Monday, October 02, 2006
From the Edge of ...
If you look at my xfire profile over there on the right you can see I've re-installed Oblivion again. I had kept my old game saves so I just picked up where I left off. I hadn't gotten very far at all the first time around. I got it at launch but didn't play it that much. I think I was tired of getting my ass kicked.
I made a Agent class character. You can see him off to the right there. The problem is that the agent has a lot of non-combat skills in the main group. The problem with that is that in Oblivion you level per every 10 skill points you gain in your main group. So I level up but my combat skills lag behind. With the game's quests mostly deal with combat I keep getting my ass kicked. I mean I die a lot. Maybe it's because I'm only level 5 and I'm just trying quests too hard for me. I don't know. Let me know in the comments if I just suck.
I think I'm probably playing on normal difficulty. But maybe I should just crank that down to easy. Computer Gaming World(October #267) had a GreenSpeak article by Jeff Green about how most people actually play on easy. The title is "Gaming for Dummies." It's mostly a rant to the hardcore gamer telling them not to complain about games being easy or about people that play on easy. But I'm one of those guys that would think that normal was the way to go. I knew I was never good enough to go into hard mode, but felt switching to easy was a copout. Matt was always telling me I should just turn the difficulty down to enjoy the game and if I really like it I can go back and play it again. I would ignore him saying that was cheap, but maybe I'm getting old and need the easy mode now?
I think part of my problem with the game originally also had a lot to do with the elderscrolls.com forums. I'd give you a dollar if you can find anymore than 2 non-negative posts on the front page of the Oblivion section. It just seems, at least around release, that it's just full of people bashing the new changes from Morrowind. I had started reading the forum a few weeks before release to kinda get excited for it. But then after release it was all negative and I bought into it and disliked the game because of it. In hindsight though I think my unhappiness with the game is due to the class structure and the level up mechanic. Although I haven't spent a ton of time on the character, I bemoan having to make a new one, but that's probably be what I'll do. Make either a full fighter or a agent type character that has combat skills in the main skill group. ¶ 4:32:00 PM
If you look at my xfire profile over there on the right you can see I've re-installed Oblivion again. I had kept my old game saves so I just picked up where I left off. I hadn't gotten very far at all the first time around. I got it at launch but didn't play it that much. I think I was tired of getting my ass kicked. I made a Agent class character. You can see him off to the right there. The problem is that the agent has a lot of non-combat skills in the main group. The problem with that is that in Oblivion you level per every 10 skill points you gain in your main group. So I level up but my combat skills lag behind. With the game's quests mostly deal with combat I keep getting my ass kicked. I mean I die a lot. Maybe it's because I'm only level 5 and I'm just trying quests too hard for me. I don't know. Let me know in the comments if I just suck.
I think I'm probably playing on normal difficulty. But maybe I should just crank that down to easy. Computer Gaming World(October #267) had a GreenSpeak article by Jeff Green about how most people actually play on easy. The title is "Gaming for Dummies." It's mostly a rant to the hardcore gamer telling them not to complain about games being easy or about people that play on easy. But I'm one of those guys that would think that normal was the way to go. I knew I was never good enough to go into hard mode, but felt switching to easy was a copout. Matt was always telling me I should just turn the difficulty down to enjoy the game and if I really like it I can go back and play it again. I would ignore him saying that was cheap, but maybe I'm getting old and need the easy mode now?
I think part of my problem with the game originally also had a lot to do with the elderscrolls.com forums. I'd give you a dollar if you can find anymore than 2 non-negative posts on the front page of the Oblivion section. It just seems, at least around release, that it's just full of people bashing the new changes from Morrowind. I had started reading the forum a few weeks before release to kinda get excited for it. But then after release it was all negative and I bought into it and disliked the game because of it. In hindsight though I think my unhappiness with the game is due to the class structure and the level up mechanic. Although I haven't spent a ton of time on the character, I bemoan having to make a new one, but that's probably be what I'll do. Make either a full fighter or a agent type character that has combat skills in the main skill group. ¶ 4:32:00 PM
