Hello guys.
How about an elder scrolls thread? Let's discuss the lore, your favourite game, etc...
Also, which is your favourite race in elder scrolls?
Mine are the Altmer (high elf)
Thalmor really?
>>27298386
>High elfs are thalmor
Man... Elder Scrolls isn't just Skyrim
Who would agree that Oblivion was the best installment of Elder Scrolls?
>>27298554
Me.
I haven't played Morrowind still cause those fuckin wall of texts kill me and the combat engine is ludicrous...
However, i heard that the story is ultra immersive
>>27298554
Morrowind. Oblivion had good writing though.
>>27298501
The high elves are the main/secondary antagonists in basically the entire series.
>>27298554
I liked morrowind, however, it's probably more nostalgia than anything else otherwise it's probably normiecore skyrim. I remember swinging an axe at a scrib for ~15 minutes before hitting it in morrowind. RNG combat fucking sucks for real time RPGs.
Altmer are basically the thieving conniving rotten jews of tamriel
>>27298554
Oblivion was the best for me, however it doesn't hold up at all now. I wouldn't play it for fear of altering my perceptions of it.
>>27298324
Can't wait for skyrim 2 tbqmf
>>27298324
always have a big place in my heart for morrowind. oblivion and skyrim were both excellent though.
always play as a dark elf.
never played as a khajit but always thought it would be cool to do a game in elsweyr.
also love anything with the dwemer ruins or snow elves.
Skyrim because the characters didn't look like 3 day old shit.
It's the only game that let me live my fantasy of having a wife and kids, and a home to work on shit, build stuff. I'd buy a game that was just the Hearthstone DLC desu.
Fuck oblivion, it was ugly. Characters ugly, landscapes ugly, armor ugly, animations ugly, combat ugly, music ugly.
Can't wait for the next one. Really the only game I'm still excited about.
>>27298939
In oblivion nords talked like they were from north Dakota
In sky rim they talked like vikings who spoke English as a second language
>>27298939
it's only ugly now
you didn't play them when they came out or you wouldn't think that
i remember when doom was mindblowing
now i try to play it and i can't even tell what i'm doing
>>27298554
Agreed. I still play it from time to time. Have a Khajiit thief file I started recently in fact. And I always enjoyed listening to the NPC convos and the ~6 voice actors they had for the entire game.
>>27298996
maybe so, but it played on the 360 and even in 2007 it felt way below par as far as character design is concerned.
The foresty landscapes were alright, I take no issue with them. But I mostly remember trekking through the oblivion realms and being assaulted by ugly everywhere I looked. Not just because hell is ugly, but it was just unpleasant to look at.
>>27298554
I just wish it had Morrowind's style. Everything in Oblivion looks washed out and cookie cutter. You can tell they procedural generated nearly all of the environment. It didn't have that artistic touch behind it. The areas weren't as interesting nor did they draw your attention as strongly.
Everything else I'd keep, though. Combat was okay. The speech was good. Story was better, but that's probably because I didn't spend hours reading it instead of just living in it.
Wouldn't mind seeing a Morrowind game port in Oblivion's engine or something to that affect.
>>27298996
I was disappointed when it first came out, though. You could tell it wasn't created artistically, but rather by computer algorithm.
At least *I* did.
>elder scrolls thread on /r9k/
I'll be damned.
I'm playing through Morrowind. Been playing it on and off due to school and work.
It kind of amazes me that every time I pick it up and play it, no matter for how long, I manage to find something new.
It's kinda scary, considering this is the vanilla version too. There's so much hidden shit and so many things to do, not to mention organizing your hideout and deciding which factions to betray.
I also like how you need to prepare before you do any traveling, and how I can easily be killed despite being level 20 or so with decent gear and weapons. It's like there's always a threat and that makes the game more interesting.
>>27298554
i liked morrowind the most once i got going with it, but its so inaccessible with so many flaws. i remember fighting someone and just hitting attack at least 30x before hitting him once, and even then it took his healthbar down maybe 3% at the most
it is the most immersive and gives you the most freedom though.
oblivion is a close second due to its polish and being a functioning game right from the start.
hope the next game has the same controls and systems as skyrim but with the complexity and immersiveness of morrowind
>>27298324
Oblivion was a good game. Sadly the main quest was very repetitive.
>>27299364
yeah, the oblivion gates got kinda old after a while
>Cyrodiil
>not a jungle
Oblivion skill allocation sucks
>>27299290
There's TES threads here at least once a month.
I am a huge, HUGE fucking fan and I have a rather large folder of art I will post some of if there is interest? Also I will answer lore questions if anyone has any.
>>27299364
I've been trying to replay Oblivion recently but it just doesn't do anything for me. It really depresses me because I was obsessed with it when it came out.
>>27299478
yes, post pics
question--what's your take on the dwemer? how do you hope to see them incorporated into future games?
My issue with all installments of TES though is their retarded dedication to meaningless bullshit like moveable cups, spoons, and cheese wheels.
I would much rather have a larger city size/NPC population than realistic cheese wheel physics. And maybe only object physics in places where it is important like you houses, or specific scripted missions.
>>27299478
Interest in this art boio
>>27299532
>literally only 2 out of all of them had physics
Child detected.
>>27299532
dude don't knock realistic cheese wheel physics
>>27299532
>he doesn't like buckets on heads
>all those books that you can read
One thing i have to give to Bethesda, their TES lore is amazing
>>27299592
>their
What? That shit was made by the fans and Bethesda just decided which they liked and didn't.
>He doesn't know about CHIM.
>>27299592
the width is really something but the depth leaves a bit to be desired.
I would rather have quality lore than "lol idk daedra"
>>27299618
I know about CHIM, nigger
I was talking about how, like, all the TES games happen during the third or fourth era, but they still created a bunch of stories and lore for the first and second era, even if they don't have a lot of impact in the games
>what is this regarding, redguard?
>>27298939
>>27298996
>>27299194
Oblivion character overhaul senpai
>redguards are the greatest warriors in tamriel
Are Bethesda the biggest cucks of the vidya industry?
>>27299478
>Lore questions
So what's the deal with Sheogorath? Why was he considered so powerful that the other daedric lords had to gang up on him?
I killed every non-nord in skyrim.
>>27299754
It felt good purging the Grey Quarter of greyskin scum.
>>27299789
fucking racist trump piece of shit
#greylivesmatter
>>27299528
I really don't have an educated opinion, I think it was left ambivalent for a reason. And no, I don't want them in any future games, I think it would kill the mystery.
The ash piles in the Dwemer ruins of Almalexia seem to imply they were all killed instantly and turned to dust.
>>27299749
Those are his own words. In reality he was probably just an annoying cunt, and that's why they did it. Anyone obsessed with order and tidyness is insufferable to be around.
>race: nord, breton
>class/style: vampire spellsword
>favorite game: oblivion was the only good one
Someone made this in the last TES thread. By "made" I mean they added the text.
Dunmer.
All other races need to step aside.
>>27299290
The one thing I don't like about Morrowind is that I never know where I can and can't go without getting killed. I've only recently started playing it, but I'm still at level one. More than often I would wander into a cave and have to fight something 20 levels stronger than me.
Oblivion it was simpler because enemies were scaled to your level, but in Morrowind it's mostly fixed from the start. I don't know how to get around that.
Personally, I want the next game to be in Valenwood or Black Marsh.
>>27299880
I should definitely do a vampire playthrough next time I start playing Oblivion again.
Oblivion was absolutely amazing
The Witcher 3> all elder scrolls games
>>27299899
>Black Marsh
Enjoy dying within your first ten minutes of choosing a race other than Argonian.
>>27299886
> I don't know how to get around that.
By leaving.
Morrowind simulates reality. (If reality was a medieval world full of monsters.) If you can't fight then you better run. But, luckily, there's so many scrolls that if you arm yourself correctly you can probably manage with those high level enemies anyways.
>nobody will ever explain to me how time works in "space"
Evidently it's supposed to be even more fucked up than how it works on Nirn but nobody ever provides details.
>>27299885
>Dunmer
>Not being Altmer, the most powerful and civilized race in Tamriel, pure descendents of Auri-el
I wish there were a Thalmor playtrough in Skyrim where i could purge Talos worshipers and stormcloack scum
>>27299899
Black Marsh is basically inhospitable to anyone but an Argonian.
The next game will most likely take place in the Aldermi Dominion states, which will include Valenwood and the Summerset Isles.
>>27299931
>implying Bethesda wouldn't retcon it to be a generic wetland instead of a swamp full of level scaled nagas.
who here /encyclopedicknowledgeofoblivion/ here?
>Wanting to undo existence.
>Not adapting to the life as it is according to the instructions of Veloth
>>27299931
>>27299980
Why is black marsh inhospitable to non-argonians.
>>27298554
from a pure rpg standpoint morrowind is the best but i prefer the open world action adventure aspect of the games so i'd say skyrim is my favorite just because the character animations aren't completely fucking ass
oblivion has a nicer looking world but i can't play it in 3rd person. seriously the animations in fucking mario 64 are better than oblivion
>>27300059
The trees are living godlike beings and want to kill you.
>>27299980
personally, i think hammerfell would be the best option.
it could have a arabian desert type of aesthetic, with canyons and oasis and shit. im tired of the same medieval fantasy forest you see in every game. what about fantasy deserts?
>>27300088
Elsweyr could work for a fantasy desert too.
>>27300088
Hammerfell isn't actually as barren and desert-like as you'd think.
>>27300088
Don't forget curved swords. Curved. Swords.
>>27300059
Almost everything there is poisonous, and Argonians are immune to poison.
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>>27300059
>>27300306
So is blackmarsh pretty much immune to being invaded or conquered?
Nerevar and Voryn homoeroticism
>>27300400
Yes, probably. If you read the Argonian Account it explains why. There are no roads, it's too swampy to travel easily, lots of deadly critters, and even if you got past those issues the Hist would be able to organize the Argonians more effectively than any mortal commander ever could.
>>27300445
Argonians were actually able to beat back the daedra in the Oblivion crisis because the Hist commanded them to go ballistic and charge into Oblivion Gates. The daedra were so overwhelmed they had to close those gates.
>>27299912
>nords have low intelligence
The fucking Jews did this
Not very Elder Scrollsy but I think it's cute.
>March 20, 2006
As of yesterday, Oblivion is now a DECADE old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfVDRGOWc-I
Where did the time go?I don't have any appropriately melancholy TES:IV pictures, but pic related is the absolutely most-Oblivion image I can think of. The fact that someone took the time to make it warms my heart.
dwemerdwemerdwemerdwemer
>>27300637
I love it
Should I post my memes or keep posting art?
i've been stuck in the same goddamn dungeon in daggerfall for literally 7 years
i refuse to start a new character or use an algorithim
it's such a deep dungeon
i went too far in
i fucked up so much
and i'll never escape
i only play it once every few months now but i know i will never escape this place. it is my tomb
skreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
>you have been muted for not original
I downloaded oblivion last week, I never played it when it was new other than just the beginning. It was too spoopy when you went into oblivion.
more dwemer
>>27300697
How old were you? I found Oblivion really boring. It was just over the top with the hellish imagery. Real scariness has to be subtle.Like Kogoruhn.
>>27300400
More or less.
It's not impossible though.
dwemer nore
dweeemers
pepe alduin
>>27300669
Go for both, senpai.
Love me some dank TES memes.
Art is also always welcome.
I'll dump some Kirkbride if this thread is still live in the morning.
Bosmer stealth archer assassin
fuck you I do it because it's the easiest way to explore early on. I love TES games because of all the shit you can find. I am happy TES games remain to be like that where anyone can play as they like.
I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope they don't fuck up after Fo4 though. No more 4 options only dialogue and no fucking quests.
A few weeks back I was starved for TES lore and bought The Infernal City. Haven't read it yet but it's supposed to be decent.
>>27300681
that's pretty deep
it's like a metaphor for life you know
>>27301053
>Bosmer stealth archer assassin
>>27301053
Excellent choice anon.
>>27298710
>The high elves are the main/secondary antagonists in basically the entire series.
It sort of depends on what you mean by "high elves." If you count Veloth's people (the ancient chimer), then maybe you can count Morrowind. That is, are Dagoth Ur and the ash vampires high elves? For that matter, are Vivec and Almalexia high elves? (The origins of the dwemer are obscure; they may or may not be chimer, but they're probably an offshoot of the primordial elves, the aldmer. They're also not antagonists in Morrowind, what with the disappearance.) Oblivion is more plausible, since the main villain is an ayleid, who are also called "heartland high elves." I didn't play them, but I'm pretty sure that's flatly untrue of Arena and Daggerfall.
So what is the Tower that Vivec spoke of?
>>27301133
If Chimer are high-elves then so are Dunmer because they're the same race, except one is cursed by Azura.
>The origins of the dwemer are obscure; they may or may not be chimer, but they're probably an offshoot of the primordial elves, the aldmer.
All elves are descended from Aldmer, but what makes Chimer distinct is that they're the elves that chose to follow Veloth to Morrowind. Dwemer for this reason are definitely not Chimer because they were living all over Tamriel with their own theologicial views long before the exodus ever happened.
> I didn't play them, but I'm pretty sure that's flatly untrue of Arena and Daggerfall.
The antagonist of Daggerfall is Mannimarco who's an Altmer.
Jagar Tharn from Arena on the other hand is a mix of several elf races.
>>27300730
like 15 or something
it was just uncomfortable there, the "over the top hellish imagery" was only a part, i didn't like that the entire place was dangerous and filled with enemies.
I like the elder scrolls because it has friendly places too.
>>27301108
what is the joke behind stealth archers, ive seen it posted but i just dont get it
>>27301253
The Tower is I.
>>27301317
you can shoot people in the face in stealth and they won't aggro because you're so epic at being stealthy.
>>27298324
I've tried several times to get into morrowind because I always hear how great it is, but I just don't have the patience to get through the early levels.
Modern games have ruined me.
>>27301317
the joke is that it's considered the easiest class to play
I have no regrets though. My reasons are pure.
>>27301349
leave your character running into a wall overnight
>>27301366
Wow, I can't believe I never thought of that. Thanks, anon.
>>27301366
I remember watching tv while I summoned skeletons by spamming the c button in Oblivion to get my conjuration to 100. I made a spell that burns you for 10 and heals you for 15 and spamming that too.
>>27301317
>shoot an NPC in the face
>"who goes there?"
>search for you for 10 seconds
>"huh, must be my imagination"
>goes back to whatever they were doing with an arrow sticking out of their face
Also Argonians best race, Bretons best race for stats
>>27298554
Oblivion is broken in it's leveling system. It is way too easy to be op. Once you get 85% damage reflection/shield and armor it's impossible to die.
>>27301531
>mfw 100% chameleon
>>27301531
You could put the chameleon effect on your armour and get it to 100% so you could literally do anything and be completely undetectable.
>>27301572
I have done that, but it's more boring than exploiting the shield system.
Also
>drain health 100pts for 1 sec
>weakness to shock/fire/frost/magic for 1 sec on touch
I always make a death touch spell using these plus my maximum damage of each element.
Also I always play breton with apprentice sign. OP as fuck.
Also using hand to hand levels strength fastest because the attack speed is fastest. Always use smaller weapons to level skills faster.
Major skills should always be the lowest leveling to minimize level ups and maximize twink.
>>27301704
It's far stronger though, the npcs can't see you so it's impossible for them to hurt you
>>27301717
I know I did it when oblivion was new. I replayed it about six months ago and my strat is much more fun. I just heal myself indefinitely and kill with hand to hand and death spells. Even if I do nothing enemies die because I reflect 35%damage.
>>27301704
>Major skills should always be the lowest leveling to minimize level ups and maximize twink.
What does this mean?
>>27301784
The way oblivion works is that after 10 level increases of a major skill you level up. So to choose skills you don't use keeps you at a lower level longer. However your minor skills will still increse, making yo stronger as well as increasing your attributes more when you do level ups. This makes you more powerful at a lower level.
so did anyone ever figure out the bugs in jars with runes thing?
and what's up with all dem towers
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/The_Towers
>>27301572
by that point you're probably already done with the game
>>27303152
They're generally died to important cosmological shit that's happened and keep Mundus together, since Mundus only exists because of Lorkhan's deceit it's pretty fragile.
If those towers go away then Mundus goes away, including Talos who's another less literal tower which is why the Thalmor want rid of him so bad.
I generally play dunmer but in skyrim they are ugly as sin.
I also love role playing as a archer/swordsman adventurer who becomes a vampire.
>>27298324
Fucking pointed ears subhuman Mer. Tiber Septim did nothing wrong. You can take Snow Throat Tower from my cold, dead hands
>>27304399
Tiber Septim wasn't really an elf-hater.
If anything he was an elf-lover.
>tfw modding Oblivion so that all the female NPCs look like triple G cup divas whose tits and ass bounce arround when they walk sensually in their high heels, their skin shinning as if they fell into a barrel of olive oil and the "armor" they wear is nothing but a bikini made from steel.
>>27298324
Anybody else like playing as the bosmer? I think they are the best in morrowind.
I have modded Skyrim so much I can't walk 10 feet without having it crash. I blame myself and the fact that truly crazy people have made it possible to create hottie waifu followers,you can fuck them in multiple positions and stick them in bondage outfits. So Alduin can eat whoever he wants,since I am way too busy casting light spells so I can actually see where my polygonal prick is piercing in my own personal whorehouse. Until it crashes.
I have been playing Oblivion lately when I get frustrated with Skyrim. Usually I do an archer spellcaster,but for variety I am trying an Orc tank that has created a bunch of unique buff spells to make him a monster with a daedric warhammer. Give myself 150 strength, 75%shields,speed and agility buffs,run into room,smack shit,run away and hammer my armour back into shape. Fun. Next I may try an unusual mage with odd specialties,maybe illusion and mysticism.
>>27298324
>tfw there will never be an HD remake of Morrowind with Witcher 3 combat engine
>>27304995
>odd specialties,maybe illusion and mysticism.
These two and Aleration are always my main 3 skills as a Wizard. Step it up faggot, get imaginative with these 3 skills and you'll never need destruction or a weapon.
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