*official* Oblivion Thread, opinions?

[iamwiz82]

Damn, the quest for the boots for the Gray Fox was crazy. I was not expecting that to happen .

Also, the main quest task to kill the 5 vampires was a PITA. Drawing them out one at a time seemed to work well but the one with the enchanted axe was kicking my butt.

 

[skace]

What's with every other oblivion thread getting locked? You can't have every oblivion related discussion in a single thread, do the mods not realize that theres actually entire forums full of just oblivion related info, I don't think it is that odd to have 2-3 threads in SFW based on it, especially when one is testing, one is general opinions and another is a problem with a character build. These aren't exactly identical topics.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: skace
What's with every other oblivion thread getting locked? You can't have every oblivion related discussion in a single thread, do the mods not realize that theres actually entire forums full of just oblivion related info, I don't think it is that odd to have 2-3 threads in SFW based on it, especially when one is testing, one is general opinions and another is a problem with a character build. These aren't exactly identical topics.

Yeah. This thread is getting kind of hard to sift through. Thanks for PM'ing me regarding my wood elf build though.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: skace[/b]
What's with every other oblivion thread getting locked? You can't have every oblivion related discussion in a single thread, do the mods not realize that theres actually entire forums full of just oblivion related info, I don't think it is that odd to have 2-3 threads in SFW based on it, especially when one is testing, one is general opinions and another is a problem with a character build. These aren't exactly identical topics.

Yeah. This thread is getting kind of hard to sift through. Thanks for PM'ing me regarding my wood elf build though.

HEY MODS! If you only want us to post in the Official Oblivion Thread,Please Make it a Sticky

post your complaints to the Unreasonable Mod in FI.
:Q

 

[Dumac]

I just made a new character, and then accidentally saved over my old main character

Wish you could give save files names like in Morrowind.

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: Dumac
I just made a new character, and then accidentally saved over my old main character

Wish you could give save files names like in Morrowind.

Yikes... Sorry for your loss, but also thanks for the warning...

 

[MajorMullet]

Originally posted by: Dumac
I just made a new character, and then accidentally saved over my old main character

Wish you could give save files names like in Morrowind.

I don't remember the website, but I read somewhere that there is a console command to save your game where you can name it whatever you want. Considering you have the PC version that is.

I don't have time to look for it now (at work) but I'll see if I can find it when I get home.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Anybody NOT powergaming for three 5x stat multipliers per level up? It really kills the fun for me last time I tried in Morrowind...

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Anybody NOT powergaming for three 5x stat multipliers per level up? It really kills the fun for me last time I tried in Morrowind...

I'm doing the 5x but not powergaming which makes it challenging and fun for me. Like I will get 5 marksmanship but try to avoid getting 5 of my next major until the minors are filled in, so like I'll have to switch to a weaker weapon temporarily which makes the dungeons a bit harder. Plus my game is bugged so that I can't save in dungeons without problems loading said game, so I'm constantly being challenged.

 

[flashbacck]

Oblivion Performance Benchmarks

 

[RobertR1]

Originally posted by: MajorMullet

Originally posted by: Dumac
I just made a new character, and then accidentally saved over my old main character

Wish you could give save files names like in Morrowind.

I don't remember the website, but I read somewhere that there is a console command to save your game where you can name it whatever you want. Considering you have the PC version that is.

I don't have time to look for it now (at work) but I'll see if I can find it when I get home.

` savegame (name)

 

[RobertR1]

HELP! I'm suck in the Mage Guild quest.

It's the Task after you make Envoker rank. I'm at the Alyied Ruins and at the room with the 4 squares that needs to be hit by different magic's to raise the Pillar. What magic skill is "Fority Magic." I have use the Ice touch for Ice. Fireball for Fire. A drain spell for Destory but I have no idea what a "fortify magic" spell is. I don't have one, where do I get it?

 

[Fallengod]

Its restoration, and youd have to buy it heh. Restoration skills is anvil.

 

[naddicott]

Originally posted by: RobertR1
HELP! I'm suck in the Mage Guild quest.

It's the Task after you make Envoker rank. I'm at the Alyied Ruins and at the room with the 4 squares that needs to be hit by different magic's to raise the Pillar. What magic skill is "Fority Magic." I have use the Ice touch for Ice. Fireball for Fire. A drain spell for Destory but I have no idea what a "fortify magic" spell is. I don't have one, where do I get it?

There are scrolls with all the necessary spell effects near the assistant NPC. No need to permanently purchase something as useless as fortify magica on target.

On that note, I really wish there was a way to delete obsolete spells and keep my spellbook a bit more managable. The UI mod that reduced font sizes was nice, but it's still an annoyance.

A few alchemy tips from my experience since people have requested them above:
- Revisit farms and vineyards every few days to stock up on high yield/time materials.
- Once you're in the arcane university (mages guild line) hit the garden there for a nice variety pack every few days.
- Use all the farm stuff to make a ton of restore fatigue potions, saving ingredients that have effects you actually would use for later.
- Sell the restore fatigue potions to a merchant with low mercantile, raising your mercantile in the process.
- Once you hit 50 or 75 alchemy, you can see 3/4 or 4/4 properties, should be enough to start being creative and making potions you would actually use (or poisons). There are 4 slots, and you can actually make a potion/poison with two pairs of herbs, not everything has to synergize with everything else.
- Unless you pick up alchemy late in the game, finding journeyman/master alchemy equipment can be rough. Try plundering necromancer or conjuror lairs (easiest way to tell is by the 1-2 NPC's outside the lair) for a chance at better alchemy gear in chests. Merchants appear to slowly catch up in inventory as you level.
- Don't be afraid to use the potions you make, otherwise they're just dead weight (at 0.5 pounds per potion in some cases - a LOT of dead weight).

 

[RobertR1]

Originally posted by: naddicott

Originally posted by: RobertR1
HELP! I'm suck in the Mage Guild quest.

It's the Task after you make Envoker rank. I'm at the Alyied Ruins and at the room with the 4 squares that needs to be hit by different magic's to raise the Pillar. What magic skill is "Fority Magic." I have use the Ice touch for Ice. Fireball for Fire. A drain spell for Destory but I have no idea what a "fortify magic" spell is. I don't have one, where do I get it?

There are scrolls with all the necessary spell effects near the assistant NPC. No need to permanently purchase something as useless as fortify magica on target.

On that note, I really wish there was a way to delete obsolete spells and keep my spellbook a bit more managable. The UI mod that reduced font sizes was nice, but it's still an annoyance.

A few alchemy tips from my experience since people have requested them above:
- Revisit farms and vineyards every few days to stock up on high yield/time materials.
- Once you're in the arcane university (mages guild line) hit the garden there for a nice variety pack every few days.
- Use all the farm stuff to make a ton of restore fatigue potions, saving ingredients that have effects you actually would use for later.
- Sell the restore fatigue potions to a merchant with low mercantile, raising your mercantile in the process.
- Once you hit 50 or 75 alchemy, you can see 3/4 or 4/4 properties, should be enough to start being creative and making potions you would actually use (or poisons). There are 4 slots, and you can actually make a potion/poison with two pairs of herbs, not everything has to synergize with everything else.
- Unless you pick up alchemy late in the game, finding journeyman/master alchemy equipment can be rough. Try plundering necromancer or conjuror lairs (easiest way to tell is by the 1-2 NPC's outside the lair) for a chance at better alchemy gear in chests. Merchants appear to slowly catch up in inventory as you level.
- Don't be afraid to use the potions you make, otherwise they're just dead weight (at 0.5 pounds per potion in some cases - a LOT of dead weight).

Thanks man! I agree. The ability to drop spells would be nice. Also, if you could use the hotkey to cast not just select would rock! That way you can go: 1. Lessen Fire Resistance 2. Fire ball 3. Shock 4. etc. etc. and just fast spam the hotkeys. The casting time is quite slow also when trying to switch between spells and fast casting.

How do you use Soul Gems. I tried the soul trap (which doesn't seem to do ****** but offend someone) and thought that'd fill up the soul gem but every time I click on it, it says. Cannot equip empty soul gem.

 

[naddicott]

Originally posted by: RobertR1
How do you use Soul Gems. I tried the soul trap (which doesn't seem to do ****** but offend someone) and thought that'd fill up the soul gem but every time I click on it, it says. Cannot equip empty soul gem.

What you're probably missing is you need to kill the mob while the soul trap spell (a touch spell by default) is in effect. The soul will fill the lowest quality gem it can fit in, but beware, if you only have a grand gem in your inventory, and soultrap a rat - you're stuck with a rat soul in a grand gem. If you kill something uber, and only have a lesser soul gem, then you'll get a message that you don't have anything large enough to fit the soul (paraphrased).

The easiest way to get the timing down is to enchant a weapon with soul trap (and possibly other stuff) and use it to make the killing blow. Alternately you could make a custom spell that soul traps for a longer duration, or from a range, or in a radius (although I wouldn't reccomend it).

Once you have a filled soulgem, you can either "equip" it to refill the charge on a magic weapon (which you can also do for a fee with some mage guild members and merchants), or take the gem to the arcane university and use it as a component in an item enchant.

 

[nageov3t]

anyone have any tips for raising security while staying on the right side of the law?

I picked it as one of my primary skills because I thought I'd make great use of it in dungeons and now I'm kinda stuck with it

 

[BenSkywalker]

There are scrolls with all the necessary spell effects near the assistant NPC.

Not always. I ended up having my HD tank when I was at the Warlock rank and ended up having to replay through that section and the second time I went through all of the scrolls I needed were NOT there(they had been the first time).

 

[Dacalo]

I started playing last Saturday, it's been really fun. I had hard time getting into Morrowind, but not too much for Oblivion.

My class is assasin, and I tried to be a "good" assasin which got really boring. Now that I am in the Dark Brotherhood, I am having a blast!

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: loki8481
anyone have any tips for raising security while staying on the right side of the law?

I picked it as one of my primary skills because I thought I'd make great use of it in dungeons and now I'm kinda stuck with it

If you're worried about being caught, then you just need to sneak or build up your sneak skill. Otherwise, security is pretty much for lockpicking and thievery.

 

[Painman]

Originally posted by: loki8481
anyone have any tips for raising security while staying on the right side of the law?

I picked it as one of my primary skills because I thought I'd make great use of it in dungeons and now I'm kinda stuck with it

-Training.

-Be clumsy in the lock mini-game on purpose, you still gain skill when you break a pick.

-Be patient. My Security skill was lagging behind (I made it primary too), but now I'm in my mid to late teen levels and it's catching up. Finding more and more harder locks. It's still my lowest Primary, but it's at 43 and climbing faster. and only from dungeons, I haven't done any serious burgling/Thieves Guild stuff yet.

 

[RobertR1]

Get the skeleton key and your security will shoot through the roof.

 

[Painman]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Anybody NOT powergaming for three 5x stat multipliers per level up? It really kills the fun for me last time I tried in Morrowind...

I'm not. I just play, and take my 2s and 3s, rarely a 5. TBH I think they did a good job of balancing. My character is finding challenge, but not getting creamed. I'll still end up maxing my core attributes at 25 or so. I have no problem with powergamers (you should see my D2 characters) but I decided to roleplay through this one - and so far it works.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Painman

Originally posted by: loki8481
anyone have any tips for raising security while staying on the right side of the law?

I picked it as one of my primary skills because I thought I'd make great use of it in dungeons and now I'm kinda stuck with it

-Training.

-Be clumsy in the lock mini-game on purpose, you still gain skill when you break a pick.

-Be patient. My Security skill was lagging behind (I made it primary too), but now I'm in my mid to late teen levels and it's catching up. Finding more and more harder locks. It's still my lowest Primary, but it's at 43 and climbing faster. and only from dungeons, I haven't done any serious burgling/Thieves Guild stuff yet.

Don't even bother popping open those fvcking display cases. They're just filled with garbage replicas and books of medicore value. What a ripoff for something with a very hard lock.

 

[Fallengod]

Like ive stated before. Do the nocturnal shrine quest. Youll get a skeleton key. You wont have to worry about lock pics. Just hit auto rapidly