit does it tell you that in the menu like the spells and potions? I wish I was farther into the game, but I have to work and am moving soon so I have been packing and stuff.
Anyways, like I said, I have been finding rings and a few other jewelry type items, but nothing in the decriptions says they do anything.
Thanks for the help...and WOW what a game!
Anyways, like I said, I have been finding rings and a few other jewelry type items, but nothing in the decriptions says they do anything.
Thanks for the help...and WOW what a game!
Hawk269 said:
Yes it does. That has been one of the primary complaints leveled at the game. There are thousands of different items in the game, and plenty of weapons and previously enchanted weapons, but you can't find them outside of caves, forts, and ruins. And even then, you'll only find the good stuff when you reach the higher levels. It's a generator that should (IMO) have been left out of the game.
Warm Machine
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Quick ettiquette question...is it okay to rob the dead if they are supposed to be your friends?
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
True Story (tm): went close to a book, pressed LB to push it on the floor and two seconds after it had hit the ground a guard asked me if I wanted to go to jail or pay the fine... darn, they are order-nazi in there 
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.Vyse The Legend
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Did
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are still there. =(((
Jauffre and Baurus die
Great Oblivion Gate battle
corpses
It's really easy (though repetitive) to exploit Alteration/Restoration/Conjuration to power level those skills. I managed to get 100 Alteration at level 1... oh, and I agree that the scaling enemies is a bit of a problem. Though honestly, you can make up for it by power leveling enough skills to get +5 to the 3 stats you want to raise up for every level. I wish I'd done that instead of just going by the huge willpower gains I got from all that alteration/destruction/conjuration leveling. But it's kind of fun to have 100 willpower and a lot of intelligence/endurance at level 15. Just wish I'd leveled those stats up as much as willpower, so I'd have more health and magic.
Originally I made an Argonian marksman, but I didn't like it much... This new guy I made is a lot more fun (and already a lot higher level): A Breton, custom class that's basically a custom class based upon the Sorcerer.
Originally I made an Argonian marksman, but I didn't like it much... This new guy I made is a lot more fun (and already a lot higher level): A Breton, custom class that's basically a custom class based upon the Sorcerer.
Destruction, hell, any combat skill (including armor and block) is easy to level up if you have Conjuration. Summon a skeleton and kill it with the weapon/spell of choice. In the case of armor skills, just hit it enough to piss it off (3 times, usually) and then stand there and take the weakass attacks it throws at you until it despawns.
Time played: 43 hrs
Race: Nord
Level: 25
I finally got cured from my vampirism, took me like 16 hours.. Of course I didn't solely focus on getting cured all that time, but still.
It's been a major pain in the ass.
Too bad my character looks like some kind of gorilla now. I thought he would go back to looking exactly like he did before getting sick, but NO. So much for all the time I spent making a decent looking face..
I guess the unlimited money bug at the end of the quest is a bit of compensation though
After leaving the amulet to Jauffre I haven't done anyting on the mainquest, there's just so many other things that you get caught up in instead. 43hrs in I still have 3 cities left that I haven't visited, and I have barely done any guildquests. The amount of things to do is just INSANE.
Race: Nord
Level: 25
I finally got cured from my vampirism, took me like 16 hours.. Of course I didn't solely focus on getting cured all that time, but still.
It's been a major pain in the ass.
Too bad my character looks like some kind of gorilla now. I thought he would go back to looking exactly like he did before getting sick, but NO. So much for all the time I spent making a decent looking face..
I guess the unlimited money bug at the end of the quest is a bit of compensation though
After leaving the amulet to Jauffre I haven't done anyting on the mainquest, there's just so many other things that you get caught up in instead. 43hrs in I still have 3 cities left that I haven't visited, and I have barely done any guildquests. The amount of things to do is just INSANE.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Easy(ish) Skill Level Ups:
Spell - Get to Arcane University, make self cast spell of whatever school with least magnitude and 1 sec duration. Spam like crazy, rest one hour after magicka bar runs out. Works with Destruction too. You will need to buy spells in the category you want to up though.
Offensive combat - Conjure a skeleton and wail on them. Might wish to use more durable conjures if you have them.
Defensive combat - Go to the very first sewer exit that you start game from. Find a mudcrab. Get your ass wailed on for a while, healing through it if you can. I believe armor skills can be leveled up while blocking, but am not certain.
Movement (Stealth, Acro, Athe) - For stealth find a stationary npc and fidget movement stick around while stealthed. Acro just spam jump. Athe you can either fidget around or to do it faster get a permanent breathe under water item and aqua fidget.
Others (Security, Mercantile, Speechcraft) - Play their respective mini-game and succeed then reset/fail and try again on same target. Security find a lock set easy or higher that you can do reliably (Wait for turn after the fast fall) and do everything but last one, then try again as needed. I know that works, but I'm not 100% sure on next two. For speech just do well on minigame then nuke your score and try again, and for Merc each time you sell something try to raise the haggle bar a notch.
Honestly I don't suggest trying to power level any skill unless you need a quick few points to get a better attribute bonus. It can be boring as hell, and it's one of the things that pissed me off about Morrowind. I'm really glad leveling is almost discouraged in this game.
Spell - Get to Arcane University, make self cast spell of whatever school with least magnitude and 1 sec duration. Spam like crazy, rest one hour after magicka bar runs out. Works with Destruction too. You will need to buy spells in the category you want to up though.
Offensive combat - Conjure a skeleton and wail on them. Might wish to use more durable conjures if you have them.
Defensive combat - Go to the very first sewer exit that you start game from. Find a mudcrab. Get your ass wailed on for a while, healing through it if you can. I believe armor skills can be leveled up while blocking, but am not certain.
Movement (Stealth, Acro, Athe) - For stealth find a stationary npc and fidget movement stick around while stealthed. Acro just spam jump. Athe you can either fidget around or to do it faster get a permanent breathe under water item and aqua fidget.
Others (Security, Mercantile, Speechcraft) - Play their respective mini-game and succeed then reset/fail and try again on same target. Security find a lock set easy or higher that you can do reliably (Wait for turn after the fast fall) and do everything but last one, then try again as needed. I know that works, but I'm not 100% sure on next two. For speech just do well on minigame then nuke your score and try again, and for Merc each time you sell something try to raise the haggle bar a notch.
Honestly I don't suggest trying to power level any skill unless you need a quick few points to get a better attribute bonus. It can be boring as hell, and it's one of the things that pissed me off about Morrowind. I'm really glad leveling is almost discouraged in this game.
My humorous Radiant AI story from last night. First off, I was about half way through the Arena circuit, but stopped a few days ago to do some more fun stuff. Namely, rise to the position of Listener in the Dark Brotherhood. At this point, I have my very own Murderer following me around. Cool. So I figure its time to become Arena Grand Champion. So I quick travel to the Arena. I had no bounty or anything, but apparently some will attack the Brotherhood on site. That little bugger at the door starts coming at me, but I just walk past him and enter the Bloodworks, figuring he'll just disappear. Down in the Bloodworks, I dont see him, so I proceed to have a fight or two or three. After those fights however, all hell breaks loose in the Bloodworks. The door guy appears, starts attacking my Murderer. Owyn and the others join in, so its like 5 on 1. Then a guard appears and joins in. My Murderer dies. But it does not end there. The 5 of them proceed to kill the guard! Then Owyn and the Prince start to fight eachother. Eventually, it ends with Owyn, the Prince, and the other 2 people down there all unconcious, the guard dead, my Murderer dead, and the door guy disappeared. I waited for 12 hours, and everyone came to, and I proceeded to become Grand Champion :lol
Vaandaviii
Member
Uncle said:
That moment almost made me puke. It was about an hour until I found the FUCKING DOOR. Once you enter to oblivion, keep going all along the path that surrounds the big tower of the middle. The door is on the right side of the path once you've passed the second little tower on the left (Or maybe between the first and the second)
The problem is that the door is barely visible. What I did was looking at the map each 50m, so the door was marked on it. I got truly desperate and it was so damn easy... :\
The problem is that the door is barely visible. What I did was looking at the map each 50m, so the door was marked on it. I got truly desperate and it was so damn easy... :\
MrPing1000
Member
is there any way I can buy a cure disease potion somewhere? Or am I gonna have to try finding the right alchemy ingredients
captainbiotch
Banned
MrPing1000 said:
I see them at the alchemy shop in market district, and also at shady sam north of the stables.
Is there a way to
Also, I don't feel like scouring this thread. Has anyone explained who exactly it is that sees you killing someone? It said unseen forces did when I murdered said ho above.
Get the amulet from that bitch in Bruma to give to the guy in jail without killing her?
Also, I don't feel like scouring this thread. Has anyone explained who exactly it is that sees you killing someone? It said unseen forces did when I murdered said ho above.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
Thought I'd share another great AI moment. Last night I was doing the Dark Brotherhood mission where you have to hunt down the family members and I got to a point where my next target was the guy who runs and inn. Problem was, there was an imperial guard next to him that just would not leave. Finally, I went up to talk to the guy and chose "your mother bled like a pig". Guy goes nuts, starts attacking me, and the imperial soldier see this and kills him for me.
Visit an altar (if you can). It cures everything and its free. You can't make a cure disease potion via alchemy until you are apprentice level iirc.
If you mean the whole "forces unknown" thing... its most likely...
MrPing1000 said:
Visit an altar (if you can). It cures everything and its free. You can't make a cure disease potion via alchemy until you are apprentice level iirc.
Dr_Cogent said:
If you mean the whole "forces unknown" thing... its most likely...
the Night Mother (who then goes on to tell the listener, who then tells Lachance to recruit you). You'll find out more about her/what she is when you finish the Dark Brotherhood quest line.
Dr_Cogent said:
The 'unseen forces' is not the guards or anything like that. So you don't have to worry about being arrested. If you check your bounty (stats page, rightmost tab) and it did not go up then the guards were not alerted about this. You will only ever get the 'unseen forces' message once.
Further, I believe you can make a deal with her where she will give you her amulet and run away. I don't know how that affects the quest though, as I just chose to kill her =)
Further, I believe you can make a deal with her where she will give you her amulet and run away. I don't know how that affects the quest though, as I just chose to kill her =)
Vaandaviii
Member
Baron Aloha said:Thought I'd share another great AI moment. Last night I was doing the Dark Brotherhood mission where you have to hunt down the family members and I got to a point where my next target was the guy who runs and inn. Problem was, there was an imperial guard next to him that just would not leave. Finally, I went up to talk to the guy and chose "your mother bled like a pig". Guy goes nuts, starts attacking me, and the imperial soldier see this and kills him for me.
I killed both of them :lol
I did that too.Baron Aloha said:Thought I'd share another great AI moment. Last night I was doing the Dark Brotherhood mission where you have to hunt down the family members and I got to a point where my next target was the guy who runs and inn. Problem was, there was an imperial guard next to him that just would not leave. Finally, I went up to talk to the guy and chose "your mother bled like a pig". Guy goes nuts, starts attacking me, and the imperial soldier see this and kills him for me.
For the mother, I waited to kill her last in hopes of being able to tell her all her children are dead and she was the one that told me where to find them but no go
but anyway, I stabbed her and she started running. Man she was fast. I had to run like a mile chasing her ass. The funny part though was that throughout this sprint she managed to pick up like 6 other persuers including a couple of bandits, an imperial guard, some wolves, and my horse. Eventually she got surrounded and everybody just wailed on her.
Once she lay dead, all the persuers sorta looked around at each other. A guard realized he was staring at a bandit. The wolves say they were staring at hunters. And my horse decided he didn't like anybody. I just sat back and they all slaughtered each other and my horse was the last one standing =)
Dr_Cogent said:
you can kill her without affecting your bounty / infamy at all. There's a discussion tree where at the very end she asks you if you want to do it her way or the guy in jail's way. If you choose the guy in jail you get into a battle and the guards won't put a bounty on you for killing her.
Help! RE: Garridor's Tears quest.
Oh, and one thing I would have liked Oblivion to have that it doesnt: a GTA style %ometer. Id really like to have a log of what % of quests I have done, etc.
I have found him. How do I melt the ice covering him to get the tears? My Flare appears useless.
Oh, and one thing I would have liked Oblivion to have that it doesnt: a GTA style %ometer. Id really like to have a log of what % of quests I have done, etc.
Nerevar said:
:lol I didn't get that far. I attacked her while she was sleeping. I also immediately went to pay off the bounty on my head that I thought I would have at the Waterfront area near Imperial City - and it appeared that I didn't have one on my head. Maybe it will take some time.
SteveMeister
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Solo said:
You don't. The tears are crystalline white tadpole-shaped things lying around on the ground. There are one or two near the statue, and the rest are in the ice field below.
Kung Fu Jedi
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Suikoguy said:
I disagree with this. Perhaps it should scale some in the castles and manor houses, but the average Joe citizen shouldn't have more loot just because you've gone up in levels. They're poor peasants for the most part, and their loot should reflect that. At higher levels, you don't want to raid one of their houses, you want to go for shops, castles, guilds, etc.
knitoe said:
this is just a random guess, but in the small town (I'm at work and can't check the name) that begins with a B (not Bruma) the weapon shop there is an archer shop so the shopkeeper might be a marksmen trainer. Thats where I buy all my arrows but I've never tried/needed to train in marksmen.
Nerevar said:
isn't the point of a thief at later levels not to steal from peasants and instead be sneaking around and sneak attacking enemies?
and one could argue that for the loot in dungeons, they aren't really scaling to you... all the loot was pre-generated and you just happened to always choose to explore the lower level dungeons first
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