Best modlist for someone who hasnt played oblivion?

[MEzZ]

I'm torn between last seed and heartland and was wondering which of these two is better or if there are any other modlists. I'm not looking to change up the gameplay too much if possible

[madgamer2]

being new to the game + having little timer in game can result in a bad ingame drawback. Best that you to put some hours in the game and try some different things BEFORE you get into MODing might serve you better. This does have some good MODs but you have to be careful because it might cause damage to the game that can not be solved by removing the MOD(s).
It would be a shame to have your game messed up due to using some MOD. At leased read the info on the forum I wish you you good luck and there are many players who will give help you out

[CHASE6]

Originally posted by madgamer2:

being new to the game + having little timer in game can result in a bad ingame drawback. Best that you to put some hours in the game and try some different things BEFORE you get into MODing might serve you better. This does have some good MODs but you have to be careful because it might cause damage to the game that can not be solved by removing the MOD(s).
It would be a shame to have your game messed up due to using some MOD. At leased read the info on the forum I wish you you good luck and there are many players who will give help you out

Mad is right. There are mods that can help with stability, but vanilla is pretty stable to begin with. I recommend a mod list of no mods, to start. The game will work and has hundreds of hours of content.

[Sycadale]

The only mod I'd recommend for a new player, no matter how vanilla or different you want the game, is one of those automatic +5 attributes on level up. That way you don't have to deal with Oblivion's rather wacky leveling system, and can play the game more or less normally.

I haven't used either last seed or heartland so I can't tell you which of those 2 to pick, sorry.

[theo]

Originally posted by Sycadale:

The only mod I'd recommend for a new player, no matter how vanilla or different you want the game, is one of those automatic +5 attributes on level up. That way you don't have to deal with Oblivion's rather wacky leveling system, and can play the game more or less normally.

But you don't need +5 attributes to play normally in the first place lol. If you get +2s or +3s or an occasional +1 instead it won't make big difference at any point.

[Innocent]

Originally posted by theo:

Originally posted by Sycadale:

The only mod I'd recommend for a new player, no matter how vanilla or different you want the game, is one of those automatic +5 attributes on level up. That way you don't have to deal with Oblivion's rather wacky leveling system, and can play the game more or less normally.

But you don't need +5 attributes to play normally in the first place lol. If you get +2s or +3s or an occasional +1 instead it won't make big difference at any point.

I second that, no need to +5 everything. And if at any point you feel like you're missing a couple of attribute poonts just open the console and type
player.setav Strength XX
replacing strength with whatever attribute you want. It's essentially exactly the same as your mod.

[lonetrav]

If at all, install the Unofficial Oblivion Patch. Everything else based on your experiences after playing for a while (no mod is essential). And please always read the mod descriptions before installing.

[lonetrav]

Originally posted by Innocent:

... open the console ...

Please don't recommend to use the console to new players - improper use can damage a game irrecoverably.
Would you recommend editing the registry to an inexperienced PC / Windows user? Or driving a racing car to a new driver?

[MEzZ]

alright thanks for all the response guys, so far I've only played and completed Morrowind and Skyrim (of course) and oblivion is the one game that I've been meaning to play but hasn't gone around to playing yet, alongside Daggerfall. The one thing that i know some people don't really like about oblivion is the leveling system, is it really that bad or are people just exaggerating?

[theo]

It is not good but it's more of a meme than an actual problem. I'd say it doesn't need "fixing" on your first playthrough

[lonetrav]

The leveling system is not much different from Morrowind's - except that monsters level, too.

If you don't pay attention, it's possible that the monsters get more powerful than your character. There are several ways to avoid this issue, for example
- by following min-maxing approaches,
- by carefully observing the strenghts and weaknesses of your character and those of the monsters, and reacting at level up (or getting better weapons, equipment, spells, enchantments, ...), and picking or avoiding certain fights,
- or by using mods ...

It's your choice. The game doesn't hold your hand, and doesn't prevent you from making bad choices.

[MEzZ]

Originally posted by lonetrav:

The leveling system is not much different from Morrowind's - except that monsters level, too.

If you don't pay attention, it's possible that the monsters get more powerful than your character. There are several ways to avoid this issue, for example
- by following min-maxing approaches,
- by carefully observing the strenghts and weaknesses of your character and those of the monsters, and reacting at level up (or getting better weapons, equipment, spells, enchantments, ...), and picking or avoiding certain fights,
- or by using mods ...

It's your choice. The game doesn't hold your hand, and doesn't prevent you from making bad choices.

i see, thank you that's a great explanation, that honestly doesn't sound too bad tbh

[TheMoonRover]

Yeah, for a new player my only recommendations would be:
Unofficial Oblivion Patch
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch
Unofficial Oblivion DLC Patches (if you have the GOTY Deluxe Edition)
Maybe a UI mod - personally I use "MajorJims UI Updated" which preserves the vanilla look while making better use of the available space.
Maybe a texture pack - I recently started using "Qarls Texture Pack III" because a few things were noticeably low-res. It looks so close to the vanilla style that I honestly couldn't point out which textures were modified and which weren't.

If you're okay with Morrowind levelling then you should be okay with Oblivion. Enemies also level, so it's possible to get weaker - as long as you're getting at least average attribute bonuses and using common sense you should be fine.

[Heimdall313]

Originally posted by TheMoonRover:

Yeah, for a new player my only recommendations would be:
Unofficial Oblivion Patch
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch
Unofficial Oblivion DLC Patches (if you have the GOTY Deluxe Edition)

This.
If you want controller support, use NorthernUI from Nexus. You don't have to change the UI if you don't want to, but it has very smooth controller support built in.

[Innocent]

Originally posted by lonetrav:

Originally posted by Innocent:

... open the console ...

Please don't recommend to use the console to new players - improper use can damage a game irrecoverably.
Would you recommend editing the registry to an inexperienced PC / Windows user? Or driving a racing car to a new driver?

And installing a dozen mods that you have little or no idea about is far worse. No one is going to destroy their game with the comnand I shared.

[lonetrav]

Originally posted by Innocent:

... And installing a dozen mods that you have little or no idea about is far worse. No one is going to destroy their game with the comnand I shared.

The command itself won't do any harm. But using it may motivate to solve other problems with the help of the console, too, with the risk I described (the higher, the more often it's used - unless someone really knows what the console does and what side effects using it may have).
As an aside: Why play and develop your character at all (a core feature of role-playing games), if you can get the desired result by using the console? Well, to each his own.

You're right about the mods. I didn't mention this issue, because the question of the OP is about modlists, mod collections created and recommended by other people, and I have no idea how good or how bad these lists are (I would never use them).