Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I got chucked out of the Mages' Guild for stealing a horse (one was just standing outside a gate and I jumped on it with no-one around - cunning huh, but then got told it was a Mage's horse and I'd been chucked out of the guild for stealing it - grr)...Now I have to get ridiculous amounts of rare plants to rejoin....Stoopid.

[Mattman]

Thats what I'm doing, I stole something from a cave though! See the edit in my last post.

They sell both ingredients in both the alchemy shops in the Imperial city, if your as lazy as I am.

[brenchill]

I usually hate these kind of games with magic and goblins etc but this game is awesome. The game world is so vast and varid it's incredible. The game's full of racist cunts though everybody seems to be prejudice towards a Dark Elf brother .

Edited March 2, 2008 by BC

[Guest deknegt]

i bought this game and i started as a imperial with my focus on archery whilst he also is skilled in blades.

so im in the thieves guild.

i did the main story to the point where the heir is back at the priory (because i got told there will be random gates popping up)

i finished the quest of the grave robbers and the copius coinpurse. (where i got a cool sword off the dead graverobber)

and im a brawler in the arena.

but i dont know what i should do now.

[oldskool]

Just do whatever. That's what's great.

Also, don't forget to check your quests window. I can't think of a single quest in the game where that wasn't incredibly helpful throughout and it does not get enough credit.

['That Guy']

I've tried so hard to get into this game twice, but I can't seem to do it. Could somebody give me tips in order to try and get into it, cuz I can tell I'll love it, I really can.

[oldskool]

Get to a town, just talk to everybody you can find to try to get quests, and then go out into the world and head to the green triangles of "Your next location". With any luck you'll stumble across other areas while you're at it.

[Guest deknegt]

what is a fast way to up sneak?

i wanna be a real assasin like archer.

and what is a good tactic to use in the arena?

i keep getting destroyed by my opponents.

Edited March 3, 2008 by deknegt

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Just sneak everywhere. Especially when going into caves or whatever. Constantly sneak. It increases the skill pretty rapidly.

In the arena I always open up with a couple of arrows before they reach me, then it's change to sword and shield, block, double hit, move, block, double hit, move....Fire off a fireball, shocking touch or whatever then move some more. Try to last without needing to refill health (always make sure you enter a battle full of health).

[Guest deknegt]

what makes sneak level faster with run toggled or without run or is there no difference?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Doesn't really matter.

Head down into the caves or mines, sneak around and shoot the goblins, skeletons or whatever without being spotted - it gives you the triple bonus of improved sneak, improved shot and a bigger chunk of health knocked off the enemy.

[Cadet Ember McLain]

A little trick you can use is to sneak while someone is on the opposite side of a wall to you. They can't see you, and it counts towards your experience... I'd be careful about running while sneaking, because you may walk over a terrain that gives away your footsteps...

[apsham]

The only thing about power leveling a skill like that (I used a method with my heavy armor) is that it'll jack up your levels and when you DO go to sleep to gain them, the bonus point spread will be very biased towards whatever type of skill you were up-ing.

[oldskool]

You gain skills without leveling, it's stats that you need to level.

Oh, and if you're starting a character, for the love of god take Armorer as one of your seven choices. Repair hammers aren't really tough to come by, but they're expensive and heavy. Once you get to Master you only need one hammer, and that saves a ton.

[Cadet Ember McLain]

I tend to take Alchemy as one of my main skills, if only because you can duplicate all the ingredients and just spam the potion making...

Then when you sleep, you gain about 13 levels because you got a Master's level...

[Gongsun Zan]

I'd advise against that, because then your attributes will be utter shite.

[Cadet Ember McLain]

Yeah, I know, but with my combat tactics, I don't need good skills...

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

Anyone know of a place where I can buy silver arrows, or do I have to be a certain level before they start being sold, or are they purely loot? I'm an archer, and I found 6 silver arrows as loot somewhere and now after running through a dungeon filled with ghosts, I'm down to 2 arrows.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I found about thirty in a Vampire Cave....Well I say found, I had to kill a vampire matriach to rip them off her back...

[Gongsun Zan]

You normally get better loot from dungeons than from shops, so spelunking is probably your better bet.