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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |OT|
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Ugh, I hit level 20 with my stealth marksman and decided it was hightime to finally reach Kvatch and continue the plot.
Damn these Oblivion gate sections blow hard for a Thief. I had to jack the difficulty down to near 33% just to balance the need to kill stuff with 4 arrows instead of 16. (Not to mention spider bitches killing me in two hits.) Sucks because I had been prefectly content taking on dungeons and sidequests with the slider just two clicks left of center, but I had to really dip down just to make this part somewhat enjoyable(which it wasn't).
Damn these Oblivion gate sections blow hard for a Thief. I had to jack the difficulty down to near 33% just to balance the need to kill stuff with 4 arrows instead of 16. (Not to mention spider bitches killing me in two hits.) Sucks because I had been prefectly content taking on dungeons and sidequests with the slider just two clicks left of center, but I had to really dip down just to make this part somewhat enjoyable(which it wasn't).
Yeah this happened to me too. I was a little further along in the main quest though. Earlier in the game I killed everything easy. Now Goblins, Skeletons, Ogres, and Will O' Wisps are giving me the most trouble. This one mission was all Ogres and I had a hell of a time beating it, and but I have too much honor to turn the difficulty down. I might though if it means I'll stop enjoying the game.Brandon F said:
I just don't understand scaling enemies with your level. I mean, it really defeats the purpose of leveling in general
Just a heads up for those of you entering the Tournament of Ten Bloods -
Make sure you come loaded for bear. Stock up on every healing potion, soul gem ( for recharging items ) and repair hammer as you can carry.
FWIW, I'm level 27, my strength and endurance are maxed out... and I'm really struggling to get past the 4th round.
Make sure you come loaded for bear. Stock up on every healing potion, soul gem ( for recharging items ) and repair hammer as you can carry.
Boethia don't like wimps... and won't let you leave his arena to run back into town and stock up on goodies. You really do get a Mortal Kombat vibe from the whole thing. He even quotes Shang Tsung - "Your soul is mine!"
FWIW, I'm level 27, my strength and endurance are maxed out... and I'm really struggling to get past the 4th round.
Solo said:
Can't you just buy it in a store? I'm using a glass bow and I think shops still sell even back to iron bows.
Being able to enchant stuff in this game seems way overpowerd to me... at level 15 the absolute best bow I had ever come across was still a dwarven bow with +10 cold damage. Which seemed pretty decent to me. As soon as I happened across my first glass bow I decided to enchant it. Now I have a bow that is +15 fire damage, +15 shock damage, +auto soul drain.
And the enemies in the game are just pathetic now...
I haven't even bothered with armor. My current armor class is 0.
O...M...G... So the Tournament of Ten Bloods is like the best thing ever. So rewarding. You get a crazy haul of the best shit out there, and then topping it off, Boethia gives you a badass sword for winning. Whoever told us about this quest, god bless you. Most rewarding thing, loot-wise, easily Ive done thusfar!
You're welcomeSolo said:
And I just finished it myself. That last battle was the biggest pain in the ass I've ever had to deal with in the Elder Scrolls Series. But the
Goldbrand
It's a pretty awesome feeling to read through the "Tamriel Lore" journal, about all of the mythical artifacts in the world.... then to open up your inventory and see one of them in your possession.
After taking a break so as not to get too jaded, I created a thief/assassin type character (one that won't level up quickly since I thought the level 20+ game was dumb...two major skills that I'll use, the rest filler that I won't), and went straight into the dark brotherhood quest line.
Yeah, this is definitely by far the best of the four main faction quest lines, and I'm back to enjoying the game ;b
Yeah, this is definitely by far the best of the four main faction quest lines, and I'm back to enjoying the game ;b
The Shadow
Member
Solo said:
Is Elven better than glass?
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
I swear, the amount of cash you get after level 25 or so is just insane. I have over 120k septims at level 31, and that's just from selling stuff worth 1500 or less (as my Mercantile skill isn't high enough to give gold to vendors yet).
That's cool about the 2nd arena. I've been going through the Daedric shrine quests as I find them, but haven't run onto that one yet.
My favorite thus far:
That's cool about the 2nd arena. I've been going through the Daedric shrine quests as I find them, but haven't run onto that one yet.
My favorite thus far:
I loved the one that was terribly evil, where Molag Bal had you take a cursed mace and get a paladin to corrupt himself by killing you with it. It was great because you actually had to talk to people, find the guy's house, and then come up with a way to get him to attack you. The fact that he swore off weapons after his wife got killed was just icing on the cake. Made me feel dirty, doing that quest, but in a good one haha!
Heh, I'm in my second trip to Oblivion and I'm a bit suprised that this game got away with just a T rating, there's some freaky shit in that world thats quite greusome if you look around. Oh well, just me thinking. Game rules BTW.
Oh yeah, for future reference, what shop in the game has the most money on hand when you sell stuff?
And is Glass the highest quality Light Armor there is? I know Deadric is the highest Heavy Armor.
Oh yeah, for future reference, what shop in the game has the most money on hand when you sell stuff?
And is Glass the highest quality Light Armor there is? I know Deadric is the highest Heavy Armor.
ZootedGranny
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Has anyone had a horse they had bought completely disappear?
I had Shadowmere with me for at least 15 hours, and then after I came out of a dungeon, he was gone. Even fast traveling didn't bring him back. I miss the vicious beatdowns he would dole out.
ZootedGranny
Member
Thanks! Now if I can just find a Daedric helmet, I'll be set.
I didn't consider myself a fan of this type of game, but I can't put it down. I think I've put in nearly 50 hours without even touching the main quest. It's a sickness.
I didn't consider myself a fan of this type of game, but I can't put it down. I think I've put in nearly 50 hours without even touching the main quest. It's a sickness.
I never seem to come across any shrine quests.
Usually when I go in a chapel its empty or the people there dont tell me anything. I go to the little pedestals which tell me to make pilgrimages to places I don't know...and I'm like...wtf....ok on with my current quest. But yeah I feel like I'm missing something there....
Had a very interesting time today helping my bro out on his game.
Was a really fun and stimulating set piece/problem which (while based on a scripted quest) was kind of unscripted and was really of my brother's own making. He paid the price for some of the bad deed's he'd done earlier :lol
The above took us like 4 hours to figure out and quite a few re-loads, but it was immensely satisfying in the end, so many times we were like "oh man reload your save from like 6 hours ago and do it all over again", but glad we stuck with it. It was totally different to how that quest panned out for me and we really had to think our way out of it. Its been a long time since any game has made me feel hopeless or on the brink of despair, not because of difficulty or level design but because of my previous actions and their consequences. Sorry for the long post
One of the best games I've played. Ever.
Usually when I go in a chapel its empty or the people there dont tell me anything. I go to the little pedestals which tell me to make pilgrimages to places I don't know...and I'm like...wtf....ok on with my current quest. But yeah I feel like I'm missing something there....
Had a very interesting time today helping my bro out on his game.
He's just recently joined the thieves guild and had to do that mission where you steal a bust from some palace tomb (only to find out it was a test to find out who the spy was). Anyway he got spotted, nabbed the bust and had to run for ages to escape. Stole a horse and ran across like half the map.
As you may know Armand goes missing at this point and the place he's at is swarming with guards. My bro has a bounty of like 1000+ for whatever reason (think he killed a guard at some stage) and it was a nightmare trying to further the quest, all the guards would just come at us instantly. Using his khajit invisible power I managed to plant the bust in the spy's cupboard, but how to report her to Lex when all he wants to do is chop your head off??
We didnt know how to get rid of our bounty since Armand was gone, did not have enough money to pay the fine to the guards and did not want to go to jail and face the resulting stat drop. Every city we went to would have the guards onto us in seconds, there really was no hiding place. Even my beloved pirate ship wasn't the safest place to get to as it seems the guards always knew where we were. It was so challenging having to really think our way out of this mess, literally running for our lives within 5 seconds of going near any city.
Eventually we had to track down the other Doyen S'kreeva(sp?) which was a pain as we'd not been to his city and there was no marker. We had to run around Bravil with guards on our tail until we found his house highlighted on the map, we lockpick his door and run upstairs. The guards wait downstairs and our summon skeleton keeps them at bay without killing them. S'kreeva eventually comes home to this mess and we talk to him - turns out our bounty has gone up to 3000 and we dont have enough to pay even the reduced bounty holy shit!!! :lol So we run back out, and retreat out of the city until we could fast travel.
now we have to raise some money, which is a pain when guards chase you on sight! we head to imperial city merchant district, run away from the guards and sell loads of crap before running back out until we can fast travel once again. Leg it over to S'kreeva dodging the psycho guards and pay our bounty.
But we're STILL being chased by every guard around! I yield and he stops, but then charges at me again! So I get out of the city and run with guards chasing me. Eventually I decide to look at the stats and see why they are chasing me. no bounty! but hold the phone... lo and behold, my bro has been wearing an outfit he stole from a dark broherhood assassin's house so they were all chasing him cos they thought he was in the dark brotherhood >_< FUUUUUUCKKK!!!!!!!
anyway - yay our bounty was gone, we were naked after selling loads of things and ditching the dreaded Dark Brotherhood robes, and Lex was our friend again. Quest complete. Time to go to sleep and level up. First thing he see's when he wakes up? Dark Brotherhood representative telling him he is a murderer and should join the family :lol
As you may know Armand goes missing at this point and the place he's at is swarming with guards. My bro has a bounty of like 1000+ for whatever reason (think he killed a guard at some stage) and it was a nightmare trying to further the quest, all the guards would just come at us instantly. Using his khajit invisible power I managed to plant the bust in the spy's cupboard, but how to report her to Lex when all he wants to do is chop your head off??
We didnt know how to get rid of our bounty since Armand was gone, did not have enough money to pay the fine to the guards and did not want to go to jail and face the resulting stat drop. Every city we went to would have the guards onto us in seconds, there really was no hiding place. Even my beloved pirate ship wasn't the safest place to get to as it seems the guards always knew where we were. It was so challenging having to really think our way out of this mess, literally running for our lives within 5 seconds of going near any city.
Eventually we had to track down the other Doyen S'kreeva(sp?) which was a pain as we'd not been to his city and there was no marker. We had to run around Bravil with guards on our tail until we found his house highlighted on the map, we lockpick his door and run upstairs. The guards wait downstairs and our summon skeleton keeps them at bay without killing them. S'kreeva eventually comes home to this mess and we talk to him - turns out our bounty has gone up to 3000 and we dont have enough to pay even the reduced bounty holy shit!!! :lol So we run back out, and retreat out of the city until we could fast travel.
now we have to raise some money, which is a pain when guards chase you on sight! we head to imperial city merchant district, run away from the guards and sell loads of crap before running back out until we can fast travel once again. Leg it over to S'kreeva dodging the psycho guards and pay our bounty.
But we're STILL being chased by every guard around! I yield and he stops, but then charges at me again! So I get out of the city and run with guards chasing me. Eventually I decide to look at the stats and see why they are chasing me. no bounty! but hold the phone... lo and behold, my bro has been wearing an outfit he stole from a dark broherhood assassin's house so they were all chasing him cos they thought he was in the dark brotherhood >_< FUUUUUUCKKK!!!!!!!
anyway - yay our bounty was gone, we were naked after selling loads of things and ditching the dreaded Dark Brotherhood robes, and Lex was our friend again. Quest complete. Time to go to sleep and level up. First thing he see's when he wakes up? Dark Brotherhood representative telling him he is a murderer and should join the family :lol
Was a really fun and stimulating set piece/problem which (while based on a scripted quest) was kind of unscripted and was really of my brother's own making. He paid the price for some of the bad deed's he'd done earlier :lol
The above took us like 4 hours to figure out and quite a few re-loads, but it was immensely satisfying in the end, so many times we were like "oh man reload your save from like 6 hours ago and do it all over again", but glad we stuck with it. It was totally different to how that quest panned out for me and we really had to think our way out of it. Its been a long time since any game has made me feel hopeless or on the brink of despair, not because of difficulty or level design but because of my previous actions and their consequences. Sorry for the long post
One of the best games I've played. Ever.
Finally hit level 4! Chorral is my base of operations. I've joined the Mage and Fighters Guilds there. Anyone beside me totally clear them out of goods (since apparently, most everything there is free for the taking to members) and make THOUSANDS selling it back to them (or other) stores?
Xdrive05
Member
Could anyone give me some pointers on how to kill the "will of the wisps" or whatever they're called? I have to kill one and I absolutely get SLAUGHTERED every time I try.
I'm a lvl9 Dark Elf with pretty good majic and melee abilities. But every time I do ANY damage, it heals itself or does some kind of drain attack on me (with the reddish lightning affect). I haven't even been able to do more than about 10 - 20 percent damage on one yet.
I'm a lvl9 Dark Elf with pretty good majic and melee abilities. But every time I do ANY damage, it heals itself or does some kind of drain attack on me (with the reddish lightning affect). I haven't even been able to do more than about 10 - 20 percent damage on one yet.
Bauer Action Hour
Member
GreekWolf said:
Could you help me out w/ more specific directions? I went searching southeast (really southeast) and couldn't find it (found Doomed Mine). A screenshot of the location on the gamemap would be really helpful. If not that, let me know what it's near (Dark Fissure? etc). Thanks.
OK, I need some help with the Arena quest.
So, in the middle of the arena quest, I did the sidequest where the grand champ has you go to crowhaven with a key to find out stuff about his past. I go there, come back, talked to him and completed the quest. I went on with the Arena quest. Fast forward. Now it's time to fight the grand champ but he refuses to attack me. So I lay the smack down on him, it says "your killing has not gone unnoticed", go to bed and the dark brotherhood shows up. I totally attacked that dude and his invisble turning ass. After I killed him it said something about "now your only link to the dark brotherhood has been severed forever."
Anyway, the question is, how do I get him to fight me so it's not murder?
Anyway, the question is, how do I get him to fight me so it's not murder?
Vyse The Legend
Member
If anyone needs a good way to power-level Armorer, then here's what I did to get it to level 50 (for repairing enchanted armor):
Make a disintegrate armor spell that affects yourself. Then just destroy your armor and repair. Rinse and repeat.
Make a disintegrate armor spell that affects yourself. Then just destroy your armor and repair. Rinse and repeat.
Sure, here you go - http://mort.seagull.ru/daedric_shrine.jpgBauer Action Hour said:
20mb Texture replacement that removes the green blobs with zero performance hit.
http://hj.arcanemmo.com/LandscapeLODTextureReplacement.zip
The lod problems are probably at their worst when you're looking at the imperial city from a distance (like in that one screenshot that everyone cringed at pre-release). Looks decidedly less terrible now...
http://hj.arcanemmo.com/LandscapeLODTextureReplacement.zip
The lod problems are probably at their worst when you're looking at the imperial city from a distance (like in that one screenshot that everyone cringed at pre-release). Looks decidedly less terrible now...
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