Am I being boring?

[Azu-Kun]

I usually play a tanky character with a huge sword, but this time while playing oblivion, it feels like the events that happen are very limited to swinging my sword at something, talking to people, repairing- rinse and repeat.
I don't really steal anything and I don't break into people's houses, I don't have much of spells and I can't sneak good because of my heavy armor.
These things used to not bother me but playing Oblivion like this has been... different...

[lonetrav]

Originally posted by Gen:

...These things used to not bother me but playing Oblivion like this has been... different...

Why do the same things sometimes bother you, sometimes they don't? Give the answer yourself (nobody else can).

[Wai]

Originally posted by lonetrav:

Originally posted by Gen:

...These things used to not bother me but playing Oblivion like this has been... different...

Why do the samer things sometimes bother you, sometimes they don't? Give the answer yourself (nobody else can).

Perhaps you could start a new character but, make it the polar opposite to your usual one. That should give you a different perspective and a new challenge.

[(Z) Austerion79]

you can always start a new character, a different one, or you can play differently with your already existing one, you can try a magic or sneak build, you can boost your magic to 600 or 700 and enter the arcane university and get crazy with spells, or you can use chameleon clothing to any extent to boost your sneak, you can even get it to 100% and do whatever you want to enemies without them being able to respond XD

[Azu-Kun]

Originally posted by (Z) Austerion79:

you can always start a new character, a different one, or you can play differently with your already existing one, you can try a magic or sneak build, you can boost your magic to 600 or 700 and enter the arcane university and get crazy with spells, or you can use chameleon clothing to any extent to boost your sneak, you can even get it to 100% and do whatever you want to enemies without them being able to respond XD

I've actually already made a new character to use spells and sneaking and it amazes me how much damage spells can do, I'm Lv.1 and I can three shot an Imp- which is way faster than a great sword.
I guess being a Melee build in Oblivion is really boring because I'm already having fun.
In this game, a melee fight is a slower process (so far) and there isn't much thought to be put into it, now I need to actually think about what I'm doing with spells.

[Heimdall313]

Originally posted by Gen:

I don't have much of spells

Spellcrafting is Oblivion's real bread and butter. Weapons are just a utility used to remove Xivilai and Lich. Magic will horribly maim pretty much everything else in existence.

[Wai]

Originally posted by Heimdall313:

Originally posted by Gen:

I don't have much of spells

Spellcrafting is Oblivion's real bread and butter. Weapons are just a utility used to remove Xivilai and Lich. Magic will horribly maim pretty much everything else in existence.

One of the best parts of using spells is crafting your own combination spells. I start with a very simple one as soon as I have access to Frostcrag Spire and the money for one box of candles. I call it "My Little Helper" is is really just a general purpose combination of Destruction spells initially. As I make better versions I number them. You can eventually add in some restoration, conjuration, illusion, all kinds of effects. I will not spoil your fun experimenting by giving explicit details (except to say including a very short Soul Trap is useful in ensuring you have the means to recharge any weapons or armour you may use from time to time or of course Staves). That one basic spell (updated over time) is good for general purposes. I also make many more specific ones later as my skills and my magicka increase. Have fun.

Heavy Armour: and traditional weapons are fine up to a point, but, Magic is where Oblivion shines.

[Azu-Kun]

Originally posted by Wai:

Originally posted by Heimdall313:

Spellcrafting is Oblivion's real bread and butter. Weapons are just a utility used to remove Xivilai and Lich. Magic will horribly maim pretty much everything else in existence.

One of the best parts of using spells is crafting your own combination spells. I start with a very simple one as soon as I have access to Frostcrag Spire and the money for one box of candles. I call it "My Little Helper" is is really just a general purpose combination of Destruction spells initially. As I make better versions I number them. You can eventually add in some restoration, conjuration, illusion, all kinds of effects. I will not spoil your fun experimenting by giving explicit details (except to say including a very short Soul Trap is useful in ensuring you have the means to recharge any weapons or armour you may use from time to time or of course Staves). That one basic spell (updated over time) is good for general purposes. I also make many more specific ones later as my skills and my magicka increase. Have fun.

Heavy Armour: :richard: and traditional weapons :dsfight: are fine up to a point, but, Magic is where Oblivion shines.

I could look it up but I wanna ask, how do I craft spells?

[Yosh]

Do all of the quests for the mage outposts in each town, then get admitted to the arcane university in the Imperial City. You might have to do one or two quests for them to get in past the entry room. In the university there are little podiums like for sheet music. That's how.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by Cpt.Josh:

Do all of the quests for the mage outposts in each town, then get admitted to the arcane university in the Imperial City. You might have to do one or two quests for them to get in past the entry room. In the university there are little podiums like for sheet music. That's how.

Or do the Frostcriag spire player home quest and cough up gold and buy magetallow candles to reactivate the spell crafting altar there.

(Requires the GOTY Deluxe version)

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Originally posted by Gen:

I've actually already made a new character to use spells and sneaking and it amazes me how much damage spells can do, I'm Lv.1 and I can three shot an Imp- which is way faster than a great sword.
I guess being a Melee build in Oblivion is really boring because I'm already having fun.
In this game, a melee fight is a slower process (so far) and there isn't much thought to be put into it, now I need to actually think about what I'm doing with spells.

Sorry, but this isn't Skyrim where melee weapons and archery are powerful. Now at the same time, spells in Oblivion aren't as OP as Morrowind.

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Originally posted by Heimdall313:

Originally posted by Gen:

I don't have much of spells

Spellcrafting is Oblivion's real bread and butter. Weapons are just a utility used to remove Xivilai and Lich. Magic will horribly maim pretty much everything else in existence.

don't forget the Wraiths that love to spam Silence; spells also aren't really effective on them if they keep doing that

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Originally posted by (Z) Austerion79:

you can always start a new character, a different one, or you can play differently with your already existing one, you can try a magic or sneak build, you can boost your magic to 600 or 700 and enter the arcane university and get crazy with spells, or you can use chameleon clothing to any extent to boost your sneak, you can even get it to 100% and do whatever you want to enemies without them being able to respond XD

sneak in Oblivion sucks; using an invisibility spell pretty much defeats the purpose of having to rely on stealth

[Heimdall313]

Originally posted by Gen:

I could look it up but I wanna ask, how do I craft spells?

Two ways. First method is progressing the Mages Guild questline until you gain access to the Arcane University. The university has various rooms, one of which is the Praxographical Center (spellcrafting). You don't need any DLC to access it, its purely vanilla.

Second way is Frostcrag Spire, available as DLC (packaged with the GOTY version). Its a player home, and you can upgrade with various items including a spellcrafting altar by purchasing Magetallow Candles from the NPC marked in the quest. Bit expensive, but no guild quests required

[Azu-Kun]

Originally posted by Heimdall313:

Originally posted by Gen:

I could look it up but I wanna ask, how do I craft spells?

Two ways. First method is progressing the Mages Guild questline until you gain access to the Arcane University. The university has various rooms, one of which is the Praxographical Center (spellcrafting). You don't need any DLC to access it, its purely vanilla.

Second way is Frostcrag Spire, available as DLC (packaged with the GOTY version). Its a player home, and you can upgrade with various items including a spellcrafting altar by purchasing Magetallow Candles from the NPC marked in the quest. Bit expensive, but no guild quests required

I have 3 of the 7 recommendations so far, I have the GOTY version but I don't know how to make a lot of money.

[dr46onfusion]

I remember there's a combat mod called the Dynamic Combat, it's where the difficulty bar is raised and damage is very lethal, and there is hotkey to 'dodge' and sidestep, and the NPCs can use this too!

I remember giving up learning it cuz the NPCs were ridiculous with super fast slashing, but parrying you when you swing at them with perfect precision, and then randomly shield bash you into objects and hack away at you while you ragdolled. LOL.