Oblivion

Vegeta

having acrobatics as a major isn't that bad, as it goes up fairly often it'll help you level up. I know it'd prob be nicer to put in another skill, but on the second play through you can play as a different class

Boro

I just got this for the 360 last night. I was never a huge fan of morrowind but this has me hooked. Went with the dark elf and a custom class (modified assassin, called it bladedancer). Spent about an hour messing around making the face and stuff and then got to the end of the sewers, wasnt happy with it and just hit random a few times

Accidentally wandered into the bandit place near where you get out of the sewers and cleared that out, then wandered into sideways cave. Still havent gotten to a town yet!

CiDeRmAn

Most impressive but can't find the time to do it justice, on a trip from town to town decided to go for a wander off the beaten track very early on, the third time I restarted having been slaughtered by bandits I came to a wee church ruin with a wee door at the bottom of a wee stairwell set into the floor, and what was behind the door, a bloody big forbidding dungeon, populated by skellingtons and mad monks with static electricity issues, result, must must play more!

Tank Top Fever!

Finished the Dark Brotherhood storyline last night, absolutely amazing, and some nice rewards when you finish it

The main storyline can wait, I'm having too much fun with the guilds

Branoic

Boro wrote:

Accidentally wandered into the bandit place near where you get out of the sewers and cleared that out, then wandered into sideways cave. Still havent gotten to a town yet!

Pssst - It's behind you!
When you come out of the sewers, turn around and head south west. You'll come to the walls of the capital city in about a minute.

Praetorian

Also addicted to Oblivion! The fights aren't getting any easier (level 7 Redguard) + Gladiator in the arena. I don't love the fact that the enemies are leveling up as quickly as I am.

srdb20

Lads quick question

Last night i found UMBRA in Vindasel, and she handed me my ass on a plate!!!

Shes got some kick ass armour and weapons on her, anybody any tips on how to kill her....

Zillah

srdb20 wrote:

Lads quick question

Last night i found UMBRA in Vindasel, and she handed me my ass on a plate!!!

Shes got some kick ass armour and weapons on her, anybody any tips on how to kill her....

I ran into her too. I used my vast acrobatics to get to a spot where she couldn't reach me. However, after putting forty arrows through her head and seeing no drop in her HP I decided that something wierd was going on so I reloaded and decided to wait for some storyline to crop up.

srdb20

Where was the spot i might try a bit of magic and arrow combo???

Theres no storyline for her as far as i know, i must have that sweet gear!

Zillah

Theres a bit of a ledge to the left of where the railing/side crumbles down. She won't be able to reach you there.

srdb20

Is that the pothole in the ground that you get to before you go down the stairs and talk to her?

Ive tried that but she just runs up and kicks my ass!

balkieb2002

Was readin on a forum somewhere (if i'm thinking of the right person) to kill her

they found her at the ruins, then made her follow them to the nearest city (i thinks its the imperial city) and about 5-6 city guards attacked her, eventually killing her! Though someone else said they tried this and she killed all the guards (about 10!!). Shes meant to be around level 50ish so not really suprsing

I myself haven't tried this as haven't found the time to find her

madrab

where is she located?

balkieb2002

Vindasel,

which is located south of imperical city i think though i could be very wrong

srdb20

Shes waiting in a dungeon to the south west of the imperial city!!!

srdb20

Spoiler: UMBRA's location

http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=racemap02b5ma.jpg

Zillah

srdb20 wrote:

Is that the pothole in the ground that you get to before you go down the stairs and talk to her?

Ive tried that but she just runs up and kicks my ass!

Step into the pothole, turn left and use nimble jumpy skills to hop onto a tiny corner of pillar there. You are safe there. If that makes no sense then we're not on the same page yet and I give up.

Boro

Branoic wrote:

Pssst - It's behind you!
When you come out of the sewers, turn around and head south west. You'll come to the walls of the capital city in about a minute.

Seemed too easy

steviec

Loving the game. One thing though - I really like playing as a thief and sneaking around stealing... but there seems to be very very little actually worth stealing, I usually come out of it with a bunch of food at most. Any weapons tend to be worse than my own(from the early part of the main quest) and other items have no value.

Karl Hungus

Ok, it just arrived for me today! Holy CRAP! The graphics are gorgeous, and I'm actually shocked just how well it seems to be running on my PC. I thought I'd have to be playing it at minimum settings, but it looks to be running very smooth at medium settings and decent resolution.

Ri_Nollaig

steviec wrote:

Loving the game. One thing though - I really like playing as a thief and sneaking around stealing... but there seems to be very very little actually worth stealing, I usually come out of it with a bunch of food at most. Any weapons tend to be worse than my own(from the early part of the main quest) and other items have no value.

just pickpocket the people in fancy clothes i get on average 100gold from each or you could steal their house key or business key and steal eveything in there at night , if your sneak is high enough you can even pickpocket them in bed!

Zillah

Karl Hungus wrote:

Ok, it just arrived for me today! Holy CRAP! The graphics are gorgeous, and I'm actually shocked just how well it seems to be running on my PC. I thought I'd have to be playing it at minimum settings, but it looks to be running very smooth at medium settings and decent resolution.

Hehehe...wait till you get outside...

Headshot

how do i get the fallen Knights tears
i know where the place is [iv beat the frost giant ]but how do i get the tears

GrumPy

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

how do i get the fallen Knights tears
i know where the place is [iv beat the frost giant ]but how do i get the tears

spoiler tags please, ffs :mad:

Sand

spoiler tags please, ffs

Knights tears, frost giants - just given away the entire plot has he?

BlitzKrieg

Sand wrote:

Knights tears, frost giants - just given away the entire plot has he?

just denied him the chance to **** his pants when a frost giant jumps out when he is looking for the knights tears...its an obsessive game...

GrumPy

Sand wrote:

Knights tears, frost giants - just given away the entire plot has he?

yeah, he has actually.

Karl Hungus

Zillah wrote:

Hehehe...wait till you get outside...

No, it still runs perfectly fine outside and in cities.

CiDeRmAn

I am currently playing this mother of a game on my 360 and very impressive it all seems too, bbut I have a couple of reservations about it and was hoping for some feedback from you good people, good when you aren't being vampires, pickpockets, asassins etc.
I am only a couple of hours in, have aligned myself as a breton, mage, all that type of thing and find that in most encounters I am getting my ass handed to me in violent engagements, like the early castle seige and trips to oblivion, I have just finished poking around in the gloom of the city sewers and having the Mythic Dawn chaps wiping the floor with me, what should I do to stop getting killed so much?
A dumb question perhaps but the combat seems so random, just flailing about with a sword until one of us, usually me, is dead.
Any ideas?

steviec

CiDeRmAn wrote:

I am currently playing this mother of a game on my 360 and very impressive it all seems too, bbut I have a couple of reservations about it and was hoping for some feedback from you good people, good when you aren't being vampires, pickpockets, asassins etc.
I am only a couple of hours in, have aligned myself as a breton, mage, all that type of thing and find that in most encounters I am getting my ass handed to me in violent engagements, like the early castle seige and trips to oblivion, I have just finished poking around in the gloom of the city sewers and having the Mythic Dawn chaps wiping the floor with me, what should I do to stop getting killed so much?
A dumb question perhaps but the combat seems so random, just flailing about with a sword until one of us, usually me, is dead.
Any ideas?

If your a Breton mage you should have flare, use it! Early enemies are dispatched pretty easily with it. By sneaking and using well aimed flares you should be able to clear some areas without being touched.