In Morrowind I loved being a vampire. They had a story, they had a clan. They were actually well developed. In Oblivion it was nothing more or less than a curse. Nothing interesting about it at all.
I hope Skyrim's vampires are interesting, having their own storyline, their own family or families, instead of just being another disease you want to get rid of.

Also, not to mention, in Oblivion, it turned you buttugly. Except for once, when I became a vampire my character actually looked extremely much like Pierce Brosnan... it was sort of awkward.

it was tedious. And a major cause of deaths was death by sunlight.

The game didn't facilitate itself well enough for Vampirism. The game's innate attribute caps of 100 ensure that being a "High-Level" Vampire has no real benefits outside the pale red eyes. Being a Vampire in Morrowind wasn't much better, though at least you felt like you were.

They really should have thought more about giving incentive to the Vampire. Being incredibly powerful (Circumventing standard hard-coded caps) while having those fatal weaknesses to Fire and sunlight would have actually made a few people scratch their heads about whether or not to cure themselves.

because of GOTY glitch i decided never to play vampire

I always want the extra boost for my character but the fact that I couldn't fast travel when taking sun damage cause I'd die on the way svcked and having to feed so often svcked and I always thought the more well fed a vampire was the stronger, but this wasn't the case in oblivion making it frustrating to play. I understand there needs to be some penalties but playing as a vampire was only worth it when I wanted to carry loads of enemy items to go sell and overall I didn't feel every powerful so I just got the cure and said oh well. If becoming a vampire in Skyrim isn't a HUGE boost, which it should be I won't even attempt it this time around and just settle for werewolf if its in. Which was also very underpowered in Bloodmoon.

Also in games like these I'd think there would be a way to use magic or get bit by an ancient vampire to avoid sun damage would be available but no, and there was no epic vampire society controlling the world, really?

I was expecting vampirisim to be a fairly rare occurrence. Something that happened after several hours of slaying vampires. Eventually one of them manages to get a lucky bite on you and you contract the disease.

Not in Oblivion. Apparently simply breathing the same air as a vampire is enough to let you contract the disease that eventually turns you into one. This was unacceptable. I searched high and low for a mod that makes vampirism more rare but never found one. What really angers me is I contracted porophoribilic hemolophelialia a hundred times more often than all the other diseases combined.

In Oblivion, there was nearly no point of being one. In morrowind, there was a lot of point in it. It was badly made in Oblivion and only there because they wanted it to be there. No guilds, nearly no quests at all and the fact that you'd have to feed to keep yourself weak. Yeah, ik, sounds crazy.

Well it certainly seems reasonable. But it feels very strange that one line of vampires is opposite to the rest. Almost like a mistake was made.

Who the heck would like becoming a pathetic creep who needs to feed on other peoples blood and cant even venture out into the daylight? There better be an order of the virtuous blood type guild in Skyrim, I want to hunt me some vampires. :toughninja:

Didn't like it. I made an evil character thinking I'd eventually make him a vampire; once I got it, I bought the crystal thing for Deepscorn to change me back. It's mostly disadvantages with negligable advantages.

It's telling that the only vampirism quest in the whole game is to get rid of it. It's like they knew few people would enjoy it.

I definitely appreciated having the option, though the mechanics and lack of appreciable storyline/family in Oblivion were probably the biggest detraction for me. I only tried it once or twice and there wasn't enough pros to outweigh the cons. I personally like the Elder Scrolls spin on Vampires and their history and don't have any issue with feeding making you "weaker" while allowing you to interact with the regular folks and the opposite when "starving" yourself. I'm hoping Skyrim does a better job implementing them. If so, then I'd be open to exploring that route.

I liked the concept of it but in practice it wasnt all that great. Having to feed constantly become a chore and there wasnt anything interesting you could do as a vampire.

If the ability to become a vampire/werewolf is in I hope theres more to it than a simple cure quest line.

It seems like you should be able to go around in the daylight if you're wearing a full set of armor. As long as your skin is covered, why would the sun hurt you? And if you're wearing a helmet or something, people shouldn't be able to tell you're a vampire, so they wouldn't have a reason to hate you. There's really no reason being a vampire should hinder you as much as it does.

I can't vote in this poll since I was only able to become a vampire in Morrowind. I still haven't even been able to become a werewolf in Bloodmoon.

not in vanilla oblivion thats for sure.

you got stronger the longer you didnt feed. :blink: who was responsible for putting that in?

the 1:30 timescale svcked for playing a vampire because after you searched on ruin you had to wait 12 hours......quickly search another ruin and wait again for another 12 hours.

after changing the timescale and using a vampire mod it was actually kind of fun. it still doesnt compare to playing a werewolf though. thats what i really enjoyed playing as.

I agree, if caps were removed as a benefit of vampirism, it would be a much more enticing option. It would make sense that an undead warrior who lives for hundreds of years would be able to master skills to a greater extent than a mere mortal, and would give higher level players an incentive to become a vampire.

Hellmouth answered it. And they can walk in the sun, gameplay even shows this. "Avoid daylight by lifestyle". Why would they put that in a tenet if they unable to walk in daylight?







With Clavicus Vile, there is always a price. Remember the Masque of Clavicus?

"The bearer of the Masque is more likely to get a positive response from the people of Tamriel. The higher his personality, the larger the bonus. The best known story of the Masque tells the tale of Avalea, a noblewoman of some renown. As a young girl, she was grossly disfigured by a spiteful servant. Avalea made a dark deal with Clavicus Vile and received the Masque in return. Though the Masque did not change her looks, suddenly she had the respect and admiration of everyone. A year and a day after her marriage to a well connected baron, Clavicus Vile reclaimed the Masque. Although pregnant with his child, Avalea was banished from the Baron's household. Twenty one years and one day later, Avalea's daughter claimed her vengeance by slaying the Baron."

It would have been fun if there was some kind of ring or something that could prevent the sun from burning you alive.... Other then that it just became very old and annoying fast =s.... Also i loathed how it made your face look, and could potentially bug it after curing yourself >.<

Lazy people lol. Just feed and you won't burn.

Too limiting to be fun. Not enough power.

Fun in the beginning, then it becomes annoying.
It's exactly like being a real vampire... if only there was a cure in real life.... not that I'm a vampire, no no no no no... I'm not sir.

Just saying that I have no complaints about it.

It's supposed to tempting because you become powerful, but not really worth it because of the feeding and the sunlight. It's one of the things they captured really well.

It was fun for a few minuets but then got boring. Besides a Argonian vampire just do not sit well with me

It was tougher being a vampire in the Oblivion game than in Morrowind. In Morrowind, I had enchanted several items that had regenerated my health even as the sun stole from it. I became a "daywalker."

The side effects are too annoying to bother with in my opinion.

Not to mention the fact that becoming one ruins a characters face. (A bug or not, it was very annoying)

I disliked it because you didn't actually feel like a vampire. The attribute boosts are really awesome, all things considering, but I just didn't feel like a vampire. I want to mind control guards into fighting for me and such. svcking blood to stay sane is a good idea, but the lack of blood shouldn't make you stronger, it should make you weaker. If you svck blood a lot, you should gain power and look like a monster. If you don't svck enough blood, you should look like a sickly human or perhaps a sickly vampire. I want to really have fangs. Also, I don't necessarily want to look older...I think becoming immortal should have the benefits of looking like a young advlt.

That's my take on it. Blood svcking should make you stronger and sane, while the lack of blood should make you weak and unstable.