Morrowind, motherfuckers

Fandyien

So I'm playing this for the first time and ever, and, holy goddamn guacamole, this game is deep. Like, way deeper than Oblivion. I've played for like three hours thus far and haven't accomplished a goddamn thing other than exploring and gathering a bunch of mushrooms, and I feel satisfied.

But I feel like with all this content, there's gotta be a lot to do and a lot to talk about. I'm playing a Breton Mage class right now focussing on the major willpower/intelligence based schools of magic and unarmored combat. Just wandering around Vivec is so much more deep and interesting than fuckin' Oblivion, my mind is absolutely blown.

What should I do next? The only problem I've encountered is the world is so goddamn big I can't find anything, and whatever I do find rapes me in the face.

Also, it's beautiful. I love the skyboxes and the organic art style and everything about the visuals.

JohnHam

This was a good game, yes.

Canada_jezus

Oblivion was complete shit compared to this game. Even before expansions. Also just have some fun in balmora and go hang out with the church dudes if you're a breton mage. Whatever you do, check out the Telvanni quests, either on this character or the next.

Hakunin

ive never been able to get in to this game

god knows ive tried several times

Cosmic Sombrero

I couldn't get past the combat in this. Seriously, for all its faults, that's one thing Oblivion did right.

Canada_jezus

Cosmic Sombrero wrote: »

I couldn't get past the combat in this. Seriously, for all its faults, that's one thing Oblivion did right.

Oblivion's combat was nothing to write home about imho.

Fandyien

Cosmic Sombrero wrote: »

I couldn't get past the combat in this. Seriously, for all its faults, that's one thing Oblivion did right.

It's a lot less frustrating as a Mage

I've played melee-type characters on the xbox before and it basically made my fingers hurt, but lighting things on fire is pretty straight forward

Cold Salmon and Hatred

you aren't moriveth

Fandyien

Cold Salmon and Hatred wrote: »

you aren't moriveth

prove it

Cold Salmon and Hatred

where's moriveth

what have you done with him

MechMantis

I grew up on Daggerfall, so Morrowind was a small disappointment (very tiny world, not too many random dungeon crawl quests), while Oblivion was horrendous. I think they forgot to ship the game with a plot.


A Daggerfall sized world+random quests+Oblivion combat+Morrowind type plot and environ/enemy variety=Instant buy.

The Otaku Suppository

I...I liked Oblivion. And the Isles of Madness is one of the most inspired DLC I've never had to pay for but would have if they offered it.

MechMantis

The Otaku Suppository wrote: »

I...I liked Oblivion. And the Isles of Madness is one of the most inspired DLC I've never had to pay for but would have if they offered it.

Yesss Shivering Isles is awesome.


That should have been the main game, and the vanilla Oblivion plot the expansion.

The Otaku Suppository

I beat that DLC and never picked up the game again. Or at least never continued on that save.

I mean what's the point of going back and finishing up random dungeons when you're now a god?

thorgot

i'm waiting until next summer to do another playthrough of morrowind. i want to have time to pace myself.

no, what i meant was "bethesda sucks, oblivion with guns"

MechMantis

The Otaku Suppository wrote: »

I beat that DLC and never picked up the game again. Or at least never continued on that save.

I mean what's the point of going back and finishing up random dungeons when you're now a god?

Doing random shit in Cyrodiil BECAUSE you're a god. Or Daedric Prince. Which are not the same things.


Shit like "I'm going to steal everyone's SHOES and build a tower out of them in the town square."

GoldenSeducer

Morrowind was fuckin' fantastic. What my kid brother, my father and I would do was play a beast race, most commonly Argonian. Then we'd go around and set free all the slaves we had keys for. Unfortunately, some slaves had no keys and that made us very sad. If that was the case, we killed the owners.

One day, I got really bored with my level 89 character (yes, I have no life, shut it), and decided to rack up a 1 million gold bounty on my head. It did not work so well. I quit after 5k 'cause I got bored.

My house? Telvanni. Redoran was too... noble. Hlaluu was just... ehh. Telvanni was just fuckin' ruthless. I love those guys so much. If you stole something and got away with it, well clearly you deserve what you stole because the other guy couldn't keep it.

Also, Oblivion was meh until Shivering Isle. Most of my save files are of me just before talking to Sheogorath after every quest completion. He says such crazy things!

Zeguna

Hey guys, Morrowind is $7 at Gamestop. Y/N?

Regrettable

The best thing in Morrowind was getting the boots of blinding speed, that enchanted god's arm thing that lets you see a bit with the boots on, enchanting a ring with permanent levitate and just flying everywhere. Whenever you'd get to your destination there'd be about 200 cliff racers trailing you.

GoldenSeducer

Zeguna wrote: »

Hey guys, Morrowind is $7 at Gamestop. Y/N?

FUCK YES! GET IT. NOW. DOOOOOO EEEEET!!

Regrettable wrote: »

The best thing in Morrowind was getting the boots of blinding speed, that enchanted god's arm thing that lets you see a bit with the boots on, enchanting a ring with permanent levitate and just flying everywhere. Whenever you'd get to your destination there'd be about 200 cliff racers trailing you.

I loved those damn boots. I can't find the Phat Lute. I really want to. I've been told that it's in The Three Plates in Balmora.

Also, fuck cliff racers. I have a friend who went into the editor and removed every single one from the game.

MechMantis

Man, Cliff Racers are easy to kill if you either A: Pack a bow, or B: Purchase Spark form Arille at the very beginning of the game and have a half decent Destruction skill.


People complain too much about them.

Chairwalker

Oblivion tried to balance things too much.
The best thing about Morrowind was that you could do something cheap like build a ring of constant healing or levitation.
When i made my first ring of regeneration and traveled through lava unscathed i felt like the smartest wizard.

MechMantis

Chairwalker wrote: »

Oblivion tried to balance things too much.
The best thing about Morrowind was that you could do something cheap like build a ring of constant healing or levitation.
When i made my first ring of regeneration and traveled through lava unscathed i felt like the smartest wizard.

Yes this.


If I want to constantly restore my health I should be able to!

ChicoBlue

I installed the Better Faces and Better Body mod and a lingerie pack and spent hours dressing up my barbarian chick in slutty outfits.

Druhim

MechMantis wrote: »

Man, Cliff Racers are easy to kill if you either A: Pack a bow, or B: Purchase Spark form Arille at the very beginning of the game and have a half decent Destruction skill.


People complain too much about them.

it's not that they're particularly dangerous later on
it's that they're such a fucking nuisance and they're everywhere

ChicoBlue

I'd dress her up in a pink see-through bra and panties, switch the camera to third person and rush into battle.

Then I'd just take my hands off the controls and put them on myself.

Stroking myself gently as I watched her get smacked around and listened to her screams.

GoldenSeducer

ChicoBlue wrote: »

I'd dress her up in a pink see-through bra and panties, switch the camera to third person and rush into battle.

Then I'd just take my hands off the controls and put them on myself.

Stroking myself gently as I watched her get smacked around and listened to her screams.

Was she Dunmer, Altmer or Bosmer? Bosmer are so fuckin' slutty. Dunmer are pretty hot. Altmer are stuck up.

Or were you one of the other lesser fleshy races that aren't scaled or fuzzy?

ChicoBlue

Nord.

You goddamn creep.

GoldenSeducer

Nord are pretty hot.

I had a Nord thief once. At level 1, she took down three Dark Brotherhood assassins before I decided to make her hacked items.

Weaver

Oblivion was awesome on PC

xbox is for faaaaaaaaags

Fishman

I think this is my favourite Eldar Scrolls

Although I never played Arena


If I wasn't doing an XCom LP, I'd consider getting the PC version.

After all, I already own it 3 times on Xbox.

Krentz

I was so disappointed when I discovered that you couldn't chop doors down in Morrowind. I didn't miss "HALT HALT HALT HALT HALT HALT HALT" though.

I was disappointed in Oblivion when you couldn't go to the Dren plantation and steal the best crap in the game at level 1 and everything was leveled and all the named gear was total crap.

This is not a good trend Bethesda.

The Black Hunter

you beautiful motherfucker, I was hinking of starting this damn game up again

recently crippled, I think I will

Breton Heavy Mage
or
Orc Warrior

Jarofmoldymayo

Screaming "I AM BATMAN" as I jump into the Volcano.

Dagoth Ur is all like "Come to me Neravar!"

I'm all like. "I am batman..."

GoldenSeducer

It was always amusing to me how Almalexia hit on the female Argonian because she's the reincarnation of Neravar.

But when I refused her advances, she started hitting on me again. Only this time, she used a fuckin' fiery sword of AWESOME.

Dichotomy

you s'wit

The_Scarab

Everything was brown, and yet it still had more charm and character than the lush vibrant world of Oblivion.

WhiteZinfandel

Eh. I bought it and played it for a while, but there are a couple of things I dislike about it. The combat system is goddamned horrendous. The skill system is goddamned horrendous. The loot is completely unrelated to your level, which I know some of you like, but I hated. It's too big and complex, and lastly, run speed is waaaay too slow for that huge a world. Boots of blinding speed are hell yes, though.

Zeguna

This dagger sucks.

Fire Truck

Holy shit, this is prolly my favorite game of all fucking time. Not saying it doesn't have flaws, but the flaws are generally in the player's favor, and you have to choose to exploit them. My favorite character was a Breton magicy type. Mods are a must: http://www.mwmythicmods.com/telesphoros.htm

Passive healthy wildlife is good for making cliffracers less irritating.
Face expansions and better bodies are a must.

Damnit, why'd you bring this game up when I have a big paper to write? Are you trying to make me fail?

august

http://timeslip.chorrol.com/mge.html

Please to be installing please.