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* 3. General Starter Tips spitgen *
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Some advice for playing Oblivion in general, and some helpful tips for
entering the Isles.
General Tips
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*I like to have Armorer, Blade, Conjuration, Destruction, (your favorite)
Armor, Marksman, and Sneak, all as my major skills.
*Armorer because as you progress through the game you will pick up magic items,
and until you reach 50 skill points for Armorer you will not be able to
repair them on your own; you can just take them to a local smith, but
the Isles tend to send you on long quests.
*Blade, Heavy/Light Armor, and Marksman because all three are skills you need.
*Conjuration and Destruction because those are tools you must take advantage of
in this game. Conjuration gives you an extra buddy in every fight, and
Destruction because you will always want magic as a weapon.
*I am always partial to Sneak, mainly because it will often get you a free
attack worth X3 the damage; and then you stand up and start fighting
with your sword and whatever. Also, you can avoid some encounters and
you need to sneak in some quests anyway.
*You level up by furthering these (or whatever) major skills you choose.
*Each time you level up, your health increase is relative to your Endurance
stat. Basically, get your Endurance high early and the health will rise
faster.
*Intelligence and Willpower contribute to your Magicka, so increase those as
well.
*Breton is a good starter race, and The Lady is a solid starter birthsign;
whatever you do as a new player, don't choose the Atronach!
*It matters a little which gender you choose, but don't worry, it's okay if you
want to watch a little girl run around fighting orcs, at least
someone's years of fantasy fiction will come to life...
*When taking on any of the numerous dungeons, you don't really want to explore
the whole thing, there is little need to. You only need to get the
quest done as quickly as possible and retreat. The rewards for all the
time and fighting you spend will be small. Just finish quests as
quickly as possible if you want to move onto more, and this game is
pumped full of plenty of quests.
*Make sure to repair your things with Repair Hammers often, and consider making
it a habit after every decent battle.
*Save often no matter what. The computer game glitches up a lot for me, and the
only solution I've found is to save often and when a save doesn't load,
I just keep going back in my saves until one works. Also, I find it
best to save in four blocks for each game, and just overwrite the
oldest ones first.
*You can (by default) press the T button to fast-forward time.
*For you PC players out there, don't play for too long or you might run into
crashes like I did. Learn to limit gameplay to avoid messups.
KotN Tips
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*Just one, if you do this quest, you will either need your own armor set, or
you should have a level 50 skill in Armorer so you can repair the
items you get. If you are unable to repair magic stuff, then you should
keep your own armor and weapons along with the Crusader equipment.
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