Morning Discussion

by Xav de Matos, Jan 25, 2011 5:00am PST

Vacation's over. I really enjoyed my time away from work, exploring some of the great spots buried within Chicago. It was a hectic time in the city due to the face-off between the Bears and the Pack. It didn't turn out well for Bears fans.

What did turn out well was Never Not Funny, live at the Congress Theater. The show was hilarious as usual, Daver sang the theme and the crew sang along at the end. As an added bonus, I had the pleasure of meeting the crew. What a classy group of gentlemen.

Well, it's back to work for me. Next time I'll be sure to remember to take more than two days off. Maybe.

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Oblivion thread

In anticipation of Skyrim I decided to load this up and give it a real playthrough. I've spent many, many hours in Fallout 3 but only a handful in Oblivion. Something about the world just never grabbed me. To help remedy this I've loaded a handful of visual enhancement mods--Darnified UI, Unique Locations, Natural Environments, Qarl texture pack, and the unofficial community patch.

Continuing my Skyrim anticipation theme I decided to play as a Nord and then went with the Knight class and the Steed birthsign. I wanted to beat things down with a little support magic while still being mobile. However, something has gone severely wrong.

I'm in Kvatch doing the first save the city from siege quest line, and I'm just getting my ass handed to me. After every encounter with a single enemy low level skamps--WTF! I'm left with about 10% health...forcing me to retreat and spam the starter-level healing spell and/or health potions. This sucks, because some of the encounters involve a mob of enemies and I just get torn apart like a paper bag. WTF? I should be wading through these guys like a Diablo 2 barbarian! Am I doing it wrong? Somebody give me some pointers, please.

Jan 25, 2011 7:42am PST

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- Join the Fighters Guild, do some quests, play through the Arena, level up a few times, then try again. : beanman101283
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  the creatures level with you. if you've leveled up a bunch of times before you get there but haven't got ... : dirge23
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    That's the thing...I got there at Level 1, closed down the Oblivion gate, leveled up to Level 2, and I th... : PenicillinX57
    - you could go do some other stuff. but since the game is just kind of broken there i suggest turning down ... : dirge23
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    That was the single most amazingly broken gameplay design feature I could recall from the games I'd played. The enemies universally levelling with you. God damn.
    
    Jan 25, 2011 7:51am PST
    
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    That was the single most amazingly broken gameplay design feature I could recall from the games I'd playe... : seven
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      isn't there a mod that fixes this? : JohnnyRey
      
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      there are probably 50 mods that change this : dirge23
      
      So there you go! : JohnnyRey
      
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      I could never figure out which one was the best...because most of them are buggy, or fuck something else ... : BackSinner
      
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      Of course, this was about a year ago, I dont know if things have gotten better. I quit on Oblivion halfwa... : BackSinner
      
      I started with the side quests and got to around level 25 or so before the gameplay was so broken due to ... : seven
      
      OOO is well regarded, but makes the game really, really hard. : vitek r
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      it really was a fucking travesty. : vitek r
      
      I am glad to see you think so too. :) : seven
  - They don't level with you forever though, so after leveling up some and getting better gear, you can take... : beanman101283
- Reduce the difficulty slider? : Dolemite
- Yeah... Levelling is fucked. First time i reached that area, all the guards were torn to shreds, leaving ... : Creepin_Jeezus
- im almost positive i remember the kvatch encounter was broken and never fixed. the scaling gets glitched... : vitek r
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  Slightly off topic, but not really... Oblivion Graphics Extender using dudes... Have any of you fou... : kershner25
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    Apparently, OBGE+ENB series = match made in heaven let OBGE handle godrays, SSAO and whatnot, and ENB on... : azuvatar
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      Christ I hate configuring ENB, do you know of any good Oblivion pre-set ones? : kershner25
      
      yeah, it's a PITA, I have no preset for Oblivion tho, yet to install it again and give it a go. try thi : azuvatar
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  I am replaying it on the 360 and the world still looks amazing, I don't get you people. : gmd
  - i am too giant metal dong ! bought the goty edition with my remaining ebgames credit to try out shivering... : HisKillSkill
- As people have said, try a levelling mod out, work on your skills a bit and then you'll cool :) : niceguynick
- use the difficulty slider, or mods : Downforce

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