Just picked this gem up. What am I in for?
Best WRPG ever made if you know how to play an RPG
Worst game ever made if you were born post 1989
>>336137074
>worst game
>past 89
Don't be crazy, gramps
>>336136996
An overrated dated game worshiped by manchildren
Just play Oblivion, it's better
>>336136996
The most interesting setting made so far for an Elder Scrolls game however it is very clunky by todays standards with some more classic RPG mechanics compared to newer installments
A magic robot mecha inside of a volcano.
I was in college when this game released. I failed an English class because of it.
Just as broken as any other Bethesda game but less handholding for drooling retards than in the newer titles
>>336136996
grab the graphics overhaul mod. there's no reason not to and it's free.
early game you will be weak as fuck and won't be able to hit shit. end game you will be a walking god because you have like ten equipment slots and every piece is enchanted.
also it has one of the top ten heroic journeys of any CaC rpg ever
>>336136996
Download the following mods:
Morrowind Graphics Extender
Morrowind Code Patch
Delayed Dark Brotherhood Attack
Solstheim Rumor Fix
These mods are basically just balance changes and bugfixes that will make the game much more enjoyable to play. Quite a lot of thing in unpatched Morrowind are completely broken, these patches take out the unfun broken things while leaving the fun ones in.
>>336137543
>failing a writing or English course for any reason
Nigga u dumb.
>>336136996
>>336138035
Also get the expacs if you haven't already, they're both great but the bottom two mods I mentioned are necessary if it's your first time playing.
>>336138309
Not completing and handing in assignments is not the same as not having the ability or intellectual capacity to do so. Also, I'm an electrical engineer and Calculus is more interesting than Shakespeare.
How's your life kiddo?
>>336136996
Install mods. Texture packs, better bodies, MGE. Overall, >>336137074
>>336138035
Seconding this. Delayed DB Attack and Solstheim Rumor Fix should be used (on GOTY edition or with expansions enabled, at least) even if you're intending to play purely vanilla for your first time. They let you experience the vanilla game as it was originally designed instead of with the intrusive expansions overriding rumors and screwing up the early game balance.
What'd be an interesting challenge to play with? I've beaten morrowind a million times and I can't really think of a way to play the game again without getting bored after a few hours and quitting
>>336139939
Fists only
>>336138574
>Calculus is more interesting than Shakespeare
What are you - a worker bee?
>>336139939
Add some content mods? It's an amazing game and has a ton of replayability, but once you exhaust all the character styles and have experienced all the factions and paths I don't know what else to do but change it up. Tamriel Rebuilt, Sotha Sil Expanded, maybe even try Arktwend for a whole new game in the same engine.
As for trying something different in the vanilla game, maybe play a pacifist who uses a cheap calm spell combined with lots of intimidating persuasion to keep bandits pacified while you loot all their stuff. Some quests have interesting interactions when you talk to someone who was supposed to be fighting you. For example, you can get the gentleman bandit to turn into a trainer in the Pelagiad inn as if you had paid him even after he attacked your male character for refusing. To further reinforce this playstyle, play at max difficulty from the very start so that you have a reason to avoid combat. Maybe even go with unarmored, since you're no warrior: you're just a guy bumbling around Vvardenfell somehow talking his way into into surviving in the most unlikely locations. There are even a few enemies with actual unique dialogue that you wouldn't have experienced since they're hostile by default.
>>336136996
Hiking simulator
>>336138574
>Calculus is more interesting than Shakespeare
>>336138574
>Calculus is more interesting than Shakespeare
I'd call you a pleb, but even the fucking plebs adored good ol' Willy Whipdick.
>>336141941
Well I still wanna play Morrowind, nothing like way too hard modded. I was kinda hoping there'd be a patch that would tweak a bunch of numbers behind spells and fix how broken you can make your character with 0 effort, I don't really want to change the whole world up and add a bunch of new areas.
The idea with using maxed out calm sounds pretty neat, maybe combine it with >>336140214 for anything I have to kill.
>>336138574
Calculus is fun as hell but Shakespeare is incredibly enjoyable you pleb
>>336136996
carpal tunnel
>>336136996
Good game. It demands you make a build that caters to the thing you want to do. If you want to ever hit an enemy with a sword, then invest in it fully. Do not pick a Bosmer because they look cool and then jump everywhere, depleting your fatigue, and expect anything other than spending the next 5 mins missing as you swing wildly at a flock of cliff racers.
This game punishes you for not catering to your build properly and has walls in place that demand you specialize down a more narrow path over later Bethesda games catering to allowing you to do everything mostly any time you feel like it.
The world has a lot of charm if you can get past the initial sense of clunk in the way. It still has my favorite TES loot and enemy scaling with properly placed items in the game world.
Quests can be a bit formulaic but there are gems and good lore building ones to be found.
>>336142370
You seem confused. His work was for plebs. He was the Michael Bay of his time: Educated, likely not even a real person, and use their intellect to make formula perfect blockbusters on the reg.
>>336137314
>Just play Oblivion, it's better
Oblivion's not that great.
>>336142393
Sounds like you want BTB's Game Improvements if you aren't already using it. It's a mod dedicated to fixing exploits and rebalancing the game to make it not so easy to become powerful after you know how to abuse all the mechanics.
>>336143263
I'll probably look into that, thanks. That's one of the reasons I just end up quitting when I play Morrowind now; I follow a sort of routine and end up a ton of money from stuff like the vaults in Vivec. Just ends up getting boring when I'm an unkillable god after like 4 hours
>>336136996
You nwah!
Should I use Morrowind Patch Project? Or just the code patch?
>>336138035
>>336137864
Why does everyone forget LGNPC? It's _essential_.
>>336140214
>mfw currently playing as someone that only uses fists as melee weapons
>>336144674
Both. Code patch fixes engine/mechanical bugs while the Patch Project fixes quest/script/item placement bugs.
In other words, if there's a bug in Morrowind.exe then the Code Patch will fix it. If there's a bug in Morrowind.esm then the Patch Project will fix it.
The only reason to consider not using the Patch Project is that it makes some changes to content and balance to fix inconsistencies, as it has a somewhat loose definition of "bug". Every change has a good reason for existing, but it's not as absolutely mandatory as the Code Patch is since it's not all pure "fixes" and the mod itself is all-or-nothing unlike the Code Patch which makes every change optional. So there's no reason whatsoever to not use the Code Patch, while using the Patch Project is very strongly recommended but still ultimately up to personal preference.
>>336145318
I see. Are there any particularly controversial changes I should know of? And are the mods this anon >>336138035 listed plus the patch project the only mods that could be considered mandatory?
I know there are several official DLC. Other TES games generally have a unofficial patch just for those. Are there any such for Morrowind?
>>336144940
>Wereguars
>>336146067
No, not that I know of. That's a good list of mandatory mods. I wouldn't add anything else to it besides the official DLC you're asking about. You can get this to use IN PLACE of those plugins, as it both includes and fixes them: http://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/43931/
If you don't want to use that for whatever reason, then at least get "Master Index Journalfix" which adds quest tracking to one of the quests added by the official mods. You don't need it if you are using Official Plugins Patched.
Don't use LGNPC for a first playthrough. It adds a ton of new NPC dialogue to the game written by modders. As you can expect, the quality of the dialogue and characters varies quite a bit and it can defocus the game. The abundance of generic NPC dialogue in Morrowind is a notable flaw and LGNPC definitely fixes it, but it's better to install it after you've already played Morrowind so you can appreciate the changes and enjoy the added content for what it is.
>>336147564
Thank you for answering my questions anon. I appreciate it. I am currently playing through some of the older games I missed when I was younger. Morrowind is what I am going to play when I am done with VTM Bloodlines.
>>336148105
Oh right, one last mandatory mod I would add. Morrowind has a somewhat infamous bug known as the "NPC drift". NPCs that are meant to be stationary will slowly move over the course of the game, eventually causing travel providers to fall off their docks or some interior NPCs to phase through the walls and disappear. You can fix this with the "RA" command in the console which resets everyone to their original positions, but there's a mod that fixes the source of the bug so you don't have to keep doing that:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ohho4g5335itc6/IdleAnimationsFix.zip
>>336138574
>I'm an electrical engineer and Calculus is more interesting than Shakespeare.
You're either an autistic chink or an autistic Pajeet
Off yourself, you're a blight on humanity
>>336138574
Physicist here - glad you're an engineerso I don't have to do any of that shit myself. But seriously, Shakespeare is pretty great, and finding calculus 'more interesting' makes me think you haven't really had much exposure or put much effort into literature.
>>336136996
One of the best RPGs ever, OP.
I'm playing this for the first time, vanilla (just the DLC) through OpenMW, and I'm doing a Mage build.
The Mage guild quests in Balmora are tedious as fuck though.
This Khajit bitch first made me collect mushrooms, and now she wants me to get flowers
Is it worth joining the guild? Also, can I join it in another town and not have to do all these shitty fetch quests?
>>336149484
You're doing shitty fetch quests because you're a low rank scrub. As you advance in rank, you'll be doing more investigation stuff, solving disputes and hunting for magical artifacts. Even if you still get fetch quests at higher rank; they feel worth it, because you're not sent to pick flowers or find common soul gems.
>>336149484
Mages Guild is also in Ald-Ruhn, Sadrith Mora, Vivec and Caldera.
Also this >>336149740 They are not gonna send you into Rapeville Dungeon straight from the get go.
>>336149949
So if I do all the scrub shit in Balmora, do I start as an apprentice again in the other towns?
>>336149484
It's definitely worth joining the guild to get discounts on spellmaking and, most importantly, a large supply of Restore Magicka potions. Take the time to teleport to each guild hall and loot the member chest.
While you're there, you can get some other quests in Ald'ruhn, for example. It's really only Ajira's first two quests that are like that, and the quests in Morrowind factions aren't completely linear but rather gated by your rank in the faction which is tied to how many quests you complete for them. Personally I'd say just get the flower quest out of the way since it's the last really annoying one, but you can put it off and do quests in the other Mages Guild halls if you want.
>>336150071
You retain your rank, but you are still stuck with starting off with the shitty jobs. Also join other guilds such as the Imperial Cult or the Temple for the benefits they give you.
>>336150071
No, other quests become available as you increase in rank.
>>336150071
Your rank in the Mages Guild applies to every Mages Guild hall. Some questgivers don't offer quests until you reach a certain rank. But there's almost always more than one questgiver available to you at every rank. You can do apprentice jobs in multiple places, or you can skip some. When you run out of quests from one questgiver they will tell you who to go to for higher rank quests. Eventually you'll be high enough to get the more interesting quests that define the storyline of each faction.
>>336150445
>>336150414
>>336150239
>>336150107
Gotcha
Thanks
>>336149949
That's a nice version of an old classic.Post your Morrowind memes.
>>336136996
first, youre going to get killed by a rat you cant hit
then, cliffracers
>>336148630
I've played the game for 100s of hours but I've never experienced NPCs moving so much they fall off.
>>336138779
which ones?
On the third day, the bats are released.Who writes this shit?
>>336150587
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lyKxKn_WsE
Think it'll rain?
>>336150723
Did they not playtest the combat before releasing the game?
Who thought it was acceptable?
>>336137074
bourne un 94, louvre this game
>>336150782
Count yourself lucky. It's not an uncommon occurrence after 100+ hours on one save and it has even broken a few Xbox playthroughs.
>>336150962
Keep moving.
>>336142907
>Bosmer
>look cool
also frankly builds stop mattering past level 15 or so
>>336151098
Va te faire foutre homme francais
>>336151089
The combat was always considered one of the most boring parts of the game, but complaints specifically about missing didn't really become common until Oblivion released and people went back to play it. When Morrowind released, dice rolls were fully expected by every fan since they were a part of the combat of every previous TES game in addition to the first-person action RPGs they originally ripped off, Ultima Underworld.
>>336150962
Why aren't you wearing your uniform?
>>336150940
>when you finally decide to read the 36 Sermons of Vivec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm6CBqiY3rg
>>336151331
lol im a gril : )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyLFHqmUH_4
>>336151975
>No tamriel rebuilt
>>336151975
A hellhole, but it's home.
>>336152302
>>336151595
I think the combat is worse in Morrowind than Daggerfall because of the full 3d. When I play Daggerfall I expect the MISS HIT HIT combat, but when I play Morrowind it just turns me off.
>>336151718
Suce ma bite vous femme d'ordures
>>336152512
merde
also daggerfall's mouse swing combat is a lot more interesting than morrowind's
My classes for the semester just ended and I'm not doing shit all summer long, so I've picked up streaming. Would Morrowind be a good thing to stream? I want to knock as many games as possible off my backlog while I do this.
>>336136996
It's a good game but extremely overrated on /v/
You'll have fun tho.
>>336153284
Yeah, it will take you forever if you try to do anything, should last you a good 120 hours.
>>336136996
Don't underestimate the power of the journal. Always click the keywords of anything relevant to what you're trying to do. They will often have far more detailed directions than the quest update itself, and can be used to plan your travel routes and many other things when you've talked to enough people.Every single thing anyone has EVER said to you is logged in it, after all. For better and for worse.
>>336153508
>120 hours
oh man, really? or are you just memeing
>>336138361
Are they the best guards? Goad them into fighting you, take armor and sell for mad cash.
>>336153608
>>336137074
born in 1999 and i think this is the best elder scrolls game money can buy
>>336137074
>post 89
inwas born ON 89, what now grandpa?
>>336137074
I was born in 91 and only played it for the first time two years ago. Loved the hell out of it.
>>336136996
Boring mountains, meh dungeons.
>>336152512
I can see where you're coming from, though that really only applies to enemy sprites. Daggerfall's a fully 3D and action-oriented game when it comes to its world, controls, and gameplay.
>>336152649
This I very much agree with. Morrowind's combat was more mechanically complex and weapons were much more varied, but Daggerfall's swing controls made it feel much more interactive. It helps that the different swing types were actually meaningful unlike Morrowind's system where every weapon has 1, or very rarely 2, attack types that are actually worth using.
>>336138574
>hows your life kiddo
oooh look at this paragon of human society
>>336153837
GET
>>336154332
THAT
>>336154459
ASS
c-c-combo breaker
>>336153837
>17
MODS
>>336154621
BANNED
>>336153616
Well you can beat it in less than 5 minutes.
>>336154907
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gON5k2kw3as
>>336153616
I've logged 120 hours and I haven't beaten the game or even touched any of the expansion content. If you're really into roleplaying, you can completely lose yourself in the world.
>>336138309
>failing ANY course for any reason
ftfy
>>336155187
honestly i'm slightly worried I'm gonna fail organic chem 2 this semester
I don't have the study habits to sit my ass down and memorize like 50 autistic mechanisms
kill me
>>336150587
k
>>336151975
What the hell is that ring of islands off the SW coast? That shit ain't there.
I have 480 hours in my Steam install alone (I've played multiple times on non-Steam versions).
>>336156517
that's what mnemonics are for, you should have learned this in grade school
Just softmodded my og xbox, any good homebrew morrowind isos?
>>336157659
>mnemonics for multi-step organic mechanisms
Doesn't really work bro
Fuck this shit
