Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

[Pompidou]

The best point about Oblivion is that you can do anything you want, any time. The worst point about Oblivion is that you can do anything you want, any time. The freedom is a lot of fun, but the costs of the freedom are annoying. To allow you to do any dungeon or any mission at any time, enemies had to be forced to scale with you. Fortunately, the scaling caps at level 25 I believe, and you can level to around 50 naturally (and potentially infinitely if you exploit the prison system). So players interested in achieving god mode like in Morrowind won't be disappointed if they persevere.

The big problem in scaling enemies is that it pigeonholes you into levelling your character a certain way. Of course, we all play FFXI, so we enjoy being forced to level a certain way - pigeonhole is our collective middle name. What I mean is, the enemies level alongside you, and they aren't gaining levels by raising their speechcraft and mercantile skills, let me tell you. They're only raising their combat skills. If you want to make any progress, that means you'll have to do likewise. Level too high on skills like acrobatics or athletics, and you'll find that enemies have jumped to the next level and you lack the tools to defeat them.

Oddly, the potentially easiest way to beat the game is a bit counterintuitive. Set the combat skills you intend to fight with as misc skills so that they don't raise your level. Only pick skills that level deliberately, and at your control as major skills. Spammable magic schools work well for this. This way you can max out your ability points at each level. Alternatively, getting 100 in your combat skills while keeping your character level low will for all intents and purposes cheat the level scaling system, making you dominate your enemies. I haven't tried the latter yet, but I always micromanage my abilities at level up to get the full 5,5 and 1luck and then 5,5,5 points at levelup.

 

[Ruffyreborn]

I really wanted to get this for PC... But my laptop doesnt have the hardware or something for it. It wont start on my PC because of this:

"This game requires a graphics adapter with hardware T&L (Transform and Lighting) support to run. The listed Intel® graphics controllers do not support hardware T&L. T&L can be done by the processor (in software) with acceptable performance in most cases, but since the game specifically checks for hardware T&L, it fails to run."

Sad Looks like Im going to have to save and get a 360 to play it, sometime.

 

[Skaw]

Sad Looks like Im going to have to save and get a 360 to play it, sometime.

Which sucks cause you miss out on using mods that make the game look 1000x better. Reflective windows, better water, less texture blurring with distance, always loaded objects with distance. And my favorite, Seasonal texturing and weather.

And mods that tweak gameplay for the better, like the ability to have multiple summons(which carries over to monsters as well.) And Retroactive Health. Health is determined by your Endurance every level. Retroactive Health makes it so that it's determined by your endurance and the level you're on, and past levels as well. So you don't need to dump in Endurance early on to get a decent value of health. Magika works the same way, and I think theres a mod for it as well. Never really did much magic in the game, just Restoration.

 

[Elemmire]

you could prolly make your own computer for about the cost of a 360 + game + whatever else. It might be slightly more but it'd be more useful I think than a 360 would be (plus I love building computers <3 I'd do it more if I had money).

 

[Skaw]

you could prolly make your own computer for about the cost of a 360 + game + whatever else. It might be slightly more but it'd be more useful I think than a 360 would be (plus I love building computers <3 I'd do it more if I had money).

The problem is if you want it to look anything like the 360(or better, with visual-altering mods) you'd need to spend a very hefty amount. Way more than a 360 costs.

 

[Claudhert]

Just the other day i discovered the hands of the mountain spell i put on god mode and when in to town Kill everthing that moved... It was soo fun watching Bodies, armor, food, and other stuff flying around the area away from the epicenter from my AoE Thunder spell.. bad thing is that the spell costed 19320383484 MP so you had to have god mode on to use it..

then adding more fun i did the PCactorcopy cheat and was fighting my self to which was tough as hell

 

[CmdrFly]

That's another entertaining aspect. When I finished all the guilds and really had nothing left to do in the game but raid dungeons, I decided to go on a rampage and see how many towns I could completely empty of all life.

I think by the time I gave up, I had cleared 4 cities and my bounty was somewhere in the 100,000 range. Can't remember exactly but it was a lot of fun.

 

[Skaw]

What do do when bored: Get the Adoring Fan, go to Dive Rock. Kill him and chuck his body over.

Or make a pretty high damaging spell with a 1 second Paralyze effect(Before the damage) and launch him off the top. If you toggle collision off, you can follow his plummiting ragdoll body. Paralyze won't officially wear off until he lands, but he'll die from the falling damage, if he survives the spell.

 

[Elemmire]

The problem is if you want it to look anything like the 360(or better, with visual-altering mods) you'd need to spend a very hefty amount. Way more than a 360 costs.

not if you have connections! XD

 

[Skaw]

I forgot to mention for making a Fan Launcher spell, you need to have the damage affect an area, so it gives a push to ragdolls. Or in this case, the Paralyzed fan. If you toggle collisions before blasting him, get up close, crouch, and aim at his chin, you can launch him vertically by repeatedly hitting him with your launcher spell, then toggle collisions back on for the pushing to take affect.

 

[Ruffyreborn]

Which sucks cause you miss out on using mods that make the game look 1000x better. Reflective windows, better water, less texture blurring with distance, always loaded objects with distance. And my favorite, Seasonal texturing and weather.

And mods that tweak gameplay for the better, like the ability to have multiple summons(which carries over to monsters as well.) And Retroactive Health. Health is determined by your Endurance every level. Retroactive Health makes it so that it's determined by your endurance and the level you're on, and past levels as well. So you don't need to dump in Endurance early on to get a decent value of health. Magika works the same way, and I think theres a mod for it as well. Never really did much magic in the game, just Restoration.

yeah, I would really like to upgrade my laptop, but its just going to cost extra bucks to do it. (its a Dell)

I mean, its very good and plays a lot of games well, but the key thing is: I cant upgrade it myself... I have to send it back :/

 

[CmdrFly]

What do do when bored: Get the Adoring Fan, go to Dive Rock. Kill him and chuck his body over.

Dive Rock... where's that? Is that the mountain that's damn near impossible to get to at the top of the world, where the sasqwamch killed those 2 adventurers?

I mean, its very good and plays a lot of games well, but the key thing is: I cant upgrade it myself... I have to send it back :/

Says who?

Dell (Canada) parts: 866-440-3355

Give them your service tag & express service code and ask for options as to video card / RAM. Well... the RAM you could buy anywhere. But they can provide you with pricing on upgrading your CPU or video card. All Dell's made in the past few years are modular and allow you to upgrade the hardware.

Disassembling it can take some time, but with a little care you can do it yourself. I replaced a motherboard last week in 30 minutes. Just be sure to keep the screws marked with their original holes.

 

[Skaw]

Dive Rock... where's that? Is that the mountain that's damn near impossible to get to at the top of the world, where the sasqwamch killed those 2 adventurers?

It's easy to get to with Shadowmere. Dive Rock is due north of the Oblivion gate east of Fort Farragut.

You need a horse since they can climb steeper surfaces than you can without one. Otherwise you have to go the long way and possibly run in to that super troll.