Seen any elves?

 

To be honest, I'd probably chose Nord only over Imperial. My second choice (after Breton) would be Argonian. Because, really, what else would you expect to be the "dragon borne." Also, they look way cooler in this one.

 

Dunmer. All the way. Swords and Sorcery are a boss combination, and if you like to RP, Dunmer are basically dicks to any non-dunmer. Fucking over the dirty outlanders is quite fun, especially when you are as cool as the dark elves.

 

I hope that becomes a mod. I would play a Cactaur without hesitation.

 

Yeah, it's a pure mage race unless you're quick as all hell and really damn good at dodging. They can't take a hit for anything.

 

I just started a playthrough of Oblivion as a sneaky-type (modified assassin) sword and sorcery Dunmer. Lots of fun so far.

Skyrim looks awesome, but I think it's going to have to wait. Too many other games in the queue right now, especially with BF3 talking up so much of my free time.

 

You're doing it wrong. Skyrim first. Everything else later.

 

So apparently, Xbox 360 version has been leaked all over the place. There are people streaming it left and right, and it's kind of hard to resist seeing some of it. I've managed to hold out so far, but still... 6 days away.

Thoughts?

 

Random question. Does anyone know if the fifth anniversary edition of Oblivion come with all the DLC or just KotN and SI?

 

Just KotN and SI, plus a few extras like making of dvds and maps, at least on Xbox.

 

Not really worth it, in my opinion. Might as well just wait it out.

 

I'm torn. Part of me wants to wait for the game. Part of me knows damn well I won't have anything that can run it for at least another three months.

 

I'd like to hear some reviews from DLPers playing it but as a law abiding group of individuals, such a thing could never happen. Or be mentioned. Ever.

 

so.
People are all like, "Hey Calz, you're a less-than-law-abiding individual, wrought with dubious morals and less-than-legal means. Tell us what you have experiences so far in your adventures in the land of snow, dragons, and war axes!"

sure!

So like. First off: There is no stat menu. There is no stat manipulation at all, so far in the game. Meaning, there is no increasing of strength and other skills to assist in carrying capacity, movement speed, or any such once-lovely things.

Secondly: the inability to set things as primary and secondary skills and such is a big departure from Morrowind. What it means is, once a certain skill levels up, you get a progression bump in your % to next level, no matter wtf it is.

Thirdly: Magic sucks. Get out a bow, start learning to use it, because magic is garbage early game. I didn't even think to figure out how to use it until I'd gotten out of the intro area, and once I found it, I kind of wish I never bothered.

Fourthly: Long fucking dungeon is loooooooooooooong. FFS I've been grinding at this thing for what feels like forever. Utter fuckery. I just want to get out of here now.

Fifthly: get a steel war axe. Use it. The murderdeathkill slow-mo things are worth it. That, and early on, ain't shit else going to do a lot of damage. Plus, you can make it get a perk to cause bleeding damage. Which, apparently, seems to work on the undead. Don't ask me why or how.

Sixthly: There is no six.

Seventhly: Dual Wielding blows ass unless you like getting punched in the face.

Eighthly: Enemy archers cheat, when they can bother to actually hit you.

And finally: I'm going back to playing now. NaNoWriMo can blow me, I need to at least get back to town so I can get rid of the shit making me 2 pounds of weight from being unable to run right now -____-;

Questions: Hit me. I'll try.

 

At the very least, I would hope that our members would be considerate enough to use spoiler tags if they mentioned anything they was in this thread.

The truth is that all the races in Oblivion were pretty similar if you level efficiently.

 

ALL I HEAR IS YOU SAYING HOW AWESOME THIS GAME IS.

 

So, I may or may not have run across a direct link to a recording of a live stream. If such a thing had happened, I would warn you all that the player is either stoned or a tremendous faggot, and has likely never played TES before. I would also say that it could be found here.

If something is spoiled for you, it's your own damn fault. Three hours long and I just started watching. I hope the guy shuts up, though.

 

Apparently these are the racial bonuses. Some odd ones in there so, you know, grain of salt and all that.

Argonian

+10 Lockpicking, +5 Restoration, Alteration, Light Armor, Sneak, Pickpocket.

Histskin : Invoke the power of the Hist to recover health ten times faster for 60 seconds.

Resist Disease : Your Argonian blood is 50% resistant to disease. Water Breathing : Your Argonian Lungs can breath underwater.

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Breton

+10 Conjuration, +5 Alchemy, Illusion, Restoration, Alteration, Speech

Dragonskin : Absorb 50% of magicka from hostile spells for 60 seconds.

Magic Resistance : Breton blood grants a 25% resistance to magic.

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Dunmer

+10 Destruction, +5 Alchemy, Illusion, Alteration, Light Armor, Sneak

Ancestor’s Wrath : For 60 seconds, opponents that get too close take 8 points per second of fire damage.

Resist Fire – Your Dunmer blood gives you 50% resistance to fire.

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Altmer

+10 Illusion, +5 Conjuration, Destruction, Restoration, Alteration, Enchanting

Highborn : Regenerate magicka faster for 60 seconds.

Highborn : High Elves are born with 50 extra magicka.

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Imperial

+10 Restoration, +5 Destruction, Enchanting, Heavy Armor, Block, One-Handed

Voice of the Emperor : Calms nearby people for 60 seconds.

Imperial Luck : Anywhere gold coins might be found, Imperials always seem to find a few more.

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Khajiit

+10 Sneak, +5 Alchemy, One-Handed, Archery, Lockpicking, Pickpocket

Night Eye : Improved night vision for 60 seconds.

Claws : Khajiit claws do 15 points of damage.

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Nord

+10 Two-Handed, +5 Smithing, Block, One-Handed, Light Armor, Speech

Battle Cry : Target flees for 30 seconds.

Resist Frost: Your Nord blood gives you 50% resistance to frost.

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Orsimer

+10 Heavy Armor, +5 Enchanting, Smithing, Block, Two-Handed, One-Handed

Berserker Rage : You take half damage and do double damage for 60 seconds.

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Redguard

+10 One-Handed, +5 Destruction, Alteration, Smithing, Block, Archery

Adrenaline Rush : Stamina regenerates 10x faster for 60 seconds.

Resist Poison : Your Redguard blood gives you 50% resistance to poison.

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Bosmer

+10 Archery, +5 Alchemy, Light Armor, Sneak, Lockpicking, Pickpocket

Command Animal : Make an animal an ally for 60 seconds.

Resist Disease and Poison : Your Bosmer blood gives you 50% resistance to poison and disease.

Source

 

Best of the lot for sure.