I tried, they got up and beat me to death. Stupid Orcs >.<Meanmoose said:You should murder a random person in the game and then sleep. Wonderful things will happen! =D
I can understand not getting TES games without a point of reference.Sup I said:So I bought Oblivion friday (late to the party, I know) because I was looking forward to Skyrim without ever playing a Elder Scroll game. I figured I'd check it out before I paid for Skyrim.
In short, I hate it. The combat is wierd. Why don't enimies has health bars? And whats up the with leveling system? I don't get expirience from killing things? You're telling me I can level up by increasing my acrobatics skill 10 times?
And why is it SO hard? I'm at the FIRST Oblivion gate! It's impossible. I got there at level 2 (because it's the second fukin mission) and now I'm level 4 and still can't come close to beating it. I have a iron bow and steel arrows, and a "fine steel longsword" I'm Aprentice in Archery and Blade. Why do people like this game? I think it will be the first game I give up on due to difficulty in years. Atleast I only spent $20 bucks on it.
I don't have very many arrows, so I only take the one shot the the 3x bonus damage then go at it with my melee.Generic Gamer said:Quick tip on archery: You want to use a bow, use enchanted arrows and poisons. Bows and arrows are the weakest weapon but the longest ranged weapon that can deliver poison. Hit them with a damage poison like you made in the intro or enchant the bow AND a batch of arrows.Sup I said:I'm on xbox and I'm not ready to start a new character yet, and thanks for telling me where the health bar is, I couln't see it.
The other option is to hit heavy armoured enemies with a burden poison or lighter enemies with a paralyse poison (paralyse is rarer so don't use it unless you have to) and kill them up close. Hit from crouch and before you're seen for a tasty damage bonus and make that fist shot count!
They? It's a lot easier killing just one. break into a little bosmers(wood elf)house and slit his throat. I know you can do it! Your murder should be observed by mysterious forces! XD Oblivions guild quests and side quests are generally a bit more fun than the main quest line IMHO.Sup I said:I tried, they got up and beat me to death. Stupid Orcs >.<Meanmoose said:You should murder a random person in the game and then sleep. Wonderful things will happen! =D
That's...not exactly how it works, but close. The deal is, each class has a set of 7 major skills, as well as a general specialization in either Combat, Magic, or Stealth. When you choose your class, you get an initial bonus to all the skills this covers, and it doesn't take as much skill XP to level up the skill. To quote from the Wiki [http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Increasing_Skills]:jcox2820 said:You earn more experience for using skills your class focuses one, less for their secondary ones, and (I think) a minor amount for ones your class doesn't need.
So, a combat focused character with Blade as a major skill will level it up twice as fast as, say, healing magic that isn't a class skill, but it's still very much worth leveling up non-class skills for a multitude of reasons.Skills that are not part of your class are base skills and require the most experience points to advance.
For the seven skills that are associated with your class specialization (Combat, Magic, or Stealth), only 75% of the base experience is needed.
For the seven major skills, only 60% of the base experience is needed.
For any skills that are both specialization skills and major skills, only 45% of the base experience is needed.
I put like 200 hours into this game and did not know that. I'm serious.Generic Gamer said:...Is this...is it real?
1. The enemies have health bars, it's that curved line above your crosshairs.
Problem: you can only enchant an item with one magic effect at a time. You could make a spell with that effect but then you'd be constrained by your magicka.Signa said:1> Get soul trap, drain health, weakness to magicka spells
2> Get Asura's Star
3> Join Mage's guild to access enchanting
4> Enchant dagger with Drain 100HP for 1 second, Soul Trap 1 Second, Weakness to Magicka 100% for 1 second
Win game.
I'm sure a lot of that doesn't make sense at first glance, but all it takes is just hunting for those few spells (faqs and wikis will help you) and a common iron dagger to win the game. Every strike you land on an enemy momentarily reduces his HP, but every strike after (if within 1 second) reduces it by 2x the last strike. First it's -200HP, then -400, then -800, -1600.... it doesn't take much to kill the strongest enemies in the game. And the soul trap effect will allow you to keep this going for every non-human/humanlike demon you kill.