The Official Morrowind Thread

Heh, not suprised made spelling mistakes. I only got about four hours sleep due to Morrowind. And if you think the essay is something, imagine things like that happening to you at least once _every single day_. It was even worth upgrading my PC for.

To Gongos:

Let me introduce you to my little friend, the Creeper. He's a badass scamp merchant who lives in a orcish manor in Caldera. He buys things at full value, but only has 5000 gold on him. The way around this is sell him something worth 5000, wait a day for him to get his 5000 back, then buy your item back. Now he has 10000 to spend. Rise and repeat as much as needed. I'm actually keeping the high price items since I already have about 15k on me.

I actually had a similiar experience to yours since I found an ebony dagger and tried to stop using my bow and just go full on melee. Works well against wandering monsters, but the tougher stuff still chews me up. Damn low endurance, but it's still fun to find all the different things you can do with just the same character.

From the two lords I got a dremora mace (useless to me but looks very cool) and some cheap drawven weapon I just left on his body. In the actual ruin though there was dremora staff, sword, and even a helmet, which looks really good on a shelf. :)

I'm starting to want one of those nifty hats too, but I'd feel bad about offing a poor guy whose just doing his job. Maybe I'll just add one in with the editor. Could even build a whole quest around it. :p

Damn, this is a great game. Even some of the bugs are kind of fun. I fell through one of those Vivec buildings into water underneath and you just see this massive empty thing high above you. Should have taken a screenshot of that. Looked pretty cool. I also trapped a Bone Lord behind a door. It looked like his arms were stuck through it and he couldn't get out. So I put him out of his misery.

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Originally posted by StriderKyo
"Mechadeus Mechadeus....oh oh oh Mechadeus ooh, rock me
Mechadeus!" Sorry, sometimes small spelling errors lead to big tangents.

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:lol: I've gotten that spelling error of my name a number of times (and once when someone refered to me as "MechDues"), but that's the first time someone took it and made it worthwhile! And to such a great tune (or at least when I a little kid, granted, I also loved Walk like an Egyptian back then, so take that as you will :p )...

My character and Chux's both have the same taste in head apparel.

Here's my character stating the obvious.
http://www.boomspeed.com/lordlumbergh/morrowind1.jpg
Yes, that text bubble actually did appear in the game. Do not doubt it.



Here's my character's robe shimmering a pretty blue sheen because it's enchanted with evil, black magic.
http://www.boomspeed.com/lordlumbergh/morrowind2.jpg
Notice the accurate length of his staff in comparison to my actual penis.

Here's my character..named raystorm of course :D

I'm using some nice ordinator equipment with a cool ebony cuirass. My weapon is the ever so shiny and enchanted, Magebane.

http://www.boomspeed.com/raysaber/character1.jpg

You know, I wish the XBOX version would come out already. I just hope it makes it out before the end of May. I can't wait to play this game.

D00ds! More screenshots are teh ownage! You guys are making me proud. Now I'll have to go snag some more good game footage and return to the madness!

Ammadeau: Thats pretty cool, too have your own house like that...one question though. Is there a possibility of someone else breaking in and stealing your stuff in the game? And if so, are you worried about that?

Ammadeau: Thats pretty cool, too have your own house like that...one question though. Is there a possibility of someone else breaking in and stealing your stuff in the game? And if so, are you worried about that?

BTW great pictures Stibbons, and great fucking story Gongo! Only two more weeks till I get myself into this adventure!!!! ...*damn, two more weeks*... :(

Sadly, the NPCs aren't smart enough to steal anything on their own. You can leave your valuables right on the side of the street and no one will even glance at them. I have a scroll of locking 80 points though, which I could cast on the door if I was worried about such things, but this game isn't that lifelike.

Had pictures of my own to post finally, but of course today is the day my webpage account gets completely screwed up so I can't post them. Reached the rank of Arch-mage in the guild and found a magic item worth 210,000 gold though, so things are still going okay. Might even focus solely on the main quest from now on. Following up a half dozen different quests is too confusing.

About that Magic Item....I have quite a few of them that I don't use, and have a hefty price on them. Only problem I've got is....merchants are poor suckahs! I need to find some rich folks to take some armor off my hands.

Just change the Creeper's cash from 5,000 to 200,000 in the editor and you're all set.

It is stupid how all the merchants have less money than they should for the wares they deal with. I've had troubles selling things from the very beginning of the game. Why no high class merchants? Another little thing that was skipped over, I guess.

Do you think that it'd be possible to make those assasins you're talking about? I really don't know (no game yet)...if so that'd be cool as hell. I just didn't realize that the editor was so indepth.

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Originally posted by Ammadeau

It is stupid how all the merchants have less money than they should for the wares they deal with. I've had troubles selling things from the very beginning of the game. Why no high class merchants? Another little thing that was skipped over, I guess.

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Is it possible for you to make a deal with them? Offer it to them for less than it's worth knowing you won't get full value anywhere?

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Originally posted by StriderKyo
Is it possible for you to make a deal with them? Offer it to them for less than it's worth knowing you won't get full value anywhere?

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That's what they normally do. You've got to barter to get items you're selling close to their normal worth, mercentilism and having a high personality (to help persude them that you're a lovable person, thus lowering their prices and buying items off from you for more) really help. As well as dealing with guild members (obviously, when you're part of that guild) will also give you better prices.

Cool.

I've heard that the XBOX version of Morrowind will have to have loading screens when you enter new environments...something which I thought they'd be able to get by without....that sucks for the ppl who wanna buy the XBOX version. Add that in cohorts with the fact that theres no game editor for the XBOX version... - everyone go PC! :D

Where did you here that? The only time you should see any loading screens is when you go in or out of a house. Loading environments outside is handled much like Halo, on the fly, without a loading screen.

There's a loading bar that appears at the bottom of the screen when loading a new 'cell' whether interior or exterior, though it does load some cells on the fly in the exterior so all you get is a slight pause instead. Either way, the load times are very quick and nothing to be worth even commenting about.

This game is probably the most massive I've ever played. There's no way it could fit all of it into memory.

Gamewise, my main character Kei was kicking too much butt lately so I decided to make a new one to explore skils I wasn't able to try before, mainly magic of making and summoning. He's totally unprincipled and cheapskate bastard, which is pretty fun, and he's actually good at melee attacks.

Well, my info on that is not 100% guaranteed. I was talking about the XBOX version though, not the PC version. I'm sure they tried to make the transition from PC to console as smooth as possible. Hey Ammadeau - are there loading screens in the PC version...or only just the loading bar and slight pauses like you mentioned. That wouldn't be so bad b/c like you said its hardly noticeable...I suppose that also has alot to do with your PC as well.
..damn I'm getting hungry...breakfast time!

quick question for you guys:

if I have a PC with the following -

Pentium 4 at 2.26 GHz w/ 533 MHz system bus

256 MB DDR SDRAM

20 GB Hard Drive

128 MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti 4600 Graphics Card

- do you think I'll have any problems installing and/or running Morrowind?


As you can tell, I'm in the planning process of ordering a new PC. At first I was gonna go with 512 MB of ram, but then I realized that the "recommended" amount of RAM for Morrowind was 256 MB whilst the minimum was 128 MB - so I figure I'm fine with 256 MB. If the need arises to upgrade to 512 - I can do so later at a cheaper price.

Also, reducing the RAM from 512 to 256 shaves off a cool 130 dollars from my total. I've managed to get the price of Dell Dimension 4500 to under $1900 (shipping and tax included), 57 bucks a month - by avoiding all their "special software packages" and obvious booby traps like installation charges (bah!). Pretty good I think.

I've been putting off getting a new PC for the past year and a half, but finally Morrowind came along and became a catalyst for me getting around to doing it. Thanks in advance!

That system will absolutely rock Morrowind. You'll still get frame rate issues and probably some crashes (I've never had the game crash actually, but it seems everyone else does), but those are problems in the game itself that will eventually be patched. 256 MB of RAM should be just fine, because the game runs the same for me with 512 as when I had 384.

I had no doubt about the processor speed, however the RAM was what was troubling me for a bit. With 256 you don't think that it'll be to slow or anything do you? I figure if the minimum required amount is 128, then 256 will be fine...but with a game as large as Morrowind you can't really be too sure. But if the game rruns the same for you with 512 as opposed to 384 then that speaks some volumes...pretty much meaning that once you get 256 MB, more RAM doesn't create a negligable difference - thanks dude!

Well, about the ram. My System is as follows.
Pentium 4 1.8ghz
256 DDR Ram
GeForce2 64mb
And the rest doesnt really matter. Needless to say, loading is like a sec or two, at most.

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Originally posted by station82o
Also, reducing the RAM from 512 to 256 shaves off a cool 130 dollars from my total.

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Gah! WTF? They must be using a 512 chip instead of two 256 chips for them to purposfully kick up the price, because it shouldn't be that much.

In any case, I should be getting a new motherboard and chip soon (only going to cost me about $150 for a 1.8 ghz), and will wait to decide what graphic card I want. I'd love a top-of-the-line GeForce 4, but wonder if I should hold out and wait for the end of the year (and Doom III to get that much closer).

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Originally posted by MechDeus
Gah! WTF? They must be using a 512 chip instead of two 256 chips for them to purposfully kick up the price, because it shouldn't be that much.

In any case, I should be getting a new motherboard and chip soon (only going to cost me about $150 for a 1.8 ghz), and will wait to decide what graphic card I want. I'd love a top-of-the-line GeForce 4, but wonder if I should hold out and wait for the end of the year (and Doom III to get that much closer).

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I'm sure thats what they are doing. If you think thats outrageous, you outta check out all the other price inflating offers they have at their customization feature. www.dell4me.com

Ugh, I would never ever buy a prebuilt system, but you should be fine. I have a 1.7GHZ with 512 memory and after a little tweaking, Morrowind runs perfect for me. I always get 30FPS or better unless there's a lot happening in an exterior. Interiors are usually 60FPS.

Finally gotten around to playing with the editor and trying to make a new city. Some stuff is really easy to do, while others are stupidly difficult. You would think copying and pasting would have to work right, but for some reason it feels the need to delselect everything. -_-

Patched the Creeper to give him more spending money. As a result, I know have 430,000 gold to spend on character improvement. Probably take on the main quest to the end after that. Also need to buy more arrows, always need more arrows...

yeah...i'm finally gonna order the thing tommorow morning, and will buy morrowind ahead of time later this week so I'll have it when the PC arrives. Thanks to everyone who helped me! Now return to your regular stories and entertaining posts and such! :D

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As a result, I know have 430,000 gold to spend on character improvement.

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That right there is why shopkeepers don't have a ton of gold.

Okay, I'm taking liberties but after all that work for the Staff of the Magus, only to find that not only do its abilities suck, but I could only get maybe 1% of its value from regular merchants, I think the whole thing is a bit silly. What's the point of looting if I can only use them as expensive decorations? They should have a priceless value or something if they're not meant to be sold.

heh heh - just ordered my new PC...now alls I have to do is wait.

For anyone who still wants to pick up the PC version of Morrowind (like me!) COMPUSA has it for 34.99!!! Thats not a sale price...its regular...so don't run out to your local Gamespot or EB (sorry Tracer) and get ripped off...CompUSA is the way to go on this one. Sweet deal.

Expecting my new PC sometime late next week! Will have Morrowind by then and will have alot of catching up to do!

Where has everyone dissapeared to? C'mon, I still wanna hear some tales!!!!! :)

I'm still playing as well, but haven't had as much time for it as I did in the past, so keeping things simple for the most part. I beefed up a few of my skills with the power of gold, only to run into the 'I can't train you anymore' problem. So I did a number of Thieves Guild quests, that got me a surprisingly lot of cash, but were a bit dull. So today I just wandered around the countryside, picking fights with random monsters. I think I'll go ruin raiding next since the main quest is a bit annoying right now.

I just bought this game.

I simply can't wait any longer for the XBOX version...

(Yes, I'm WELL aware that it's only like a week or two)

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Originally posted by James
Performance notes-

Penny Arcade posted a link to a crack to dump the SafeDisk junk while still requiring a legit cd in the drive. Supposedly gives a nice performance boost, seeing as SafeDisk is checking to see if the real cd is in there every 3 minutes or so. Bad for start-up, bad for loading new areas, and just generally annoying when it decided to freeze the game on you for a few seconds randomly. Here's the link-http://www.evilavatar.com/redirected...A/News/M38146/

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The link doesn't seem to be working anymore. Can someone hook me up with this? Anyone get good results from it?

from another forum-

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Just so you know how intensive this game is/can be. I'm running Athlon XP 1900+ and GF4 4400 (overclocked to 4600 speed). At night in town I get about 15-19 fps. During the day, I get around 30. Indoors I get a lot (70+). Setting: 1600x1200 no AA, 2/3 AI distance, full clip, no shadows. I originall tried 1024x768 w/ 2X AA, but I'm getting better performance w/ 1600x1200 (similar jaggies).

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WTF? 1600x1200? The highest option on mine is 1280x960. What is going on here?

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Originally posted by phoenix angel wing
I just bought this game.

I simply can't wait any longer for the XBOX version...

(Yes, I'm WELL aware that it's only like a week or two)

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Great! You're better off with the PC version anyway. My computer arrives on Wednesday - and by then I'll have Morrowind! Too much anticpation!

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The link doesn't seem to be working anymore. Can someone hook me up with this? Anyone get good results from it?

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Search for Morrowind on http://www.gamecopyworld.com.

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WTF? 1600x1200? The highest option on mine is 1280x960. What is going on here?

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Your video card doesn't support anything higher.

Just to give this thread more juice...

I played Morrowind far too much this weekend. Now my character Kei is at level 39 and is in charge of both the Magic Guild and House Hlaalu. She also eats the souls of golden saints for breakfast and had winged twilights for dessert. :)

Time not spend on quests or cleaning out random shrines has been in expermenting in making magic items. The best item I've made is a ring of constant levitation, which makes traveling around a lot easier, but doesn't make fighting as easy as you would think. If enemies don't have ranged attacks, they run around like crazy, making them harder to hit than usual. Costs me a lot of arrows to bring them down. Thankfully, arrows are cheap.

It's much easier to just hack them up with the daedric shortsword I enchanted to reduce their ability to resist poison then hit them with 20 points worth of poison damage. Haven't met a monster yet that I can't take out with this... as long as I've already exhausted any of their special high damaging attacks first. I'm particularly vulnerable to poison. Need to fix that soon.

Also made a ring of constant water breathing, amulet of constant invisiblity (doesn't work very well actually), amulet of summoning storm elemental, and a useless skirt of sacuatury. I want to make more, and though I have plenty of souls to use, I don't have items that can hold enough charges. I agree that items should have limited charges, but the way it's set up is messed up. For instance, a ring can hold 120 charges, when my glass shield can only hold 45! And my glass armor holds even less than that. This means I can't create any constant effect magic with them at all. Some magic items you'll find in the game can not be made with the system, like magical chitin armor, which only holds 1 charge total.

Many interesting adventures. One memorable one was going to a shrine for typical looting when outside I'm stopped by a guy in important looking robes. He doesn't attack me right away, so I talk to him and he asks if I'm there to worship or loot. First instinct is to lie and say worship since I'm a scoundrel after all, but this guy is putting off a dangerous vibe, so I tell him the truth. Then he says that's great and explains he's part of an elite ordinator hunting party and tells me I can loot all I want as long as I don't interfere.

So I go to the entrance of the shrine, only to find a fight between a cultist and an ordinator taking place. I stupidly decided to help the ordinator, only for him to turn on me when the cultist died. They were serious about not interfering. Reload and just watch the battle from afar this time. Ordinator wins, so I loot the corpse and head on inside.

There I take out various cultists or watch the ordinators handle the situation and just loot the remains. One time it was actually the ordinator who was killed and I had to finish off the cultists myself. Was tempted to loot the ordinator, but didn't want to tempt fate.

Eventually, after picking up a bunch of swell loot, including glass armor, and capturing the souls of two more golden saints, I reached the end of the shrine where the leader of cultists was drinking with his orc friend who thinks he's a cat and was served by a scamp bartender. I bully the leader of the cultists into allowing some local tribe to visit the shrine for some reason (was skipping ahead in the main plot without realizing it) and he agrees that his people won't attack, not realizing he doesn't have any people left.

Oh, getting your own stronghold is very cool. I haven't moved into mine yet though. Will be the next thing I do since I have a lot of stuff to move.

Was trying to create paralyze blade, but the enchantment costs too many points for a daedric short blade and I don't feel like using long blades or anything else.

Glass armor is the best in the light class. I'm not going anywhere else from there and the friggin thing looks like it was made to hold enchantments, but just not the case. Going to do as you said and enchant some clothes or something. Kind of stupid can only wear two rings, but I guess its play balance issue.

Also annoying how putting enchantments on a bow that are set to go off when striking is completely useless, since apparently the enchantments have to be on the arrows to do anything, but of course you can't enchant arrows... grrr. Great game, but some of the limitations are pointless and frustrating.

My Kei already kicks serious ass at this point. Being able to kick more ass would just be vanity at this point. I've taken on a golden saint and a winged twilight at the same time and only took 1/4th of my life off as a result. I don't need to have a constant shield, reflect, or whatever, but it would help my ego some. :p

I have the game now, its just that I'm waiting for my new computer to arrive here any bloody minute now...damn shipping guys. Arrghh...we'll hopefully I'll have it all going by tonight and I'll post my first impressions of the game...jesus...253 posts later...I never expected this thread to become so big.

Stuff I forgot to mention last time...

Found an item in the game that's worth 2 million gold, which probably would be enough to buy everything else in the game several times over if I could find anyone with remotely enough cash to buy it.

And the merchants suck, part two. Been moving into my new stronghold and trying to sell off everything I don't need but regular merchants rarely have more than a couple hundred gold, which makes no sense when the items they sell average about 200.

Having a stronghold is pretty great, though it comes with servants I didn't ask for and has no convient way of reaching civilisation. Once I edit it a bit to fix that though, I'll be moving on to beat the main quest and take over Morrowind like any true evil dictator.

Need neat stuff to decorate my stronghold with in the meantime though. Kind of a pain that the game doesn't let you put the items just the way you want them, like leaning a big daedric claymore against the wall, but I'll make do.

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Also annoying how putting enchantments on a bow that are set to go off when striking is completely useless, since apparently the enchantments have to be on the arrows to do anything, but of course you can't enchant arrows... grrr.

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Granted I haven't played the game yet, because I'm waiting for the Xbox version, but I'm positive you can enchant arrows.

Is there a guide on how to use the Construction Set somewhere? I'd love to add stuff, but I don't know the first thing is to do.

There's an editor FAQ at GameFAQS. Sorry I can't link directly. http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/game/3365.html

I have no idea how useful it is, because I'm not going to read it and then cry about how I can't run the PC version and so will not get a chance to use the editor.

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Originally posted by Saint of Killers

Granted I haven't played the game yet, because I'm waiting for the Xbox version, but I'm positive you can enchant arrows.

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I have the game and I know you absolutely can't enchant arrows. They will not show up under the object selection when you try to enchant something. The bow, yes, my armor, yes, even my shoes, yes, but not arrows for some reason. They simply are not selectable.

I've tried this with nearly a half dozen different kinds of non-magical arrows and it won't let me do it with any of them.

As for the construction set, it looks a bit daunting at first, but once you fool around with it a bit you'll find it's very easy to use. Open up the help file it comes with and go throught he two tutorials.

Jet Grind Morrowind... it sounds so wrong.

If you think this thread is bad now though, wait until the Xbox version hits this week, unless those console-loving bastards decide to make their own thread. :p

There is balancing in the game, but it's completely level based. Once Kei hit level 30, winged twilights and golden saints suddenly started appearing all across the countryside, but by then she could take them down without needing to heal. Only those poison-breathing monsters give her any trouble.

This whole game is chock full of dungeons and other places to explore. After three weeks of playing I'm still stumbling onto new ones. Check your map. All the ruins are put there someplace, with the bigger drawings usually meaning bigger rewards. Most of the caves and other places are there too.

You can't actually join the Twin Lamps. There's just two missions you can do for them, but I don't know who to talk to. Try the official forums if you're interested, but to me it doesn't seem worth it.

Kei only uses a daedric short sword, but I swing really fast and get a lot of hits in, since her skill level is now 105. Not as fun as marksmanship though. I can kill a cliff racer hiding behind a rock that's only leaving a tiny bit of wing exposed.

BTW, my new character is named Sauron. He'd probably want a peek at that ring of yours. :p

Okay everyone - I FINALLY got my computer yesterday - set it all up - (had to readjust my desktop to my old windows preferences - my god - XP's "normal" desktop looks so gay until you do so) - and easily installed Morrowind!

Okay, so my dude is an Imperial 'rouge' named Conan (I don't think I'm happy with this guy - I'll prolly change to another character next time I play) but anyway - I just wanted to jump in real quick. I like the way the game controls, it is easier than expected. It was even easier when I customized the controls. :lol:

I only played for a little bit cause I was so tired, but was wondering where the "inn" was in the very first village that you're in upon entering Morrowind?

Anyhow - I was wandering around and actually went outside the town a little bit and walked into some cave which was a bad mistake because some guy yelled out a threat and charged me, luckily I already had my little dagger out and I sidestepped the fucker and just brutally murdered the hell out of him. But I was so freaked out that instead of carrying on I just ran out of the cave and back to the saftey of the town.

BTW - What will happen if you withdraw your weapon in front of the guards? Ah, since I'll be restarting anyway I'll just up and find out.

The cool part was before I was going to turn everything off and clean up my room (damn styrofoam) b/c I was getting tired, it started turning evening time in the game and I climbed up to the top of the watchtower where the fire was burning and looked around at the stars coming into the sky - man....I dunno, but that was just an awesome moment...Its awesome that cool stuff like that can happen in a game!!!

As you can tell I am tired in this post - have to go to my one summer school class in two hours and then work - but I'll have most of tommorow to really dig in the game!!!!

Argh....cursed Dragon Warrior 7 taking up all my time. I havent played Morrowind in a while, so I need to get back into it. I'm sure I could think up some more funny screenshots like in the old days (Old days, WTF this thread has been around so long!) Anyhoo I've got a day off tommorow so I should play it then :)

BTW -how do you take snapshots of the screen in the game. I tried the print screen funtion but it did not work - and I know for sure I'm missing the plot somewhere. Any help would be appreciated. thanks!!!! (arrg fuck! hafta go to work soon!! damn this world!!!)

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BTW -how do you take snapshots of the screen in the game. I tried the print screen funtion but it did not work - and I know for sure I'm missing the plot somewhere. Any help would be appreciated. thanks!!!! (arrg fuck! hafta go to work soon!! damn this world!!!)

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You have to go into morrowind.ini and change the screenshot setting from 0 to 1 first. Then print screen will work.

Working on my new character now, who is totally ignoring the main plot as he advances through the ranks of the Telvanni, with the odd job from the Marag Tong on the side. He lives in Vos, because is near his patron and a remote place to hold his experiments.

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You have to go into morrowind.ini and change the screenshot setting from 0 to 1 first. Then print screen will work.

Working on my new character now, who is totally ignoring the main plot as he advances through the ranks of the Telvanni, with the odd job from the Marag Tong on the side. He lives in Vos, because is near his patron and a remote place to hold his experiments.

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After doing that, does the 'printscreen' funtion simply create a picture and place it in some directory somewhere? Or does it copy it to paintbrush where you'd have to go and tranfer it to bmp format?

Well, I'm just about to start a new character and play the game seriously (I was just wanting to jump in with my first character). One of the things I noticed was my near automatic inclination to play the game like a standard RPG (you know, "oh Balmora - okay, the game wil progress when I go there!")....HOWEVER, I know all too well that this is no normal RPG.

So my question is this: What did you guys do the first time you started playing, did you try and follow the quest and eventually decided to do something else? Or did you just do whatever you wanted to do and ignored the main quest right off the bat.

I figure I'll go for the former - I think I need to take that transportation animal thing to Balmora because I'm pretty much too weak and too poor to go walking about in those goddamn creepy woods!


And another thing I've noticed - this game really freaks you out. When I was checking out the outskirts of the town in those woods areas, I was constantly flipping around to make sure I was not being followed or anything like that - especially at nighttime - but daytime is a bit like that as well.

heh - I guess all the XBOX ppl got tired of hearing us babble on and on about the greatness of the PC version - Mode7 up and created an official XBOX Morrowind thread. Lol...deep down inside they know the PC version is better!!!! :p joking!!!

Wait until you go underground in some haunted ancestral tombs. Then you'll really get freaked out. I'm not going to spoil it for you, but this game gets creepier as you go on. It's a very dark tale.

The screenshots are thankfully taken in JPG. It just saves it to your Morrowind directory.

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Well, I'm just about to start a new character and play the game seriously (I was just wanting to jump in with my first character). One of the things I noticed was my near automatic inclination to play the game like a standard RPG (you know, "oh Balmora - okay, the game wil progress when I go there!")....HOWEVER, I know all too well that this is no normal RPG.

So my question is this: What did you guys do the first time you started playing, did you try and follow the quest and eventually decided to do something else? Or did you just do whatever you wanted to do and ignored the main quest right off the bat.

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My first two characters played it straight at least in the beginning, at least far enough to meet the guy in Belmora, but my new character Sauron just totally ignored the main quest and has been building up a reputation in various factions instead. It is sort of strange to play a game that doesn't force you to follow the main plotline, especially one where you can play for weeks and never even start on it, but that's part of the fun.

And I agree with Stibbons, the tombs are damn spooky. I found the sewers, shrines, and drawven ruins spooky at times too. I think it's a testament to how much this game is able to draw you in.

Only played a little today. Made a sword called Mr Frosty that does 50 points of frost damage, which I thought would be too cheap until I ran into a place filled with enemies with perfect magic resistance. Surprisingly hard fight for my 40 level character, but I got a full set of glass armor out of the deal. Not really great protection wise, but it looks really cool. :)

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My first two characters played it straight at least in the beginning, at least far enough to meet the guy in Belmora, but my new character Sauron just totally ignored the main quest and has been building up a reputation in various factions instead. It is sort of strange to play a game that doesn't force you to follow the main plotline, especially one where you can play for weeks and never even start on it, but that's part of the fun.

And I agree with Stibbons, the tombs are damn spooky. I found the sewers, shrines, and drawven ruins spooky at times too. I think it's a testament to how much this game is able to draw you in.

Only played a little today. Made a sword called Mr Frosty that does 50 points of frost damage, which I thought would be too cheap until I ran into a place filled with enemies with perfect magic resistance. Surprisingly hard fight for my 40 level character, but I got a full set of glass armor out of the deal. Not really great protection wise, but it looks really cool. :)

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So, if this armour is made out of glass, as you alledge, then can you see your character's frank and beans? Assuming you play a male. And if you play a fenale, can you see her jubblies? :p

I just got the game for the XBOX today. Absolutely amazing. Anyone who doesn't yet have it, needs to do so.

I sat down with the game, only planning on playing a little bit. Ended up playing for 5 hours straight. It's that damn good. One of the best RPGs I've played in a long time. It's actually probably one of the best RPGs I've ever played.

One thing I was a little disapointed with on the XBOX version were the graphics. Having seen the game running on a high end PC, the XBOX version's graphics are a bit underwhelming. Ah well. This is the best I'm gonna get, my PC couldn't even come close to handling this monstrosity of a game.

Siek, you lucky bastard. Nobody round these parts has it yet, except the gamestop affilates, and they're all overpriced and only selling to preorders. :( Plus I have to go visit family in Houston over the weekend, so no MW for me until Sunday night. :(

You folks have given me some inspiration. I too will create a character named Sauron, and work toward creating the Ring of Power.

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So, if this armour is made out of glass, as you alledge, then can you see your character's frank and beans? Assuming you play a male. And if you play a fenale, can you see her jubblies? :p

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The armor is made of an opaque green glass, so you can't see through it. Even so, my character (who is female BTW) wears clothes under her armor, and even a skirt over the lower portion, you you'll have to get your kicks someplace else. :p

All the reports of the Xbox version have been great so far. I wouldn't mind some reduced graphics so kind of makes me wish I waited and saved a little money. Oh well.

Hey Lord Perrin! Good to see you drop on by the Morrowind thread!! Hope you stick around man! Dude, both TracerBullet and I live in Houston - you should try to pay us a visit if you could. I work at the Borders Books and Music in Stafford at the Fountains shopping center off of HWY 59 - I go by the name of Sean there.

And Tracer works at the Gamestop in Sugarland (right next to stafford - just down the highway a couple miles) on Town Center Blvd off of HWY 6 near the Barnes and Nobles. He goes by the name of Matt.





*goes off to play more*

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Siek, you lucky bastard. Nobody round these parts has it yet, except the gamestop affilates, and they're all overpriced and only selling to preorders. :( Plus I have to go visit family in Houston over the weekend, so no MW for me until Sunday night. :(

You folks have given me some inspiration. I too will create a character named Sauron, and work toward creating the Ring of Power.

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DO NOT come to Houston and NOT pay me and Station a visit. Always good to meet a fellow WoT fan and gamer (one who isn't interested in console wars or collecting things just because they're rare like to goons I work with). Visit you must.

ºTracer

okay, heres a question: In the very very first town on that little mission you receive from the guy in the bar telling you to spy on this one guy in the town to see where he is storing his money - I'm having a bit a problem on it. Its probably not that important but dammit its annoying!!

Here's what happened: I awaited for nightfall and then climbed up to the top of the watch tower to spy on the guy who was supposed to be stashing the stuff. Anyway, I see the guy creeping around towards that little swamp, and he goes into the swamp towards the middle and does something there...I assume this is where he's hiding the stuff right? Well, after he leaves I go down there to check it out - but either nothing is there or thats the wrong hiding place cause theres nothing doing!! Whats going on with that? :)

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okay, heres a question: In the very very first town on that little mission you receive from the guy in the bar telling you to spy on this one guy in the town to see where he is storing his money - I'm having a bit a problem on it. Its probably not that important but dammit its annoying!!

Here's what happened: I awaited for nightfall and then climbed up to the top of the watch tower to spy on the guy who was supposed to be stashing the stuff. Anyway, I see the guy creeping around towards that little swamp, and he goes into the swamp towards the middle and does something there...I assume this is where he's hiding the stuff right? Well, after he leaves I go down there to check it out - but either nothing is there or thats the wrong hiding place cause theres nothing doing!! Whats going on with that? :)

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Um...are you actually checking the hollow log? Or are you just standing knee-high in dirty swamp water waiting for a "trigger?" You actually have to search the log.

(this is Station82o on Tracer's computer):

Well, I've jumped into the marsh and have tried to look in the hollow log but no dice. I even jumped ontop of the log to see if I could find anything ....oh ...shit...maybe I just wasn't hitting the spacebar. Oh well...I'm in Balmora now - and you guessed it - I need help.


I joined the thieves guild upon entering the city and was given a mission to steal a diamond from this jewelry store to give to some guy - anyway, in the jewlery store - the freaking diamonds are right next to the shopkeeper so its practically impossible to steal!!! Anyone know what to do?

(again - Station82o on Tracers Comp)


walking around balmora i've noticed many stray citizens just happlessly walking around - with no one else in sight. I was wondering if I killed one of these NPCs away from the rest of the towns folk - could it be kept a secret or would everyone just know automatically?

It'll stay a secret. Unless you actually hear the victim call for the guard, it's been kept a secret. But if they do call for a guard, you become KOS. At least in my experience, anyway.

Also, if you steal from someone, and instead of them calling the guard (or you getting a "your activities have been reported" text box) they attack you, you're safe. You can walk right out the front door with the stolen goods and the guards won't touch you. I found this out in the lighthouse in Seyda. I picked the lock on her chest, pilfered a war hammer, she got her panties in a bunch and hit me while calling for the guards...but since she hit first, I got away scott-free. :)

thats great! because there are a couple bastards I'd like to off in that game - innocent townsfolk or not. It would have sucked if it couldn't have been kept a secret.

BTW - does anyone know what I'm referring to in the post I made above (with Tracers name on it) about the jewerly store robbery deal for the thieves guild in Balmora? I'm stumped as to what I should do.

There's a specific diamond to steal, I believe it's in a case somewhere else in the store, check in his personal stuff. I don't remember exactly, but I had cased out the place before I joined the Thieves Guild, and so had no problem stealing it.

thanks for the info man, I'll have to check that place out. I was gonna join the Fighters guild as well - but they practice honor and nobility and stuff - which is fine - but my current character is not that type of person. Plus, how the fuck can you justify being in the thieves guild and the honorable fighters guild? You'd violate the fighters guild by even being in the theives guild!!!! lol!!

Here's a latest account of some adventures I had.

Did some odds and ends jobs in Balmora for the thieves guild and fighters guild - most were simple and stuff. So I get a job from this guy at the fighters guild (corresponding to main quest) and he tells me to bring him some fucking magical box from some ruins somewhere - okay - no problem. So I set off from Balmora (glad to be away from that dreary town for awhile) and start on my course to the ruins.

One the way I run into a stranded dark elf woman - she wants me to lead her to some friendly as fuck 'field' - so I say yes and she tags along. Of course, as I am with my curious self, I come across that huge ass lake and look across the shore - wondering if per chance I could swim across unhindered and avoid a long ass walk around the lake - just get to the field directly that way. Well, I walk too close to the edge of this cliff and fall into the bloody lake!!!! DAR!!

I'm immediatley being struck by an unforseen aquatic enemy - and I manage to scramble up to shore and onto saftey - It was a deadly fish attacking me. HOWEVER! The fucking bitch who was following me followed me into the lake and was fighting the fishy out in the water with her fists - and gettting her arse kicked by the fish. OH GREAT - now I've gotta go and save her from certain death. So in I go stiking wildly. Finally from both of our attacks the fish dies. I get back onto land and start to rest a bit.

Much to my dismay the stupid woman runs after me and starts whaling on me - just nonstop!! Shit -I must have accidentally hit her somewhere in the foray with the fish. Well, I try to run away and avoid a fight but nothing doing...so I lead her into the woods and motherfucking gut her!!!!! A HA H AHA HA HAH AHAA HAHA HA!!!!!

(okay, well after that I just loaded up the save I made right before my dumb falling into the water - and lead the lady to saftey of the friendly field - whatever that was called.

heh...not much of an adventure - but I felt like sharing.

One thing I really liked was that one chick who was standing by the road - she got mugged by some bandit but was really smitten by the guy - and she asked me to take her glove to him as some token of affection. Cute little quest in which I ended up finding the guy (who wrote a love letter back to her) and delivered his letter to her. I

Man, its the little touches like this that make Morrowind great.

Now...where was I - oh yeah, shit I almost forgot!! I have to find that bloody magical box!!! Way too easy to get sidetracked in this game!!!!! :jest:

I think the best death EVAR in this game is when that idiot falls from the sky. You know, the one outside of Sedya Neen? Read his journal and you'll see what I mean. Damn funny. :)

No, the best death in the game is summoning a storm elemental to take out a now very surprised Telvanni wizard. :)

Word of advice, avoid all of the 'follow me' quests whenever possible. They are definitely not worth the trouble. Once had to walk a escaped slave from one side of the map to the other, having to reload several times because he was dumb enough to charge straight into boiling lava and just stay there or to attack Golden Saints with his fists. And he also got stuck about every five seconds. -_-

Beat the main quest with Kei, so decided to make yet another character, who is very much a cleric type, but has a two handed war hammer that does great damage for a starting weapon. She's already advanced pretty far in the Imperial Legion, far enough to get a full set of armor for free. Needs a good enchanted weapon though. Her backup sword doesn't cut it.

Also bought the Morrowind Guidebook, but have only glanced at it so far. Very big and has a lot of detail to it though. Nice.

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No, the best death in the game is summoning a storm elemental to take out a now very surprised Telvanni wizard. :)

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Well...I like the poor sap who 'leaps' to his death. I bawled out rolling on the floor laughing after the gravity of the situation sunk in...get it? GRAVITY? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Also bought the Morrowind Guidebook, but have only glanced at it so far. Very big and has a lot of detail to it though. Nice.

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I bought the book before I bought the game. I saw how big it was and figured I'd need it eventually. :)

How long does the game take to finish anyways? Just if you try to do the main stuff anyways.

How do people get such high level characters so quickly? I've been playing the game 2 weeks and i think i'm only level 10 or so. I guess i am just slow :D

Has anyone found/made any good mods they can share? Like how long till we get a nude mod :rolleyes: !!??

-stormy

Not that anyone asked for it, here it is anyway... the adventures of Strider.

Well when I first started I wasn't too bad off killing little bugs, it took a few hits but I managed. I was also able to take out smugglers one at a time. I'd go in take one out then go out and rest then rince wash and repeat. Then I decided I'd go meet that dude up in Balmora so instead of taking the bug bus I walked all the way there. Only problem is I got side tracked a few times buy caves, and hideouts along the way. I got some nice little loot, nothing extravagant. Once I was almost there I came upon Moonmoth Fort. I quickly explored this small little fort and met a elite guard (can't remember his name). He starts telling me this story about how he's devoted his life to getting rid of corruption and all that crap. Only now he's stuck since one of the leaders he's under is taking bribes from 5 "bad people" he called them. Now he can't very well accuse his master nor kill the "bad people" cause the repurcussions will come his way. So he says right now the story ends in a prayer for a "bloodbath" but he says I can change the ending to the story if I so choose. I think to myself "What the fuck sounds like a slice of fun." So off I go continuing towards balmora this time with two things on my list. Meet the dude I'm supposed to meet and find out who these 5 "bad people" are. Oh, did I forget to mention he didnt' know who they were. So I get into town and I start asking questions. Finally I get some answers from some dude in the thieves guild. He says that the people I'm looking for are in the Commona Tong, the opposing group to the thieves guild and he gladly told me which ones I should be looking for and where. Well suprise surprise there right here in town. So off I go to pay them a visit. I walk in find the first dood, take out my Saber and whack him on the head. Not very impressed he takes out his weapon and starts fighting back. After an intense 3 sec battle I get my ass handed to me. I load from my last save before the whack on the head and decide I'll come back with more battle experience. So I explore the town some more and join all the guilds. I get quest from each one and decide to go do them. A few quests later I find myself heading up towards Caldera and I get sidetracked again. I start exploring little islands off the coast and find a Dwermer ruin. (Dwarves) I clean out the ruin and find some valuble stones. Then I continue a little further and what do we find. A fucking Deadra Shrine. So I go in and get fucking toasted. Reload. This time I hit the dude with fireballs from far and then hand him his ass with my sword. Down he goes. Next up, we got some chick. Save. Go after chick with some rekidink dagger... WTF I'm paralysed. All I can do is watch her eat away at my health till I see the Load screen pop up. Ok, your gonna pay bitch. This time all I do is fire fireballs from a distance until the bitch screems her last breath. Then I check her inventory and the cunt had a dagger with an enchantment of paralysis of 20 sec. Pick that shit up. Next up we got some dude with a huge war axe. Normally I'd get my ass handed to me but with my new found jewel I stab him once and he freezes on the spot. Than I slowly take out my saber, have a drink and a sandwhich and then proceed to slice and dice till he goes down. Next up some Winged Angel of death. Bitch hits like a two tonne truck so I decide this battle is going to have to rely on magic since the only thing she has is a reflect that works every third time. I find a vantage point and proceed to bombard her with fireballs. Her reflect works sometimes but being a dark elf I naturally have some resistance to fire. Eventually she falls and I have one dude left. I use my trusty little dagger once more and take care of him quickly. No one left so I start looting the place then I get to the shrine and theres a pearl on it. I take it without a second thought and some fucking Daedra Lord appears out of nowhere and kills me. Ok then, I'll leave the pearl there and come back later. So I decided its time to pay my friends a little visit again. Once there I take on that dick that killed me the first time he goes down. One down only four more to go. I take them out systematically one at a time and everytime one dies a little window informs me that my crime has been reported. Turns out that according to the law, these are normal civillians and therefore I just committed murder. Now no one will speak to me with a $6000 bounty on my head. I figure I'll do the time and go talk to a guard. He informs me that I have a death warrant on my head and that I should prepare to die. Reload. Ok, I heard theres some dude who can take care of Bountys for a small fee. I find him in the thieves guild and he tells me for $2500 he'll take care of it, well I don't have that kind of money. So I sneak out of town towards the Fort that the guy who put me up to this resides. Once there I find out that all the guards in this fucking area are looking for me and they kill me. Reload. This time I go to the outside wall where they can't see me. I cast levitate and float my ass on top of the fort. Then I got through a trap door and make my way to the dude and he thanks me and gives me a ring of illusion and says that he's taken care of the bounty. Well I should fucking hope so. I leave him in his shitty little quarters spouting off swear words as I exit the fort. Now the guards are all nice to me again. Next on the list, go see the dude I was originally going to Balmora for. After thats done with I explore some more and find a plantation where they have a shit load of slaves. I'm not too impressed with this so I figure I'll go speak to the man in charge. Once in his mansion and face to face with him He tells me he doesn't want to speak to a loser like me or something like that. I take one look around and see that this guy is LOADED. Nice Armor, nice weapons, shit he even has a piece of armor from a Daedra lord. Now with my new found knowledge that murder is bad I talk to him once more only this time I taunt him until he gets so pissed he attacks me first. Well now it's only self defense so I take out my dagger poke him in the ass and he freezes in his steps. Then I grab one of his weapons... a Daikatana. Then I slice the shit out of him. Once he's dead I take all his gold. Replace my shit armor with his nice armor but theres tons of stuff here to sell. Only problem is I can't fucking carry it all. So I stash it for later use. And thus concludes my little adventure so far.

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Heh - Just finshed looting the Imperial guard HQ in Pelegriad. Have yet to really start focusing on main quest - I think I'll wait on it actually. I'm surprised to hear that you've actually gone through the main quest Ammadeus - how long did that take?

is there some trick to blocking with a shield? i can't figure it out...

BTW - how do you pickpocket someone? I know how to sneak around and stuff and am getting quite good at it - but what do you press or do when you're behind someone and close enough to pickpocket?

I haven't done it myself but figure once in sneak mode the A button is context sensitive so instead of initiating a conversersation with the person it will open up their inventory. Once you actually take something from them is when your theft skills comes into play. The larger the object the harder I assume it is to steal. I've always wanted to steal the clothes off someones back.

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BTW - how do you pickpocket someone? I know how to sneak around and stuff and am getting quite good at it - but what do you press or do when you're behind someone and close enough to pickpocket?

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While holding Ctrl (sneaking) just hit spacebar. Make sure the little "hidden" icon is on.

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is there some trick to blocking with a shield? i can't figure it out...

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Nope. Blocking is done automatically. If you character is not blocking you need to raise his shield skill.

How much is the guide book?

station82o - Since I did the main quest all in pieces mixed up with many side quests, I'm not sure, but it felt relatively short. I'd say ten hours without shortcuts, but I took some shortcuts so probably was only about eight or so for me.

APC - The guide is $20 US retail price, but I think it's worth it since it covers everything in the game and is surprisingly well-written. I'm glad I was pretty far into the game before buying it to avoid spoilers though.

Oh, and it's possible to manually raise enchantment. One way is to use a lot of enchanted objects, but this is really slow. The better way is so make cheap magical objects yourself by capturing the souls of wandering monsters and such. Raises much in the same way alchemy does. Its still pretty slow though.

Didn't play Morrowind much at all today, but everyone needs a break once and a while. :)

Heres some stuff I've been dealing with in Morrowind that I could use some advice/tips on:


1.) Firstly, I realize that as of now my character (lvl 3 Nord) is not strong enough to engage in combat with other human characters and survive if my opponent has a weapon on his person. Its just not possible for some reason - I move and dogde and restore health as quick as I can but no fucking dice! I have been able to kill a couple people before - but that was because they did not have any weapons on them while fighting me.


2.) Well - in relation to problem #1 - a big problem I'm having is that most of the quests I am getting are requiring me to actually go out, track down certain people and kill them - this is a problem because as I explained above - I can't kill anybody!!!!
For instance, I recieved a quest from this jackass in Fort Moonmoth to go and kill 5 members of the Cammona Tong - well, shit...they're all located in the same building (some pub in Balmora) and I can see no possible way I could kill them all. There isn't even a way that I could lure all them out one by one. Its suicide!

Another problem quest was the quest from the fighters guild to kill those two egg thieves hidden in the egg mine. Near impossible for me.



3.)Also, is it possible to get horses or any other form of transportation rather that the Silt Strider? I mean transportation that you can take to just roam free in the wilderness? Running around takes a long ass time and often makes me take shortcuts which usually lead to fucking trouble with unexpected animals.


4.)The last thing is more opinionated - we've talked about the fear factor element involved in Morrowind. I've been creeped out just walking from Balmora to Pelegriad in the middle of the night!
But what is more unnerving is when I dare myself to enter some tomb or cave. Is it just me, or do the rest of you guys feel like you have to force yourself to press on further in said tombs/caves? The worst shit is when you enter a cave and immediatley see some guy coming at you - then you've gotta get the hell out of there immediatly - well at least I do....

as a postscript to that post, last night I decided to leave Balmora and just give the finger to all the quests that have originated from that region. Now I'm just gonna go travel for awhile and do things somewhere else. Balmora is waayy to dreary of a town.


BTW - is there any other way to pick up on the main quest instead of going to that Cauis Cossades guy in Balmora - his quests aren't doing me any favors right now. Maybe I just need more levels up.

Well if you read my earlier post (sorry about the long paragraph, I was at work and wanted to type it as fast as possible) you'll see it deals with the same quests your on. There aren't any spoilers when you read it, and you can kind of take it as a guide since I was in the same situation as you. Another thing I did is just explored the country side killing everything I saw. Out of curiousity what weapon is in your major class and what weapon are you using. I know that I chose long blade and use long blade whereas my friend chose short blade and uses long blade and the difference in difficulty is dramatic. So make sure you use weapons that suit your ability or else you won't level up fast. After a good day of bug hunting you should have no problems leveling up your weapon skills.

One thing that would have been cool is if you can practise your weapons skills on those dummies they have in the certain fighters guild... too bad it doesn't.

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My character is a:


Level 3 Nord(?) Male

I customized the class - so he's a "Adventurer" with specialization in Stealh - which I'm getting quite good at...doesn't help with fighting though. His weaponry specialization major skill is Long Blade - which I am using quite frequently now.

Thanks for the adivce, I'll try just that - I have to admit I really havent' spent a good day (in the game) on that activity alone. I think I'm just to eager to quickly.

BTW - that city of VIVIC is fucking lame - the most boring place in the game - and confusing too!!!

I'd have to agree, although I think it's cause I get lost. Oh and also because the guards attack me for wearing the sacred helmet. Needless to say I try and stay away from there.

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For instance, I recieved a quest from this jackass in Fort Moonmoth to go and kill 5 members of the Cammona Tong - well, shit...they're all located in the same building (some pub in Balmora) and I can see no possible way I could kill them all. There isn't even a way that I could lure all them out one by one. Its suicide!

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He doesn't mean for you to go kill em all now. Take your time and finish the quest whenever you feel ready. You can also join the Thieves Guild for some help. They hate the Cammona Tong.

Quick question: What is the maximum attribute multiplier, and how much skill levelling within that attribute is required to achieve it?

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Quick question: What is the maximum attribute multiplier, and how much skill levelling within that attribute is required to achieve it?

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I'm having a hard time putting this into words, so if you need further explanation, ask me. It's kinda confusing.

x5 is the maximum multiplier, and to get it you need all ten of your skills that contributed to the level up to be reliant on the same attribute (or just level up one skill ten times). And only major and minor skills can give you multipliers over x2. What happens is that it takes one half of whatever attributes whose skills you levelled up and makes that your multiplier. So if you level up security 6 times and long blade four times for your level up, you'll get a x3 (half of the 6 for security) for intelligence and x2 for strength (half of the 4 for long blade). To max your stats, what you want to do is raise one skill (or only skills that share one attribute) to ten, so you get a x5 multiplier for that attribute, and then raise two different miscellanous skills (by 4, I think, for the x2). Then you'll get x5 to one stat and x2 to two others. I think you can only get three multipliers.

One of the general FAQs on GameFAQs (the second one, I think) does a MUCH better job of explaining this, but even the guy who wrote is isn't totally positive about the way it works.

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I believe it would be pretty well impossible for my character to meet those requirement within 'normal' play (i.e. no training or one-skill levelling), but I've gotten a x5 at least twice that I can remember.

Quite odd. Thanks for your help, and I'll check out that FAQ.

I actually don't like the way it's set up because you almost need to level up through one skill levelling (or selective skill levelling), which I consider kinda cheap. It also lends itslef to certain types of characters (say, a wizard focused on destruction, alteration, mysticism, and restoration, or a thief who sneaks, uses short blades and light armor) getting x5 modifiers but other seemingly standard class types (a hand-to-hand focused warrior using heavy armor and long blade or axe) are screwed. I guess gettting a x5 modifier every time really isn't that big of a deal, because you can get so over-powered just through regular play, but it's still annoying.

Ugh, I HATE Vivec. It's so... boring.

Speaking of Vivec, is there any way to kill Vivec (in the temple)? I went in there for a minute, but I didn't want to screw anything up.

To get a x5 multiplier, you need to level up that attribute 10 times. If you level up your intelligence 10 times before you level up, you'll get x5. 8 times = x4, etc.

Well I'm not very far along, but if anyone cares, here's my take on the Dark Lord of Mordor:

Sauron
Dark Elf
Custom Class: Lord of the Rings
Sign: The Lady (mainly chosen for personality bonus, but The Shadow would make sense too)

Favored Attributes: Strength, Intelligence

Major Skills
Enchant (for Ring-making, of course)
Destruction (to be a badass mage)
Long Blade (to be a badass fighter)
Heavy Armor (same)
Speechcraft (Sauron was one charismatic bastard before forging the Ring)

Minor Skills
Blunt Weapon
Illusion
Conjuration
Restoration
Alchemy

Now I just need a plain golden band, and I can get to work... :evil:

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Ugh, I HATE Vivec. It's so... boring.

Speaking of Vivec, is there any way to kill Vivec (in the temple)? I went in there for a minute, but I didn't want to screw anything up.

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Yes, you can kill Vivec. It's probably the toughest fight in the game, but you can kill him. There's no one who is unkillable. He's not even the one person you can't kill if you want to finish the main quest either.

Vivec can be fun, but you really need constant levitation to enjoy it.

My character Kei is a little too powerful now. It's starting to turn evil. She was going to slaughter everyone in Vivec before I stopped her and set her out in the wilderness with a weapon she has no skill in. I fear what will happen when she's mastered her new daedric toy. I've got a feeling that the god Vivec's days are numbered.

Was Dren the only guy I can't kill in order to undergo the main quest? The guy that I... erm... killed (read the Morrowind thread at the Velocity Gaming forums)? :confused:

Man, I should have never killed Dren... I need him for a Fighters guild mission. Damn my strength and aggressiveness! Oh well... I did it for the SLAVES!

Hmmm... I need to practice my enchanting skills... I trapped 3 golden saints today, so I think I should take advantage of those nice soul gems. :D

No, Dren isn't that 'only guy.' I managed to figure out who it was after reading up the alternate method and I don't want to spoil it, but let's just say he's very unique.

Just signed up to betatest the patch for the PC version. They're accepting 500 people in the US for it for those who are interested. Just hit the message board on www.morrowind.com. Some might see this as getting free labor from free testers, but I love the game so I don't mind that.

Well, one of my roomies killed someone (I didn't see who he killed) and got an in-game message which declared something along the lines of, "What you have done you cannot go back on! If you continue, this world cannot be saved and will continue to die a slow death!"

Another time, he got an error message from some random glitch which froze his computer that read something like, "You have caused an problem in an interferring area and the game will now crash, please see Chris for details. Have a nice day." The real funny part is that my name is Chris, and he thought for a moment I did something to screw up his computer!

I've taken everyone advice into account and have also spent some time in leveling up my character (my main focus now) and doing some more missions for the thieves guild - I've also been fortunate to actually find a house that is abandoned (err...well not really - I murdered the owner) - its the Neseda (spelling?) Mansion in Balmora. I cleaned out all of the old resident's stuff and sold every single thing he owned for a nice chunk of change. Now I finally have a place in the game I can call home - with a nice big bed too!!! :)

I've gotta admit to being a little chicken shit when it comes to venturing out in the countryside at night...I suppose I'm not confident in my character yet. More than that however, I'm ten times more chicken shit to go after bandits in tombs...damn this game for drawing me in so!!!