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Playing Oblivion for the first time anything I need to know?
- Thread starter Cantaim
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STOP right there criminal scum! You've violated the law! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence. Your stolen goods are now forfeit.
OP
OP
I am hearing loud and clear to stay clear of vampirism and I understand y'all! I will cure it as fast as possible if I contract it!
I have found myself apart of the Fighters Guild now and I am an illustrious ray protector. My current duties as a man of honor involve me stalking a nice argonian lady in the streets in order to see if she is brining mountain lions into the city to kill rats.
I have found myself apart of the Fighters Guild now and I am an illustrious ray protector. My current duties as a man of honor involve me stalking a nice argonian lady in the streets in order to see if she is brining mountain lions into the city to kill rats.
Just enjoy, OP. Don't spam fast travel. The world isn't as detailed as Skyrim, but still fun to explore.
There is a glitch you can do at the beginning of the game. Forgot where the dungeon is, but you go there and there's this lady in green (emerald?) armor standing there when you make your way thru. There's a table with a cracked pillar you can jump on that makes her out of reach, but you can whack her in the head until she's dead, taking her armor and weapons. This can be done as soon as you leave the prison, making you a beast at the beginning of the game.
forgot the location but I know it's west of the sewer/ prison.
forgot the location but I know it's west of the sewer/ prison.
Mod out the level scaling. It's so aggressive it fucks the game up. If you pick major skills you use a lot, you'll level up too fast and won't get the multipliers you need to stay competitive.
Best quests in the series. Besides the main quest, but honestly, I've never been big on any of the main quests in TES. Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guilds are tops. Mages Guild has some fun too, though I remember having more fun getting the recommendations from all the guild houses than being in the Arcane University. Though spellcrafting was nifty. I recall making a spell called Bookshelf Dismantler which was low damage but wide area of effect, and would absolutely tank the framerate on PS3 when I fired it around physics objects (namely books in bookshelves).
I like how much of the world is a shiny veneer hiding corrupt, disturbing, or racist workings underneath. People called the setting boring, and I understand the disappointment of Cyrodiil not matching intriguing lore descriptions, but I liked it quite a bit for what it was. And I liked the mystical, haunted Ayleid Ruins more than the busy and dark Dwemer Ruins.
I like how much of the world is a shiny veneer hiding corrupt, disturbing, or racist workings underneath. People called the setting boring, and I understand the disappointment of Cyrodiil not matching intriguing lore descriptions, but I liked it quite a bit for what it was. And I liked the mystical, haunted Ayleid Ruins more than the busy and dark Dwemer Ruins.
Other than the bug fix patch, I wouldn't change a thing for a first playthrough. Go in blind and have fun. Easily my most played ES, finished virtually every quest and it has the best sidequests in the series. Main one sucks though.
Everybody's just making fun of you and reposting memes… sigh.
But have you heard of the true heir of the Septim line? You must find him, and shut the jaws of Oblivion.
But have you heard of the true heir of the Septim line? You must find him, and shut the jaws of Oblivion.
The modding community is huge, as for all TES games. Just go to Nexus and sort by most popular mods.
- mod it
Not modding:
-pick skills you'll never use and stay level 1
- guild quests are amazing
-have fun
Not modding:
-pick skills you'll never use and stay level 1
- guild quests are amazing
-have fun
If you mod it you can make it play and look pretty good for a 2006 game.
I think I put over 400 hours into the 360 version. Play the Dark Brotherhood questline. Best quest out of the whole game.
Lmao at the "Do you like nude patches?"You can use this handy chart to guide you along the modding process!
Thanks, this will be handy for my future Oblivion replay. I actually haven't replayed since its launch year.
Yes get yourself some Magic scrolls as soon as possible. Best thing to do is buy them from the imperial city, get like 20 of the same type.
Next, double click on the scroll in your inventory and then drop any expensive item from your inventory. You should know what to do next.
Next, double click on the scroll in your inventory and then drop any expensive item from your inventory. You should know what to do next.
Murder someone as soon as you can and do the Dark Brotherhood quest. That was pretty fun back then.
If you don't feel like playing the horrible social mini-game you can just buy friends, there's no shame in it they're all horrific mosteroids that you don't want to stare into the empty, dead eyes of anyway.
I think it was oblivion where I used an elastic band on the thumb stick of my controller to set me walking on the spot in a corner to get my sneak still up. Maybe don't do that.
If you want to level up fast and have a silly time, put Acrobatics as one of your main skills.
If you want the game to be reasonable, do not put acrobatics as one of your main skills.
If you want the game to be reasonable, do not put acrobatics as one of your main skills.
Thats good, but is there 1 mod that includes all this stuff and ensures the best compatibility?You can use this handy chart to guide you along the modding process!
You can use this handy chart to guide you along the modding process!
This is bringing back some memories.
I played for 2 weeks before I realize fast travel was a thing lol..
Also OP if you run into Umbra and your level is too low, have her follow you back to the city and have the guards kill her, I cheated lol...
lol I forgot the game just dumps all the DLC on you the first time you step outside
Has anyone ever made a mod that fixes this, so you actually have to find the DLC and it's better integrated into the game?
lock picking in the game is rad. There's more skill involved than in future Bethesda games with lockpicking. You can even unlock expert/master level locks at a low level if you know what you're doing! I don't want to spoil the secret, but pay attention to the sounds of the tumblers when you mess with them, and how fast they jump up.
Also I hope you don't stress about minmaxing bc it's a bitch in this game. Not fun. Don't stress about your build too much and just have fun.
The guild quests are arguably the strongest quest lines in the base game. Dark Brotherhood is the best. Thieves Guild is fun as hell too. Mages Guild is v in depth and the start is fun (with a great reward too!) Fighters Guild gets good towards the end. Arena's fun as heck too.
Hold off on doing Knights of the Nine until you wrap up the more evil questlines (particularly dark brotherhood and thieves guild to a lesser extent). Knights of the Nine is v anal about making sure you stay a good guy.
The Bloated Float in the Imperial City Waterfront is a lovely place to spend the night.
Hold on to your Nirnroots. Like Skyrim they don't respawn after you pick them. Unlike Skyrim, they serve a purpose... I think? I know there's a quest line for 'em.
Make backup saves.
Magic is fun as heck in this game. If you're open to modding you're game, check out Midas Magic.
Chameleon is OP. Still worth it tho.
Shivering Isles was the best single player DLC up until Witcher 3s.
Oblivion Gates suck. Theyre also kinda like Dragons in Skyrim, in the sense that they don't show up until you do a few quests in the main quest line. Kvatch should be avoided if you don't want to stress about Oblivion.
One of the Daedric quests involves talking to EVERY SINGLE BEGGAR IN CYRODIL. WITHOUT QUEST MARKERS. Make note of every beggar you come across in your travels if you want to do this quest, or look up a guide afterwards.
Thieving in the Imperial City is fun as hell. Even moreso with the Better Cities mod.
IMO the vanilla game holds up really well when compared to Morrowind or even Skyrim. I have 2–5 essential mods for those two games, but no real essential mods for Oblivion. The unofficial patch is the closest I can think of to an essential mod, maybe some anti-crash stuff too.
Also I hope you don't stress about minmaxing bc it's a bitch in this game. Not fun. Don't stress about your build too much and just have fun.
The guild quests are arguably the strongest quest lines in the base game. Dark Brotherhood is the best. Thieves Guild is fun as hell too. Mages Guild is v in depth and the start is fun (with a great reward too!) Fighters Guild gets good towards the end. Arena's fun as heck too.
Hold off on doing Knights of the Nine until you wrap up the more evil questlines (particularly dark brotherhood and thieves guild to a lesser extent). Knights of the Nine is v anal about making sure you stay a good guy.
The Bloated Float in the Imperial City Waterfront is a lovely place to spend the night.
Hold on to your Nirnroots. Like Skyrim they don't respawn after you pick them. Unlike Skyrim, they serve a purpose... I think? I know there's a quest line for 'em.
Make backup saves.
Magic is fun as heck in this game. If you're open to modding you're game, check out Midas Magic.
Chameleon is OP. Still worth it tho.
Shivering Isles was the best single player DLC up until Witcher 3s.
Oblivion Gates suck. Theyre also kinda like Dragons in Skyrim, in the sense that they don't show up until you do a few quests in the main quest line. Kvatch should be avoided if you don't want to stress about Oblivion.
One of the Daedric quests involves talking to EVERY SINGLE BEGGAR IN CYRODIL. WITHOUT QUEST MARKERS. Make note of every beggar you come across in your travels if you want to do this quest, or look up a guide afterwards.
Thieving in the Imperial City is fun as hell. Even moreso with the Better Cities mod.
IMO the vanilla game holds up really well when compared to Morrowind or even Skyrim. I have 2–5 essential mods for those two games, but no real essential mods for Oblivion. The unofficial patch is the closest I can think of to an essential mod, maybe some anti-crash stuff too.
^ Truth ^
At the very least I recommend a levelling mod. It was always the weakest part of Oblivion, even from day one it was a weird and dated mechanic.
If you do put the time into modding your game up, it can look gorgeous even by 2020 standards for open world games:
