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Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 15:35:01 Reply

Well I bought Oblivion a few days ago and I am going to play that before Skyrim. Anyone have any tips for me and such? I know it's stupid to want to play Oblivion because the stories don't connect but that's how I am. I always like to play the predecessors to a new game.


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 15:37:17 Reply

Tips? Well, don't make a melee only based character, those are pretty boring. Never use horses, just run and jump around wherever you go. And finally, make a save file right before the end of the tutorial, unless you want to go through all that shit again.

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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 15:38:19 Reply

At 11/7/11 03:35 PM, LocoJoe wrote: I know it's stupid to want to play Oblivion because the stories don't connect but that's how I am.

Why is it stupid to want to play a good game?

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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 15:38:56 Reply

Ignore Personality and Speech attributes/skills. This is not one of those games where quests have diplomatic solutions.


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 15:39:47 Reply

You shouldn't do any quests until level 25, so you'll get the best version of every quest item.
Just train your block, heavy/light armor and blade.

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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 15:50:12 Reply

At 11/7/11 03:39 PM, f-izzle wrote: You shouldn't do any quests until level 25, so you'll get the best version of every quest item.

Sounds fun.


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 16:36:36 Reply

At 11/7/11 03:50 PM, idiot-monarch wrote:
At 11/7/11 03:39 PM, f-izzle wrote: You shouldn't do any quests until level 25, so you'll get the best version of every quest item.
Sounds fun.

It isn't. It's just that i'm such a damn completionist in Oblivion, i needs to get the best of everything.

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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 22:00:47 Reply

For some quick cash and experience join the arena! Also assassinate and innocent person.


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 22:11:45 Reply

At 11/7/11 10:00 PM, SolidLiquid wrote: For some quick cash and experience join the arena! Also assassinate and innocent person.

Is there a karma system like Fallout? I was thinking of being a thief like guy but i would feel bad when I hear that damn bad karma sound.


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 22:16:05 Reply

At 11/7/11 10:11 PM, LocoJoe wrote:
At 11/7/11 10:00 PM, SolidLiquid wrote: For some quick cash and experience join the arena! Also assassinate and innocent person.
Is there a karma system like Fallout? I was thinking of being a thief like guy but i would feel bad when I hear that damn bad karma sound.

Nope, but people will judge you if you get caught. So like a guard would be less friendly if you were a convicted criminal. But yeah kill a beggar, see what happens.


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 22:20:06 Reply

At 11/7/11 10:16 PM, Dromedary wrote:
At 11/7/11 10:11 PM, LocoJoe wrote:
At 11/7/11 10:00 PM, SolidLiquid wrote: For some quick cash and experience join the arena! Also assassinate and innocent person.
Is there a karma system like Fallout? I was thinking of being a thief like guy but i would feel bad when I hear that damn bad karma sound.
Nope, but people will judge you if you get caught. So like a guard would be less friendly if you were a convicted criminal. But yeah kill a beggar, see what happens.

So as long as no one finds out there will be no consequences? Woohoo! The cities population of bums respawns right? I'll be the greatest bum killer in all of Oblivion!


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-07 22:58:52 Reply

Nope, even the bums are unique npcs.

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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-08 18:09:02 Reply

At 11/7/11 03:38 PM, idiot-monarch wrote: Ignore Personality and Speech attributes/skills. This is not one of those games where quests have diplomatic solutions.

No, but repeatedly assualting people and talking yourself out of trouble as if nothing ever happened is fun.

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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-09 03:08:10 Reply

I'd recommend joining all the guilds and trying them all out to see what you like, I really enjoyed doing the Dark Brotherhood quests (didn't we all?), and I liked the fighters quild quests as well. And as people have said before, I'd stay away from melee only classes; they're very dull and the weapons dont have that much variation. A bow's the way to go ;). Overall just have fun with one of the best games on the ps3! :)

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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-09 03:48:57 Reply

At 11/7/11 10:20 PM, LocoJoe wrote: So as long as no one finds out there will be no consequences?

yeah, good luck with that, since every guard is a god damn psychic.


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-09 04:01:06 Reply

Alteration is the fastest leveling skill. Alchemy is easy too.

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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-09 04:20:20 Reply

Its all fun and vidya games until level scaling kicks in

Assuming your playing on the PC get anti-level scaling mods

Having to fight a gazillion Daedroths and frost atronachs isn't fun at all, even when you win its so boring, like hitting a fucking brick wall


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-09 07:55:06 Reply

At 11/7/11 10:20 PM, LocoJoe wrote:
So as long as no one finds out there will be no consequences? Woohoo! The cities population of bums respawns right? I'll be the greatest bum killer in all of Oblivion!

Kill the bum... even when you think people don't see you there is always someone watching.

Bwahahaha.


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-09 09:03:09 Reply

Get those stupid Oblivion gates finished as soon as possible. Those levels are the shittest part of the game. And do the assassins guild :)

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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-09 09:11:59 Reply

Run around and look for random quests, I love doing that and plan to do a lot of it in Skyrim.

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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-09 09:59:25 Reply

You're going to have a blast. Just give it some time before the story really starts to pick up. Don't hesitate to do side quests either. Be open minded and EXPLORE. There's millions of secrets and little cool things in Oblivion to find.


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Response to Playing Oblivion 2011-11-10 11:15:12 Reply

If a horse can see you stealing/killing, it counts as being spotted somehow, as if the horse is going to report you. Also, it's fun to do the mage's guild quest first so you can enchant your own items. Then you can enchant several items with a certain percentage of invisibility. If you do it right, you can have an outfit (don't forget rings and necklaces) that add up to 100% invisibility. Then you just cruise on through the thieve's guild and dark brotherhood, unless you don't want to be cheap like that. Plus, you can go about killing people in the middle of a big crowd and watch people freak out.

I didn't cheat like this until the last few missions in the thieve's guild, though. I did the dark brotherhood as a different character and did it right. I built up my sneak and archery skill and had lots of fun shooting people in the head with arrows from far away. Also, the staff of worms is a lot of fun. And watch out when a certain mage tells you to go into a well and get a ring off of a corpse. That shit will weigh you down and you'll drown. So, drop all of your inventory first.

Oh, and before you do that mission near the end of the main quest where the great gate opens, save because the game could crash, especially if you did the gates outside of all the towns/cities and got the maximum amount of guards to come help. And be sure not to have clothing items or weapons you don't want being featured on the statue that is built of you. I happened to have a hood and a bow with me as my fighter dude and it showed him wearing it and holding up his bow, which was not what I wanted.

And don't kill the bums if you don't want to piss off the thieve's guild.

And get the house in Skingrad as soon as you can and look for a nice little treasure inside. There's a pretty good amulet with a detect life effect on it.

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