Bought Oblivion today for £19.99, look forward to starting it in the not to distant future......any pointers, things i should know?? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />
Ditto to Cleglaw's comments.
You don't have to be bullied by the supposed "urgency" of the main quest. You can take as much time as you like to work your way up to being the head of this or that organisation before you tackle the main quest. Or not. It's up to you.
The levelling thing is worth thinking about too. The monsters level up as you do, so if you're levelling up inefficiently then your character can effectively be getting worse not better as you level up.
So take care with the skills that you choose as Majors, as these will control when and how fast you level up. If you pick unwisely you can end up with a character that levels often simply because you're running a lot or healing yourself a lot, or whatever. Try to pick Major skills that will improve you in a useful way (which usually means your combat ability).
When you get to the end of the initial 'training' dungeon and see a grid that you have to open before you go into the outside world - SAVE before opening the grid. And keep that save aside somewhere. At that point you can edit every aspect of your character -including the name. Handy when you want to try out new character builds.
I only used one mod - which made the water clearer. Very hard to see underwater without it.
